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Situated in Cusco, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Museo de Plantas Sagradas Magicas y Medicinales, Museum of Contemporary Art, and Plaza de Armas. ChocoMuseum and Cusco Cathedral are also within 10 minutes.
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High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. A 24-hour business center is on site at this 3-star property. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. This Cusco hotel also offers a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and a fireplace in the lobby.
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- Total number of rooms - 21
- Free breakfast
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
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- Free WiFi
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- Soundproofed rooms
- Hair dryer
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- Phone
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- Free cribs/infant beds
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Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
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Check-in time starts at noon
Check-out time is 9 AM
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- No onsite parking is available.
- The national sales tax (18%) is charged upon check-out to citizens of Peru regardless of length of stay and to foreigners staying in the country for 60 consecutive days or more. Foreigners who present a valid passport and Andean Migration Card (Tarjeta Andina de Migración) at check-in are exempt from this tax. Furthermore, the tax may apply per room when the room is shared by a taxable and a nontaxable guest.
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,at Walt Disney World Resort, adds a unique twist on the usual water slides and white water rafting rides – it has a winter theme. For a really "cool" time, this 66-acre water adventure park has all the atmosphere of a major ski resort – but it is strictly tropical. Legend has it that a freak snowstorm dumped a lot of snow on Central Florida, and as a result, a ski resort was quickly planned. Of course, the snow melted, leaving behind "liquid ice," along with some of the most exhilarating, tallest and fastest ski and toboggan runs in the world. Here, visitors slip and slid down "snow-capped" mountains amid a snowy scene (a visual effect only – temperatures actually remain a controlled tropical level year-round,) Waterslides look a lot like slush cascading down the mountainside, and a "ski lift" takes guests to the top of Mt. Gushmore. Disney's Blizzard Beach ranked number 3 on the Travel Channel's "Best Water Parks in America," in 2001. It contains 21 slides, a wave pool, and a separate area for pre-teens and children. Hours are 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., daily, June through August. In February – May and September – December, the hours are daily 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $53.83 per person, as of June 2016.
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Blizzard Beach
1500 W Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Cross Street: Osceola Parkway
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As you enter the park, the first thing you see is the 90-foot snow-capped mountain, Mt. Gushmore. It is home to the newest waterslide called Downhill Double Dipper, a side-by-side racing water slide that stands 50 feet high and 200 feet long. Guests travel up to 25 mph as they twist and turn before shooting out through a blast of water. Other adventures at Mt. Gushmore include slalom courses, toboggan and water sleds and the 120-foot high Summit Plummet, a breathtaking 60-mph plunge straight down to a splash landing at the base of the mountain. The height requirement for The Summit Plummet is 48 inches and anyone with back or neck problems, and expectant mothers should not ride.
Other attractions at Blizzard Beach include:
The Teamboat Springs – the world's longest family white-water raft that ride takes six-passenger rafts down a twisting 1,200 foot series of rushing water falls.
The Toboggan Racer – an 8-lane water slide that sends guests racing over exhilarating dips as they descend the "snowy" slope.
Snow Stormers – three flumes descending from the top of the mountain and following a switchback course through ski-type slalom gates.
Runoff Rapids – an inner tube run, where guests can careen down three different twisting, turning flumes.
Chair Lift – wooden-bench chair lifts carry guests over the craggy face of Mt. Gushmore, from its base at the beach, to its summit. The chair lifts do not accommodate infants and the height requirement to ride is 36 inches (anyone fewer than 48 inches must ride with an adult.)
At Cross Country Creek, you can float on a tube along a lazy river that encircles the entire park. On the way, you will float through a cave where you'll be splashed with "melting ice" from overhead. "Melt-Away Bay" is a 4,000 square foot (one-acre) wave pool that is nestled against the base of Mt. Gushmore and is constantly fed by "melting snow" waterfalls.
Tike's Peak is a smaller version of Mt. Gushmore, just for kids. It includes short water slides, a snow-castle, fountain play area and a squirting ice pond. This area has no height restrictions, so children are free to enjoy themselves to their heart's content. The Ski Patrol Training Camp is designed for pre-teens; equipped with inner tube slides and a challenging ice-flow walk along floating icebergs.
Blizzard Beach History
Blizzard Beach opened in 1995 as the largest water park at Walt Disney World Resort. The park has an "imaginary" history. According to "Disney legend," a freak snowstorm hit the area, and as an effort to capitalize on the phenomena, the state's first "ski resort" was built. Of course, as usual in Florida, the sun soon came back out, and all the snow began to melt, leaving behind all of the equipment, ski jumps and chair lifts. All hope was lost until an alligator (who soon became the park's mascot, "Ice Gator,") was seen slipping and sliding down a flume and splashing into a pool of icy cold water. The idea for a "ski resort-type water park" was born and visitors have been enjoying Blizzard Beach ever since.
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If Namor really dislikes anything, then it is trying to intimidate him (and the name McKenzie). "Imperious Rex!"
He calls loud enought to shatter a normal human's eardrums as he flies forward and slams his fist into the gravitational forces surrounding the man. The Hulk is maybe more known for his temper, but Namor is known to punch the Hulk if enraged by him and to be one of the beings able to mess his strength with the green goliath.
team, imperious rex, godlike strength, foul tempered, Combat expert a, Combat expert b (1d8=8, 1d8=8, 1d12=10, 1d12=6, 1d6=5, 1d6=6)
32 for success (spending a PP to add a fourth dice) and 1d12 as the effect die. Trying to inflict physical damage.
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Reed frowns as Vector rushes off. Who on the ship could be his target? He ponders the thought for a moment before realizing he should be acting. Fortunately, Ironclad seems to be ignoring him.. So Mister Fantastic wraps himself around Ironclad, attempting to disable him.
Using Grapple d6, Team d10, Absent Minded d8, Stretching d10, Science Master d10, Distracted Enemies d8
Damnit, another 1 on a d10?!? This roller doesn't like me..
I'll use a pp to add the 5 from grapple to the 7's from science and Distracted for a total of 19. Ill use the d10 from stretching, sized up to a d12 from grapple, to create a grappled d12 complication for Ironclad.
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Eagles may soar, but Weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
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Bridge: The mighty fist of Namor impacts Graviton's energy field, a wall surrounding the villain with gravitational force. The strike gets through, sending the revenge-maddened scientist flying across the bridge and through some bulkheads. He is shaken, but not fallen: he halts his fly-back with sheer will, halting in mid-air.
He spits, saliva tinged with specks of red, and glares at the atlantean monarch through the too-long hair falling in front of his face. Is that the best you can do, fish-man?
Below: Reed wraps himself around the steel-clad behemoth, in a way similar to how he entangles the Thing. This works, slowing the burly metal-man while not providing him a target.
((OOC: okay, whoever's next Seize ye the Initiative!))
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OOC: It's been 11 days, so I guess I'll have storm go again. Wasn't planning on playing her permanently, was thinking we'd all kinda take turns.
where's everyone at? I know WDs out for a bit, what of the other players?
Storm whips up the wind coming out of the hole through which Venom leapt, and uses it to form a whirlwind around Vapour, attempting to entrap the gaseous villain!
Distracted Enemies: 1d8 = 1
Combat Expert: 1d8 = 3
Mercurial: 1d8 = 5
Weather Supremacy: 1d12 = 6
team: 1d10 = 2
I hate my dice luck.
OK, Total 11, effect dice d10 and gogo doom.
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I'm having a strange import issue since I have upgraded my project to NFA. To illustrate the issue I've attached a ZIP with very simple code.
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1) Either by swapping the order of the apps in INSTALLED_APPS:
INSTALLED_APPS = ( 'menu', 'menu_extension', )
INSTALLED_APPS = ( 'menu_extension', 'menu', )
2) Or by Removing the ugettext call in menu.models:
caption = models.CharField(_('Caption'), max_length=50)
caption = models.CharField('Caption', max_length=50)
Weird! Does that example uncover a bug in Django or rather my misuse of Python and/or NFA?
I'm using newforms-admin-SVN-7871.
[1] http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/9427e8e78b199441#
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Changed 8 years ago by julien
Simple code illustrating the problem
comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by brosner
- Needs documentation unset
- Needs tests unset
- Patch needs improvement unset
- Resolution set to invalid
- Status changed from new to closed
I don't know the exact reason, but you should never use ugettext at module level, but rather ugettext_lazy. It does fix the problem. Probably due to some odd importing that it might impose by forcing the string translation at module loading time.
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by mtredinnick
- Component changed from Uncategorized to Internationalization
- Resolution invalid deleted
- Status changed from closed to reopened
- Triage Stage changed from Unreviewed to Accepted
Reopening and assigning to i18n then (as a very low priority item). I want to understand this problem more if that's the problem. Fatal issues like this are something we should avoid, if possible (or document if not).
For anybody wanting to work on this (and it isn't blindingly urgent): what I'm interested in understanding is why using ugettext() is causing a failure. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is having to do imports to search for locale directories or something, but that doesn't sound likely.
comment:3 Changed 8 years ago by mtredinnick
- Summary changed from Strange import problem since upgrading to newforms-admin to ugettext() in app `__init__.py` causes error.
(Changed title to reflect probable problem.)
comment:4 Changed 8 years ago by brosner
Fair enough :) I wonder if the app's __init__.py import of the local admin module might be causing this to go around like this. That convention is going away very soon with the fix of #6003.
comment:5 Changed 8 years ago by julien
- Resolution set to invalid
- Status changed from reopened to closed
As noted by brosner, I was having that issue because the admin module was imported in the init.py
Using the new recommended practice (e.g. autodiscover) removes that issue, so I'm now closing this ticket. As also noted by brosner above, ugettext_lazy should be used instead of ugettext in models declarations.


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The latest rescue development moves the Fed back to expanding its section 13 discount window powers still further and has absolutely nothing to do with the bailout bill. It is the new initiative whereby the central bank would buy commercial paper directly from issuers. That could involve a huge number of loans. Clusterstock notes that the commercial paper market is worth $1.6 trillion and it is also seizing up. More here and here.
Why is the Fed creating its own commercial paper operation? Such an operation will benefit companies like GE directly, rather than as a trickle-down result of lending-at-last-resort to GE's bankers (big companies like GE issue their own commercial paper; they are faced with the prospect of offering the I guess usurious rate of 3 point something percent for the stuff these days). But note the governance issues: Congress didn't okay this, no one even mentioned commercial paper last week. It arguably moves the Federal Reserve into business oversight, because the agency will apparently be getting either security or money in exchange for its paper from corporations. Moreover you could bandy about numbers backing this loan program (the money is supposed to be repaid, of course) that would make the bailout (also supposed to be repaid) look paltry. But the Fed is just doing it by regulation and a quick vote on a Tuesday. Bernanke didn't even have to ask for Paulson's approval to do this, and I suppose if the Fed keeps coming up with new programs, we may have to re-examine who, exactly, is chairing their two-man Committee To Save The World.
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- The Fed will not buy the paper at a big discount. It will use a "spread over the 3-month overnight index swap (OIS) rate," it hasn't said what the spread will be, but has mooted 100 basis points - the idea being to mimic what would happen in the commercial paper market "under more normal market conditions."
- The commercial paper will be secured by assets, an up front fee, or a guarantee from someone else - which sounds like the way that commercial paper usually works (I'm no expert though), but underscores that this is a loan, not a subsidy, to corporate America.
- The Fed is doing this by creating a special purpose vehicle, to which it will loan money at the "federal funds rate. Draws on the facility will be on an overnight basis, with recourse to the SPV, and secured by all the assets of the SPV." Why the fancy footwork? Well, for one thing, as John Carney says, "This neatly gets around any issue about whether the Fed should be in the business of making unsecured loans since it won't be lending directly to commercial paper issues."
- The arrangement will last for 6 months, which may quell those who cry "socialism!" or "inflation!" But, of course, the Fed can always renew the facility. Under section 13, the Fed can, it appears, do just about anything it wants.
- I see no evidence of a dissent here (section 13 actions do require a supermajority of the Board), but I don't think the Fed has released its minutes yet. One wonders when some of the more free market oriented of the governors will get off this bus. A drop in interest rates coming next, rumor has it - that has occasioned some dissensus in the past year.
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1. Posted by Michael Risch on October 7, 2008 @ 9:02 | Permalink
Why would there be a large objection by free market oriented board members. Here we have a pronounced market failure - we have customers demanding to borrow and a lack of supply for irrational reasons. The Fed can step in and actually make some money by filling that demand, assuming it offers anywhere near the market rate. While the money lending may raise inflationary and/or role of government concerns, from a free market standpoint it makes sense, I would think.
2. Posted by David Zaring on October 7, 2008 @ 9:07 | Permalink
Well, it is supposed to be the market rate "in normal conditions." Which isn't the market rate now. But yes, the Fed is seizing an opportunity to get into low-risk commercial paper on terms that you'd think someone else would find attractive.
3. Posted by jb on October 7, 2008 @ 10:39 | Permalink
When I heard about this, my first thought was 'the Fed should do a reverse auction - everyone asks for money, and the rate at which they are willing to pay' and the Fed grants $X billion in loans each day to the people who bid the highest.
That way, we don't have to 'simulate' the market clearing rate. And it's self correcting, and the Fed can control how much it lends out each day.
4. Posted by David Zaring on October 7, 2008 @ 10:59 | Permalink
They have the flexibility to set it up like that, it's an interesting idea.....
5. Posted by A Stoner on October 7, 2008 @ 12:14 | Permalink
I say that if this does as said that the bailout should be taken back. I mean, most legislators who changed their mind said they were doing it to keep money flowing to small business, right?
6. Posted by fedgovernor on October 7, 2008 @ 12:59 | Permalink
The Fed cannot do a reverse auction, because that would merely replicate what already exists.
The press would have you believe that there isn't a commercial paper market, but that's pure bullshit and the result of the level of education of your average journalist.
There is a market for commercial paper. It's a trillion dollar market. It just happens to be more expensive than some companies want to pay. It's still cheaper than borrowing money from a bank, however.
Normally, this higher price of borrowing would simply result in an overall rise in prices as companies incorporate the new higher costs into their prices.
The Fed could care less, really, how much anyone pays for money. Except that rising prices lead to demands for wages, so they feed inflation.
How can the Fed fight inflation? It can raise the cost of borrowing. Except now it can't do that, because raising interest rates leads to financial meltdowns as consumers walk away from their now too expensive ARM homeloans.
So, the only reason the Fed wants to control ABCP is that it is the only weapon it has at its disposal to control inflation.
7. Posted by Rix on October 7, 2008 @ 18:38 | Permalink
Once this is in place, it will never go away. It will be forever, like the income tax or the federal subsidy for alpaca production.
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I want to thank all of you for your continued support I certainly hope I have a much better update for you come the end of March!
Believe it or not, but it's time for another training update!
January was a solid one for me. I don't really have trouble getting motivated so there were no specific resolutions or occasions that made me dive any deeper into my training. I was coming off of a solid December and was looking forward to integrating cycling on top of the running baseline that I had established.
By all accounts the month was a success. I was able to continue running – and even run a similar pace as I had during my Run Durability block – for most of the month. The biggest thing that took a hit was my swim training. I was getting into the pool almost every day while I wasn't on the bike, but returning to all three disciplines meant reducing my overall training load in the water.
One of my focus points for February will be to get that number back up again above 10,000 yards a week.
January also included our annual pilgrimage to Clermont Florida. This is our January Volume Camp; a chance for our members to kick off their new year in style and boost their endurance with a quality training block in warmer climates. This was our second camp and there was another great group and the fantastic four days. We did lots of training and even were able to fit in some fun as well. You can view the whole recap online here. We will be back in 2017 for our third camp which promises to be even bigger and better. Click here to use our early bird discount to lock in your spot — your 2017 self will thank you!
If anything was wrong in January it was my hips. The return to cycling, specifically cycling with intensity, in retrospect looks to have been a little too aggressive. I have had mild pain when running and even some hip flexor pain now and then on the bike.
I am hoping got some rest massage/physical therapy will help get me back on track. I am well ahead of where was this time last year so I am certainly not complaining. Heading into February will see me maintain the bike as I work to reintegrate the run. I will most likely fill most of the missing one hours of additional swimming just to make myself stronger.
Thankfully I don't have any camps this month, but the Texas race specific camp this coming up quickly in mid-March. You can learn more about this National Champs Camp online here.
Thanks for reading!
~ Coach P
In the seventh installment from my new book on Endurance Lifestyle Design, I put my jedi mind trick powers to work in an attempt to convince you that you are already well on your way to building your Endurance Lifestyle.
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What's the Worst that Could Happen?
By now you should have a pretty good sense of where this book is headed. Depending on where you are right now, in your life, the following chapters will either: (A) fit nicely with your world view or (B) seriously change how you think about everything from racing, to planning, to eating and more. History has shown, however, that what I have written isn't as important as whether or not you'll actually do any of it.
Do You Really Have Any Other Choice? I found myself at a crossroads of my life. My training time was maxed out, work was suffering and we were about to start a family. With my back to the virtual wall, the path out became extremely clear . I took those first few steps and have never looked back. But what if you aren't in the same place and don't have that same sense of urgency?
If you are reading this book, chances are you are in the same place…even if you haven't fully grasped it…yet. Understand that time is your most valuable resource, not money. Odds are that your current training approach is nothing more than a black hole that sucks up all the time you have that you aren't sleeping, eating, or working. This leaves you with precious little time to do the other things that matter to you. In other words, you are already paying for the decision to place your training above everything else, even though you might not realize it.
Understanding the Resistance You Have to Change…So You Can Change. The biggest challenge of the new Endurance Lifestyle isn't the intervals. It isn't the schedule. The biggest sticking point is change. Inertia is simple, easy, and convenient. Change is hard, even though at the end of the day we are trying to make your life easier by bringing your training in sync with everything else that matters to you.
Your current endurance worldview holds that more hours/time/miles equals a higher probability of success. Take away the hours and it's easy to see how one might think the odds of success have also shrunk commensurately. Not to mention that we are creatures of habit, and we typically lead very full lives. Shifting things around is understandably a little disconcerting, and not only because it means a bit more work over the short-term.
Defining the Worst Case Scenario If you have all these nightmare visions of what changing your training might do to your fitness, wellness, results, etc., then you need to step back for a second. Remember that this is all just a game; you play a sport and you do it because it's fun. Many folks lose that perspective as they become progressively more wrapped up in their sport, unconsciously defining themselves by what they are training for instead of by who they are, what they like, where they work, etc. Sport is important, for sure, but it's not the be all end all. Make it so at your own risk.
For a second let's say you take the advice outlined here and you do revamp your training. What's the worst that could happen? You cut back your hours and now you are sleeping more. You are more focused at work. You have picked up a new hobby or reconnected with some old friends or are content just spending more time with the important people in your life. Race day comes and you have a miserable day despite following the guidance of this book to the letter. After you dissect your race, curse me out in a nasty letter, and sulk for a few weeks, you wake up and realize that you can still go back to the old school way. Maybe you lost six to nine months, but in the grand scheme of things, that's little more than a drop in the bucket.
Besides, it might just sink in that while you didn't hit your goals…you actually did relatively well on half as much training and you still managed to lead a pretty full life. Imagine that.
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Yarrawonga, town on the Murray River, Victoria, Australia. Mulwala, its twin town in New South Wales, lies on the opposite side of the river. Located on the Murray Valley Highway and with rail connections southwest to Melbourne (135 miles [217 km]), Yarrawonga lies near the Yarrawonga Weir, which impounds the Murray to form Lake Mulwala, a reservoir (15,000 acres [6,070 hectares]) used for irrigation and recreation. Yarrawonga was founded in 1868 and made a shire in 1891; its name derives perhaps from an Aboriginal term meaning "cormorant's nesting place," or from a combination of yarra and wonga, meaning "flowing water" and "pigeon," respectively. The town serves an area of livestock raising, dairy and fruit farming, and wheat and grape cultivation. Other economic activities include livestock selling, defense equipment manufacturing, and light engineering. Pop. (2001) urban centre, 4,016.
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this drug has a big old nasty aniline moiety on it...does anyone have any convincing data that this drug doesn't destroy the liver...heck put an aniline on a drug and you might as well throw a hand grenade in your liver.
This is actually the scientific explanation as to why we have not seen serious safety issues.
The only currently marketed ketolide, telithromycin, suffers from rare, but serious side effects. Recent studies have shown this to be likely due to the presence of the pyridine-imidazole group of the telithromycin side chain acting as an antagonist towards various nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Since solithromycin, like azithromycin and clarithromycin, lacks this chemical moiety, it is not expected to cause the adverse events seen with Ketek (telithromycin).
Could you further elaborate to explain "aniline moiety"? As an antibacterial one doesn't take it for that long-in general. How could something one takes for say, a month, cause liver damage?
The value of this drug is clearly in STD market, really has nothing to with TSRX. CDC and docs do not like current meds and CEMP could be sitting on a billion dollar + pill.
go read my insight on the TSRX board and do more DD...you'll find Cemp's drugs really have no chance competing with Tedizolid.
also, bromfenac liver failure set in as early #$%$ days...I just want to see the ALT and AST numbers from a 1000 patient study before I'm convinced and then run a study where those same 1000 people get drunk on the 5th day of treatment and provide AST and ALT numbers again then i'll be convinced of its safety.
here is the scenario...this is a 7 day regimen by the 3 or 4 day you start feeling better get wasted one night by the 5 or 6th day you are in liver failure...there is a reason you never see a drug with amino benzene's in them. I would not be surprised to see this happen, then the solithro gets black boxed and now doctors dont want to go near it...look up bromphenac and you will see what I mean. but hey don't get me wrong cempra will go to 14 to 16 by its pdufa...im just saying long term be careful.


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It may be the surplus, or the general vogue for do-goodery, but it's becoming increasingly hard not to feel the mayor's fatherly hand on our collective shoulder. In the last several months, we've been told to eat better, promised a little cash for good behavior, and handed free (and small) condoms. Next up, dry-cleaning tax credit, haircut subsidy, free antiperspirant? Not yet. But there is a new, $3 million gesture of love: free nicotine patches. The Health Department will be giving them away until May 15 to anyone who calls 311 and asks for one, as the Sun reports today; the patch-averse can pick up nicotine gum instead. You can apparently also use the cancer-ravaged vocal cords of a guy named Ronaldo to scare someone straight with an anti-smoking audio message. What a caring, and ever-so-slightly creepy, city we live in.
City to Distribute Nicotine Patches, Gum [NYS]
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WASHINGTON The Shenzhou 7 mission and spacewalk should serve as a reminder that China is building space capabilities that could surpass U.S. technological advances and boost China's diplomatic and economic ties with its allies, a panel of experts said here Oct. 8.
China's success this decade with three human spaceflight missions, including Shenzhou 7 in September, as well as the development of remote-sensing and satellite navigation systems, two satellite export deals and the January 2007 use of an antisatellite weapon to shoot down one of its own satellites punctuate China's broader national interest to become a "comprehensive power," the panelists said.
They warned that China's space program is dominated by young aerospace engineers who could help propel the nation's advancements past the United States, which faces difficulty replacing its aging aerospace work force.
China's wide reach into manned space missions, satellite navigation and communications, and Earth monitoring could help the nation gain a foothold in an already competitive commercial space market, the panelists said.
"A newcomer like China [is] going to take a slice of a very stable pie, which means there are going to be other losers. Will it be the U.S., Europe, Russia? It's going to be something difficult that we'll have to contend with," said Kevin Pollpeter, China program manager for the Defense Group Inc.'s Center for Intelligence, Research and Analysis in Washington. "China's rise in space power is a negative sum consequence for the United States."
China has closely guarded its space budget, in large part because it is dominated by the military, panelists said. Chinese leaders reported that the Chang'e lunar program cost "no less than building a mile of subway in Beijing," Pollpeter said.
While concerns linger about China's January 2007 shootdown of one of its own weather satellites with an antisatellite missile, or A-Sat, China primarily sees space as a diplomatic tool. China prefers jamming and dazzling satellites rather than more aggressive action, said Dean Cheng, senior Asia analyst with CNA Corp. in Alexandria, Va. Jamming is intentional interference with satellite signals; dazzling is illuminating a satellite with a laser in order to blind it.
Themes that can be found throughout the writings concerning China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) indicate China is focused on space deterrence, Cheng said, describing how a country's military capabilities, economy and communications could be affected by space warfare.
"We do not at this time have a very good sense of how the PLA would necessarily operate in space in order to secure space dominance," Cheng said. "What we do find in PLA writings are certain key themes: the ability to provide information support, the ability to take on both offensive and defensive positions in space and ? space deterrence."
United States policy documents, however, appear more focused than China on national security applications, prompting a "bad-guy image" globally, Pollpeter said.
"There's a perception of overemphasizing national security applications," he said. "Even though we are not the ones developing space weapons, China is the one developing space weapons, we are the ones who bear the brunt of that criticism."
One way to mitigate the perception would be to emphasize the peaceful uses of space and cooperation with other nations, Pollpeter said.
Panelists also said the U.S. space industry should relate its relevance to people the way China's space officials routinely discuss the economic, diplomatic and political benefits of a strong space program.
"Space ultimately isn't about space," Cheng said. "But too often here our conversations are stovepiped within the space community focusing on the space budget and [don't] really connect the space program to people's everyday lives even though it touches every aspect of people's everyday lives."


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A well-connected drug trafficker arrested a decade ago received a 15-year sentence in a case that took many twists and turns before finally reaching its end on Monday.
Sollecito was reportedly shot while behind the wheel of his SUV, by a man who appeared to be lying in wait inside a bus shelter in Laval.
"I want to scream and let the whole world hear me," widow tells Raynald Desjardins, who has admitted to plotting her husband's death in 2011.
"Time to close the book. The story is getting too long." Police-intercepted BlackBerry messages tell the story behind the 2011 killing of Salvatore Montagna.
The six-part miniseries is part of City TV's fall program announcement
All four of the charges involve two men who were allegedly shaken down for money for years.
No slayings have been recorded yet in Montreal in 2016. But don't expect the calm to last.
"I told my bosses it was preferable that I withdraw myself from the case," says Jean-François Tessier about investigation tied to murder of Mafia boss Salvatore Montagna
The former no. 2 man at Montreal city hall, Frank Zampino, is not involved in organized crime, his lawyer said in court on Thursday.
Russell Copeman says he was wrong when he said it's "theoretically" possible housing could be permitted on land linked to the Mafia.
A parcel of land in western Pierrefonds in the largest remaining natural space on Montreal island where the Coderre administration vowed last year it would block development to conserve as part of an eco-territory is for sale by its Mafia-linked owners – for development.
Political and public opposition appears to be building against the Coderre administration's plan to allow a large-scale housing project in western Pierrefonds.
Leonardo Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito will remain behind bars for at least another two weeks as their ongoing bail hearing at the Montreal courthouse was carried over for at least three more days in early February. Rizzuto, 46, and Sollecito, 48, were arrested in November following a drug trafficking investigation led by the Sûreté du […]
Leonardo Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito face two charges related to Project Magot, a Sûreté du Québec-led investigation into drug trafficking in Montreal
Defence lawyer Loris Cavaliere has agreed to put his practice on hold as part of a series of conditions to be released from detention two weeks after his arrest.
Lawyers for Leonardo Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito still haven't been able to set a date for a bail hearing or seen the evidence against their clients.
How much money was stolen from the public, and will the Charbonneau Commission report help to recover it?
A reluctant witness agrees to show up in court later this month after initially refusing to testify at the trial of Jonathan Mignacca, a man accused of recklessly discharging a firearm while acting as a bodyguard to Raynald Desjardins.
A detective from Ontario took centre stage at Quebec's inquiry into corruption in the construction industry on Thursday morning, outlining some of the broad trends in organized crime that he has witnessed in his home province. Det. Mike Amato of the York Regional Police department was a bit late beginning his testimony before Superior Court Justice France Charbonneau and her co-commissioners. He had been expected to show up on Wednesday afternoon, but was unable to make it to Montreal before Thursday morning.


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What are you most proud of? Quite a lot of the points are nearly perfect... but don't look too close as there are some not so perfect! I had difficulty trying to re-size this pattern as it is set diagonally on point, so I changed it so that the blocks set straight and I am pleased with how it turned out (btw this is my inexperience and not the fault of the pattern) I finally got around to making a design board as I really needed one to help me decide where best to put blocks so that there was a good mix of each fabric colour. Super pleased I have finally labelled a quilt - http://craftygemini.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/make-your-own-fabric-labels-for-free.html (really easy and fun to make)
What advice would you give someone starting this project? This is a really easy to follow pattern but you need to be careful cutting and trimming the blocks to ensure perfect points. As I wanted to change the size of the quilt I found it difficult to know exactly how many half square triangles I needed, which meant I kept having to cut more which was a little tedious... I ended up with 204 of them! I also found it very useful to string piece as it kept the the blocks together and there was not as much waste of thread (always a bonus).
Oh, desna, this is wonderful for your new granddaughter! Congratulations!! Totally sweet & girly (as it should be!) - and, yea for you for doing the FMQ - it gets better & better!
Beautiful! Sugar & spice & everything nice for a cherished new granddaughter. Lovely lovely job, Desna. Congrats!
So pretty! The colors have a soft, yet fresh appeal. I love how the blocks are set on point. It adds nice visual interest.
I want to make this little quilt for my new granddaughter also...
Oh, Desna....that is a real accomplishment. Love the colors. I can see the love in your work. Congrats on the new little one. Hope you will still have time to quilt.
Why thank you Surfside :) I loved making this little quilt and even more special when I tuck little Elise up in it in her cot when I look after her. I still try to make time to quilt... making two sensory quilts for my grandkids at moment and I have started making Quiet Books which are soooo much fun to make. So watch this space I will be posting in the next couple of weeks :)


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The man at the center of the drug-infused, sex-laced scandal that has rocked the political careers and shaky marriage of state Treasurer Bill Lockyer and his wife, Nadia, strode into a San Jose courtroom Tuesday, his hair slick, his shirt untucked, and told a reporter, "There's a way bigger story than the sex tapes."
Before he had a chance to explain much more, his private defense attorney interrupted: "Do you want me to be your lawyer?" It was Adrienne Dell, a no-nonsense lawyer in a St. John Knit, telling him to clam up.
Stephen Chikhani, 35, with wraparound dark glasses and a soul patch under his lip, stopped talking after that. It was the first comment from either Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer or Chikhani about the rumored existence of a sex tape.
Chikhani, who has faced drug charges a number times over the past decade, was in Santa Clara County Superior Court on Tuesday after a California Highway Patrol officer pulled him over on Stevens Creek Boulevard in San Jose in September and allegedly found a bag of methamphetamine in his maroon 2003 Nissan 350Z. He faces four charges: possession of methamphetamine, being under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest for refusing to get out of his car voluntarily.
"Man, I have been sober for over a year, and I just relapsed tonight," he told the CHP officer that September night, a contention that conflicts with court records indicating he tested positive for drugs within that time period.
Chikhani is free on $15,000 bail. His hearing was postponed until March 22.
But with a TV camera crew perched in the corner of the courtroom, Chikhani knew it wasn't the drug charges the media was here for.
Chikhani is the "other man" in the Lockyer marriage, a troubled union between 70-year-old Bill Lockyer and a woman 30 years his junior. Nadia Lockyer apparently met Chikhani in December 2010, a month after she was elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. Chikhani was allegedly addicted to methamphetamine. She was addicted to alcohol.
Bill Lockyer publicly referred to Chikhani as his wife's "ex-boyfriend" after a still-under-investigation confrontation at a Newark motel earlier this month left her with head and neck injuries and Chikhani under suspicion. It also made public the Lockyers' personal turmoil.
Bill Lockyer's office had little to say Tuesday. Instead, his spokesman Tom Dresslar said, "The treasurer and everybody in this office in focused on doing the job we're supposed to do for taxpayers. That's our comment."
Before Chikhani's lawyer ushered him away from reporters Tuesday, Chikhani said that "everything was mutually consensual" between him and Nadia Lockyer. In a past interview with this newspaper, he said the Lockyers were "separated" during their affair.
Bill Lockyer has publicly revealed that his wife checked into the Homewood Suites after they had an argument. Later that night, she called police and accused Chikhani of beating her in the hotel room. Days later, she issued a news release, saying she had checked herself into a rehab facility to get treatment for "alcoholism and addiction." She declined to specify her addiction, except to say she was being treated for "chemical dependency" and chronic pain from a past car accident.
This newspaper viewed text messages between Nadia Lockyer and Chikhani, which tell a story of a bitter breakup.
"THE LAST 3 MONTHS U PUT ME THRU HELL N BACK -- N MORE. YOU WILL SEE N FEEL THE PAIN YOUR LIES HAVE INFLICTED IN MY HEART SOUL EVERY MOMENT YOU FIND YOURSELF ALONE OR BORED WITH ANOTHER," she wrote to Chikhani on Dec. 26, a little more than three months after Chikhani was arrested on possession of methamphetamine. He was jailed until November on the case before being bailed out, according to court records.
In January, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office received a call from Nadia Lockyer's staff saying that she was being stalked by Chikhani. After interviewing Nadia Lockyer, however, the district attorney's office said they found no evidence to support a stalking charge.
Newark police are still investigating Lockyer's allegation that Chikhani beat her. He hasn't been charged in that case, which has been referred to the state Attorney General's Office because Nadia Lockyer once worked for an agency in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. Bill Lockyer served eight years as Attorney General before being elected treasurer.
On Tuesday afternoon, Chikhani's father answered the door of the Almaden Valley townhouse he shares with his wife and son. He declined to comment or allow his son to come to the door.
Earlier this month, however, Chikhani told this newspaper that although he tried calling the police about the Newark incident, "they won't call me back, so I feel like I'm being pushed into a corner."
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James Sinclair: Outsourcing Comes Down to Necessity
GUEST MENTOR James Sinclair, co-founder of EnterpriseJungle: There is a reason people think Dante was talking about startups when he read the sign on the gate "Abandon hope all ye who enter here." The better you do, the harder the job and the greater the burden on your shoulders. A good problem to have – but a problem nonetheless – especially for a resource-strapped startup where the founder is also Head of Stationary Supplies and Chief WiFi Mechanic.
A sudden boost in sales sounds exciting, doesn't it? That's what every business wants. But what happens when your infrastructure cannot handle the increase in workload?
The trouble within the tech sector is the challenge of finding enough of the right people at the right time for the job.
Outsourcing Is Often the Answer
Working with overseas developers has become common practice, especially with regards to any SaaS company. I tend to believe that it is nearly impossible for a startup to have an on-continent team in totality and not scale with the use of off-continent developers.
Of course if all functions are undertaken under one roof, the speed of working, collaboration, innovation and everything that comes with people working on problems (or solutions) together would likely be smoother.
However external consultants are often available to start immediately: A swathe of competitively-priced companies exist with extraordinarily skilled developers who can start promptly and without the costs and legalities associated with employing someone. These people may not be located near the office but it is one way to deal with an urgent need for a qualified hand.
You may also want to consider employing a outside specialist to do payroll or any job that takes time. It may feel decadent to pay someone to do something your team knows how to do, but it can save time and money in the long run. It saves on recruitment time and costs (and errors) because employees are harder to remove than outsourced advisors.
Focus is also important. Startups are often manned by a team working long days, attempting to build market awareness for their brand, seeking out media and investigating sales leads. When you have bona fide customers, your work exponentially increases
Outsourcing allows your company to do what it does best while someone else manages elements of that work you might be able to do yourself, but isn't good use of you and your cohorts' time.
Are there only Pros?
There are, of course, challenges to outsourcing. You don't know if the outsourced employees can be trusted yet, and you have to spend time meeting with potential suppliers and building new relationships. And once you start outsourcing, what if the work is delivered late or wrong? Legal documents may protect you from IP infringements or disappointing service levels but you don't want to be pursuing litigation– you want to be sending contracts to new customers to grow your business.
In my view, the risks are worth the reward. And indeed at times, a startup has many great places to look for work, with so many incredible development hubs in Israel, Argentina and Eastern Europe. Then the challenge is just working across different time zones.
Ultimately, outsourcing is about necessity. If you're spending hours on tasks that don't build the core of your business, outsourcing is something you should seriously consider – and fast.


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City fire & pension fund advisor testifies about conflict of interest in Hill, Lee investment proposal
Brent Kroener, with CDK Realty Advisors, is on the witness stand for the government.
Kroener and CDK were advisers to the Dallas Police and Fire Pension system. He testified how Lee and Hill made a pitch to the fund to give a development firm, the LKC, $5 million to buy the Lancaster Kiest shopping center in southern Dallas.
At the time, Hill sat on the pension fund board.
Evidence has shown that Lee actually ran the LKC as a front (he and the LKC shared adjoining suites at the South Side on Lamar just south of downtown Dallas). On wiretaps, both Lee and Hill opined how they hoped to make a million dollars off the shopping center investment.
Prosecutors say that the deal was Hill and Lee's attempt to move from shaking down developers for bribes and extortion payments, to making more money doing their own development. Defense attorneys have said they did nothing improper in pushing for the deal, which, ultimately, would greatly benefit the Lancaster Kiest area of southern Dallas.
Kroener testified that he and his colleagues eventually realized that Lee and Hill may have a financial stake in the purchase of the shopping center.
"My immediate reaction was we may have a potential conflict of interest here," Kroener told jurors. "That pretty much negated any interest by me in the project. My parner and I visited with staff at the fund and told them we pretty much wouldn't recommend that transaction."
Prosecutor Marcus Busch asked Kroener whether Hill disclosed that he received any funds from the LKC? No, the witness replied.
Ray Jackson, Hill's attorney, pointed out on cross examination that the pension fund made money when Hill was on its board. He also pointed out that Hill, being a politician, often spoke in plurals in order to sound inclusive — and did so when talking about the LKC, in which, he argues, Hill had no financial interest.


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La Salle University has developed a new Emergency Management Plan and made it widely available, according to Arthur Grover, Assistant Vice President for Security and Safety.
The plan may be found both on the Security and Safety Web site at www.lasalle.edu/security and on the University Portal ("Resources & Services" tab, "Documents and Forms" channel, type in "Emergency Management Plan").
"I encourage the La Salle Community to download and print copies as needed," said Grover.
In addition, a limited number of printed copies are available at two locations on Main Campus: Security and Safety Headquarters located in Good Shepherd Hall at the "The Shoppes at
La Salle" or at the Parking Office located on Main Campus. They are also available at
La Salle's Bucks County Center and Montgomery County Center.
To download and print the Emergency Management Plan now, click on the image below.


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MAR 18, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
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US says hunger strike grows to 21 at Guantanamo
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison has grown and now involves at least 21 men, a U.S. military official said Monday while denying reports trickling out from prisoners through lawyers that there is a more widespread protest and lives are in danger.
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