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I like it, could entice bulls fans
Sittin on top of the world!
the link isnt for the trade...its for the trade application
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
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Sittin on top of the world!
I like that you still didn't tell us what the trade is.

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Anton–Babinski syndrome is a rare symptom of brain damage occurring in the occipital lobe. People who suffer from it are "cortically blind", but affirm, often quite adamantly and in the face of clear evidence of their blindness, that they are capable of seeing. Failing to accept being blind gets dismissed by the sufferer through confabulation. It is named after Gabriel Anton and Joseph Babinski.
Anton–Babinski syndrome is mostly seen following a stroke, but may also be seen after head injury. It is well described by the neurologist Macdonald Critchley:
The sudden development of bilateral occipital dysfunction is likely to produce transient physical and psychical effects in which mental confusion may be prominent. It may be some days before the relatives, or the nursing staff, stumble onto the fact that the patient has actually become sightless. This is not only because the patient ordinarily does not volunteer the information that he has become blind, but he furthermore misleads his entourage by behaving and talking as though he were sighted. Attention is aroused however when the patient is found to collide with pieces of furniture, to fall over objects, and to experience difficulty in finding his way around. He may try to walk through a wall or through a closed door on his way from one room to another. Suspicion is still further alerted when he begins to describe people and objects around him which, as a matter of fact, are not there at all. Thus we have the twin symptoms of anosognosia (or lack of awareness of defect) and confabulation, the latter affecting both speech and behaviour.[1]
The syndrome may be conceptualised ideally as the converse of blindsight: a syndrome in which part of the visual field is experienced as completely inoperative, but some reliable perception does in fact occur.
Why patients with Anton–Babinski syndrome deny their blindness is unknown, although there are many theories. One theory is that damage to the visual cortex results in the inability to communicate with the speech-language areas of the brain. Visual imagery is received but cannot be interpreted; the speech centers of the brain confabulate a response.[2]
See alsoEdit
- ↑ Macdonald Critchley, "Modes of reaction to central blindness", in Critchley, 1979, p. 156
- ↑ Prigatano, George P.; Schacter, Daniel L (1991). Awareness of deficit after brain injury: clinical and theoretical issues, 53–60, Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Oxford University Press.
Critchley, Macdonald, The Divine Banquet of the Brain, Raven, New York, 1979
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Did you ever need a Windows service to startup, but only after other services are running? The LiveCycle Turnkey installation creates a dependency so that MySQL starts before JBoss. What if your application requires another DB such as Oracle XE to be running first?
Unfortunately, Oracle XE does not install this dependency, so that if you setup the Oracle XE DB to automatically start (the default installation), everything will be running, but you can't access the XE DB. This can happen when the DB starts up before the TNS Listener, so that the TNS Listener doesn't realize there's a database running.
This Knowledge Base Article from Microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193888 describes how to do setup these dependencies, but the text does not match up with what I see in Windows 2003 EE R2, so I have attached some screen shots.
- Start->Run->regedit
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\OracleServiceXE (swap OracleServiceXE for your service)
- Create a new Multi-String Value, by right-clicking on the background in the folder's contents
- Change the name of the value to "DependOnService"
- Edit the value (right-click and select modify) and add the services that should be started before this one. You need to enter the service name exactly as it appears in the Windows Services application. For Oracle XE, it is the "OracleXETNSListener" service.
- Click OK
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- Verify that it was updated properly by checking the service properties


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This is a long standing issue that's been bothering me for a while. It's only recently when I started getting into templates that I reliazed this more and more. I have taken a strong interest into performance websites, reducing the filesize and increasing the speed.
The way in which we write CSS affects the performance of the site, and indeed the Google Page Speed. I wanted to know what methods you all take into optimizing your site for speed, whether your host accepts GZIP or whether you're using a CDN. CSS in my understanding plays a lot of role into the way which your site is viewed and has an infleunce on any flash-of-unstyled content.
Luckily I don't get involved in the server side aspect but from my point of view (psd to css/html conversions) the main things I cater for are optimised images and using sprites where possible accompanied by clean css and html without bloat. Some people torture their css to death with optimisation to save a few k and then they sling in a 200k background image which makes little sense. CSS is really the last link in the chain where savings should be made as other areas will yield better results.
For most sites [inefficient css selectors will make little difference to speed and I dislike using selectors based on their speed rather than on what they achieve more simply. However I have noticed [URL="http://perfectionkills.com/profiling-css-for-fun-and-profit-optimization-notes/"]and so have others](http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2009/06/18/simplifying-css-selectors/) that some of the new css3 properties that save us using images (like border radius and gradients) actually have a far greater impact on speed than simply using the image in the first place.
Browser rendering is where I have an issue with, not so much speed and file size. If you had 2 pages one with 100's of CSS3 background-gradients or another page with simple background-colors, those pages would have a big difference in browser rendering. As far as I noticed Chrome is probably the best browser for rendering. I have taken an interest in magazine-style web layouts and I noticed they mostly use background-colour's as oppose to gradients and excess drop shadows. Their performance speaks for it's self.
Yes, Firefox is incredibly slow with gradients as it was previously with fixed backgrounds and makes the whole page feel sluggish. The newer versions are better but still make the page feel less snappy. The demo page I did for a previous quiz is still very slow on Firefox but a lot snappier in Chrome.
Just viewed that in FF, completely unusable, can't imagine a corporate site being like this. In Chrome it works fine, and looks really quite amazing. In the past I use to moan about IE, but it appears that FF will be the new moan as it fails to compete with web standards. Are there conditional statements etc. to exclude it from the running on the page. It's that or dropping excessive drop shadows. I designed my web design website and I was very liberal on CSS3. It appears okay with Chrome, but I am not too fond of it in FF. In fact I am now in the process of doing the blog pages, and I am doing a whole new theme, and decided to stay clear from CSS3 gradients.
I feel some of my CSS was also excessive (2500 lines+ of code), despite it ranking 93/100 on the Speed Test by Google, I also managed to target scripts for each page without running unessential scripts without cause.
I am going to build the blog pages with all this performance in mind, it will probably have to be powered by Drupal for more flexibility as it will contain 3/4 blogs in one site.
Am still a relative newbie on this issue, but One thing I have learned is that CSS and in deed web design in general is neither logical nor intuitive; it requires singular-goal relative consideration. In short the thin is to be PRACTICAL, not academic.
As Paul pointed out some people start trying to write 'minimal' CSS before they reduce/optimize images or even trim their mark up. As I understood it, CSS is there so you can style your mark up.. if you come up with convoluted design concepts, many variations etc ( usually the best AESTHETIC rule is KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID.This is not because as a designer you are unable to do tricks, but because good design doesn't rely on gimmicks)
Now, back to TECHNICAL considerations. For example, legacy IE consideration aside, when targeting ALL elements that are direct children of #content you could do :
The latter technique would allow you to micromanage elements manually ( maybe there is ONE direct child of #content you dont want styled so you dont add class='contentChild' to that element). Sure you avoid using the universal selector.. but you still force the browser to look trough the DOM for .contentChild ( this is assuming you were disciplined enough to only add .contentChild ONLY to the children of #content)
By contrast the earlier technique keeps your mark up extra clean, is all inclusive, and only requires intervention WHEN you you make an EXCEPTION ( so you can count that it would be few or far between) and you dont have to touch (add class='whatever') to you mark up. this is ease of update and clean mark up and really you haven't forced the UA to parse that many more extra DOM elements than if it had to look for every element with class ='contentChild'.
Don't confuse what I am saying with abuse of *
In reality I don't think one can summarily say "this method is bad form" when it comes to web design unless one considers IN DEPTH the specific implementation.
Yes it was only done for fun for the quiz and within the rules of the quiz which is why its a bit odd.
I find the gradient filters totally unusable and will not use them in a real site. It's far quicker to create a gradient image than it is to type all that css out and indeed the image renders quicker than the gradients and doesn't slow the page down when scrolling and once cached has no negative impact unlike the gradient filters which continually slow the page down when redrawing/scrolling etc..... and the image works everywhere.
Chrome and indeed IE seem a lot quicker than Firefox these days and I think that Chrome will be the browser of choice soon. Firefox is good for developing as there are loads of extensions but its not the best for browsing.
I designed my web design website and I was very liberal on CSS3. It appears okay with Chrome, but I am not too fond of it in FF. In fact I am now in the process of doing the blog pages, and I am doing a whole new theme, and decided to stay clear from CSS3 gradients.
Yes that's a nice looking page ( Although I would have trouble allowing myself to add a 172k image in the footer as I'm still living in 1999 and if an image is bigger than 20k I get frightened :))
I think that sometimes when you've built a site you realise what you could have done better afterwards. I think that in some ways its good to get something up and running quickly and then to reverse engineer it to be more efficient. Of course it depends on the size of the project and on large projects you just have to do it right form the start as there is often no turning back after months of code have been thrown at a project.
Yes that's a nice looking page ( Although I would have trouble allowing myself to add a 172k image in the footer as I'm still living in 1999 and if an image is bigger than 20k I get frightened )
I have to fix this. I sometimes run this through FastStone viewer. It does do a better job that PhotoShop and it happens to be free. The gradients were placed. I think we are however safe to use test-shadows and multiple backgrounds images. Gradients are a bit early. This was my first project with a background image. I used PIE script for consistency on other browsers, but in my opinion it's still loading slow. The blog will be completely different. This has to be fast because it's a blog. Want to put adverts on it too.


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Predictions call for a quiet hurricane season in Atlantic Canada, but the manager of the Canadian Hurricane Centre says people should still be prepared.
"We have what looks to be is a quieter than normal season being predicted primarily because of El Nino conditions," said Chris Fogarty. "That tends to be a correlation that we see for the hurricane activity."
When it takes effect, the El Nino, a band of warm ocean water temperatures that periodically develops off the Pacific coast of South America, phenomenon can divert jet streams, change precipitation patterns, and alter wind flow. El Ninos are also believed to suppress hurricanes.
"But, you only need one storm for it to be a problematic year," Fogarty said. "In 2003, Hurricane Juan hit during a year that was considered near below normal overall. We're not telling people to take it easy or anything like that. The same level of alertness, the same awareness is required."
Fogarty said the hurricane season usually runs from June through November.
"I'd say 80 per cent of them are really coming in August and September," he said.
Atlantic Canada doesn't experience hurricanes the same way other parts of North America do, Atlantic Canada can be strongly affected by these storms, Fogarty said.
"We don't get them in their full fury," he said. "They're normally transformed to fairly strong low pressure systems causing heavy rain and wind, maybe not as damaging as Juan. That's certainly a 50-year type thing when we had that storm. But they often transform into nor'easter-type storms which can still cause quite a bit of headache."
Fogarty said it's difficult to say at this stage if any hurricanes will hit the Atlantic region this hurricane season.
"You can't predict the direction or location of them at this stage," he said. "This forecast is for the Atlantic Ocean ocean-wide. Early in the season you're likely to get them forming in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and once you get into August and September they'll often form off the coast of Africa and execute a large C-shaped track up toward the eastern seaboard."
Fogarty said El Nino will have a say in the hurricane outcome for this region.
"When we have El Nino conditions you tend to have the jet stream further south over Ontario and through the Maritimes," he said. "That makes our weather not as nice and summery as we would like but it keeps the storms away."
Fogarty said the weather Atlantic Canada is experiencing now is from the effects of El Nino.
"El Nino, essentially, it's a big area of warm water over in the Pacific Ocean which creates a lot of cloud and strong winds off California and western Canada," he said. "The jet stream gets pushed up north. In the western part of Canada they get warm weather there and there's a corresponding dip in jet stream over eastern Canada. That's where you're seeing the cooler forecast for summer temperatures and a little more chance for rain."
Fogarty said environment Canada talks about the upcoming weather season to make people aware and to be prepared for stormy weather and weather of high impact.
"You really need to plan or mitigate impacts," he said. "Things like simply property management could minimize impacts. If you have a leaky roof, in a big wind and rain storm that's going to be a lot bigger mess if you hadn't planned for it."
"It's not waiting for the storm to be on the map and say 'Oh, what do we do?" he said.


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Topic: Update and Hello to All!
Hi Everyone,
I'm back for my pop in every once in a while to say hello to everyone post Still here daily and happy to be reading a fair bit of positive news.
My family is all doing relatively well. Christmas is of course one of those times of the year when emotions run high, and we are all certainly feeling those emotions a fair bit lately and missing Dad like crazy, but I know he's around. It just takes hearing Bing Crosby sing a Christmas carol to know he's with us. Besides, someone's gotta watch out for me and this 12 week old baby building a house in my body Yep - pregnant. Another baby to bless our family. Dad would be so excited... his Grandchildren were his everything. My daughter is looking forward to having a sibling (a brother named Bruce, according to her - ha)! As always I'd love to share photos of my Shirley Temple-looking little girl, but I've never been able to successfully post anything from facebook so anyone who wants to add me, feel free
I wish everyone person on this site a very Merry Christmas, and all the very best in the year to come. I think and pray for you all often, and hope you feel love surround you, especially this time of the year


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Hi all,
I am quite a newbie (I think that's the term?) when it comes to Python coding and/or web scraping. When it comes to Python, I pretty much can do one thing, run code in the terminal. I am however very well versed in Statistical packages/languages (SAS/Stata/SQL) -- not sure if this helps me too much. I have been tasked with scraping a website, specifically http://ipr.etsi.org/IPRDetails.aspx?IPRD_ID=5&IPRD_TYPE_ID=2&MODE=2#, for example, and pulling a bunch of information off of the "IPR information statement and licensing declaration" and "IPR information statement annex" tabs.
I would love to learn how to do this using Beautiful Soup, which I hear is a great tool for this kind of task. My end goal is to have code that loops through all the URLs from that website, scrolling where where "IPRD_ID = 5" and going from 1 through N. I would like my final output to look like what I have attached here in an Excel sheet, but I am very comfortable using Stata, SAS, Excel, etc. to reshape the data myself, so if I could get the data in some form from Beautiful Soup I would be able to place it into the format you see in the Excel sheet.
I would imagine this is probably a lot to ask someone to write this entire code out (again I have NO idea about BS right now ), but I would love it if someone could get me started by showing me how to extract a few of the fields I have listed here and then maybe I could write the rest of the code by mimicking?
Primarily, I would need to know how to
(1) Extract the headings/fields selected in Excel sheet from "IPR information statement and licensing" making sure they are connected to each "disclosure number"
(2) Extract a dummy (yes/no, 1/0, etc.) from the selectors to see if the organization is the proprietor and/or is prepared to granting a license
(3) Extract only the information regarding the "basis" patent (family members are much less important, as it seems like it would be very difficult to do this), but separately and marked accordingly for each disclosure number (in this case there are 5, but there really could be anywhere from 1 to N disclosure numbers on any individual page)
(4) Loop through websites where the "IPRD_ID" part of the URL can go from 1 through N
(5) Output all of this to CSV or some other format that I can access
I would GREATLY appreciate any help and forever be in anyone's debt! And if anyone needs any econometric help let me know and this could be symbiotic!
Thanks so much for looking!


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BRANDHALL Labour found the task of conceding 204 points to Kinver B just beyond them on the neutral tables of Kingswinford Conservative Club.
Jason Hickman gave them a fine start, winning by 75 points, but Adam Sprague countered by establishing a lead against Callum Downing, who hit back to reduce his winning margin to 18.
Alan Hooper opened up with a fluent 40 break but his opponent, Steve Nicholls, fought back so strongly that Alan had to clear the colours to win by 47, while Chris Southall had to clear those last important colours to beat Tim Charnock by 52. Kinver still led by 48 at the start of the final frame, but Bal Sembi looked in good touch with a 41 break before going in-off, giving Steve Jones the chance to counter with 38 to restore Kinver's advantage, before clinching the match on the last red.
Kinver, from the First Division, have beaten four Premier teams to reach their first final. They will face opponents from their own division, Amblecote Institute B, in the final.
Stourbridge Old Edwardian Club hosted the other semi-final which saw Amblecote defeat newly-crowned Second Division champions, Norton Social B, on the final pink. Matt Johnson gave Amblecote a winning start with a 15 point success against Joe Davies, fresh from his fine achievement in reaching the final of the Worcestershire Junior Championship, but Luke Grosvenor played particularly well to beat Cary Homer by 34 to extend Norton's advantage to 52 points. Adam Coley has been in top form for Amblecote in the closing weeks of the season but he lost narrowly to Paul Hipkiss. Mick Cook, however, produced one of his finest games for the Institute, defeating Barry Tromans by 75 points, with the aid of a 31 break, to give his team a 16 point lead. Pete Cairns did his best to retrieve the situation but Sam Harrison took the pink to see Amblecote through to a final appearance.
Foursomes (pairs) Final: Amblecote RBL hosted the final between the holders, Jon Bate and Callum Downing, now based at Hotshots SC, and Tom Hamilton and Harry Jones of Stourbridge Institute. The Stourbridge pair began well, leading 21-12 before Callum compiled a superb 82, cutting the deficit to 16. In a tense second frame, Callum wasn't given the opportunity to pot another ball as Harry and Tom tried to hold their advantage but Jon whittled away to edge his team ahead. Finally, a well-judged snooker on the blue by Callum produced the error and Jon took blue and pink to land the Geoff Williams Memorial Shield, struck in honour of the popular left-hander who played for Wombourne.
Stourbridge over 40's inter-league report: Stourbridge had to beat Worcester 4-1 to reach the final of the Worcester Inter-League competition.


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Management of Hepatitis C in HIV Infected Injection Drug Users (IDUs)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Johns Hopkins University
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Mark Sulkowski, Johns Hopkins University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 27, 2011
Last updated: August 10, 2016
Last verified: August 2016
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Detailed Description:
The principal goal of this research project is to evaluate the extent of HCV disease and its treatment in coinfected IDUs. Research procedures will focus on determining liver disease prevalence and grade of disease within this population. The investigators will also evaluate if behavioral reinforcement interventions increase the rate of treatment participation and completion.
|HIV Infection Hepatitis C
|Behavioral: Contigent voucher incentive
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Management of Hepatitis C in HIV Infected IDUs
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS Hepatitis Hepatitis A Hepatitis CU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Mark Sulkowski, Johns Hopkins University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Hepatitis C Treatment Eligibility and Uptake [ Time Frame: one year ]The proportion of IDUs who have no evidence of contraindications to HCV treatment with peginterferon/ribavirin and initial HCV treatment with the regimen treatment eligibility).
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Liver stiffness [ Time Frame: one year ]Liver stiffness, derived from liver elastography
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Standard of Care
HCV treatment in a standard-of-care setting
Experimental: Contingent Voucher Incentive (CVI)
HCV treatment with Contingent Voucher Incentive (CVI): At timed intervals during HCV treatment, subjects receive vouchers based on behavioral objectives.
Behavioral: Contigent voucher incentive
Subjects receive vouchers based on adherence to clinical visits and HCV medication.
Detailed Description:
The principal goal of this research project remains focused on hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs). The recent availability of a novel, non-invasive method of measuring HCV disease stage makes it possible to test the relationship of HCV disease stage and the management of coinfected IDUs with adequate precision. The investigators will apply the innovative technology, elastography (FibroScan®) to ask whether the marked differences in the final disease outcome, end-stage liver disease (ESLD), can be explained by a measure of liver stiffness as assessed by elastography (FibroScan®). While advances in non-invasive disease assessment are critical to HCV management, the greatest challenge to improving HCV treatment effectiveness in coinfected persons remains low rates of treatment uptake and adherence, even when freely accessible. In response to this glaring disparity, the investigators will test potent behavioral reinforcement interventions to improve the management of HCV disease by adapting a rigorously studied contingent behavioral incentives program to the treatment to coinfected IDUs. Hepatitis C Treatment Eligibility: To determine the population prevalence of significant liver disease in coinfected IDUs using an innovative, non-invasive methodology (transient elastography, FibroScan®) to measure liver stiffness. Liver Disease Staging: To test the hypothesis that liver stiffness, assessed by a novel, non-invasive methodology, is predictive of the development of ESLD, defined as hepatic decompensation, hepatocellular cancer, and liver-related death, in coinfected IDUs. Hepatitis C Treatment Incentives: To test the hypothesis that a contingent behavioral reinforcement intervention will effectively increase the proportion of coinfected IDUs who initiate, attend, and complete HCV treatment.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- History of substance abuse
- Reactive HCV antibody
- Reactive HIV antibody
Exclusion Criteria:
For the treatment arm, HCV treatment eligible defined by the absence of an absolute contraindication to HCV treatment:
- HCV RNA not detected by PCR
- Pregnant or not willing to use birth control
- Life expectancy < 2 years
- Severe depression with suicidal ideation Allergy to interferon and/or ribavirin Severe hematologic abnormality Renal insufficiency Women may not undergo FibroScan while pregnant Persons with implanted cardiac devices may not undergo FibroScan
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01448915
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01448915
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins Hospital
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
Sponsors and Collaborators
Johns Hopkins University
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
|Principal Investigator:
|Mark S. Sulkowski, MD
|Johns Hopkins University
More Information
Keywords provided by Mark Sulkowski, Johns Hopkins University:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 18, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Mark Sulkowski, Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01448915 History of Changes
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01DA016065 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|September 27, 2011
|Last Updated:
|August 10, 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Mark Sulkowski, Johns Hopkins University:
Human immunodeficiency virus
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Virus
AIDS virus
Immunodeficiency Virus, Human
Virus, Human Immunodeficiency
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C, chronic
Hepatitis C virus
Hepatitis C antibodies
Hepatitis C antigens
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis C
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Virus Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Flaviviridae Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
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Lara Brookes - 1000 Facials
Released: April 22, 2013
Lara Brookes stars in this episode of 1000 Facials. Her pretty little face is about to be covered in a thick layer of jizz for real! Lara is a shy little brunette that looks like she would be more comfortable studying Psychology in her college library. She is so new and inexperienced it's going to blow your mind that she's here sucking cock for a living. Her tits are real, her ass is real and her cute freckles add to the innocence. She is a barely legal petite 18 year old thing, and you can watch her learn all about sucking cock here on 1000 Facials. Johnny finds her wet and creamy before she uses her lips and mouth on his dong.


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TT Man
Thunder smash!
The Greatest of All Time
I thought maybe I could get hurt before and wuss out and stuff. Time is running out!
12 Monkeys
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
And wannabe gimp.
Buy my wife's sea catchers
Hoodoo Guru
The tangents are moot.
Wait, we're actually doing this aren't we?
When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?
The empty part of me where my soul used to be is now slowly filling with dread.
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
Lazy idiot
Tick tock
I'm just filled with a neverending compulsion to curse out loud.
The Logic of Long Distance


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THE elected boss of adult care in Worcestershire says there are "lessons to be learned" after the county council was criticised following the death of a vulnerable man.
Councillor Sheila Blagg admitted a shock independent report revealing a catalogue of council failures after the death of a 70-year-old should serve as a wake-up call.
Your Worcester News can also reveal she has asked a council watchdog to probe the current care home inspections process to see if it can be improved.
As your Worcester News revealed this morning the county pensioner, who cannot be named, died two months after moving from one private care home to another despite the council's own assessment warning it would be "detrimental" to his needs.
He was suffering diabetes, dementia, epilepsy, heart and stroke problems and died last January after going to hospital with pneumonia and dehydration.
The council moved him to a cheaper home rather than pay £800 a week to keep him at the old one, despite recommendations not to.
The Local Government Ombudsman has since accused the council of trying to "contract out the responsibility" for his death.
Cllr Blagg, cabinet member for adult social care, said: "We recognise that responsibility very much.
"I know there is a team put in place now, which was not there at the time (of the death), that does go out and do inspections on the spot so we don't rely on the CQC (Care Quality Commission) to do it.
"That being said, I would like overview and scrutiny to look at it to ensure the system we've got is fit for purpose.
"It's vital it does what it is meant to do. But I know there are lessons to be learned from this, definitely."
Her comments were made during a meeting of the adult care and well being panel at County Hall today, where Liberal Democrat Councillor Tom Wells called the saga "horrific."
The ombudsman's report said the new nursing home was "not suitable" and his condition got worse within 10 days of his arrival.
Despite complaints from the family about the standard of care and his condition, the council never completed a safeguarding investigation and he died in January 2012.
The council has since paid his family £1,500 and reviewed its procedures in a bid to avoid a repeat.


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HUNDREDS of people used an informative open day to learn how to stay safe on the region's waterways.
About 600 members of the public turned out at Upton Marina, in Upton upon Severn, near Malvern, on Saturday, September 29, to pick up tips and see demonstrations from the Mercia Inshore Search and Rescue (MISAR).
The team was formed in April 2005 and the voluntary organisation is dedicated to saving and protecting lives and property in areas surrounding the Severn valley, Avon valley and Wye valley.
From 10am to 5pm they were able to see members of MISAR at work and some of the luckier ones got to enjoy a boat ride to see potential dangers for themselves.
Dave Walker, team manager, said: "We had quite a good day in terms of people and a lot of safety work was done and we signed up a lot of interested recruits.
"The most important thing was the number of kids who attended, which allowed us to get the safety message across and we have been able to organise quite a few safety talks with schools."
He said there were now plans for MISAR to stage more safety days in the future.
The services they offer include lifeboats and inshore rescue boats, swift water rescue, a specialist dive team facility, flooding support, safety cover, water safety presentations and a water related land search team.


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SMWC senior develops first of its kind - interactive drum table for therapeutic settings
May 1st, 2014 | SMWC
When you hear a song, you tap your foot, maybe even bob your head a little or play a drum solo with your hands. We carry out these actions without even thinking about it because we are so in tune with the beat of the music. Rhythm is an essential element in music and is at the core of many of the methods used in music therapy. So when Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) senior music therapy major, Sherry Bube, saw a drum table at the Experience Music Project (EMP) Museum in Seattle, Wash., the idea for her senior project was born.
A drum table is electronic percussive instrument with a projection sound system that allows participants to play different instruments depending on where the drumhead is hit. There is currently no known drum table of this style or use for the therapeutic setting. But Sherry Bube's project, B.E.A.T.! (Bring Everyone Around the Table), is about to change that.
For her senior project, funded by an $11,000 Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) Ball Venture grant, Bube developed an inter-collegiate collaboration between herself and two senior mechanical engineering students from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Anthony Shevchenko and Matthew Stephens.
Together they will create an interactive percussive drum table that will utilize electronic and technological components, such as sensors and computer programming, to allow the drum to be adapted for a variety of uses within the therapeutic setting. Another important component of the instrument is the adjustable base that will allow for the drum to be made more accessible for individuals with physical disabilities, such as those with wheelchairs. This would be the first known drum table of this style with specific programming and technological capabilities toward a therapeutic use.
"It became apparent to me that branching out into this area of collaboration with individuals who are from other professions, delving into merging technology and musical instruments together, as well as looking for future research opportunities would be beneficial not only for the experience, but also for the clients that music therapy students engage with at various practicum sites in the community," stated Bube. "It has been one of the best experiences I've had in terms of learning more about a topic area outside my typical subjects of study, collaborating with other professions, as well as the entire process of applying for grants and project development."
Percussive instruments are easily interactive and provide tonal and rhythmic elements to the music. For example, individuals with Alzheimer's disease have been found to respond to rhythm into the late stages of the disease, despite decreased mobility, coordination, social and communicative abilities. Rhythm is also basic to gait, speech and other physiological functions, and is valuable in addressing the various needs of clients in both group and individual therapeutic settings.
"The interactive percussive drum table will increase the ability of the students in the growing Music Therapy programs at SMWC to become better equipped in working with instruments that utilize technology, and expand opportunity to address goal areas of clients who would benefit from the use of percussive instruments in music therapy sessions," said Bube. "It will also serve as a model for electronic instrument development for a growing range of therapeutic uses."
In March, Bube presented at the Great Lakes Regional Music Therapy Conference in Rosemont, Ill. In her presentation, Bube detailed the process of the B.E.A.T.! project, including grant application, research, collaboration and construction of the drum table.
"Sherry has been extremely professional and thorough in all aspects of the project," said Sharon Boyle, SMWC associate professor and coordinator of the undergraduate program in music therapy and primary faculty advisor of the B.E.A.T.! project. "She dreams big, but she also follows through and makes things happen! She is an extraordinary student in many ways, but her leadership and implementation of this project have exceeded all my expectations."
Having completed the stages of research and design, the team is currently in the construction and assembly phase. Stephens and Shevchenko expect to finish assembling the instrument by the end of May. After the project is completed, Bube and Boyle will train users, and the drum table will remain at SMWC. It will be utilized by music therapy students in clinical and classroom trainings, at practicum sites for music therapy sessions and in research of the effectiveness of percussive instruments with technological components.
"It is not typical for a student, in any program, to apply for and receive an $11,000.00 grant! This is a first for our program and I am hoping that other students will feel inspired to pursue other large projects after seeing all Sherry has accomplished," said Boyle. "The fact that she chose an instrument design that could benefit the profession of music therapy, beyond our program, speaks to her sense of commitment to music therapy and to the clients we serve. All of this demonstrates that students in the SMWC Music Therapy program can achieve great things and we will support their big ideas!"
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(UPDATED COVERAGE, 1:50 p.m.) Citrus in California's San Joaquin Valley escaped immediate damage Jan. 10, but growers readied themselves for three more nights of freezing temperatures.
A rainstorm that hit parts of the valley created a potential for ice mark on mandarins or navels. But any losses would take time to show up, according to California Citrus Mutual.
"Friday (Jan. 11) is supposed to be the really cold night," said Alyssa Houtby, director of public affairs for the Exeter-based trade association. "It will probably get into the lower 20s."
Temperatures in the valley reached as low as the upper 20s on Jan. 10, but wind machines and watering kept fruit above 32 degrees, making damage unlikely.
Elsewhere in the state temperatures in the low 30s hit production areas of Ventura, Riverside and Imperial counties, according to a news release. No damage was reported there. Nevertheless Riverside, Imperial and Coachella groves were threatened for five early morning hours Jan. 11 due to the greater cold sensitivity of fruit there.
Ventura had pockets as low as 27.
California Citrus Mutual expects some damage to mandarins and navels if temperatures hit the lower 20s, but less overall this winter than last when the industry endured a record number of frost nights.
"It's been pretty moderate," Houtby said. "This is the first weekend stretch or few days where it's going to get into the 20s for any length of time. And it's later in the season than normal so that helped the fruit get established a little more."
In the 2011-12 season growers used protection measures — wind machines and watering — an average of 25 to 30 nights. It cost about $100 million, or $300 to $400 per acre. They're well behind that pace now.
On Jan. 10 growers ran wind machines from six to 10 hours, typically starting from midnight to 2:30 a.m. They were expected to start earlier Jan. 11.
Navel oranges in the San Joaquin Valley are about 25% harvested. The bulk remains on the tree, but could benefit from having had time to set.
Milder temperatures were expected to return Jan. 14.


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What Makes Pussy So Problematic?
| May 18, 2016 | Asian American Writers' Workshop
Koyama Press
The story behind Japanese artist Rokudenashiko's arrest for her vagina-inspired sculptures
The Margins
Beyond Gifted Hands: Reimagining Fair Housing in New York City
How the fight against displacement calls for New York City's Asian immigrant communities to defect from the "model minority" narrative.
Emptied: Two Poems by Hieu Minh Nguyen
There are countless ways / to justify company. Hunger, overdue balance, whatever. / Cartoon savage licking the throne clean. / & isn't that what you always wanted? / To be filled & emptied?
AAWW TV: Migrant Father Fragment
Writers Q.M. Zhang and lê thị diễm thúy speak with Hua Hsu about their fragmented, hybrid works that explore themes of immigration, grief, and fatherhood.
Open City
Dragon Ladies
They had to endure racial and gender injustices. But these three are now the faces of the growing political clout of Asian American women.
From Prison Chaplain to Imprisoned Chaplain
One moment he was ministering to Muslim prisoners at Guantanamo. The next, he was arrested, detained and threatened with execution.
When the First Generation Dies
Faced with the sudden death of a loved one, Muslim immigrants -- after a secular lifetime in America -- cross this final frontier of assimilation.
August 8, 6:00 PM
Screenwriting Workshop
Four Sessions, 3 hours each (6-9pm) Tuesdays, August 8, August 15, August 22, and August 29
Fees & Payment Options: $220 General / $200 AAWW Members
Full payment due before first class. Maximum of ten students.
Why you should take this class:
Writer & Director Darine Hotait bridges the gap between literature and cinema due to her genuine fascination and devotion to both. A mentor in numerous screenwriting workshops at film festivals and institutions such as the Med Film Festival in Rome, Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam, Mizna Literary Gathering in Minneapolis, among others —Darine invites you to learn how to take the elements that construct a screenplay into development: act structure, character development, and scene breakdown.
Class Description:
Develop your screenwriting skills with award-winning writer and director Darine Hotait, whose films screened at top international film festivals, received multiple Best Fiction awards and were acquired by Sundance TV, AMC Networks & BBC Channel. Her feature screenplays were selected at Cannes Film Festival's International Scriptwriters' Pavilion and were among the top 5 finalists at Hearst Screenwriting Competition. She's the recipient of the AFAC cinema grant and a current literary fellow at New York Foundation for the Arts. Over the period of 4 weeks, writers will be guided through the process of developing a feature film screenplay using various hands-on exercises.
Participants are expected to have a one-page storyline that they wish to develop into a feature film screenplay during the workshop.
Questions? Contact Tiffany Le at email@example.com
Darine Hotait
is the writer and director of various short films
Beirut Hide and Seek
(2011), and
I Say Dust
(2015), which screened at over 70 international film festivals and received multiple Best Short Fiction awards. Her films received prestigious distribution and were acquired by reputable platforms such as AMC Network, Sundance Channel, BBC Channel, Shorts International & The Journal of Short Films. Her debut science fiction feature film project
Symphony of a Flood
was selected at the International Screenwriters' Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival 2016 and was a finalist at the prestigious Hearst Screenwriting Competition at San Francisco Film Society. Her plays and short stories have been published in numerous publications in print and online. Darine has mentored over 50 screenwriting workshops around the world at various institutions and international film festivals. Since 2010, Darine serves as the founder and creative director of Cinephilia Productions in New York City, an incubator for the development of writers and filmmakers from the MENA region.
Praise for
I Say Dust
"The film's power and beauty comes in its subtlety. The story's intensity and potency lies in Darine's ability to sing cinematic brilliance in the interstices between scenes and to reveal more about the characters in their silence. The plot is unsaturated and always in dialogue with the audience: what is strategically unpictured by Darine is viscerally felt by the viewer." — Leena Habiballah, Qahwa Project, US
"The characters are complex, the writing – interspersed with poetry – is so touching, and the shots so poignant it just seems like a damn shame it's a short rather than a feature length film." — Wided Khadraoui, Kalimat Magazine
"There is romance, sweet and ephemeral - an encounter more potent, perhaps, for the sense of coming home. A thoughtful film which packs a lot of ideas into a tight space, I Say Dust speaks well to the talents of those involved. It's no surprise that it has multiple awards to its name." — Jennie Kermode, Eye For Film (Edinburgh)
August 9, 7:00 PM
Workshop: Protest Poetry
Four Sessions, 2 hours each (7-9pm) Wednesdays August 9th, August 16th, August 23rd, August 30th
Fees & Payment Options: $200 General / $180 AAWW Members
Full payment due before first class. Maximum of fifteen students.
Why you should take this class:
Poet Sally Wen Mao, award-winning author of
Mad Honey Symposium
(Alice James Books, 2014), has been anthologized in
The Best American Poetry 2013, BOMB Magazine, Poetry
, and more. You can
explore Lavender Town in
The Margins
and check out the feature in
listing her as
one of the best poetry debuts in the last five years
. Sally Wen Mao invites you to re-invent language and to re-invent the familiar in this protest poetry workshop.
Class Description:
We are living in a senseless political era. How do we react, as writers, artists, and citizens? Where do we channel our anger, our protest, our ideals – how do we do right by our art and our politics? In this workshop, participants consider the political poem and examine the ways to approach resistance through language, lyric, and form—in poetry or in lyric essays. Drawing from contemporary poets like Layli Long Soldier, Tommy Pico, Timothy Yu, Srikanth Reddy, Solmaz Sharif, and Claudia Rankine, we will examine over the course of several sessions the tools we can use to dismantle the powerful narratives that silence and oppress – and in that process, discover our own political voice. This course will include writing exercises and generative sessions as well as a workshop.
Questions? Contact Tiffany Le at firstname.lastname@example.com
Sally Wen Mao
is the author of
(Graywolf Press 2019) and
Mad Honey Symposium
(Alice James Books, 2014). She is the recipient of awards and fellowships from Poets & Writers, The Cullman Center at the New York Public Library, Kundiman, Jerome Foundation, and Bread Loaf Writers Conference, among others. Her poems have received a Pushcart Prize and published in
Tin House, Poetry, Best American Poetry 2013
, and
A Public Space
, among others.
"Linguistically dexterous and formally astute, Mao's tight and textured debut [Mad Honey Symposium] conjures an absurd, lush, occasionally poisonous world and the ravenous humans and animals that travel through it. . . . With echoes of Glück and Plath, Mao generates stunning landscapes where the flora and fauna reflect her presence and strength of voice." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"In Mad Honey Symposium, Sally Wen Mao offers delicious diction: 'archipelago . . . arpeggios;' 'horntails / swarm the wax leaves;' 'Fetal and feral, we curl;' 'mouth on your pendulum;' 'in the rigmarole of lucky living—!' She also offers a heightened attention to how words work and work out in various contexts. The poet takes us all over the place in time and geography—from her mother's bed to Audubon's dreams to sputnik to hive and back again—all in the service of feeling deeply. A lovely debut collection." —Kimiko Hahn
August 11, 6:00 PM
Workshop: Experimental Fiction
Three Sessions, 3 hours each (6-9pm) Fridays, August 11th, August 18th, August 25th
Fees & Payment Options: $150 General / $100 AAWW Members
Full payment due before first class. STUDENT RATE AVAILABLE FOR LIMITED SEATS
Why you should take this class:
You've got something special in the works but you keep running into walls. There's a hidden flavor that you can't quite name? Trying to remember that movie you watched how many years ago? Break out of your comfort zone in this intermediate fiction workshop with seasoned Catapult Instructor and critically acclaimed writer, Jade Sharma.
Brief Description:
Experimental Fiction: Breaking the rules. In the course we will write pieces that play with the normal conventions of plot, story, and character. You will be given short assignments to sharpen your skills, as well, as, each student will submit pages of either a short story of an excerpt of a novel. Writers like Beckett, Mary Gaitskill, Lorrie Moore, George Saunders, Donald Bartholomew, as well, as more obscure works will be read to explore how different writers break convention and when it works and when it doesn't.
For your first class be prepared with an introduction of your 5 favorite works, and why. Also,bring your writing to share but there is no cap or maximum. Questions? Contact Tiffany Le at firstname.lastname@example.com
Jade Sharma
is the author of
(Emily Books/Coffee House Press). Drawn to troubled characters, her novel was described by The New York Times as a rule-breaking debut with vulgarity that "is deeply and powerfully feminist. Most of Sharma's best lines are too profane to print; Maya's narration is crude, unsettling and often shamelessly sexy." Jade is a writer living in New York with an MFA from the New School, she is living the unromantic unhip dream.
Catapult Testimonials:
"Jade Sharma will root out anything in your manuscript that is fake, disingenuous, weak, or just plain bad, and she frames her critiques with humor and honesty. Your work will be stronger for it, and you will be too." Ruth Curry (Co-founder of Emily Books)
"Jade Sharma has a brilliant analytical and critical mind, and is devastatingly effective at x-raying fiction to discern levels of clarity, originality and emotional honesty." Xan Price "Being in class with Jade was always a pleasure. Her insights into other students' work were deeply intellectual and offered interesting perspectives on storytelling. She personally made time to read my stories outside of class, as well, and we often exchanged work. I'm so glad to have gotten to study with her. She helped my work immeasurably." Sarah Gerard (Author of BINARY STAR)


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When trying to upgrade a LC7 process in Workbench, which is working fine under the LC7 compatibility layer you may receive an internal error in the upgrade report, with the following exception in the detail dialog:
at com.adobe.workflow.template.document.AbstractRouteTemplate.copyToAction(AbstractRouteTemplate.java:90)
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at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:58)
This will be related to a particular QPAC in the process which does not have the correct mapping file for the Upgrade Process Tool. The report will show you on which QPAC the exception occurred, or you can remove each QPAC from the process one after the other, and re-test to isolate the problem QPAC.
Once you know what QPAC causes the issue, you should ensure you have the current upgrade mapping file for that QPAC loaded in Workbench. If the QPAC is from another vendor, then contact that vendor for the latest mapping file, and load it into Workbench under Preferences -> Upgrade Process Tool.
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Vancouver-trained chef Makoto Ono opens PiDGiN restaurant
Canadian chef Makoto Ono's highly anticipated PiDGiN (350 Carrall Street) opened this week in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The restaurant, which was originally planned for a 2012 opening, brings together Japanese, Korean, and French flavours, with a focus on seafood and shared plates.
Ono received his culinary training at the Art Institute of Vancouver's Dubrelle Culinary School. He won the Canadian Culinary Championships in 2007, and helmed the kitchen at Winnipeg's Gluttons Bistro, Beijing's Makoto, and Hong Kong's Liberty Private Works, before returning home to Winnipeg to guest chef at his father's Edohei Japanese restaurant before it closed in February 2012.
Rounding out the team at PiDGiN is pastry chef Amanda Cheng, who was born and raised in Vancouver and graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, and bar manager Robyn Gray, who previously worked at Revel Room, Calabash Bistro, and the Rosewood Hotel Georgia.
PiDGiN is the first Vancouver restaurant to offer sake on tap from Granville Island's Artisan Sake Maker. Menu items are priced between $6 and $26.
25 Comments
Feb 8, 2013 at 2:52pm
Mr. Resistor
Feb 9, 2013 at 8:48am
How does the view of residential school survivors, rape survivors and abused mentally ill people make the food taste?
If people get pushed into the margins because of this place people will die, some will even be murdered and their blood will be on your hands.
Shame on you.
Rich City
Feb 9, 2013 at 7:57pm
Another blatant bourgeois incursion into the Downtown Eastside, where you can sip your $15 cocktail and have Pigeon Park on full display. It should come as no surprise then that developers are partners in this gentrification enterprise. Get the yuppie restaurants in, make the neighbourhood feel 'safe', and then get those condos built. It's that easy!
Scott, the Comfortable, Liberal, Westender
Feb 9, 2013 at 9:58pm
What the hell are your points ("murder"). The DTES is an abomination - BC and Canada's shame. Do you think these peoples' success, in and of itself, changes anything? Their presence in the DTES brings more attention to the area.
Accept the project on its merits. Perhaps some good will come of it. Get off your sanctimonious asses and work for your own goals, and allow these folks to work on there's.
Same guy
Feb 9, 2013 at 9:59pm
This is native land
Feb 10, 2013 at 10:19am
This is what colonialism looks like. The rich kids are moving in to push out out. They want us to go back to hiding in alleys. They don't care what happens. If people die because of this, blood is on your hands.
Please have a heart. My people have suffered enough. Tear down this abomination and build some decent housing for people in need. Enough is enough.
Feb 10, 2013 at 2:24pm
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Mr Resistor
Feb 10, 2013 at 9:03pm
@Scott wrote that DTES is an abomination.
Why? Because of First Nations? Because of victims of your country's genocides?
Are you not aware of the worst serial killing in Canadian history? One of the women was taken a few steps from this spot. Those women were from this neighborhood
Do you understand the history or do you choose to believe the poor and homeless chose their fate?
Smarten up. What happened was genocide. Pidgin better not be part of more of the same.
Smarten up and show some respect.
Jack Ying
Feb 10, 2013 at 11:04pm
I believe that it is an eventuality that the Gastown and Chinatown areas will be redeveloped. We are running out of room downtown and projects such as Woodward's,not forgetting the marketing genius of Bob Rennie, have made it profitable and attractive for developers to consider that area. Think of this, I currently have 6 assignments in the 2 Woodward's buildings. The prices range from almost $700/sqft with a 10 year leased parking to over $1000/sqft. Developers see this kind of money in an area where they can buy properties to develop at a lower cost and they cannot resist. More and more developments will come up and guess what, the 'undesirable elements' will move away. Why? Not because they will be dragged away by cops but because they shun attention. They live in the shadows of society and when a big spotlight is pointed at them, they will move. And good riddance.
Jeff Ke
Feb 11, 2013 at 9:53pm
No matter how much money, many of them are completely mentally ill and have no chance of recovery. It's a losing investment. They'll never change, and so you're better off not helping the hopeless, I mean homeless.
Single occupancy hotel rooms is a positively-notated term for cheap dirty housing for druggies and near-homeless people and other losers surrounded by barrages of homeless people who cannot even afford that.
It's like uncovering the ash-ridden lungs of a cancer patient – he may look perfectly fine on the skin and what not, but when you get to the depths of this, the hideous and low-class segments of the city are barren and wasted – adding a black spot to the elegance and the beauty of the city.
These buildings are being removed, because real estate development corporations want to rip them out, re-develop the sectors of the city and revive it into more beautiful neighbourhood that meets the standards of the rest of the city.
Essentially: We have to take away the last resort of living from the druggies and near-homeless people, re-zone it, and give more affordable living space to the rest of the citizens, and expand the horizons of the city – the good clean city, that is. And the real estate developers, who have rightfully earned the money through ambition and drive, why should they have to miss out on opportunities to increase their net worth from $2 billion to $4 billion? They deserve it fully. I don't see why the rest of the good citizens, who are hard-working and goal-oriented, should run out of space downtown because there are these hideous, drug-ridden motels so close to our beautiful downtown. I don't see why these people who clearly don't deserve this, should be protected any more. They already get food stamps – that's more than enough actually. The city, pressured by hippie activists, currently have a re-zoning penalty that is charged to developers.
Essentially: We take away the last resort of living from the druggies and near-homeless people, re-zone it, and give more affordable living space to the rest of the citizens, and expand the horizons of the city – the good clean city, that is. And I'm in full agreement with that.
Who cares what happens to them? Who cares about missing women? Who really cares about some dead hookers? What kind of life is that anyway? You can't save someone that far gone. They're like zombies.


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During the Sri Lankan civil war, they were displaced six times and were struggling to survive on small portions of boiled rice. During this desperate time, his brother-in-law died after he was caught in the cross fire.
When they returned home, they found their house was damaged so they had to build a temporary home with the help of on the ground NGOs. The Lebara Foundation has since built them a permanent home where they can now try and rebuild a life for themselves.


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Marian Gaborik:
On being benched for a stretch of the second and third periods:
"Yeah (was surprised). At times, I think last year, once it happened (vs. Atlanta)."
"Obviously I haven't produced much lately (no goals in eight games), obviously in these type of games where it's a big game. But, I'm not giving up. I just got to work hard and work harder and try to get out of it. That's just the bottom line."
On his confidence:
"Confidence if obviously a very big part. I think the last few games I felt good. I created chances. I think things were happening, it just wasn't going in. Obviously it surprised me tonight to get benched there. But coach's decision, so bottom line is I just have to produce and help this team to win games."
On having had stretches like this before:
"It's hard to say. Obviously there've been stretches. You want to get going and I'm trying not to think about, 'I've got to score, I've got to score.' And try to think, when I go out there, just do my job defensively and then just create something offensively. That's what I've got to do. If I just have to shoot, obviously lately I've been a little unlucky, hitting posts here and there, but bottom line is I have to play harder and hopefully just start turning it around."
On being motivated by a benching:
"Well, every time you want to be out there. I wasn't playing in a stretch in the second there, and jumped on the ice a couple of shifts. I think we had momentum there. So, yeah, definitely, you want to go out there and prove that you should be on the ice."
Brandon Dubinsky:
On the PP:
"We haven't been battling hard enough. We've got to battle harder. The guys have to treat it like a privilege, who are on it, and battle for pucks harder and retrieve pucks and start shooting the puck a little bit more instead of making some of those pretty plays."
On the first two periods:
"I don't know. I can't even think the right words to talk about the first and second periods, the first period especially. I don't know. I don't have an answer for you. We just have to be better from the start and play 60 the way we're capable of. We can't be spotting these good teams leads."
On the PK:
"I think we've got to be a little more engaged in the zone and just continue to pressure and continue to block shots the way we have all year, and it will get back to where it needs to be. Two games is two games. It's a long season and we've just got to focus and get better for the next game."
"Obviously we need to start better and play the way we're capable of, because it's one thing if we play the whole game like that, but obviously you see the way we played in the second half of tonight's game, and the third period last night, and that's the way we're capable of playing. We've got to find a way to maybe prepare better to get that effort for 60."
Brian Boyle:
"We needed more jam. It felt like we were a little bit … you know, you get excited for certain games, you get up, and you come out with fire. And it wasn't there like we wanted it to be tonight, and I think the penalties again put us in a hole. … We needed to be physical and take back the momentum. It just took us a little while to do that, longer than it should have."
"We came with the right mindset. I thought we were ready to go. We believe in each other here and we had the confidence we were going to do it. And even down 3-zip, I thought we started peppering them in the second. But, the start, it's tough. You can't use fatigue or playing last night or traveling as an (excuse). That's why you get in shape and why you work so hard in the off-season and all through the season. But, we've got to come out, especially against a top team in the East like this, a division rival. It's disappointing. We all want to do it. Sometimes it's hard. At least we came in and fought hard and didn't let it get out of hand and gave ourselves a chance. Too little too late."
A couple of things:
The Flyers were all ticked off at Sean Avery for fighting Matt Carle, and especially for the extra punches thrown at the end of the fight. I got one remark second-hand, from Peter Laviollette, who said, "Everybody wanted to dance with him but he didn't want to dance." I guess it's OK when a thug fights the opponent's top scorer, though.
Also, second-hand: Rangers captain Chris Drury was spitting out cliches about the difference between winning and losing being so slim, when somebody asked him about the power play. And I paraphrase, because I got this second-hand from reporters who were there, but he said essentially, "I don't play the power play. There are 10 other guys in this room who do. Ask them." This is the captain.


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Many Ilkley people responding to a planning strategy consultation told Bradford Council their family has had difficulty getting a place at a local school.
Almost three-quarters of Core Strategy consultation responses submitted via Ilkley town hall, and studied by a local councillor, referred directly to family experiences of failing or struggling to obtain a place at Ilkley schools.
And of the 100-plus consultation responses seen by Ilkley parish councillor Paul Kitching, almost two-thirds felt accommodating car parking if more houses are built would be impossible.
The Core Strategy is the central policy document of the forthcoming Local Plan, a planning policy blueprint which will influence house-building and other development in the Bradford district until 2030.
Coun Kitching had encouraged more residents to have their say in the consultation, which ended on March 31, after finding just 60 responses had been submitted via Ilkley Town Hall partway through the consultation period.
Bradford Council has yet to confirm how many responses in total were made by Ilkley people, either via Ilkley Town Hall or online.
But it said a "significant proportion" of the 500-plus responses received in total were from Wharfedale.
Among the Core Strategy proposals is a target to build 800 new houses in Ilkley.
Councillor Kitching thanked those who responded.
He said: "The responses received at Ilkley Town Hall by the Parish Council show that Ilkley residents have raised almost 1,000 points to be considered by the independent inspectors in Bradford."
Other issues raised by many Ilkley people, he found, included concern about daily traffic jams on the A65 and the ability of the road to cope with more traffic.
Crowding and overloading of commuter services was raised in more than 40 per cent of the responses Coun Kitching studied.
Almost a third highlighted the real need for housing in the centres of Bradford and Keighley and urged that priority be given to development of brownfield sites ahead of greenfield development.
And just under a quarter highlighted general deficiencies in infrastructure with specific reference to drainage and flooding.
Bradford Council is now analysing the results of the consultation, before it submits the Core Strategy for Government approval.
A Bradford Council spokesman confirmed there had been 523 respondents to the consultation, and said a significant number related to Wharfedale, but the Council had yet to analyse the breakdown by area.


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40 under 40: Craft Futures
40 under 40: Craft Futures featured forty artists born since 1972, the year the Renwick Gallery was established as the Smithsonian American Art Museum's branch for contemporary craft and decorative arts. In celebration of the Renwick's fortieth anniversary, the museum ran a campaign to acquire works by every artist featured in the exhibition. People donated $10 or more to help support the acquisition program. Donors were recognized online and in the exhibition.


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>Gears and Wears>Used treadmills
I fly.
I'm going to look at one this afternoon. Any advice on questions I should ask or what I should look for in a used treadmill?
Bring it on.
Menace to Sobriety
I've never bought a new or used TM, but I'd apply the same logic that I apply to buying any type of used machinery. Plan on running on it, at the speed you intend to use it for for a few minutes, at least. Make sure the acceleration and deceleration is smooth and the belt doesn't slip. Operate the incline, use all the controls, etc. Pay attention for any strange smells or noises, look underneath for debris from abnormal rubbing. I think a little fine dust is normal, our Y TMs seem to have some and they're rarely broken. Another good rule of thumb when I buy a car or boat if I'm at the seller's house, is to look at the rest of their stuff. If everything you see seems to be in some state of disrepair or otherwise screwed up, if may give you a clue as to how they've taken care of the TM. Ultimately, anything used is a gamble and perfectly well cared for stuff can blow up the week after you buy it. You just have to use your best judgement. Good luck.
Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go f*** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.
Mostly harmless
Only buy a used treadmill from someone that is overweight. That way you know that they bought it as a New Year's resolution but didn't actually use it.
"It doesn't matter how often you do it or how much you accomplish, in general, not running is a lot easier than running." - Meb Keflezighi
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I never thought of this, but this is some good advice.....
I'd look for one that has absolutely no dust on it, but perhaps some faint water spots. That was you know it was only used as a clothes line.
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I bought one back in 2001 that lasted until 2010.....I got around 5,000+ miles out of it. The big thing was maintenance. We had a service tech come out and change the rollers and lubricate it as necessary. So, I would just test it out and ask about what maintenance is has been done and find out the total miles it has. Oh, and ask them if the motor was turned off after every use. When I bought the one in 2001, they told me to be sure I turned off the base of the treadmill, not just pulled the key out to turn off the display/controls. I was told that gave a longer life to the motor. Good luck!
So bittersweet,This tragedyWon't ask for absolution;This melody,Inside of me,Still searches for solution.A twist of faith,A change of heart Cures my infatuation.A broken heart, Provides the sparkFor my determination.
I actually scoured Craigs list and scored an amazing treadmill, barely used for 300$ & it's worth a good 2,000$ ... I had to be patient & look & take the time to go check it out but it was SO WORTH IT. It has never given me a problem and I saved A TON of money. Worth checking out!
Feeling the growl again
if you know the model ahead of time, many models have a key combo to give you total miles or hours used and you can look the instructions up online.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills
If you were closer, I'd give you mine. I finally realized it's silly to have a TM where I live because the weather is good for running outside 99% of the time. And now DH stores junk on it.


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This article was published 20/4/2013 (1585 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I'm a gay 23-year-old guy who came out to a few friends a couple years ago. I'm one of those people who no one would suspect to be gay, and I fit in with any group of guys. My problem is, I don't know where to find a boyfriend. I'm really involved at school with many groups and committees, and between my high school and university friends, I don't get lonely very often. It's just when my life slows down a bit and I have a day off, I notice it and it bothers me. I've done the whole online thing, which is frustrating for the most part, and I don't think I'd fit in or enjoy myself all that much at a gay bar. Any suggestions? I'm also quite terrible at figuring out if someone is gay or not, and since I don't come off as gay, I'm sure no one is going to make the first move with me. What do I do? -- Waiting, Winnipeg
Dear Waiting: You may be the kind of guy who will seriously date a few people, fall in love and get married. Your personality may not lend itself to gadding around the clubs looking for partners, but it does lend itself to getting involved in social reform, and getting involved in support groups -- generally getting serious about helping with issues in Winnipeg's gay community. That may be further "out" that you want to be at this point, as you say you only came out to a few of your friends a couple of years ago. Do you have a small group of friends who are gay or are you always hanging out with your old straight buddies? Opening up to a second circle of gay friends now would be a good step. They could help you to meet nice people they know, and you might find a boyfriend. The Rainbow Resource Centre's website -- www.rainbowresourcecentre.org -- would be good place to start seeing how you could get involved and be helpful and find new friends. While its great your old friends accept you, you also need to get involved with the multifaceted gay community in Winnipeg, which involves a lot more than socializing.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I married my husband because he's a good guy and I really love him very much. His brother was living overseas and only came home recently. To my horror, I felt completely swept away by him from the moment I laid eyes on him. He didn't pay much attention to me. He's coming home again for the summer and my stomach is full of butterflies whenever I think of him arriving back here. I feel guilty for feeling this way but this is the way I feel. What am I to do about these feelings? -- Guilty Sister-in-Law, Winnipeg
Dear Guilty: While we like to think crushes don't happen after two people are married, they do tend to come along every once in a while. Luckily yours is one-sided. Your best bet would be to spend as little time around the man as possible. People who know you well, like your husband for instance, can often spot an amorous glance or a flirtatious move. There is probably nothing more hurtful than watching your mate falling for your sibling, so watch yourself very closely. If nothing is done to fan the flame, and the brother is clearly not interested in you, your crush will probably settle down after a bit.
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tofu mocha smoothie photo by vsimon
Do you want a quick, dairy free eye opener?
Would you like the protein of two eggs in the morning, but cannot face the frying pan, or the egg?
Blend up a mocha smoothie made with silken tofu. This is definitely an A.M. adult beverage. And not too sweet. Make a small batch and save half in the fridge if you are "cooking" for one. It may be a bit thicker the next day. To chill out and thin, just add more ice cubes or water and blend.
Silken tofu is well named, nothing is silkier texture when blended. It is sold in shelf-stable blocks and comes in soft, firm, and extra firm textures. Organic or not. And light (lower fat) or not. Use whatever kind your store has. You may need to add a bit more water if you use the firm varieties.
Many folks want caffeine first thing in the morning. But you can use caffeine free coffee powder if you prefer.
Add the ice cubes if you like a bit of icy crunch. Omit the ice, and use more water, if you prefer your smoothies smooth.
Mocha Smoothie
|serves 2
|metric measures
|12 oz block of silken tofu
|335 grams
|6 tablespoons dark brown sugar
|80m grams
|2 tablespoons cocoa powder,
not cocoa drink mix
|12 grams
|2 tablespoons instant coffee powder
|8 grams
|1/2 to 1 cup cold water
|120 to 240 ml
|about 6 ice cubes
|90 grams
Put it all into a blender and process until smooth. Thin or sweeten more to your taste. Store any leftovers in the fridge.
Stay tuned for more smoothie recipes, dairy and dairy free. What flavors are your favorites?
This recipe was originally published in the Nourish column of the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, July 2009.


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Footballers played non-stop for 12 hours in a "gruelling effort" to raise money for their beloved club.
The East Barnet Old Grammarians played seven-a-side matches from 8am to 8pm on Saturday, June 14, raising £3,000.
The club, established in 1948 by the former headmaster of East Barnet Grammar School, organises men's and women's teams from ages seven to 60 and above.
It invests at least £8,000 a year in the pitch at its ground in Allen Drive.
But this year, flooding shut down many matches and the club used its savings for repairs, putting a strain on its finances.
Rose DeLa Bertauche, 61, a volunteer with the club who helped put on the fundraising event, said: "They played constantly, almost without a break. They all had many blisters, but the club means so much to them."
The retired lecturer supports the club because her 67-year-old husband, Roy, played there for half a century. According to Mrs DeLa Bertauche, losing the club because of a lack of money would be "devastating".
She added: "They would lose their Saturday football, their training, their friends. It wouldn't only devastate the current players, it would be even more so for the original players who still talk about their old days.
"I can see how worthwhile the club is. It's more than football. It's very important to my husband and lots of people I know. What he has had gained from the club he couldn't get anywhere else."
Chairman Terry Boyce, 76, has played for the club for 45 years. He said: "It was a really a fun day. It wasn't too competitive. They kept their spirits up. It's going to be an ongoing event now. The facilities will deteriorate unless we can continue to fundraise and invest in the fields."
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Hey guys, im not after help with some specific code here, but more advice about how to achieve my current objective.
I have created a web scraper that scrapes live user data every 5 mins, so at the beginning of the day it will scrape statistics about users A,B,C (because they are the only ones who have entered data for that day) then 5 mins later it might be A,B,C,D,E. However this now leaves me with the list: A,B,C,A,B,C,D,E. Where as for the second scrape I would like to only scrape new data: First scrape A,B,C second scrape D,E, total scraped A,B,C,D,E.
My question to the forum is how best to achieve this? note.#Each user data has a unique user ID and a unique username.
Just for the record, I have been using python and coding for about a week (jargon catches me out right now.)
Any comments and advice would be appreciated.
Many thanks AEA