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slixx's favorite photo set: Bloom by QuixoticClix
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Heather_Cullodena is doing quite well :) Sending out incentives as soon as I get my internet back!!!
I'm the kind of girl who will dance in the pouring rain, smile like I'm fine when I'm not, make you laugh when you want to cry, worry about you more than me, fallover laughing at the dumbest things, always forgive but never forget, who loves so many and hates so few when shes loved by so few and hated by so many...
Model * Lover * Dreamer
As long as I can either sing or dance to it, it's good to me!
I love a LOT of movies...Star Trek, The Graduate, Blow, Shawshank Redemption
The only author who can keep me interested is Ayn Rand. Check her out!! Otherwise, if it's a marketing book, chances are I have read it.
I'm psychic...No really, I am.
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Hey Heather! You still modelling?
Hey Heather, are you still modelling?
hi darling how are you lately
Thank you so much for the friendship! Please feel free to check out my 1st set "CNyle ♥'s World of Warcraft" http://www.zivity.com/models/CNyle/photosets/1 and maybe spare a vote or two!! ;)
hey darling how are you lately
Love your sets. Let's do one.
If you are ever near Wilmington, NC look me up. I'd love to work with you.
Psst.. hello. :)
come shoot with me dear!
Hi hun, thanks for the excepting my FR
Hey new friend!
I hope we get a chance to shoot together in the future.
Really creative... are you near florida at all?
Really creative... are you near florida at all?
Your work is gorgeous, and I've got to say your Plush shoot is one of my favorites. It takes a stunning model to have a presence even inside the thick clothing, and you shine through bringing a delightful beauty to every shot!
hey! I finally made it to Zivity! and look at your work here....Amazing!
Hey pretty lady thanx for the add! I hope you enjoy my photos!
wow ur beautiful:)
You are very welcome :D
Thanks... I've been on kind of a dark streak lately.
Fantastic photosets, good luck!
I'm new to Zivity and would like to share my first three sets. I've had the chance to work with two great new models for the Polaroid and Skateboarding contests. These sets feature creatively playful photos that I'm sure you'll enjoy!
Thanks for being a Zivity friend.
comin out again soon?
marry me.
I've got 2 new sets up featuring new Zivity models - "Soaking White" and "Serene Green" - go check them out!
Hello, gorgeous! Thanks for accepting! <3
Oh my indeed
The new set is amazing ! Love spring :-) Happy birthday with Zivity, you are my favorite ;-)
haha, thanks for the heads up! :) Happy Anniversary!
Hi there! I'd love to introduce you to some new zivity models from Texas:
DirtyStitches reminds me of Andy Warhol's muse, Edie Sedgwick, and her first set is by a waterfall: http://www.zivity.com/models/DirtyStitches/photosets/1
Cosmicgirl03 is a cute Asian art student up here near Dallas, her first set is in a field of bluebonnets:
Love "Bloom" very nicely done.
your profile picture is so cute!
If I lose the Lady Gaga contest, I hope it's to you!
I might be able to arrange that : )
Hola chica, checked your email lately? :)
Just up dated my profile pic.
Check out my ugly mug, if you dare.:)
Thanks for the add dude, for the record - I love the Fountainhead
I cant thank you enough for the vote!!!! <3
You rock. Thanks for the bump. But don't forget to leave a comment on the set
Yes. Ive seen your Lady Gaga set. its great. Have you seen mine? http://www.zivity.com/models/Kadaver/photosets/1
thank you lovely!
awesome sets! very beautiful
Great status update
Doing great! You are an amazing promoter, mega kudos for that; my type. You should come my way and help me in a million projects I have with advertising. :) Plus as a bonus we get to shoot! JB
So I heard a little rumor you were back in Richmond. ???
Hey heather...How is it going? Our Shadows and Lies image of you did very well at the Virginia Professional Photographers Print Competition.
Thanks heather!! :)
Thanks for voting on my set with jrodgersart :)
Thank You! xoxoxo
Thank you for the votes!! I'll be in VA in August...let me know if you'd like to shoot. ;)
haha maybe its twice as BIG but idk about nice :P
when are you coming to hollywood so we can get married already?
You are a very sexy lady, your new set is completely badddasssss! :)
Thank you for accepting my friend request! Check out my Lady Gaga Entry!
2 new sets up!!!
Baby you can drive my car...
Congrats on the S&S contest. You are amazing
Thanks for the Friendship!
Thanks dear... tests got postponed, so more time for posi vibes. <3
oi oi :D
I think there's two, missy! hahaha!
I wonder how many people would've noticed if you hadn't pointed it out.
Ding - I see nipple! And it only has 4 votes?!
Hey please feel free to stop by my profile and take a look at my sets! Id love to hear your insight !!
Hey! Check out my first set with Marlo Marquise
lovely, my first set is up. I would love to hear your opinion on it. xo
You rock.
Thank you for the add. Come to fL and lets create a set for here. Love the sets.
you are sooo hot.
teal twilight looks like a dream... specially considering you in it :) xo
Sorry darlin'! Come to NYC and make happy, sexy photos -to make you feel better! :)
hi! my first set went live, let me know what you think : )
love, Olive
LOVE your new set!
Hey beautiful. Have a great weekend!
what did you want it called?
wanna submit the beach one into that snow contest?
Nothing beats your first two sets; the red dress - provocative and playful or the early morning shirt, wow! what an inspirational moment; bright lights spice with a thousand dreams... JB
I died in your arms tonight
see ya round
Im very happy to hear this!! It will be changed on Monday to be 60 days from the 30... it was a mistake. Cant wait to see your entry~ <3
Thanks for asking. One is scheduled in about a week. Working on others. You are a beauty.
Stick it to the man ROCKS!!!
You certainly know how to man stick it to!
Love the new B/W set
A very cute set indeed
Love the B&W set!
Dagon and I's newest set went live finally so go have a look madam!
YES please! ^_^
my newest set is up come check it out and let me know what you think! xoxo
Thanks. Nice to have such a sexy "welcome wagon!"
Hey, thanks for accepting my friend request! :)
I've been doing taking so many pictures around pittsburgh, just using so many different exposures, i've been getting some amazing shots everywhere
hey, yeah my new camera came in a month ago, i love it, look at the railroad track picture on my profile, i took that with my camera.
hey, yeah my new camera came in a month ago, i love it, look at the railroad track picture on my profile, i took that with my camera.
not yet, i have a bunch of shoots lined up and will promptly start submitting all of them :)
killer work!
Looking forward to your new sets...Spyder


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After reading 97 session proposals for the O'Reilly Mac OS X gathering that begins on Sept. 30, I've decided to refer to this event as "the fun developer conference." And if you were in my shoes, you'd say the same thing.
Developers and power users take note. We have everything from iPod hacks to Cocoa programming, geek culture to Apache Web serving. I feel like I've just been told the winner of the next lottery, but I can't share it with anyone.
Now the deadline for session proposals is today (Friday). But I'll tell you this little secret, we've left the proposal site on for a few more days. So if you have something interesting to share, consider popping over there real soon and slipping it under the door.
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THE timing of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's trip to Europe this week couldn't be better, given the extremely disappointing U.S. jobs report last week showing that only 88,000 new positions were created in March.
No doubt that's a coincidence and the trip was long planned.
But Lew didn't break with the script that his predecessors have used on these jaunts to Europe, calling for Germany to boost consumer demand. He, too, is treating the visit as an opportunity to deflect attention back home from the real causes of bad economic news in the U.S.
Timothy Geithner, whom Lew replaced, repeatedly used trans-Atlantic visits to blame America's jobless recovery on the economic crisis in Europe - especially in the run-up to last year's presidential election.
Similarly, when President Barack Obama prodded leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to stimulate Europe's economy at the Group of 20 summit in Mexico last June, he knew she wouldn't do it.
He was looking for a scapegoat for America's substantial economic problems.
Lew, a close political confidant of the president, will surely do the same - or else people back home might get the dangerous idea that his boss is responsible both for the bad job numbers in March and the generally shabby state of the employment market.
It is no great mystery why the U.S. job figures slumped last month - and it has little if anything to do with Europe. The cause was Obama's high-profile talk about the likely effects of the budget sequestration, which scared the dickens out of most Americans, including the U.S. business community.
Why take risks on new workers when the president is out there front and center with a megaphone predicting catastrophe if the budget sequestration goes through?
Not smart. In an awkward attempt to blame the Republicans for the unpopular across-the-board budget cuts, Obama put a lid on the ability of the U.S. economy to create jobs.
Now his Treasury secretary will try to deflect the blame onto austerity and slow growth in Europe.
Europe or no Europe, you don't increase employment by frightening the business community with political scaremongering. Too often, political priorities have trumped the requirements of job creation in Obama's White House.
We saw the same thing in the debate over the "fiscal cliff" last January. Because his political base wouldn't go for cuts in government expenditure, Obama signed on for a 2 percentage-point increase in the payroll tax, which is really a tax on labor.
It took until March for that move to affect the job-creation numbers. Again, Europe had nothing to do with it.


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Maria Montessori was born on August 31, 1870, in Chiaravalle, Italy. In 1907 she was placed in charge of the Casa dei Bambini school. By 1925, more than 1,000 Montessori schools had opened in the United States. By 1940 the Montessori movement had faded, but it was revived in the 1960s. During World War II, Montessori developed Education for Peace in India, and earned two Nobel Peace Prize nominations. She died May 6, 1952, in Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands.
"Supposing I said there was a planet without schools or teachers, study was unknown, and yet the inhabitants—doing nothing but living and walking about—came to know all things, to carry in their minds the whole of learning: would you not think I was romancing? Well, just this, which seems so fanciful as to be nothing but the invention of a fertile imagination, is a reality. It is the child's way of learning. This is the path he follows. He learns everything without knowing he is learning it, and in doing so passes little by little from the unconscious to the conscious, treading always in the paths of joy and love."
"Scientific observation has established that education is not what the teacher gives; education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words but by experiences upon the environment. The task of the teacher becomes that of preparing a series of motives of cultural activity, spread over a specially prepared environment, and then refraining from obtrusive interference. Human teachers can only help the great work that is being done, as servants help the master. Doing so, they will be witnesses to the unfolding of the human soul and to the rising of a New Man who will not be a victim of events, but will have the clarity of vision to direct and shape the future of human society."
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Maria Montessori was born on August 31, 1870, in the provincial town of Chiaravalle, Italy, to middle-class, well-educated parents. At the time that Montessori was growing up, Italy held conservative values about women's roles. From a young age, she consistently broke out of those proscribed gender limitations. After the family moved to Rome, when she was 14, Montessori attended classes at a boys' technical institute, where she further developed her aptitude for math and her interest in the sciences—particularly biology.
Facing her father's resistance but armed with her mother's support, Montessori went on to graduate with high honors from the medical school of the University of Rome in 1896. In so doing, Montessori became the first female doctor in Italy.
Early Childhood Education Research
As a doctor, Montessori chose pediatrics and psychiatry as her specialties. While teaching at her medical-school alma mater, Montessori treated many poor and working-class children who attended the free clinics there. During that time, she observed that intrinsic intelligence was present in children of all socio-economic backgrounds.
Montessori became the director of the Orthophrenic School for developmentally disabled children in 1900. There she began to extensively research early childhood development and education. Her reading included the studies of 18th and 19th century French physicians Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard and Édouard Séguin, who had experimented with the capabilities of disabled children. Montessori began to conceptualize her own method of applying their educational theories, which she tested through hands-on scientific observation of students at the Orthophrenic School. Montessori found the resulting improvement in students' development remarkable. She spread her research findings in speeches throughout Europe, also using her platform to advocate for women's and children's rights.
Educational Legacy
Montessori's success with developmentally disabled children spurred her desire to test her teaching methods on "normal" children. In 1907 the Italian government afforded her that opportunity. Montessori was placed in charge of 60 students from the slums, ranging in age from 1 to 6. The school, called Casa dei Bambini (or Children's House), enabled Montessori to create the "prepared learning" environment she believed was conducive to sense learning and creative exploration. Teachers were encouraged to stand back and "follow the child"—that is, to let children's natural interests take the lead. Over time, Montessori tweaked her methods through trial and error.
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Thrombolysis is a safe and effective treatment alternative for acute peripheral thromboembolic disease. Good results have been described for both acute and subacute arterial and venous thromboembolic events. While the best pharmacologic regimen for catheter-directed infusion remains to be determined, a variety of effective regimens have been reported. Emerging alternatives such as the use of combined platelet inhibitors and thrombolytic agents as well as mechanical thrombolysis are promising. This article will discuss some of the concepts, techniques, and results of thrombolysis as well as present a brief report on the data presented at the 2002 Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (SCVIR) annual meeting.
In 1933, Tillett and Garner discovered the lytic properties of streptokinase (SK) produced by group C beta-hemolytic streptococci. 1 More than a decade later, clinical usefulness of SK in liquefaction and drainage of loculated hemothorax was described, 2 and it was not until 1963 that the first intra-arterial use of SK was described by McNicol. 3 In 1972, Dotter et al 4 reported results that warranted clinical application of SK for the treatment of thromboembolic disease. Soon it became noted that for reasons such as drug resistance, high complication rates, and erratic clot lysis, SK was not an optimal agent for frequent lengthy fibrinolysis.
That prompted the development of several other drugs, mostly based on tissue plasminogen activators (t-PAs) and urokinase (UK) (Abbokinase, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL). Urokinase was recognized in the early 1950s, and it became available for clinical use in the early 1960s, but was used mostly on an experimental basis. It was the most widely used drug for catheter-directed thrombolysis until 1999 when it was removed from the market for reasons related to the manufacturing process. This caused significant changes in the interventional radiology community, which had to adapt to the use of drugs such as alteplase (rt-PA) (Activase, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, CA), reteplase (r-PA) (Retavase, Centocor, Inc., Malvern, PA), and tenecteplase (TNK) (TNKase, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, CA). We are still learning about doses and other management-related issues such as concomitant anticoagulation. Urokinase is now expected to be re-released on the market later this year in its original form but with all manufacturing issues addressed.
Thrombolysis is a routine procedure in interventional radiology practice. Most thrombolytic procedures are performed for peripheral native arterial and graft occlusions and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the iliac and femoral veins. Best results are seen in the acute presentation (<14 days); however, thrombolysis can be attempted in older occlusions. The indications and major contraindications for thrombolysis are summarized in Table 1. Other relative contraindications include pregnancy, bacterial endocarditis, hepatic failure, and diabetic hemorrhagic retinopathy. It is important to individualize each case, analyze the risks versus the benefits, and make a wise decision in the best interest of the patient.
Thrombolytic drugs all work through a common path, activation of plasminogen to plasmin. There are other important drugs commonly used concomitantly with thrombolysis that have very different final effects and paths. For clarification and simplification, a summary of the relevant points in the coagulation path, as well as when the concomitant drugs act, is illustrated in Figure 1.
Plasminogen activators
The plasminogen activators or fibrinolytic drugs work by catalyzing the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin, which then causes cleavage of fibrin strands and dissolution of fibrin, resulting in thrombolysis. The plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) and alpha-2-antiplasmin counteract the action of these drugs. Important concepts in differentiating these drugs are fibrin affinity and specificity. The most commonly used drugs in this class are rt-PA and r-PA. Despite multiple reports of experience with these drugs, no randomized prospective study is available to confirm the superiority of one drug over the other. These drugs are manufactured by recombinant technology. The use of thrombolytics in the peripheral vascular system discussed in this article is an off-label indication. An overview for these drugs is found in Table 2.
Alteplase Alteplase has the shortest half-life (5 min) and higher fibrin specificity when compared with UK and r-PA. It is supplied in 50- and 100-mg vials as a lyophilized powder or as 2-mg vials for catheter clearance. It is reconstituted in sterile water for injection (SWFI), USP, to give a concentration of 1 mg/mL and diluted in nonheparinized saline to a final concentration of 0.2 mg/mL. The recommended dosage by the SCVIR advisory panel is between 0.12 to 2.0 mg/h, median 0.5 to 1.0 mg/h, for a total dose of <40 mg, not exceeding 2 mg/h. 5 This drug has Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for use in myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, stroke, and catheter clearance.
Reteplase Reteplase has high fibrin specificity and, compared with rt-PA, has longer plasma half-life (15 min), and lower fibrin affinity. Theoretically, although it has not been proven by clinical trials, the low fibrin affinity offers superior clot penetration. It is supplied in 10 U vials as a lyophilized powder and reconstituted in SWFI, USP, to a final concentration of 1 U/mL. It should be reconstituted just before use since it does not have an antibiotic preservative. Dilution with nonheparinized normal saline may yield a concentration of no more than 0.2 U/mL. The dosage varies from 0.25 to 1 U/h, to avoid exceeding 20 U or infusion times of more than 24 hours in acute thrombosis. Dosages lower than 0.25 U/h are associated with long infusion times. 6 This drug has FDA approval for use only in myocardial infarction.
Tenecteplase The newest drug in this class has the highest fibrin specificity, longest plasma half-life (22 min), and increased resistance to PAI-1. It is supplied in 50-mg lyophilized powder vials and reconstituted in SWFI, USP, to a concentration of 5 mg/mL. For the same reason as r-PA, it should be reconstituted just before use. Concentration for a peripheral intervention (diluted in normal saline) is between 0.01 to 0.05 mg/mL. Initial studies have used a dosage of 0.25 to 0.5 mg/h. 7 This drug has FDA approval for use only in myocardial infarction.
Urokinase This drug was used widely in the past, had a good reputation for safety, and its dosages were understood clearly for use in catheter-directed thrombolysis. However, UK is not currently available in the United States. Its fibrin specificity is relatively low compared with the recombinant plasminogen activators. The half-life is 16 min and typical dosages were 100,000 to 200,000 U/h.
Streptokinase Streptokinase is an indirect plasminogen activator. Since SK is a foreign protein, infusion will initiate immune response with production of antibodies, which limits its use, especially repetitive use. The drug has also been shown to have a higher complication rate and lower performance than UK, and its use in the peripheral vascular system has been abandoned. This drug is approved by the FDA for myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, DVT, arterial thrombosis or embolism, and occlusion of arteriovenous shunts.
Heparin is the best known anticoagulant even though multiple new drugs with the same indications have been introduced recently. It prevents formation of thrombus but will not cause clot lysis directly. Its mechanism of action is through antithrombin III (Figure 1). The use of anticoagulation with thrombolytic treatment is somewhat controversial. The SCVIR advisory panel agreed on safe use of heparin at an "ultra-low" dosage of 30 to 40 U/kg bolus and 7 U/kg/h infusions. Low-dose sheath infusion was recommended to prevent pericatheter thrombosis. 6 Some practices will avoid the bolus and some will not use heparin at all. It is typically administered intravenously through a peripheral venous access or intra-arterially through the side arm of the sheath. It should be emphasized that heparin and rt-PA or r-PA are incompatible when combined in solution. Low-molecular weight heparin has been used concomitantly with thrombolytics, but is impractical because of difficulties in reversing its effect quickly.
Anti-platelet drugs
Glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors -- The role of GP IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors is a topic of debate in peripheral thrombolysis. The three drugs available in the United States are abciximab (ReoPro, Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, IN), eptifibatide (Integrilin, COR Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA) and tirofiban (Aggrastat, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA). These drugs have different properties and Table 3 presents a summary comparison. Typically, these drugs are administered through peripheral venous access. The lower specificity to the GP IIb/IIIa receptor implies additional binding to the vitronectin receptor and leukocyte integrin Mac-1. This may have clinical implications in inflammatory response and intimal hyperplasia, although this has not been proven in laboratory studies or clinical data. 8,9
Abciximab is the prototype of a low-specificity drug, but a recent study has suggested eptifibatide also binds to the vitronectin receptor under certain conditions. 10 These drugs have been studied in the coronary arteries and have shown accelerated thrombolysis and the need for smaller doses of thrombolytic drugs. 11-16 Only one study, the TARGET trial (Do Tirofiban and Reo-Pro Give Similar Efficacy Outcomes?) has compared abciximab and tirofiban directly, 17 and the latter had lower efficacy in reducing adverse cardiac ischemic events in the first 30 days after coronary stenting. The differences might have been due to dosage or drug properties. Early experience in the peripheral arterial system has been encouraging and national multicenter trials are in progress.
Thrombolysis, as discussed here, is given locally with infusion of the agent directly into the thrombus. Mechanical thrombectomy, which will not be discussed here, is not yet established as an alternative to pharmacologic thrombolysis.
Typically, a multiple side-hole catheter is placed across the thrombosed segment, taking care that there are side holes proximal to the thrombus in order to secure lysis proximally. In most facilities, the patient is in the intensive care unit for early detection of possible complications during the infusion. If heparin is being used, the activated partial thromboplastin time level should be monitored frequently. If the international normalized ratio is elevated prior to initiation of therapy, it should be corrected before lysis is started. The significance of following the fibrinogen level is still controversial. No correlation has been found between the rate of bleeding complications and decrease in fibrinogen level. 18 A conservative approach would be to check the baseline fibrinogen and again at 4 hours; if it has fallen below 50% at that time, the measurement should be repeated at 12 hours. If the fibrinogen level falls below 100 mg/dL, one would consider cryoglobulin infusion, or stopping or reducing the dose of the thrombolytic agent. Usually, repeat angiogram is performed within 8 to 12 hours. At this point, treatment may be terminated if all of the thrombus has been lysed. Often there is residual thrombus present and further infusion is deemed necessary with or without manipulation of the infusion catheter. Often, a "culprit" lesion may be identified and treated with angioplasty or stent placement. If treatment is performed in the same setting, outcome is usually improved. Anticoagulation can be started 2 to 4 hours after hemostasis is secured.
Pulse-spray pharmacomechanical thrombolysis is an alternative used for dialysis graft thrombosis but generally has not been found to be practical for peripheral thrombolysis.
Arterial thrombolysis
Thrombolytic therapy for arterial limb ischemia is a generally accepted treatment for acute thromboembolic occlusions of the peripheral arteries. Landmark papers such as the Rochester, 19 Thrombolysis or Peripheral Arterial Surgery (TOPAS), 20 and Surgery versus Thrombolysis for Ischemia of the Lower Extremity (STILE) trials 21 compared surgery and thrombolysis. The results of these trials indicated that patients initially treated with thrombolytic treatment had decreased mortality rates, increased amputation-free survival at 1 year, and lowered amputation rates in patients with <14 days of symptoms. An example of this procedure is illustrated in Figures 2 and 3.
Different drugs and regimens are being used currently, but to date, there are no solid blinded studies that prove one regimen is superior. Many reports on thrombolytic treatment were presented at the recent 2002 SCVIR meeting in Baltimore, MD. A prospective study by Castaneda et al 22 revealed an optimal r-PA dosage of 0.25 U/h. The higher dosage of 0.5 U/h was associated with higher complication rates, and the lower dosage of 0.125 U/h resulted in longer infusion times. Other studies have confirmed good efficacy and reasonable safety of r-PA using dosages ranging from as low as 0.125 U/h to 1 U/h. 23,24 The clinical success ranged from 74% to 79%, and severe complications were seen in about 4.2%. 23,24 Alzate et al 25 reported rt-PA similarly safe and effective in both native and graft occlusions (complete lysis in 91% to 93% of cases and significant complication in about 3.5%). In study of 17 matched pairs, Tepe et al 26 compared r-PA and UK and found a tendency for higher bleeding complications but better efficacy and improved long-term results in the r-PA group. Initial clinical experience with TNK at 0.25 and 0.5 mg/h were presented and revealed safety and efficacy results similar to those reported in both arterial and venous occlusions with no major bleeding complications. 7
Combination therapy with the GP IIb/IIIa may change the future of peripheral thrombolytic therapy; however, its definite role and regimen has not yet been defined. Encouraging early results indicate faster clot dissolution and improved amputation-free survival. 27 A recent pilot study also reported shorter lysis time (with a mean of 17.5 h), 93% clinical success, and no major hemorrhagic complications. 28 A study presented at the 2002 SCVIR meeting compared two combination therapies, r-PA plus abciximab versus rt-PA plus eptifibatide and reported superior clinical success, complete thrombolysis, lower complication rates, and shorter times with r-PA plus abciximab. 29
Venous thrombolysis
Deep venous thrombosis is associated with significant long-term sequelae due to incomplete thrombus resolution, persistent venous obstruction, and valvular insufficiency. The resultant postthrombotic syndrome includes leg-swelling, pain, hyperpigmentation, and ulceration that can be seen in up to two-thirds of patients. Medical therapy using systemic anticoagulation is the standard treatment used to prevent pulmonary embolism and recurrent thrombosis; however, it does not address the already established thrombus directly. Catheter-based thrombolysis proposes rapid relief of acute symptoms and prevention of long-term complications. Although no randomized prospective study has established the long-term effects of thrombolysis for DVT, the report of a national multicenter registry has suggested good technical success rates and intermediate patency rates. 30
Romano and colleagues 31 presented a poster at the 2002 SCVIR meeting reporting on 11 treatments of subclavian vein thrombosis. All treatments were successful, but angioplasty was performed in 7 of the 11 patients. They used rt-PA for all treatments and reported 1 minor complication. 31 Hofkin et al 32 reported on the treatment of 14 patients with iliofemoral DVT using r-PA. Of the 14 patients, 11 patients had partial or complete thrombolysis with improvement in symptoms and complications prevented completion of treatment in 2 patients. 32 Razavi et al 7 used 0.25 mg/h or 0.5 mg/h TNK for the treatment of iliofemoral DVT in 16 patients. Both regimens were similarly effective and bleeding complications were few. Of the 16, 8 (50%) patients had complete thrombolysis, 3 patients had <50% lysis, and 5 patients had between 50% and 90% lysis. 7
The role of combined pharmacologic and mechanical thrombolysis is not clear. Vedantham et al 33 presented a poster paper at SCVIR that demonstrated shorter infusion times and lower drug dose with comparable short-term result. Successful thrombolysis with mechanical device only has been reported in central venous obstruction. 34,35
Thrombolytic treatment is rather expensive, comparable to that of surgical thrombectomy as shown by Ouriel and colleagues. 19 A large proportion of the total was attributed to the cost of UK, the thrombolytic drug. Table 4 lists the average published wholesale prices 36 for the 4 agents: rt-PA, r-PA, TNK, and UK. Although UK is not available in the United States, it can still be found on the wholesale list. It is not known what the new price for UK will be when it is back on the market. Table 4 lists the hourly rates for each of the drugs, using arbitrary infusion rates and the cost of the smallest usable unit of agent. When comparing their hourly prices, the similarity of rt-PA, r-PA, and TNK is remarkable. Many institutions can get considerably lower prices for some of these agents, and these variations are not accounted for in this table.
Thrombolysis is a well-established procedure in an interventional radiology practice. Although it is safe and effective for the treatment of peripheral arterial and venous occlusions, some issues related to drug choices and dosage are yet to be determined. Currently, rt-PA and r-PA are the most commonly used drugs. Combination therapy with GP IIa/IIIb drugs and mechanical devices are promising adjunctive treatment options still undergoing evaluation.


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Great Moments In Unlicensed Pittsburgh Sports Merch: One Bad Ma'afala
Thanks to Rich for this. He says:
"I got this shirt a few years ago. I'm pretty sure his name, Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala, means "Christ He Pounds Rocks" in Hawaii. I'm assuming his catch phrase on the back of this shirt is what so endeared him in the hearts and minds of Steelers fans. My list of negative Steeler memories goes in this order, 1. Neil O'Donnell's interceptions, 2. Cedric Humes being cut, 3. Fu's uncalled for release by the Steelers, a release he is still waiting patiently to avenge."
He's One Bad Ma'afala. Shut Your Mouth! What a slogan.
I started this Great Moments feature a full 10 months ago, and I'm surprised we haven't come across this one yet. The archives were noticeably lacking this classic piece. Along with EL YEAH!, it might be one of the most recognizable unlicensed Pittsburgh sports shirts in recent memory. Have an awesome name, get awesome generic shirts made in your honor.
I wanna point out what may be the greatest part of the shirt. It's clearly unlicensed, as said Bad Ma'afala belongs to PITTSBURGH FOOTBALL, not the Steelers, yet the quote is trademarked. Check the bottom corner of the final letter A in Ma'afala's last name. Is that necessary? Is is a true trademark? If you've spent time making a purposefully-generic shirt, why bother to trademark or get permission to use the trademarked phrase? Seems kinda counter-productive.


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I really miss Nightcrawler HE'S BACK!!!!!
Show Teddy some love!
"I want Apex to feast on Reptil like a pregnant khaleesi." - Sanji
This could be because the Milligan run (only read the first couple arcs, dunno if it got better) was kind of crap. The Diggle run before it, however, was fucking amazing, no idea why that didn't get the attention it deserves.
I've been waiting for years for someone to take over from Milligan, it sucks that that isn't going to happen. It also sucks that Jason Aaron is over at Marvel.
I think DC is just confused by what people WANT! We would like Vertigo characters to be used sometimes in the DCU but not take them away from Vertigo completely. If DC wants to use them thats ok but if Vertigo would like to use them it should be ok as well, not just take away a characters book thats been going for hundreds of issues.. I almost thought Hellblazer would have been fine cause they let the new Sandman comic come out in Vertigo but alas it was not to be, maybe because they didn't want to get Neil upset is why, which is nice.
Milligan is one of the best HB writers best to Ennis and Delano
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Will Constantine be a in-continuity continuation (sort of like the rest of the NEW 52 titles)?
A sort of new reimagined Constantine like all NEW 52 Chars.
A younger 'streamlined' version.
Look at the forums here in CBR its mostly superhero fans nagging about Deathstroke mask, continuity and X-men issues. Stories like HB,Scalped,American Vampire who i read and think about and there is no reason to talk about every issue here.
Its very naive for Ninjamic and his kind of superhero fans to think most talked about comics is the most rated,most loved. We can read comics without making 10 topics about them.
CBR big two forums is not the sales list of american comics Trades list.
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By Steve Morrision
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is poised to become the first Mormon major-party nominee for president when the Republican National Convention wraps up next week. But what do adherents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints believe, and how has Romney's faith been expressed?
We look into the details of a church that counts more than 14 million followers worldwide — not just the Osmond family and the Hough siblings on television's "Dancing With the Stars."
Its founding
The church was born in 1820 based on the spiritual visions of Joseph Smith, a 14-year-old boy living in upstate New York. By 1830, the Book of Mormon, at its heart a story of early Christ followers living on the American continent, had been published. The name "Mormon" comes from the name of the prophet who compiled the original book, which is believed to have been discovered by Smith in 1827 in the form of thin metal sheets of gold. Mormons consider it holy.
Brigham Young, for whom the university in Utah is named, became president of the church after Smith's death in 1844. He led Mormon settlers to the Salt Lake Valley, and today 35 percent of U.S. Mormons live in Utah, with 76 percent living in Western states.
Joe Valenzano, an assistant professor of communication at the University of Dayton with research interests in religious and political communication, came to UD last year after five years at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He says geography has led to a disconnect.
"The East Coast-West Coast bias leads to a lot of not knowing a lot about that faith because people on the East don't live amongst Mormons to the degree that they are in the West," he said. "There's a lack of interaction that leads to a general misunderstanding."
What they believe
The church teaches that God through Smith restored the ancient church of Jesus Christ through his visions and the Book of Mormon, believing that the Christian faith as expressed since the days of Christ had "fallen away" through martyrdom, persecution, doctrinal conflict and lost truths.
Mission work is mandatory for Mormon youths, and there is a strong scriptural stance against the use of alcohol, tobacco, coffee, tea and illegal drugs. Practicing Mormons are serious — their temple services can last more than 2½ hours — and believe that their leaders are modern-day prophets in a direct line from Joseph Smith. Among its more controversial practices is baptism for the dead, in which a living Mormon is baptized on behalf of a dead person of any faith and whose name is read aloud. They do not become Mormons through the ritual.
Scholars have long scrutinized the divide between so-called mainstream Christianity and Mormons, said John-Charles Duffy, a visiting assistant professor of comparative religion at Miami University. Duffy earned an undergrad degree in English at BYU and was raised Mormon but no longer practices it.
"Particularly since about the 1970s, there was a real surge in anti-cult discourse about Mormonism, a lot of it produced by evangelical (Christians) who themselves were surging during that period and were very concerned about Mormon growth and began producing a lot of literature about Mormonism," he says. "That literature had a tendency to emphasize aspects of Mormon teaching that are fairly esoteric. People often have a sense of Mormon doctrine being sort of more mysterious or odd than I think it actually is for the everyday lives of Mormons."
About Gov. Romney
While Romney studiously followed the path of most Mormons well into adulthood, doing missionary work in France in the 1960s and leading portions of temple services later, the rise of his political star put his faith further in the shadows.
That's not unusual, particularly in entertainment media, says Valenzano. "(Research says that) the U.S. public likes to see a general, what's called a 'flattened,' Christianity: Don't overtly proselytize, just portray that people are religious, it's generally Christian and we're good to go," he said.
"His religion has ceased to be an overt issue of discussion," said Duffy. "We have seen already and may continue to see periodic reminders in the media that Romney as a Mormon believes strange things. 'Do you want your president being someone who believes what the Book of Mormon says about the origin of Native Americans?' or 'Do you want your president believing that God lives on a planet called Kolob?' "
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Originality is something of a double-edge sword in gaming. Sure, that there will be a group of gamers that are likely to salivate over any original prospect but will it be at the expense of the appeal to the mass market? Something of a solution is to take a popular genre and doing something with it that's never been done before. Enter Darkwatch, the latest in a long line of FPS titles for current generation consoles. However, this one has a twist. You actually play the game under a vampiric curse, in a Western setting. Is this enough to pull the game out of the bowels of mediocrity?
You start the game as veteran train robber, Jericho Cross. On the night of your last hit before retirement, you come across an intricate train blazing through a desert night. Unfortunately, you pop onto the train to find that instead of treasures and tribulations, you're surrounded by rotting corpses and hanging carcasses. After hacking/shooting your way through the back end of the train, surely there has to be something behind that skull-shaped vault? No treasure, just a centuries-old Vampire named Lazarus. Upon release, he places you under the vampire's curse, hence turning Jericho, into a Vampire as well.
From there, you team up with Cassidy, the feisty young leader of a crew known as the Darkwatch. These guys happen to protect the innocent folk of the world from the evils of Lazarus and his minions. To try and make up for your mistake as well as keep your soul remotely clean, you're coaxed into joining the Darkwatch. It's a bit of an odd story. The introduction is heavily drawn out, the body isn't very long and the ending is somewhat drawn out as well. It leaves a feeling that there's a general lack of substance and by the end there are a few plot points that are unclear. While the game lacks anything "Western" about the story, it makes for a decent Vampire flick, with almost everything that you'd expect and few little twists here are there.
Something that must be said from the outset, as an FPS, the game feels very formulaic. Probably because it derives virtually everything from the most successful shooter of the generation, Halo. From everything, we mean from the difficulty select screen, to check points, the vehicle mission and even the ghost of Cassidy that helps you in the game, which is a blatant rip-off of Cortana. Still, there are a few new things.
The main additions that set this game apart are the Vampire abilities. They come in a few different forms. Once you're cursed, you'll get a few enhancements from the offset. You've got a blood shield (read: energy shield), an anti-gravity double jump and the blood-vision. The blood-vision is the most substantial, as you'll go into a red-filtered vision that very clearly shows friends, enemies as well as other items.
Your health is controlled by the amount of blood you collect, but you've also got a blood meter that will allow you to utilise even more powers. There are eight in all and they're divided into good and evil. The good powers consist of silver bullets, auras and chain lightning while the evil powers consist of frenzies, possessions and dark mists. They can be useful in situations but they are hardly imperative to the way that the game is played. In fact, they feel more gimmicky and sometimes in the way, then anything else.
The game throws in a few good/evil decision choices. Some of them are major, where a possessed person crosses your path and you can choose to free them or consume them. Other encounters are trapped souls that you face the same choice with. Each choice will build up a meter and when it fills, you've got a new ability. We found that it's best to concentrate on one side and that there is only one circumstantial choice towards the end that will determine the final ending.
OK, so the vampire powers don't really add anything revolutionary to the way you play your FPS, but that counts for nil if the grounding isn't any good. Darkwatch is heavily built off Halo, where Halo provides some tactical combat, Darkwatch is more intense and on-your-toes. When you aren't trekking down a linear path, chances are you'll be hauled up in a stop fending off hoards of undead soldiers or picking off numerous snipers from the roofs. There's nothing tactical here, other than knowing when the use the melee but it is very intense.
That's the main redeeming factor of the game. It can get very intense and you genuinely need to worry about your hide. Then apart from a couple of boss fights, the game takes way too much off Halo and not enough Darkwatch. There are too many hop-in-a-turret, other Darkwatch members littered around levels helping you and the one level where you ride a vehicle is blatant warthog rip-off. When you get levels that make it interesting, like the one where the sun is out and your powers are diminished, are too few. You may not think that's too bad, but who remembers Brute Force?
The weapons are marginally fun to use and this where the Western element comes in. You've got a small array but they consist of the usual suspect. Some can be particularly handy, like the shotgun that doubles as an axe or the dual pistols that can be used in rapid fire. Of course, you've got healthy doses of dynamite and TNT. Then you've got a trusty but demonic stead, which allows you to take part in a few horseback missions. For the record, they're a good diversion.
There are a few different types of enemies, but for each different type, they look exactly the same. While enemies without guns will recklessly charge at you, it's disturbing as to how accurate the enemies with guns can be. They are way too good a predicting jumps and subtle direction changes. It doesn't help that the game's controls aren't as tight as you'd like them. The game's reticule isn't too good either, often flashing red only to find that you'll be missing by a matter of digital millimetres. It's not too bad but it gets annoying when you're missing enemies from point blank, in the later levels of the game. The chicken-heart AI is worth mentioning as well, but it can get very annoying as well.
The single player mode has its moments. If it weren't for the intensity, it would boil down to nothing but a watered down Halo clone. The story isn't particularly balanced and the vampire powers don't add as much as you may like. However, despite being almost completely run-and-gun, Darkwatch manages to retain some challenge and satisfaction in its eight to ten hour quest. Too bad that that's pretty much all there is to the game. The multiplayer is totally ordinary, with only a few little maps and standard options. You can collect temporary powers as tokens but with some of the other offerings available to games, there is little incentive to stick around here.
Graphically, the game is solid but because it's so dark and most environments consist of deserts or caverns, there isn't much to see. The Western feel takes something a back seat in most instances, but at least it isn't shoved in your face in an over the top manner. Enemies are nicely made but there are too many of the same model. Environmental physics are pretty good as well, with plenty of destruction and mayhem possible. The art style looks like it borrows a bit from Oddworld, especially with Jericho. There is some slowdown in busy sequences. Sound-wise, the voicing is decent but the attempt to mix a Dark theme and Western theme with the music fails abysmally.
Overall, Darkwatch is a solid and intense shooter with a conceptually unique twist. The vampire aspect doesn't really add anything other than occasional convenience and story vehicle. It blatantly copies way too much from Halo and all originality is lost to this. The multiplayer is nothing compared to other offerings. Still, there is some run-and-gun fun to be had as long as you can get past any of the games creative shortcomings. There isn't enough here to warrant a full-price purchase but it's not a bad rental.
Jeremy Jastrzab
17 Nov, 2005
17 Nov, 2005
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Darkwatch gives vampires, undead, cowboys and plenty of bullets to fire. But that's about it. Otherwise, Darkwatch is a fairly standard affair that's worth a rental for anyone wondering wanting to check it out. | 6½ |
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At the Simi Valley Unified School District board meeting this week, one trustee indicated some concern with the allocation of funding to the district in future years due to the application of the local control funding Formula (LCFF) proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
The trustee asked that the board agendize the item for discussion at the next meeting (May 14).
The California Teachers Association endorsed Proposition 30, the Schools and Public Safety Protection Act, which passed in the November election. This board voted unanimously to support Proposition 30. This is the enabling legislation that Gov. Brown used to propose the LCFF.
One trustee stated last October that "the passage of one or both of the Propositions (30 and 32) is the only thing that will keep the district's programs intact."
It's important for the public to also know that the California Teachers Association endorsed Jerry Brown for governor in a press release in March 2010. Education groups up and down the state made similar endorsements.
It's time to examine your endorsements a little more closely.
- Jerre Reimers,
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East Coast Australia in Style (OAES)
This comfort-minded journey up Australia's eastern shore delivers the wonders of the region to you in fine style. Using a diverse range of transport—trains, yachts, surfboards—and unique lodgings, you'll visit remote islands, sample world-class wines, wander through rainforests and even learn how to catch a few waves. Plus, we keep your group size intentionally small so it feels less like travelling with a herd and more like exploring with great new friends.
Highlights: Learn to surf in Byron Bay with a local expert, sail the Sydney harbour in a racing yacht, swim from world class beaches, learn about Aboriginal culture and history
New Zealand in Style (ONIS)
An all-encompassing yet comfortable journey through New Zealand that delivers the highlights of the region with stye to spare. Utilizing a diverse range of transport—trains, gondolas, boats—you'll explore artsy beach towns, learn about local myths, legends and traditional cuisine from the Maori, and revel in the breathtaking beauty of New Zealand. Handpicked accommodations and upgraded transportation are standard fare on this decidedly non-standard adventure. This trip offers everything you could possibly want...and then some.
Highlights: Learn about Maori myths and traditions, Trek an active volcano for spectacular views, Experience the geothermal mysteries of Rotorua, Glide along the TranzAlpine railway, Take in the views of Queenstown from a gondola, Cruise through Doubtful Sound searching for wildlife
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Australia in Style (OAIS)
It's tough to cover all of Australia in a single trip, but believe us, we've tried. This three-week extravaganza incorporates all the absolute must-do bits of Australia into one legendary—yet stress-free—adventure. From the bustling cities dotting the coast to Australia's burgeoning wine country, from the outback and iconic Uluru (Ayers Rock) to the beach, the Great Barrier Reef and even the legendary dreamtime itself, you'll leave no stone unturned on this trip. And don't concern yourself with logging weary road miles, either—we'll connect the dots with internal flights and historic train journeys to keep you cozy and unstressed throughout.
Highlights: Learn to surf with a local in Byron Bay, snorkel the world's most famous barrier reef, experience the Red Centre and witness the majesty of Uluru at sunrise, sample iconic Australian wines at their source, marvel at the Twelve Apostles while driving the Great Ocean Road
Trip | Length | Style | Service Level | Starting Price |
East Coast Australia in Style (OAES) | 10 days | Comfort | Upgraded |
New Zealand in Style (ONIS) | 11 days | Comfort | Upgraded |
Australia in Style (OAIS) | 21 days | Comfort | Upgraded |


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Dave Franco was born in Palo Alto, California. His mother, Betsy, is Jewish, and his father, Doug Franco, was of Portuguese and Swedish descent. He has two older brothers, actor James Franco and Tom. Dave made his first television appearance at the age of 21, in 2006, in an episode of 7th Heaven (1996). A string of high-profile TV work followed, ...
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Only on the darkest day
Only in my deepest sigh
Only when you hear me scream
Only when I try to cry
Only in my lonely bed
Only deep within my heart
Only thru the choked back words
Only. …
Only at the break of day
Only when the fog sits low
Only in the forests belly
Only deep beneath the snow
Only lost amongst the clouds
Only carried on the wind
Only sifting thru the sand
Only never will you know
Just how much you owned my soul
Only never shall I tell
Just how much my life was hell
Only until the day you die
Will I hope you never know
How much you crushed my hopes and dreams
How much you stole, how much you stole.
Rebuttal to Only:
In my strength I let you go
Your evil I no longer wish to know
You hands on my neck
The choke hold gone
The fucking pain that lingers on.
The words of hate I endured,
The physical threats that occurred
The deception and lies that I told
To cover the bruises
New and old
I wish to lay to rest
This lingering…
Crap within my chest
To finally say good bye to you
That is this disgusting mental residue
So much of me was wrapped up in you
and I only wish you never knew…
If only…
August 11, 2011
Written because I have a regret of giving so much of my life to the excruciating lesson of sacrificing myself and my hopes and dreams to a man that beat me verbally and physically for over 15 years. And because of my shame I did my best to hide that fact from all that knew us.
Tags: broken dreams, building new dreams, depression, domestic violence, fear, letting go, lost youth, low self esteem, reclaiming my life, regret, shame, soul, wishing to change the past


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We switched our name list again.. instead of Jackson Orion, we're leaning towards Boston Avery. Girls name is set as Calliope, I really like Calliope Jane, BUT both DD and I have M middle names, and I kind of want to keep that going, not sure though. Only M name we can agree on is MY middle name which is Michelle.
I'm only 13 weeks, I have lots of time to decide this, but go figure this stuff is what keeps me up until 1 am I'm a planner. I like to have a plan, and hate going into things blind. I'm the type who is done Christmas shopping in July and plans my kids birthday parties for the next year the day after their birthday. I guess it's just my nature to NEED a name.
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Agriculture and the WTO
Australian Agricultural Exports
Agriculture is an important part of the Australian economy. Australia is a competitive net agricultural exporter, with around two thirds of total production exported. In 2011-12 agricultural exports accounted for 13.8 per cent of Australian merchandise exports*. In 2011 Australia accounted for 2.1 per cent of all global exports of agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and rubber.
Major agriculture export products | FY2012 A$m | Share of Rank | Total |
Total Agriculture | 36,693 | 100.0% | |
Wheat | 6,350 | 1 | 17.3% |
Beef | 4,684 | 2 | 12.8% |
Cotton | 2,736 | 3 | 7.5% |
Wool | 2,689 | 4 | 7.3% |
Wine | 1,910 | 5 | 5.2% |
Sugar | 1,597 | 6 | 4.4% |
Barley | 1,523 | 7 | 4.2% |
Lamb and mutton | 1,493 | 8 | 4.1% |
Rape and colza seeds | 1,343 | 9 | 3.7% |
Milk and cream | 1,064 | 10 | 2.9% |
* Based on the WTO definition of agriculture, which excludes fisheries, forestry and rubber. The value of Australian fisheries, forestry and rubber exports in 2011-12 was respectively: $1,015, $1,241 and $21 (million).
Major agriculture export markets | FY2012 A$m | Rank | Share of Total |
Total all countries | 36,693 | 100.0% | |
China | 6,706 | 1 | 18.3% |
Japan | 4,395 | 2 | 12.0% |
EU27a | 2,616 | 3 | 7.1% |
Indonesia | 2,563 | 4 | 7.0% |
Republic of Korea | 2,547 | 5 | 6.9% |
United States | 2,352 | 6 | 6.4% |
New Zealand | 1,473 | 7 | 4.0% |
Thailand | 981 | 8 | 2.7% |
Malaysia | 929 | 9 | 2.5% |
Vietnam | 899 | 10 | 2.5% |
a The 27 members of the European Union (EU27) are: Belgium, France, Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Portugal, Denmark, Latvia, Romania, Germany, Lithuania, Slovenia, Estonia, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Ireland, Hungary, Finland, Greece, Malta, Sweden, Spain, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Source: DFAT STARS Database, based on ABS Cat No 5368.0, February 2013 data; ABS Special Data Service.
World Agricultural Markets – pursuing better access for Australian exporters
The Australian Government is actively working to reduce distortions in global agricultural trade and provide to better market access for Australian exporters.
Average global tariffs for agricultural goods are more than three times higher than for non-agricultural goods, some agricultural tariffs are as high as 800 per cent, and in no other area does domestic support distort international markets to the extent that it does in agriculture. In 2011 support and protection amounting to US$252 billion was provided for agriculture by OECD member states – with some countries continuing to provide around 50 per cent of farm income through government subsidies.
WTO trade rules tolerate export subsidies in the agricultural sector, the most trade-distorting form of subsidies, even though they have long since been prohibited for other goods.
Against this backdrop, the Government is actively working to reduce trade distortions and is pursuing better access to other countries' markets for Australian exporters in multilateral, regional and bilateral settings.
Australia has reduced its own tariff levels and other protection on agricultural and food products since the early 1970s. Australia's simple average applied tariff on agriculture is 1.4 per cent. Australia provides agricultural produce to world markets without the high levels of financial support, protection and other trade-distorting practices used by some countries.
This has resulted in Australia being one of the world's most efficient agricultural producers. This is demonstrated by the Producer Support Estimate (PSE) produced by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The PSE estimates the percentage of farm income arising from government support. Australia's PSE in 2011 was only 2.97 per cent, the second lowest among OECD countries.Trade reform and global food security
Millions of farmers around the world, including in developing countries, are unfairly disadvantaged in the world market as a result of trade distortions in agriculture. Trade and production distorting measures, including, for example, export restrictions, lead to greater price volatility and can create a disincentive for farmers to increase output and productivity. Distortions such as this also impede the achievement of long term food security. Australia advocates a comprehensive approach to food security which includes appropriate economic and trade policies. Further agricultural trade policy reform is essential to achieving poverty alleviation and food security objectives.
World Trade Organization (WTO) and Agriculture
The WTO, which was established in 1995, is the successor organisation to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). For most of the post-war period, agricultural products were largely excluded from the multilateral trade liberalisation which took place during GATT negotiations. In the early 1980s, it was widely acknowledged that agriculture had become the most heavily protected and distorted sector in the world economy, with consequent substantial negative effects on international trade, developing countries that are heavily reliant on agriculture for their economic development being particularly affected.
Reform of the global rules covering agricultural trade began with the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations. The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, which has been in effect since 1995, provided for the conversion of non-tariff trade barriers to more transparent tariff protection, increased access to markets around the world through tariff cuts, and a reduction in export subsidies and trade-distorting domestic support measures.Agriculture in the Doha Round
WTO members agreed to launch the current "round" of WTO negotiations in November 2001, in Doha, Qatar. The Doha mandate on agriculture calls for ambitious reform. Members agreed to achieve "substantial improvements in market access; reductions of, with view to phasing out, all forms of export subsidies; and substantial reductions in trade-distorting domestic support."
At the Eighth WTO Ministerial Conference held in Geneva on December 2011, WTO Members acknowledged that the Doha Round of negotiations was at an impasse. They reaffirmed their commitment to the Doha Mandate and agreed to pursue "new pathways" to an outcome, notably by breaking the negotiations into smaller, more manageable components and attempting to reach agreement on these issues. The Australian Government remains committed to pursuing multilateral trade liberalisation through the WTO and in the lead up to the Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference to be held in December 2013, has encouraged other WTO members to consider new pathways, including for agriculture given that it is central to the negotiations.
Cairns Group
The Cairns Group of 19 agricultural exporting countries, chaired by Australia, has played an instrumental role in achieving global agricultural trade reform since its formation in 1986. The Group is a diverse coalition, bringing together developed and developing countries from the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific region.
The Cairns Group has been active in the current Doha Round negotiations, both in setting the agenda for the agriculture negotiations and in pressing the WTO membership to meet in full their mandate. Today it continues to highlight the centrality of agriculture in any agreement and the need for serious engagement on agriculture in the negotiations.
An important part of the Cairns Group's contribution to the WTO's agriculture agenda has been its technical work in the negotiations. The Cairns Group develops detailed negotiating proposals. Cairns Group officials meet regularly in Geneva to discuss negotiating positions and share information. The Cairns Group website provides further details, including communiqués from ministerial meetings.
Role of FTAs in achieving freer and fairer agricultural trade
While multilateral trade liberalisation offers the greatest prospective benefits, Australia also continues to press for ambitious and comprehensive regional and bilateral trade agreements, including for agriculture.
Quarantine and food safety
WTO Agreements of most relevance to the application of quarantine, food safety, animal and plant health regulations are the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement).
The SPS Agreement allows all WTO members (including Australia) to set their own level of sanitary and phytosanitary protection in relation to quarantine and food safety. It also requires quarantine and food safety measures to be based on science and not industry protection. This ensures that Members cannot use unfair and unjustified quarantine or food safety restrictions to block trade.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) are the three international standard setting bodies (ISSBs) that hold special status under the WTO SPS Agreement. For the purposes of the SPS Agreement, ISSB standards are recognised as relevant international standards protecting human, plant and animal health from additives, contaminants, toxins or disease in food.
The TBT Agreement gives countries the right to adopt standards or regulations they consider appropriate to protect life or health, and also for the protection of the environment or to meet other consumer interests. For example, food labelling regimes are considered technical regulations and fall within the scope of the TBT Agreement.
Given the importance of international trade rules for Australia's food and agriculture trade, Australia takes an active role in the WTO and related standard setting bodies in order to continually improve the conditions faced by Australian exporters in overseas markets.


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Location: Frankfurt, Hahn
Ryanair is Europe's favourite low fares airline, operating more than 1,600 daily flights (over 500,000 per year) from 57 bases, across 1,600 low fare routes, connecting 182 destinations in 30 countries and operating a fleet of over 300 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Ryanair has recently announced firm orders for a further 175 new Boeing aircraft, which will be delivered between 2014 and 2018. Ryanair currently has a team of more than 9,000 highly skilled professionals, will carry over 81 million passengers this year and has an outstanding 29-year safety record.
To provide engineering support, Ryanair Technics operated by Bostonair, is now inviting applications for B1 Engineers to be positioned at our base in Hahn, Germany. Frankfurt Hahn boasts one of Ryanair's newest hangars. This is a two bay facility, with a dual flight simulator bay and training facilities attached.
This key position is available to an enthusiastic B1 engineer on the Boeing 737-NG with a proven track record. You will be responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating all within the repair station whilst ensuring to maintain the highest levels of safety.
This position will involve shift work. This will be on a 5 on 3 off night shift basis.
Closing Date: 20/01/2014
Please email full curriculum vitae with cover letter
(quoting reference number FRB1HHN01) to
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Please note only applications for the position of B1 Engineer - HHN will be accepted through the above email address,
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By Mr. Smola of Palmer, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Todd M. Smola for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Scott Giroux, an employee of the Department of Mental Health. Public Service.
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The Olympus DP73 high-performance Peltier cooled, digital color cameras offer the latest pixel-shifting technology with an extraordinary 17.28 megapixel resolution, 4 binning modes, and 14-bit A/D conversion for increased bit depth.
A 2.01 megapixel color CCD is combined with pixel-shifting technology to result in the capture of an 17.3 megapixel resolution. In addition to conventional 3 x 3 pixel shifting of one color per pixel, the DP73 features a 3-CCD pixel shift mode that enables three-color image resolution (RGB) within a single pixel to improve resolution even more. |
High-definition 1600 × 1200-pixel images can be displayed live at a rate of 15 frames per second, without compression. This imaging quality enables clear and distinct observation without deterioration, while focusing is made stress free. The DP73 is able to display various microstructures like fine patterns of wafers and surface of new materials. |
The DP73 has the power to present truer colors with less moiré artifacts that can have a negative impact on resolution. Due to advanced algorithms and fine detail processing the DP73 also optimizes the resolving power of the microscope objectives resulting in improved sharpness and clarity of images. |
Color Gamut Comparison |
Through supporting AdobeRGB*, the DP73 faithfully renders a broad color range. It also features a new color reproduction algorithm, that differentiates subtle changes in colors that were difficult to separate until now- colors such as brown, blue and purple-can now be reproduced with exceptional accuracy.
*Color reproduction fidelity depends on monitor specifications. Monitors supporting AdobeRGB are required to accurately reproduce images recorded in AdobeRGB mode. |
Capture images across a broad sensitivity range of ISO100-1600 through the incorporation of features including a new CCD drive system, reduced circuit noise and optimized image processing. These technologies allow the CCD to clearly capture sample details during observation methods such as reflected light darkfield or fluorescence. |
Process live image with WiDER*-an application that optimizes contrast and brightness in each region of the image in real time to automatically generate images that have broad dynamic range but are free from under- or overexprosure. It works to reduce halation from the surface of materials, solder and so on.
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The OLYMPUS Stream is an advanced industrial microscopy software that simplifies your imaging tasks. Quickly acquire, process, perform measurements or analysis and automatically create reports. Our robust data management provides seamless organization and management of your images and data. The OLYMPUS Stream software can be purchased in a variety of packages designed to fit your needs. In addition these packages are expandable with specific application solutions to meet unique analysis needs. |
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Imaging Sensor | Size | 1/1.8 inch 2.01 megapixel color CCD |
Scanning mode | Progressive | |
Camera mount | C-mount | |
Effective image resolution | 4800x3600 (pixel shifting, 3CCD mode) | |
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Weekly forecast
Your Week Ahead: These days, we are all psychologists. We have all read the self-help books. We all have opinions about what makes us the way we are. If we are not looking back to our childhood in an attempt to understand how our personalities were shaped, we are trying to release our hidden potential. Or to understand how we can communicate better. There is, though, a big difference between thinking things through and living a different dream. This week, one drop of inspired understanding will positively transform an ocean of experience.Now, you really must hear your new, free week ahead spoken forecast. It's here!


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Shallary has worked in college counseling centers for over twenty-five years. Her approach to counseling builds on the therapeutic relationship where compassion, respect, trust, and genuineness are valued. Ascertaining what approach works best for students emerges within the context of understanding the student's needs and their "life story." Creating self-awareness and hope are fundamental for growth. Ultimately, it is the counseling relationship that promotes change.
In collaboration with Multicultural Student Services, Shallary is the co-director of the Together Everyone Achieves More (T.E.A.M.) peer mentor program which is a year-long transition program aimed to support first year students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.
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Sharks in the Bahamas can breathe more easily after the nation's government announced today that all commercial shark fishing in the approximately 243,244 square miles of the country's waters is now prohibited. Such shark conservation laws are becoming more and more common across the world.
"2011 is fast becoming the year of the shark," said Jill Hepp, manager of global shark conservation for the Pew Environment Group. "Today's announcement permanently protects more than 40 shark species in Bahamian waters. We applaud the people and government of The Bahamas for being bold leaders in marine conservation."
The island nation joins Palau, the Maldives and Honduras in prohibiting the commercial fishing of sharks. Together, this adds up to almost 2.4 million 926,645 square miles of ocean, where these animals can now swim safely. The Bahamian sanctuary was created by adding an amendment to the Fisheries Resources Act to prohibit commercial shark fishing, along with the sale, importation and export of shark products.
"The Bahamas' prohibition on longline fishing gear 20 years ago protected the marine resources of The Bahamas and ensured that our shark populations would remain healthy," said Eric Carey, executive director of The Bahamas National Trust (BNT). "But there were no specific shark conservation laws in The Bahamas, the crown jewels of ocean health. The new regulations signed this morning by Minister Cartwright, ensure that that sharks can continue to thrive for generations in our waters, one of the world's best places to see sharks."
The country's shark conservation effort is the result of a partnership between the Pew Environment Group and BNT, which began just as a major Bahamian seafood company announced its intention to catch sharks and export their fins. Globally, commercial fisheries kill up to 73 million sharks annually (threatening the future existence of many species), mainly for their fins. The collaboration between the Pew Environment Group and BNT produced popular public service announcements and a supportive petition signed by more than 5,000 Bahamians. Staff also coordinated outreach trips to support shark protections by Pierre-Yves Cousteau (son of Jacques Cousteau), scientist and artist Guy Harvey, and Sherman's Lagoon cartoonist Jim Toomey.
"We congratulate the Right Honorable Hubert Ingraham, the Bahamian Prime Minister, and Lawrence S. Cartwright, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, for acting to save sharks, the ocean's apex predator," said Hepp.
The Pew Environment Group is the conservation arm of The Pew Charitable Trusts, a nongovernmental organization that works globally to establish pragmatic, science-based policies that protect our oceans, preserve our wildlands and promote clean energy.
The Bahamas National Trust was established by an Act of Parliament in 1959 and is mandated with the conservation of natural and historic resources of The Bahamas. It is the only known non-governmental organization in the world with the mandate to manage a country's entire national park system.
For more information on the Pew Environment Group, visit www.pewenvironment.org
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Twilight of a stormy day – photographed at the Penticton Marina, BC, Canada
Challenge Winner
Night/Low Light Photography (voucher) in Beautiful BC
MANUAL MODE: NIGHT IMAGE in JPG Cast-Offs
Featured in Live and Let Live, Moody and Evocative, Around the World, Morning & Evening Sunbeam & Storms, Atmospheric Land and Seascapes, Inspired Art, A Place Call Home, Featured For A Challenge, Quality Art and Photography, #1 Artists of Red Bubble, Canadiana
HOMEPAGE FEATURED IMAGE Dec/10/10
See also: Same boat in the winter
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beach, boat, calm, dusk, lake, magenta, okanagan bc canada, purple, sunset, twilight, penticton, marina, bc, canada, john poon
Wow…..wonderful image, John!
Thanks, Mike.
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Much appreciated :)
– John Poon
Wonderful image, John.
Thank you for stopping by, cheers!
– John Poon
Thanks again, Tara.
– John Poon
Oh now that is breathtaking..paradise for sure!!
Hehe, paradise at least for the brief 5 minutes ;)
Thx, Kim.
– John Poon
I can feel the serenity and the end to a perfect day in your image, beautiful work, John! Dee
Cheers! And congrats on the features :)
– John Poon
Superb Shot john
Thank you, Anand :)
– John Poon
beautiful dreamy image…beautiful light and composition…perfect!
Thank you James :)
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You had me too. Outstanding!
Thank you very much, 6string!
Cheers, Maureen!