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A lot of games try to creep you out, but very few succeed. The original Condemned was one that delivered, plunking you down into an oppressive environment with all manner of lowlifes. It was an underappreciated 360 launch game that was unlike anything that came before it. It's been a while, but the follow-up, Condemned 2 Bloodshot is finally sulking on store shelves, waiting to deliver another dose of isolated terror.
Taking place directly after the first game, Bloodshot picks up the story of Ethan Thomas, a forensic investigator slash SWAT team stalwart. Since the first game Ethan's fallen prey to the bottle, and who can blame him after a serial killer sliced off one of his fingers. He's battling demons both figuratively and literally, while the city runs wild—its denizens prey to sonic-induced violent urges.
It's a grim story about a man whose life is in shambles and everything is falling apart around him. Twists abound. Some are obvious and some are not. It goes a little overboard at times, and the primary antagonist ends up being lame, but no one can say the story isn't unique if not ridiculous.
The funny thing about the first Condemned is that when it was just about to wear out its welcome it ended. The same basically holds true here. Bloodshot's single-player campaign is almost exactly as long as in the first game. There are 11 different missions to slug your way through, with plenty of save points along the way. It's incredibly linear with almost all stray paths leading to reserves, but when you're in the pitch black suffering horrible hallucinations a little hand-holding can be your friend. And you can use all the friends you can get considering there's no cooperative option.
As you drag your feet through the claustrophobic solo mode, you unlock a series of challenges that range from blowing up as many wind-up dolls as possible, to protecting cops from an onslaught. Aside from that is a surprisingly unique and in-depth multiplayer offering. There are some interesting game types, like one where one team has to carry severed heads around in coolers while the other team tries to photograph them, and another where two lonely players are forced to take on six raging bums. You get the traditional deathmatch options as well, and even these modes are given new life by the predominantly melee-tilted combat.
Condemned 2 definitely provides a lot more mileage than the first game. The multiplayer is surprisingly good and the single-player is plenty long. We would have liked to see a few more challenges and something worth unlocking, but there's still a good deal of content.
Probably 60 percent of games today are played from the first-person perspective, but Bloodshot is relentless in its quest to keep you there at all times. Whether you're climbing or falling it's always from behind Ethan's eyes. It's a tried-and-true tactic for a reason, and it works really well in the rat-infested slums the game takes place in.
The twist to this series is that most of the combat is hand-to-hand using any conceivable item as a weapon. Bowling balls, cleavers, crow bars, locker doors, you name it. Firearms do make an appearance but ammo supplies are scarce and you have to make every bullet count. Because you almost always have to get close to enemies to defeat them you end up playing incredibly cautiously--listening for the slightest rustle in the dark. It will undoubtedly put you on edge, and this is where the game truly shines.
The combat itself tries to provide some depth, and when you're taking on enemies one-on-one it does. The trigger buttons represent each arm, while pushing down on the right analog stick handles kicks. It's the sequence that you use these inputs that ultimately determine whether you'll pull off a wicked one-two combo, or snatch up a destitute for some grappling action. Then there's blocking by holding both trigger buttons, which opens up a whole other set of attacks.
Things devolve, however, when multiple foes come a calling. The combat system simply isn't built to handle it, so you either run away and try to isolate the enemies or put your back in a corner and come out swinging. Running away exposes the enemy AI as a joke. They'll repeat the same paths over and over until you get within a certain distance, and their one-track minds are easy to manipulate. That's not to say you won't die. You will, and then you'll have to suffer through a loading screen every time.
Woven into the splattered fabric of the game is Ethan's drinking problem. If he doesn't get a shot every once in a while he becomes jittery, making it practically impossible to aim a firearm. And let's not forget that Ethan is a forensics investigator. You're not just following blood trails this time. Each crime scene has several clues and you'll have to manipulate your view to find them. Multiple choice conversation trees also offer hints and you're rated based upon selecting the questions that will get you the most information.
At the end of each mission you're given an overall rating based upon how many items you find and your investigative prowess. The rating then translates to upgrades like quiet boots for sneaking, a stun gun, or upgraded skills, though you can still get through the game getting the lowest rating.
It can take a while to get the timing of the hand-to-hand combat, and with each enemy having different attack patterns, more often than not it amounts to blocking, then landing a blow, and then repeating the process. There are tons of combos, punches, and kicks to perform, but you rarely have the time to make use of them.
The first Condemned was a fairly impressive-looking launch game, but the standards have risen considerably since then. There is a slight bump in fidelity, but it's not easy to tell the difference between the first game and this sequel. The good news is that you're still kicking around dilapidated, bum-infested slums, and buildings so dark and dreary that you'll be praying for open air. It can be oppressively creepy. If you liked that about the first game, you'll love it here. If you've never experienced it before, be warned.
On the audio front, the 5.1 surround sound mix is incredibly convincing. When the visuals are this dark you have to rely on sound a lot more, and it's definitely up to the task. If only the gunfire could reach the same standard. Pistols and shotguns sound like cap guns, which is surprising considering the game's developer also created F.E.A.R.—a game with some of the best gun effects in the business.
The original Condemned was really the first of its kind. The first-person pugilism, investigative challenges, and somber tone have been expanded for Bloodshot. Still, the experience remains relatively the same—just more supernatural and less plausible this time around. The anything-is-a-weapon aesthetic is still ace, but the combat system is too unwieldy when tackling multiple foes. It's a game of ups and downs, but horror fans will be more than satisfied with its bleak and gloomy disposition.
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Margaret Letham leads Scots to fours gold at World Bowls
Scotland have won gold in the women's fours at the World Bowls Championships taking place in Adelaide.
The team of Margaret Letham, Caroline Brown, Lynn Stein and Michelle Cooper beat Malaysia 18-15.
It follows the gold won by Paul Foster and Alex Marshall in the men's pairs and the Scots are now second in the medal table behind hosts Australia.
The Scots are guaranteed another medal on Saturday, when the men's triples team play Australia in the final.
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"It shows we can compete with the best in the world"
Graeme Archer, Darren Burnett and David Peacock beat the Irish trio of Paul Daly, James Talbot and Neil Booth in their semi-final.
The Scots will face Brett Wilkie, Wayne Ruediger and Mark Casey after the Australians' win over New Zealand's Tony Grantham, Matt Gallop and Ali Forsyth.
Wilkie, Ruediger and Casey are looking to complete a title double after securing the men's fours title along with Aron Sherriff, beating South Africa in the final.
Bowls Scotland chief executive Alan McMillan told BBC Scotland; "It is a tough game for us, there's no doubt about that.
"But, with Paul and Alex having beaten Australia's Leif Selby and Aaron Sherriff in their final, it should give our guys confidence that they can overcome the Australians on their home patch.
"It is a massive achievement for the ladies. They have performed consistently, but the men tend to get all the publicity.
World Bowls Championships
- Men's pairs - Paul Foster and Alex Marshall (Scotland)
- Men's fours - Brett Wilkie, Wayne Ruediger, Mark Casey and Aron Sherriff (Australia)
- Women's pairs - Rebecca Quail and Kelsey Cottrell (Australia)
- Women's fours - Margaret Letham, Caroline Brown, Lynn Stein and Michelle Cooper (Scotland)
"So this is fantastic for women's bowls in Scotland as it shows we can compete with the best in the world."
Playing Malaysia proved to be a lucky omen for skip Letham.
The women's fours success - the Scots defeating the foursome of Auni Fathiah Kamis, Noor Zafirah Nor, Zuraini Khalid and Azlina Arshad - was Letham's second career gold.
Scotland's skip, who plays at Burnbank, Hamilton, also won gold in the pairs along with Joyce Lindores at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
The win in Australia was the first world success for Brown, of Bellshill and Mossend, Stein of Methil and Cooper of Blacklands, Kilwinning.


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As a child, Ann K. Johnson camped, hiked and traveled with her family. She grew to love nature and spent her last moments outdoors vacationing in Washington state.
Johnson, 49, was killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday, east of Twisp, Wash. She was riding with Ronald A. McKinley, 64, when a 25-year-old woman swerved her truck across the center line and hit them.
"It's hard to believe she won't be coming back from her vacation," said Sue Mehus, Johnson's sister. "We all seem to think she's still hiking through the mountains."
Johnson and McKinley were from St. Paul and active with area charities. McKinley was the executive director of the National Network of Grantmakers, a group committed to social and economic justice.
Johnson promoted public health, donated money to nonprofits and volunteered with youth groups. She had been a board member of the Minnesota Alliance with Youth, the Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota, Smiles Across Minnesota and several others.
She was dedicated to projects she worked on, said Sarah Dixon, president of Alliance with Youth and a longtime friend.
"Ann was a ray of sunshine," said Dixon.
Johnson graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in scientific and technical communication before earning a master's degree in leadership from Augsburg College. She was the executive director for Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation and director of community affairs for Delta Dental of Minnesota.
Johnson championed children's oral health, said Sharon Oswald, a program manager for the local Delta Dental foundation. The organization donated $1.9 million to programs last year. She pushed her co-workers to think bigger about ways to help the community, Oswald said.
"She had a passion and joy that was infectious," she said.
Sarah Richardson, Johnson's niece, remembers handing out toothbrushes as a tooth fairy, wearing a frilly pink costume with molar-shaped wings. She loved that the family got involved, said Richardson, 25.
"My aunt was so selfless. She cared about her family and was compassionate with others," Richardson said. "She loved what she did."
Meg Katzman, former CEO for Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, recalled Johnson facilitating $500,000 in grant money to support a drivable dental clinic. The Care Mobile performs everything from check ups to oral health lessons, Katzman said.
Johnson also started youth conferences for the nonprofit Youthrive that focused on preventing underage drinking and driving, and drug use. Participants knew her smile and energy, said Donna Cook, executive director of Youthrive.
"She was a beautiful person and I'll always carry that with me," said Cook, also a longtime friend.
Johnson is survived by her parents Russell and Janice; her siblings, Sue Mehus, Karin Senstad and Gregg Johnson; and seven nieces and nephews.
Funeral arraignments are pending.
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Provo mom whose child was looking for food in trash bin misses court date
An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for a Provo mother whose unsupervised toddler was found last year looking for food inside a large metal trash bin.
The $5,000 warrant was issued for 22-year-old Stephania Chavez after she failed to appear for a preliminary hearing in 4th District Court.
Chavez was charged with two class A misdemeanor counts of child abuse involving physical injury after her 3-year-old daughter was found inside the trash container. The girl's 2-year-old brother was on the ground next to the container.
The children were discovered by Nicole Elton, a neighbor of the mother, as she arrived at the Boulders Apartments Complex, 750 S. 650 West, on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012.
The girl said she was in the dumpster looking for food for the family, according to Elton. She pulled the toddler from the bin and since the girl was clad only in pants and the boy only a diaper, Elton clothed them and took them to the apartment complex office since their mother wouldn't answer her door.
Provo police were called but could not contact the mother either by knocking on her apartment door or calling her cellphone, said Sgt. Brandon Post.
They also tried to find the father, but discovered he was in the Utah County Jail, Post said.
Police then learned Chavez had two other children, both 8-month-old infants, inside her apartment.
After obtaining a key from apartment management, officers found a very unkempt apartment littered with dirty diapers and empty beer cans, Post said.
The Division of Child and Family Services responded and took custody of all four children.
Chavez was later booked into the Utah County Jail on suspicion of child abuse and/or neglect. She was formally charged by prosecutors on Oct. 3.
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Archive for September, 2007
Spoke too soon
Right after I posted my first blog entry, there it was, pavmail. This message from Pav let me know a commit I made was broken. So, wouldn't you know it on September 8, 2007, I earned my first pointyhat. I am sure my mother would be proud of me
Once upon a time
I submitted a PR to assume maintainership of net/citrix_ica on May 25, 2006. It was my first real port PR, and it wasn't even formatted correctly! I was fortunate, a sympathetic committer (clsung) committed it anyway. A little over a year, and almost 300 PRs later I have been elevated to the ranks of rookie Ports Committer.
Irconically, Cheng-Lung Sung, my first committer, has become my mentor. Seems like the great cycle of life. Under his mentorship I have committed some of my own ports, and closed about a dozen PRs. No pointyhats, yet! Yet is the operative word, I know it is looming out there, it is just a matter of when.
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Shortcuts to Nowhere. ~ Clare Blackburne
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There are no shortcuts.
Yes, I know you don't want to hear that. Who does? Especially not now, when most of us are currently wallowing in some post-festive pit of despair, with resolutions already shelved and forgotten, and delusions of clean slates already grimed up again with the dirty facts of living.
Seems we're all looking for fast-track happiness, the shortest route out of here and away from ourselves. Otherwise, who can explain the massive sales of self-help books, cigarettes and serums? Surely we must believe all of this works then, if we're splashing our cash on it? Right?
The truth is, we already know, deep down, that it's all just bullshit.
We know it even as we paint on another lipstick smile, order How to Be an Adult from someone who has presumably already figured this stuff out, spray on the scent that promises to make our lives sepia-tinted and perfect, and make yet another scrawled to-do list that would require several hundred lifetimes to ever achieve.
That's it, though. We know it deep down, in that part of ourselves that we rarely visit—that part of ourselves that only makes itself heard in the sleepless hours between 1 and 3 a.m., or in the aftermath of yet another messy break-up. Or, perhaps only in the burning center of some unexpectedly brand new connection, or in that wild flash of happiness we get on a random street-corner, when the sun glances off the wet tarmac and momentarily the surface scum of what passes for life is swept away as we remember that it's all just as simple as this.
We're not used to listening to it—this wise part of ourselves—preferring instead the status update of our daily identities and the one-word labels we hope will stick: popular, successful, high-achiever, coping,…human. And because we're not used to listening to it, we're in danger of forgetting about it all together.
We're fooling no one though. That's also the problem. Because if you have this wise voice inside you, it's fair to presume that everyone else has it too.
No one buys your Twitter feed version of yourself—and would you really want them to anyway? None of us is reducible to this lazy short-hand, and I, for one, am grateful for this. Our beauty is to be found precisely in all our unfinished sentences, the never-ending paragraphs, the crossings-out and scribbled rewrites, and the endless footnotes upon footnotes upon footnotes.
There's no shortcut to being yourself, and as such there's no shortcut to letting anyone else know you either.
It all takes time.
So, rather than trying to find a quicker way to escape ourselves, perhaps it's time to take things slower? Instead of the fad diet that is guaranteed to push your February into the darkest depths of depression, rather than the 'like' button response to your friend's new baby, and instead of the post break-up attempt to bleach yourself into to artificial newness—how about just sitting with things as they are, however shit they may be, and seeing what comes of it?
Besides, if we always took the shortcut, think of all the amazing journeys we'd have missed out on, all the people we would never have met, and all the feelings that would never have had the chance to come into being.
Take time, use words, be patient.
Wherever you're heading, the best route is probably the one you're already on.
Clare is an itinerant teacher and writer who always takes the long way round. After six years in Asia, trying to find balance in temples and traffic jams alike, she is finally accepting the fact that balance is largely over-rated and enjoying the ups and downs is what counts.
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One Response to "Shortcuts to Nowhere. ~ Clare Blackburne"
What a wonderful reminder for us to enjoy the journey, and not just focus on the end result. After all, life is about being isn't it? Thank you for your words!!!


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Off she goes
I have a colleague here in Melbourne and each time we finish work, we go to the opposite sides of the train station, waiting for the ride home. And each time one of us sees the other driving away, waving from the windows. Even though I have never had camera with me to catch those good-byes, I once managed to capture Marie leaving me to wait for the next train. Somehow there's something sad in this pic, even though we were in a very happy mood after an afternoon of nude posing.


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Document Number: 9723The Changing Face of the United States: The Influence of Culture on Early Childhood Development - A paper by ZERO TO THREE examines the increasing cultural diversity in the United States and its implications for early education professionals. The author raises the challenging question of how to address instances when conventional understanding of "best practices" and "healthy" development conflicts with beliefs and behaviors of minority cultures. Included is an extensive bibliography of early childhood studies that include culturally diverse children in their samples. (Bell Maschinot, Zero to Three, 2008)...
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Re-Enactments Commemorate 150th Anniversary Of Civil War Battle Of Antietam
Al Stone , who portrays General Robert E. Lee, talks to Confederate... ニュース写真アメリカ 南軍,アメリカ合州国,シャープスバーグ,ヒューマンインタレスト,メリーランド州,上半身,出来事,横長,歩兵,歴史の再現,記念日,話す,軍人ロバート E リーPhotographer Alex WongCollection: Getty Images News 2012 Getty ImagesSHARPSBURG, MD - SEPTEMBER 15: Al Stone (C), who portrays General Robert E. Lee, talks to Confederate infantry re-enactors Sue Milewski (R) and Robert Mergel (L) during an event to mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam September 15, 2012 in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The Battle of Antietam was fought on September 17, 1862 and was the bloodiest battle in American history with more than 23,000 men killed, wounded, and missing in one single day. It marked the end of General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North and led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)


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The Muppets "Bear Left Then Bear Write"
From Kermit and Fozzie to Miss Piggy and Christina Applegate, discuss all aspects of "The Muppets" latest episode.
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Discuss one of the best Jim Henson documentaires ever. Featuring new interviews from the Henson Family, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Carroll Spinney, Fran Brill and more. Miss the show? Order the DVD.
Fav. Miss Piggy moments, also does anyone know which episode had her first karate chop?
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Lindsay Lohan on Paris Hilton's 'naughty list'
Socialite Paris Hilton says her relationship with actress Lindsay Lohan is over for good.
The duo had a fight after Lindsay allegedly planned a physical attack on Paris' brother Barron in Miami.
According to tmz.com, Hilton was here this weekend and with a smile on her face, she told photographers that Lindsay is on her "naughty list" this year and that she would never make up with her former party pal.
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DA case: Jagan, Srinivasan in court
YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N. Srinivasan appeared before a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court in Hyderabad on Friday in connection with a disproportionate assets case.
All other accused in the scam were also present in the court.
The court had ordered all accusd in the case to appear before it on Friday.
In September, the CBI had named Srinivasan in one the three chargesheets filed in connection with the case involving Jagan.
Srinivasan was named in the chargesheet filed against India Cements, which is promoted by him.
The probe agency had filed the other two chargesheets against Penna Cements and Bharathi Cements in a special court in Hyderabad.
The CBI has alleged that India Cements had invested up to Rs. 140 crore in Jagan's companies as quid pro quo for water allotted to their plants in Nalgonda and at Tandur in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh, when his father YSR Reddy was the chief minister of the state.
The agency also alleged that Penna Cements, promoted by Pratap Reddy, invested Rs. 68 crores in Jagathi Publications and Carmel Asia, both of which are owned by Jagan, as a quid pro quo for over 1500 acres of land allotted preferentially.
The third company named in the chargesheet-Bharati Cements, which has now become Raghuram Cements, was owned by Jagan. The company is said to have been allotted land in excess than what was granted legally.
Sixteen months after he was arrested in connection with the case, Jagan walked out of Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad on Sept 24 after being granted bail.
The CBI has filed a total of 10 chargesheets against Jagan in the DA case.
The probe agency had arrested Jagan on May 27, 2012.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court ordered a CBI probe into Jagan's wealth on Aug 11, 2011 after Congress leader P Shankar Raofiled a written petition in Nov 2010 seeking it, terming his property as "ill-gotten".
Jagan's father YSR Reddy, who was a Congress strongman and chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in a helicopter crash in 2009.
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Kanye West Clothing Collection Featuring a $120 Plain White Tee Sells Out in Minutes [PHOTOS]
Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP -- known for selling $99 T-shirts and other ridiculously expensive items -- may have met its match in rapper/baby daddy/fashion designer Kanye West. His capsule collection for A.P.C. that featured a $120 plain white tee? Sold out in no time.


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Family and Domestic Violence
July 16, 2013
Violence Across the Globe
Domestic violence and abuse can occur between anyone, regardless of race, sex, class or gender and is not limited to occurring just in the United States alone. It is now considered a global health concern, affecting an estimated one third of all women across the globe (Chelala, 2013). Domestic violence isn't subjected to physical abuse alone; it may include intimate partner violence, child abuse/neglect, sexual abuse, elder abuse, and can take many other forms as well. The question is does every country around the world react differently to abuse?
According to Gosselin (2013), "Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed within an adult intimate relationship" (p.48). This violence is most often committed in order to obtain control over any part of the relationship whether it is finances, with whom the partner associates with, what the partner wears and more. Obtaining control over the relationship is just the beginning of a vicious cycle of abuse. In fact, an estimated four or five women are killed by their partner in the United States every day (Blumenthal, 2013). Despite how difficult it is due to safety risks in trying to leave an abusive relationship, in the United States protection and resources are offered to the victims of violent crimes that may not be offered in other countries.
In Mexico, the laws against domestic violence do not provide sufficient protection for women. This way of life is the exact opposite of that way of life for women living in the United States. The women in Mexico more often than not fail to report violent incidents to the Mexican police because those that do are disrespected and the police seem as if they're more suspicious than they are affectionate (Human Rights Watch, 2013, para. 16). With the lack of authorities acknowledging the seriousness of domestic violence in Mexico, Mexican women who...


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How to Get Rid of a Vaginal Yeast Infection – Rid of Candida Vaginitis
Vaginal Yeast Infection
The need of the hour is not to shy away from regular gynaecological health check-up because by neglecting it you may be doing more harm than you can imagine. With the plethora of cancerous gynaecological diseases flaring up by the day, taking a chance on any complaint may place you at a greater risk later. Ask any female respondent and the most commonly occurring gynae disorder unanimously is vaginal yeast infection.
Causes of Vaginal Yeast Infection
Yeast, also scientifically referred to as Candida, is a fungus that causes Vaginitis or the inflammation of the vagina. Although this infection is popularly known to affect women at large, however some men and children also develop itchiness and painful infection of this nature.
Symptoms of Candida Vaginitis
Inflammation of vagina, curdled and white vaginal discharge, itchiness, painful or burning urination and irritation of the genital are some of the common symptoms caused by Candida vaginal infection. Generally, the condition may persist for few days and/or even become worse where it last for weeks. The most viable option is to get rid of Candida at the earliest before any complication sets in.
Vaginal Yeast Infection Cure
- Sexual abstinence- Engaging in further sexual activities or intercourse aggravates irritation and the condition. Unless the itchiness subsides, refrain from sexual intercourse since opposite sexual partner often transmits the infection.
- Use condoms - Condoms are the safest solution to prevent sexually transmission diseases and unwanted pregnancy. Always insist on condom use and lead a healthy sex life. But, if the latex rubber, lubricants or powder coating is triggering allergic reactions like itchiness you may like dissuade from further use of condoms.
- Sitz Bath- Among home remedies, sitz bath has been found to be effective in curbing the menace unleashed by Candida. In this preventive method, all you need to do is soak the hips and the buttocks in a tub filled with warm water and salt. Sit in for the 10-15 minutes; continue doing this for 3 consecutive nights.
- Yogurt, garlic and cranberry have proved to be efficient in controlling the spread of yeasts and in increasing the pH level of the vagina.
- Reduce intake of sugar because high sugar level favours the multiplication of yeasts in the vagina.
If all treatment method fails, do not hesitate to visit the nearest doctor at the soonest. There are various anti-biotic and medications to treat vaginal yeast infection.
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A Study to Compare the Efficacy of Hepatitis A Vaccine and Immune Globulin When Given After Exposure to Hepatitis A
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Immune globulin is effective about 85% of the time in preventing hepatitis A in people who have been exposed, if it is given within 14 days of exposure. Several lines of evidence suggest that hepatitis A vaccine might also be effective in this setting, and vaccine has the advantage of providing long term protection. In this study, we compare how well immune globulin and hepatitis A vaccine work in preventing clinical hepatitis A in household contacts of persons with the disease. The study's hypothesis is that the the proportion of exposed household contacts who receive hepatitis A vaccine within 14 days of exposure and develop hepatitis A disease will be similar to the proportion of exposure household contacts who receive immune globulin within 14 days of exposure and develop hepatitis A disease.
Hepatitis A
Biological: Hepatitis A vaccine
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|A Blinded Randomized Comparative Study of Hepatitis A Vaccine and Immune Globulin for Postexposure Prophylaxis for Hepatitis A Disease
- clincal hepatitis A disease
- 1) subclinical hepatitis A
- 2) asymptomatic hepatitis A virus infection, with hepatitis A virus viremia
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|Study Start Date:
|September 2003
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|May 2005
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|2 Years to 40 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria: Exposure to an index case of hepatitis A within 14 days of onset of illness; at least 2 years and no more than 40 years of age at time of study entry; susceptible to hepatitis A; give informed consent or have informed consent given by a responsible parent/guardian -
Exclusion Criteria: history of hepatitis A; prior receipt of hepatitis A vaccine; receipt of immune globulin within 180 days before study entry; evidence of liver disease; receipt of any live virus vaccine within 21 days prior to study entry; moderate or severe intercurrent illness or axillary temperature of 37.5 degrees or higher at time of study entry; various other medical conditions;
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00139139
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|Almaty, Kazakhstan
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|Beth P Bell, MD, MPH
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|Last Updated:
|August 29, 2005
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|United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
hepatitis A
hepatitis A vaccine
immune globulin
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Hepatitis A
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Digestive System Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
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"This letter is to respectfully ask for the removal of former Governor Neil Goldschmidt's portrait from the State of Oregon Capitol Building and have it sent to permanent storage. In 2004, at the request of Representative Tim Knopp and Senator Vicki Walker, legislative leadership moved former Governor Goldschmidt's official portrait from its place outside the Senate Chambers to the legislative library. Although the original request was to remove it from the building, we accepted the compromise to put it in the legislative library. We no longer believe that is appropriate."The request comes a couple of days after WW and The Oregonian reported details of the life of the late Elizabeth Dunham, who died Jan. 16. Goldschmidt began sexually abusing Dunham in 1975, when he was the 35-year-old mayor of Portland and she was 13. Her name was never publicly revealed until this week.
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Sadly Jacob Rees-Mogg is not taking part, his cat wasn't feline up to it. The big pussy. ...
Etcatera, etcatera.
Guido keeps going on about the Guidoisation of politics. But he, it would appear, is on the receiving end of the ever rising tide of internet cat references.
Meanwhile, another outing here for the only cat reference I saw at the Charlie Hebdo demo in Trafalgar Square last Sunday.
Guido has of course been all over that story.
I've just been listening to Christopher Hitchens reading out what is apparently one of the chapters of his book God Is Not Great, and there is a cat reference in that also. Although down on dogs, it seems that the Muslims have tended, historically, to be nicer to cats than the Christians, because Christians have been in the habit of associating cats with the Devil.
Good grief! More Guido moggy-blogging.
This afternoon, The Guru is coming by to reconstruct God, so God (the other one) willing, I will be back in serious computing business by this evening.
When I was recently in Brittany, my hosts supplied me with a state-of-the-art laptop and a state-of-the-art internet connection. These last few days, without God (my one) and having to make do with Dawkins (my obsolete and clunky little laptop, the thing I am typing into now), I have felt less connected to the world than I did in Brittany. I am connected, after a fashion. But Dawkins is so slow and clunky that I have been doing only essentials (like finding out about England being hammered in the ODI yesterday), and checking incoming emails, and shoving anything however bad up here once every day. It's like I've regressed to about 2000.
I have managed to put up a few pictures here, in God's absence. But Dawkins' screen makes these pictures look terrible. I am looking forward to seeing God's version of these pictures and hope they will be greatly improved compared to what I am seeing now.
Thank God (the other one) I haven't been depending on God (my one) for music. As I have surely explained here many times, one big reason I prefer CDs (and separate CD players scattered around my home) to all this twenty first century computerised music on a computer is that if God goes wrong, as he just has, I don't lose music. I also have music concerts recorded off of the telly, onto DVDs, which I can play on my telly, which is likewise a completely separate set-up to God.
In general, the argument against having everything done by one great big master computer is that when something goes wrong with that master computer, everything else in your life also goes wrong, just when you may need those things not to. One of the things that willgo wrong, rather regularly, with your all-in-one master computer is when this or that particular one of its excessively numerous functions becomes seriously out of date. I mean, if it has a vacuum cleaner included, what happens if vacuum cleaners suddenly get hugely better? In Brian world, all I have to do is get another new and improved vacuum cleaner, and chuck out the old one. In all-in-one master computer world, you are stuck with your obsolete vacuum cleaner. Or, if you can, you have to break open your all-in-one master computer and fit a new vacuum cleaner, and probably also lots of other new stuff to make sure the new vacuum cleaner works, which buggers up a couple of your other functions that used to work fine but which no longer work fine. Or at all. I prefer to keep things simple, and separate.
Something rather similar applies with how to handle (the other) God. That is another arrangement you don't want to have running the whole of your life for you either. It's okay if you do God for some of the time and keep Him in his place, but you want scientists telling you about science, doctors about medicine, and your work colleagues about your work, and so on. If, on the other hand, absolutely everything in your life, and worse, everything in the entire world you live in, is controlled by ((your version of) the other) God, everything is very liable to go to Hell. (Aka: Separation of Church and State. Aks: don't be a religious nutter.)
I have my own particular take on (the other) God, which is that He is made-up nonsense. But just as wise believers in (the other) God don't let that dominate their thinking on non-God things, nor do I think that my opinions about (the other) God can explain everything else as well. These opinions merely explain the particular matter of (the other) God being made-up nonsense.
Do not, as they say, put all your eggs in one basket.
From the Preface of The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins:
A lawyer or a politician is paid to exercise his passion and his persuasion on behalf of a client or a cause in which he may not privately believe. I have never done this and I never shall. I may not always be right, but I care passionately about what is true and I never say anything that I do not believe to be right. I remember being shocked when visiting a university debating society to debate with creationists. At dinner after the debate, I was placed next to a young woman who had made a relatively powerful speech in favour of creationism. She clearly couldn't be a creationist, so I asked her to tell me honestly why she had done it. She freely admitted that she was simply practising her debating skills, and found it more challenging to advocate a position in which she did not believe. Apparently it is common practice in university debating societies for speakers simply to be told on which side they are to speak. Their own beliefs don't come into it. I had come a long way to perform the disagreeable task of public speaking, because I believed in the truth of the motion that I had been asked to propose. When I discovered that members of the society were using the motion as a vehicle for playing arguing games, I resolved to decline future invitations from debating societies that encourage insincere advocacy on issues where scientific truth is at stake.
I uphold the right of people to indulge in such debating games, but share Dawkins's extreme distaste for having any part in them myself. I also think that Dawkins makes his point very well, as is usual with him.
The thing that pissed me off about university debating societies like this one was not so much the insincerity, as the fact that they seemed to use the argument as a mere excuse to do bad stand-up comedy. They weren't seriously pretending to take the other side. They frivolously refused to take any side at all, and didn't give a damn that they made this entirely obvious. Poor, pathetic you for taking the subject so absurdly seriously, for caring about it all, for getting so involved.
The thing some people don't seem to get about Dawkins is how much emotion is involved in his fiercely logical harangues. They assume that because he is trying so hard to be logical, which he is, that therefore no deep feeling can be involved. But there is no necessary conflict between logic and depth of feeling, any more than there is a necessary conflict between a car engine and petrol.
Just now I am on the look out for little (or big) things from books, so that I can practice scanning stuff in, to my new computer, with my new scanner. Right now it is still a bit of a struggle, so expect more bits from more books.
Today (this being the small hours of "tomorrow") I had a huge new computer delivered. Well, it's actually the same size as the old one, but being much more formidable in what it does, in particular in how fast it does what it does, it seems bigger, the way formidable people also seem bigger. The old one was Windows XP. Now it's Windows 7.
I admire the new machine, but have yet to bond with it. I respect it enormously, but do not, as yet, like it. It has as its regular screen picture a succession of horribly Photoshop-enhanced photos of classic British Isles coastal scenes, which I did not take, the sunset behind what I think must be the Giants Causeway (somewhere in (Northern?) Ireland) being particularly garish and ugly and tasteless. Everything else on the screen also looks more or less different, and hence more or less wrong. The keyboard is the usual huge nuclear power station controller, ostentatiously crammed with an unprecedented gaggle of incomprehensible bells and whistles doing who knows what, and this keyboard, unlike any of its predecessors, is physically unconnected to anything, instead communicating telepathically with a pod on a wire. I have already plugged in my lovely old Mac keyboard. But, I'll get used to it. I'll have to, because the old one was also taken away, what remained of it after its various hard discs of data had all been removed or transferred. That boat has been burned.
The first laptop was Jesus. Which made the previous mainframe God. The current laptop is Judas. What is this new mainframe? Allah? I think not. No, I think the name for it is: Dawkins.
Just to say where I come from, in case strangers are passing by (welcome, by the way): I'm an atheist, for most of the usual atheist reasons, and an atheist who prefers Christianity to Islam, for most of the usual human reasons.
Were a time traveller/historian from the future to reveal to me that Islam had indeed been defeated (setting aside for the time being just what "defeated" might mean), I would expect him/her to add, at some point in our (I hope) quite prolonged discussions, that Christianity had played a big part in this excellent outcome.
Religion seems to me to be a part of human nature, which is not to say that all humans seem to need it like we all need air, food or drink. It's just that a lot of us seem to. As an atheist I am resigned to this. All the arguments that convince me of the non-existence of God are not so much wrong, to a religionist, as beside the point. The point being that they really need their religion, and that's the truth that matters to them, not people like me explaining the factual implausibility of spaghetti monsters or orbiting teapots (two favourite atheist inventions).
So the question for many is simply: which religion shall it be? And just now, it seems, although I don't know the numbers, that when it comes to people converting from one religion to another, the big story in the world in recent decades is of people converting from Islam to Christianity, particularly (so I am told) in Africa, but even more particularly in the rich societies of Europe and the USA. See, for instance, this posting, which I dug up on the www, and in particular the comments, where "Kepha" says:
My guess is that the time is not far off when the number of conversions from Islam in the West will be so large that it will be noticed; and the most that the jihadis will be able to do is splutter with helpless rage ...
But, say other commenters in the same thread, Muslims are more than replacing themselves, by having a higher birthrate.
Many things could be said about this. I will confine myself to one (or maybe it's two followed by a deduction), which is that whereas the flow of Muslims out of Islam and into Christianity can be expected to continue pretty much indefinitely, very possibly becoming a stampede once converts to Christianity are able to be more public about the process, the current high birthrates of many Muslim countries can be expected, in due course, to moderate. All modernising countries experience a big bulge in their birthrates, but this never lasts, or such is my understanding.
If the above is right, that's very good news for Christianity and very bad news for Islam. And people like me, who would merely like to see Islam defeated, can just relax and be patient and let history take its course.
Okay, pessimistic cup-half-empty commenters, off you go. Tell me this is all wishful thinking.
If you feel like it. These Islam postings here are really just me thinking aloud. If others join in fine, but if not, fine too.
The Gospel of Matthew: A Book for Today? Just putting this link here because I don't want to forget about this fascinating article.
Roughly, as I recall (it being a while since I read this), Edmund Standing (a favourite writer of mine - see one of the links here), says that St Matthew's Gospel tells of a Jew (Jesus) with a message for other Jews, about exactly how to fight the Jewish corner against all comers. The rest of us are not intended to be part of the discussion.
All part of the big claim that Christianity means pretty much whatever you want it to mean, massive reinterpretation being built into its very DNA, in extreme contrast to Islam. Which, flying off at a huge tangent from a posting about James I's son dying in 1612, we argue about in the comments, here.
And in connection with that comment thread, I also don't want to forget about this, by one of the key protagonists in that.
One Woman's Lie About An Affair That Got Seriously Fucking Out Of Hand.
Found it via here, which I found via here (the photo).
My problem (one of my problems) is that I accumulate open windows, to things I don't want to forget about, and which I am hence reluctant to shut. But these open windows, and all the advertising shite they come with, clog up my computer, or so it feels to me.
Now I am sure there is a better answer to this problem than the one that follows, but for now, my answer, today, is to stick a few such links here, where they won't vanish in half a day and where anyway I know my way around.
The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet. Note, incidentally, the disastrous headline punctuation. Punctuation in headlines says you can't have a full stop at the end of a headline, but that you can have whatever punctuation you like in the middle of the headline, fullstops included. Bizarre. (Not that that's why the piece interests me.)
That Codevilla piece about the American ruling class. Actually I think a major part of this story is that it isn't only the American ruling class. It's a global, or at least beyond national, class. The entire West that was is starting to be ruled by a united gang of interconnected people. Rulers of The World Unite. You have nothing to lose but the love of your dreary little voters. (To "love", should I add "consent"?)
On the Validity and Necessity of Atheist Criticism of Islam. I like Edmund Standing a lot. Mostly I agree with this. But, I think he makes too little of the differences between Christianity and Islam. Christianity is bonkers but Islam is downright evil. (Although, I do admit that Christian anti-semitism is deeply embedded in it.) The problem I have with Islam is not only that it is so false. It is that it so nasty. Allah does not exist, but if Allah does exist he should be opposed. This is somewhat less true of the various Christian versions of God, especially nowadays.
The Vanity Fair Sarah Palin piece. I want to read this to see if it actually says anything more than: she's a politician! Is she going to run for President? If she gets to be President will she be a quite good one, as Reagan (won the Cold War - only talked about stopping the US state spending rise) was. Will President Palin, that is to say, actually stop the US state spending rise?
The Chinese state media global offensive. Were a time traveller from a hundred years hence to invite me to guess what sparked the Big War of 2037, I'd guess China versus someone, rather than Islam versus anyone. Islam has the will to Big War, but looks unlikely at all soon to command the means to wage it. (I include Iran in that judgement. There is more to having a Bomb than just having a Bomb. You must also have the means to attack the other guy's Bomb, and to defend your remaining Bombs, which you must also have.) And I have long believed that being able to fight wars is more important in their causation than merely wanting to. I mean, few great powers unambiguously want to fight major wars, because they have too much to lose. But, from time to time, they still did, and might one day again. Hopefully The Bomb will continue to work its terrifying magic, and Great Wars Between Great Powers will continue to not happen, but how long will that last?
I want to do a Big Piece on Samizdata about all that, Real Soon Now. Globalisation as we now know it, i.e. the version where we don't fight global wars against one another, is more caused by The Bomb (which first happened in 1945) than by Modern Electronic Communications (which first happened in 1842). See Global Ruling Class, uniting of, above.
That should clear out my computer's tubes a little.
Everybody draw Mohammed every day!
Everybody draw Mohammed on May 20th!
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Truth is true
The impossibility of God but the possibility of Michael Flatley's cure and of super-super-flees
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A Happy Christmas to all my readers
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