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The company may be called Vertical Entertainment, but we remain horizontal, watching thweir good DVDs while enjoying the boudoir.
Recent treats: GBF, in which the most popular girls in school vie for the attention of the first openly gay boy on campus in this hilarious, quippy comedy. When GBF's are deemed the hottest new accessory, the three most popular girls of North Gateway High are determined to land themselves gay best friends. But there is one problem . . . none of the guys at their posh, suburban high school is out of the closet.
Confidants Brent (Paul Iacono)–who longs to be in the spotlight–and Tanner (Michael J. Willett)–who would rather fly under the radar–share the same secret. But when Tanner accidentally gets outed instead of hisattention-loving friend, things get heated as queen-of-mean Fawcett (Sasha Pieterse, drama club diva Caprice (Xosha Roquemore) and sweet, good-girl 'Shley (Adrea Bowen) launch an all-out social war to win Tanner's status-enhancing friendship.
Now, Tanner must choose between skyrocketing popularity and the friendship he's leaving behind as the vicious lady monarchs continue to compete for the edgy, high-fashion appeal needed to be crowned prom queen.
By the way, our fave, Megan Mullally, is in the film. And funny.
Second treat: The power of love and its eternal connection is proven in the Romeo and Juliet-inspired tale From Above. William (Danny Glover and Mike Wade) is dangerously close to giving up after losing the love of his life, Venus (Tantoo Cardinal and Chelsea Ricketts). From the side of her deathbed, he reflects on his past with theNative American beauty – whodescended from the mystical Lightning Clan. Though society, cultural circumstances and family pressures conspired to keep them apart, the young lovers devised a way to be together, further strengthening the bond between them.
When William tries to contact Venus from beyond, claiming to see visions of her during storms, their son (Clarence Gilyard, Jr.,) believes his father has fallen mentally ill. But when the two men witness a miraculous event, the power of love's eternal connection is proven.
An enchanting love story for the ages, also starring Graham Greene and Ashley Bell
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Assume that in the group of integers $\mathbb{Z}$, I randomly choose two integers $a$ and $b$ and I would like to ask whether they generate the group $\mathbb{Z}$, and then, what is the probability for this event? However, to explain clearly "probability meaning", we need to know about probability distribution. Could any one give me an exact definition for this then? Or here, we just reduce our consideration on each quotient group $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$ for each $n$?
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Vancouver resident Dennis Sparks grew up watching "The Twilight Zone," and it made a lasting impression. Now Sparks is working on a "'Twilight Zone-ish'" feature-length fantasy film of his own.
The movie, "Nightbumpers," is being filmed in Clark County, and features a cast of about a dozen actors from the greater Vancouver-Portland area.
The movie is being produced by Sparks' independent nonprofit production company, Heartland Theatre Productions, and is about a graphic novelist. This character is working on a graphic novel about creatures of the night, when they come after him to stop him from sharing their secrets.
In addition to writing and producing "Nightbumpers," Sparks, 65, appears in the film. It's being directed by Portland's Kirsten Rayhawk and edited by Vancouver's Dave Hudkins. It features still images drawn by Vancouver artist Tom Feston.
The entire budget for the film is less than $5,000, said Sparks, who has a background in theater. He hopes "Nightbumpers" will be out by early next year.
Hall of Fame trip started at Vancouver station
Radio stations have changed quite a bit since Bob Ancheta's days at Vancouver's KVAN-AM.
Ancheta got his start in 1970 as a disc jockey at the station, which played progressive rock and blues. He worked there until 1974, then moved over to Portland radio station KQIV-FM and then KGON-FM, where he worked for 18 years.
Ancheta has been chosen as one of a handful of 2011 inductees into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, which is in its fifth year.
One of the best parts of his long career spinning discs has been finding unusual music to share with the public, he said.
"In those days you could play anything you wanted — of course those days are long gone," Ancheta said. "Now everyone's handed a playlist."
Well, almost everyone. Ancheta still gets to pick his own music for his Sunday blues show from 7-10 p.m. on KINK-FM in Portland, he said.
During his time in the music business, Ancheta also worked as a stage manager for the Paramount Theater in the 1970s, and as a manager for the band Sequel.
Although most of his time was spent in Portland, Ancheta said he has fond memories of Vancouver.
"Our station was kind of the rebel radio station," Ancheta said of KVAN-AM. "We took a stance that was not heard of in any other broadcast area. Vancouver was our backyard, that and North Portland. We were only a 1,000-watt station, but we had a great time."
The induction ceremony will be held on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Newmark Theater at 1111 S.W. Broadway in Portland.
"I'm humbled that I was chosen," Ancheta said. "I can't wait for it to happen."
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Just this afternoon, Feb. 16, 2014 (Philippine time), Atty. Raymond Fortun, one of the best lawyers in the country, revealed his resignation as spokesperson of Cedric Lee and Deniece Cornejo on Buzz Ng Bayan, (formerly The Buzz) the longest-running showbiz-oriented talk show in the Philippines which airs on ABS-CBN every Sunday afternoon.
Based on his statement read by Buzz Ng Bayan hosts Boy Abunda, Janice De Belen and Carmina Villaroel, the good lawyer decided to resign because of Deniece Cornejo's released statement yesterday regarding the second CCTV footage which was gathered by the National Bureau of Investigation in Forbeswood Condominium showing Cedric Lee kissing on her cheek.
Just a few minutes after Boy Abunda read Atty. Raymond Fortun's resignation, the good lawyer received many congratulatory messages from the fans and supporters of actor-TV host Vhong Navarro who is now in a safe place to continue his battle against Cedric and his men.
All of them agreed that Atty. Fortun is a great man. And speaking of Vhong Navarro, even though he is in a safe place, he confirmed that he is monitoring the development of his case against his perpetrators. He immediately called Tony Calvento when he learned that Atty. Fortun has decided to resign as spokesperson of Cedric and Deniece. He thanked the brave journalist for his continued support.
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1-1/2 cups water
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In a saucepan, cook potato, covered, in water about 12 minutes or till tender. Do not drain. Mash potato in the water. Measure the potato/water mixture. If necessary, add additional water to make 1-3/4 cups total. Return mixture to saucepan. Add buttermilk, sugar, butter, and salt. Heat or cool as necessary to 120 to 130 degrees. In a large bowl combine 2 cups of the flour and dry yeast. Add the potato mixture. Beat with electric mixer on low to medium speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl. Beat on high for 3 minutes. Using a spoon, stir in as much of the remaining flour as you can.
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Ammy Hennig, the creative director and writer of Sony's "Uncharted" series, has left developer Naughty Dog, IGN reported Tuesday night.
Sources close to the award-winning developer told IGN Hennig was "forced out" by "The Last of Us" creative heads Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley. She was working on the next "Uncharted" title, which was revealed late last year with a teaser trailer. Those sources said that game is now under the control of Druckmann and Straley.
Hennig recently celebrated her 10th anniversary at the studio. She served as creative director and writer on all three of the Naughty Dog's "Uncharted" titles. IGN reached out to Sony, who did confirm Hennig had left the studio, but offered no further details.
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Black History Month continues to make milestones. And February 25 may be the greatest.
Milestone Films is proud to announce the deluxe DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Lionel Rogosin's 1959 shattering classic Come Back, Africa. After witnessing fascism firsthand as a soldier in World War II, Rogosin vowed to fight it wherever and whenever he saw it reemerging. In an effort to expose "what people try to avoid seeing," Rogosin travelled to South Africa and secretly filmed Come Back, Africa under the constant threat of being discovered. When released, the film revealed to the world the cruelty and injustice suffered by the black majority under apartheid.
It's powerful. Martin Scorsese says that Come Back, Africa is "a heroic film … a film of terrible beauty, of the ongoing life it captured and of the spirit embodied by Rogosin and his fellow artists."
Much of Come Back, Africa was filmed in Sophiatown, a black ghetto and a vibrant center of music, art, literature and politics. Residents included Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Father Trevor Huddleston, Hugh Masekela and four of the film's main contributors–Drum Magazine's author/journalists Bloke Modisane, Lewis N'kosi and Can Themba along with the already celebrated singer, Miriam Makeba. Even as they filmed, the township's future was under threat. Shortly after production ended, Sophiatown was forcibly emptied, then razed and rebuilt as a whites-only suburb called Triumf.
In making Come Back, Africa, Rogosin's goal was to reveal the harsh injustice of apartheid. To make a film that honestly and accurately portrayed life in Sophiatown (as he did with New York skid row inhabitants in his first film, On the Bowery), the filmmaker spent almost a year meeting with activists and writers, both black and white. Rogosin cast the film before writing the screenplay, basing the story on the experiences of the cast and crew. The actors created their own dialogue in order to create an authentic representation of their lives. Even 55 years later, the film seems emotionally raw and immediate.
Taking its name from the title of an African National Congress slogan, Come Back, Africa premiered at the 1960 Venice Film Festival where it won the Critics Award. In 2012, Milestone released the restored 35mm prints of Come Back, Africa across the US and Canada to rave reviews from the press and universal acclaim by the audience. Bonus features for the film include the remarkable An American in Sophiatown, a documentary by Lionel's son, Michael Rogosin; and Have You Seen Drum Recently?, by Jürgen Schadeberg, the renowned photographer/filmmaker who, as the staff photographer for Drum Magazine in the 1950s, took some the very first photographs of the young Nelson Mandela.
In the second feature of the deluxe set, Rogosin took the fight for equality to his homeland with his astonishing and powerful fourth feature Black Roots. The film, which is ripe for rediscovery, features an extraordinary cast, including Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick; attorney and feminist activist Florynce "Flo" Kennedy; and musicians Jim Collier, Wende Smith, Larry Johnson and Reverend Gary Davis. All tell stories of heartbreak and despair while their songs blow the roof off the rafters. In an extension of the famed shebeen scenes in Come Back, Africa, the participants in Black Roots spoke openly about politics and race in a way that is still rarely seen on screen. In 1970, it was a radical and daring move by a great director. A deeply humanist film, Black Roots combines tales of oppression with hauntingly beautiful images of the faces of black men, women and children. The home DVD and Blu-ray of Come Back, Africa: The Films of Lionel Rogosin,Volume 2 is a two-disc boxed set featuring:
Disc One
Come Back, Africa. South Africa. 1959, 86 minutes. Restoration Cineteca del Comune di Bologna. From the 2K Restoration. SDH subtitles.
A Martin Scorsese Introduction. 2 minutes.
An American in Sophiatown: The making of Come Back, Africa. Directed by Michael Rogosin and Lloyd Ross. 64 minutes.
Lionel Rogosin talks about Come Back, Africa. Radio Interview, 1978, 19 minutes.
Come Back, Africa. Theatrical Trailer. 2 minutes.
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Black Roots. United States. 1970, 63 minutes. Restoration Cineteca del Comune di Bologna. From the 2K Restoration. SDH subtitles.
Bitter Sweet Stories. Directed by Michael Rogosin. 27 minutes. Color/B&W. Documentary on the making of Black Roots.
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Hello everyone! I decided to make an article that will give you a detailed overview on the things that I consider for a Daily Deviation. In my second month as a Community Volunteer (well almost - time flies so fast ), I have met lots of awesome suggester and some of them usually ask question regarding this and that, so I hope that I can answer them here.
In this article, I will be going to specifically talking about the things that I consider when I feature Daily Deviations.
Will you only feature deviations under the Cartoons and Comics Gallery?
- Yes! I can only feature deviations under the Cartoons and Comics gallery but I am not the only Community Volunteer for this gallery because I am with the awesome alexandrasalas.
How will I know if it is under the Cartoons and Comics gallery ?
- It's really simple You can go to the deviation page and you can see the gallery address after the deviation and before the Artist's comments. A sample screenshot is provided below.
Where to send a DD Suggestion if it's not under the Cartoons and Comics gallery?
- We have a team of CVs who are handling a specific gallery and you can check this for more information: FAQ #18: Who selects Daily Deviations and how are they chosen?
Will you feature artworks with copyrighted characters?
- To be honest, when I started as a CV, I was a little unsure about these two things as well. As you may notice, when I draw a Superman artwork for example, then I can also upload it under the Fanart or under the C&C Gallery here on deviantart. But after seeing and checking deviations, I was able to pin point some things that I consider before featuring something:
- When the artwork with a copyrighted character was uploaded to the Fanart category, then by all means, I will not feature it so you should send the suggestions to either alexandrasalas or Lyricanna but when it is uploaded under the Cartoons and Comics gallery, then I will ofcourse consider featuring it.
- But that's not all! ofcourse, comics and comics also have styles and that will really help in maintaining the uniqueness of the artworks. When I feature cartoons with copyrighted characters, I always think of this question first, "Is this from a cartoon series?" By cartoon, i mean, like Adventure Time, Winnie the Pooh, Penelope Pittstop, Power Puff Girls, Thundercats, etc etc! Or if it was from a movie or game that was eventually, it should have a cartoon feel
- Forartworks with comic characters, I always think if this character(s) is/are from a comic. Like Marvel characters, DC, etc and they usually have a style that makes it a comic artwork, usually in the presence of inks, halftones and other visual effects.
I am very much open to talk about this matter further. So if you think there's something missing here or to the extent that you disapprove this, then please note me or leave a comment here
Do you consider the layout when featuring a comic?
- ofcourse! I consider things as much as I can, especially when it comes to layout for a comic page. If the page is not organize and it will lead us to confusion when reading, then it somewhat destroys the value of the comic because we will have a hard time in getting the idea of the artist.
Will you feature artworks with gore and blood?
- Yes. But the mature content tag must be turned on
Will you feature artworks with too much sexy females/males?
- Yes. But if it exposes too much of the body parts, then the mature content tag must be turned on
Will you feature comics written in other languages aside from English?
- It varies from a case to case basis. If it has at least a transcript of the translation, then I'll ofcourse consider it.
Will you feature cartoons and comics in Anime/Manga style?
- No. It's either I'll ask you to send it to the Manga/Anime CVs or I'll forward it to them
Will you help budding comic artists here on Deviantart via a Daily Deviation?
- Daily Deviations are not the only way where I will be featuring artworks. Interview and feature series are on my plans already so i'll let you know
I have more questions
- just note me or leave a comment here
Please take note that these are just the preliminaries. I will add more stuffs from time to time
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It has been well over 30 years since the first cases of HIV were reported in the United States. According to amFAR There are approximately 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States. It is estimated that almost one-fifth (18.1%) of those people don't know they have it. Since the start of the AIDS epidemic, 1.7 million Americans have been infected with HIV and more than 650,000 have died of AIDS. An estimated 50,000 new HIV infections occur in the U.S. each year. It is further estimated that every nine and half minutes someone in the United States becomes infected with HIV.
Blacks continue to experience the severe burden of HIV and AIDS. They continue to be disproportionately affected by the pandemic accounting for 47% of new HIV infections, although they comprise only 14% of the population. HIV infection rates among Black women are nearly four times highly than those of white women.
We have the knowledge and tools needed to slow the spread of HIV infection and improve the health of people living with HIV. Despite this potential, however, our sense of urgency associated with combating the epidemic appears to be declining leaving our nation at a crossroads.
Given all of this one might ask how someone diagnosed with HIV manages to hold on to any glimmer of hope. How does one try to move on with their life after their diagnoses. In fact, recently someone asked me if there was some magic trick to living with HIV. While smiling, I replied "Yes, there is a trick and it's pretty simple. Just remember to live"
So many people diagnosed with HIV forget the fact that they still have a life to live out. All their hopes, dreams, goals, trips, celebrations and whatever they have planned are still very much possible. The trick is to keep focused on living and enjoying your life and not allowing yourself to be focused on HIV, adherence to care and all else that goes along with HIV. It's so vital that one does not allow their life to be dictated by HIV.
Please dont get me wrong, being diagnosed with HIV or any life threatening disease can be very challenging and many people get knocked off their feet by such a diagnosis. This is why it is so important to right away finding yourself a solid support system. By support system I mean something that encourages your to accept the diagnosis, be adherent to treatment, but most of all be very clear that life still exists and it is worthy to be lived.
What's worked best for me is to surround myself with solid friends who love me. People who want the best for me and people who encourage me to move forward with my life. Now I have to be honest, for me this was sort of a task because when I was diagnosed I was homeless, so there was the entirely separate beast that I was dealing with. Let's face it, homelessness is a state of temporary everything. Each day there's some new challenge that one must deal with. Add to this the diagnosis of being HIV positive and a person is dealing with a great deal all at once.
With homelessness and an HIV diagnosis, I can pretty much assure you there will be some depression to deal with. It may be situational or could be something that requires one to consider taking anti-depressants, but it the midst of any situation it becomes vital that one visual the land while riding through the storm. So very important that one hold on and cling to all the good that still exist of their life. No matter how dark the day or long the night, there is still good in our life and inspire of the rain that makes it so very difficult to see all the beautiful colors that are still present, we must hold on, trust and believe that our life is still worth living.
Simply typing this brings tears to my eyes, but this time around they are not tears from sadness, confusion or doubt, but tears of joy, because as I look back at all that I have come through, all that life has allowed me to experience and endure, I am thankful because my life is in tact and I am still here, still smiling, still giving love and receiving love and my life is richly blessed all because I refused to allow something like HIV to have power of me.
Thursday, April 3, 2014, I celebrated 6 years of LIVING with HIV.


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Guests can experience the best of both worlds at the new Best Western Quarterdecks Harbour Retreat Apartments.
As part of the world's largest hotel chain, guests are guaranteed a quality stay; whilst friendly management and unique features guarantee personalised service.
Resort manager, Craig Gibbs has relished his position at Quarterdecks over the past four years. Having worked in the industry for over 20 years, he says "the excitement of starting a property from the first stage of development" greatly appealed to him, influencing his decision to move to the Hervey Bay resort. This initial excitement, it seems, has paid off. Not only has Lonely Planet twice named Quarterdecks 'the place to stay' but the resort has won three separate awards over the years (including the 2008 New Tourism Business winner, and two separate Master Builders Awards in 2007).
The Best Western Quarterdecks Harbour Retreat is located within the Boat Harbour precinct of Hervey Bay, in close proximity to the marina shops, clubs, cafes and restaurants - as well as the adventure of the Fraser Coast situated but a heartbeat away. Few could deny the magic of Quarterdecks location, and the resort offers a variety of experiences to guests so they can be sure to take full advantage of it; organising visits to the Great Barrier Reef, tours circulating Hervey Bay, Fraser Island and Lady Elliot, whale watching, and more.
Craig urges his guests to add fun and discovery to their days away and let the friendly and knowledgeable staff help them organise activities and adventures of every kind. "Whether they are coming to relax and unwind with their family or escape on a romantic getaway, Quarterdecks offers services and facilities to all."
However, many Quarterdecks guests find they need not leave the retreat; content with the sublime features it itself possesses. For spacious villas and tranquillity sets this 2.2ha resort apart and it is highly valued by those who desire peace set quietly away from the busy tourist strip.
"Light, refreshing and lacking for nothing, the villas at Quarterdecks reflects the easy elegance and refined luxury of the harbour retreat," Craig asserts of the resort. One contented guest described it simply as, 'Nirvana on the coast'.
The 61 villa retreat is of contemporary design with a distinct touch of luxury. Guests may choose from spacious Starboard, Portside or Quarterdeck villas with private courtyards, security garages, full kitchen and laundry facilities.
Each villa exudes quality, from the bath robes and feather filled pillows, to the king size beds, designer kitchens and countless minute details that will have you coming back time after time - high-speed broadband internet access, an accessible pool and barbecue area, a heated spa and sauna, conference room facilities, garage facilities, porter service, security intercoms, and for those cosy nights in, a 500-strong DVD collection.
Perhaps the most appealing feature for guests though, is that a select number of Quarterdecks' villas are pet friendly. Service animals accompanying persons with disabilities are always accepted, and other guests need only give the resort a call to discuss their particular needs. The 'pet friendly retreat policy' is pretty straightforward and easy to navigate so that everyone may experience a most enjoyable stay.
Having thought of everything; utilising a sublime location, providing guests with enviable adventures and in-house luxuries, as well as allowing them to bring along beloved pets; it's clear that Craig and his team have thought supremely carefully about the nature of people and what holidaymakers appreciate most.
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Mitsubishi teases hybrid and electric concepts
At the 2013 Geneva Motor Show Mitsubishi will present the Concept GR-HEV hybrid truck and the Concept CA-MiEV urban car, giving indications on the future line-up of EV and HEV models.
The show cars will evolve Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC)'s development of mass-produced electric and hybrid vehicles, driven by a self-imposed objective of 20% of EV-based cars by 2020 and a belief that electric vehicles (EV) will eventually become long-term core products.
The steps made in this direction were recently demonstrated by the all-new Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and its "Dual Design" architecture.
Along with the Outlander PHEV, at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show the company will unveil two concept cars: the Concept GR-HEV and the Concept CA-MiEV.
Below we report the first details from the official release.
Concept GR-HEV – The Sport Utility Hybrid Truck
The brief behind Concept GR-HEV, was to expand the palette of EV-based vehicles to the one-tonne pickup truck segment.
With the creation of a next "Dual Design" vehicle, Mitsubishi Motors introduces an all-new HEV solution, featuring a Clean Diesel engine and electric motors. Simpler and more affordable than either EV or PHEV, HEV is deemed best suited to the heavy-duty daily requirements of pickup truck users.
Concept GR-HEV also uses full-time 4WD technology, featuring Super All Wheel Control (S-AWC) integrated vehicle dynamics control system driveline to deliver high stability traction and driving performance under all road conditions.
Chunky, rugged, handsome and eminently usable, this conceptual 4WD Sport Utility HEV Truck was developed with target for CO2 emissions below 149 g/km, far better than the segment average.
Concept CA-MiEV – The Suburban EV
Supported by three years of i-MiEV global customer feedback as well as continuous progress in battery technology and electric drivetrain, MMC now considers taking pure EVs beyond a mostly urban environment with a next generation compact EV.
As a showcase of the various technologies, MMC intends to introduce across its range of global vehicles, this sleek Concept CA-MiEV vehicle which can accommodate next generation EV systems and high density batteries.
Lightweight with advanced aerodynamics, the CA-MiEV will offer a 300 km driving range, perfectly suited for suburban and country daily life.
Further innovative real-life features include magnetic resonance wireless charging technology, smartphone activated functions.
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Pretty poor Ernst and Young report out today recycling the old arguments: Europe is too crowded and too green followed of course by the no service industry and rubbish geology angle. Sound familiar? If you read the Bernstein rebuttal a few weeks back, you'll think this is deja vu all over again. Anyone present at last week's Warsaw conference would have heard John Buggenhagen give an impassioned defense about Europe shale that said the same thing.
E+Y is one of those experts who failed to predict the crash, and some allege actively enabled Lehman Brothers and the collapse of Allied Irish Bank. They also are sure to have many clients who would be strongly impacted by low gas prices and the evaporation of energy insecurity. Shame they'll take on board that famous E+Y expertise. E+Y clients sound like the classic preference bias: They prefer to be wrong in a group than right by themselves.
Notably E+Y seem blissfully unaware of the Cuadrilla discovery, don't mention France at all, and fail to show much knowledge of even conventional geology, let alone unconventional. They have one page on geology:
However, at present there is limited experience of shale gas development in Europe on which to base estimates of potential resources in place. The experience in the US may not be replicable in other countries, as the petro-physical properties of the shale vary from one rock formation to another across different regions. Even within the US, each of the gas shale basins is different and each has its unique set of exploration criteria and operational challenges. A step change in exploration and appraisal drilling activity will be required to gain
a better understanding of the resource potential in Europe. Estimates of technically recoverable shale gas reserves are certain to be revised, upward and downward, over time as new information is gathered. However, even then, there is no guarantee that any confirmed deposits would be economical to develop.
If this sounds like Centrica and Ofgem talking, it is. Classic narrative of conventional wisdom unwilling to even countenance change.
The largest estimated reserves in Europe are in Poland with 5.2 Tcm, which equates to 29% of the European total but less than 3% of global shale gas reserves. Poland is closely followed by France, which has estimated resources of 5.0 Tcm, or 28% of the European total. Only a fraction of this resource base is likely to ever prove commercial and be produced.
And that's it. European shale potential dismissed in four lines!
The worst case fraction of reserves that will become an eventual recoverable resource is likely to be 10%, although there are plenty,including the EIA who talk about 30%. But the 10% of Poland's 5.2 TCM that E+Y sniff so derisively at is 40 years total Polish consumption of 2010. Put another way, if the gas is only from Poland, only from 10% of reserves (bye bye UK, Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Austria, Ukraine, Hungary, Czech, Bulgarian, Roumanian shale) then produced over 40 years that would still be 14 BCM per year or 25% of EU LNG imports. That 14 BCM is equal to about $4BN per year contribution to the Polish economy. Not worth worrying about?
What I found notable in the report is how much of the conventional wisdom in Europe is parroting Greenpeace or WWF- or Russia. This is only one example
Some commentators have called for increased transparency and disclosure on the chemicals used in the fracking process. Shale producers contend that the composition of fracturing fluids is proprietary information and that fracturing fluids are physically separated from the water table by cement and steel casings.
This is one of the world's "experts" repeating this outdated rubbish. Every single chemical in Europe, and most in North America these days besides, is public information. Anyone should know this, especially some one as pricey as E+Y. The saving grace of the report is that padded out with completely irrelevant phots of gas wells and acreas of white space the entire report can be read, digested and spat out in about ten minutes. You may waste your money with the report but at least you make it back in time.


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Rob Wilfong played second when Grich was injured in his final year, 1986. Mark McLemore became the Angels' starter the next season.
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Grich's home run title in 1981 (he tied Tony Armas, Dwight Evans and Eddie Murray) was the first by an American League second baseman since Nap Lajoie in 1901.
Grich was part of the first free agent class, in 1976. He signed with the Angels for $1.5 million, over five years.
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On June 1, 1975, Nolan Ryan struck out Grich for the final out in his fourth no-hitter. The win was the 100th of Ryan's career.
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Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Darrell Wallace Jr. has a fan and friend in 2012 NHRA Top Fuel dragster champ Antron Brown. Brown, the first African-American to win a championship in a major U.S. auto racing series, was asked during a recent NHRA teleconference what advice he had for the young driver, who became the second African-American driver to win a top-tier NASCAR race with his win in Martinsville last October.
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"That's why you look at people like Jimmie Johnson," continued Brown. "A lot of people look at him and how many championships he's won. Jimmie's won championships, but as soon as that day is over and he's got that championship check and trophy, that joker is back in the gym, he's training. He's still honing his skills to be better. That's one thing that I would tell Darrell. He's got the talent, he's got the drive, but to never stop working. To always constantly improve himself. When you do that, you stay on top of the curve and you stay at the top of your game."
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At one point, I voted Democratic Party. That changed during the 2008 election cycle. My "about me" page tells all about that.
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This video basically sums up what this blog and it's author is about — This is from 1948:
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Redis: Relations in a NoSQL worldPosted: March 23rd, 2010 | Author: Adam | Filed under: NoSQL, programming, Python, Redis | 29 Comments »
In the first article in our series on Redis we talked about how to get started and the basics of the simple data structures that are available in redis. The simple structures are good for basic operations like storing strings and keeping counters but, using it for anything more complex requires relating one set of data to another. At first glance this is a bit of a problem since redis by design is a flat dictionary with no relations but, with a bit of application code and adherence to some mental programming standards you can build some quite complex applications using redis.
We hinted at this style of structure in the first article when we got to talking about sets with our reddit like example of story voting.
r_server.sadd("story:5419:upvotes", "userid:9102")
Here we have a set in a redis called "story:5419:upvotes" and every element stored in the set is called "userid:xxxx". This is an example of a basic relation.
Let's make this example simpler and go with the concept of username / password storage for a website. Instead of using MySQL to store this information we will use redis.
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We have to cheat in redis's flat name space to make relations in our data. Redis isn't going to be aware of these relations and unlike RDBMS (like MySQL), redis does nothing to help us out. No index's, no nifty SQL syntax with WHERE or JOIN to do the work for us. We have to handle all of the relational logic in application code, which in turn means you (the developers) have to do extra documentation explaining just how everything fits together in redis or you are going to lose your data. The benefit you though is raw speed and flexibility during development. Don't like the constraints one data model is giving you? Start over and just recode; no need to alter a DB schema or change a DB server; redis doesn't care.
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- We must be able to delete a username and their associated password
Designing our redis namespace
This the format of the description of the redis namespace we'll be using
[key] – {datatype} – (example values)
We also will use the notation *variable* to denote that in a key name is a variable relating to something else.
[users] – {set} – ("adam", "bob", "carol")
[user:*username*:fullname] – {string} – ("Adam Smith", "Bob Barker", "Carol Burnett")
[user:*username*:password] – {string} – (md5 hash password, no example)
That's it. As long as we stick with this design pattern here we can keep track of all of the users in our system and handle logins.
Creating a new user
r = redis.Redis("localhost") from hashlib import md5 def add_user(username, fullname, password): if r.sadd("users", username): r.set("user:%s:fullname" % username, fullname) r.set("user:%s:password" % username, md5(password).hexdigest() ) return True else: return False
We've created a function called add_user where we are taking in a username, the full name of the user, and password and will return True if we successfully create a new user and False if we don't. Remember the redis command SADD (Set Add) returns False if the object already exists in the set, so if a user with that username already exists, we can't create a new user so we return False; otherwise we add it to the set and then we set the associated keys "fullname" and "password" to the appropriate vaues. Hashing the password with a md5 hash since we never store passwords anywhere in plain text.
Let's take a look at what this looks like being called.
>>> add_user("bob", "Bob Barker", "priceisright") True >>> add_user("bob", "Bob Barker", "priceisright") False
The first time we try to add the username "bob" we succeed but, the second time it fails since there is already a user with that username. Let's look at the data stored in redis.
>>> r.smembers("users") set(['bob']) >>> r.get("user:bob:fullname") 'Bob Barker' >>> r.get("user:bob:password") '543f24fdc95f4e3f52fc7a4f2166167e'
We see our key "user" that has a set stored with only one element, our username "bob". And now we have our related keys "user:*username*:fullname" and "user:*username*:password" which in practice are "user:bob:fullname" and "user:bob:password". As long as we stick to the naming convention we should always know where everything is!
Let's go ahead and create a few more users just for good measure
>>> add_user("adam", "Adam Smith", "wealthofnations") True >>> add_user("carol", "Carol Burnett", "eartug") True >>> r.smembers("users") set(['carol', 'bob', 'adam'])
Logging a user in
Now that we have created our relational data store in redis and have a few users in there, lets try to log one in.
def authenticate_user(username, password): #if username in r.smembers("users"): if r.sismember("user", username): passhash = md5(password).hexdigest() if passhash == r.get("user:%s:password" % username): return True else: return False else: return False
First thing we do is check to see if the username is in the set of all of the elements in the key "users" using the method sismember (set – is a member). If the username isn't there we are going to return False since, that user doesn't even exist. If the user does exist, I take a hash of their submitted password just like we did when we added the user, then we fetch that password from the related key and see if they are the same, if they are, we return True!
Let's take a look at this in action
>>> authenticate_user("ghost", "idontexist!") False >>> authenticate_user("adam", "keynes") False >>> authenticate_user("adam", "wealthofnations") True >>> authenticate_user("bob", "priceisright") True
So we can see here, a user that doesn't exist is not authenticated. A user that does exist but, has the wrong password is denied. Given the right username and the right password a user gets in!. And just to show we can handle multiple users like a proper relational system should "bob" authenticates properly as well
Deleting a user
Eventually we are going to need to delete a user from our system and that is as easy everything else we have done as long as we stick to the same namespace we laid out before
def delete_user(username): if username in r.smembers("users"): r.srem("users", username) r.delete("user:%s:fullname" % username) r.delete("user:%s:password" % username) return True else: return False
Again the first thing we do is check that the user exists first, since if they don't no need to do everything else. After we know the user exists, we remove them from the set of "users" then remove their related fullname and password keys. Let's check this out in action
>>> authenticate_user("adam", "wealthofnations") True >>> delete_user("adam") True >>> authenticate_user("adam", "wealthofnations") False >>> delete_user("adam") False >>> r.smembers("users") set(['bob', 'carol'])
We can authenticate the user "adam" properly. Then we delete him, and now he can't authenticate any more. If we try to delete him again we see that we can't since he doesn't exist.
Wrapping Up
We can make very complex relational data structures in redis as long as we document and properly use the name space. Keep everything as simple and as straight forward as possible and document everything throughly. Also make sure all your actions on redis can be keep as modular as possible by wrapping them in functions or classes, just like in this example. Then if for some reason you need to alter your "schema" you only have one place to change it in your application.
This is an example and is not a secure method for handling user submitted data and does no sanitization or sanity checks on the information. I am aware of this but, this post was not designed to be a comprehensive analysis of AAA methods just a quick example of how to do basic relations in a key-value store.


text: Sep 24, 2013 21:21 PreSonus buys N.C. music software developer PreSonus buys N.C. music software developer Advocate staff file photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK -- A Presonus workshop in 2012 features some of the Baton Rouge company's products. The designer and maker of audio-recording and live-sound software, hardware and related accessories has acquired a North Carolina company that develops software for music composition and guitar-tab editing. Advocate staff report Sept. 19, 2013; 9:06 a.m. Comments PreSonus Audio Electronics Inc. of Baton Rouge has acquired the assets of Notion Music Inc., a Greensboro, N.C., developer of music-notation software. Notion's products include software for music composition and guitar-tab editing. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jim Mack, chief executive officer of PreSonus, said purchasing Notion made sense. PreSonus has started to put an emphasis on the music education market. PreSonus designs and makes audio-recording and live-sound software, hardware and related accessories. "We approached them earlier in the year about doing a bundling of products," Mack said. But as talks progressed, it started to make more sense for PreSonus to buy out Notion. Notion has 12 employees. Most are based in North Carolina, but two are in the United Kingdom. The plan is to move the majority of the employees to Baton Rouge, Mack said. This is the second recent acquisition for PreSonus. Last year, the company bought Nimbit, a Boston-based company that operates a website that allows artists to put music up for sale online and develop relationships with fans. PreSonus, which is located in Bon Carré Business Center on Florida Boulevard, is currently nearing completion of an $8 million headquarters building on Highland Road near Interstate 10. The new offices should open by early December, Mack said. Advocate business writers Timothy Boone and Ted Griggs contributed to this report. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC
Much has been written about the courage and tenacity of the male ministers, activists, and young turks of the Civil Rights movement: Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, and others. About the role of women, we know less.
Now, six women who were active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) have rectified this omission by compiling their own testimonies and those of their colleagues in Hands on the Freedom Plow. Each of the fifty-two narratives acknowledges the centrality of women's experience in the struggle for human rights in the southern United States in the late twentieth century. Weighing in at almost 600 pages, these compelling, at times harrowing personal stories recast the history of the Civil Rights movement from the perspective of women who lived it day by day.
Formed in 1960 by students—many of them from Black southern colleges—who had participated in lunch counter sit-ins, SNCC was in the forefront of desegregation and voter registration efforts. Theirs was a nearly impossible task, and the dangers they faced daily defy comprehension. Some of the accounts read more like dispatches from Srebrenica or Abu Ghraib than from southwest Georgia and Alabama. As the editors note in their introduction, "We took on the role of dismantling an ingrained system of social and political repression that was then almost a century old, and fought to replace it with a more just and egalitarian society."
The pursuit of social justice meant the real possibility of mob violence, bodily injury, and the near-constant fear that those threats inspired. Women who chose this work often deferred their education and defied their families. Prathia Hall, the daughter of a Baptist minister from Philadelphia, was a recent college graduate when she joined the movement. She wrote plaintively about her commitment: "We had been warned in orientation sessions not to go into the field unless we were prepared to die." Hall's faith was tested in southwest Georgia, one of the most notorious and resistant sites of movement activity. Although she was shot and wounded by sniper fire, she continued her work in the movement. Her assailants were never identified or charged.
One of the book's co-editors, Judy Richardson—currently a documentary film producer in Cambridge, Massachusetts—left Swarthmore College in the second half of freshman year in 1963 to go south to work for freedom in Cambridge, Maryland, then Atlanta, and later in Mississippi during Freedom Summer 1964. Richardson is a tiny, enthusiastic, and determined woman, who, when asked what she most valued about her movement experience, cited "working as a team and consensus decision making," valuable lessons she continues to use in her work. Only recently has Richardson understood the emotional cost of her activism for her mother, who never acknowledged her own fear or being afraid for her daughter. She did not she ask her to come home—something Richardson considers a gift, a tremendous act of restraint on her mother's part.
Another Hands on the Freedom Plow co-editor, Dorothy M. (Dottie) Zellner, joined the movement in 1960 after finishing at Queens College. A self-described daughter of Leftists who at seventeen read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich for pleasure, Zellner was inspired by the activism of the Greensboro student sit-ins. She went to Miami to challenge segregation in its restaurants, and for her efforts was arrested and placed in a segregated jail. Zellner's hope is that the stories collected in this volume will inspire others to activism. She notes that just as she grew up hearing stories of people who challenged power and braved the consequences, others may be called to action as well.
These are remarkable true stories from women who at the time were young, old, educated and not, rural and urban, Black, White, and Latina, whose collective actions made a real difference. This autumn through spring 2011, the women of Hands on the Freedom Plow will be making book-related appearances around the country, from Brooklyn, New York to Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
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TURIN, ITALY: Andreas Seppi ground out victory over Ivan Dodig to draw Italy level with Croatia in the Davis Cup after Marin Cilic overcame a gallant performance from Paolo Lorenzi in five sets to give the visitors the lead.
Seppi, who had won all three of his previous meetings with Dodig, won 62 67 64 64 in 2 hours 59 minutes. It was a tougher victory than expected for Seppi, who has risen to a career-high ranking of No. 18, 41 places above Dodig.
"It wasn't a perfect game, but it was a good game," Seppi said. "I still think I had a good game, he grew a lot in the service, and he put me in a lot of diffuclty with that.
"But I was good at the end of the third and fourth to be aggressive and finish the match. It's always hard when you have the chance to serve for the match and then your opponent gets the break."
Seppi knew he had to win so as not to leave Italy with a mountain to climb over the next two days and he started strongly, breaking in the first game. The Italian No. 1 had already wasted two break points but he converted the third as Dodig hit a forehand long.
Seppi broke again in the fifth game and went on to take the set as he seemed to be heading to a comfortable victory. However, he struggled in the second set to deal with Dodig's power and the Croatian won nine successive points, as he broke and held to love to take a 4-1 lead.
That seemed to galvanise Seppi, who broke back and managed to force a tiebreak. But the Italian made too many errors and Dodig took the tiebreak 6-2 to level the match.
The third set went with serve until the final game when Seppi squeezed a winner down the line to break Dodig's serve. There was again little to separate the pair in the fourth set until the seventh game when Seppi held to love and then broke Dodig's serve, sealing the game with a stunning backhand crosscourt winner.
That left Seppi serving for the match much to the delight of the thousands who had remained for over seven hours. However, Dodig broke straight back when Seppi sent a backhand wide.
But, sensing victory, Seppi attacked and racked up three match points. He wasted two, but won the match following a double fault from Dodig.
"Dodig played above his level today, better than we expected him too," Italy captain Corrado Barazzutti said. "Not only was he stronger but he also risked a lot - you can see that fromthe fact he double faulted on the last point! I think Andreas played a great match.
"Paolo had an exceptional match. He really showed what we all know he can do. And it wasn't that Cilic was playing badly, he's a player who deserves to be in the top 10 and you could see that today."
In the opening rubber, world No. 13 Cilic took 3 hours 43 minutes to win 61 67(6) 46 63 62 against the 31-year-old Lorenzi, who was a late replacement for Fabio Fognini.
"I played really well," Lorenzi said. "I tried to give my maximum, but it wasn't enough in the end. But I tried and I think I did well. It's always very emotional and amazing to play for Italy."I didn't expect to go 6-1 down in the first set. I knew I could play well, but unfortunately I started a bit slowly. I gave everything. There are small things which need to be worked on but overall I'm very happy."
Fognini was forced to skip the opening rubber with flu, handing Lorenzi - who is due to play in Saturday's doubles - his second Davis Cup singles match.
Lorenzi, who at 61 is ranked 48 places below Cilic, put on a spirited performance, backed by a passionate home crowd and threatened an upset when he took a 2-1 lead. But the Croatian No. 1 fought back to level the match and went on to claim his sixth victory in his past seven singles rubbers in the Davis Cup.
Few would have foretold the intensity of the match after the first set. Cilic broke twice to take a commanding lead and although Lorenzi saved two set points, Cilic converted the third. Lorenzi did not let his head go down and he continued making Cilic fight for every point, to the delight of the home crowd.
However, two missed opportunities in the second set almost cost him dearly. Lorenzi had three break points at 3-2 up in the second set, but Cilic saved them all and went on to take the game. Worse was to come for Lorenzi in the 10th game. Cilic made a couple of rare errors, sending two shots long to hand the Italian a set point, but he failed again to record his first break of the match.
Lorenzi failed to convert three set points in the tiebreak, thanks in part to two aces from Cilic, but he leveled the match when the Croatian's return landed wide.
Lorenzi broke immediately in the third set as, with the game at deuce, Cilic uncharacteristically smashed into the tramlines before sending another shot into almost exactly the same place.
The rest of the set went with serve but Cilic missed two break points in the final game and Lorenzi took a 2-1 lead with a crosscourt volley, as the crowd roared its approval. Both continued to fight for every point in the fourth set. Cilic was on the verge of breaking Lorenzi in the sixth game but the Italian saved three game points before winning it when he raced from the back of the court to volley over the net, catching Cilic by surprise.
However, Cilic broke in Lorenzi's next service game and held, levelling the match with an ace. And the Croatian's experience in playing singles rubbers away from home told as he broke twice in the final set, before holding his serve to love to win the match.
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12th century or 21st century thinking?
12th century or 21st century thinking?
Lower and Higher Order Thinking: Where is the line?
We have a new case study to share from England and it is extensive. You can check out a range of research and reflections.. and look at video clips sent across the now "virtual" pond from St Robert (a secondary school in American terms).
Kevin Steele, a lead administrator, and his colleagues at St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College drilled down to study "Thinking Maps and School Effectiveness"; in a UK Comprehensive School." One of the outcomes of the research shows that students and teachers are now spending more time at the higher levels of thinking at St Robert School. Hmmm… What does that mean? Kevin and his team are tracking an essential question here in the 21st century… asking about Higher Order thinking...
Here are some clips to view. The first clip is of students showing and talking about the effectiveness of Thinking Maps for interpretation of poetry and essay writing;
the second clip is a new teacher being coached on pre and post lessons by Kevin—a seasoned teacher and administrator--using the very same tools. A secondary student, a new teacher, a seasoned administrator using the same tools. Hmmm… The young teacher is shown in the clip talking about how the maps helped her improve her own thinking and teaching effectiveness--- using a common language for thinking.
How can that be? Isn't the teacher just naturally thinking at a "higher" level? The normative view (call it a paradigm) is that we all just "naturally" progress from lower order (concrete) to higher order (abstract) thinking in some grand stage theory staircase to "adult" thinking! As my teenage son might say: not. Let's not confuse Piaget with Bloom!
This all takes me back to when I was a young teacher 30 years ago (it could have been the 12th century)—the early 1980's in Oakland, California teaching mostly African American youth living in a high poverty area—and I went to a workshop on Bloom's Taxonomy. I was told to ask more questions at the upper end of Bloom's taxonomy-- you know: analysis, synthesis, evaluative (FYI: see the revised Bloom, 2001--an Addison Wesley Longman book). These questions were to be asked of my students who were in schools that would be closed down today for lack of AYP. Talk about left behind. Sadly, most of the children I was teaching, in statistical terms and in life, were BOUND to failure by the system. Why?
All I know is that when I went back to the classroom after the workshop I asked more complex questions. I cajoled. I pleaded for responses. I didn't know what to do. Later I went to a presentation by Art Costa on Habits of Mind (then called "intelligent behaviors"). I realized in that moment that I was just one in a string of teachers slowly remediating my students toward failure (imagine the slow simmering of frogs in water… they can't save themselves and jump out… they are mesmerized by the
dullness of it all). I was re-mediating the content they hadn't "learned" the first time. Or the second time… or for the previous eight years of their schooling. They had been "remediated" in reading groups during their first days of kindergarten. My students' now had fully REMEDIATED MINDS!
OK, I'll get to my point: What Art Costa offered was a vision of cognitive mediation (Google: Reuven Feuerstein). They were not being mediated through their fundamental cognitive processes. So then the question becomes: Where is the line between lower and higher order thinking? Consider: The fundamental cognitive skills—thinking skills—are at play at every level of Bloom's taxonomy. Bloom's taxonomy is NOT a stage theory of cognitive development: it is a LEVELED taxonomy of objectives all at play in kindergarten and preK!
So take a look at the two video clips, one of students, one of a new teacher being coached on the content AND her thinking. Look for the commonalities in thinking. The message was delivered long ago by Lauren Resnick and others: higher order thinking occurs at the earliest ages of schooling and through, dynamically, our latest years of life. And now we even know of the plasticity of our brains… networking patterns of thinking as we sleep.
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So how are you thinking about this?


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- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/4 cups rolled oats
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2/3 cups buttermilk
- rolled oats, for sprinkling
Instructions:Combine dry ingredients. Cut in butter. Remove 1 tablespoon beaten egg for topping; add buttermilk to rest of egg. Add to dry ingredients and stir briefly to make a sticky dough. Turn onto floured surface and knead lightly a few times until smooth. Pat out to 3/4-inch thickness and cut into 2-1/2-inch triangles. Brush tops with reserved egg and sprinkle with oats. Bake at 425 degrees F for 12 to 14 minutes, or until golden.
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There are many women who struggle to get pregnant naturally. After exhausting all other options the IVF is usually the final resort. Even so this method of becoming pregnant may not be one hundred per cent successful. Numerous women had to have the procedure repeated several times before they actually conceived.
IVF - In Vitro Fertilization is a process in which the egg of a woman's ovary extracted and is fertilized with a man's sperm in a laboratory. The fertilized egg which is called the embryo is then implanted in the woman's womb. This procedure is usually introduced to women who are seeking an alternative way to get pregnant. Like all procedures it is important for you to learn more about what takes place and what is required.
It has come to light that vitamin D affects fertility in women who are undergoing IVF. Researchers Alessio Paffoni et al, have found that women with sufficient levels of vitamin D were more likely to produce high quality embryos and become pregnant than those women with a deficiency in vitamin D. The prospective cross-sectional study analyzed vitamin D levels in women who were referred to the Infertility Unit of the Fondazione Ca' Granda at Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico in Italy for IVF during 2012.
The researchers examined the success of IVF procedures in 154 women who were vitamin D deficient and 181 women who had sufficient levels of vitamin D in their blood. Women who had vitamin D levels of at least 20 ng/ml in their blood, were considered to have sufficient levels of the hormone. Levels of 30 ng/ml are recommended for general health. Women with sufficient levels of vitamin D were nearly twice more likely to conceive than those women with vitamin D deficiency.
As women with sufficient levels of hormone were more likely to produce high quality embryos, researchers have concluded that vitamin D was involved in the production of quality eggs in the ovaries and also the successful implantation of the embryos in the uterus. In the instance where the woman's eggs cannot be used for whatever reason a donor is usually considered.
As with any procedure there may be complications and risks with IVF. One should be prepared to deal with the possible outcomes. It is recommended to do researches and talk to your doctor to know what is best for you in your situation. Quite a number of women have had miscarriages using this method. There have been reported mix-ups which may have a devastating effect on the couples affected. Recently in Italy this was proven true where two couples had found that they had been carrying the wrong embryo. The mix up occurred at the hospital where the procedure took place. While one mother gave birth to twins, the other's pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. The genetic parents of the twins have stated that they will challenge the law, even though Italian law does not grant them rights of parenthood.