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Three newly re-elected Gadsden County commissioners were sworn in at a special meeting on Nov. 22.
Gene Morgan, Eric Hinson and Sherrie Taylor all vowed to continue to serve their county and its citizens.
Taylor was appointed to be the BOCC chairperson, while Eric Hinson was appointed to be the vice-chair.
"Sophia home now … it's going to be some straightening 'round here," Taylor said, jokingly quoting a line from "The Color Purple" after banging the gavel.
There has been a recent increase in brush fires in Midway. One of these fires destroyed a family's home a few weeks ago.
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In the midst of the holiday season, Gadsden County Toys for Tots volunteers working diligently to ensure every local child has a Christmas.
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The Sultanate scored 1st amongst the Arab countries and 32 globally, advancing by 127 points compared to the previous report. The World Bank 2017 Doing Business Report was released yesterday 25th October and is focused on "Equal Opportunity for All". The Sultanate of Oman has achieved a major breakthrough in this report by advancing by 3 ranks to be ranked …Read More »
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The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting ( GOIC ) held a meeting to discuss a project to develop a comprehensive annual methodology to assess SMEs in Saudi Arabia at the Organization's headquarters in Doha, Qatar from the 27th till the 29th of July 2015. The Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Industry had tasked GOIC with this project. The meeting was …Read More »
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On Saturday, May 1, a group of committed teachers, parents and kids from Mountview Middle School's "Kids in the Kommunity" service organization gave up a beautiful sunny Saturday in order to beautify the grounds of the Red Barn on Shrewsbury Street in Holden. Over the course of several hours, this great group of middle school kids and adults weeded, mulched, mowed and pruned.
The Friends of the Red Barn would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Kids in the Kommunity. We would also like to extend an additional thanks to the teachers and the parents who not only supervised this group but put in their own sweat equity to the effort: Ashley Eydenberg, Lisa Hughes, Dave and Claudia Eddy, Wayne and Carrie Boiselle, Brian and William McCarthy, Bill Martin, Wayne and Glori-Ann Switzer; Ron Deyo of United Solutions for providing buckets; and the Brattle Stop for providing pizza delivery. We would also particularly like to thank teacher Robert Champlin for putting together this great organization.
The Friends of the Red Barn, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the historic Red Barn and the seven acres of open space that surround it in Holden, Massachusetts. We are a wholly volunteer organization, and as such are deeply grateful for the help of the outstanding Kids in the Kommunity.
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It was a great encouragement to attend the Celebration of the Growing Church in our City organised by Network Peterborough on Saturday 9th April at the Voyager School.
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Feel horrible for you aswell. I am over it needed to vent. The line-up is pretty shallow.......... gonna be checking out a whole lotta bands that I would otherwise just walk right by. I still have Bassnectar, Puscifer, Pretty Lights, Wu-Tang, Descendents, Dropkick Murphys.............. and few others. Drugs and Sun will help.
brilliant undercards, like every year. it lacks a bit of a wow moment, but its really packed with tons of names, so all good
speaking of headliners, its the weakest in the history of this festival i think. both in terms of ticket selling power and creative booking.
but this is Coachella, so will go again, both weekends, as always
Just want it on record that this lineup blew me away. Haven't been this excited since 08 10. I agree with the whole headliner thing, although I think Friday couldn't be more perfect if you tried, also not really that surprised or angry about Phoenix headlining(IMHO the yyy should swap places with the XX or Grizzly Bear).
[QUOTE=kurtchel;2636874]I was prepared to go regardless of the lineup, but the headliners changed my mind. They are fine, but in no way are they headline material (maybe RHCP at a different festival). Blur wasn't headline material at the height of their popularity! And most people have no clue who the Stone Roses are, especially people under 25.
You are exactly what's been wrong with Coachella the last several years.
I mean, derp de derp derpity, amirite?
Here's the point. --------->.
This page is full of you missing it.
The Headliners this year are so bad that Stubhub.com:
1) Didn't even list Blur
2) must have never heard of the Stone Roses because they are calling them The Stone Sour Roses
Look at it yourselves:
Stubhub: the bastions of musical information
Selling your ticket is hardly an option if you don't live in a populated area of SoCal or neighboring states.
That said, I'm very happy with the acts booked. Just wish they could bump some inevitable conflicts over to the relatively barren Sunday.
But most importantly, I desperately hope they reschedule some acts. I just know there will be some extremely tough decisions Friday daytime and Saturday evening, followed by... well at least I'll get an early start recovering Sunday.
I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me how a RHCP triple dip was a better booking than Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
And RHCP was absolutely not a better book than Neil Young. That said, Neil Young could not do his show in the time constraints provided to the average Coachella headliner. Neil is absolutely a better choice though, and I'm sure the Red Hots would agree with that estimation. However, RHCP would probably draw more people.


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Pandey, Arvinda; Benara, Sudhir Kumara; Roy, Nandinia; Sahu, Damodara; Thomas, Mariammaa; Joshi, Dhirendra Kumara; Sengupta, Utpala; Paranjape, Ramesh Sb; Bhalla, Aparajitac; Prakash, Ajayd; for the IBBA Study Team
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bNational AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India
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dFamily Health International, New Delhi, India.
* Members of the IBBA study team are listed at the end of the paper.
Correspondence to Arvind Pandey, National Institute of Medical Statistics, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Objective: To report HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence and sexual behaviour of long-distance truckers on four national highway routes from a large, cross-sectional, national-level trucker survey in India.
Methods: Seven trans-shipment locations covering the bulk of India's transport volume along four routes, north-west (NW), north-south (NS), north-east (NE) and south-east (SE) were identified as survey sites. A total of 2066 long-distance truckers were selected using a two-stage, time–location cluster sampling approach and, after consent, interviewed about their sexual behaviour. Urine and blood sample were tested for selected STIs.
Results: Overall, HIV prevalence among truckers was found to be 4.6%, with prevalence highest on the SE route (6.8%) and lowest on the NS (2.4%). Positive HSV-2 serology, which was tested in a 10% subsample, was low along three routes, 10.0%, 12.8% and 6.7% for the NE, NS and NW, respectively, but 38.7% in the SE. The truckers from the SE were found to be more likely to have sex with paid partners than the NE route. Moreover, truckers who owned their trucks were more likely than those who did not use condoms consistently with paid partners, and truckers who drive trucks owned by their relatives/friends are more likely than others to have any STI.
Conclusions: Low self-risk perception for HIV (9.9%), low consistent condom use with non-paid partners (18.6%) and wives (3%), low reported exposure to any interventions (25.6%) and low levels of ever having taken an HIV test (16.5%) make truckers an important bridge population requiring strengthened interventions.
India has a large trucking population estimated at 5–6 million truckers and helpers, and approximately 3.5 million are classified as long-distance truckers [1]. The trucking industry in India is largely unorganized and almost entirely in the private domain, structured around a loose system comprising truck operators, intermediaries and users. In the late 1990s, almost 77% of India's truck fleet was owned by operators with no more than five trucks, whereas only approximately 6% of trucks were owned by operators with more than 20 trucks [2]. This ownership profile created middlemen on whom small trucking operators depend to generate business. The predominance of middlemen and small operators has undermined the visibility of the industry to transport planners and policy-makers [3,4].
The sexual behaviour of trucking populations has been associated with the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV in India and elsewhere in Asia, Africa, south America and the United States [1–14]. HIV prevention interventions have often focused on truckers because of their high-risk behaviour, mobility and ability to spread infections to new geographical areas [5,8,15].
Most studies related to STI, HIV and risk behaviour among both long and short-distance truckers in India have focused primarily on specific regions with small samples [15–19]. Those limited data confirm their frequency of commercial sex and other high-risk behaviours. HIV prevention interventions have thus focused on truckers in India since 1996, with funding from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the National AIDS Control Programme [20]. Long-distance truckers are a target population for Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative's HIV prevention strategy [21]. This paper reports findings from the first-ever, comprehensive cross-sectional survey of long-distance truckers along four Indian national highway routes, with a biological component.
The methods for the survey, termed the Integrated Biological and Behavioural Assessment (IBBA) are described in another paper in this supplement. This paper will briefly reiterate them here, focusing on the unique aspects of the sampling. IBBA among long-distance truck drivers was undertaken between June and September 2007 along four routes: north-west (NW; connecting Delhi/Ghaziabad, Ahmedabad, Kandla and Mumbai), north-south (NS; connecting Delhi/Ghaziabad and Bangalore), north-east (NE; connecting Delhi/Ghaziabad and Kolkata) and south-east (SE; connecting Kolkata and Bangalore). Long-distance truckers in the present study were defined as truck drivers travelling to destinations more than 800 km from their point of origin. The definition used in the study was the same as used in the Kavach programme of Avahan, as the present study was a baseline for the Kavach programme [5].
Transporters and brokers of the trucking industry are middlemen, located at trans-shipment locations (TSL), who link truckers with individual organizations wanting their goods to be transported. The road transport industry in India works on a hub and spoke model, in which truckers transport goods between TSL at major cities, and from there goods for regional and/or local distribution are distributed to regional and local short-distance truckers for transportation onwards. This structure provided the basis for the sampling frame.
The first step in the study was a pre-survey assessment (PSA) to select study sites along the specific routes. The PSA began with an in-depth interview at TSL in New Delhi and Ghaziabad with transporters and brokers about issues such as truck volumes and movement patterns, generating an exhaustive list of 30 prospective study TSL. The list was subsequently reviewed by technical experts and key non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives working with truckers at the national level who understand the need for route wise representativeness of truckers on the specified routes. Accordingly, 20 TSL in nine locations on the specified four routes were chosen for more detailed PSA to short-list study TSL further.
The detailed PSA required discussions with local transport stakeholders at each listed TSL. Detailed data were collected on the volume of long-distance truckers available, time spent at the TSL, and patterns of movement on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. The results were again discussed by technical experts and key NGO representatives working with truckers at the national level, to arrive at the geographical coverage in a way to ensure the representativeness of the long-distance truck drivers operating on any route category in India. As a result, seven TSL located in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Ahmedabad, Kandla, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata corresponding to four routes were finally selected for the study for the main IBBA survey (see Fig. 1).
As truckers are a mobile group; time–location cluster (TLC) sampling was used, which required a sampling frame. The sampling frame was developed in the seven selected TSL, by gathering detailed information from each transporter/broker (referred to as transport establishments) providing consignments to truck drivers. Transport establishments were asked about their profile (i.e. whether transporter or broker), days of operation/closure, and minimum and maximum number of trucks dispatched on each route per day/week/month. The transport establishments during different time slots functioned as TLC for the study.
There was a total of four sampling frames developed, one each for the four route categories, comprising TLC of the related TSL. Out of a total of 6278 TLC, in the four route categories, 1329 TLC were selected for the study.
The TLC sampling among long-distance truck drivers had two stages; one in which the required number of TLC were selected by probability proportional to size from the sampling frame for each route, and a second stage, in which the required number of trucks were selected from the selected TLC, and subsequently the main truck drivers of selected trucks were approached for participation.
A sample size of 500 long-distance truck drivers was used for each route, allowing for the detection of an absolute difference of 15% or more from the assumed value of 50% with 95% confidence and 80% power for indicators such as consistent condom use and last time condom use with paid partners.
A pre-tested, pre-coded and mostly closed-ended questionnaire, translated into local languages (Hindi, Bengali, Telgu, Tamil, Gujarati and Marathi), was used by native speakers to record data from eligible truckers at each TSL. The questionnaire collected information on demographics, work, mobility, sexual behaviour – female sexual partners (wife, paid partner and non-paid partner), male sexual partners, hijra (i.e. transgender) sexual partners, condom, drug and injection practices, history and symptoms of STI, knowledge of HIV and its prevention and exposure to HIV prevention interventions, undertaken by Avahan and others. In this study 'exposure to intervention' means using services (counselling, diagnostic, treatment, etc.) from Avahan (i.e. Khushi Clinic) or any NGO/programme providing similar services in the same geographical area.
Blood and urine samples were collected from all participating truckers. Specimens were tested for HIV (two HIV serology tests), reactive syphilis serology (rapid plasma reagin confirmed by Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay), Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis (target mediated amplification technique) and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2; in 10% of samples) (IgG serology). All cases with rapid plasma reagin reactive serology in any titre with T. pallidum haemagglutination assay positivity were considered positive. Full laboratory methods are detailed in another paper in this supplement.
The study was approved by all relevant institutional review boards (Health Ministry Screening Committee, Government of India, Scientific Advisory Committee of NARI, Protection of Human Subjects Committee of Family Health International and Scientific Advisory Committee and Ethical Committee of National Institute of Medical Statistics). Participation followed written informed consent and all data were recorded in a linked anonymous manner, using numerically coded cards. Clinics run by the Transport Corporation of India Foundation at highway locations were used to enable participants to obtain syphilis test results and treatment upon presentation of the numerically coded cards.
The Census and Survey Processing System (CSpro) (version 3.3) was used for data entry, which was subsequently validated. IBBA used a two-stage sampling plan, in which clusters were selected at the first stage, followed by the selection of unequal number of respondents in the second stage to maximize the efficiency of the field teams. The sampling plan thus produced non-self-weighted samples, which resulted in potentially biased samples. The standard method for correcting unequal probabilities of selection was adapted to the validated datasets, by applying sampling weights during analysis.
Two sets of sampling weights were computed, one route specific for route-wise dataset and the other was overall weights for combined dataset. Statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS; version 14.0) software was used for statistical analysis of weighted data, first separately for each route with route-wise weights and then for all routes together with overall weights.
Cross-tabulations were made for route-wise sociodemographic profile, sexual behaviour and prevalence of HIV/STI among truckers. Multiple logistic regression analyses have been carried out to examine the factors associated with the following three study variables: (1) 'having sex with a paid female partner in past 12 months'; (2) 'consistent condom use with the paid female partner' among those who had sex with paid female partners in past 12 months; (3) 'having any STI including HIV, HSV-2, syphilis, N. gonorrhoea and C. trachomatis).
A total of 2066 truckers for whom both behavioural and biological data were available was used for analysis (NE 498, NS 540, NW 515 and SE 513). The participation rates in the study were 97.6% (NE), 97.5% (NW), 96.3% (NS) and 98.1% (SE) for the four respective routes. The overall participation rate of long-distance truck drivers in the study was 97.4%.
The highest proportion (44–51%) of truckers was aged between 25 and 34 years (Table 1); relatively younger truckers participated in the NW (median age 28 years), unlike the SE (median age 33 years). More than four-fifths of the truckers were able to read and write, and approximately three-quarters reported being currently married. Relatively higher proportions of the literate and currently married truckers were found on the NS and SE routes, respectively, whereas most experienced drivers were found on the SE route.
In more than half of the cases, the truckers drove trucks owned by the transport establishments, and this pattern of ownership was most prominent on the NE followed by the NW, NS and SE routes. The duration of one round trip was shorter on the SE and NW routes, compared with the NE and NS routes, and consequently the number of trips in the past 6 months was found to be higher on routes on which truckers had shorter trips.
The median age of sexual debut was 19 years on the NE and SE routes, and 18 years on the NE and NW routes (Table 2). With regard to partner mix, 31% of the truckers reported having paid partners in the past 12 months; highest on the SE route (43.7%), and lowest on the NE route (24.9%). Among truckers reporting buying sex in the past 12 months, most of them had paid sex debut when they were aged above 18 years, with the median age at first paid sex being 20 years.
The reported consistent condom use with paid partners was approximately 70%; highest on the NS (73.6%) and lowest on the SE (64.3%). As far as never use of condoms with paid partners was concerned, 4.7% reported never using condoms; highest on the NE (17.7%) and lowest on the SE (1.8%).
Over one-fifth (20.6%) of truckers reported having non-paid sexual partners in the past 12 months, with 18.6% reporting consistent condom use. A small percentage (2.1%) of truckers reported having either male or hijra (transgender) sexual partners in the past 12 months. Almost all the currently married truckers (99.2%) reported having sex with their wives in the past 12 months but consistent condom use with wives was found to be low (3%).
Among the truckers who reported having ever heard about HIV/AIDS, only 9.9% felt that they might be at risk of HIV infection; it was highest on the NS (16.9%) and lowest on the NE (5.2%). Among those who reported that they might be at risk of HIV, 53.6% reported having paid partners in the past 12 months, 17.1% reported having non-paid partners in the past 12 months, and 17.5% reported not using condoms consistently with paid partners (P = 0.270). It was found that only 16.5% of the truckers reported ever having undergone HIV testing; highest on the SE (33.5%) and lowest on the NE (8.9%).
A quarter of the truckers reported exposure to any HIV prevention intervention; highest on the SE (38.4%) and lowest on the NW (15.1%) (Table 2).
HIV prevalence was found to be 4.6% [95% confidence interval (CI) 3.8–5.4]; highest among truckers on the SE (6.8%; 95% CI 4.6–8.8), followed by the NW (3.7%; 95% CI 2.1–5.3), NE (3.2%; 95% CI 1.6–4.7) and NS (2.4%; 95% CI 1.1–3.8). The prevalence of positive HSV-2 serology, undertaken in 10% of the sample, was 19.5% (95% CI 11.5–27.5); ranging from 38.7% (95% CI 21.3–56.1) on the SE to 6.7% (95% CI 0.60–12.8) on the NW. Overall, reactive syphilis serology prevalence was 2.7% (95% CI 2.4–4.0); lowest for the SE (1.2%; 95% CI 0.2–2.2) and highest for truckers on the NE (3.8%; 95% CI 2.2–5.4). The prevalence of other STI (gonorrhea and chlamydia) was low (<1%) on all routes (Table 2).
On undertaking multiple logistic regression to determine factors associated with paying for sex, we found that truckers on the SE route were more likely to have sex with paid partners [odds ratio (OR) 2.37; 95% CI 1.40–4.02; P = 0.001) than the NE route (Table 3). Truckers aged 25–34 years were more likely to pay for sex than both younger and older truckers (OR 1.96; 95% CI 1.35–2.84; P < 0.0001). Similarly, currently not married truckers were more likely to pay for sex than those who were currently married (OR 2.09; 95% CI 1.63–2.69; P < 0.0001). After controlling for the various background characteristics, however, the ability to read and write does not have any significant effect on the odds of having sex with paid female partners during the past 12 months; truckers were more likely to have sex with paid partners. Other factors significantly associated with paying for sex included average duration of one round trip and self-risk perception for HIV. Truckers spending an average of more than 10 days per round trip were more likely to pay for sex (OR 1.50; 95% CI 1.10–2.03; P = 0.06), whereas truckers who reported having a self-risk perception of HIV were more likely to pay for sex than those reporting that they were not at risk of HIV (OR 3.22; 95% CI 2.34–4.43; P < 0.0001).
Having undertaken logistic regression to determine factors associated with using condoms consistently with paid partners, few factors were found to be significant (Table 3). The truckers who owned trucks were more likely to use condoms consistently with paid partners than others (OR 4.56; 95% CI 1.93–10.78; P = 0.001). Truckers who had first paid sex after the age of 18 years, compared with those who had it by the age of 18 years, were more likely to use condoms consistently with paid female sex partners (OR 2.55; 95% CI 1.66–3.91; P < 0.0001). Compared with truckers who had never been tested for their HIV status, truckers who had been tested were less likely to use condoms consistently with paid female sex partners (OR 0.42; 95% CI 0.25–0.71; P = 0.001) (Table 3).
On undertaking logistic regression to determine factors associated with having any STI, it was found that the truckers who drive trucks owned by their relatives/friends were more likely than others to have any STI (OR 4.33; 95% CI 1.81–10.38; P = 0.001). Truckers who had worked for more than 180 months were less likely than those who have worked for up to 60 months to have any STI (OR 0.05; 95% CI 0.01–0.45; P = 0.008). Similarly, younger truckers (≤24 years old) were more likely to have any STI than relatively older truckers (aged 35 years and above) (OR 21.15; 95% CI 2.50–178.60; P = 0.005) (Table 3).
This first-ever comprehensive cross-sectional survey among more than 2000 long-distance truckers in India has important findings with policy implications. The study has its limitations, however, being representative of only the four specified routes. One of the biggest challenges in the study was to recruit truckers as a result of their mobile nature. Moreover, as the study was undertaken at the terminating cities/TSL of the selected routes, the truckers whose origination and destination would have been between the selected terminating cities/TSL may not have been included in the study. The refusals to participate in the study, non-availability of the selected truckers and the lack of time on the part of the selected truckers may have biased the selection of participating truckers.
In the study, the median age of truckers was 30 years, with a range of 18–70 years; similar to the findings of Baishali et al. [15], who reported the mean age of transport workers to be 31 years (range 17–66 years) on the Siliguri–Gawahati highway in India.
In the study 13.5% of the truckers were not able to read or write, which was similar to the findings of the study of Baishali et al [15], which reported illiteracy of 28% among transport workers. The study by Bansal [22], however, among adolescent cleaners in Madhya Pradesh, India, reported the illiteracy level to be contrastingly high at 80%.
It was found that illiterate truckers were more likely to have commercial sex than literate truckers. The present study and the studies by Baishali et al. [15] and Bansal [22] thus indicate that there is a need for interventions that can address both relatively literate truckers and illiterate helpers/cleaners.
The truckers who owned the truck(s) that they drove (14.2%) were more likely to use condoms consistently with paid partners compared with the non-owners; and were less likely to have an STI. This thus suggests a positive correlation of safe sexual behaviour with economic and social wellbeing.
As far as marital status was concerned, 73.8% of the truckers in the present study were found to be currently married, a rate similar to that reported in the study by Baishali et al. [15] (61.1%), and a similar study in Uganda [23] (63.7%). Compared with currently married truckers, those currently not married were more likely to report sex with paid partners. The currently married truckers were, however, found to have a higher prevalence of STI compared with those currently not married.
In our study, 31% of the truckers reported having paid partners in the past 12 months and 70% reported using condoms consistently, whereas 4.7% reported that they never used condoms with paid partners. Similar studies, such as Baishali et al [15] in 2004 found that 67.4% of the transport workers had sexual contacts with sex workers and 71% were consistent condom users with sex workers, whereas in 2006 Chaturvedi et al. [24] found that 57% of long-distance truck drivers in India had paid for sex, and of these, 60% had never used a condom. In 2000, Manjunath et al. [25] found that 66% of truck drivers had visited sex workers and 60.5% had never used a condom. In 1992, Ahmed [26] found that 82% of truck drivers reported contact with sex workers and none reported using condoms. Chandrasekaran et al. [27] have recently noted the consistent long-term decline in unsafe commercial sex among truckers in Tamil Nadu.
The findings of the present study of a relatively lower percentage of truckers reporting paid partners and a higher proportion reporting consistent condom use with paid partners thus show an improvement compared with similar earlier studies and suggest that HIV prevention activities among truckers have been succeeding.
In our study, only 2.1% of the truckers reported having male or transgender partners in the past 12 months. Baishali et al. [15] also found that only 2% of 301 Indian truck drivers disclosed sexual contact with men while on a journey. Even though the percentage of truckers reporting sex with men or transgenders is quite low, which may be due to stigma, it is important to continue including information and counselling on male and transgender sex in interventions, as the risk of HIV transmission per sex act is much higher for anal sex than vaginal sex.
Our study found that only one in every five truckers reported sex with non-paid partners over the past 12 months. The consistent condom use among those with non-paid partners was also reported to be low (18.6%). In contrast to non-paid partners, sexual relations with wives in the past 12 months were reported by almost all the currently married truckers, although consistent condom use with wives was reported by only 3% of the overall sample. This finding further suggests that the wives of currently married truckers act as a reservoir for STI.
The important finding of the present study is the high HIV prevalence among truckers (4.6%; 95% CI 3.8–5.4) – over 12 times higher than that reported in the general male Indian population (0.36%) [1,20,28]. In contrast, positive syphilis serology was low (2.7%; 95% CI 2.4–4.0), as were rates of both gonococcal and chlamydial infection (0.2%; 95% CI 0.0–0.4) and (0.3%; 95% CI 0.1–0.5), respectively.
As indicated earlier, however, the STI varied across routes, and the SE had a unique feature in having relatively more truckers having paid partners (43.7%); undertaking HIV testing (33.5%); reporting exposure to interventions (38.4%); with HIV infection (6.6%); and with HSV-2 infection (38.7%); but fewer truckers with syphilis (1.2%) and fewer who never used condoms with paid partners (1.8%).
Further, the risk behaviours such as multiple female partners and low condom use with non-paid partners and wives, coupled with the absence of consistent condom use with paid partners among one-third of the sample across all routes, show the potential risk of HIV and STI transmission to spouses and other non-paid partners. In fact, earlier studies in India [16,29] and other parts of South Asia [30] revealed associations between low condom use and STI prevalence, particularly HSV-2 and, to a lesser extent, syphilis.
Finally, it can be said that the HIV prevalence found among truckers in the study, coupled with low risk perception, low rates of HIV testing and overall low exposure to interventions, underscore the need for stronger interventions informed by mapping of the settings on routes where transmission is probably occurring. Moreover, the findings are clearly indicative of the fact that long-distance truckers are an important bridge group for the transmission of HIV and STI to the general population through wives and non-paid female partners. Thus, IBBA, providing important data on risk behaviours and biological estimates of long distance truckers in India is an important data resource for HIV prevention programmes.
The authors would like especially to thank Dr Graham Neilsen, Family Health International for his technical inputs and support in writing this paper. Thanks also go to Ram Manohar Mishra, National Institute of Medical Statistics and Anjalee Kohli, Family Health International for their valuable contribution in revising the manuscript. The authors also thank the long-distance truckers for participating in the study, the Transport Corporation of India Foundation and the various peer facilitators, and NGO for supporting and facilitating this study. They would also like to thank the whole IBBA team for their support.
National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune: Abhijit Deshpande, Amey S., Amol Salagare, Arun Risbud, B. Kishore Kumar, Bhagyashri, Deepak More, Dilip Pardeshi, Geetanjali Mehetre, Jagnnath Navale, Jayesh Dale, Mandar Mainkar, Milind Pore, Narayan Panchal, Rahul Gupta, Raman Gangakhedkar, Sachin Kale, Sachin P., Shailaja Aralkar, Shashikant Vetal, Shirin Kazi, Shradha Gaikwad, Shradha Jadhav, Sucheta Deshpande, Sujata Zankar, Tanuja Khatavkar, Trupti Joshi, Uma Mahajan.
National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) Hyderabad: B. Narayana Goud, B. Sesikeran, Ch. Hanumatha Reddy, G. Krishna Reddy, G.N.V. Brahmam, K. Venkaiah, L.A. Rama Raju, M. Chandra Sekhara Rao, M. Shamsuddin, R. Harikumar, R. Hemalatha, S.P.V. Prasad, V.V. Annapurna.
National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE), Chennai: A. Bhubneswari, A. Manjula, A. Pauline Priscilla, A. Sivaraman, A.K. Mathai, Beena Thomas, C. Femina, C. Kalpana Devi, C. Selvendran, C.P. Girish Kumar, D. Prabhu, J. Rajkumar, Jagan, Jeyasingh, Joseph David, K. Boopathi, K.J. Dhananjeyan, K.J. Kalyanam, L. Palani, M. Amulu, M. Stabri Dhanabakyam, M.D. Gupte, Michael, Muniraja, Paul Tambi, R. Muthu, S. Karthikeyan, S. Periasamy, S. Thilakavathi, S. Velan, Stephen Raja, T. Karunakaran, T. Rabinson, T. Venkata Rao, V. Selvaraj, Vasana Joshua.
Regional Medical Research Council (RMRC), Dibrugarh: Ashim Das, Basumati Apum, D. Borasaikia, Dulon Chetia, G.K. Medhi, Gajendra Singh Golap, Ch. Barua, Gunavi Sonowal, H.K. Das, J. Mahanta, Jogeswar Barman, Manas Barman, Mintu Gogoi, Nabajyoti Laskar, Purnima Barua, R. Gogoi, S.Z. Hussain, T. Rahman, Utpal Saikia,Wahid Bora.
National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS), New Delhi: B.S. Sharma, R.P. Sharma, R.S. Chadha, Rohit, Sharad Mathur, Poonam, Usha Gulati, P. Mahato, G.P. Jena, R.K. Gupta, Ashpinder Kaur and Thandi Mal.
Family Health International (FHI): Anjalee Kohli, Bitra George, Gay Thongamba, Kathleen Kay, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Motiur Rahman, Nandan Roy, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Sharad Malhotra, Shubhra Rehman, Srinivasan Kallam, Tobi Saidel, Umesh Chawla.
Sponsorship: Support for this study was provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Conflicts of interest: None.
AIDS; condom use; HIV; long-distance truck drivers; risk behaviour; sexually transmitted infecton; unsafe sex
© 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
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Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
So he is gonna get owned by Might guy+Rock lee taijutsu?what a weak ass *****
All of the Hyuga clan uses Taijutsu as well.
No his weakness is not taijutsu, taijutsu is the only thing that can effect him...its a difference you know. madara actually has good taijutsu so i dont think he worried about that. plus him being an edo not like taijutsu will kill him or anything.
not his weakness it's just the only attacks that can harm him w/o him absorbing them
his rinnegan makes him able to absorb all ninjutsu
that's why naruto said only physical attacks work on him
No, Guy just epic
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Its not "Madara's" weakness but the Edo Tensei's weakness.
His weakness is not taijustsu...Its the only thing in which the alliance have a chance of hitting madara......
I guess kick madara in his edo balls?
No, its the only thing that will work against him but hes pretty good at Taijutsu anyway
I always lol'd when ever some one say madara has no weaknesses.every person dead or alive has it weaknesses it is impossible to keep up to that statement like a saying goes it easier said than done
Link to where its stated that Madarais weak to taijutsu specifically.
Tsunade's punch? well, she could pretty much punch a huge hole through anybody.
Originally Posted by LolaxXx
Link to where its stated that Madarais weak to taijutsu specifically.
Tsunade's punch? well, she could pretty much punch a huge hole through anybody.
Yeah good point. People forgot the damage Tsunade done to Madara with her Taijutsu.
BTW why are there no eye gouges in this manga? Any Uchiha's weakness is a stiff poke with a finger. Naruto shoulda 'Kill Bill'd Obito rather than giving any shits about his mask.
Originally Posted by Spartan117
Yeah good point. People forgot the damage Tsunade done to Madara with her Taijutsu.
Your missing thr point on wat whe said . Its about taijutsu being the only thing not able to get absorbed
Rock Lee drinks alcohol use drunken fist Madara KO
Knock the Kunai from out of his head to Deactivate him perhaps.
I wanted to see Hyuuga vs Uchiha for the longest.
Why can't he just use Shinra Tensei? Pain was immune to taijutsu precisely because of this, and Madara has it.
Y'all missing the point taijutsu is the only way to harm madara but even that is wrong because he has the sharigan which can predict movement and rinnegan that can repeal people away. Not to mention susanoo which is the perfect defense and worst cast perfect susanoo to sum it madara Is one of the most unbeatable character I don seen since kid buuu
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When it comes to grocery shopping, you can save a lot of money by buying from the bulk bins. Bulk foods are usually (but not always) less expensive, because there's no packaging, cutting the cost of getting the item ready to sell. Those savings are passed on to you, the consumer.
Here are a list of things I almost always buy in bulk.
If I can convince you to change just one shopping habit it would be to buy spices in bulk. Prepackaged spices are super expensive. You've seen the little jars of cinnamon for over $4.
In the bulk bins, cinnamon costs less than that…per pound. All you need is your own jar or plastic bag, and you can buy as much, or as little, spice as you need. And you pay just pennies. Last time I went to Winco, I picked up some dried parsley, enough to fill a standard sized spice jar. The price? 10 cents.
Bulk spices are definitely a good deal. I buy mine at Winco, but if you don't have a Winco, check your local health food store.
If you have the freezer space, and you eat a lot of meat, it's worth buying a half steer all at once. Here in Oregon, I could get a half steer for $2.60 a pound. That's pretty inexpensive, considering the meat prices in the supermarket today. And that's for grass fed beef, too!
Even if you can't afford (or don't have room for, as in my case) a half steer, buying the family packages of meat are almost always less expensive than buying a single steak or pound of hamburger. I always buy the big packages of meat and split them into meal sized portions when I get home.
I always buy my wheat flour from the bulk bins. I rarely see a good sale on wheat flour, and by getting it from the bulk bins, I pay 42 cents a pound. That's a lot less than the cost per pound of prepackaged whole wheat flour.
I can also mix and match my wheat flours in the quantities I need. I generally mix whole wheat pastry flour, whole wheat bread flour, and whole wheat flour, depending on what I'm baking. It's nice to have all three kinds of flours available, at a fraction of the regular cost.
Whatever you buy in bulk, there are some things to keep in mind to make the most of your savings.
What things do you buy in bulk? Do you have a membership to Sam's Club or Costco? Is it worth it?
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*only get a card, sorry. >.<
We got a basic Costco membership when they first put up a store in Chicago – about 10-12 years ago. We went wild: huge tins of tomato sauce, massive sacks of beans. We lugged home a 50-lb sack of white rice that we put into 5-gallon buckets, which we bought from the White Castle for a dollar apiece, and I'm just now getting to the bottom of the last bucket. Man! That was one bulk-tastic shopping trip!
I totally agree with you, buying in bulk really helps in saving. There are couple of wholesale markets also which give good discounts if you pick up stuff in bulk. 2 of my cousins and I all three of us go together to shop in the wholesale market and when we all 3 buy in bulk we get huge discounts.
I buy paper goods in bulk–diapers, t.p., paper towels, paper plates–at Sam's. It is so much cheaper this way (for the off-brand), esp. when those items aren't always on sale in the type you like.
I had never thought of buying spices from the bulk foods section though. I buy them in big containers at Sam's sometimes but they usually get old before I use them up. Thanks for the tip!
Say hi to Winco for me, and eat some bulk dried cranberries in honor of me. :-) I miss that store!
Unfortunately, I found that bulk shopping took up more money than regular grocery shopping. Because of this, I have let my BJ's membership expire and will not be renewing it. We don't have too much freezer space, so i just wait until certain meats are rock bottom and stock up. We end up eating mostly just that meat for a few weeks but lo and behold, another type goes rock bottom and we can switch it up. This keeps mutiny at bay in my house lol. Also, I now get my spices from the dollar store. I used to get them from BJs but realized that I didn't go through them fast enough to merit getting that amount in the big jars. One thing I wish I could get in bulk is oatmeal. we don't have bulk bins at the grocery stores in my area, so I have to wait until quakers drops to rock bottom and stock up. We've been out of it for a month and there hasn't been a rock bottom sale for it in about 4 months :o(. I miss giving my boy oatmeal in the morning.
I agree that shopping at Sam's has to be done carefully. I can get a lot of stuff cheaper with the sales and coupons at Kroger and CVS. The one thing I do at Sam's is watch for the clearance items. Sam's ends all clearanced items in .81 and so it is easy to scan all the prices on the shelves as we walk through and pick out the ones marked down. I have gotten some GREAT deals this way. Last year, organic sugar for .81 for 6 lbs. Oatmeal just after Christmas in huge boxes for $1.81, just have to watch for the out for the items and then stock up. Of course letting my hubby and daughter graze their way thru the store always eliminates an entire meal, Sams has so many samples!
I buy my grains, flour and rice in bulk from Bob's Red Mill – mostly organic, and all products are "natural". I love their products! I use some of my bulk grains, etc. to put together my own meal mixes (recipes in a jar type of things). It lets me avoid paying for packaging, additives, preservatives, food dyes, etc.
Since I have a chronic illness and other disabilities, my quality of life is very much affected by what I put into my body. Being able to eat nutritionally, and thriftily, is essential for my health!
I also buy my spices and herbs in bulk at Winco, but for those of you who aren't near a Winco, try looking in the ethnic food section of your grocery store. I used to buy packages of spices from the Mexican aisle – oregano, basil, cinnamon, chili powder, paprika and garlic – at .69 per ounce.
I buy 5 dozen eggs at a time, which provides good savings. And I keep my eyes open for organic products at the local Grocery Outlet store. When they have them, I buy in quantity at great savings! If they have fresh or frozen organic fruits and veggies in stock, I'll buy in bulk then freeze and/or dehydrate the rest to use in soups, casseroles, etc.
Dehydrating foods is a great way to preserve them without losing their nutrional value. I've done this with carrots, sweet peas, celery, onions, green onions, tomatoes, corn, strawberries, raspberriesm etc.
Trader Joe's sometimes has excellent sales on meat. They currently have chicken drumsticks (antibiotic and hormone free!) at only .99 per pound. And yes, I bought in bulk!
Great ideas and advice in both the blog post and in the comments! All of you rock – thanks so much for sharing!!
I think whether or not you can save money when you factor in the cost of the card is how much you buy.
If a card is $60/yr – (for easy figuring) and you go once a month, you need to actually save $5/month on the groceries you buy there to pay for the card.
I think my last renewal was $45… so if I went once a month, I'd need to save just under $4 each trip to pay for the card.
At least that's how I figure it. As I'm down to about 3 trips a year, I don't feel I save $15 per trip when I only spend about $100-$150 total – so for me, it's time to let go of the membership.
We used to have a Sam's Club membership and we bought things in bulk. You do have to know your prices though, as some things are not cheaper when you can use coupons and sales at the local grocery store. We now have a Costco in town that my kids think is the greatest. My problem was I also bought other good deals (books,toys,etc) that were at Sam's and would spend more money that I planned on. Do you think it is a savings to have a Sam's Club or Costco membership when you add in the cost of a card? I really would like some feedback as my kids think I should get a Costco membership
The other things we buy in bulk are the other staple items that go with everything (so you use a ton) but are REALLY inexpensive are rice, beans, tuna, and chicken (of course).
BTW, things you never buy in bulk (and learned the hard way), disposable diapers. As a new father, we decided Huggies were the way to go. We bought the little guy a huge box of the smallest size since they supposedly went up to 14 pounds. Our boy grew out of them well before 14 pounds. Every kid is different and he simply needed the larger ones before the weight limit was reached. Had to donate the rest to other adoptive parents.
Did you know that in Safeway you can bring those large bulk meat selections and have them divide it up for you in the store and keep the same bulk price? Not many people know this. :)
Sometimes, if you put your name on a list with the local meat suppliers, you can get as little as a quarter of a beef. At least ours works that way – you just have to wait until there is another person also only wanting a quarter beef instead of a half or whole.
I have had a costco card for about 20 years – but agree with above that one has to know prices as some things can be found for less elsewhere. I still find 5 doz eggs cheaper at Costco (I save smaller cartons to repackage when home) and Tillamook cheese cheaper. The 10# shredded cheese I repackage and freeze- works fine. I also like the large vitamin and pain reliever bottles – much cheaper.
When I was buying for a family of 5, I found it very cost effective on staples – bulk flour, sugar, beans, rice, cans, laundry detergent, meat, etc. I used to spend $150 to $200 there about 6 times a year.
Because it's down to just me now, and visiting grandkids, I will probably not renew my card after this year. The closest store is also over 70 miles away and I only get there a couple times a year – so with the cost of the card, it is no longer a savings for me. I'll be going to Grocery Outlet and Bimart instead – which are only about 40 miles away – and no yearly fee.
I miss Costco…I knew I shouldn't have read this post…*cries* we saved soooo much money in Phoenix. I had a book with all the prices, and the sales were the same in the other 3 stores I shopped at about every 6 weeks so after about 3 months I knew exactly where to shop for what I needed in order to spend the least amount of money. We were making 3x as much money and spending 3x less in groceries…*sigh*
I have Sam's and Costco but I really have to be careful shopping there — some things are great deals and some are not. My most recent discovery is that milk is — drum roll — about $1 a gallon cheaper at Sam's than in the grocery store! That's significant because we go through 5-7 gallons a week. And milk can be frozen for those of your readers who maybe didn't know that.
In bulk: rice, pasta, mashed potato mix, soups, canned goods, pancake mix (the Krusteaz at Sam's is great and goes a LONG way!), sugar (most pantry-type staples) and also the frozen quick-fix meals that teenagers seem to require like Bagel Bites and such. LUNCH MEAT and condiments… I know those things aren't frugal but if you need to have them for emergency meals, then it's better to buy them at Sam's or Costco.
I don't buy from Sam's or costco paper towels or toilet paper because with coupons and sales, they almost are always cheaper locally. I don't buy coffee in bulk either, because I really like the Publix brand percolator coffee (that's my vice).
This was a great post!
One thing that we have discovered, is that the local convenience store or gas station can often beat our best bargain grocers on milk prices. I don't have any idea how this works, but check 7-11's milk prices next time you fill up your tank. :)
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The hockey season is finally over, but what a way for it to end.
In case you haven't heard or have neglected to read the paper until now – shame on you by the way – then you missed the news about the Prince Albert Mintos winning their third national championship in nine seasons when they beat Chateauguay 4-3 in triple overtime last Sunday in Moose Jaw.
Being at the game was one of the most thrilling experiences I have had either as a fan or as a reporter and this time I was both. Having covered the team right from the opening of training camp all the way through the sluggish start to the disappointing league playoff result and then onto the Western Regional event and finally the Telus Cup – man, has it been a fun ride.
To watch a team go through the highs and lows that this club did and persevere in the manner that it did is probably the coolest aspect of my job. Being around the team I just felt their pain when things went wrong and enjoyed the high of when things were rolling and this team got on a roll starting at the Western Regional that was unstoppable and to be honest, unexpected.
Every player on the club did exactly what they were asked of them and when they realized that if they did just that then – the results speak for themselves.
When I drove down to Moose Jaw last Wednesday to catch the final five days of the championship I was thinking to myself, if they can get past Okanagan then they should be in good shape.
That first game that I saw was a 1-1 draw against the Pacific Region champs, but honestly, there was never a doubt after that match that they would be playing for the national championship. They just looked that good.
That was until the gold-medal game when during the 60 minutes of regulation time Chateauguay looked like they had more jump and definitely had the better scoring chances. Prince Albert was leading late in the game, but I do believe they were fortunate to be in that situation.
When Chateauguay scored late to force overtime that was when the Mintos took control of the game and in the 48 minutes and 36 seconds of extra time it was just a matter of when, not if, they would put the finishing touches on their Cinderella season.
Dakota Boutin's completion of a nice passing pass play by Lance Yaremchuk touched off the celebration and brought me out of my seat, but the real crowning moment was when team president Zenon Markowsky was wheeled out on the ice to share in the celebration with the team. Markowsky made the trip to Moose Jaw just six weeks after suffering a stroke and to see his smile was better than anything I have ever experienced.
The Mintos are very deserving champions and to have been able to share in the experience is something I am going to remember for a very long time. I want to thank the board, the staff, the coaches – Ken Morrison, Todd Becker and Brad Bergen – along with general manager Don Fauchoux for everything they did to help make my job so much easier.
Congratulations to all the players and everyone associated with the team. That was simply amazing.
On a side note it was pretty interesting listening to a number of people voice their opinions to me about the Prince Albert Raiders.
The whole time I was down in Moose Jaw I had my ear bent on a number of issues and while I listened to what everyone had to say, I really can't voice my opinion here for fear of legal actions.
I think anyone remotely familiar with the team is aware there are problems and what I will say right here, right now is I hope the Raider board of directors pays attention to the crisis that has put a shroud over the franchise.
One thing that can be said that shouldn't get me in too much hot water is the fact that Prince Albert is still a community-owned team yet the leaders of the club have all opted to live elsewhere. Don't they want to be a part of the community that pays their bills? Seems rather odd to me!
Not everything is bad as the club has the best marketing and front-office departments in the league, in my opinion, and they also have two of the best up-and-coming coaches in Dave Manson and Tim Leonard and a world-class trainer in Duane Bartley.
I'll let everyone's imagination go for a ride with who is missing from this conversation because therein lies the problem according to all of those who I talked to.
The Lethbridge Hurricanes are presently going through a difficult period because of some wrong people being in high positions and the Raiders should be very careful not to follow that path.
This franchise is way too important to the City of Prince Albert and the tradition that was once the envy of the entire country needs to be restored. In order for that to happen some difficult decisions have to be made and I hope the people who have the power to do so are strong enough to get it done because if something doesn't happen I fear for the team, not so much even for the future anymore, but right now.
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In Paris, I walked right past half a dozen McPoison outlets with out ever realising that I was doing so. Nice to see the golden arches subdued ...
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>In Paris, I walked right past half a dozen McPoison outlets with out ever realising that I was doing so.
And I spent nearly an hour and a half actively looking for the McD's in Venice (hoping that it would have handy tourist maps like the one in Florence), and must have walked past it more than once. The arches were only on a portable sandwich board._________________________
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Oh, my math was ok--but my reading was not. I misinterpreted the 12,000,000 as belonging to McDonald's. Just as of troy noted, the 12 mil were for restaurants at large, and that makes sense. And it makes sense that one in twenty-five would work at some restaurant.
So, I do apologize for misterpreting that reading.
(Math: 12,000,000 divided into the 300,000,000 population would be 25, or 1 in 25 (as I mentally calculated) employed by restaurants, not surprising at all; but 1 in 25 employed by McDonald's is what I thought when first reading the information.)
#115631 - 11/12/03 06:27 PM Re: McWho?
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My son was the only American working at the McD in Slough, shortly after it opened in the early 1980s. I think it was about this time that the franchise really took off in the UK, producing a McD at Marble Arch, amongst other notable locations. Around 1973, while stationed in Spain, we went on leave to London, and at that time there was only one McD in the entire country. I don't recall the location, but we spent the better part of a day hunting it down.
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I don't recall the location, but we spent the better part of a day hunting it down.
#115633 - 11/13/03 08:10 AM Re: Graft
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yes, dody, 'graft and coruption' are code word of offering and recieving bribes, both are crimes.
not always the case with some actions, ie, during prohibition, selling alcohol was a crime, but buying it wasn't!--or was it the other way round?--no, i am sure its the first.. illegal to brew, transport or sell.. so when a 'speakeasy' was busted, only the owner (if he could be found) and the bartenders were 'criminal'--all the patrons got off scot free-- and went off to another speakeasy.
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Why look for McD's in Paris?
Because the tea is hot and as good as any resaurant but doesn't cost $4. and because the washrooms are free and clean. I will admit to using more McD's than I have eaten in.
For all their bad press tho they do support some good charities better than the better restaurants do.
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"I don't recall the location, but we spent the better part of a day hunting it down.
In 1973, McD had not yet become universally despised for its corporate success and the caloric content of its food. It represented a bit of home to Americans serving overseas.
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A slight diversion from an early Goonshow (radio of course the TV versions were total disaster). I *always think of this when someone mentions burgers.
Harry Secombe, I think, was telling the tale of a middle European country with a revolting population. The ruling family had been the Eidelburgers for generations past and now the people wanted a change they didnt want an Eidelburger on the throne any longer . Oh well, I liked it. Perhaps you had to be there.
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Okay, it seems like I recently read a thread on this at the forum, but after searching back four pages and running manual searches, I can't find it. I'd spend more time searching, but I have a heck of a lot of music to get transferred onto my Zen before I leave for a trip Sunday at 5:30 AM.
I told my Zen to sync. I think I might've made some wrong choices. (There should really be a walk through on syncing that's stickied.) I told it I wanted to do things manually, and not have it uploading everything from everywhere. I told it to let me tell it when to start syncing. I guess I told it to wait for me to tell it to recognize I'm docked, too, somewhere.
It started transfering my DL A-M folder, then froze at four percent. So I brought out a paper clip and reset it, then deleting the few files that managed to make it on. I now cannot get my computer to recognize my Zen is in even though the Zen screen says docked. I need to get crackin' trying to get folders to transfer really soon, espicially if the Zen is going to freeze and not transfer them easily.
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[Box/folder# or item name], Lindbergh to Los Angeles broadside, Collection no. 7021, Regional History Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Broadside published by Pacific Electric Railway Company advertising Charles Lindbergh's visit to Los Angeles on September 20, 1927, as part of his 48-state tour of the country following his historic cross-Atlantic flight. The broadside includes a list of "reduced fares" to Los Angeles; information about the parade downtown; and the reception at the Los Angeles Coliseum.


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2011-11-03 / Sterling News
Houghton Holiday Craft Fair
Houghton Elementary School in Sterling will be hosting a Holiday Craft Fair on Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Admission is free.
There will be items for children to make as presents for their families, crafts to buy, a raffle and a concession stand. This fair will also host pictures with Santa. Contact Amy Davis at email@example.com for a vendor application or visit: houghtonpto.com. All applications are due by Nov. 21.