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HIV Medication Adherence Efficacy Review Methods
The PRS efficacy review process for identifying HIV medication adherence (MA) evidence-based behavioral interventions (EBIs) is conducted using well-established systematic procedures for searching and reviewing the intervention research literature. The information presented below describes the MA search strategy for identifying relevant articles, MA study eligibility criteria for inclusion in the review, and MA study coding procedures for reviewing the quality of the evidence. A detailed overview of the PRS search strategy is available in the article Developing a comprehensive search strategy for evidence based systematic reviews in the open access journal Evidence Based Library and Information Practice.
Once included in the review, the PRS MA efficacy criteria are used to determine if an HIV medication adherence behavioral intervention is best-evidence or good-evidence.
MA Search Strategy
Using a comprehensive and systematic search strategy, PRS developed a cumulative database of the HIV, AIDS, and STD prevention research literature. This cumulative database is continually updated using both automated and manual searches conducted annually to keep the HIV/AIDS and STD behavioral prevention literature up-to-date.
The automated search component involves searching the following electronic bibliographic databases: CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO for articles focusing on HIV/AIDS, antiretroviral therapy or treatment, and adherence.
The manual search consists of regularly reviewing 16 journals to identify articles not yet indexed in the electronic databases. These journals were selected based on previous publication record of HIV adherence intervention studies. Quarterly, PRS team members screen all issues of the journals published within the previous 3 months to locate relevant articles. In addition, PRS also examines the reference lists of published articles, HIV/AIDS Internet listservs, and unpublished manuscripts submitted by study authors.
For each eligible intervention study, the PRS cumulative database is searched to identify all articles reporting descriptive or outcome data from the same intervention. All articles describing the same intervention study are considered linked reports and are included in the review process for that study. Additional details about these search strategies and procedures can be obtained by contacting PRS.
MA Study Eligibility
Once articles are identified through the systematic search, they are screened to determine eligibility for the PRS medication adherence efficacy review. To be included in this review, studies must meet each of the following inclusion criteria:
- HIV Medication Adherence Intervention with:
- Educational / behavioral component OR
- Treatment delivery methods or monitoring devices to facilitate adherence
- Published or accepted for publication in a peer–reviewed journal
- Conducted in the United States or a U.S. territory
- Outcome evaluation report with a comparison arm
- Report any of the following relevant outcome data:
- Behavioral measures of adherence: EDM (e.g., MEMs caps), pill count, pharmacy refill, self-report
- Biologic measure of adherence: HIV viral load
Interventions that focus on the following types of prevention are not currently included in the PRS medication adherence efficacy review:
- Interventions comparing treatment efficacy or adherence outcomes of different medication treatment regimens
MA Study Coding Procedures
Pairs of trained content analysts independently code each eligible study using the PRS MA efficacy criteria. This coding includes all linked articles reporting information on the same intervention study. All discrepancies between coder pairs are reconciled.
If the study does not report critical information needed to determine intervention efficacy, the PRS team contacts the principal investigator of the study to obtain the missing information or to seek additional clarification. The final efficacy determination for each study is reached by PRS team consensus.
HIV Medication Adherence Manual Search Journal List (n=16)
AIDS and Behavior
AIDS Care
AIDS Patient Care and STDs
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Antiviral Therapy
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Health Psychology
International Journal of STD & AIDS
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Patient Education and Counseling


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A new study of doctors' preferences for their own end-of-life care is getting a lot of attention because it highlights the disconnect between the gentle treatment they'd want and the aggressive interventions that so many patients receive.
Dr. Vyjeyanthi Periyakoil, a Stanford geriatrics and palliative care specialist, surveyed more than 1,000 doctors who were just completing their training. Nearly nine in 10 said they would not want CPR if they were terminally ill and their heart or breathing stopped. They'd want to die peacefully and naturally.
In this wish, they are not much different from the rest of us. Eighty percent of patients say they hope to avoid hospitals and high-intensity care at the end of their lives. Yet more and more people are transferred from one health facility to another or wind up in the ICU in their final days and weeks.
Perhaps because Periyakoil has titled her study, "Do Unto Others," much of the coverage and online chatter have focused on the question: Why do doctors routinely provide treatment they would not want for themselves?

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Katney asked to be shown barns .. even this City Slicker's got a few barns in her photo stash ..
The first is in the Warren, CT area
these others were outside Franklin, TN on the way my friend's farm in Primm Springs
old barns
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- Katney said...
Hey, that one with the stars on it is making a statement. Very cool. Thanks for sharing your barns.
- Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 9:02:00 AM EST
- Anita said...
LOVE LOVE LOVE these! I really should have done a barn post... I have LOTS of barn pics, living in Kansas... lol
- Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 9:18:00 AM EST
- Daryl E said...
I love being the driver, as I told you Anita, then I can just pull over and snap what I see .. with the TN barns I was not the driver and I was making my friend nuts insisting she stop .. I missed a lot of good shots and I told her next trip I am not letting her drive!
katney .. that barn was so cool .. actually I think there was an auction co. that owns it .. its probably no longer standing, that area got hit with a tornado a few weeks ago .. my friend's farm sustained a lot of damage.
- Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 10:04:00 AM EST
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River Valley Bancorp Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
River Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ: RIVR), an Indiana corporation (the "Corporation") and holding company for River Valley Financial Bank, based in Madison, Indiana announced today that it has declared a cash dividend of $0.21 per share of its Common Stock for the quarter ending March 2010. The annualized rate of the dividend reflects $0.84 per share.
The dividend record date will be as of March 26, 2010 and will be payable on April 9, 2010. This dividend represents the fifty-first consecutive dividend paid by the Corporation.
River Valley Bancorp/River Valley Financial Bank is based in Madison, Indiana and has eight locations in the Madison, Hanover, Charlestown, Sellersburg, and Floyds Knobs, Indiana area. A ninth office is located in Carrollton, KY. The Corporation recently announced the acquisition, subject to regulatory approval, of a tenth location in New Albany, Indiana expected to close sometime in the third quarter of 2010.
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A week or so ago I wrote a blog entry about the Princeton Tec EOS light. In that entry I included a link to Amazon.com via their Associates program. It looks like a few people bought themselves an EOS by following that link. I don't want to clutter this blog with a lot of commercial stuff but I'm not adverse to making a little money either. My solution to this can be seen in a couple of links on the right panel of this blog:
Mountain Turtle Market will take you to a page I made of books and other mostly bike-related items. OK, there is a bit of general adventure and philosophy stuff there as well, but the underlying theme is stuff that I use and like. My Cafe Press store still sells T-shirts and other items with the "Any Distance Is Biking Distance", "Not A nutritional Role Model", "Shiftless Bum" and "Hasten Slowly" designs. Proceeds from both of these stores go to financing my various adventures.
My intent is to keep giving away the bulk of what I write. Stories and articles like "The Way of the Mountain Turtle" can reach much farther via the web than they can as books or magazine articles and on the web I can shape them exactly the way I like.
On this blog I'll continue to talk about things I use and like but I don't want the blog to become overwhelmed with product reviews and commercial stuff. This blog is about biking, having adventures and rolling through the world on two wheels
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I, for one, like the idea. At times, I find myself thinking, "I need a new pump. I know that Kent mentioned a pump in one of his messages. If he didn't bust it, no one can...Where is the message? Was it I-BoB? How long ago was it? Darn...did I jot the info down somewheres? I can't find it...
And I also like the idea of giving Kent some money. The entertainment value alone is enormous.
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Brett Darr Mayfield, 19, Poplar Grove, Ill., formerly of Plainfield, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, at Swedish America Hospital in Belvidere, Ill.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 28, at Leikness & Stahl Funeral Home in Plainfield, with the Rev. Howard Kruize officiating. Burial will be in Plainfield Cemetery.
Visitation will be at the funeral home from 9 a.m. Saturday until the service.
Condolences may be offered online at www.plainfieldfuneralhome.com.
Mr. Mayfield was born Dec. 16, 1994, in Stevens Point, a so of Peter "Leo" and Candice "Candi" Mayfield.
Survivors include his mother, Candice "Candi" (Joe Lopez) Mayfield; his father, Peter "Leo" (Pam) Mayfield; his siblings, Coty Mayfield, Ashley Gaye, Nicole Moen, Cierra Shultis, Davin Freezie and Mike Appleyard; his grandparents, James and Georgette Bettis and Art and Sandra Kahn; and his aunts and uncles, John and Athea Nelson, Earl and Catherine Lewis, Billy and Tracie McCoy and Gregg and Michelle Trotti.
He was also preceded in death by one brother, David Mayfield.


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Chances are, you've never heard of Patrick Holehan. I hadn't, either, until a few years ago when I went on a Coues' deer hunt that Holehan outfitted in Sonora, Mexico. At the time, I just thought he was another guide and outfitter - both tasks at which he proved quite capable - and it wasn't until later that I learned that his real trade is building fine custom rifles. At this, he is one of America's best.
Holehan started shooting at age 7 with his father, who began taking him hunting when he was 12. It was then that his interest in rifles began, a fascination that took him to the well-known gunsmithing school at Trinidad State Junior College right out of high school, from 1978-81. After graduating, he began doing some repair work for a gunsmith in Tucson, Ariz., and he began doing some custom work while attending the warranty schools offered by such nationally known gun manufacturers as Smith & Wesson, Remington, Browning and others.
After nine years, Holehan decided it was time to up the ante, and he began doing stockwork and metal finishing for Frank Wells, a Tucson custom gunmaker well-known through America for the quality and accuracy of his rifles. During this time, Holehan helped build some very fine guns, including a handful auctioned off at Safari Club International chapter banquets. One of those rifles, the third rifle of SCI's Most Dangerous Game series, sold for $105,000 at auction.
It wasn't long before Holehan began building his own custom rifles, and in the fall of 1994, he opened a shop and began producing his line of P.L. Holehan Custom Rifles for select clients in 1998.
Holehan is one of a small number of custom gun builders to make the entire rifle, including stock and metalwork, in his own shop. For a guy like me who loves fine rifles that both look good and are designed to be extremely accurate and functional under demanding field conditions, walking into his small shop is like a kid strolling into a candy store. To watch him work is to observe a fine craftsman become totally immersed in the task at hand.
The heart of a standard Holehan rifle is the action. "I only use Winchester Model 70 actions," he told me on a recent trip to the shop. "I am a believer in the controlled-feed action with claw extractor, and the Winchester actions have proven themselves over time."
Holehan takes this action and "double-square bridges" it, a labor-intensive procedure that helps bring unmatched stability to the scope mounts. It is especially helpful when using quick-detach mounts. One set of Talley double Allen head or double lever rings are supplied with each rifle. He then reams out and recuts the original factory-interrupted thread on a center to 1 1/16 x 16 threads per inch. The lug surface is recut, the receiver ring is trued, and the bolt face is recut and trued on center. He then hand-laps the lugs, and all working surfaces are honed and polished. The bolt-release pad is built up and checkered, and the bolt assembly jeweled. The trigger is then set to the customer's desired pull weight, and the action is reassembled with Grizzel-style one-piece bottom metal, including a hinged floorplate.
Holehan uses cryogenically treated premium-grade Krieger-cut rifled barrels, which can be chambered for all standard or wildcat cartridges the action will accept. The metal is finished in a handsome satin-blue.
When it comes to stocks, the customer can either supply his own blank or choose one from Holehan's large selection of premium stock blanks. One of his specialties is stockwork, and you can be sure the finished product will be a thing of beauty. An ebony fore-end tip is installed, and crossbolts and ebony plugs are added when necessary. Either a 1/2- or 1-inch Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad is installed at the customer's desired length of pull. The stock is pillar-bedded and fiberglass-reinforced. A machined metal grip cap and front and rear metal sling swivel studs are added, and the entire stock is finished in satin oil, then hand-checkered in a standard point pattern with a wrap-around forearm and three-panel grip at 24 lines per inch.
You can also choose a laminated stock on any rifle, and one of Holehan's rifles, the Alpine Hunter, comes with a blind-box synthetic stock.
There are six basic rifle models in Holehan's Hunter series. All are available in either right- or left-handed versions. They are the African Hunter, Safari Hunter, Classic Hunter, Lightweight Classic Hunter, Long Range Hunter and Alpine Hunter.
Both the African Hunter and Safari Hunter are beefy rifles, with the African Hunter weighing approximately 101/4 pounds when finished. It is built on the Dakota Large Deep Box action because it will accept the largest African dangerous-game cartridges like the .404 Jeffrey, .416 Rigby, .458 Win Mag and so on, with a magazine length of 3.85 inches. The Safari Hunter weighs about 9 1/2 pounds. Both are built in the deep-box fashion, with a No. 5 contour barrel standard with an additional recoil lug on the barrel when needed. A barrel- band front sight is installed, including a sight blade and hood, along with a rear express sight with one leaf standing and one leaf folding.
The Classic Hunter is built along the lines of the traditional American bolt-action hunting rifle. It features a No. 3 contour barrel and either a blind box or standard box magazine. Finished rifles weigh about 7 1/2 pounds with the blind box, and 8 pounds with the standard box. The Lightweight Classic Hunter has these same clean lines, but is built on a short-action Winchester Model 70 action for right-handers, and the Dakota 76 short action for left-handers. In addition to being an excellent choice for hunters looking for a lightweight rifle, it is ideal for women and small-framed men. It features a No. 3 contour barrel. Finished rifles with a blind-box magazine weigh about 6 1/2 pounds; those using a standard box weigh about 7 pounds.
The Long Range Hunter starts with a premium Krieger barrel that Holehan flutes in the shop, then sends out for a second cryo treatment. It is then mated to a laminated stock of the customer's color choice. These guns are slightly heavier for accuracy purposes. The finished rifle weighs about 8 3/4 pounds.
The Alpine Hunter is an ultralight hunting rifle featuring a No. 2 contour barrel and blind-box synthetic stock that can be finished in a variety of colors. The finished short-action model weighs about 6 1/4 pounds; the long-action model is only a half-ounce heavier.
Of course, as a true custom gunmaker, Holehan can deviate from his standard rifle designs and meet a customer's individual wants and needs. For example, synthetic stocks can be fitted to all rifles for those who want to take their rifle on a serious hunting trip without fear of scratching up the beautiful original wood stock. Customers can also provide their own action as well as their own stock blank.
You can also upgrade the basic rifles for an additional cost. Donald Patch does some incredible engraving for Holehan, including Lynton McKenzie-style scrollwork, chiseled relief backgrounds, engraved animal heads on floorplates, and more. He can also cut your initials on a grip cap.
For more information on Holehan's rifles, call (520)745-0622 or log onto www.plholehancustomrifles.com.
Reprinted from the October 2006 issue of Buckmasters GunHunter Magazine
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I've noticed that people who look healthier gain and lose weight in their faces proportionally to the rest of them. That is, the chin fat goes at the same rate as the belly fat. But recently I've noticed ~55-year-old- guys who have a paunch but not much chin fat. Is that from surgery, drugs, genetics?
5'0" female, 43 years old. Started Primal October 31, 2011, at a skinny fat 111.5 lbs. Low weight: 99.5 lb on a fast. Current weight: skinny-fat 106.5 lbs because of sugar cheating.
MY PRIMAL: I (try to) follow by-the-book primal as advocated by Mark Sisson, except for whey powder and a bit of cream. I aim for 80-90 g carb/day and advocate a two-month strict adjustment for newbies. But everybody is different and other need to tweak Primal to their own needs.
Everyone is an expert in nutrition. Especially overweight, unfit people. I've been losing weight pretty fast with my paleo lifestyle, but I'm trying to make sure I'm not a nutrition know-it-all, not until I have the chiselled abs of a Greek demi-god anyway.
Several people have commented that they feel like the wider community is on a tipping point and healthier lifestyles are soon to go mainstream. I feel the same way, though I can't say at this point whether it is just wishful thinking or not.
I'm often torn between discussing primal nutrition with people, or simply keeping it to myself and not having to bother rolling my eyes at the 'you have to eat 3 meals a day' attitude that gets thrown around. Even though these conversations are incredibly painful, is it still worthwhile to say it openly? To each do our own part to nudge the paradigm shift?


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and bacteria. People also get saliva on their hands and transmit illness to commonly touched objects in the home, like the phone, doorknobs, refrigerator door, etc., so they should be sanitized if someone is sick in the house. But gosh, I admit, that was one heck of a virus or bacteria everybody had!
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) I also had fever and sweating. This lasted for about a day or so. Now when I looked up her internet profile today it said she was also sick just after our encounter, this begs the question what are the odds of contracting hiv through unprotected oral sex as a receiver.
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Today I had diarrhea possibly because I drank last night on new years eve at home. I don't drink regularly so maybe it upset my
but the diarrhea was later today after I ate dinner. Only one time. My biggest question is how do I know if a cut is "open" on myself. Does it have to be bleeding to be open? What do you think my risk is of contracting hiv in this scenario? If i'm not at risk please don't tell me to get tested to ease my mind.
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I had protected intercourse with a girl, then I ejaculated on my
and cleaned myself with a towel, the girl who was with me picked the same towel and used it to wipe her genitals. My semen was on it, is there any risk of HIV or STD transmission for her?
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I have a herpes
question. I was at a strip club the other night and received a lapdance. This woman began to "grind" on me with her butt. My shirt began to ride up as she was doing this. Her butt made skin to skin contact with my stomach. When she got up, I noticed some red bumps on her behind. If these sores were herpes, is it possible to contract the virus? Thank you for your help.
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About 1 month ago I came down with a
. Ever since then I have been nauseated and constant diarrhea. It can't be new medications because I'm not on anything new. I do have an appetite, but I hate to eat because it makes me feel worse.
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In addition, transmission of EBV requires intimate contact with the saliva (found in the mouth) of an infected person.
of this
through the air or blood does not normally occur. The incubation period, or the time from infection to appearance of symptoms, ranges from 4 to 6 weeks. Persons with infectious mononucleosis may be able to spread the infection to others for a period of weeks.
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I'm so sorry to be late getting back to you, I've had the
flu. Genital to genital
of HSV 1 is not common because people shed HSV 1 infrequently. It isn't none, but shedding occurs on about 5% of days evaluated. 1) we don't have the statistics on that question. I can say that if one acquired HSV 1 orally, it would recur more often than if it were genital. 2) I've certainly seen HSV 1 transmitted through intercourse, no question, as have others.
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I think testing a spouse occasionally is good practice, even though the odds of sexual
are low. It does happen; it's just that sex is a poor disease vector. From a personal standpoint, I was one that was married for twenty years, likely infected for the duration and she never developed the disease.
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No risk Saliva and
acids would render the
inactive. HIV is transmitted by SEX and using sharing DRUG rigs,. I doubt your daughter is doing either.
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You don't know if ir was blood, and you certainly don't know if the blood had an active
, whether that be west Nile,ebola,or HCV. Also the blood has to get into your bloodstream. Swallowing something doesn't have anything to do with entry into the blood stream.
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This means that the blood of someone who is infected with the hepatitis C virus has to come into contact with the blood of someone else for
of the
to occur. The hepatitis C
is not transmitted by sharing eating utensils or dishes nor contaminated food or drink. It is a good thing to be aware and careful about spreading the virus, in this case you can relax and not worry. From the CDC Transmission and Symptoms How is HCV transmitted?
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My question is, I remember she kept wiping her vaginal secretions with a tissue and I think she touched the secretions with her fingers, could she pass me HIV
through those scratches? if her fingers had secretions? Maybe those secretions were dry at the time she scratched me I'm not sure.
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Hey doc, I tested positive for herpes
through IMg test because I had all the symptoms but no blisters my question is if it came back Positive for hsv do actually have either type 1 or type 2 genital herpes. My symptoms and reasons for testing were as follows ,tingling groin, pins and needles in groin and generally all over from waste down also sore buttocks, headach, fussiness,tired all the time been going on since my encounter with sex trade worker in Vegas 3 months ago.
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2) Also since it appears I'm going to have outbreaks in a lot of areas (thighs, buttocks) and not just around my vagina, are condoms even going to be very effective during times of asymptomatic shedding? 3) How frequently will I be shedding the
since it was recently acquired? I've read that Valtrex is more effective for controlling shedding than acyclovir. Is this true? 4) Should I just plan on not having sex again for the next five years for fear of passing it on to someone else??
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Two weeks later I break out in ulcerated red spotty gums in one area of the mouth (around the tooth before wisdom tooth top left, with a couple of tiny spot further up), two weeks later than this I get
ache with some Diarrhoea which lasted a week, although it was loose rather than any more regular than usual (now normal). From this another mouth ulcer came with red spots and groin/neck/general muscle pain (I still get some neck pain at top of spine/base of skull).
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-) It means you have to have sex in order to transmit it. The
doesn't live that long outside of the body. The virus needs heat in order to stay alive. It is easily killed with soap and water. The bathroom isn't the best place it will be found at. Sharing towels is a concern but you shouldn't do that anyway. We get sick. Kids get sick (gotta love school). I had the flu for about 2 weeks. After that I got better and then came back down again with the cough.
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You probably just got a
. STDs are by definition sexually transmitted - you definitely can't get anything from using someone else's headphones, or touching, hugging, etc.
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I wouldn't want to ruin a beautiful thing for a stupid
. I also have a chronic
condition which would make treatment very hard for me, so I worry...I guess I'm writing these things to you (again, I apologize if they sound silly or offensive) because I can't really talk to the people around me, since they most likely wouldn't understand my predicament. Not many are educated about Hep C and they're pretty judgmental and mean. Many, many thanks again!
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I'm also worried because i have 2 boils on the upper pubic area that were possible open at the time, what would the likely hood be that the hiv
could of been transferred there. i had a quick response finger prick test done at 19 days it came back negative i also had a full std bloodwork done up on the same day i just got the results back and they came back fully negative.
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After 3 weeks of this incident I had pain below, left side of my
for 2 weeks and I suffered from diarrhea for 2 days. My physician diagnosed this as amoebiosis and prescribed Metrogyl Compound tablets. After using the tablets for one week I am relieved from diarrhea and pain. After 3 weeks of this incident I had undergone an ELISA HIV1/2 test, which turned out to be NEGATIVE .Its now six weeks after the incident I am experiencing a runny nose and rash on my chest and my back.
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Unfortunately, I have a gist about
rates, but have really just confused myself more. So, without further waiting, I present my questions. I know this might be a little long, but I think a lot of people have these questions and it's scattered around the net. Once again, only interested in GHSV-1. 1. What are the shedding rates without symptoms of GHSV-1? I've read 3-5%, but haven't really found any great numbers. 2.
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How risky is contact with my penis on other parts of her body such as her breasts and
? If she is masturbating me (with her pants on) and there is contact with my penis on her exposed skin (undamaged skin, lube being used, etc), is there risk of transmission? 2. What about contact with semen? Is there risk that my semen on her skin (not in her genital area) will transmit the virus to her? 3.
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LEED The Charge
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A Place For Seniors To Stretch Out
Founded in 1890 and consisting of 33 acres, Ellwood Park is Amarillo's oldest park. Over the past 20 years, the park has experienced declining use and activity, so the director of parks and recreation initiated a demographic study of the surrounding neighborhoods to find out why. The analysis indicated a sharp increase in the number of seniors living adjacent to the park. The director and staff members then initiated a park redevelopment process to create a new senior park. A … Continue reading
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DAYTON -- A 38-year-old man with a tattoo of "666" on his forehead is behind bars after he is seen urinating on the patio of a Dayton restaurant.
Gregory F. Clark was arrested Tuesday evening after the manager at Hot Head Burritos at 1113 Brown St., Dayton, called police when Clark reportedly exposed himself in front of the business, then urinated through a fence and onto the restaurant's patio.
Once he finished relieving himself, police say Clark made the peace sign to the witnesses in the restaurant and sat down on a nearby bench.
Clark was gone when Dayton police arrived but returned while they were taking the report.
Clark was arrested and when asked why he urinated in such a public place, Clark reportedly told the officer he didn't want to paralyze himself due to holding his bladder.
He also told the officer he came to the area near the restaurant to "get high, get a buzz, and play with myself."
Clark reportedly said someone was threatening him and that person was going to kill people.
Surveillance video obtained by the restaurant showed no such person during the time of Clark's incident at the patio.
The officer was warned by the Records department that Clark had previously been violent/aggressive with police. Clark did become aggressive when the officer buckled Clark's seat belt, however, he was transported to the Montgomery County Jail without further incident.
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One of the best times to visit Washington D.C. during the Cherry Blossom Festival. Since 1927, the festival has celebrated the planting of the first two cherry trees in the area.
Tokyo, Japan gifted 3,000 cherry trees to Washington DC on March 27, 1912, as a gesture of friendship between the two countries. Unfortunately, these trees were infected with insects, and in an effort to protect vegetation here in the United States, the trees were burned. Then Secretary of State Knox wrote to the Japanese Ambassador Takamine of the situation. After hearing this news, the Ambassador donated 3,000 cherry trees. These specific trees were a hybrid of a famous group of trees in Tokyo. These trees arrived in Washington DC on March 26, 1912. In a ceremony the next day, President Taft's wife, and Ambassador Takamine's wife planted the first to cherry trees along the Potomac River's north bank.
Since 1927, Washington DC has celebrated the planting of the first two cherry trees along the Potomac with a festival. Over the course of the years, the festival has evolved into a celebration that spans three weeks. From a Pink Tie Party to a Spy Cherry Blossom SCVNGR hunt, there are tons of activities to include every member of the family. And, if you want to take a tour, you have several options. You may opt to take a guided bus tour, a cherry blossom safari, a photo tour, or cruise the Potomac River. There truly is something for everyone!
Want to go at the peak cherry blossom time? The National Park Service horticulturists predict that the peak blooming period forecast will start around March 22. This is the period when only 20% of the blossoms are open until the petals fall off and the leaves appear. Blooming periods start several days before the peak bloom, but all this is also affected by the unpredictable weather in Washington. Currently, the NPS is predicting the 2013 Peak Bloom Date is between March 26 – 30, and the average will be April 4. To keep up to date on the bloom schedule, go to Bloom Watch Page or National Park Service.
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Austin Chamber of Commerce
Thank you Mark.
I appreciate that warm welcome, it has not only been an honor for Anita and I to serve you, it has been our distinct pleasure to share this vibrant home: the city of Austin.
Anita, the children and I have become quite fond of this city after moving here ten years ago.
It is special, unique, some would say, a rare place.
It combines some interesting elements. Not too many Texas towns can claim more computer chips than cow chips, a thriving live music scene, scenic lakes and hills, and 15 lawyers per square foot?
Actually, my cousin in East Texas is an attorney, and he doesn't like it when I have a little fun at the legal profession's expense.
My response to him is, "I deserve an exemption: do you really think there are more jokes about lawyers than politicians?"
I forgot to mention one other thing that makes Austin unique…it is the only place that Lance Armstrong calls home! He makes all Texans proud.
There's an old saying that there are only two certainties in life, death and taxes. But death doesn't get worse every time the Legislature meets.
Well, I'm proud to say that taxes didn't either this time.
But it wasn't easy. With a tightening economy, a lot of folks were predicting the inevitability of a tax bill, and/or a raid of the Rainy Day Fund.
Some were advocating raising the gas tax even though gas prices were hovering at near-record highs. Some were advocating taxing seniors in nursing homes an extra nineteen hundred a year even though they are the least able to afford it.
And some were even advocating repealing the record small business, consumer and property tax cuts we passed last session despite there being billions more to spend this session.
Needless to say, I took a very different view. What we needed in Austin, Texas this spring was not higher taxes, but clearer priorities.
And I am proud that in the end, legislators of both parties made wise decisions on investments that will pay dividends long into the future. And despite being one of the fastest growing states in the nation, we did it with a four percent annual increase in general revenue spending.
In the past few years, legislators and state leaders have taken decisive action in improving the economic climate in Texas.
Two years ago we passed record tax cuts, including elimination of the franchise tax for our smallest businesses. A few years before that, we enacted sweeping reforms of our tort laws, making Texas a model for the nation in addressing the litigation abuses that strangle job growth.
In 1989, when I was in the Texas House, I helped take the lead in reforming a workers compensation system that had gotten completely out of whack. Those reforms allowed businesses to make substantial savings.
We continued the trend toward greater economic development this session, particularly by focusing on workforce development.
And I am hopeful, once I have lunch with AMD President Hector Ruiz, that I can prevail upon him to expand in Texas…(but as an Aggie governor, just don't ask me to pick sides as both Austin and College Station make a pitch for their new operations.)
As business leaders in Central Texas, you are keenly aware that one of the most important long-term investments we can make in this economy is in the area of education.
After assembling a task force of high-tech leaders two years ago, the message from private industry leaders was loud and clear: Texas is facing a tightening skilled labor market.
We made some good strides in improving the future workforce.
We created a public/private fund to increase the number of engineering and computer science degrees conferred by our universities each year.
We created a TEXAS Grant Two Scholarship Program to enable more Texans to attend a two-year college and get a marketable skill that will make them qualified for jobs in the new economy.
And probably the signature accomplishment of the last session was the tripling of the TEXAS Grant Program- that new scholarship program for Texans of limited financial means.
65,000 additional Texans will be able to pursue their dreams of a college education at UT, at ACC, and at numerous colleges around the state because of expansion of the TEXAS Grant Program.
We wanted high school graduates to get a clear message: "we don't want your future to be limited because your finances are limited."
We also know that half the battle is preparing students in the years before college. We spend $100 million on remedial math in our colleges and universities every year.
This session, we decided to do for math what we have done in recent years for reading.
The Math Initiative that I signed into law provides extra help to struggling students in the middle school years. If a child is failing math in eighth grade, how will he or she ever pass algebra, geometry, and then calculus?
Those of you in the high-tech community know all too well the importance of math skills in the Texas workforce.
And we all know that when a child drops out, they don't just drop out of school, they drop out on their future.
We also continued down the track of raising standards, making the college-prep curriculum – also known as the recommended program – the standard curriculum for most high school students.
I set my sights on another important issue this session…traffic.
You need only spend a nice afternoon just down the road in that parking lot known as I-35 to know we need to do more in the area of transportation infrastructure.
We saw great progress toward that end this session because there was a seismic shift in the culture. The discussion was no longer just about how much we should appropriate – though I am happy to report we increased state and federal investments on our highways by more than a billion dollars – it was about how we go about funding highways, and introducing a little innovation.
We passed a conservative bonding program that directs us, in part, away from the status quo pay-as-you-go system that can no longer support our growing needs.
If voters agree to amend the constitution to allow for the bonding of roads and highways by passing Propositions 2 and 15 – as I hope you will – I believe we will see a big difference in our infrastructure system over the long-term.
We also know that toll roads can make a difference when it comes to relieving congestion. Central Texas is taking the lead with four toll projects that will be built in the coming years, including State Highway One-thirty that will help redirect traffic from Interstate 35.
We not only made it easier for more toll roads to be built, we also made it easier for regional toll authorities to be created and determine which local transportation solutions are best for their area.
Addressing our infrastructure needs is vital to economic development. Michael Dell told me that they expanded in Tennessee instead of Texas because of concerns over the tightening workforce, and because of concerns over congestion.
If your product is stuck on I-35, you're losing money. But it is about even more than profit or convenience- it's about knowing that your loved ones will return home safely after traveling on our highways.
Recognizing that Texas could stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in highways funds, and that our citizens care deeply about the quality of the air they breathe and the water they drink, we also made great strides this session toward a cleaner environment.
Senate Bill 5 provides incentives for Texans to drive cleaner cars through a new rebate program. It, along with the TNRCC's clean air plans mean Houston, for example, will reduce its pollution by 75 percent over the next six years.
It asks us all to do our part…private citizens and industry alike…to reduce emissions. If we do, we can look forward to a standard of living that is not compromised when it comes to a healthy environment.
And I want to finish by discussing one other very important issue. This was the best session in memory for health care in Texas.
We passed and I signed into law a landmark Medicaid simplification bill, making the process easier for countless Texas families and saving the state hundreds of millions of dollars.
In addition, we increased Medicaid funding by $4 billion dollars, providing a record $25 billion for the health care needs of our poorest Texans.
We also increased funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program by $936 million - a wise investment by any standard…In less than two years, that program has nearly exceeded its goal of providing health insurance to 428,000 Texas children.
I believe these are sound investments in our future. If our children are receiving routine and preventative care through a doctor, as well as needed immunizations, they will not cost taxpayers more over the long-term.
In addressing these issues, we are recognizing as a state that having healthy dependents – whether elderly or young – has a direct impact on the productivity of your employees.
An employee that regularly misses work to take care of a sick relative can be a liability to your business. Better health care is part of a better workforce.
Legislators also adopted the telemedicine pilot program that I advocated for in my 'State of the State' address. Through telemedicine, citizens in the underserved border region will have access to specialists hundreds of miles away.
We made major investments in biotechnology, providing $18 million in funding for a biotech program at UT Southwestern, additional funding for biotech research at the UT Health Sciences Center and M.D. Anderson, and we also began to lay the groundwork for a Biotech Park in Houston.
After passing a record teacher pay raise in 1999, we came back and created a new teacher health insurance program so our best and brightest will make a difference where it matters most: in the classroom.
And I will tell you one other commitment I have made: HMO's and insurance companies who delay payment and drag their feet will find no quarter under my administration.
Two weeks ago the Texas Department of Insurance proposed new rules to crack-down on slow-paying insurance companies and HMO, and today Commissioner Jose Montemayor is announcing fines amounting to over $9 million for bad faith efforts on the part of certain health plans.
I'm committed to fair pay and prompt pay for Texas health care providers and believe we can get the job done without sparking new civil suits or undermining arbitration which could drive up the cost of health insurance for Texas employers.
I want to close by saying how honored I am to be your governor.
In the weeks, months, and years ahead, I look forward to working with you to keep Texas moving forward as a haven for economic development.
As a former small business owner myself, I know the perspective of someone who has not only signed the back side of a pay check, but also the front side.
Those of you who invest in your community, creating jobs and opportunities are the unsung heroes of this state…but your importance does not go unrecognized at the highest levels of government.
I often think about what our service is about, and I always come back to our school children: those little ones with backpack in hand and the whole world in front of them who represent the promise of tomorrow.
Let us make our every today worthy of their tomorrow. Thank you, and God bless you.
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Date: 08/01/2008 11:24 AM Title: Chapter 1
Good boys! *wolfish grin* And of course Hermione watched! (in a terribly ooc way)
Date: 06/07/2007 09:21 PM Title: Chapter 1
Forget Hermione . . .
Just give ME the link so I can watch them!
(Although if you do a "Hermione saw it" sequel, I have a feeling it will be pretty hot as well).
Seriously ... very nicely done!
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Date: 06/04/2007 03:35 PM Title: Chapter 1
Wow..that was...wow...great story..hmm...I wonder if Hermione does...that would be hilarious if she did see that...I'd love to see her reaction ;) lol
Author's Response: thanks for the review I've already been suckered into writing one Hermione watching story, That'll have to do for now:)


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C A L I F O R N I A, the golden gate bridge, and the beautiful mountain murals. I am sorry If I went off a little there, I just think this park doesn't get enough credit for what it is/could be. I think Disney parks need to stop all the borrowing and come up with more brand new ideas.
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So dance to some broken chords!
This was my Cinco de Mayo...got to see N* play a full set and it was good times. COLOUR...S E P I AI had to go alone to this show but that was fine I met a really nice guy (oh yeah, I'm supposed to e-mail these to him) named Matt, very sweet guy who happens to semi-work for TBS. I met a few other guys there, Lewis and Steveo....niiice kids.Oh shoot, I just discovered Stevo has a site Stevo.orgit looks more like a journal, meh, whateva, he was a cool kid.Not to mention I saw this guy who works at Hot Topic, whom I semi-befriended, I had given him a copy of Anatomy's Evanesce a while back and we'd spoken about other bands and such...so it was wonderful to have run into him there. Good times, even greater times is when I scored a Drumstick from N*'s very own Gabe (who happens to be the only Original N* member) and got to talk to him outstide after teh show. Too bad I didnt have a marker to get him to sign teh stick but I was tired and sore so I told him it was okay, got a hug instead :) N* 01N* 02N* 03
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QUETTA, Pakistan, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Pakistan's prime minister paved the way Sunday for Shiites in Baluchistan to bury relatives killed in sectarian violence by ousting the provincial government.
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, who flew to Quetta, agreed to the demands of the minority Hazara Shiites, who had refused to bury the bodies of nearly 100 of their community members killed in twin explosions last week in the provincial capital of Quetta, and impose federal rule in the province.
The explosions Thursday were among the deadliest sectarian attacks on the minority community in Quetta, where there is a large population of Shiites. The banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, associated with militant groups and blamed for similar attacks in the past, had claimed responsibility for the bombings.
This time the members of the minority community refused to bury their dead until the Pakistani government guaranteed their security. Pakistan is a predominantly Sunni Muslim country.
Ashraf met with the protesting Shiites Sunday night to express his condolences and assure them the province's chief minister and his government would be replaced with direct rule from the capital led by the provincial governor.
Pakistan's Nation newspaper reported the protesters for the third straight night Sunday had sat with the coffins of their loved ones, braving the bitter cold. They were expected to go forward with the burials Monday.
Ashraf announced the dismissal of the chief minister and his government and the appointment of Gov. Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi as the chief executive of Baluchistan beginning Monday. The prime minister said he had consulted with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and other leaders before making the announcement, the report said.
Ashraf also said compensation would be paid to the families of the victims. He said he hoped as chief executive, Magsi would take all steps to bring those behind the Quetta bombings to justice.
The blasts at a snooker club killed more than 120 people and wounded more than 150 people, the Nation said. Most of those killed were believed to be members of the Hazara Shiite community.
Ashraf said paramilitary forces have been given police powers, and promised they will launch operations against outlawed militant organizations behind the sectarian attacks, the Voice of America reported.
Zohra Yusuf, representative of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, said the Hazara community "has shown tremendous patience."
"There have been many attacks on them in the past many years," Yusuf said. "They have been targeted primarily on the basis of their faith. And the [provincial] government has totally failed in its responsibility to provide protection to them."
Large sections of Pakistan have been wracked by sectarian, separatist, political and militant violence for months, and its civilian government has been widely criticized for its inability to deal with the situation.
On the same day of violence against Shiites, a separatist group in Baluchistan was blamed for a blast in another part of Quetta that killed 12 people, most of them security personnel. Also Thursday, 22 people assembled at a seminary in the scenic Swat Valley died in a suicide bomb attack.
These acts of violence come as the current five-year term of Zardari's civilian government is set to end in March, with general elections to follow.
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It's getting cooler out (at least at night), and the holiday season will soon be upon us. What better way to celebrate than with a nice bottle of bubbly? If you think of Champagne and holidays as synonymous, you're not the only one: 50 percent of all Champagne is sold between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve!
I am frequently asked the difference between Champagne and sparkling wine. The difference has nothing to do with taste; it is simply regional. Champagne must be made in the Champagne region of France. Anywhere else in the world — including other parts of France — and it must be called sparkling white wine. It's just like how Bordeaux must come from those regions of France, but many producers using the same grapes in Napa may say "Bordeaux-style blend."
Have you ever wondered how sparkling wine producers get those little bubbles in the bottle? Like all other wine, it starts with grapes. Although other varietals are sometimes used, most common are Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. In Champagne, France, only these three varietals are allowed.
Grapes are pressed and juice is fermented, just as in making still (not sparkling) white wine. Instead of bottling and selling, the wine is bottled with extra sugar and yeast to begin a second fermentation. Instead of a cork, which is volatile during the creation of extra carbon dioxide, a crown cap is placed on the bottle, just like you'd find on a bottle of Budweiser!
The yeast eats up all the sugar and produces carbon dioxide and alcohol. Once all the sugar has been consumed, the yeast goes dormant inside the bottle. In order to get that yeast out, the bottles are riddled, which is a process of turning the bottle and gradually tilting it on its axis until all the yeast is in the neck of the bottle. It somewhat resembles Hefeweizen.
Next, the neck of the bottle is frozen, trapping the yeasty sludge inside. The crown cap is popped off, and the built-up carbon dioxide inside the bottle forces out the extra yeast. A small amount of wine is added to make up for the lost volume, and the bottle is topped off, this time with a traditional "Champagne" cork and wire cage. The cage holds the cork in place because all of the carbon dioxide is still left in the bottle. Once the bottle is opened, the CO2 is let out in the form of bubbles — just like when you pour a can of Coke.
The entire process is called Méthode Champenoise in French or Traditional Champagne Method in English. Bottles not made in Champagne may just use the phrase Méthode Traditionnelle.
For those of you who are thinking that the French make the best Champagne, I'll leave you with this: With the exception of Krug and a few small producers, California sparkling wine producers are owned by French Champagne houses, and the French winemaker travels to California to produce the wine.
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Sacramento "whale" watch: Billionaire reportedly meets with NBAon January 25, 2013 @ 5:40 pm (Updated: 6:20 pm - 1/25/13 )
The Sacramento Bee reports the supermarket magnate and co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins met in Stern's office in New York City. A source said the focus of the conversation was the "future position of Sacramento as an NBA city."
USA Today also reported the meeting, and said Burkle is in serious talks to partner with 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov to lead a counter offer for the Kings and keep them in Sacramento.
Mayor Kevin Johnson said earlier this week he hopes to announce several "major equity investors" some time next week to counter the deal announced earlier this week between investor Chris Hansen and the Maloof family, majority owners of the Kings.
The reports cap a wild week that saw the NBA, Hansen and the Maloofs announce the deal for their 65 percent share of the team, seemingly paving the way for the team's move to Seattle as early as next season.
But with the NBA promising Johnson a chance to present a counteroffer to the league's Board of Governors in April, numerous reports of deep pocketed investors lining up to join the effort and minority owners claiming they have first right of refusal to buy the team from the Maloofs, the situation remains far from resolved.
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The title character, an unemployed singer/guitarist (Carlos Gallardo), wanders into a small Mexican town and is mistaken for vicious hitman Azul (Reinol Martinez), who has just broken out of prison, since they both wear black and carry guitar cases. ...
El mariachi -- A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.
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El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake El Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.
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Horn flies are a perennial source of discomfort and annoyance for pastured cattle, and a constant challenge for producers trying to control them. One expert thinks cattlemen can be part of the problem, sometimes handicapping their own efforts by "doing dumb things" that enable horn flies to exercise their inherent knack for building up resistance to insecticides – like tagging every second or third animal in a herd or leaving tags on too long so dosage levels drop.
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Demand for compact tractors continues to grow around the globe and our auction sales figures reflect the fact that good used compact tractors are as difficult as ever to find.
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Members of the Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce will take part in a grand opening ceremony for My Baby Bump Ltd. at noon Nov. 13.
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Tonight, acclaimed singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright takes a break from his signature baroque pop to present his debut opera, Prima Donna, at the Manchester International Festival in the UK. Inspired by historic divas ("from Maria Callas to Norma Desmond," Wainwright says), the story, sung in French, follows a forgotten Parisian soprano as she crusades (in a wardrobe by Viktor & Rolf) to reclaim her front-and-center status.
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I refuse to agree with a developer who won't even give the option, and I'm a leftie I had to use the face buttons for ground fights cause it was just getting nuts to hold and control. Also if a game requires you to use a stand to make it easier to control,FIX THE CONTROLS. Also great job show casing that CPP so people would want to buy it nintendo.
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instant downlooooowowowoowowwwwd YEAH, I saw to celebrate this game coming out we have a Nintendo Life putt putt cup. We pick a cup and we all play and compare are stroke.
To all those pissed about this game not hitting the 3DS, just get it on steam. How hard is it, I mean remember when Man Hunt 2 came out and was censored to be sold in stores cause of it's content? Maybe Team Meat doesn't want to sell this game on a system that would censor it, I've played it and thought it wasn't good and the story not interesting. It's one thing to use religion in a game but not go "God is telling me to kill you my son cause he said you are evil".
I mean lets look at Shin Megami Tensi as an example, there is religious things in the series (Fighting Lucifer and YHVH and what have you), but your not told to do YHVH will because he said so, you were given the choice to follow what you wanted. Follow YHVH's wishes to have protection for man from demons but you have to follow his rules under tight control, or have it be a dog eat dog world were demons rule, or let human taking control of their fate. In Binding of Issac a mother is watching a TV and hearing Gods will and doing what he says with no question asked putting her own son through hell because it was "God's Will". Again in SMT you are given different point of views of which path you feel is right. Like in Devil Survivor SPOILERS
You are Abel and able to contend for the throne of Bel, you could either
1)Be the next Messiah for Gods Will
2)Become King of Bel and take on God
3)Run away to fight another day
4)Take over the control of demons and become a super power in the UN
Again you are not told what to do it's a choice, in Issac it's "My mom wants to kill me to please god".
Also I notice it has no ESRB rating which is a big BIG no no for Nintendo.
This game should replace that..thing called Lets Golf 3D
Wish this was on a golf course, but you know what I want this. May god this look like what Let's Golf should be but good. My god I need this now, I mean slow-mo NOOOOOWWWWWW explosions from behind me go off
And it's made be Shin'rin, DO WANT >
Reminds me of Wario on the Virtual Boy. I want this, also he reminds me of Jeff from Earthbound.
YYYEEESSSSSS, I thought i was going to have to keep bugging them on the google+ page but YES this made my day.
I want this app but I have a question, will it support some form of exporting to the SD card?


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Corrective Action
The fund will provide reimbursement to eligible owners or operators
of storage tanks for corrective action costs and expenses required to address
accidental releases. The owner or operator shall be responsible for the first
$25,000 (deductible) or, for releases reported after August 1, 1997, the first
$15,000 (deductible) of corrective action costs and expenses per occurrence
or, for releases reported on or after July 30, 1999, the first $7,500 (deductible)
of corrective action costs and expenses per occurrence.
Third Party
The fund will provide reimbursement to eligible owners or operators
of storage tanks for compensating third parties for bodily injury and property
damage caused by accidental releases. The owner or operator shall be responsible
for the first $25,000 (deductible), or for releases reported after August 1,
1997, the first $15,000 (deductible) for third party, bodily injury and property
damage costs or, for releases reported on or after July 30, 1999, the first
$7,500 (deductible) for third party, bodily injury and property damage.
Categories of Coverage
In order for an owner or operator to be eligible to access the
Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund through the reimbursement program, he
or she must meet the following criteria:
Only confirmed releases from petroleum underground or aboveground storage tanks may be eligible for coverage by the Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund. [Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (APC&EC) Regulation 12.103].
Yes. Releases from storage tanks storing CERCLA materials, other hazardous substances, or non-petroleum products are not covered by the trust fund.
There is a "Trust Fund Checklist for Tank Owners" available for use as a quick and easy guide to evaluating your release.
Eligibility Checklist. If you can answer "Yes" to all of the questions in the checklist, you have likely met the requirements for coverage for the release. You can then submit a request to ADEQ for an eligibility determination for your release. In most cases, we'll be able to evaluate your request and issue a determination within 30 days of receipt. Note: We can't make a determination of eligibility for a suspected release. Eligibility can only be determined for a confirmed release.
A suspected release must be reported to ADEQ within 24 hours of discovery.
A confirmed release is determined based on either visual observation (e.g., a surface spill or catastrophic release from a storage tank system) or evidence from a systems test, site check, or both, that a release from a storage tank system has actually occurred. Releases are "suspected" until confirmed by one of these methods. (A suspected release must be either confirmed or denied within 7 days of discovery.)
You can check on both via the RST Division's online storage tanks data files available from ADEQ's website at www.adeq.state.ar.us/rst/tankstats/facil_sum.asp. You may also contact the RST Division at (501) 682-0999, and we can check your registration and fee payment information for you.
You may request an eligibility determination at any time after your release is confirmed and you can answer the other questions on the checklist affirmatively. Eligibility Checklist.
Mail a written request to: Lynda Perry, Regulated Storage Tanks Division, ADEQ, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72118. Be sure and include the name and address of your tank facility, the facility identification number, the leak number (if you know it) and detailed information, such as the date of the release and other particulars.
For eligible releases occurring after July 31, 1999, the deductible amount is $7,500 for corrective action costs. (There is also a separate deductible of $7,500 for any third-party claims that may result from a release.)
Only reasonable, allowable and necessary costs can be applied toward meeting the $7,500 corrective action deductible. [APC&EC Regulation 12, Chapter Three]
Any person aggrieved by the Department's determination of whether a release is eligible for trust fund coverage may request that the Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks and, if necessary thereafter, the Director of ADEQ, review the Department's determination. A request for Advisory Committee review must be made in writing to ADEQ within ninety (90) days of the date of the Department's decision. Send the request to ADEQ, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72118-5317, Attn: Regulated Storage Tanks Division Chief.
You can email the RST inspector for your district or leave a telephone message on his or her office voice mail. (RST Inspector contact information is available on ADEQ's website.)
Otherwise, outside ADEQ's normal business hours, report of a release or suspected release may also be made to the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) at 800-322-4012. If ADEM receives information about a petroleum product or hazardous material release, it will notify ADEQ's Emergency Response Section and the information will be forwarded to the RST Division.
If the initial notice of a release or suspected release is given verbally, you must follow up that verbal notice with written notice of the release or suspected release to the Department within three (3) business days of the initial verbal notice. (This can be completed in the form of an email, fax, U.S. mail, etc.)
The discovery of free product or vapors in soils, basements, utility lines or nearby surface water at the UST site or in the surrounding area; unusual operating conditions such as sudden loss of product from the UST system, erratic behavior of product dispensing equipment, unexplained presence of water in the tank, etc.; or monitoring results from a release detection method indicate a release may have occurred. [40 CFR 280, Subpart E]
For purposes of trust fund eligibility, release reporting requirements for aboveground storage tanks are the same as for underground storage tanks. [APC&EC Reg.12.305(B)]
Yes, you may have a contractor or other party report a release or suspected release for you. However, as the tank owner or operator, you are responsible for compliance with the timely notice requirement.
Upon receipt of an application for reimbursement of corrective action costs,
the RST Division will perform the following activities:
All costs must be pre-approved unless they are a result of an emergency
A blank application for reimbursement form can be obtained from
the Trust Fund Section, Regulated Storage Tank Division:
The original application including all required certification forms
and documentation should be submitted to:
Arkansas Department of Environmental QualityRegulated Storage Tank Division
Trust Fund Section5301 Northshore DriveNorth Little Rock, AR 72118-5317
All reimbursement questions should be directed to the Regulated Storage Tank
Division's Trust Fund Section at (501) 682-0999.