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Good Morning Dr. Tan,
I know that being a doctor myself, I should not be so paranoid, but I had a question. (BTW I am a Doctor of Education).
My question is about the Rapid HIV DUO test that tests for both antibodies and antigens. The doctor at the clinic said that it is considered 99% conclusive on the 26th day. It was exactly 26 days ago and I am going to get tested. My question however is that I have been on PEP (Truvada and Isenterss), which I have taken with 100% adherence everyday.
Would these medications prevent the antigens from showing up in my blood if I get tested today? The clinic doctor said no, however, I have gotten different answers from different people.
When I took this test at 12 days post low risk exposure, he stated that he was 85-90% confident that the negative result was accurate. He said that at 12 days, the viral load if present would not get lower than 30 copies/ML. I also took a HIV RNA Qualitative Test at 11 days post exposure at the behest of my doctor, it came back negative. I was told the same that it was 95-99% accurate despite PEP treatment as 11 days would not be enough time for the viral load to fall below 30 copies/ML if it were there.
My question is do you agree with the findings or would you tell me your professional opinion? I just want to know because I never take one doctor's word, I listen to information compiled from multiple doctors.
I went for a massage after experiencing lower back pain. The "massage therapist" asked me to totally disrobe so he could work on my lower back thoroughly. When he lifted my leg, he said he was stretching me. However, once my legs were pinned over my head, he spit into my anus and stuck his finger into my anus and began massaging my prostate. I froze up scared. He sensed this and smiled but kept massaging.
hi dr tan , after a few years of sexual exposures and compromised dental surgeries i tested for hiv,hcv,hbv and tb all negative in dec 2010 hiv elisa said .31 cut off 1 hcv elisa said .028 cut off .209 ,these were results from an average lab, i wasn't sexually exposed after that but i had to go through dental surgeries , the sterilization was not so good in some of them , a few months later i tested negative on all from a routine lab but the hiv chemiflex said .6 border .8 cut off 1.2 , hcv chemiluminesense said .09 cut off 1 both in dec 2014 , hiv test was from a routine lab and the number worried me , i took the test again from the best lab of the country which came out nonreactive on eclia combo which said , .106 cut off 1 , on follow up a couple of months later the same lab gave me .210 on cut off 1 on hiv eclia combo , the hcv eclia said .043 cut off 1 , my hbsab came out reactive after vaccination on eclia with cut off 10 , it said >1000 m iu/ml , hbsag was negative , now tell me just within two months why did my hiv rate change from .106 to .210 on same test from same lab ? this is the best lab working on international standards , let alone the high numbers of crude quality labs , what are the causes of variation in results within normal range , i have sent notices to quality section of all labs for improvement , pathologist says it's other viral proteins , lab staff said it's a qualitativ number which gives probablility of presence of target ab/ag , they said only quantitative tests which give numbers with units are to taken in terms of load , help me out
Hi Doc
I need to chk wif rgds to my penis tip swollen. What could be the cause?
Hi Jit Lim,
Glad you're happy with the results. You should be able to get back to normal activity fairly quickly; in fact there's no reason not to resume immediately. If you still have slight discomfort try waiting a day or so.
Hi Dr Tan,
I discovered a sudden mole on my private area about a month ago. Is it possible to remove it and at what cost?
Hi Jit,
We'll be glad to help remove your mole. Sudden onset is a bit puzzling though. It's possible it may be a wart or some other lesion. Please do feel free to visit our clinic to arrange for a consult and removal . Electrocautery removal is priced at $80 per lesion. Feel free to contact us for further details.
May I check on the roster for the male doctors in the clinic(s) then?
Many thanks for the great work done! It was not as scary as I had fought so after all. Forgot to ask you though…when is the earliest that I can resume sexual activity?
Hi doc,
I am a foreigner here for 3 years on an Employment Pass. I was told that if I end up suspecting an STD while here in Singapore, I should seek treatment in another country (Thailand) because there is a chance I will lose my work permit if I am sick. Is this a rumor or is it true? Are there any confidential medial services in Singapore or must one really fly up to Bangkok as a medical tourist?
Hi Doctor,
I bought 4pcs of EZ trust home HIV test kits. I tested after having protected sex with a sex worker 3 months, 6 months, 8 months and 9 months. All the result shown was negative. Please advice me that is it I can conclude for the result?
thank you for your advice and help.
Hello Dr.Tan,i am 33 old from W.AFRICA.I had unprotected oral and protected vaginal sex with a high risk prostitute girls.taken ELISA HIV 1 & 2 , AT 60 days after exposure.results negative.should i go for further tests or shall i rid off from hiv stress. plse guide me 2. should i take western blot test for recofirmation? 3. will p24 AG/AB combine tests at 60 days after exposure will give exact results? 4 . will oral sex without protection will have a chance of HIV infection? 5. will condoms never 100 % protect from HIV infection?plse guide me and help me to sleep..tnanks in advance..
Hello doctor.on May,i had oral sex and he ejaculated in my mouth. I started to concern so the 51th day after the exposure i got tested and hiv1,2 p24 was negative.On early september my lymh on the right side of my neck was bigger and still it is!!!my doctor said that is caused on a flu and it might stay like that for a year. My lempho cells were a bit down on september too..i also have something in my mouth, down of my tongue area, a white small "tumor" with no pain. Anyway, i've found many symptoms and now there are 7 months passed. Some doctors told me not to be tested again and that i had a low risk exposure and that the test hiv-p24 is very accurate the 7th week.What's your opinion doctor? Thank you very much.
HI Doctor,
The skin of my pubic hair area started itching around july last year, i stopped having sex with sex worker from there and had a Hiv and syphilis blood test, it was negative.In last week the itch at the skin of my pubic hair are did not go away, so i shave clean and check, and found the itching area to have small bump that looks like blisser, i took some photos which i hope i can share with you. Hope you can advise what is the next step i should do.Your advise is must appreciated.
Dear Dr,
I am male 33, had bern suffering from sore foreskin for about 1 year its been off and on. Recently its getting more uncomfortable. The foreskin at the tip gets dry and saw occasionally.
Seek your kind advice
Hi doc,
Consulted you at your clinic for HIV rapid tests thrice in your clinic last year.
Recently, on the 6th of July, my emotions got the better of me and I had protected sex with a masseur in Phuket, while on holiday. She maintained that she is free of HIV but I am still worried. Very worried
We french kissed and next thing we know, we were having sex. I wore a condom. We did not have oral sex. I am worried because safe sex does not equate to zero risks.
Anyway, throughout the entire intercourse, I touched her vagina a couple of times. I believed she touched hers too while directing me. After awhile, we stopped intercourse and I removed the condom. She tried to help me with her hands for a brief few minutes before I took over in the toilet to finish off.
My concern with this escapade is that we French kissed while I had some cuts in my mouth as i am wearing braces. Also, our hands came into contact with her vagina during intercourse and those very hands were on my penis, without condoms while she and I tried to "unload" me.
These two situations plus the fact that protected sex still carries a risk.. Is driving me nuts. I want to take the rapid test but it is only week 2 since exposure.
Thanks for any advices doctor. I will definitely get myself tested in the second week of August.
Dear Dr i have nagetive hiv test @ 6 months after my last expouser and next week I have medical test for the renewel of my job contarct and I m still worried to go for medical. Just need a surity that @6 months hiv duo test is conclusive
Hi there.
1)Should i rely on my HIV result NEGATIVE [test name as it appeared on the doc is HIV combi (Eliza)]?
2)Should i retake the same test or any new other HIV test?
The facts:
-Test made on 07/05/2012 (results was available after 24 hours).
-I had protected sex (never broken condom) with about 12 prostitutes when i was in the army (before 6 to 7 years and more).
-About 2 months before the HIV test i had an MRI test. Does it affected the results?
-At the time of the HIV test i was little cold with a little cough/flu.Does it affected the results?
I'm thanking you in advance
Dear Doctor,
I had an HIV test at a private lab in my area in January of this year. It was "negative". I had a unprotected sex with someone I did not know well approximately 6-7 weeks prior to the test. The lab uses 1and 2 generation tests, but I am not sure which I had, and I do not understand the "generation" significance, but I assume it means a better test…anyhow, how accurate are my results? I do not think I have HIV/AIDS, but if the negative result was completely useless at that time (6-7 weeks post sex), I fear I may be in for a shock!
I will repeat the test, but is my previous result a good indicator of what results I should expect?
*I have had no other risks besides this for several years.
Hi Doctor,
I am having problem with my foreskin. When I erected the foreskin cannot be pulled back so the forehead always hide inside the foreskin. When I try to pull the foreskin back and it actaully hurts me a lot. Should I circumcise it? and where should I go? I have actually asked the panel doctor but he never gave me any advice. Please help me. Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Do u ever heard about ez trust hiv test kit by cs innivation? I bought the kit online at hivtest.com.my and conduct the test by myself on 5th and 7th month post exposure with -ve result. Is the test kit reliable and conclusive? Cause i still got prolong mouth fungal prob,fatigue,rashes and since 2 weeks ago got pimple prob at my head area..kindly pls give me some advise..thank you in advance.
Hi Dr Tan,
I had an unprotected oral sex with a stranger that i met in a pub on 4th Mar, after having rashes around my pubic hair area on tuesday 12th Mar, i went to research on HIV and rashes is one of the symptom. I am worried now and do not know which test i should go, is a blood test with A HIV antibody test that tests for the HIV-1/2 IgM & IgG antibodies and
a 3th generation HIV ELISA test is sufficient ? please clear my worries
Ben Lim
hi doctor, im 27 years old and have erection problems for the past few months.. i am doing cardio exercise daily..My question is by doing cardio exercise daily, can get the erection back on track?
Hi Dr. Tan,
Thanks for reading this msg and replying it in advance.
My question is very simple: I do not have any health problems (I just did full body test during new year holiday)but I do want to keep a bottle of viagra in my home for back-up use (sometimes for fun). Since it's prescribed drug I'm wondering whether the doctors can help me to get it.
warm regards
Patrick Tan
Hello Doctor,
I am going to be a bit blunt into the description of my problem. So sorry in advance.
In the end of October, I had an "intercourse" with a professional.
Worst mistake ever lah.
It wasn't a full intercourse. I had a condo but the problem is that the condo was too short at the basis so a bit of skin exposed but the top was covered.
I just had a fellatio. There is a possibility that her mouth entered in contact with the skin at the basis of the penis.
Are there any risks? Does HIV can get transmitted after intercouse. Not washed properly you put on you clothes and then clothes the virus does skin-clothes-top of the penis?
Those are silly doubts that are still in the corner of my mind.
Thanks doctor,
Thanks a lot dr for your response but I m still scared and want to go for another test. As u said hep C can delay the production of antibodies so I want to know if I m positive for Hep C then my DUO test at 4,9,11.3 weeks is not conclusive.after my last possible expouser my SGPT was 61 and after one week its go down 42 but my doctor not suggest me hep C test. Even I m positive for hep C it will not effect the P24 antigen? Do I need a hiv test again or my hiv test is conclusive. My wife is coming back from her mothers home after 3 months and I want to make sure myself that I m free from this deadly virus. Plz doctor help me and did u ever seen or hear that a 11.3 week test become positive later. I hope u will say NO its never happen.
Dear doctor!thanks for ur wonderful support for the general public and I m sure u will get the reward from GOD
I have few question and quick answer will be highly appreciated.
1)Is any kind of antibiotics can effect my HIV test
2)If a person have all symptoms related to hiv and after few weeks all syptoms gone away(with or without medication) that means he have produced suuficent amount of antibodies. is that true?
3)If I person get other std(HSV or CMV) with HIV so that other STD can delay the production of hiv antibodies or p24 antigen
4)How reliable 4th gen DUO test @ 4 , 9 and 11.3 weeks. Is it definative conclusive?
5)I'm positive for HSV 1&2 but no symptoms,which traetment I can have to avoid the out breaks? My dr told me if no symptoms then no treatment. Plz advise
i just wanna check for ureaplasma NSU swab, how much would it be?
Hello doctor.
About 8-9 weeks ago I had an encounter with a woman that involved unprotected oral sex and a brief time (about 60 seconds) of unprotected vaginal sex. I was able to get to a doctor about a week and a half after this happened. I went to one doctor and told him to test me for everything. He wouldn't give antibiotics without the results, then I went to another doctor and he did a urine test that just detects an infection. That test was positive and he gave me an injection of rociphine and doxycicline 100mg twice a day for 7 days. My symptoms went away at that point. Symptoms were: dull acheing around my bladder, testicals, and discomfort,( not pain) while urinating. Never had discharge. A week or two after the doxy the dull testical and bladder ache would come and go. Then about two weeks ago I took levaquin 500mg once a day for seven days and all symptoms once again went away. Now that it's been about a week the bladder and testical aching is starting to come and go. I just took another urine test just to detect infection and it is negative. Do you know what could still be causing this feeling to come and go? Could it be scar tissue, what could survive all those antibiotics, not cause a detectable infection and cause me to have these feelings to come and go? Also there hasn't been any blood in my urine or semen. And when i called the first doctor about my results he said it was all negative And haven't had a fever. Please give me some insight.
hi tan,
one quick question if we take RNA PCR test ur clinic what is the cost ?
and what is the procdure
hi Dr tan, its me derrick here, just came back from overseas attachment that is why i am giving a late reply.. My question is Doppler ultrasound very effective in detecting blocked arteries? Because i am thinking of requesting for an ultrasound…
Hi Dr Tan, first of all, A Happy & Prosperous Dragon Year 2012 to you.
Thank you, for taking time to read this, much appreciate it.
I had unprotected sex with a female recently. (HIV status unknown)
1st exposure = 01 Jan 2012
2nd exposure = 8 jan 2012
I started getting these rashes and pimples (not itchy, visible on close inspection) on my arms and body. That's when I started to panic. I feared that these might be HIV rash symptoms. However, I did not experience any fever, sore throat or fatigue, or muscle ache.
I did a P24 combo test on Sun 22 Jan 2012 (Approx 2 wks post last exposure)
Result = Negative.
If the rashes really were HIV rashes, would the combo test pick it up?
What's the accuracy of the test result at this stage?
I plan to get tested again at 4 wks post last exposure just to be sure and move on.
Best Regards
Hello doctor,
i had taken alcohol 24 hours before HIV1 RNA PCR test. will it affect the test result?
Afret 1 year 6 months of my post exposure.
i did HIV1 RNA real time PCR test.
Result – Below the detection limit.
Linear range of Detection: 50 – 1000000 copies/mL.
and also
Hiv 1 & 2 Elisa test non reactive.
my test results are conclusive?
hi doctor i am 24 years old and having ed problems due to heavy smoking..with regards to this, where shall i see the doctor?
Hello Doctor. Thank you for any help and advice you may offer, in advance.
In October, my long term partner and I briefly split up. On November 5th, he had a "one night stand" with a woman of unknown HIV status. This amounted to 2 acts of unprotected vaginal sex.
Shortly after (November 16, 11 days later), he and I reconcilled, and I performed unprotected oral sex on him 4 times, and we had unprotected vaginal sex once.
On December 14, I had my annual ob/gyn appointment, and my doctor tested me for diseases, however, I did NOT request an HIV test, as I was ill informed about technology, and thought a result could only be obtained at 3 months past exposure.
I was informed on Monday of this week that I tested "reactive" for syphilis.
Everything I read online in regards to syphilis shows a clear link to a coinfection of HIV.
My question: On Tuesday, I had my boyfriend take a HOME ACCESS HIV-1 test, which utilizes the 1st generation ELIZA testing method. This test was done at EXACTLY 6 weeks post (his) exposure. This is a FDA approved home kit, but the directions indicate that is is only "accurate" at/after 3 months. I have read in various places that 1st gen. ELIZA tests have a 90% accurate result at 45 days. His current result is negative. At what percentage would you place the accuracy at this point?
In addition to this, he is a regular blood donor, and his last donation was made on Friday, Dec. 16. As of yet, no contact has been made from the blood bank to my boyfriend. I understand that their testing methods are very quick, and accurate, and that some elements of blood must be used within 5 days. I am unsure if they would withold positive results until after Christmas (suicide risk). Do you know those protocals?
Lastly, can the presence of Syphilis complicate an HIV test? Can it tamper with the production of antibodies, or can it delay accurate results?
I am sorry this is so long, but I would most enjoy some information prior to the holiday weekend. Thank You.


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I have searched for the answers to the following questions but have found no answers. Please help if you can.
I am running a SBC 350 and wish to improve it's performance. I currently have a mild cam (214/224, .442/.465) that is still uninstalled. I would like to run a slightly hotter cam but don't think it would work well due to a low compression ratio (8.4:1). I also have headers, a 650 Holley double pumper, and a Weiand Xcelerator intake installed. The HEI has also been recurved and had an adjustable vacuum advance intalled and locked out at 12 deg. advance. The pickup weighs 3380 pounds without a driver and has a 3.73 limited slip rear. Transmission is a 350 with a shift kit. Torque converter is stock. This is a semi-daily driver.
I realize that Vortec heads may not be the best but it is a matter of economics and they were given to me by a friend. I would like to install them to increase the compression ratio due to the smaller combustion chamber. These heads came from a late model 350 and are the 906 castings. I have several questions.
1. I have read that you can use a non-vortec intake if you slot the bolt holes. Is this true?
2. Is the Vortec roller cam setup worth using? It seems to be priced right whenever I see them for sale.
3. Where can I find duration, lift, etc. numbers for the Vortec roller cam?
4. If the cam is too mild, can I use another roller cam with the factory Vortec roller lifters?
Thanks for your help.
I'll try questions 1 and 4.
Q1: No, the Vortec heads only have four bolts on each side. I would be "uneasy" trying to modify another manifold and not have leaks.
Q4: As long as the roller lifters are not damaged they should work with any roller cam.
I bought the scoggin-dickey vortec head kit for my sons .030 over 350(1972) put in the Crane Energizer hyd. cam (.480 lift), we put this in his 81 Chevy p/u and it runs pretty good for almost 4000 lbs.,it has run a best of 14.36 with zero traction,2.20+ 60ft. times with its 3.42 pegleg rearend, with the 4.11 I imagine we'll see mid 13's. The head kit consists of heads,intake,all the gaskets and bolts you need to do the job. I don't think the X cellerator intake is helping you out any either.
I agree the intake is not the right one for my current application. I intend to run a Performer RPM Airgap in the future. The Xcelerator is just what I had on hand.
I am looking for more compression for the power it creates and the better cam I can run. I believe I should get an increase of somewhere around 1.0-1.25 compression points over my 75cc heads.
A little gasket matching and polishing can't hurt.
I intend to go with a roller cam if possible. Already have the Vortec roller lifters and a set of roller rocker arms.
Now if I can just find a way for it to hook up! But guess I will post that question in another forum.
just finished a 350 with the 906 vortec heads. was reading an artical in H/R or C/C on porting vortec heads. in a side bar was a dyno test on a 350 mule motor, witha comp cams 230/236 @ .050and .490 lift the mule made 436 hp with a vortec agap and a750 carb. with the heads ported it made 466 hp. well i decided i couldn't see 30 hp so i am in the process of putting some miles on my eng. it sure feels good .all for an out lay of aprox 1100. 00. this included a clone of the edelbrock vtech air gap at 150 in my hand. just a thought.
You should refer your cam and roller questions to the cam manufacturers, however, if it is a used lifter, they usually do not recommend using the lifter with other than its original cam and it should be lobe matched as before.
The Vortec is a 64cc head, maybe you knew that, and the best way to change compression is to buy pistons, they are not that expensive.
I would suggest using thin head gaskets and going with the edelbrock air gap intake. also GM performance parts makes a few roller cam kits to go with your motor if it is an 86 or newer. roller lifters are reuseable and roller cams do not require break in. Did the heads come with rockers? because the vortech heads require self aligning rockers. good luck!
Roller rockers will work if guide plates are used.
"For example GM's stock Vortec cam is 202 and 207 on the intake and exhaust with .41 and .424 lift on a 115 degree LCA". That's an excerpt from Sallee Chevrolet's discussion board. The LT1 roller cam has similar duration & more lift (.447/.459). I don't know if these cams have a fuel pump lobe, though. The ZZ4 cam has a fuel pump lobe & 208*/221* duration, but its lift requires machining the valve guide boss for clearance. These will work with the factory roller lifters, but you might want to upgrade the valve springs.
Just my .02, but I wouldn't recommend re-using the roller lifters. Since the cam you have now seems to be a little more aggresive than the stocks, I would just get a set that matches with it. From the sounds of it, your truck sees the track often, and that would just be a weak point.
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Can't offer any advice or wisdom, but I'll simply say you're not alone... a 1911 in .38 Super is high on my wish list!
This is a discussion on I want a . . . a .38 Super? within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Okay, there's some gun each of us wants simply for the sake of just wanting it, right? No real need, just want. I owned a ...
Okay, there's some gun each of us wants simply for the sake of just wanting it, right? No real need, just want.
I owned a .41 Magnum in Alaska when everyone else carried .44 Mags. I wanted the .41 and shot it better than most shot their .44s.
I bought a TC Contender in .30 Herritt because I wanted a round that was powerful and unique, and I didn't mind having to make my own cases. And powerful it was!
Unfortunately, both are long gone. Now I've decided I want a caliber that has always been on my long list--the .38 Super.
Something about this flat-shooting round has always intrigued me. With careful handloading, it's basically a .357 Magnum in a semi-auto case. While commercial ammo is available, I prefer to reload most of my ammo, saving the factory stuff for SD purposes, although I'd serve up my reloads if need be.
So, any .38 Super shooters out there that might offer up some advice or "Super" wisdom?
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Can't offer any advice or wisdom, but I'll simply say you're not alone... a 1911 in .38 Super is high on my wish list!
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Soon as a saw your thread this old article in "American Rifleman" I read over the summer popped in my head and I thought you'd like it ?? http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/the-super-38/ Sounds like a great round good luck with it wish I could give more than an old article.
"Beware the man who owns only one gun; he probably knows how to use it." I would append to that: "Beware the man who carries a .38 Super; he knows what he's doing."
No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. -- Thomas Jefferson
I've often wondered why the .38 Super isn't more popular, since it is so favored by competition shooters.
I have no experience with them, but I've read that the recoil is quite mild for a cartridge of such high pressure.
rson63, I remember that article and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I had forgotten about it, until you posted it; thanks.
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That's the one I never owned, but would also like to have. It's kind of fun to own something unique.
The first Sig P220 I ever saw was in .38 Super. If I see another one I am going to grab it! From everything I have read about it the Super sounds like a lot of fun!
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There is no good logical reason I can find for owning a 38 Super, but I also want one anyway.
"If we loose Freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the Last Place on Earth!" Ronald Reagan
I have wanted one for quite some while. I am even collecting the brass. I think the reason it did not become a major round is because they were more of a target shooters round and then the 9MM became popular in the US and was deemed good enough for personal protect and law enforcement without all of the extra things that go along with power of a 38 super. They were also a little slow working out some of the reliability issues with the 38 super. I believe this was because it was primarly used by long range competion shooters and the occasional miss feed was not that big of deal.
My question is that a small case or what. I want one on a 1911 platform, but it is easy for me to imagine a small single stack package just right for pocket carry. Springfield EMP 38 Super $750.
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I own 3 1911s. Two are 45 acp and one is 38 super. The super is a Springfield mil-spec with a parkerized finish. I can honestly say that my favored for carry and range is the super even though it cost far less than my others. It recoils like a 9mm, even when shooting Corbon 115gr 1,450fps ammo or the Georgia Arms 124gr 1,350fps stuff.
I also like the idea of having 10 rounds available. I have fired 1,000+ rounds with no hiccups and it is extremely flat shooting and accurate.
Springfield stopped making the 1911 38 super 7-8 years ago, except for the bar-b-que model. However, every so often they come available.
Go ahead and get one. You will love it, especially if you reload.
Add me to the list for a 38 Super also, years ago I built one on a 1911 frame and still regret selling it.
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way."
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Colt 1911's in 38 Super are the pistol of choice in the Drug Cartel War in Mexico currently. The ammo is certainly effective, as countless folks are being killed with it every week in Mexico.
Double Tap ammo makes a hot self-defense load with a bonded 125 JHP at 1,350 fps, which basically matches the performance of the .357 Sig
Here are some photos of 1911's in .38 Super that have been confiscated from Mexican Drug Cartels members by the Mexican authorities:
I think I'll start hitting the LGSs and see if any have someting used. If not, I'll have to invest in a couple more Lotto tickets and look for something new.
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From my understanding,the police in Mexico can't carry anything bigger than 9mm and the 38 super falls into that category,the military can carry 40 and above.many of the gun stores down here carry 38 super 1911's
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15 charged in California stock manipulation scheme
Authorities say 15 people have been indicted on charges that they took part in a stock manipulation scheme that defrauded more than 20,000 people out of more than $30 million through investments in companies once touted by Pamela Anderson and Eric Roberts.
Among those charged with conspiracy are a former Los Angeles County deputy district attorney and the head of a public relations firm.
A three-year investigation revealed a pump-and-dump scam, where stocks were heavily promoted through slick marketing campaigns and misleading news releases, boosting their prices before they were sold off to reap large profits.
Authorities say Anderson and Roberts aren't suspected of any wrongdoing and they didn't profit from the stock.
Federal prosecutors say those charged carried out several fraudulent deals each year that generated millions of dollars and hid the profits in offshore accounts. If convicted, each of the defendants faces up to 100 years in federal prison.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Andalusia Manor
The Andalusia Manor is a 154 bed nursing facility with a home-like environment. The manor provides 24 hour skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services.
The mission of Andalusia Manor is to create an optimal environment for the physical, social and psychological well being of its residents. It aims to provide personalized attention to each resident by maintaining a well trained, professional and caring staff.
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Andalusia Manor
670 Moore Road
Andalusia, Alabama 36420
Phone: (334) 222-4544
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[NEW IN MLS: Centerbacks] MLS has some excellent centerback tandems, beginning with MLS Cup 2013 finalists Sporting Kansas City (Matt Besler and Aurelien Collin) and Real Salt Lake (Nat Borchers and Chris Schuler) and the San Jose Earthquakes, who could send both their starters (Victor Bermudez and Clarence Goodson) to the World Cup.
Three clubs swooped in to shore up their backlines with the acquisition of former MLS Defenders of the Year. Also on the move was a former finalist for
Defender of the Year. The one import of note comes from Argentina, where he played more than 100 first division games.
(Seattle). The Sounders made big moves on its backline. The first was with the acquisition of Marshall, a two-time MLS Defender of the Year with Columbus, followed later by the trade that
brought Anibaba from Chicago for Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and Patrick Ianni. Marshall should start, while Anibaba will allow
the Sounders to give former Liverpool defender Djimi Traore more rest than it was able to in 2013 or use him on the right side, where he played for the Fire.
BOBBY BOSWELL/JEFF PARKE (D.C. United). After winning just three games in 2013 and giving up numerous silly goals, United needed to blow up its backline.
Boswell (picked up from Houston in the Re-Entry Draft) and Parke (acquired in a deal with Philly that included the No. 1 allocation pick the Union used to acquire Maurice Edu) give D.C. two very experienced center backs, both with caps for the USA.
JHON KENNEDY HURTADO/PATRICK IANNI (Chicago). The
Fire returns Bakary Soumare, a former MLS Best XI pick, and Austin Berry, the MLS Rookie of Year in 2012, but Hurtado, a
finalist, and Ianni will allow new coach Frank Yallop to go four deep in the middle of the backline or use one of them as trade bait if he wants to part with
one of them. All but Berry make decent money.
ANDREW JEAN-BAPTISTE (Chivas USA). As the second worst team in MLS in 2013 behind D.C. United, Chivas
USA used its No. 2 slots in various MLS mechanisms to fill needs. It traded the No. 2 pick in the allocation order to Chivas USA to pick up Argentine playmaker Mauro
Rosales from Seattle, and it gave Portland the No. 2 pick in the Re-Entry Draft (used for Steve Zakuani, also of the Sounders) for Jean-Baptiste, one of
MLS's most promising young center backs, originally out of UConn. He should team up with veteran Carlos Bocanegra to improve the Chivas USA backline and provide
aerial threats on Rosales' set pieces.
NORBERTO PAPARATTO (Portland). The 30-year-old Paparatto, who played more than 100 games for Tigre, is part of
the Argentine invasion in the Rose City. He was brought in along with forward German Fernandez to join 2013 Newcomer of the Year Diego Valeri and Maximiliano Urruti on the Timbers. Paparatto's arrival allowed the Timbers to ship Jean-Baptiste down south to Chivas USA and
part ways with Mikael Silvestre, who was coming off knee surgery. He should step in right away and start alongside Gambian-Norwegian Pa Modou Kah.
MICHAEL PARKHURST (Columbus). Yes, Coach Gregg Berhalter says he might give World
Cup hopeful Parkhurst some work on the outside, but his value to Crew will be in the middle organizing a young backline. In Wednesday's preseason opener, the former MLS Defender of the Year, acquired
from German club Augsburg, was joined by a pair of draft picks, Patrick Slogic (Cornell) and Ben Sweat (USF) and second-year Homegrown player Chad Barson
on the backline.
ETHAN WHITE (Philadelphia). United needs experience and got it with Parke, whom it acquired for White, a Homegrown product who admitted to being blindsided by the trade to Philly. He'll get a good shot at starting, though, as
Colombian Carlos Valdes was loaned out for a second season.
MLS Centerbacks, Incumbents:
Chicago: *Bakary Soumare (85), Austin Berry (62).
Chivas USA: *Bobby Burling (47), Carlos Bocanegra (12).
Colorado: Drew Moor (136), Shane O'Neill (27).
Columbus: Josh Williams (57), Taylor Wahl (25).
FC Dallas: George John (119), Matt Hedges (61).
D.C. United: --
Jermaine Taylor (66), Eric Brunner (13).
Sporting KC: Matt Besler (126), Aurelien Collin (81).
LA Galaxy: Omar Gonzalez (128), Kofi Opare (6).
Montreal: Matteo Ferrari (56), Nelson Rivas (11).
New England: A.J. Soares (76), Jose Goncalves (34).
New York: Jamison Olave (29), Ibrahim Sekagya (8).
Philadelphia: Amobi Okugo 100 --
Portland: Futty Danso (50), Pa Modou Kah (20).
Real Salt Lake: Nat Borchers (173), Chris Schuler (50).
San Jose: Victor Bernandez (49), Clarence Goodson (9).
Seattle: Zach Scott (61), Djimi Traore (27).
Toronto FC: Doniel Henry (49), Steven Caldwell (23).
Vancouver: Jay DeMerit (60), Andy O'Brien (24).
In parentheses are games played with current team.
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Yes. The word 'depression' is often used incorrectly and misunderstood. When you're 'depressed' as in, dad, well yes, those have the same meanings, but being depressed, as in the medical term, often has nothing to do with feeling sad at all.Can you be depressed without feeling sad? I'm not sad, but I'm very sluggish and apathetic and can't shake the feeling that my life is spinning out of control. I don't like it.
Sent from my iPhone using CurlTalk - sorry for any speed/autocorrect type errors!
Often feel unable to get a hold of your thoughts, feeling like you want to sleep all the time, the walls are closing in on you, the floor is a black hole that is swallowing you - those are often feelings of depression.
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Laws, Regulations & Annotations
Business Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2010
Integrated Waste Management Fee Law
Public Resources Code
Part 1. Integrated Waste Management
Chapter 2. Definitions
Section 40105
40105. "Authorized recycling agent." "Authorized recycling agent" means a person that a local governing body or private commercial entity authorizes or contracts with to collect its recyclable waste material. An authorized recycling agency may be a municipal collection service, private refuse hauler, private recycling enterprise, or private nonprofit corporation or association.


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Azerbaijan Republic
State Migration Service
"Number of foreigners intending to visit the Republic of Azerbaijan will increase while Azerbaijan is developing.This can be considered as a positive factor for our country. However in any case we must prefer the interests of our state, people, citizens and this must be the priority direction of our migration policy."
The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan His Excellency Mr. Ilham Aliyev
The elections for the Public Council under SMS to be held on June 30, 2017 at 11:00
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Here's a story that ran in Sunday's Life & Style section by reporter Heather Salerno. All photos are by Tania Savayan.
A mother's choice: Allison Gilbert tests positive for breast cancer gene, makes life-altering decision
Irvington's Allison Gilbert knows exactly what the human face of cancer looks like.
It's the face of her grandmother, Henny, who died of breast cancer when Gilbert was a little girl. It's the face of her mother, Lynn, who died of ovarian cancer in 1996. It's also the face of her father, Sidney, who died of lung cancer five years later, leaving Gilbert an adult orphan at 31.
A few years after losing her dad, Gilbert discovered that this disease's attack on her family wasn't random: It's a tragic birthright. Testing showed that she inherited a mutation in a gene called BRCA1, which drastically increases her chance of getting breast cancer, ovarian cancer or both. In fact, she was told that — without intervention — the odds of developing breast cancer in her lifetime were as much as 85 percent.
That revelation increased Gilbert's fear that she might die young like her relatives, leaving her husband, Mark Weintraub, and their two children – Jake, now 12, and Lexi, 10 — behind. In 2007, with her family complete, she underwent surgery to remove her healthy ovaries — a decision The Journal News chronicled — and she continued to see doctors every three months for a breast exam, mammogram, sonogram or MRI, in order to catch breast cancer in an early stage. With each appointment, though, there was the potential for a dreadful diagnosis.
Gilbert had another option besides careful surveillance: another prophylactic, or preventive, surgery. Removing both still-healthy breasts would reduce her odds of getting breast cancer to about 1 percent, far lower than the average woman, whose lifetime risk is about 12 percent.
The Journal News caught up with the 42-year-old this year, after she made the decision to go forward with that operation, and followed her throughout the surgical process, in real time and on Facebook. The move, she hopes, will keep her around for Jake and Lexi for a very long time.
"I'm trying to make this a parenting decision," she says. "It's really about my kids. Even though it's my body, I feel it's really more about them than it's about me."
Given her family history, it's a choice that Gilbert knew she'd have to make eventually. But for her, the turning point came in 2008, when her beloved aunt, Ronnie, her mother's sister, told the family that she, too, had an aggressive form of breast cancer. She passed away barely three months later.
"It was a hard death," says Gilbert. "Sometime shortly thereafter I went on the warpath."
9:30 a.m., June 14, New York Sports Club, Dobbs Ferry.
Allison Gilbert is in the middle of the fitness center, sweating and swearing, as she works out with a series of TRX suspension bands. Grunting, she pulls herself up from a squat while resting her right foot on her left knee.
"I hate you, Beth," she says with a breathy laugh to her personal trainer, Beth Blank.
"Come on, five more," says Blank firmly. "Good. One more, one more, one more."
This gym session isn't about vanity: For months, Blank, who is also a physical therapist and post-rehabilitation specialist, has had Gilbert focus on exercises that will help her recover more swiftly from her upcoming surgery.
Gilbert has gone through a cancer-preventing procedure before: At 37, she had an operation to remove her ovaries and most of her reproductive organs, in order to reduce her chance of getting ovarian cancer by more than 90 percent. She left the hospital with a few tiny incisions in her belly, hip and pelvis, with no complications except symptoms of early menopause.
However, this surgery — a 11.5-hour process set for June 26 at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan — will be far more intense.
After a surgical oncologist removes her breast tissue, a team of plastic surgeons will proceed with a form of reconstruction known as a DIEP flap technique. Rather than inserting implants, the most common method, doctors will take excess fat and skin from the abdomen to create new breasts.
So Gilbert is concentrating on strengthening her lower back, pelvis and stomach: Doctors won't be cutting any abdominal muscles, so a strong core will "enable Allison to get out of bed quicker," says Blank.
As her surgery date nears, Gilbert has been squeezing in as much time with Blank as possible, hitting the gym at least twice a week. This morning, she's there before her children get out of school — it's a half-day — and after a bus came to pick up Jake's and Lexi's bags to take them to the New Hampshire sleep-away camp they will attend during the summer. They'll be away for seven weeks, leaving three days before Gilbert's operation.
That neat bit of scheduling was planned: Gilbert picked this time so her kids could enjoy themselves at camp, worry-free, while she recuperates.
"I want to be upset if I want to be upset, and not have to disguise my feelings or feel I have to be stronger for them at that moment," she says. "And to be honest, I don't think they need to see me at my worst. If I can protect them from that, all the better."
Her goal, she says, is to be well enough to visit them on a scheduled parents' weekend in late July.
"That's the one benefit" of being healthy, she continues. "Without having cancer, you actually get to plan."
"10 Days And Counting: Today surgical instructions begin: No more Aspirin, Advil, Motrin, Alleve, or any other anti-inflammatory medications. I'm OK with this as far as surgery prep, but I'm having six 10-year-old girls sleepover tonight for my daughter's birthday party….I guess a glass of wine will have to do??!!!" — Gilbert's June 16 Facebook post
11:30 a.m., June 18, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York
Gilbert walks out of the hospital's Patient Services Center, adjusting the sleeve on her black cardigan. She's just had blood drawn for her last pre-op tests, following a final appointment seven floors upstairs with Dr. Alison Estabrook, chief of the Comprehensive Breast Center, who will perform the double mastectomy part of her surgery in just eight days.
It was no easy task to assemble her medical squad: An author and Emmy Award-winning television news producer, Gilbert turned her skills to interviewing 10 doctors to learn about their surgical methods, patient outcomes and bedside manners — even looking into which hospitals had the highest operating-room mortality rates. It was a process that took about three years.
"I'm not saying everyone should do this," she says, "but for me, being a reporter who's done so many stories about bad doctors and bad hospitals, this is where my mind goes."
Over an omelet at a nearby diner, she confesses that she's started to get nervous: "Obviously, it's getting real."
Part of Gilbert feels "bold and brave and courageous, (that I'm) doing the right thing," she says. "And the other part of me feels there's a little bit of crazy. That I don't have to do this."
It's true: Right now, she's cancer-free and, despite being BRCA1-positive, not everyone with this gene mutation gets the disease. Even if she did, she knows that there are plenty of people who survive.
Still, her personal experience offers a different reality: "There are no survivors in my family. If you get cancer, you die."
Plus, there was no guarantee that the alternative — regular cancer screenings — would pick up a tumor early, because Gilbert has very large, dense breasts.
"When you have that much breast tissue, it's going to be very easy to miss something," says Estabrook.
Besides, Gilbert was simply tired of worrying all the time.
"By taking these steps, most likely I am avoiding a bullet," she says. Yet she's careful to note that "nothing about" taking this drastic step "is easy."
That includes having to make tough choices, like what type of surgery to have. Gilbert didn't consider a nipple-sparing mastectomy, which would leave the nipple and areola intact. "Even in your nipple, you have breast tissue," she says. "I wouldn't go this far and then add back my risk."
At first, she leaned toward reconstruction with implants, which has a shorter recovery time. But then she learned that implants are often inserted in a two- or three-step process, and they typically need to be replaced down the road.
"I don't want to manage this," says Gilbert. "I want to be done."
So she began learning more about the DIEP flap process.
It's more complicated: Not only would Gilbert be under anesthesia for nearly a half-day while surgeons did their work, two parts of her body would be affected. But she liked the fact that her new breasts wouldn't be made from a foreign material; plus, they'd feel more natural, since abdominal tissue is similar to breast tissue. (Not to mention, she'd have a flat belly from the tummy tuck that comes with the procedure.)
That narrowed the list of plastic surgeons, particularly because she wanted a microsurgeon who specialized in this reconstruction; with the DIEP flap, many tiny blood vessels need to be clipped from the abdominal tissue and reconnected to the chest, similar to an organ transplant. Ultimately, Gilbert went with Dr. Mark Smith, director of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, and Dr. Mark Sultan, chief of the Combined Division of Plastic Surgery at St. Luke's-Roosevelt, a team that works closely with Estabrook.
Then came the really hard part — telling the kids.
Again, being protective, Gilbert hadn't planned to tell Jake and Lexi about the surgery until a week or two before: "I didn't want to tell them earlier, because I figured more time for nervousness, more time for questions."
Lexi changed that plan, though, after flipping through her mother's day planner and asking, "Mom, what's 'surgery' on June 26th?"
So Gilbert explained to her children that because Grandma Henny, Grandma Lynn and Aunt Ronnie died of cancer, she was replacing her breasts so she could be with them for as long as possible.
"I love you more than my chest," she told them.
They had some questions — Jake was concerned that she wouldn't physically look the same – but the most upsetting one came from Lexi a few weeks later.
"I think she said something in the car, like, 'Do you think I'll have to do this when I'm older?' " says Gilbert, holding back a sob. "That was a really hard thing to hear her say."
It's hard, too, for Gilbert to think about losing another key part of her womanhood. But for now, she has to focus on the task at hand.
"I know it's going to impact me greatly," she says. "But then I have to come down to what's the goal? The goal is to stay alive."
"My husband may have given me poison ivy. I have a red blotch two inches below my bra line and another red blotch on the right side of my waist. I don't think they'll do surgery if I have poison ivy. Going to dermatologist today." — June 22 Facebook post.
"Surgery is officially postponed because of poison ivy. Saw my plastic surgeon this morning and he says it's not worth the risk. A total of four surgeons are now checking calendars to pick new date." — June 25 Facebook post.
So on what was supposed to be the day before her surgery, rather than packing her suitcase, Gilbert is at a local supermarket with her husband, Mark. The refrigerator at home is nearly empty, since the kids are away and she expected to be in the hospital through the weekend.
At the moment, they have no idea when her surgery will take place. All of Gilbert's careful planning is out the window.
"I'm so annoyed," she says. "Totally awestruck."
She explains that Smith felt there was no reason to risk an infection, because the operation is elective and Gilbert has a rash that's still spreading. It's the first time in his career that he's had to cancel a surgery because of poison ivy.
"I'm so done," says Gilbert, sighing. "I don't want to worry about this anymore. I don't want to reschedule anything anymore. I just want it to be done."
"Thank you so much for your encouragement and support. The new date for the surgery will be Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Onward!" — July 9 Facebook post.
"7 Days And Counting: The hardest part of being a week away from surgery is living life in a bubble…I worry about the blister I just got on my pinky toe because I don't want an open wound to be a source of surgical infection. I worry, I worry…" — July 31 Facebook post.
10 a.m., Aug. 6, Gilbert's Irvington home.
Gilbert stands over a small black suitcase in her spotless living room, mentally going over a to-do list. The house is clean, her office is organized and the freezer is stocked with food. All she needs to do to prepare for the following day's operation is finish packing.
Sippy cup and straws? Check. Raising her arms to drink from a regular glass will likely be painful post-surgery. A light robe? Check. That will make her more comfortable while walking in the chilly hospital hallways to regain her strength.
Reconstruction recovery camisole? She tosses that in there, too, though Gilbert makes a face at the white tank top, designed with special pockets to accommodate surgical drains that will be left in her chest for a few days to remove excess fluid.
"And I was told to bring ChapStick because I guess your lips get really chapped," she adds.
Though a little anxious, Gilbert is having no second thoughts about the decision to remove her breasts. If she developed breast cancer in the future, she says she would regret not having had the operation.
"Knowing that I can do something about this, I think all of it — all of it — will be worth it for sure."
Her husband, Mark, agrees, adding that he's grateful the surgery is a preventive choice — not part of a cancer treatment.
"However hard this is to do now and clearly this is the hardest thing Allison has ever had to do … but it's so much better than what it could be," he says. "We're making a decision without a gun to our heads."
Gilbert kisses Mark as he heads out on an errand, and moves into the kitchen to review the detailed schedule that the two have drawn up for the rest of the month.
Postponing surgery required a different "battle plan" for her recovery, because their children will be home from camp in just a few days. Gilbert won't be able to drive for a month, and Jake and Lexi don't start school for another three-and-a-half weeks.
So Plan B includes Gilbert's stepmother coming to stay for a week, followed by Mark's mother. The kids also will spend time in New Jersey with their cousins, as well as in Pennsylvania with Gilbert's brother and his family.
"It's the head-on collision aspect that's happening now," says Gilbert. "That is exactly the dynamic I wanted to avoid. But it'll have to be what it is."
"Hi everyone. It's Mark, Allison's husband. The surgery went extremely well — the surgeons were very pleased. They went in with a plan and were able to do everything the way they had envisioned…Allison went in at about 8 a.m. and I saw her in recovery at about 8 p.m. Quite a day. Despite that, she looked and sounded great!! She'll be in her room by 11 p.m. or so. Thanks to everyone for all your support throughout." — Aug. 7 Facebook post.
11 a.m., Aug. 16, Irvington.
It's nine days after her surgery, and Gilbert is shuffling slowly around her house. She's pale and her shoulders are slightly hunched, since it hurts to stand up straight.
She can't push or pull doors, sleep on her stomach,or even pour herself a cup of coffee — anything that would put undue pressure on her healing chest and stomach. Both areas are scarred, swollen and bruised, yet she has a bright smile on her face.
That's because Gilbert is progressing far better than imagined: She was released from the hospital two days ahead of schedule, which, she says happily, allowed her to greet Jake and Lexi when they came home from camp.
Gilbert says that the hospital nurses were amazed by her ability to get out of bed right away, and she already has enough mobility in her shoulders and arms to wash her hair by herself. It's something she attributes to her pre-op workouts with trainer Beth Blank.
"She recuperated very quickly," agrees Smith, one of her plastic surgeons. "You never know how patients will respond, but I think she was very motivated, so she bounced back quickly and was up and around remarkably fast."
Still, she says those first days in the hospital were rough. She'd burst into tears because of physical discomfort and the emotional toll of worrying that she might accidentally split the stitches across her chest and abdomen. She also had to breathe into a device every few hours to increase her lung capacity, since she was under anesthesia for so long.
"You feel like you've been hit by a truck," she says. "I don't want anyone to think I'm Superwoman, because believe me, I sure didn't feel like Superwoman."
As part of the reconstructive process, Smith says hours were spent carefully shaping Gilbert's new breasts — even going so far as to tilt the operating table to properly position the tissue — so that "any secondary procedures are minimized."
If she wants, Gilbert can go back later for nipple reconstruction or smoothing scars, but Smith says those can probably be done as outpatient procedures. And she'll never have to have another mammogram, sonogram or MRI of her breasts again.
But the best piece of news came when Estabrook's office called with the biopsy results of the breast tissue taken out during the mastectomy. All along, Gilbert had a secret fear that the doctors would find some microscopic cancer cells. It was a worry that had been hanging over her since her mother's death 16 years ago.
"They called yesterday and everything's fine," she says, with a big grin. "It was the call of the century."
A few weeks later, Gilbert sounds even more upbeat.
She's lost 17 pounds, and the swelling in her chest has gone down, revealing an unexpected bonus: Her reconstructed breasts are close to her previous size, giving her a more proportionate figure than doctors had told her to expect. She's also already returned to CNN as a freelance producer.
All that concern about shielding Jake and Lexi from this experience has disappeared, too. She and Mark were proud to see how the children rose to the occasion, leaping to help their mother. They've volunteered to do the dishes and set the table, and the two often tag along on the evening walks she now takes as part of her healing.
"I feel this is a jump-start to a healthier life," says Gilbert.
"I feel unencumbered and unburdened and this cloud is gone. I look in the mirror and see scars that are raw and big — and I know they'll fade — but I don't care. Even if it were like this forever, it would be ok."
Finally, she says, "I feel free."


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Sir Bradley Wiggins felt Chris Froome "stabbed him in the back" at last year's Tour de France, according to former Team Sky general manager Sean Yates.
Wiggins became Britain's first Tour winner in 2012 before Froome rode to victory this year.
He was Team Sky's leader in 2012 but Froome's unplanned attack two and a half miles from the finish of stage 11 prompted Wiggins to send Yates a text which, according to Yates, said: "I think it would be better for everyone if I went home."
Yates, in an extract from his new book carried in The Times, said: "He (Wiggins) was upset and felt like Froomey had stabbed him in the back after the discussion we'd had before the stage (where it had been agreed Froome would attack only in the last 500 metres).
"He couldn't understand why he'd gone back on the agreement when everything was going so well."
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Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (RCSCC) VANGUARD is a unit of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets – a Canadian national youth program sponsored by the Canadian Forces and the Navy League of Canada. We have been dedicated to the cause of training the youth of Toronto since 1958 and we are stationed at HMCS YORK, a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve Division.
The program is open to men and women, aged 12-18, with our goal being to provide the youth of Toronto with the opportunities to lead, capture unforgettable memories, and most importantly, to have fun. There are no registration fees to become a cadet and all are welcome to join us. Cadets are not part of the Canadian Forces are not expected to join.
The purpose of this website is to provide information and resources to our cadets, parents, and parents of prospective cadets.
We encourage you to contact us if you have any questions and if you'd like to pop in on a Tuesday evening, we would love to see you!
What is the sea cadet program?
The sea cadet program is a free program that is part of the largest federally-sponsored youth program in Canada that includes the Royal Canadian Sea, Army and Air Cadets.


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Campfire pizza
These campfire pizzas are so easy to make you will never have to eat baked beans while camping again. Put your favourite toppings on the base and enjoy.
Prep Time:
10 mins
Cook Time:
10 mins
- 1 large pitta bread
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 3 slices salami, sliced into strips
- 3 slices shortcut bacon, sliced into strips
- 1 cup sliced vegetables (capsicum, mushrooms, zucchini, onion)
- 1 cup pizza cheese, pre-mixed and shredded
Spread pita bread with the pizza sauce and sprinkle cheese over each one.
Top with bacon, salami and vegetables.
Slide each pizza onto a foil base that has been folded three times.
Cook on the campfire grill until the cheese is melted.
- You need to make sure that these go over coals. You don't want flames licking at the foil and singeing your pizza.
- You can top these with your favourite toppings.
- This recipe was created by Jennifer Cheung for Kidspot, Australia's best recipe finder.
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Gota love exhaust threads...
Well I want to run my exhaust out the back on my car since i got some purple hornies, it just makes it near impossible to tune and tweak and listen to your car.
My question is what is a good setup to run?
I was thinking bout spintech but they are so expensive!! So what else do yall suggest or could i get away with one spintech? I want it to be loud but sound awesome.
I got headers, a magnum 270 cam, and the rest of the 350 is built. I was thinking 3 inch pipe just cause i heard it was deeper.
And i dont have to worry much about backpressure cause them purple hornies prolly didnt have much. And sound doesnt matter too much as long as its not open headers sounding.
thanks in advance
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if you want a nice throaty exaust sound I would go with 21/4 no larger than 2.5 on a 350the smaller the exaust the throatyer it will be.
2.5" is a pretty good setup. Sounds good and moves the smoke outta there. I had mine welded up at Affordable Muffler here in portland for about $200 from the headers. If you want a good sounding exhaust at the back, hook up a couple of cherry bombs - $25 at shucks auto.
I use turbos myself, i like a quiet ride, but glasspacks offer a great sound if you want some intimidation
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I wouldn't go larger than 2.5 inch. 3 inches and you will start loosing backpressure on the smallblock. Its not the hornies that will make you look backpressure so much as those combined with the larger internal area of the pipes.
I have a moderately built 350 running headers down to 2.5 inch exhaust leading to two Flowmaster 0riginal 40's then straight out the back. They are great. I actually wish I could hear their tone more but as I am in a truck and its all the way out the back . . . all i hear is the engine. Its a VERY different sound up front than out back . . . much quieter up from (though my truck is pretty long which helps).
If possible I would also recomment running an X pipe as this will quiet it down too and even out sound and pressure between banks 1 and 2. When I did my exhaust I just went and purchased 2.5 inch piping, went to a exhaust shop and had them bend it to my specified angles and then went home and welded it together. Total cost was around 180-200 bucks for the system.
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What would be a cheap set-up, as in around 200. I want something like flowmaster 30 series, or dynomax's, or maybe spintech but they seem quiet. I want a loud all out bad *** sound. And i will install either a x pipe or h pipe. What would the hornies sound like ran out the back?
*I was thining of some dynomax's bullet race mufflers, what do you guys think? Would it be too loud? The cops arent too bad on us here*
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I apologize if my last post was a little misleading. Flowmaster 30/40 series are VERY loud when you get on it. Dont get the delta flows get the originals if your lookin for a bad *** sound. My friends drive a Camaro and Corvette which are considerably quicker yet they conceed that my truck is the most intimidating thing on the street when it comes to sound. My bud says that when I get on it the Flowmaster 40's sound like Demons under the vehicle.
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Well i went to the muffler shop and got my cat taken off and a glass pack put on and it sounds pretty good and has a pretty throaty sound to them also. Im not sure what kind of glasspack it is but i am getting duals on next week somtime.
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Would my exhaust be too loud if i ran: from the header out to 2 1/2 inch pipe to one dynomax bullet muffler: 4 inch round 16 1/2 inch long and 2 1/2 inch: in and out one each side, to an H pipe, to the rear of the car with two slant cut 3 1/2 inch tips.?
PS What kind of muffler are those? Glasspacks or other kind?
Dynomax race bullets are built something like glasspacks, only with larger non-restrictive core walls. They will be loud.
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I bought an air compressor a couple of months ago, used it to spray my basement ceiling texture. Worked fine then, was plugged directly into a 20A circuit and I never had any issues. It's an oiled model, and the oil level looks fine.
Turned it on the other day to fill up tires on the cars and used an extension cord to get power to it, I was unaware that air compressors and extension cords don't make good combinations. Obviously I've learned about that while looking for some answers.
Anyways, the extension cord tests out fine. It's been removed from the equation now, but it doesn't appear to have been damaged. The cord from the unit looks fine also. I've taken the switch assembly apart on the compressor and I do have live power from the wall going into the unit, and when I turn the switch on, the power is properly routed out of the switch and to the motor.
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well, nevermind all, was simple enough after all. Once I unmounted the engine from the frame, took off a plastic cowling, and there was a nifty circuit breaker staring me in the face. Pushed it back in and we're good to go.
as i mentioned in another earlier post, always use a longer hose, never extention cords for compressors. this is why folks!
I use #9 wire for all my extension cords. 100+ ft with 100ft hose. I have never had problems. Now my little 1800 psi pressure washer is another story.
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I'll be the first to admit my tank is out-of-whack right now. The 3-legged stool that is ferts-co2-light is falling over.
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:proud: Started doing substrate tabs this past week (Aquafertz total & trace). Thinking about adding the occasional water column fertz, but gonna take it slow.
:proud: And the remaining parts needed for pressurized co2 are in shipping transit.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, my water is getting green. I've stepped up water changes and started hitting the tank with some Fourish Excel, as well as keeping closer tabs on water parameters.
I'm guessing that it's an algae bloom of some sort, floating in the water making it green? It's not terribly noticable or over the top (until I drain into a white bucket), and there's nothing visible on the glass or aquarium contents (well, a little on the driftwood). Perhaps the pleco and snail are helping with the surfaces.
Any thoughts? Anything else I should be doing? My current plan is to ride it out with water changes until I get my co2 up and running - but I'm still curious as to whether I'm right about why my water is green, and if anybody else has some ideas...
green water is excess nutrients in the water column that has caused an algae bloom, It's farily common to see and just takes some water changes and something that will take the nutrients out of the water column, plants that float do a good job at that.
Wow, that's crazy... cause I've never added nutrients to the water column, and this tank has been established for many years (I'm only now getting into the plant thing). My substrate is plain old gravel. And the green water started after I added the light, but before I started with the substrate tabs.
(flourish excel isn't nutrient, is it?)
thanks for the info, though - gives me something to work with!
If it were me, I would cut the photo period in half at least and reduce fertilization until you have the materials for the third 'leg' of the plant stool.
Why didn't I think of that? Bumms me out a little, though - I used to run a 20w fluorescent 24/7 (lots consider that bad, I know. I've stopped). With this aquatic LED it's only on 8hr/day... and now i'm going to 4? boohooo
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fish waste can also contribute to the nutrients in the water colums, I think the root tabs may also leach nutrients but im not sure on that, nothing to worry about though, cutting the photo period in half really only needs to be temporary, you can slowly raise the time it's on when your problem goes away, and if it comes back then consider keeping it reduced. Correct me if i'm wrong there
after thinking on it, i'm not going to change my light period as things stand now. it's good advice, and I'll do it if my problem worsens - but as it is, twice weekly 25% water changes keep the tank looking good. the water's not *crystal* clear, but i'm not ashamed to have people over or anything.
it'll actually be interesting to keep all parameters the same and then hook up the co2 and see if that, by itself, stabilizes everything! in theory i should be good at that point. might be late next week, though - all my parts are shipped except fabco in florida. doesn't even look like they've processed or shipped my order, 3 days after placing it. hmmmm. they sure processed my credit card quick enough. :icon_roll
My plants hit the wall at 6.5 hours of light a day, depending on what plants you have you may be better off shading the tank and leaving the lighting period at more like 8 hours a day. Bit of window screen or raise the light will reduce the intensity of your new light.
My GW was related to no nitrate with lots of CO2 and light the first epic bout and the rest of my episodes were after disturbing the tank which likely released some ammonia and my filter wasn't up to the task. I could get rid of the GW by allowing the floaters and stems to build up on the surface to dim the light but until I got much better bio filtration it always returned.
You might prune any dying leaves, vacuum the substrate to get debris off the surface and rinse out the filter media too. A long established tank has more organic matter than it really needs, take some out.
send me some of that green water! lol i've got plenty of filter feeders that would love to have some
If you have a way to test phosphates check that. A uv is amazing in keeping that from happening in the future.
in my case it was too much light from sunshine...just added some curtains and few water changes and everything was back to normal
i just got my phos test kit yesterday! took a reading this morning - it's around 2ppm. I'm gonna have to read up on exactly what that means and where I wanna be and what to do about it.
UV light in freshwater? wow... this planted tank rabbit hole gets pretty deep, eh??
thanks for the comments!
You've got an imbalance like you said between light, co2 and fertz. Too much light could be the culprit. But I am not familiar with the LED fixture you have.
I had a persistent algae bloom in my tank and I couldn't figure out the cause and then I did. It was from excess nutrients; iron in my case. UV Sterilizer took care of it and never to return again after decreasing my Micro dosage.
... Jealous ... I want green water :(. Do you have the tank place on direct sunlight?
nope, no sunlight whatsoever, just the Marineland Aquatic Plant 24" @ 8hr / day... and every single one of my plants have new growth all over (moneywort, hairgrass, crypt, amazon swords, java moss, and another that I forgot/don't know the name - has long stems, medium width long leaves and has a spikey-ball looking thing in the middle of the flowers).
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Although I have heard of neutered male cats who will mount, mostly to show dominance,I've never heard of a spayed female cat mating. Female cats mate exclusively to procreate. It's the hormones in the female that cause the heats and the desire to mate. Without those, she has neither the desire nor the scent that attracts males to mate with her. Most cats would love to be outside. However, it's not a safe place to be, especially for an elderly cat (your's is 98 in human years)who is new to the outdoors and it's dangers and who may not have the swift reflexes or the ability to get away from a predator. Chances are she is acquiring this odd scent while she is outside. She may be laying in something that is leaving this scent on her, even plants. If she stays in your yard, keep an eye on her to see where she goes. Maybe that way you can tell where she's picking up this scent.
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