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Chlamydia & Gonorrhea
Chlamydia and gonorrhea are the most common bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States today, but many infected people have no symptoms. These infections usually affect the genitals but may also cause infections of other mucous membranes, eyes, or joints. Pregnant women may transmit the infections to their newborns. Often progressing silently, these diseases can cause infertility and other health complications if left untreated. However, both diseases can be cured with antibiotics.
While rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea are highest in younger people, any sexually active person can get a chlamydia or gonorrhea infection. Many people have both chlamydia and gonorrhea infections at the same time.
Recommendations for Women
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the American Academy of Family of Physicians (AAFP), and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommend chlamydia screening for all sexually active adult women who have risk factors, such as a new or multiple sex partners. The CDC specifically recommends annual screening.
- The CDC, USPSTF, AAFP, and ACOG suggest gonorrhea screening for all sexually active adult women at increased risk.
For screening recommendations during pregnancy, see Pregnancy & Prenatal Testing.
Recommendations for Men
These organizations do not recommend routine screening for healthy, sexually active, heterosexual men. Health care providers may, however, use their judgment and consider risks, such as prevalence in the community. It is important to remember that an infected male can spread these diseases and even re-infect a partner if he does not complete treatment.
- For sexually active males who have sex with other males, the CDC recommends chlamydia and gonorrhea screening at least annually.
You are at risk of contracting chlamydia and gonorrhea if you:
- Have had one or both of these infections before
- Have other STDs, especially HIV
- Have new or multiple sex partners
- Use condoms inconsistently
- Exchange sex for money or drugs
- Use illegal drugs
- Live in a detention facility
- Are a man who has sex with other men
Because reinfection rates are high, the CDC recommends that both women and men who are treated for chlamydia or gonorrhea infection be retested approximately 3 months after treatment or at their next health care visit, regardless of whether they believe that their sex partners were treated. It is important to continue annual screening for these diseases because reinfection is always possible.
CDC: Chlamydia
CDC: Gonorrhea
Sources Used in Current Review
United States Preventive Service Task Force. USPSTF Recommendations for STI Screening. Available online at http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf08/methods/stinfections.htm through http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org. Last updated March 2008. Accessed May 24, 2012.
Kimberly A. Workowski and Stuart Berman. Sexually Transmitted Diseases Guidelines, 2010. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. PDF available for download at http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010/STD-Treatment-2010-RR5912.pdf through http://www.cdc.gov. Published December 27, 2010. Accessed March 24, 2012.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chlamydia and Gonorrhea — Two Most Commonly Reported Infectious Diseases in the United States. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsSTDData/ through http://www.cdc.gov. Last reviewed April 22, 2011. Accessed May 23, 2011.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. STD Prevention Conference 2012. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/stdconference2012summaries.html through http://www.cdc.gov. Last reviewed March 14, 2012. Accessed May 23, 2012.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Well-Woman Care: Assessments and Recommendations. Available online through http://www.acog.org/. Issued March 29, 2012. Accessed June 1, 2012.
American Academy of Family Physicians. Gonorrhea. Available online at http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/exam/gonorrhea.html through http://www.aafp.org. Accessed June 4, 2012.
American Academy of Family Physicians. Chlamydia. Available online at http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/exam/chlamydia.html through http://www.aafp.org. Accessed June 4, 2012.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2010 Treatment Guidelines, Special Populations. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010/specialpops.htm#msm through http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed June 2012.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chlamydial Infections - 2010 Treatment Guidelines. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010/chlamydial-infections.htm through http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed June 2012.
Screening for Gonorrhea: Recommendation Statement. Annals of Family Medicine 2005 May; 3(3): 263–267. Available online at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1466867/#r7 through http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Accessed June 2012.


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Those "devastating" sequestration cuts that kick in March 1? According to The Washington Post, what's been depicted as immense is only about 2 percent – $75 billion – of the $3.6 trillion federal budget. Two percent! That's the same amount most Americans lost from their paychecks in January when the payroll-tax holiday expired.
But instead of doing what Americans did – make minor reductions in spending – Democrats are trying to promote panic. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama plans a White House dog-and-pony show in which "first responders" warn of the chaos that looms because of the sequester, because of course emergency services will be the first cut. It's just logical.
Meanwhile, on the local front, Rep. Scott Peters, D-San Diego, delivered the administration's talking points with about the worst example imaginable, warning of how services will be devastated at the bloated, empire-building Port of San Diego if it loses some funding. Boot a few $15,000-a-month consultants? Reduce lavish travel? Nah. The port will implement cuts in a way that inconveniences customers and the public, not those on the port payroll. It's just logical.
If you think this is maddening, it gets worse. Guess who backs a pay raise for hundreds of thousands of federal employees? The president.
All of this brings to mind that it was Bob Woodward, not Ann Coulter, who said last fall that Barack Obama was a darn good politician but not a particularly impressive president. Obama's attempt to stir up a national panic rather than reduce the deficit from $845 billion to $736 billion is a reminder that Woodward is right. And that the president promotes panic while seeking a pay raise for well-compensated federal employees is unconscionable.
But this is nothing new. Whatever the problem, this White House knows the answer: Let's print more money!

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TPW Commission Confirms Jasper Site for New Fish Hatchery
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted Nov. 3 to approve the Jasper County bid to host a new East Texas freshwater fish hatchery for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The commission vote completes the new hatchery site selection process, confirming a recommendation made last month by the private, nonprofit Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation.
More than a dozen elected officials and community leaders from across the region came to the commission meeting to express their support for the hatchery, including several communities that bid for the project but were not selected.
"I'm reminded of the Caddo and Coushatta tribes that lived long ago in deep East Texas," said Jimmie Cooley, mayor of Woodville, which had teamed with Tyler County to submit a hatchery bid. "Those tribes knew no county lines, and we know no such boundaries with our neighbors in Jasper. We will share our resources to make this a successful project for all of East Texas."
"Tyler County submitted a proposal and fought hard for this project," Tyler County Judge Jerome Owens said. "We gave it a good fight, but we are here to let you know that we support the Jasper proposal and will do all we can to make it a truly regional hatchery."
Jasper County officials welcomed the participation from Tyler County and invited neighboring counties and communities to make the hatchery a regional project.
"We know that the location of this hatchery in East Texas will be a great benefit to the citizens of the entire region and to all the people of Texas," said Joe Folk, Jasper County Judge. Officials with the Deep East Texas Council of Governments and other communities expressed similar sentiments.
"We deeply appreciate the spirit of regional cooperation that is developing around the new hatchery project," said Joseph Fitzsimons, TPW Commission chairman. "There were many fine proposals by local communities, and it was a difficult decision. We fully support the concept of making this a venture that will benefit the entire region."
The Jasper County proposal was valued at approximately $28 million over 50 years, $4 million higher than the next highest bidder. It offered the largest land area at 200 acres. And it was also the only hatchery proposal that would require minimal water pumping, and with water delivered by gravity flow during parts of the year. The site is well-suited for hatchery construction, and will be cleared at no cost to TPWD.
The Jasper County proposal will locate the new hatchery near the Sam Rayburn Reservoir dam on property owned by Temple-Inland. The site is currently a managed forest logging operation.
Other partner offerings in the Jasper County proposal include water and financial support from the Lower Neches Valley Authority, a new county road to the site with possible assistance from the Texas Department of Transportation, and additional support from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The new hatchery will replace the present Jasper Fish Hatchery, which was opened in 1932 and has had no major renovation or modernization since the late 1940s. The primary funding source for the new hatchery and for improvements at other hatcheries in the TPWD system will come from a new $5 freshwater fishing stamp that was required beginning Sept.1, and from community and corporate support.
Fish hatchery production, along with fisheries management, regulations and law enforcement, helps sustain the high quality of fishing in Texas, an important part of the state economy. Freshwater anglers in Texas generated $1.49 billion in retail sales in 2001 based upon data collected by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service. This angling activity generated $733 million in wages and salaries annually.
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Checkmate: Tesla's Elon Musk Provides Driving Logs from NYT's "Peculiar" Model S Trip
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The driving logs disprove many of Broder's claims
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fulfilled his promise to provide the driving logs from
the recent Model S test drive
The New York Times
-- and it looks like John Broder has some explaining to do.
Broder, the NYT staff writer that took a Tesla Model S for a test trip up the east coast this winter, published a final article that
details a failed trip and the many troubles the car gave him along the way.
However, Musk became suspicious of Broder's claims when so many other journalists had made similar or more tasking trips in the Model S.
"To date, hundreds of journalists have test driven the Model S in every scenario you can imagine," said Musk. "The car has been driven through Death Valley (the hottest place on Earth) in the middle of summer and on a track of pure ice in a Minnesota winter. It has traveled over 600 miles in a day from the snowcapped peaks of Tahoe to Los Angeles, which made the very first use of the Supercharger network, and moreover by no lesser person than another reporter from
The New York Times
. Yet, somehow John Broder 'discovered' a problem and was unavoidably left stranded on the road. Or was he?"
Musk dug up
the driving logs from Broder's trip
, and earlier this week, he said he would share these discoveries after claiming that Broder had "faked" his article. Now, Musk has come equipped with the goods and it's not looking good for Broder.
Musk first addressed Broder's claim that the Model S ran completely out of energy and required a flatbed truck to tow it in Connecticut. Musk said the car never, at any time, ran out of energy.
Broder's article also mentioned that the Model S fell short of its projected range "on the final leg" of the trip, which was 61 miles total. On his final charge before embarking on this last leg of 61 miles, the logs show that Broder disconnected the charge cable when the range display showed only 32 miles. However, despite not fully charging the car, it managed to travel 51 miles -- and still wasn't completely out of charge when the flatbed truck was called for a tow. Also, during that last leg of the trip, Broder drive right past another charging station where he could have given the Model S another boost. But Musk said Broder "constructed a no-win scenario for any vehicle, electric or gasoline."
Musk also said that Broder never set the cruise control to 54 MPH or drove at 45 MPH, as stated in the article. Instead, he drove at speeds of 65-81 MPH for a majority of the trip.
He also had the cabin temperature at 72 degrees, and when he mentioned turning it down in the article, he had actually turned it up to 74 degrees.
Musk further noted that Broder's charge time on the second stop was 47 minutes, and not 58 minutes as stated in the article's graphic. If Broder didn't turn off the Supercharger at 47 minutes and went for the full 58, it would have been "virtually impossible" for him to run out of energy so quickly.
Speaking of charging, the driving logs also showed that Broder recharged the car to 90 percent on his first stop, to 72 percent on the second Supercharge and to 28 percent on the last leg -- signficantly cutting charging times at each stop.
Finally, Musk's driving logs from the Model S show that Broder had taken a long detour in Manhattan, and upon reaching Milford, Connecticut (where the range display said 0 miles), he drove the car in circles in a for over a half mile in a tiny parking lot. The Model S wouldn't give in and die, so Broder finally took it to the charging station.
Musk added that Broder was biased against electric vehicles from the start, and had set out to make the Model S fail before even receiving the car.
"When the facts didn't suit his opinion, he simply changed the facts," said Musk. "Our request of
The New York Times
is simple and fair: please investigate this article and determine the truth. You are a news organization where that principle is of paramount importance and what is at stake for sustainable transport is simply too important to the world to ignore."
Broder, who had his article published last week, was given a
Model S sedan
with an EPA rated 265-mile estimated range with an 85-kilowatt battery pack. He traveled from the
Washington area in Maryland to Norwich, Connecticut, with many stops in between including Newark, Delaware; New York City; Milford, Connecticut; Branford, Connecticut and Groton, Connecticut.
During his trip, Broder mentioned many instances where the battery suddenly depleted quickly and he had to call Tesla for assistance on how to maximize range between charging stops (which were about 200 miles apart from one another or less during the trip). He said he received different advice from different Tesla employees, and even bad advice from one that said to sit in the car for half an hour with the heat on a low setting in order to warm the battery after it depleted from an overnight stay in Groton. At one point, Broder said the car even needed to be towed in Branford because the battery drained much sooner than anticipated.
Let's see what Broder has to say now.
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It is no easy task to invent a machine just 10 cm (4 in) in size and then establish a system to purify the blood, water, and other fluids inside it. A whole factory would be needed to accomplish these tasks. Even if one managed to do this in such a small space, the performance and results would still be inadequate. One might manage to purify water or other fluids, but doing so for blood, which is essential for human beings, has not yet been achieved in such a small device.
However, all human beings are actually perfect examples of this special purification system, by means of the kidneys, each one of which is about 10 cm (4 in) in size and weighs 100 grams (3.5 ounce). This small space harbors around 1 million micro-purifiers that constantly clean the blood, which carries everything that makes continued life possible, and regulate the density of the water that reaches all of your cells and tissues. The kidneys, which know how much fluid is in your tissues as well as its level of concentration, carry out the necessary adjustments by His will so that we can go on living without difficulty.
Everybody more or less knows what happens when the kidneys fail to function: the person is hooked up to a dialysis machine several times a week until a new kidney can be transplanted. When the machine can no longer fulfill its purpose, the person dies. This example puts into stark relief the importance and miraculous aspect of this extraordinary purification plant.
This extraordinarily detailed and flawless system represents the artistry of Allah, Who created humanity with a flawless perfection. This organ alone is enough for a person to see His greatness and turn to faith:
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By M. Anthony Pogrel, DDS, MD, William Ware Endowed Professor and Chairman, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
The UCSF School of Dentistry and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery signed an affiliation agreement with the previously free-standing Community Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery program at Fresno Community Hospital in February, 2010. This brought the program in line with the medical programs in Fresno which are affiliated with UCSF School of Medicine through the UCSF Dean's Office in Fresno.
The immediate changes that this brought were that the two oral and maxillofacial surgery residents who graduate each year from that program could wear UCSF coats during their residency, receive UCSF graduation certificates and become known officially as the UCSF-Fresno Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Training Program.
Since then we have been looking for practical ways to put the affiliation agreement on a stronger basis, and since Room D-2009 in the UCSF Dental Center was equipped for teleconferencing as a result of the UCSF teleconference grant, we are now sharing three hours of didactic teaching monthly between the two programs. This consists of a one-hour Service Meeting where cases of interest are discussed and surgical results are presented, a one-hour Clinico-Pathological Correlation session where three or four interesting pathology cases are discussed with Dr. Richard Jordan from Oral Pathology, and an additional hour of Journal Club, Risk Management, or Practice Management.
These telehealth sessions will strengthen both programs in that UCSF-San Francisco will benefit from the strong clinical program in Fresno, and the UCSF-Fresno Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program will benefit from the strong didactic program in San Francisco. In the long term, we are hopeful that this will lead to closer ties between the two programs, including such things as interchange of residents, faculty, and a common resident application procedure.
The existence of this telehealth technology within the UCSF School of Dentistry gives us a great opportunity to combine teaching sessions.
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Craving a taste of the desserts you've seen on Unique Sweets? Here's your chance to satisfy your sweet tooth: Gilt City and Cooking Channel have paired up to bring the show to life with the Unique Sweets Crawl in New York City hosted by pastry chef and Unique Sweets contributor Zac Young. The crawl takes place Sunday, June 12th, and will stop at four locations from the show. If you are planning to be in New York that weekend, snag yourself some tickets and enjoy a sampling of the best Unique Sweets NYC has to offer!
Here's a look at the four locations featured on the crawl:
The first stop is Popbar for a gelato sampling from one of the founders and certified Popologist.
Next up is Bubby's in Brooklyn for a pie tasting.
Then it is back to Manhattan for a stop at the iconic restaurant Norma's for indulgent waffles and more sweet breakfast treats.
And last but not least, the tour ends at Kyotofu for some sweets and sake.
This is one food crawl you don't want to miss!
What: Unique Sweets Crawl hosted by Zac Young
When: Sunday, June 12th, 2011 from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Where: Popbar, Bubby's, Norma's, and Kyotofu in New York City
Cost: $75
Not in NYC that weekend? Don't worry. You can still bring a taste of Unique Sweets into your home with recipes from the show.
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First, women fought for the right to vote and own property. Then, the issues turned to sexuality, family and the workplace. Now, women are joining a third wave of feminists.
The battle for equal rights continues for women. Leading the charge: third wave feminists -- teenagers who want to make a difference.
"I think a lot of people think feminism is dead because the issues are not as prevalent, but I think people are just not looking," said Sariel Friedman, a 16-year-old feminist. "Feminism is taking a different shape."
"Feminism looks like everyone," said Maliaka Taylor, a 17-year-old feminist.
"People say, 'Oh you're a feminist, so your anti-men,' but that's not what we are," said
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"Bra burning. Bitch, bitch, that's a huge one," Friedman said.
"We are not anti-men. We just want to raise the issue and question these inequalities. We need to change it," Hess said.
These teens are fighting for equality. They've replaced burning bras and protest posters with the Internet -- reaching millions with a touch of a button.
"It's taking on a new persona. It has a new face and new way of delivering the message,"
said Emilia Delgado, a 17-year-old feminist.
The same technologies used to disrespect and demean women are being used to raise awareness for them. A main concern: the media. American teenagers spend 31 hours a week watching TV, 17 hours listening to music, three hours watching movies, four hours reading magazines, and 10 hours a week online. They are inundated with images of who and what they should be.
"One of the biggest problems is over-sexualization from a very, very early age in every kind of media a girl might see," Delgado explained.
"Women are growing up not knowing who they want to be because they lost their identity as a girl, and they feel like they have to conform," said Jenny Sim, a teen feminist.
Even the women who have made it to the top cannot dodge sexism.
"It's really interesting that all female politicians get asked who's at home taking care of the baby, but none of the male politicians get asked that question," Friedman said.
The latest numbers show women earn on average 82 percent of what men in the same position earn. That number is down to 65 percent for personal financial advisors, 80 percent for female surgeons, and 80 percent for police officers and lawyers.
"If we have unequal pay, then we are unequal. I'm sorry," Friedman said.
While working to close the gap, these teens will also face the same problems their mothers and grandmothers faced. Will they change their name when they get married?
Will they choose a career over kids?
"I don't think I'm going to have to make that choice. I think I can compromise between the two things. I think times have changed," Sim said.
They've changed so much that one young man is part of his school's feminist club.
"I can't sit back and be idle. It's not OK for me to leave it up to the women to fix this problem. What I've learned, is when women feel equal, everyone benefits," said Alejandro Argueta.
"Just by the nature of being a woman, they should be a feminist. If you're not a feminist, if your pro-sexism, then you're basically a bigot," Friedman said.
"You can be a short-haired Asian like me and still be fantabulous and glamorous," Sim said.
Smart, independent and courageous -- a good motto for the third wave.
According to a study out of Occidental College, at age 7, the same number of boys and girls want to be president. By 15, a massive gap emerges. November, 2012 was history making for women in politics. A record-breaking 154 women were on the ballot vying for a place in either the U.S. House of Representatives or U.S. Senate.
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Walker returning for sophomore season at Florida
Published: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 4:35 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 4:35 p.m.
Florida received some early good news this offseason when freshman forward Chris Walker announced Wednesday he'll return for his sophomore year.
Walker announced the decision on his Twitter account (@cwalkertime23), saying, "This year has been a great one, and I'm happy to say I will be joining the gatornation again for one more year!"
Barring an unforeseen injury, it likely will turn out to be a smart move. The 6-foot-10 forward from Bonifay was projected as a late first-round pick on some NBA mock draft websites, based strictly on potential. Unable to play until Feb. 4 due to academic and NCAA issues, Walker averaged just 1.9 points and 1.3 rebounds in 4.8 minutes per game.
"I think physically and mentally it was important for him to come back," ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale said. "I think no question another year will help him become a more polished player. I'm glad he was smart enough to make that decision."
With a full offseason of strength and conditioning, Walker should be prepared to make a more significant impact as a sophomore. During UF's Final Four run, Walker showed flashes of his athletic potential, finishing with a career-high seven points, three rebounds and one blocked shot off the bench in the Gators' 79-68 Sweet 16 win over UCLA.
Florida loses four senior starters from a team that won a school-record 36 games (36-3) and reached the Final Four for the fifth time in school history. Walker could easily win one of those starting jobs, either at center for Patric Young or at power forward for Will Yeguete (if the Gators decide to start South Carolina transfer Damontre Harris at center).
Walker and freshman point guard Kasey Hill could give the Gators two former McDonald's All Americans in the starting lineup next season. Other key returning players next season will include sophomore shooting guard Michael Frazier II, sophomore forward Dorian Finney-Smith and sophomore forward DeVon Walker.
The last Gator player to leave school after his freshman season was guard Bradley Beal, who was taken third overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2012 NBA draft. The only other one-and-done Gator under current coach Billy Donovan was forward Donnell Harvey, who was picked 22nd in the first round by the New York Knicks. Harvey spent parts of three seasons in the NBA but has spent the majority of his basketball career playing overseas.
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Ive seen youtube videos saying that it is a Phenox. Where are people getting this? --7th Body (talk) 01:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC) 7th Body --7th Body (talk) 01:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Corrosion Style?
I just read the viz translated version and it said instead of Yoton or Lava it said Corrosion. Should we change it to that? Saimaroimaru (talk) 20:54, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- I found it in the english released manga, lets see manga vol. 40 or 39 I think. Saimaroimaru (talk) 21:49, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- Discussion at Talk:Rōshi#Corrosion Style. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Apr 3, 2009 @ 22:06 (UTC)
I know that we know it can conrole lava, but since we have no idea (yet) what sort of animal it is, should we delete it?
According to the Artbook, looks like Yonbi is based from the Ohzaru transformation from Goku (Dragon Ball). But I don't know what does the description say exactly since I know very little of Japanese. The Bijuu concept page is here: [1].Queproblematico (talk) 19:43, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
- More misinformation. Just because things from different anime look like they have a connection does not mean that one is based off the other. 99% of these cases are simply because both anime used the same Japanese legend, myth, or piece of history as a base. Saying that the Yonbi is based on Dragon Ball is like saying the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox is based on Pokemon. Do some research and find out what Japanese legend they are both based on. Wikipedia can be very helpful for that kind of info. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Jul 4, 2009 @ 01:52 (UTC)
- Actually, ShounenSuki, being as awesome as he is, translated it for us....Its in Talk Tailed Beasts. ANd there is a slight connection to the "monster ape from Dragon Ball's Son Gokū"...Its worth a read....Very intresting....-- AlienGamer--Talk-- 01:58, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
- Aye. Got that from the Boss Translator himself. Kishimoto is a odd one isn't he.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 02:14, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
- Now this is a interesting problem isn't it. We have the page (Thank you Queproblematico) right there and I can't read it.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 02:21, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
- Aye. Got that from the Boss Translator himself. Kishimoto is a odd one isn't he.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 02:14, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Couldnt it be called the Four-Tailed Demon Ape? AMTNinja (talk) 08:38, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
- This.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 09:37, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
No, or it could be the fout tailed wukong or goku or the 4 tailed red ape or something more better than just ape. —This unsigned comment was made by Kouseki (talk • contribs) on 14:20, November 24, 2009.
Isn't Iwa it's affilation?--184.108.40.206 (talk) 20:46, March 13, 2010 (UTC)
Four Tails Powers
i read a translation of of the databook 3 and it said, "At his wandering's end, he understood he could borrow Yonbi's chakra to fuse fire and earth nature into lava ninjutsu" this seems to be saying that the chakra allowed him to mix the two not that the tailed beasts power was creating lava release, but to mix chakra natures, but i couldnt find out if the book originally said what Roshi's natures were but i guess he had earth and fire and with the beast he was able to mix them, thats what the translation seems to me to be saying what you think —This unsigned comment was made by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) .
- Look for talk archives in related articles such as Rōshi and Lava Release, it's all explained there. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 20:38, September 30, 2010 (UTC)
Naruto Shippūden Episode #165?
In the data box under the picture, it refers to "Naruto Shippūden Episode #165", where Naruto is in Sage mode and battles Pain. What does that fight have to do with this Four-Tailed Lava beast? —This unsigned comment was made by 184.108.40.206 (talk • contribs) .
- In the anime, when Pain is describing his plan to make a kinjutsu with the Tailed Beasts, there's sequence showing all the tailed beasts, a sequence which wasn't in the manga. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:30, February 19, 2011 (UTC)
Monkey fire breath
Why is this listed as anime only, in the databook artwork for the series it is shown spitting green flames in its artwork (which is also the one used to illustrate it on it's own page) Shouldn't this warrant removal of anime only status? —This unsigned comment was made by 18.104.22.168 (talk • contribs) .
- Wouldn't that 'fire breath' simply be the Yonbi's Yōton? —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 21:54, April 2, 2011 (UTC)
- Doesn't seem like lava. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 21:59, April 2, 2011 (UTC)
- be that as it may, the artbook shows that image and specifically states it spits lava from its mouth. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 22:14, April 2, 2011 (UTC)
- Doesn't seem like lava. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 21:59, April 2, 2011 (UTC)
- Relatedly. ~SnapperTo 22:22, April 2, 2011 (UTC)
But the fire is a physically shown trait in both the artwork and in the anime. It can physically spit green fire, I believe this should remain in the traits section —This unsigned comment was made by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) .
Element fusions
As i read in the manga, Kisame stated that the four-tailed monkey used many different element fusions, which states that it didn't only used Lava Release. —This unsigned comment was made by 18.104.22.168 (talk • contribs) .
- You read a mistranslation. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 14:57, September 24, 2011 (UTC)
- Is it really too much to wish people would dig through talk pages and archives before asking questions like these? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 15:26, September 24, 2011 (UTC)
The name
uh... are you sure about the Kanji (here too)? Also, why is the article's name Son Goku, when the Kanji are transcribed as Son Gokū? Seelentau 愛議 16:18, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
- I did see the name with and without macron so i dunno maybe we'll have to wait for Shounensuki on that one. I'm assuming the kanji for Kurama's name comes from the Kurama Clan article.--Cerez365™ 16:20, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
- You're making this too easy. First of all, it is true that the name of Sūn Wùkōng is written as 孫悟空, but that doesn't mean anything. Kishimoto-sensei could have altered the name, as he did here, for example. Furthermore, 空 is read as くう kū, that's why his name's Son Gokū. Also, why should the Kyūbi have the same Kanji as some unrelevant filler characters?^^ Seelentau 愛議 16:24, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
My guess would be that they simply took the kanji name from the dragon ball character he is named after. Wheter this is right or not, i cannot say.--Cosmikaze (talk) 16:27, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
- I s'pose that's why we use raws. I do think that Son's name should have the 'ū' macron though.--Cerez365™ 16:29, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
- Actually the dragon ball Son Goku's name if directly translated would be Son Gokū. Why they choose to call him Goku instead i can't say since i dont know Japaneese (But he has acutally been called both Son Goku, Son Gokuu, Son Gokū and Son Gokuh in official artwork and material).--Cosmikaze (talk) 16:50, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
It calls himself as "Sage King of Apes", right? Why didn't you add that name in the infobox as a nice name? Shakhmoot (talk) 18:57, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
- Yeah, and also Cerez365, yes I get it from Kurama clan article. --Ilnarutoanime -NejiLoverr- 18:59, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
- About the big name, I think it's probably a good idea to wait until a raw, so we don't need to change it so much. We might still have to move this page, considering how his name is translated. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 19:09, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
- I'm 99,9% sure that it's written with a makron. But we don't translate names here, right? So it's just Son Goku => Son Gokū and no literal translation of the Kanji, huh? Seelentau 愛議 20:53, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
- About the big name, I think it's probably a good idea to wait until a raw, so we don't need to change it so much. We might still have to move this page, considering how his name is translated. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 19:09, December 26, 2011 (UTC)
Oy. this is probably just useless spam but it's been bugging me, just how is the son in son goku's name pronounced, i mean is it pronounced like the male family member son or sone or so-nnn?126.96.36.199 (talk) 05:46, December 27, 2011 (UTC)
- You've never watched Dragon Ball? It's pronounced like the 'male family member' as you put it.--Cerez365™ 14:21, December 27, 2011 (UTC)
Suiren Cave
Naruto: Chapter 568, page 10
I might be wrong, the translation could be false, but does he not speak of the Suiren Cave of which he's the king of? Also, he mentions that he's the sage of that place too, which does make me think of the three current sage area's...
Hopefully I'm right, would be exciting to know that an Ape Sage Mode exists too! :D Derigar (talk) 05:29, April 16, 2012 (UTC)
Hmmm, nevermind. I searched in the wikia and apparently we already had a discussion about this. Ignore this post >:O


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ST. CLOUD, Fla. - A 23-year-old pregnant woman was killed in a crash in St. Cloud early Thursday when another vehicle struck her car, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Kristen Nicole Wright, of St. Cloud, who was 7-months pregnant, died in the crash, which occurred around 1 a.m. on U.S. 192 near Pine Grove Road.
According to the FHP, Wright was headed east on U.S. 192 when her 2001 Oldsmobile Alero was T-boned by a 2011 Kia Sorento driven by 17-year-old Vanessa Santiago Sanchez, of St. Cloud.
Troopers said Sanchez failed to yield the right of way at a stop sign while trying to cross U.S. 192 and hit Wright's car, which overturned in the crash.
Crews tried to save Wright, who troopers said was not wearing a seat belt, and her baby but couldn't.
"They did everything they could possibly do to make entry into that car to maybe even save the child. Unfortunately, the medical director for Osceola Regional at that point indicated that there was nothing that they were able to do at that time," FHP Trooper Steven Montiero said.
Sanchez and her passenger, 18-year-old Hannah McNeil, of Kissimmee, were taken to Osceola Regional Hospital with serious injuries. The FHP report says both were wearing seat belts and alcohol was not a factor in the wreck.
U.S. 192 was closed in both directions for hours after the crash.
An investigation is ongoing.
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Kamui Kobayashi has revealed he is not being paid a penny by Caterham for his return to Formula One this season.
Caterham have confirmed Japanese driver Kobayashi and Swedish rookie Marcus Ericsson will form their driver line-up for the year ahead.
Kobayashi returns to F1 after a year on the sidelines following his axe from Sauber at the end of 2012, the 27-year-old instead driving a Ferrari in the GT Pro class of the World Endurance Championship last season.
Kobayashi was offered a new contract by Ferrari for this season, which would have included an expanded role in their F1 programme, such as simulator testing.
But his desire to return to F1 full-time, in conjunction with the fact he offered to drive for free as well as handing over £1million in sponsorship raised by his fans to get him back into the sport, all played a key role in attaining the drive with Leafield-based Caterham.
"It is good they (the fans) are still supporting me. Japanese fans are definitely happy I've managed to get this seat," said Kobayashi.
"The one-year break from F1 was good, driving GT Pro, it was quite a high level of racing which I enjoyed.
"But I am only 27. I still need to race in F1 and that is why I chose to come back.
"Ferrari offered me another contract, and Stefano (Domenicali, team principal) is not happy I didn't take it, but it is my decision.
"I'm taking a risk in my life which is important for me, and Caterham needs different energy.
"So I don't need or care about money. I just want to drive and help the team, to be successful in my life and to bring the team success.
"So I am racing for free, my decision, my approach because I want to do this job. This appeals to Tony, this was my message to Tony, and he is happy about that."
Whilst an obviously agreeable option for Fernandes, the Malaysian entrepreneur insists his decision to hire Kobayashi was more to do with his passion to return to F1.
"Whether I save half a million (pounds), £1million or £2million, in the scheme of things makes no difference when you're talking about an £80million budget," said Fernandes.
"What we thought Kamui would bring is a little bit of a spark, that something you can't really quantify, something that motivates the 250 people (within the team) to say 'we've a chance now, we've a warrior who is going to go in there and do whatever it takes to move this team up'.
"That drives people a little bit more so that's the main reason we have taken him, and we've seen him on the track. It's well documented he goes for it.
"So Kamui was not really a financial consideration, although there are of course benefits as he's from Japan, he's Asian, so there are some business angles for me."


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Seventy-six percent of people saving for retirement in 401(k)s and other workplace plans told retirement planning firm State Street Global Advisors that their plan is in the same or better shape than it was five years ago, before the economic meltdown, and 79 percent said they were able to continue to contribute the same amount or even increase their contribution levels during these economically tough years.
But there has been one fairly dramatic change -- 49 percent said they are investing more conservatively than they did five years ago. In many cases, they are doing so by preferring fixed-income investments over equities. About one-third of the respondents told State Street that they were choosing bonds because they believed bonds would protect their portfolios from inflation. That's a mistake. Actually, inflation reduces the value of future interest and principal payments that bonds offer.
Investment adviser Benjamin Sullivan, a Certified Financial Planner for Palisades Hudson Financial Group, is warning against jumping willy-nilly into bonds as a hedge against the possibility that the value of equities will decline. He points out that if interest rates were to rise 4 percent, the value of a 10-year bond would fall 40 percent. Instead of buying intermediate or long-term bonds, Sullivan suggests that nervous savers choose short-term bonds. While the yields are modest, short-term bonds reduce volatility, preserve cash when you think you'll need it in the short term, and offer long-term savers money to invest aggressively when the equity market turns down and prices fall.
Sullivan also warns investors away from foreign and junk bonds. "Bonds are for protecting your wealth, not for risking it," he says.
In particular, he's looking favorably at money market funds, short-term corporate and municipal bond funds, floating-rate loan funds and funds that pursue absolute-return strategies. "Although these investments will earn less in the short term than a riskier bond portfolio, rising interest rates will not hurt your principal value nearly as much," he says.


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TAXI drivers in Dudley have been putting their foot down to demand changes in how their cars are safety tested.
Concerned cabbies say they were being forced off the road by a lack of facilities at Dudley Council's only testing station which meant they were waiting weeks for an appointment.
The chairman of the Dudley Private Hire and Taxi Association, Shaz Saleem, presented the authority with a petition containing 500 signatures at a showdown meeting on March 5 to demand an upgraded service at the Lister Road depot.
Council chiefs, including cabinet member for transport, cllr Khurshid Ahmed, appear to have put the brakes on further protests for now by promising improvements to the station, which carries out enhanced MOT-style checks which must be passed before cars can be used as taxis.
Cllr Ahmed said: "Having listened to the concerns of the taxi trade, the council has committed to a state of the art 'one stop' testing facility that will provide ample capacity for taxi testing, with the added provision of an MOT service if required.
"This new facility is currently being refurbished and is due to open in May. With more taxis operating in the borough it is important that the council has responded to an increase in demand, acknowledging that our existing facility is stretched at peak periods.
"We have brought in more staff to deal with this, until the new facility is up and running, which will significantly improve the timescales drivers have to wait."
The upgrades promised to drivers include an additional ramp, the station currently has one, an improved computer system for testing vehicles and staff registered with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency on site to improve standards.
Mr Saleem said: "I welcome this move. I believe this should improve standards and service. Our concern had always been not receiving value for money service. With what we have been promised it appears we will get the service we have desired.
"We will give the new station time and we hope it will achieve its purpose."
However Mr Saleem sent a clear message that if the authority fails to drive through changes there could be more trouble round the corner.
He added: "If their promises are not kept we will consider our options."


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Unreal Engine 4 Infiltrator Demo from GDC [video]by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/29/2013 11:57 AM EST
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hypopraxia - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkWow. That is more than impressive. Just, wow. Reply
T1beriu - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkI think this is a joke compared to what Frostbite 3 can do in Battlefield 4 and not a big improvement over Unreal Engine 3. Reply
szimm - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkWhat exactly do you mean? These are the same types of effects used in the BF4 video. Same post processing; same DoF, same bloom (i.e. drowning us in anamorphic lens flares...), same physics particles, same bokeh, same motion blur. The only demo I've seen so far which goes above and beyond is the CryEngine3 demo with stuff like realtime area lights, etc... I did lol at some of the very Doom3 inspired art design is this Unreal demo... Haven't we come further in all those years? ;) Reply
Sabresiberian - Saturday, March 30, 2013 - linkWhile I think calling it a joke is a little strong, I have to agree, it doesn't look as good, to me. And, this isn't game play, it's a video.
The Unreal devs are still focused on console quality. While they are looking forward to better consoles and Unreal 4 is obviously better than Unreal 3, that's what they primarily code for (by their own statements), and that's what has long held Unreal back, in my opinion. Reply
Margalus - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkI think you reversed that, Frostbite 3 is a joke compared this UE4. Just look at the water dripping down from the ceiling/pipes.. Looks realistic in UE4 demo here, in the BF4 demo it is just plain pathetic..
Of course that is only one part of the engine. Until both are out in games, I'm not gonna say one is better than the other. Videos like this are too limited to judge much about overall quality, imo. I'm sure they will both be good and have a place in the gaming industry. Reply
szimm - Friday, March 29, 2013 - link...And no developer in their right mind would ever dream of doing a simple water drop effect with anything other than a simple, old-school, billboard-style particle effect... ;) That kind of detail in a game engine is honestly a waste. What counts more than anything is lighting, post processing and particle density/physics. In addition, simple rendering power when it comes to having huge visibility ranges (avoid pop-in) and large amounts of dynamic meshes onscreen at once (crowds, flocks of birds, etc.). Reply
T1beriu - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkI remember getting goosebumps when I saw the Samaritan Unreal Engine 3.5 demo, I got the same feeling after Frostbite 3, but after watching UE4 I'm not impressed or moved at all. :) Reply
Thud2 - Sunday, April 14, 2013 - link"Frostbite 3 is a joke compared this UE4..... Until both are out in games, I'm not gonna say one is better than the other."
Too late. Reply
B3an - Sunday, March 31, 2013 - linkYour comment is stupid and you're stupid. Reply
Operandi - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkMan, in the future apparently bad guys are really dumb and don't know how to aim.
Very impressive however considering it was running on single 680. Not that it really matters since I don't plan on buying a console I wonder if the PS4 and 720 will be up running at that level. Reply
MonkeyPaw - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkDon't you know? Most bad guys attend the Storm Trooper School of Accuracy. Reply
eddman - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkTell me about it. A person, running away from you in a straight line, is the second easiest target to shoot down. The first would be a person running towards. :D
If unreal 4 games also manage to run this good on a single 680, I'd sell my 560 Ti right now, borrow some money and get a 680; but I doubt it.
"Heavily optimized demo, to run on a specific card"
"Crappy console ports that few developers care to optimize for PC, and even if they do, they'd still have to do so for a big range of cards." Reply
Thud2 - Sunday, April 14, 2013 - linkI their defense it is even kind of hard under pressure to hit a guy running away from you, even if he's running in a straight line away from you ... but it shouldn't be hard for FOUR GUYS WITH MACHINE GUNS to hit a guy running directly away from them. Reply
wurizen - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkmy only question is, which part is the actual gameplay footage? Pre-rendered CG doesn't count. Reply
CaedenV - Monday, April 01, 2013 - linkThis is a real-time rendered video. Meaning it is obviously not gameplay, but it is also not some sort of pre-rendered footage that took them 2-3 weeks to crank out. It is simply a matter of them opening up their platform used to create or load this scene, and then pressing play.
I was mostly impressed with the scope and world detail. Also I love that character detail for characters other than the main character have been boosted dramatically. Also the lighting was pretty good as well... but I think we have seen better with other engines recently.
The real takeaway from this for me were the glaring disappointments. While there is some obvious physics processing going on, things like hair still seem stiff. While it was cool that the hovering truck things had some movement on their own, I find it unbelievable that they would spaz out like that when moving in a straight line at a constant speed. Also, when the elevator colum is being shut down and you see these 'wires' hanging between the center spiral and the outer ring, and when they move they don't behave like a piece of sagging rope, they still move in odd little chunks.
And why does the optical cover not get disrupted when the soldier's food goes through it, but then it gets messed up with water?
Maybe most of my complaints are more art-direction issues, and not issues with the actual rendering engine, but if they are going to spend that kind of money on this type of project then you would think they would pay that kind of attention to detail. And maybe it is just me, but this dosn't look a whole lot better than the 3.5 demo. Perhaps what is impressive is that they are running it on a single card instead of a multiGPU setup? Something has been lost in translation for me as to why I should care about the demo, and as a long time Unreal fan I find that a little disappointing. Reply
MasterMason - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linkIt's hard to believe that this demo was actually ran using only a single GeForce GTX 680. Well, according to NVIDIA: http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/infiltra...
Optimized code perhaps? Reply
Thud2 - Sunday, April 14, 2013 - linkWithout a doubt and you can't really blame them for it, this isn't a benchmark. Regardless, looks great. Reply
danjw - Saturday, March 30, 2013 - linkYes, looks about like what you might expect from a 4-way GTX Titan SLI rig! ;-) Reply
surt - Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - linkWhat are you talking about. The bad guy kills like a dozen people. Reply
Thud2 - Sunday, April 14, 2013 - linkI think he meant the storm trooper like guys were the bad guys Reply
IAmRandom301982 - Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - linkPC gamers sure are paranoid right now that the upcoming consoles will be comparable lol.
Seems every PC game article of a future title has some mentioning of the PS4.
We'll see. But I have a feeling developers are cheering right now knowing they will not have to build 2 different teams ( perhaps even 3 ) because a console has architecture completely different then that of the main PC build.
And just to note something. That " demo " actually looks worse then the live gameplay of Killzone on PS4. Just sayin. Reply
Joelioto - Tuesday, June 04, 2013 - linkI saw this playing in real time in NVIDIAs demo lab. They were running off of like 1 680 I believe (although they did have a quad Titan rig sitting on the side ;D). It's an amazing demo, especially when you see it in wireframe view and see how densely packed the screen is of polygons. Reply


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The European Central Bank has washed its hands of any further responsibility for the 27 million people across the eurozone listed as unemployed or classified as discouraged workers.
The Governing Council thinks nothing more can usefully be done to lift the region out of double-dip recession, a relapse that it failed to foresee and to a great extent caused by allowing the money supply to contract in mid-2012.
It will not take fresh action to offset fiscal tightening this year of 2.3 per cent of GDP in Spain, 2 per cent in France or 1.2 per cent in Italy - and more cuts in the indentured trio of Greece, Portugal and Ireland - or to cushion the shock of reforms. The US Federal Reserve stands ready to inject stimulus until America's jobless rate falls to 6.5 per cent.
Yet the ECB professes itself helpless in the face of 11.8 per cent unemployment, a post-EMU record and rising each month. The ECB's Mario Draghi said there is ''not much'' that monetary policy can do to fight structural unemployment. If it really was ''structural'', his plea might convince. But is it?
Ireland has famously flexible labour markets yet its jobless rate has risen from 4.6 per cent to 14.6 per cent, and that includes the safety valve of a massive job flight to the UK and the US. Spain's rate has jumped from 7.8 per cent to 26.6 per cent in four years, or 55.8 per cent for youth, precisely because it is easy to sack Spanish workers on short-term contracts.
The European Commission's 400-page report last week on the jobless crisis quietly demolishes the claim that labour rigidities caused the social tornado sweeping half of Europe.
It dutifully lists things that can be done to help: Nordic flexi-security, or a lower ''tax wedge'' on labour. But it leaves no doubt that a ''demand shock'' is the real culprit. All else is ''less relevant''. The report subverts the central claim of Europe's austerity mandarins that labour reform will deliver recovery.
Greece's unemployment has reached 26.8 per cent. Italy looks low at 11.1 per cent but a further 12 per cent have dropped out of the data. Italy's combined rate is 23 per cent.
The share of those out of work for a year or more - 2 million in Spain alone - has jumped from 33 per cent to 43 per cent. A fifth have never had a job in their lives. The longer this goes on, the more hopeless it becomes.
According to the report, a ''new divide'' is emerging between EMU core countries and those ''that seem trapped in a downward spiral of falling output, fast rising unemployment and eroding disposable incomes. The wave of austerity policies raises important questions about the viability of Europe's welfare states''.
The Economist poll of forecasters expects the eurozone to contract 0.2 per cent this year, with scant growth in 2014. By then millions of people will have fallen into an ''enormous poverty trap,'' in the words of EU jobs chief Laszlo Andor.
Gustav Horn - head of Germany's IMK Institute and one of the country's five ''Wise Men'' - called for an end to the contractionary horror show last week.
''It's a vicious circle. Excess austerity is not reducing debt, it is causing debt to rise,'' he said. The only way out is an inflationary boom in Germany with 4 per cent wage growth for a while. He is right.
By any measure half of Europe is now in a great depression, less acute than the early 1930s but more protracted. Large numbers of people in the Baltics, Slovakia and the Balkans are in dire distress - the human sacrifice of ruling elites determined to defend EMU membership or euro currency pegs at all costs.
''Severe material deprivation'' has surged to 31 per cent in Latvia and 44 per cent in Bulgaria. The great majority of those in their fifties in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia who lost their jobs in the crisis have not found another job and have little chance of doing so ever again in their own countries. They are the forgotten residue.
Former ECB governor Athanasios Orphanides - a world expert on deflation - has broken loose, rebuking his ex-colleagues for standing ''idly by'' as Europe's socio-economic disaster unfolds. ''We are in the middle of a policy-induced recession and monetary policy can do more to contain it, without compromising price stability,'' he said.
Jacques Cailloux from Nomura says money is still ferociously tight for a string of countries. Sovereign bond yields may have fallen far but not far enough to keep pace with the slump. Nor have the gains fed through to the economy. Italian and Spanish companies still pay twice as much to borrow as German rivals. The North-South gap is becoming hard-wired into the system.
He calculates that a string of states will need drastic rate cuts this year under the classic ''Taylor Rule'' or shortfall in potential output: 150 basis points for France, 230 for Holland, 240 for Ireland, 330 for Portugal, 350 for Spain and 400 for Italy. For Greece, ''no amount of easing would appear sufficient''.
You cannot cut below zero. That is why you do quantitative easing, a crude proxy. The victim states need dollops to survive. But the ECB is betting instead that a fresh cycle of global growth and the ''positive contagion'' from surging asset prices will lift Europe off the reefs later this year. History may judge this to be a tragic policy error.
I do not wish to criticise Mr Draghi. He has played a weak hand with skill. By securing German assent for his plan to backstop the Spanish and Italian bond markets, he has defused the financial crisis at a stoke. But it is worth remembering how we got here, and what this rescue implies.
The Germans were not shaken out of their complacency until the Spanish banking system went into meltdown in July 2012 and Latin bloc leaders finally rebelled.
Some like to claim that the ''Draghi Put'' vindicates EMU crisis strategy. In fact, the EU resorted to drastic measures because all else had failed.
I might add that ECB bond purchases amount to fiscal union by stealth, outside democratic control. The Bundesbank's Jens Weidman is right to warn that this will come back to haunt Europe.
At the end of the day, Europe's crisis strategy is to break the back of labour resistance to pay cuts by driving unemployment through the roof. That is how an ''internal devaluation'' works. The ECB chooses to make this harder.
Mr Draghi deserves his accolades, but his job is not yet done. He has saved the rich. Now he must save the poor.
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