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34 million men, women, and children worldwide are currently infected with HIV.
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26 million people, more than ¾ of those currently infected, do not receive proper anti-retroviral treatment.
23.5 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa are HIV positive, 69% of the infected population worldwide.
2.5 million people became infected with HIV in 2011 (roughly 6849 every day).
More than 90% of all new youth (Ages 0-14) HIV infections occur in Sub-Saharan Africa.
40% of all new HIV infections occur among youth aged 0-24.
Source: UNAIDS, UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report, 2012
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- Preventing HIV/AIDS in Young People - A systematic review of the evidence from developing countries, compiled by the WHO
- School-based HIV prevention programmes for African youth – Gallant & Maticka-Tyndale,Social Science & Medicine, April 2004
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- The Invisble Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS – GRS Advisory Board Member Helen Epstein's 2007 book overturns many of our received notions about why AIDS is rampant in Africa and what to do about it. A must read!
- Sizwe's Test: A Young Man's Journey Through Africa's AIDS Epidemic – Award-winning South African journalist Johnny Steinberg journeys to the poor black village of Ithanga, where antiretrovirals are available, but electricity and running water are not. Though HIV testing and treatment are readily accessible, why do so many abstain?


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is it bad to run in the morning and then again at night? sometimes it's too hot out for me to get in all my miles at once so i like to split them up between a morning and evening run....but i'm afraid that my body won't have enough time to recover from run to run and i'll end up hurting myself or getting burnt out
So does anyone know if running twice a day is good or bad?
I run twice a day about twice a week. I don't think that it has an adverse effect on training, and it might even be better, but don't quote me on that. I really like it, especially after hard days, because the morning run loosens up my legs, and so I feel better at night. You'd be surprised how quickly your body will recover, especially if you give yourself all day.
As long as you take the evening run fairly relatively easy and limit it to about 4 or 5 miles, you should be fine. Still, listen to your legs and train smart.
I run in the moring and at night all the time. The moring uses up my energy so when I run at night it is making me better but don't push it too hard.
we have 2 run twice a day... its hard at first but then one u get use to it, its relaxing to me cuz my morning run is hard & at the end of the day, i have alota tress and stuff so then i take a easy run
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Running twice a day is great for putting in the miles, but your gonna have to eat a bunch or after about a month you'll realize you lost like ten pounds! I once lost five pounds in one week from running twice a day, and I'm a skinny guy!
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All the best runners will run "2 a days," so they can put in more miles. If the most you can run is 10 miles at a time... you'd be better off running 6 in the morning and 6 in the evening for a total of 12. Both my mom and my dad ran in the morning before they went to work, and then after work... They said it got them into shape really fast for X-country season.
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
Steve Prefontaine
I usually do an easy 15-20 minute slow jog in the morning. Then I go to XC practice in the afternoon where we do out hard workouts. I love to get the morning run in so I can get loosened up and get a really good stretch in. I would definitely reccomend a short easy jog in the AM.
I did it a lot during summer
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By Sherry Leverich Tucker
sorghum, sorghum seed, cane seed, sorghum syrup, sorghum making, Sherry Leverich Tucker
I don't mean to scare you, but if you want to have a crop of sorghum it needs to be planted NOW!! I have been behind this year, but hope to have sorghum to squeeze and cook come this fall.
Anytime through the month of June, at least in my location in the Ozarks of Missouri, sorghum can be planted. I would even say that if willing to take the risk of an early frost ruining the crop (two weeks into October), it can be planted into the first couple of weeks of July.
The sorghum cane seems to thrive in hot dry weather as long as it gets a good start. We have been facing an early summer drought here and are in painful need of rain. A mid June planting of cane is preferred, which I did, but the rows were very skippy so I disced it up and just replanted it two days ago. I am hoping to get a good stand that will be adequate for a good amount of juice to cook off in the fall.
The cane can be grown, spaced and fertilized similar to corn. I have found that five or six, 125 foot rows can produce up to 50 gallons of juice that will cook down into approximately 5 gallons of syrup. Thinning the canes six inches apart will help them to grow larger in diameter and height making for sturdy canes that are able to withstand strong wind. I would also discourage heavy watering for the same reason; shallow roots make these tall canes easier to blow over as well. One year I didn't thin out the crop like I should have and some heavy winds blew the canes in every direction. It was a huge mess and we were unable to do anything but pile and burn them that winter. It was both an unnavigable disaster and an entire crop loss. Thinning will also enable canes to grow to their potential, creating a better harvest of full sized canes, rather than harvesting more lean, leggy canes.
I am fortunate to have enough Sugar Drip sorghum seed to share. If you are interested in growing some, please comment below, and I will get in touch with you. I tried Sugar Drip last year and was pleased with the flavor of the sorghum it produced.
If you are growing sorghum and it is a new skill for you, search out older friends that may have grown up in the country. This was a common annual event in many communities. It is a lot of fun to hear the sorghum making stories and see what they remembered of it when they were kids. I am sorry to say that as time moves on we are losing more and more of our old sorghum makers. They know and remember bits and pieces that are helpful. It is good to hear about different designs of evaporator pans, skimming tools, how long it was cooked, along with how their family used it or traded with it. A longtime sorghum making friend of our family died this spring, he enjoyed those old time traditions a great deal and he will be sorely missed at the sorghum making this fall. Please cherish their memories while they are here, and if you do have stories and skills to share, Mother Earth News now has a blog dedicated to that.
So, don't hesitate and get that sorghum in the ground! Then, let it grow all summer into tall 7-10 foot canes with bright red seeded heads and stalks full of sugar! Good luck!
I do not have much information about when to grow sorghum in other parts of the country. If you are a sorghum grower, and can leave a comment with information on when you plant and harvest sorghum that information may be helpful to someone. Please also share what variety of sorghum you prefer to grow. Thank you!
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TROY, NY — Bill Els was named an assistant coach for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's lacrosse team, as announced by Athletic Director Jim Knowlton. Els, who brings several years of college, high school, and summer camp coaching experience, will join head coach Jim Townsend's staff after two seasons as an assistant coach at Connecticut College.
Els coached the Camels' goalkeepers and face-off men, while also assisting with the defensive and man-down units. In 2013, Connecticut College posted a 12-4 record, while reaching 15th in the USILA Division III national rankings, and advancing to the NESCAC Semifinals. Els coached All-American Honorable Mention goalkeeper Bobby Bleistein, who led the NESCAC in save percentage (.651) and total saves (190), while also being ranked second in the conference in goals against average (7.34). In 2012, the Camels posted a 10-7 record en-route to advancing to the first round of the NCAA Championship.
In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Els brings several years of camp instruction to Rensselaer, having served as the head coach of the Connecticut RIP-It Elite Team. He has also been the Director of Lacrosse at the Greylock Sports Camp in Becket, Massachusetts since 2009, where he was responsible for running all aspects of a six-week summer program. From 2008-2011, Els was the head coach at Lee High School in Massachusetts, where he guided the program to championship finals every season during his tenure.
Els, a 1984 graduate of Hofstra University, was a four-year starter for the Pride, including two seasons in which the team was nationally ranked. A native of Huntington, NY, Els was a high school All-American as a goalkeeper at St. Anthony's High School. He also served for 20 years as a member of the FDNY, where he was decorated three times for bravery, including for his service on 9/11.
"I want to thank Dave Cornell and Dan Corcoran of Connecticut College and RIP-It Lacrosse for giving me this great opportunity to move forward and work for RPI and Coach Townsend," said Els.


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Jumaane Williams and the Police
September 6th, 2011
Anger and dismay over the police handcuffing of a City Council member and a top political aide following yesterday's West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn today morphed into a call for changes in police stop and frisk polices and other procedures that target young black and Latino men.
At a crowded press conference on the City Hall steps the council member, Jumaane Williams of East Flatbush, and the aide to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Kristen John Foy, described their being stopped, handcuffed and briefly taken into custody as they tried to go to the Brooklyn museum yesterday afternoon.
By all accounts, the two men were attempting to enter a restricted � or frozen zone � after the parade. Both had identification and Williams was wearing a lapel pin indicating his membership on the City Council. They reached two checkpoints and the officers at them — probably senior, given that they were wearing white shirts �- allowed them to go through. But, Williams said, police stopped them at a third checkpoint, despite their credential.
"I was actually handcuffed while on then phone with the chief of police telling him what was going on," Williams recounted.
Both were taken across the street to a synagogue where they were held for about 30 minutes until police established their identities and let them go. Neither man was charged with any wrongdoing.
Police have maintained that during the incident, someone punched a police officer, an account Williams vehemently disputed.
"I defy the NYPD to find one shred of evidence of any police officer being punched in the face," he said, adding that report was "a bald-faced lie."
While not criticizing overall police policies, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn echoed Williams on his conduct. "There is nothing, nothing, to indicate the Council member or Mr. Foy did anything wrong, " she said.
Foy said he was shoved down and cuffed because "in retreat, they [police] decided I wasn't moving fast enough, in retreat, I wasn't complying enough." The reports of the punch, Foy said, showed the police "making up a story to cover themselves."
The police department has said it is investigating the incident, and, according to Williams, Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized for it.
Putting this incident in a larger context — after the jump
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In 1858, Catharine Barr wrote to the Pension Commissioner in Washington, D.C., seeking reinstatement of her widow's pension. Barr explained that she had been married to two men who had died in the service of the United States: first to George Bundick, "a young and beloved husband" who had died in the War of 1812; then to William Davidson in 1835, who had died in 1836 of injuries sustained while serving on the USS Vandalia. She acknowledged that she was not, strictly speaking, a widow, as her current husband, James Barr, was still living and they were still married. She nevertheless sought reinstatement of the pension she had been granted as Davidson's widow. Pursuant to the terms of the relevant pension statute, Barr's pension had terminated upon her remarriage to James. However, as Barr explained to the commissioner, James "has neither been with me or given me one Dollar for my support since 1849, and I know not his whereabouts." Having also lost her father in the War of 1812, Barr saw herself as particularly deserving of the federal government's assistance and believed that she and other widows in her position had a claim on the national coffers. "I for one," she implored, "have no Dependence on Earth only what comes through my relations."
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The Purpose of Taxes
Why can't the United States government just get a job like everyone else? Why does it have to dig into your pockets? You already go to school, lead a very busy social life, and still find time to pull two shifts at the bookstore on the weekend.
Well, as it turns out, Uncle Sam already has a job: letting you live in the country and collecting money from you for the privilege.
Officially, America taxes you for three reasons:
- To provide revenues for the government
- To redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor (see: Hood, Robin)
- To avoid negative externalities (a.k.a. unintended bad results)
The U.S. throws a mean party—just check out all the fun on the Fourth of July.
But your tax money isn't just going toward fancy shindigs at the White House (although, to be clear, it's used for that, too).
The government has a lot of bills to pay, and you're benefiting from some of those things. Here's some of the stuff the government pays for:
- Roads, bridges, and all the other fun surfaces your car can drive on
- Talks with other countries and diplomatic missions, so other countries aren't always trying to burst through the doors
- Immigration, so we know who's coming in and out
- Commerce deals with other countries, so we can trade our stuff for other stuff overseas
- Jails, police officers, firefighters, and the fuzz that keeps everything in order
- Government employees, including those charming folks at the DMV and IRS
- The entire military system
- Public schools
- Social benefits, including the welfare system and food for those who need it
- Medical benefits for those who don't have or can't afford medical care
- Other stuff that you probably assume is free
Robin Hood-ing it Up
Governments get nervous about a lot of stuff, and one of the things they have sleepless nights about is the idea that a lot of their people will get upset and try to overthrow them.
One way that the government thinks that they can avoid that is by keeping people relatively happy.
You would think that taxes would make you less happy and more likely to overthrow the government, but they don't. The government thinks that by distributing wealth (taking some from the rich and giving it to the poor) fewer people are likely to get really, really upset.
Laughing yet? We'll continue.
Maintaining a big middle class keeps things humming. The middle class is doing well enough that they can afford what they need and some of what they want. They're more likely to be shopping online or watching bad TV than trying to stage a political coup. (As a side note, there are also more poor voters than rich ones, so the government can't ignore them.)
For about a hundred years, the system hummed along nicely and America enjoyed a very high standard of living as well as a very large middle class. If you were willing to work and had the most basic financial knowledge, you could enjoy a fairly good quality of life.
Now, the American dream is starting to look a little less photogenic. The size of the middle class has been shrinking for a number of years, with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
What happened?
Part of the problem is that other countries pay their workers a lot less, and as a result, can export products—everything from toothbrushes to computers—for a fraction of what it would cost to make them at home. Businesses love it since they can have whatever stuff they're making made overseas at a fraction of the price. Customers love it because they don't have to pay as much.
But it creates a few interesting questions around human rights. Are we willing to put people to work for a dollar a day to compete at that level? Are we willing to join countries who have very different (to be polite) views on human rights in order to make a quick buck?
Now that there's a big gap between the rich and the poor, there are lots of ideas about how to change it. One idea? Increase taxes. There are two very different opinions about that.
- Some people think it's great. Taxing the wealthy 2% more would give the rest of the country more money, allowing the not-as-lucky people to live a decent life.
- Other people remind the masses that the top 1% of wealthy people in the America already pay 40% of all the taxes gathered in this country, and that, if we increase taxes, the wealthiest people will leave and other people won't want to become wealthier.
Avoiding Something Worse Than Taxes
When you buy a new cell phone and dump the old one, your old phone clogs up landfills and releases pollution. When you drive your car to the movies, you're releasing toxins that contribute to global warming. When you drink too much at a frat party, you end up dancing on a table with a lampshade on your head.
These are what we call negative consequences.
The government cares about stuff like that (or claims to), and so they tax certain things—such as gasoline, alcohol, and electronics—putting the cash that they get from the tax toward solutions that help reduce some of the damage.
The government may not be able to do anything about those embarrassing pictures of you on Instagram, but they do invest in green technologies, environmental research, and conservation efforts that protect the birds and animals affected by your spending ways.
Some people, though, claim that it's an inefficient system. They say that taxes themselves create negative consequences. For example, they say, taxes can make the market less efficient and can end up hurting the economy. If you get taxed a lot, you might want to buy less, which means less demand—and pretty soon the economy is taking a hit. Or it could mean that you spend somewhere else to avoid the sales tax. If you're a business that's being taxed heavily, you could go out of business or be unable to compete with businesses in other countries.
So what's the story? Are taxes harmful to society, or do they benefit us?
Your answer will depend on your political views and your current experience with taxes. Either way, we suggest you have an answer.
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More thoughts about Michael Moore's 'Capitalism'
Moore is the closest thing we have to a contemporary Tom Paine.
Powerful films progressives will want to see
Stunning, engrossing, loaded with political awareness, new films deal with compelling topics, from Daniel Ellsberg to Darwin, from Nanking to Haiti, from New York garment workers to the London subway bombings.
'District 9' — profoundly racist
What D. W. Griffiths did to U.S. history in his technically magnificent but thematically racist "Birth of a Nation," Neill Blomkamp does to Africa in the profoundly racist "District 9."
When capitalism destroys democracy
There's a purpose why Michael Moore presents a two-hour, rapid fire account of harrowing, horror and arresting stories in his newest film "Capitalism: A Love Story." There are too many stories.


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As I've mentioned, Düsseldorf is home to a large Japanese population. Actually, with about 8000 people it is one of the largest Japanese communities outside Japan! The influence is seen in the Japanese Garden, annual festivals and schools.
And of course, such a strong cultural presence also impacts the city's cuisine. I am not just talking about all the small and fine Japanese restaurants we have in town. But here at Breidenbacher Hof our Capella Bar team is also swayed by the Japanese influence. Recently they took part in a nationwide bartender project called "7 Samurai Bar Chefs," a collaboration of seven bartenders spread all over Germany and even Switzerland who created exciting cocktails made of traditional Japanese ingredients, sake and sochu.
I was very curious about the use of these ingredients and asked the team if I could give the cocktails a try. Having only had hot sake, I was curious as to how it would translate to a cocktail. My verdict: fantastic! My favorite is definitely the Natsu Cocktail. As always, I love to share my favorite recipes with you and this is no exception!
Natsu Cocktail
2 pineapple slices
Grapefruit zest
4cl Yuzu sake liqueur
2cl Yuzu juice
1 dash chili vodka
1cl sugar syrup
Sparkling sake
Crushed ice
mint leaves
grapefruit zest
Cut the pineapple slices into pieces and put them in a glass together with the grapefruit zest. Muddle them slightly using a mortar or a spoon. Then add the liqueur, juice, vodka and syrup. Add crushed ice to the top of the glass and then the sparkling sake until the glass is filled. Garnish the glass with some mint leaves and grapefruit zest.
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Nurse Relief Inc. is a temporary staffing service. Nurse Relief provides Registered Nurses, Licensed Practial Nurses and Health Care Attendents to Health Care Facilities in Canada. We provied staff to assist with holiday requests, extended sick leaves , and open positions untill they can be filled.
Nurse Relief has been providing services since 2001.
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The charitable side of sports
Earlier this year, The Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce assumed the responsibility of handling destination marketing for the Valley. A key component of that marketing effort involves sports, which is the basis behind the existence of the Wenatchee Valley Sports Council and its partnership with the Chamber.
Some of the higher-end charges of the Sports Council include recruitment and retention of events, assisting local organizers in their bids for tournaments, helping groups attain facility procurement and being an information source for the public, utilizing tools such as press releases, radio reports, weekly newsletters and a regularly updated website.


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Match for Africa - a great success!
Roger and Rafael Nadal came together in Zurich today for the 'Match for Africa'. The world numbers one and two competed in front of a great crowd in the Hallenstadion in order to raise money for the Roger Federer Foundation.
The two friends showed most entertaining tennis, earning applause and Mexican waves. Roger lost the opening set, but eventually defeated Rafa in his home-match 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
A lot more important than the result on court is the fact that with the event a total of 2.5 million Swiss Francs were generated! The money will be used for education projects in Africa supported by the Roger Federer Foundation.
Roger experienced a day full of different activities. He picked up Rafa at the airport in the morning and personally drove him into town. After having lunch together, they made their way to a kids-clinic, various activities with sponsors and eventually the big finale. Tomorrow Rafa will be the host as they will be meeting again the same way in Madrid, this time to support Rafa Nadal's Foundation.
Good luck in Madrid tonight, and thanks for all the photos on facebook. Wunderbar!
Roger- you're always smily and happy, you are simply the best.
You are loved all around the world for your tennis, for your attitudes, for being a MAN, for beign a great person.
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REDDING, Calif. — Just after Donald Glover's three-run home run put the Medford Rogues baseball team up 5-2 with two outs in the top of the seventh inning, a malfunction caused the stadium lights to go out and their nonleague game with the Redding Colt 45s came to an abrupt end Monday.
Because Redding didn't bat in the bottom half, Glover's homer and the three Rogue runs were negated and the game was called a 2-all tie in the first of a two-game series. The second game today will be played if the lights are fixed for the 7 p.m. start.
Officially, Glover finished with two hits and E.J. Lopez added a solo home run in the top of the sixth that evened the score 2-all.
Rogues starting pitcher Tyler Bennett went six innings, allowing two runs — one earned — on five hits and one walk to go with six strikeouts.
Yuto Kata added an RBI single in the top of the fifth for the Rogues that knotted the score 1-1 before the Colt 45s answered in the bottom of the frame.
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The Cons:Archaic menu-based battle system. Retains a lot of the JRPG traditions. Still some hokey/cheesy characters.
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HYDERABAD, India, 20 September 2010 – Today, The United Nations Industrial Development Organization Centre for South-South Industrial Cooperation (UCSSIC) and Vimta Labs Ltd. launched the UNIDO-VIMTA South-South Training Facility for Testing Laboratories.
PI Suvrathan as Chairperson of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India inaugurated the facility, which aims to ease some of the challenges that developing countries, and especially least developed countries (LDCs), face in exporting their products to international markets. A major challenge faced by developing countries in exporting their products is related to quality control. Lack of accredited laboratories and testing facilities, coupled with lack of trained manpower in existing testing laboratories can sometimes represent a major hurdle.
The South-South training facility intends to train chemists, scientists, analysts and laboratory management staff from food and agro testing laboratories in developing countries, particularly LDCs. The facility will also facilitate know-how transfer and skill development in operating and managing laboratories. The overall aim is to improve the technical and management capabilities of staff working in testing laboratories in the food and agro sectors, and ultimately enhance the trade capacity of exporting countries.
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Engineering Week is a nationally recognized week dedicated to the positive contribution of engineers globally and here, at the University of Cincinnati. Each year, the College of Engineering and Applied Science Tribunal hosts EWeek for all CEAS students. This year EWeek included events hosted by CEAS organizations, a blood drive, the Date Auction, the Banquet, and a whole lot of fun!
Any student can sign up to participate in the annual Charity Date Auction on Friday, Feb 22 at the Mad Frog; deadline is 5pm on Sunday, Feb 10. Your student group can sign up to host an event during EWeek in which teams can compete. Form a team of 6-10 students to compete in the week's events! The deadline to register a team or to host an event is Wednesday, Feb 6. All registration forms are online at tribunal.uc.edu/eweek.
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Definition of spelling in English:
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1The process or activity of writing or naming the letters of a word: the books and spelling in my class were too simple
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- But when the activity involved spelling, it was up to me.
- We are not anarchists when it comes to spelling or punctuation of written Standard English.
- For example, the language arts course consists of four subject areas: capitalization, punctuation, word usage and spelling.
1.1 [count noun] The way a word is spelled: the spelling of his name was influenced by French
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- As a result, hundreds of words have the same spellings in both languages, which also share a battery of Latin affixes.
- Mayo County Council will encourage the use of the Irish language and the use of native Irish spelling of place names in the naming of housing developments.
- We wrote out the correct spelling of his name, along with a phonetic pronunciation.
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By Andy Letcher. Much stranger than the fictions it has inspired, the world of the magic mushroom is a place where shamans and hippies rub shoulders with psychiatrists, poets and international bankers. The magic mushroom was rediscovered only fifty years ago but has accumulated all sorts of folktales and urban legends along the way. In this timely and definitive study, Andy Letcher strips away the myths to get at the true story of how hallucinogenic mushrooms, once shunned in the West as the most pernicious of poisons, came to be the illicit drug of choice. Chronicling the history of the magic mushroom, from its use by the Aztecs of Central America and the tribes of Siberia through to the present day, Letcher takes a critical and humorous look at the drug's more recent manifestations. Informative, lively and impeccably researched, Shroom presents a unique and engaging study of this most extraordinary of psychedelic drugs. 384 pages, hardcover.
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I'm writing a PS/2 keyboard driver. The keyboard doesn't have a controlling
chip, and I use I/O simulation of PS/2 instead. The problem is that the I/O
subsystem of kernel 2.6 tells there are three layers about this: device
driver, input and event. When I check the code I find an extra "serio" layer
under "device driver". What's the relationship of "serio" and the I/O
I think the "serio" might be the abstraction of some serial IOs for
manipulation. But how does it connect with the actual IOs?
So there might be two implementations of this and I wonder if either of them
could do:
1. Write the driver under input layer, just like gpio_key
2. Write under device driver layer, so the "serio" can manage all my drivers
Any advice or reference material is appreciated.


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Thankar Bachchan blasts Prabhu Deva
According to Thankar Bachan, Prabhu Deva had originally shown interest in returning to acting and had even gone for the story discussions with Thankar Bachchan. Thankar had made the script based on a popular novel and Prabhu Deva had expressed his happiness in the script.
But later Prabhu Deva withdrew from the entire proposal stating that he was not interested in acting for the time being and that he wants to concentrate on direction again.
Thankar also confirmed the same and blasted Prabhu Deva for not keeping his word. Thankar said, "It is an unethical decision by the actor and he would learn a lesson for this act!"


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RICHMOND -- Kitric Young didn't have a chance to say goodbye.
When the gunman began firing, everyone scattered, including Young. When he looked up, he saw a man down. It was Dimarea, his 19-year-old son.
"He had a hole in his head," Young said, grimacing. "He was unconscious. I just held him close. That's all I could do."
Young, 40, wants to do more now. On Wednesday night, one day after his son was killed and two other men wounded when a gunman chased down and executed Dimarea in front of about 25 classmates in a city-funded vocational program, Young led a peace vigil at the site of the shooting.
The gathering drew more than 100 friends, family and neighbors, along with many of the city's elected leaders, clergy and police.
Several spoke, and many held signs and pictures of Dimarea. But the crowd hushed when it was Young's turn to be heard.
"We can pray all day, but 'faith' is an action word," Young said. "Everybody out here has lost someone they love. Don't let this rally for my son be it. We can rally all day, but what do we solve?"
Young was forthright about his own past, which he said started in the notorious and since-demolished Easter Hill housing project and included stints in prison.
But he was adamant that neither revenge nor affiliation to any neighborhood was justification for further bloodshed.
"I want the violence to stop," Young said. "No retaliation. I don't want any other parents or loved ones to feel the hurt that I feel."
Young said he had persuaded Dimarea and his other son, 21, to sign up for the RichmondBUILD construction class. Tuesday was the first day of class, and about 11 a.m. the students went for a group jog around the block. Witnesses said the killer targeted Young, shot him and fired into his body several times as he lay in the street before hopping into a white SUV and riding off.
Two other men suffered minor leg wounds but were not intended targets, police have said.
Police Chief Chris Magnus, Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia and several Richmond elected leaders spoke with Young at the curbside and offered their condolences. Magnus vowed to stamp out the surge in violence.
Young said he is working with the Men and Women of Purpose, a local nonprofit group aimed at reducing violence and recidivism.
As the vigil concluded with a prayer, several mourners broke into wailing cries and bolted from the crowd. Young tracked down one sobbing teenage girl and hugged her.
"When we leave here, we can't all just turn our backs," Young said moments earlier. "We need to look out for each other."
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> "By cosmic rule, as day yields night, so winter summer, war peace,
> plenty famine. All things change. Air penetrates the lump of myrrh, until
> the joining bodies die and rise again in smoke called incense."
> "Men do not know how that which is drawn in different directions
> harmonises with itself. The harmonious structure of the world depends upon
> opposite tension like that of the bow and the lyre."
> "This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god
> or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire,
> kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures"
> -- Heraclitus
Seems like there's some valid criticisms in the post.
I know it's heresy to question the Holy Code of Pike et al, yet the
guy does have something worthwhile to say. Hell, it's crazy, but maybe
it's even a good idea to use variables longer than 2 characters and to
put comments in code!
Also, LiteStar, you wil the award for longest sig.
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I have suffered depression my whole life. I go sometimes a week or two feeling somewhat okay then I will have one to two weeks out of every month that I just simply crash. I struggle to not drink knowing that just adds to the problem. My insurance won't cover anything mental health related. I stay at home, yet just doing dishes, doing laundry, looking at mail, playing with my almost 3 yr old or anything simple seems impossible. I go to the doctor and get your depressed here is a pill. Last month I was given a month sample of Pristig I was just feeling a little better even though I couldn't sleep....ha ha but then found my insurance would not cover so 4 days later after cold turkey quitting I took a bottle of xanax...I'm normally not even suicidal...I feel very hopeless, and such a disappointment to my family...I don't want to go anywhere do anything or talk to anyone. I feel guilty all the time and feel there are no answers for me. How do you get help when your insurance isn't there for you and your doctor seems to just give a pill take a copay and send you home. Every doctor I go to it is the same thing. I WANT TO BE A NORMAL USEFUL HUMAN BEING TO THE WORLD, TO MY FAMILY, TO MYSELF. I want it to not be so hard to bath, fix my hair, put on makeup, or check the dang mail. I feel Pathetic....Im done rambling thanks for reading.READ MORE
Hi, Virginia -
I'm so sorry you're in such a bad way so much of the time. It's good you've written here because any way you can try to connect with people is important. It's taken me forever to push depression into the background, but one of the things that made a big difference over the past two years has been the online community I found when I started blogging. Telling others about what you're going through always gets a generous response.
Another thing that's made a big difference has been separating out the different symptoms and trying to work on one at a time. That made depression less overwhelming because I could see that I was more than the depression - it comes and it goes and when it's with me it wants to take me over completely. Its voice, rather than my own, is telling me constantly how dumb, inadequate and hopeless I am. This thing inside me is literally trying to kill me or persuade me to kill myself. I feel ashamed of who I am - and the problem for so long was that I believed that completely. I didn't realize that was another symptom of depression.
Just drawing a line between the person I knew I was and this invader really helped. Every day I talk back to that voice and tell it to shut up. I've heard all that before, the same garbage over and over again. The belief that I was no good to anyone and should get of this life altogether was the most important thing I had to change - and by some miracle I was finally able to do that.
There are a lot of specific things to work on, and I'll be doing some blog posts to describe what I found most effective.
Do check out Merely Me's post on how to get mental health care when you have no insurance. I don't have the link handy, but a search through her blog posts will get you it pretty fast. Medication and therapy are important but there's no magic in them, and no quick fix.
Call on me any time - as well as the others here.
My very best to you --
Virginia, don't give up hope. It's really unfortunate that your insurance won't cover mental health care, we should be past the dark ages but, apparently some people just don't get it. Here is an article by Merely Me that talks about how to get help when you have no insurance. I'm guessing that you're getting your medications from a general practitioner type doctor rather than a psychiatrist. While some psychiatrists are like this, too, a lot of GPs just don't know that much about mental health medications and hope that a pill will do the trick. It isn't often the only thing needed. I hope you can find a way to get some counseling, too, and a psychiatrist who gives a damn about you - there are good ones out there. Just tackle one thing at a time. If you're ever feeling in a crisis, here are some numbers you can call:
This site is a good place to come to, there are a lot of caring people here, but we can't prescribe medications or be therapists, so do consider calling one of these numbers if you ever feel suicidal again. Please let us know how you're doing; many of us have been where you're at and some still are, so know that you're not alone.
Hi Virginia, Im feeling the exact way you are.I cannot seem to get the docters to listen to me.My docter had a book she looked in under bipolar depression and post traumatic stress and boom told me zoloft was for me. I could of done that. I told her I tried that before,she just ignored me and sent me home with the pills.Now Im worse than ever and sleep is my life.My husbands mad at me all the time ,my kids think Im just lazy and dont understand.I really feel for you with the medical difficulties,I was on medicare on and off for years.It sucks. Last week I spent hours and hours it seemed on the phone calling the customer insurance to get meds passed thru. Sometimes if you get your dr. to call the insurance you can get something thru. I think its time that we need a new "DRUG" though!READ MORE
i'm in the same boat can't find a drug to help me long term .only have a md . seeing a therpist still depressed . desperateneed help i'm ready to give up .silverfox46READ MORE
Dont give up. I dont know what your suffering with but I just researched cymbalta.I found out it works well with bipolar & ptsdisorder.I was on it over a year ago , but was irresponsible and didnt get back to my dr. for refills.It almost killed me literally! The withdrawels were sooo bad. Worst Ive ever had.Ive been afraid to go back on. But nothing has done what cymbalta did for me. I called it my miracle drug the first week, it did wear off a little and needed to up dosage. I remember my dr. told me he had a patient who just lost job and wife was suicidal,started him on cymbalta within a week he was ok. So I think if the withdrawels were so bad maybe thats a sign of the drugs strength,also it helps physical pain such as fibromyalgia {i have}.This time I will be responsible with it though. Good Luck, day by day,LeahREAD MORE
Hi silverfox46,
How are you doing? I keep reading everyones post and try to get comfort for myself out of them but the depression just strangles me. I am going to the doctor next week to see if he can change my antidepressants but I have felt like this for a month now.
I want to give up but am to chicken too.READ MORE
Silverfox46, Please don't give up. I know times are hard. They are for a vast majority of us out here. I have friends who they and their families have lost homes, lost businesses, and I myself have lost jobs due to cutbacks and downsizing. Most of us in this world are struggling on some front or another. I'm no preacher nor a therapist, but I am a 60-year old woman who struggles to even go to the mailbox...because I know that I can't afford to pay the bills. I have no money for a doctor, but a man on this website gave me a lead on how to get help through the VA. And I have called them. Please see that patience, persistence, a belief in GOD and yourself is going to see you through these hard times. There are people out there who are much worse off than others, and we all have to try to help each other. You are not alone in this! I will be praying for you, myself, and others. Please do talk with us. KittenREAD MORE
Maceymom, Hi. You're right about reading everyone else's posts..."I felt bad because I had no shoes...until I met a man with no feet". Knowing each of us are individuals, but we are not alone in depression does help. Lack of connection with other people... isolation...can make everything seem insurmountable, strangling. I've never known if anti-depressants do anything, but a very close friend tells me that they "take the edge off" so that she doesn't want to run her car into a brick wall or off a mountain. I call her every day now and we talk... She has two sons who she is totally responsible for while her husband is in Afghanistan on our nation's behalf. Can you see why she is depressed? There are so many people out there...so please don't give up. You are a viable human being, and you deserve happiness and contentment. You deserve to see the sun rise tomorrow. KittenREAD MORE
I have had this for years,I used alcohol and finished up in a terrible state.I have been on Zispin Soltab which were great at first but now I feel sad and de motivated with my guts constanlt twisting.I have never considered suicide but I feel as though I have had enough of it!READ MORE
Your not alone..I have been treating this all my life..i am bipolar i have been on so many medications its not even funny..i have tried everything-nothing works.don't get me wrong i did find something work after 2 years..it was WELLBUTRIN, LAMICTAL, PROZAC, ZYPREXA..they were working for a couple of months then i noticed it just stopped. so now i am back 2 square one. I use 2 take xanax but after a while i started to get addicited to them..then i had 2 go 2 rehab for xanax while it was my doctor who got me hooked on them...see that is the thing i have learned over the years..Doctors can only do so much..they are also the reason why so many people get hooked on these drugs..in all reality to get through this depression and cycles is yourself..it took me years 2 realize that..no medication will completley cure you..just temporialy..i know it sucks..i am having one of my moments just bursted out crying. feeling pathtic of myself..like i had let everyone down..that maybe my son will be better off with out me.-Which i have attempted to committ sucide-but i did get help for that..and that is not the ANSWEAR...i know what your going through so does everyone else who posted this..after i cried for about an hour i realize that it can be worse..i could be living in Iraq or some other horrible country that i have to fight to stay alive..I mean really fight to stay alive. yeah it is a daily struggle evry moring 2 get up and do something but i have the choice to do what i want..not a lot people have that.
i am a single mom..my son's father and i broke up about 3 months ago because of me. he couldn't fully understand what i am going through..his motto was like GET UP AND GET OVER IT..but its was not that simple..plus other reason of my extreme mood swings ,behavior, just a bunch of shit i did. which at the time i wasn't getting the proper help and taking all this different types of medication to help me-which the long run some of them made me worse..i lost my job lucky i was just approve for disability but the insurance sucks.
i have gone 2 group therapy, seeing a therapist, a shrink for meds one thing i learned.
IT UP 2 YOU.. i refuse to take anything now..i haven't taken any medication for 2 months now. its so fucking hard 2 do anything..and i get so fustrated...but i force myself to do something..like i make a stupid list it can be 10 things on it..but if i can accomplish one thing i am happy.. at least i did something..and now i live for the day..i don't worry about tomorrow because it will just stress me out even more. so i take it day by day..house work forget..it will be a miracle if my house is spotless..but i will get up and clean the bathroon and kitchen and do a load of laundry that we need. as long as that is done i am happy the rest will get done when it happens.
I look at my son and see he loves me no matter what..i have 2 force myself 2 do fun things with him.but when i do i get so happy in seeing him being happy at that moment..that feeling is the best then i happy that i forced myself.
although i am sad about what had happen between his father and i..i try not 2 beat myself up about it..its done.. no matter what you can not change the past..the best thing that came out of our relationship was our handsome 7 yr old son..yes it gets lonely but then i would think about our fights and thank god i don't have 2 hear his bull shit all the time..now i have a choice..if he starts all i have 2 do is hang up and not pick up the phone..instead of feeding into the bullshit.
Bottom line there is help..go to the community center or the state center they have programs for you 2 get help..
just don't give up..nothing is going to cure depression over night..it takes time..a whole lot of time..READ MORE
OMG, are you me? I've been severely depressed with severe anxiety for 10 yrs. now, the past 6 was when the anxiety came along. I can not work or be around people. My 18 yr old son left my house because of it all...and men, forget those i gave them up 5 yrs ago. My 23 yr old son is there for me but it's not fair that he has to see me like this, and my 14 yr old daughter feels I don't love her, i know, because I can't do anythin with/for her (school activities and such). Crying and wanting to die that's what I'm good at, a pro now, that's for sure. I gave up on God cuz I don't know how he could let any human go thru this and now just look at him as any other man that left me. Am trying to get SSI and have been denied and going thru the appeal process....any ideas on how/what to do to get that approved? Afraid I'm going to kill myself and f*** up my kids and grandsons life by doing so, but that's just where i am. Any thoughts would be appreciatedREAD MORE
I feel you!! Right now I am home in the bed. Did not even attend class today. It was so hard. By the way i am a college student. That sucks that you do not have any insurance. You should be able to get on disability for depression so it could be covered. I've been going through depression my whole life as well. And everytime I transition it gets worse because I do not adore change. At least this website is great because we can support and uplift each other by telling our stories.READ MORE
I wish I could say words of encouragement, but I do need to let you know that it helps talking to people; I have been depressed most of my life and I'm 56 years old. When I was younger, no one really knew much about depressioon and now that people do, it helps to be informed. Try getting counseling on a sliding scale fee, if possible; please don't drink as it only adds to the depression. Is your husband supportive of you? Have him exercise with you if at all possible. Exercise does help as much as therapy and medicine. Above all, don't give up. After being on so many different anti-depressants, I finally found one that workss for me! You will too. Hang in there. I care!READ MORE
Dearest Depressed Young Lady, please know that things will get better. You have been blessed with a child who loves you. I deal with depression every day and don't have money for a copay or even the pills. I just have cats I can pet who look to me for comfort and love. GOD plays a big part in my life, but I'm not here to preach. I've been and am where you are now. I gave birth to a beautiful little girl (no husband in the picture), and I struggled...the mailbox seemed only full of bills, my job didn't appreciate me, and I did a lot of crying. One night I made a horrible mistake and tried to take my life. But my little girl saved my life...because, as I saw her sleeping, I realized that she was my reason for living. It was her that I was on this planet for. I took each moment in time as one "baby step" and lived to raise her. You, too, can live though and with depression. Try to look for the pretty things in life...the beauty. I wish I had the money to help you because times are very bad for everyone. I will include you in my prayers, and I know things will get better. Don't worry about your "family"...you can choose your friends, but not your relatives. You are good person and deserve better things in life. Please hang in there. I did and it is worth living. KittenREAD MORE
I believe in God and I keep praying that he will get me out of this funk but I still can't find a reason for living. I am married but only have a dog and my husband comforts me but then I drag him down because I unload on him. I have tried to get my life back together with getting control of my diabetes and I am going to see if my other doctor can change my antidepressants but its been over a month and the depression wins every time. I have a job but this depression just makes you feel like you exist not really live. I have many blessings a husband, a home, a job but the depression just takes everything away. If I wasn't such a chicken I would take my life because nobody really cares.READ MORE
I am sorry you had such a negative experience. There are medications that you can get for $4.oo for a 30 suppy...10 dollars for 3 months, from Wallmart you can get a list on-line or from the pharmacey. There are some very effective medications on these lists...There also should be a community mental health center in your community that will see you on a sliding scale. I used to volunteer my services one eve a week at a local hospital for people who needed mental health care and had limited resources,READ MORE
I know exactly how you feel. I have dealt with the same thing for years. You are not useless, the depression makes you feel that way. People shy away from you right at the time when you need them the most and that doesn't make them bad they just don't know how to deal with it but keep trying until you find someone that is strong enough emotionally to talk to you. I understand how difficult it is. I am taking medication right now and it takes a while for it to kick in properly but do what you have to do. Take baby steps if you have to, try to rid yourself of negative thoughts. I know it's hard to concentrate right now but if it takes you two hours wash one dish at a time until your done and never go off of Xanax or any other medication cold turkey that contributes to your feeling bad and can be dangerous. I hope that you feel better soon.READ MORE
I hear yah! I cant get out of bed today. I'm going to take a pill. when that wears off I will take another. It stinks.. This is how my like has been for years. I have chased all my friends away. i am all alone in a crowded room
Is it V?,I have been searching the internet over,over and found you today,you sound just like myself,what a chore to do my hair,bath,housework,look for work,do not leave my small apartment for days,waiting for my proxac to work,i live bymyself and hate it makes me even more lonelier,any suggestions anyone??? READ MORE


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He had been surprised by this placement, surprised at being offered any placement at all. Foster homes usually wanted to take in small cute toddlers whose personalities were not yet fully formed, who had a chance to forget whatever their parents had done that had landed them in care in the first place and could begin a new life. Logan was definitely not a toddler and no one would dare call him cute. He had been twelve when he was first taken into care, when the cruelty and torture inflicted upon him by his parents became so apparent that even the exhausted, jaded teachers at his school could no longer ignore it. In his first year he had had two foster placements, arranged by the children's home. Neither had gone well. The first had lasted two months, the second only a week. Both families had returned him to the home with no explanation except vague mutterings about his �strangeness'. Since then he had lived only at the home...until now. The home had stopped trying to find him a foster family after the second fell apart and so this offer must have come from the family themselves. This was strange enough, especially from a family who already had two children of their own. What was even stranger was the fact that they had offered their home without even meeting him, and that he still hadn't met them even though he would shortly be living with them.
It was an odd situation, but Logan didn't hold out much hope that this would be any better than the first two places he's stayed. The reality was the vague complaints of �strangeness' were true, he was strange. Not just because he was emotionally vulnerable because of his parents' treatment of him but also because he was just plain different. Neither of his foster families had been able to identify what it was about him that bothered them but at an instinctive level they had been disturbed by him. The reason for this was very simple, although they would never had guessed at it; Logan was not human.
He looked like a human, acted like a human, spoke, ate, slept like a human but was not human. Logan was a warlock, the son of a witch, and no human would ever be completely comfortable in his presence, though few would know why. That was why his foster families had rejected him, why he had never made friends with the other children at the home, and why his all too human father had tried for twelve years to break his spirit with both physical and mental cruelty. Even a child who could perform amazing magicks was dependent on the adults around him and by the time he had finally been rescued by social services Logan had been beaten into submission to such an extent that he never used his power, never admitted to anyone what he was, and never had the courage to seek out others of his own kind.
He still didn't understand what had made his father, his own flesh and blood, turn against him so viciously.


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David O'Rourke
The O'Rourkestra
The O'Rourkestra is a 20-piece jazz ensemble consisting of four trumpets, four trombones, five reeds, two French Horns, tuba, piano, guitar, bass and drums along with guest vocalists. The repertoire consists of original charts mainly arranged and or composed by David O'Rourke – in some cases, band member's charts are played. The band has not performed since the passing of pianist George Mesterhazy but will reconvene at some point, knowing that George would want it this way. The addition of Paul Jost on vocals brought a whole new dynamic and texture to the ensemble. Upcoming performances will be announced soon.


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RHP offers customers free construction apprenticeships
Published by Eddie for Richmond Housing Partnership Limited in Housing and also in Communities, Education
Building Lives Training Academy
South West London housing provider RHP is working with award-winning training provider Building Lives to provide free construction training to its customers. Based at its new Hounslow Heath Academy, RHP is offering a 16-month NVQ Level 2 apprenticeship for up to 50 customers a year for the next four years.
Building Lives works with housing associations in five other London Boroughs to help their customers into stable construction jobs. RHP is offering customers a multi-trade apprenticeship, covering areas like brickwork and carpentry, painting and decorating, plastering, plumbing, roof work and tiling.
Caroline Hand, Head of Community Services with RHP, says: "The course gives learners an industry-recognised qualification with no fees and no debt, and a fantastic 78% of learners are successful in finding employment after they complete the training. We want to support our customers to find the best opportunities for stable jobs and we believe that this programme is a huge step towards success."
Talha, a previous apprentice, says: "I was unemployed before I joined this scheme and now I'm so happy to be working. I've had great teachers, learned new skills and made friends here too. I'd definitely recommend it!"
To find out more visit www.rhp.org.uk
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Enterprise Email 101: Understanding The IRS Email Loss
Familiarize yourself with Hanlon's razor first …
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
… and then give it a read.
As it happens, I used to administer just the sort of e-mail systems that the IRS seems to be using. So I fired off a set of queries to the IRS about its e-mail system, its archiving policies and how the loss of data happened. Many of those queries remain unanswered, but I was given some documents that explain how the files could have been lost. My conclusion: It is plausible that this was an innocent coincidence. But it is only plausible if the IRS is managing its IT systems so badly that it is very easy to lose critical records — or for abusive employees to destroy the evidence of their misbehavior.
Her piece tracks with an email I wrote to Ace and the cobloggers shortly after the story about Lerner's emails first came to light.
The "innocent coincidence" becomes considerably less plausible when it also happens to six other IRS employees involved in the scandal.


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Lawmakers push to limit water use in toiletsSeptember 27, 2011
For years, Colorado officials have been urging homeowners to curb their water use outdoors in order to save some of the precious resource. But now a proposal being considered by state lawmakers could start scaling back the amount of water used indoors... starting in the bathroom. As part of KDNK's continuing collaborative environmental coverage with Aspen Public Radio, Luke Runyon reports.


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Kings, Doughty Get the Deal Done
Deal for former Norris Trophy Finalist is $7 million over eight years
Friday, 09.30.2011 / 12:08 AM PT / Los Angeles Kings | News
By Rich Hammond
In the end, though, a deal got done, as Doughty on Thursday night agreed to an eight-year contract that will make him the highest-paid Kings player, at an average of $7 million.
Doughty, a restricted free agent this summer, came to terms on a deal that will keep him in a Kings uniform until the end of the 2018-19 season, when he will be 29 years old.
The Kings' leader in ice time last season, and a Norris Trophy finalist the year before, Doughty repeatedly expressed his desire to stay with the Kings long-term, and Kings general manager Dean Lombardi worked since June to try to get a deal done.
For months, Lombardi stuck to an offer based around a $6.8-million average salary -- the same money made by leading scorer Anze Kopitar -- and resisted a short-to-medium-range deal. In the end, Lombardi moved slightly on money, and Doughty's camp agreed to a contract of increased length.
"You know, to be honest, what happened there is in the past," Doughty said in a phone interview Thursday night. "I think, as of now, I'm just excited to get this deal done with. I'm going to forget about everything that happened before and just move on. I'm really excited to be a part of the Kings. I never wanted to leave the Kings. That was never an issue. I've always wanted to be here. My heart (is with) all the guys in the room, the organization, the fans and everything. I think everyone is just really happy to get it done and we're going to put everything in the past."
Kings coach Terry Murray said he plans on having Doughty in the lineup when the Kings open the regular season Oct. 7 in Stockholm, Sweden. Doughty is scheduled to fly from Toronto to Los Angeles on Friday morning, take a physical and sign his new contract.
According to sources, the deal came together quickly. After Doughty failed to report to camp, there was a lengthy period of silence between Lombardi and Doughty's agent, Don Meehan, an impasse that was apparently broken on Thursday morning.
"I just want to go win Cups. Drew is going to help us do that," Kings governor Tim Leiweke said. "Dean did a good job here. Dean is unbelievable with the budget and the forecasting and, as you know, he's a professor when it comes to the boxes and forecasting where we're going long-term. So he was passionate about protecting ourselves with some flexibility here. I feel good about the fact that we have someone that has the vision that Dean has, long-term, and is keeping the nucleus together.
"But he's also smart, and he knows eight years is eight years. And this kid is 21 years old. He's going to 29, and still in his prime, when he's done with this contract. That's a good thing for the franchise. The guy that isn't mentioned here, (team owner) Mr. (Philip) Anschutz, he has broken the bank here. We are sending a very strong message to our fans. We're committed to winning, and we just proved it again."
The Kings selected Doughty, 21, with the No. 2 overall pick in 2008, and he made the NHL roster immediately as an 18-year-old defenseman.
In his second season, Doughty totaled 59 points and was a finalist for the Norris Trophy. Last season, he suffered a concussion early, and his play and production for the rest of the season was uneven, as he finished with 40 points in 76 games.
Still, Doughty's skill is unquestioned, including his ability to regularly play upward of 30 minutes per game, as well as contribute on the power play and penalty kill.
"I definitely didn't want to miss that (trip to Europe)," Doughty said. "This was never in mind, even being out for this long at all, but I knew I had to be there for the start of the season. I missed the boys a lot, and missed being in L.A., and this just felt like time to get it done and I'm really happy and really excited."
The Kings have a preseason game Friday night at Anaheim, followed by a game Saturday night in Las Vegas against Colorado and then a flight to Germany.
Doughty said he would play in Saturday's game if asked, but Murray said he is pointing toward the season opener six days later, which would potentially give Doughty four days of on-ice practice with his teammates after he missed all of training camp.
Doughty has been skating with a junior team in the Toronto area and said his conditioning is good, and Murray said he wouldn't hesitate to play Doughty soon.
"I'm planning on (Doughty playing) that first game of the season,'' Murray said. "I know he's been skating up in London with Dale Hunter and the London Knights, so he's certainly been getting ready to play. I'm sure he's feeling good, really excited, a lot of adrenaline flowing. So there won't be any hesitation on my part.
"As I said, I have gone through this, with players coming in the day before the season, and I put that player in the lineup, because you talk to them and they feel good. They feel that they've been skating and their conditioning is, not necessarily in top shape but they feel confident that they can play and contribute. So, with the week in front of us, I feel really good about Drew being ready to go."


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The U.K. is in the midst of a heated debate as to how best to prevent children being exposed to pornography online. There is considerable support in the government and elsewhere for an opt-in filtering system run by fixed-line ISPs.
The mobile networks already provide adult content filters. Anti-censorship organization, the Open Rights Group, and the London School of Economics Media Policy Project have been looking at how well these filters work.
As would be expected when dealing with pornography, for which there is no absolute definition, there are problems with sites being blocked that should not be. But, in some cases, taking even the broadest view of adult material it is hard to see why some websites have been singled out, such as the community group in the leafy London suburb of St. Margarets.
The report says it is often difficult for organizations to find out when and why their websites have been blocked and to get them unblocked if a mistake has been made. IT Pro describes the findings of the report:
These blanket blocks could also have dire consequences for UK companies, the report claimed.
"This form of censorship…will damage markets, undermine the free flow of ideas and open communication and make it harder to promote responsible internet governance internationally," insisted the report.
"Over-blocking is a problem in itself [because] it can mean a business is cut off from a slice of its market [and] may stop a prominent political organisation from reaching concerned citizens," it added.
The reports authors suggest that network subscribers should be given the opportunity to opt in to filtering systems and be told the type of content that could be blocked.
The report, "Mobile Internet censorship: What's happening and what we can do about it," is available for download as a PDF.


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Issue No.12 - Dec. (1985 vol.34)
pp: 1072-1087
Michael L. Campbell , VLSI Systems Department, Electro-Optical and Data Systems Group, Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, CA 90245
Future signal and data processing applications will require billions of operations per second, and yet low hardware and software development costs. Architectural improvements in the form of multiprocessors must be used in order to reach these high performance levels. Von Neumann models cannot easily implement concurrent operations and data-flow principles are one alternative for sequencing instructions in a parallel environment. The machine described here, the Hughes Data-Flow Multiprocessor (HDFM), is a high-performance, scalable, fault-tolerant, highly programmable multicomputer designed for embedded signal and data processing applications. The architecture of the machine is described in detail, and the influence on the final design of various requirements such as weight, size, power consumption, performance level, and reliability are shown. The processing elements have been designed so as to reduce the number of VLSI component types required and for modularity of the physical system. The modular nature of the architecture allows a range of throughput and reliability requirements to be met. The model of execution derived from original data-flow principles is presented as well as the different software tools which give the system its high-level language pro-grammability (compiler, allocator, etc.). Complex constructs (such as large structure handling) are demonstrated. Finally, the results of a deterministic simulation of the machine show that a 64 processing element machine may provide real throughput of 64 million instructions per second (MIPS).
signal and data processor, Allocation, asynchronous execution, data-flow multiprocessor, distributed computing, multiprocessor architecture
Michael L. Campbell, "A distributed VLSI architecture for efficient signal and data processing", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol.34, no. 12, pp. 1072-1087, Dec. 1985, doi:10.1109/TC.1985.6312207