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Hull 20-26 Bradford
Hull coach Shaun McRae sprang to the defence of Richard Fletcher following the second rower's controversial dismissal in the home defeat by Bradford.
"I have just looked at the incident and I am absolutely astounded," said McRae.
"I could show you hundreds of instances of similar contact between players where no action has been taken.
"But he has been sent from the field so we will have a case to answer."
Both coaches admitted the dismissal was the turning point of a rousing match watched by a bumper crowd of 19,539 at the Kingston Communications Stadium.
Bradford boss Brian Noble said: "It was a pivotal moment, there is no doubt about that. But it doesn't mean you can go and kick someone."
London 40-18 Widnes
London Broncos coach Tony Rea was delighted that his plan to put visitors Widnes under early pressure had paid off to such good effect.
The visitors conceded six first-half tries in 23 minutes and Rea said: "We worked hard to get ourselves on a roll in the first half and we kept it up.
"We knew it would be different in the second half and so it was. We wanted to stop Widnes getting a similar type of roll and we just about managed it.
"Rob Purdham and Chris Thorman are forming a strong combination at half-back.
Thorman is playing exceptionally well and he must be a strong contender for an Origin place."
The match was played in Aberavon and for Widnes coach Neil Kelly, who is also the Welsh national coach, this was a trip to the principality he will not remember fondly.
"I came down hoping to show the Welsh public what we can do but it didn't happen," he said.
Huddersfield 28-26 Halifax
Halifax coach Tony Anderson insists his struggling side can stay in Super League despite suffering a 12th straight defeat to leave them eight points adrift at the bottom.
"This is not the end. I don't think it is over. We still have to play Huddersfield again and Wakefield twice," said Anderson.
"There was plenty of spirit today. I was pleased with that but not the performance.
"I thought we were poor. There was always effort but we did things today that
weren't planned or practised on the training field."
Huddersfield coach Tony Smith was just happy to see the Giants' run of six straight defeats ended.
Smith said: "I am very pleased with how the players performed under the circumstances.
"We were playing against a team that is desperate - we managed to see them off."
Wakefield 32-12 Warrington
Warrington coach Paul Cullen accepted that Wolves had been beaten by the better
side after their defeat at Wakefield.
"We came up against a side that was more determined, more professional and more desperate for the win than we were," said Cullen.
"They completely knocked us out of our stride and you have to give them credit for that.
"Wakefield discovered our soft under-belly and the way that they aggressively played in offence and defence meant they deserved their victory."
Opposite number Shane McNally was pleased with the way his side contained a team which had been showing signs of good form in recent weeks.
McNally said: "I was very happy with our performance, particularly in the second half.
"They are a very good attacking side and they have been running in plenty of points in recent weeks so to hold them to nil for 40 minutes was a great effort."
Saturday's game
Leeds 39-26 Castleford
Leeds coach Daryl Powell was relieved to escape with his team's unbeaten home record intact after the Rhinos were taken all the way by a determined Castleford side.
Powell's men twice came from behind to win 39-26 and consolidate their position at the top of Super League, with winger Francis Cummins scoring two of their seven tries to reach a Super League century.
Powell said: "I thought Castleford played extremely well but we didn't help ourselves by making numerous errors.
"We've got to be happy that we're still at the top of the pile but we have to improve a little bit."
Castleford, who had won their three previous games, handed 35-year-old Dean Sampson his first start since his comeback and gave a debut to 17-year-old prop Craig Huby after Nathan Sykes pulled out of the match to attend the birth of his first child.
"The 80 minutes took its toll and with 20 minutes to go we were playing catch-up. It was a big ask and we just fell short," said Tigers coach Graham Steadman.
Friday's game
St Helens 34-38 Wigan
Wigan coach Stuart Raper was full of praise for teenager Luke Robinson after his hat-trick of tries helped the Warriors to a sensational victory over Super League champions St Helens.
"He is a typical British half-back, the Andy Gregory type," Raper said of the 18-year-old, who has been out since April with a broken hand.
"He has a great attitude and plenty of bravado and takes the ball to the line.
"But they did it themselves. They had the self-belief and played some great footie."
St Helens have picked up just three points out of a possible 10 and are in serious danger of slipping out of the top six for the first time in the Super League era.
"With that lead, we should have won it. We were playing as well as we have played since Bradford and Castleford but our completion rate was poor in the second half," said Saints coach Ian Millward.


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Gandhinagar/New Delhi: One of the authors of this piece is sitting in a chair with brown upholstery, in the middle of a small, unremarkable room in an equally unremarkable building in Gandinagar.
There is what looks like a television in front of him, a tight cap with electrodes is constricting his skull, and there are more electrodes on his face to record every twitch of the skin and movement of the eye.
This equipment in the Directorate of Forensic Science (DFS) in Gandhinagar has helped put many a criminal behind bars. And now, the Supreme Court has ruled that its use is unconstitutional without the consent of the subject.
Questions surrounding the use of technologies such as narco analysis (where answers are obtained after putting subjects in a chemically induced stupor) and brain mapping are becoming more relevant with little public knowledge of the methods involved, even though investigative agencies increasingly rely on these techniques.
Methods such as the brain electrical oscillation signature (BEOS) and another American technique called brain fingerprinting have traditionally polarized both academic and legal circles, although in India, investigations refer to them with the utmost awe—of the sort that is usually reserved for absolute truth.
The apex court's order on Wednesday has stopped short the march of such techniques in India—but only just. The order may have been prompted by issues related to individual rights, but some neuro-psychologists and other experts insist that not enough is known about the brain and how it stores and processes memory to allow the use of these technologies to convict people. They point to the fact that BEOS, which is in use in Gujarat and Mumbai, has not been peer-reviewed. A Union government panel in 2008 studied the method and ruled that it was "unscientific" and unfit for use in forensic applications, say panel members.
The method's proponents, meanwhile, say that the method's benefits offset concerns over the technology and that a validation exercise conducted by the department of science and technology (DST) on 120 subjects showed an accuracy rate of 95%.
Illustration: Jayachandran / Mint
Meanwhile, in the drab room in DFS, one of the authors is getting his hair wiped down with spirits to get any traces of oil or dust off. On the table in front of him, a red light on the webcam winks. He is, to use popular parlance, about to get brain mapped.
Response and crime
BEOS is the brainchild of Champadi Raman Mukundan, a former professor of psychology at Bangalore's National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans), who evolved a method to interpret variance in the brain's electrical activity as a forensic tool in criminal investigations. This system is underpinned by the theory that there are two kinds of knowledge: experiential knowledge, which comes from deliberate participation, and conceptual knowledge, or knowledge from hearsay, reading or third-person accounts.
BEOS works by comparing the electrical pulses given off when the subject is introduced to an experience that he or she has undergone in the past, with the pulses given off to stimuli that directly relate to the case and which only the criminal is likely to know.
Subjects are administered a sequence of stimuli, called probes, which could be in the form of spoken sentences piped into the room, or visual stimuli displayed on TV. The technology doesn't require responses from subjects—something BEOS creators tout as an advantage. Still, lawyers say the technique infringes a suspects' right against incriminating themselves.
The probes relating to the case are interspersed with probes that are more general, and serve to establish a pattern of electrical activity.
For instance, the subject is administered probes that are universally known to be true and which are neutral to the subject. Other probes may be specific to the subject, but neutral in nature, such as questions on his past, answers to which are already known to the investigators. These serve as test patterns for detecting experiential knowledge of the crime. If similar patterns are seen when crime-related probes are administered, the subject is said to have experiential knowledge of the crime.
Axxonet System Technologies Pvt. Ltd, headquartered out of Bangalore, is the only Indian firm that develops systems based on BEOS. In 2006, it installed its first systems in the Gujarat State Forensic Laboratory and later at the Mumbai forensic lab in Kalina.
Chetan Mukundan, the professor's son and one of Axxonet's directors, says the proof of the efficacy of the technology lies in the investigative agencies' whole hearted acceptance of this technology.
Victim or the crime?
Scientists argue that there are three major problems with basing a suspect's guilt on readings taken through skull electrodes. The electrodes in the skull cap nestle close to the scalp. Beneath the scalp is the skull itself. Beneath the bone is the dura mater, a tough leather like substance that holds in cerebrospinal fluid, and beneath that is the brain itself. Each of these layers end up distorting or blurring the electrical activity in the brain that the electrodes pick up, they claim.
Brain activity typically measures in tens of microvolts (which is one millionth of a volt). The typical AA battery puts out 1.5 volts.
"There is too much noise," says Mahesh Jayachandra, a neuroscientist and expert on the use of electroencephalography (EEG) for mapping brain activity, adding that all the layers in the middle could distort these small pulses.
Measuring as it does in microvolts, it is hard to gauge how much of the electrical activity is unique to a particular stimulus, he adds.
The problem is that despite all the advances in measuring brain activity, scientists' understanding of the concept of memory is characterized more by what they don't know.
"We do not have a general theory of the brain. We know how the plumbing works. We haven't figured out where it (memory) is stored," Jayachandra says.
Opponents of brain mapping also says that the terms "experiential" and "conceptual knowledge" do not fall in any generally known categories of memory.
"There is no accepted division on what constitutes so-called experiential and conceptual knowledge. Neural activity is today almost complete noise," says N. Pradhan, a professor in Nimhans' psycho-pharmacology department and Mukundan's ex-colleague.
In defence, C.R. Mukundan says that his technology is already well published in previous research. " There's nothing completely new in our approach. Beginning from the 60s, there are 17-18 studies that associate neural signatures with remembrance and knowing. I've in a sense built on this, got some new analyses of electrical pulses on frequency and time domain and created a software". He adds that he plans to publish his results more explicitly next year.
Pradhan was part of the so-called Nagaraj (a former director of Nimhans) panel, which in 2008 disputed BEOS's claims. Mint could not independently verify the report's contents.
Let's say the stimulus is a sound that goes "bip, bip, bip" at regular intervals, elaborates Jayachandra. Throw in a "boop" at random intervals. There would be crazy electrical activity at the "boop", because the brain recognizes the difference in the stimulus. And this is just with auditory stimulus. If the stimulus were a picture with the colour red, or a picture of the crime scene, the electrical activity in the brain would be huge, he adds. Prior experiments have shown this sort of reaction to the colour red, he adds.
"It is a perfectly valid research tool," says Jayachandra. But perhaps not good enough to decide somebody's guilt.
Others point to the huge leap of faith it requires to uniquely associate a specific memory to a train of electrical pulses.
For instance, says Narayanan Srinivasan, a cognitive scientist at Allahabad University, you could statistically show that men in general are taller than women. "But if I randomly picked a person's height, I can't be sure if it's a man or a woman. There's a huge probability assumption we have to make."
Chetan Mukundan, however, says most scientists who critique his firm's technology haven't bothered to understand it. The Nagaraj panel, he says, didn't visit its labs.
"We weren't given a chance to demonstrate our technology," he adds. "We were sent some questionnaires, which we filled and duly returned. But none of the scientists bothered to visit the labs."
We know what you did
Meanwhile, the brain mapping exercise on one of the authors shows that he seems to have experiential knowledge of walking towards a cupboard—part of a sequence of stimuli that included walking towards the cupboard; opening it; retrieving a rod; and breaking a piggy bank with it.
A scientist conducting the experiment, who does not want to be identified, says showing experiential knowledge in isolated probes does not indicate involvement in a crime. The subject has to be shown to have experiential knowledge in the entire sequence of crime-related probes, that are interspersed with other neutral probes.
On the other side of the test room, monitors show the dense squiggles of EEG. The EEGs are isolated into 10-second bursts, with markers for the questions. A video of the author as the probe is administered is also coded into the software. In parallel, dozens of head maps such as those seen in TV medical dramas show his brain activity through swirls of bright red, green and blue. Red indicates lots of activity and blue shows no activity.
Mukundan's system uses a statistical tool to study deviances in the brain's electrical activity from patterns established through the neutral probes. It discounts for what are called artefacts, which is when the brain's pulses may be disrupted by the twitch of an eyelid, a facial tic or even the simple act of swallowing.
Too many variables
Scientists argue that when it comes to the human brain, there are too many things they still don't know.
A former director of the Mumbai forensic lab, Rukmani Krishnamurthy, who supervised the installation of BEOS systems at the lab, says several training sessions were conducted and results of the efficacy of the systems were detailed in several conferences. However, independent scientists say they haven't read any of this information.
"The biggest problem with the technique is that there are no peer reviewed publications," says Srinivasan.
While Srinivasan admits he didn't personally visit any of the labs where BEOS was used, he says written information furnished by the companies was insufficient for him to be convinced of the validity of this technique.
The ministry of home affairs, which set up the central panel, didn't accept the report and chose to dissolve the panel.
Axxonet's secrecy on the technology, says Mukundan, is triggered entirely by fears that their technology will be stolen. "We've filed for patents, but revealing too much about the tech would mean somebody could easily reverse-engineer our technique and walk away with it."
Though he admits that results describing the technology in detail are yet to be published in peer-reviewed journals, he says a study sponsored by DST's technology information, forecasting and assessment council (TIFAC), and conducted in the Gujarat forensic lab, is proof of the technology's efficacy.
The study, conducted in 2007, essentially says that on a sample of 120 people who participated in a validation study of the experiment, the brain mapping exercise returned a 95% accuracy. J.M. Vyas, the director of the Gandhinagar lab, refused to share the contents of the report citing confidentiality deals with TIFAC.
Even as the Supreme Court has ruled on the legality of such tests, the debate over their scientific validity continues.
Interestingly, in the US, there had been no explicit ruling on the validity of brain mapping. However, the Government Accountability Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have said that several years are needed before it can be used as a useful aid for investigation.

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HP LaserJet 3700N Laser Printer (HP (Hewlett-Packard)-Q1322A)
HP's $1600 Color LaserJet 3700n is the least-expensive color laser with an ethernet interface and an image-crunching processor that PC World has seen recently. That sets it apart from sub-$1000 models such as the Oki C5100n and Samsung CLP-500, which use the host PC's processor to generate the image before printing. But before you get too excited about the low price, note that the 3700n is among the slowest color lasers at one critical office function: printing text. And in our page-yield test, the 3700n used up 18 cents' worth of toner per color page, or about 50 percent more than the average.
The 3700n printed text at 10.2 pages per minute, only about two-thirds the average of recently tested models. Color graphics printed at an average-rated 3.8 ppm. This lack of speed makes the 3700n best suited for small workgroups, as does its limited paper capacity: The 3700n has only a 250-sheet main tray and a 100-sheet auxiliary feed. The 3700dtn model, however, comes with an extra 500-sheet feeder and an internal duplexer; it sells for $2249.
The 3700n printed clean, accurate text, extremely sharp line art, and very attractive gray-scale photos with realistic shading and sharp detail. Its color photos, however, didn't fare so well. PC World's output jury saw color prints that were too dark in shadow areas and dotty enough to interfere with detail, and their colors looked somewhat flat.
The 3700n is designed, like many HP color lasers, around a vertical one-pass engine. That makes the printer's case somewhat taller and narrower than horizontal one-pass designs. It stands 18.4 inches high, 19 inches wide, and 17 inches deep, but it didn't feel top-heavy or awkward when we moved it. The design also makes the 3700n especially easy to maintain. For example, the imaging belt isn't buried inside the printer, where it would be difficult to access, but instead is built into the front door, which lowers on hinges. Lowering the front door also pulls the toner cartridges forward on a rack, so they're easily accessible, too; and with one cartridge removed, you can access the entire paper path. The control panel menus are easy to navigate, thanks to a strict hierarchical organization and thoughtful cues that remind you where you are in the menus. Still, we sure would like backlighting on the LCD.
The 3700n has the full suite of HP's management tools. That includes an embedded Web server, which allows you to see the printer status from a Web browser on your PC, operate the control-panel menus remotely, and receive e-mail alerts when something goes wrong. Also, because it has its own image processor, the 3700n can take its place in a network printer-management and print-server environment such as Windows Server 2003. Installing the printer on the network was so easy, we thought we'd missed something--the installer created a TCP port and figured out everything else with no help.
The Color LaserJet 3700n is an economical choice if top-quality monochrome prints are a high priority and if your workgroup can live with its relatively slow print speeds.
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Henry Smith
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d.bef 7 Feb 1792 Smith's Ford, York, South Carolina, United States
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m. abt 1747
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Henry Smith was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA
Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:
Will of Henry Smith
WILL OF HENRY SMITH - 11 July 1790
Henry was born abt 1727 Ulster Ireland. He died abt 1793, York County, SC
The will was written 11 July 1790.
Processioning List of 1760
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's Augusta County Records:
Information on Henry Smith
Some records have his name as Henery Smith, but the Revolutionary War documents where he was paid for his services in helping General Thomas Sumter and his army when Sumter was wounded and stayed at the Smith home for three days have his name as Henry Smith.
His wife Amy's name is variously spelled Amy, Amelia, Emi, Amey and probably other spellings. Her maiden name is not proven.
Henry Smith:
a. Henry Smith is listed in 1740 Importation of Henry Smith, son of John Smith as one of "his own Charges from Ireland to Philadelphia & from thence into this Colony" [Orange County, Virginia Order Book II, Circuit Court of Orange County, Orange, Virginia, 1740 p. 205]
Tinkling Springs Church, Augusta County, Virginia: Baptisms of children of Henery Smith
Sources for the children of Henry and Amy Smith:
List of Baptisms 1740 - 1749 Tinkling Springs Church by Rev. John Craig, First Pastor of Old Stone Church in Augusta County, Virginia". [Note from Wallace Smith-"I believe he was also the first pastor of the Tinkling Springs Church"]:
Source: Smith Wills-Deeds & Family Histories, Vol. I,, by Linda G. Cheek, 1993, Southern Historical Press Inc., ISBN 0-89308-484-0, Lib. Cong. Cat. Card No.: 92-62832, page 278.
Smith Cousins Four compiled by Zula Wood Atwood, Frank L. Eddens, Jr, Mildred Smith Shumaker, & Guy R. Smith. Page 38 states: Henry Smith, born in Ireland ca. 1726, wife Amy (signed A.). Was granted land October 30, 1765 in Mecklenbergh County, North Carolina which later became York County, South Carolina. Ref: Deed Book 3, pp. 157 & 158. Mecklenbeburg Co. Register of deeds, Charlotte, North Carolina. A Patriot and soldier. Militia duty, Col. Taylor's Regt. 24 days as Horseman, 26 days as Footman, 66 days as Sergt. of Foot, 116 days in all. His home was a refuge for General Sumter after the General was wounded in the Battle of Blackstocks. Affidavit in Audited Account of Jonathan Smith, his son, placed Henry's home at Smith's Ford on Broad River, between Union and York Districts.
SMITH Sr, Henry Birth: IR Circa 1726Service: SC Rank: Cav Sgt PS Death: SC Before (ante) 7 Feb 1792 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: (1) Amelia X Note from Laural Koons: DAR does have a line of descendants on file through his sons Jonathan and Henry.
Henry Smith: a. Henry Smith is listed in 1740 Importation of John Smith as one of "his own Charges from Ireland to Philadelphia & from thence into this Colony" [Orange County, Virginia.] b. 1753 will of John Smith: . . . my Executors to Pay five Shillings Each to my Sons Abraham Henry Daniel and John c. Smith Cousins Four: Henry Smith, b. 1727, m. Camey [Actually: Amy/ Amey/ Amelia - various spellings from land and various family records of Henry & Amy Smith's descendants.] . [Smith Cousins Four compiled by Zula Wood Atwood, Frank L. Eddens, Jr, Mildred Smith Shumaker, & Guy R. Smith.]
d. Will of John Smith [son of Colonel John Smith] P. 155 Wills--22d January, 1756: to John Smith, son of brother Daniel Smith, the plantation on North River, Shanedoe, which testator bought of Silas Hart; to brother Daniel; to brother Abraham Smith; to brother Henry Smith. Executor, brother Daniel Smith Proved, 18th August, 1756. . [The three SMITH brothers who married GUYTON girls were sons of Henry Smith (born abt 1727 in Ulster, Ireland)-- BROTHERS of David SMITH and UNCLES of General James SMITH of SC>TN>TX who married Hannah PARKER daughter of Isaiah and Elizabeth (GUYTON) PARKER.]
From internet site: John SMITH Feb 1748 - 31 Dec 1834 BIRTH: Feb 1748, Botetourt County, Virginia DEATH: 31 Dec 1834, Smith Ford, York County, South Carolina Father: Henery SMITH Mother: Amelia HAMPTON [Hampton unverified] Family 1 : Sarah GUYTON +Joseph Guyton SMITH
Some of the information below is wrong There are no sources to go with the data: Henry Smith md. Amy (Emi).
South Carolina Family Group Sheet for the Henry Smith Family


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Photodynamic Therapy Alone Versus Combined With Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Age-related Macular Degeneration
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The purpose of this study is to compare 12-month results of two single initial treatments—photodynamic therapy with verteporfin alone and this therapy combined with intravitreal bevacizumab—for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, not including patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy who were presumed to have age-related macular degeneration.
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|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Verteporfin Photodynamic Therapy Alone Versus Combined With Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: age-related macular degeneration
MedlinePlus related topics: Macular Degeneration
Drug Information available for: BevacizumabU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Takahiro Kawaji, Kumamoto University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Visual acuity [ Time Frame: The comparison between baseline and 12-month ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Bevacizumab
Drug: Bevacizumab
A single intravitreal injection of 1.25 mg of bevacizumab (0.05 mL of solution prepared from Avastin, 100 mg/4 mL vial) was performed within 2 weeks after PDT treatment.
Other Name: Avastin
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- choroidal neovascularization caused by age-related macula degeneration
- no previous treatment
- a follow-up at least 12 months
- a baseline visual acuity ranging from a letter score of 0 to 70 on the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study chart
Exclusion Criteria:
- choroidal neovascularization caused by other eye diseases
- ocular surgery within the past 3 mouths
- history of uveitis
- intraocular pressure higher than 25 mmHg, or glaucoma
- history of systemic or ocular thromboembolic events.
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: NCT01032109
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01032109
|Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
|Kumamoto, Japan, 860-8556
Sponsors and Collaborators
Kumamoto University
|Principal Investigator:
|Takahiro Kawaji, MD, PhD
|Department of Ophthalmology, Kumamoto University Graduate School & Medical Sciences
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 17, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Hara R, Kawaji T, Inomata Y, Tahara J, Sagara N, Fukushima M, Tanihara H. Photodynamic therapy alone versus combined with intravitreal bevacizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration without polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in Japanese patients. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2010 Jul;248(7):931-6. doi: 10.1007/s00417-010-1343-8. Epub 2010 Mar 10.
|Responsible Party:
|Takahiro Kawaji, Associate Professor, Kumamoto University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01032109 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 12, 2009
|Last Updated:
|February 25, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Macular Degeneration
Retinal Degeneration
Retinal Diseases
Eye Diseases
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents
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Lovibond Joins Guardians Of The Galaxy
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With a June shooting date racing towards him, Guardians Of The Galaxy director James Gunn is swelling the ranks of the cast. Today's news brings word that Ophelia Lovibond will join the film a supporting role.
She's not one of the Guardians, but will instead be an aide to a character called The Collector. Also known as Taneleer Tivan, he is one of the oldest living beings in the universe, having been among the first of the universe's races to become sentient in the wake of the Big Bang.
After eons of existence, his wife died and in a vision, he foresaw that beings of great power would arise one day determined to destroy all life in the universe.
To prevent this from happening, he decided to devote his life to collecting important living beings and artefacts from throughout the known universe, and placing them in safekeeping. He sees Thanos as a threat, which will no doubt be useful to the Guardians in the film. As usual, how much of the backstory will make it into the movie and what form it'll take is known only to the Marvel team right now.
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A 22-year-old Keighley man says his life has been turned upside down after he was charged with a brutal Christmas Day assault, charges that were dismissed last week.
On the afternoon of December 25, 63-year-old Sydney Bond was viciously attacked outside his home in Spring Row, Keighley, causing him to be taken to hospital with serious head injuries.
Two men – Lee Snowden, 23, of Laburnum Road in Shipley, and Ashley Whyte, of North Dean Road in Keighley – were arrested shortly after and charged with grievous bodily harm with intent.
Charges against Mr Whyte were dismissed on March 18 after prosecution solicitors claimed their evidence showed he was not at the scene. Snowdon accepted responsibility for the crime and will be sentenced next month.
Mr Whyte said being charged with the violent crime had ruined his reputation in the town.
Before being cleared, Mr Whyte spent two weeks in prison and the rest of the time on bail with a tag. He said although he had been with Snowdon when they first met Mr Bond, he left the scene before the assault happened.
He added: "They even had CCTV evidence I didn't assault him. I had walked away.
"I just want to clear my name, I want to get my side out.
"I was walking back to a friend's house with Lee and I'd walked away before he assaulted the guy. A few days later the police showed up to arrest me. I hadn't realised how serious it was until I was arrested.
"My family have gone through hell and back – all because of something someone else did. They took my freedom away for all that time. I have a three-year-old son and I had to speak to him over the phone because I didn't want him visiting me in prison."
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Compassion and Forgiveness
An argument that compassion is not necessary for forgiveness.
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This paper argues that compassion is not needed in order to have forgiveness, and it draws upon Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism to elaborate on this point.
From the Paper:"Forgiveness is defined as an act of pardon or release from an injury, although in a larger context, it can mean release from a debt owed or any other obligation that has not been fulfilled. (McCullough Pargament Thoresen) Forgiveness is identified with love toward others both in Christianity and in other religions of the world. The Bible states that God is love and numerous passages urge forgiveness, regardless of the wrong that has been done to one. John..."
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No. 64: Gretchen Wilson, 'Redneck Woman' – Top 100 Country Songs
It's difficult to overstate how quickly America caught Gretchen Wilson fever in 2004. 'Redneck Woman' shot up the country charts faster than any debut single ever, spending five weeks at No. 1. She was suddenly the voice of hard-luck, female country music fans. Instantly, Wilson became a superstar, earning a Grammy and a CMA Award for Top Female Vocalist in the span of 18 months.
Song No. 64 on the Top 100 Country Songs list would be in the Top 10 of a list of important songs by female country artists. Wilson busted through barriers and made it acceptable for normal women to be sexy in pop culture. Without her and her song 'Redneck Woman,' stars like Miranda Lambert would have had a tougher road.
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|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|30 - 60 nights
Our 2BR / 2BA apartment is comfortably furnished, with a serene patio "oasis," washer/dryer *in unit,* central air, 3 Smart TV's, XBox, and an amazing location.
We designed this 2+2 apartment to reflect how we love to live -- in style and comfort, with great entertainment options, and a relaxing outdoor living area. Our monthly guests so far have loved it, and we know you will too!
Our stylish and comfy *furnished* apartment is available to rent for 30-60 day stays. Here's why it's one of the best apartments in the area:
1) WASHER & DRYER IN UNIT -- No need to worry about lugging your clothes to the laundromat because our apartment has laundry facilities right in the kitchen area!
2) AMPLE STORAGE -- both bedrooms have spacious closets w/ shelving, large cubbies for additional storage, nice wide dressers, and two nightstands--each with 2 drawers. There are cabinets above the washer and dryer and under the wide bathroom sink.
3) FANTASTIC PARKING -- our first parking spot is literally 1 foot from the patio door! Our second spot is in front of the building, which means it's less than 100 feet/30 seconds walk away.
4) LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION -- whether you're coming to town for work or for relaxation, you will love how nearly everything you could need or want is within WALKING distance... beach (5 mins), pier (5 mins), restaurants (1-5 mins), breakfast restaurant (1 min), antique store (1 min), banks (1-3 mins), pharmacy (3 mins--has groceries), 7-eleven (3 mins--has groceries), spa/salon (3 mins), Mexican restaurant (3 mins), Italian restaurant (3 mins), and more.
5) TV & VIDEO GAMES -- If you're traveling for a month or longer, your entertainment options matter: we have 3 Smart TV's; the living room TV has cable; all TV's have Apple TV. Apple TV has Netflix, YouTube, some News channels, etc. We have Xbox 360 with a few games. We also have many magazines, books (Harry Potter, children, etc); also, board games can be provided upon request.
6) AFFORDABLE -- monthly rates include utilities, cable, internet, gas, etc etc. Our rates start at $3400 depending on the time of year and if there is a last-minute special. Current special is $2900 for Oct 3 - Nov 4. DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE for multi-month stays (please inquire).
7) FULLY STOCKED KITCHEN -- our kitchen is completely stocked for long-term stays; we are also happy to provide anything that you feel other guests would appreciate. Currently, we provide a WEBER GRILL, many sizes of pots and pans, spices, plates, glasses, wine glasses, mixing/chips bowls, lots of tupperware, blender, waffle maker, toaster, coffee maker, electric kettle, Brita filter pitcher, oven, microwave, serving trays/dishes, dip bowls/ramicans, and more (ask me!). We also provide enough dish soap, trash bags, coffee, dry creamer, sugar, salt & pepper, toilet paper, paper towels, napkins, shampoo (not the cheap kind!), conditioner, body soap, hand soap, Q-tips, and cotton balls to hold you over for probably a couple weeks or more. We provide generous amounts of these items but don't restock once you run out.
8) CENTRAL AIR! -- Central AC/heat is rare in old beach towns like Redondo. May through October can be hot here. Central air is one of our best amenities.
9) OTHER AMENITIES -- We provide 4+ beach towels, 4 beach chairs, 1 beach cooler on wheels, 2 boogie boards, 1 beach umbrella, lots of beach toys, iron/ironing board, vacuum, swiffer mop, broom and dustpan, and we also put an older beach cruiser on site for you to use for free.
10) DOGGIES WELCOME! I don't know about you, but I could NOT be away from my dog for longer than a month. No way! We welcome dogs. Please tell us a little about your furry friend. Proof of immunizations required. Dog must be older than 2 years (we consider exceptions for puppies if you inquire). We charge a small non-refundable fee for extra cleaning costs, and a slightly higher deposit. To those with ALLERGIES, this extra cleaning fee adds two hours of thorough cleaning as well as carpet steaming so that you are comfortable. The pet fee also includes dog bowls, doggie bed, and a treat for your fur baby (can you tell we love dogs?).
11) BUSINESS FRIENDLY! We provide a printer and basic office supplies. Wifi is super fast. Great working area at the living room dining table or of course on the patio table (welcome to Cali -- land of outdoor living!).
12) NOT FAMILIAR WITH REDONDO BEACH? Let me tell you why we live here and why we think it is the absolute best beach town in LA County. Unless it's July 4th, you'll never have a problem finding parking in Redondo. Even on a Sunday afternoon, we can drive right down to the beach and park in the "front row." Redondo is not over-commercialized like its neighbors to the north, and doesn't have what I call "parking cop ninjas." You walk away from your illegally parked car for 3 minutes in Hermosa Beach, and you can certainly expect a little white envelope to appear on your windshield before you return. It's just not like that in Redondo. If you haven't been to Los Angeles before, let me assure you -- ample parking/limited traffic are invaluable benefits in this densely populated county.
13) LUXURIOUS TOUCHES THROUGHOUT: The upstairs bathroom has a beautiful double-wide sink vanity, perfect for busy families or couples getting ready in the morning. The same bathroom has an awesome Jacuzzi tub with jets and a glass walled-in shower. Most of the apartment has beautiful dark hard wood floors.
14) NEW, WELL-MAINTAINED FURNITURE: we've been told a lot of furnished rentals in the area have older beat-up furniture. Ours was purchased about a year ago and is made of fine materials like mahogany.
Note: The apartment is unavailable Nov 4 - 25, so if you rent it starting October 3, you will have to move out by Nov 4.
Also: below rates include all utilities, cable, & wi-fi.
$2500 for the period of Oct 3 - Nov 4
$3400/mo Nov 25 - May 31.
$5350/mo for June, July, and August
**** Minimum stay is usually 2 months. Please inquire.
**** If your desired stay is 4 months or longer, please inquire for discounts!
****You can deduct $150/month from the above rates if you agree to pay the power bill separately. i.e. this can save you more money if you conserve electric usage. Especially in the winter, since $150/month is a year-long average.
Please note the apartment is located in a very commercial area. It is not residential (very few homes/apartments surround it). Although our parking spaces and patio are completely private/for your exclusive use, there are many stores within our immediate vicinity and we are located behind an office (though, it is rarely used by the owner). We LOVE our location though because it means we can conveniently walk to anything we need within 1-3 minutes.
Either my landscaper or myself stops by once a week to water the plants, but we don't have to enter the apartment to do so.
We have replaced the white desk with a table and four chairs. This is especially nice for wintertime guests who don't want to dine outside. However, you can of course still use the table as a desk if you wish!
- Bedroom 1: King pillowtop bed, HD Smart TV, wide dresser.
- Bedroom 2: Queen pillowtop bed, HD Smart TV, wide dresser.
- Living Room: can sleep 1 adult or 1-2 kids on couch and 1-2 on a Twin or Queen size air mattress (for a nominal fee).
We provide 2 parking spots for this unit, and there are ample spots on the street, too. The first parking spot is 1 foot from your front door. The second is in front of the building. We recommend backing into the second spot in front, once the lights change and traffic clears. **Please do not park in the back fenced-in area.** We can happily point you in the direction of additional parking. Unless its July 4th, the street ALWAYS has parking.
Quiet hours start at 10pm daily
NO parties
No loud music even in daytime
No more than 10 people in the apartment at any time
No smoking indoors; no drugs (including med marijuana) anywhere on site: extra cleaning fee of $350 applies
Do not rinse sand down plumbing
Please restrict water usage - we are in the sixth year of a drought.
Check Out is 11AM-Fees apply for late checkout.
Not only is this rental everything you want or need, but even if you feel you might need something it doesn't have, Lauren is more than willing to get it for you! She's got you covered.
I stayed for one month as I was between house moves and needed a place just for that 30day gap. I saw the listing on VRBO but wanted to drive by to check it out just to see where exactly it was, and if it looked like the pictures from the outside, etc.. When I drive up, Lauren happened to be there cleaning up some things outside and offered to show me the inside! I never expected to go in, but she was so accommodating and gracious. The minute I walked in, I wanted it for the month. It is such a great space; beautiful but casual, roomy yet cozy, and private yet perfectly located. It was one of those places that feels so comfortable and good the moment you walk inside. Although the place itself was wonderful and special, it was Lauren who made it perfect. I have never written a review, (good or bad) for any restaurant, hotel, vacation rental, for ANYTHING. However, I felt compelled to do so this time mostly due to Lauren and her outstanding and genuine care for you, your needs, your comfort and desire to have a great stay. She goes over and above to ensure you're happy, but never gets in the way and has so much respect for you, the renter. I have never seen anything like it, and to her credit, this property is rarely available! I would recommend this rental to anyone and everyone, it's a rare find, a beautiful space, and the best host anyone could ask for!
The property was tastefully decorated and very clean. We needed one item and Elle went above and beyond to help us. We used the outside patio a ton for meals and relaxing. There is no table in the kitchen, which is downstairs, so that area works well as a dining/breakfast room. The beds were super comfortable and the Apple TVs in every room were much appreciated at night. Street noise and some noise from the shop downstairs did get us up in the mornings, but that was OK. The proximity to Redondo Beach Park was great, and we used the CVS across the street several times for incidentals. Lots of great places to shop and eat close by.
Lauren was great very attentive. The only issue when we arrived later at night the door code we were given didn't open the front door. Luckily she answered when I called and eventually given the correct code. The TV instructions could be updated as the directions in the instruction book are incorrect and we were frustrated to try to figure it out. It's a cute little place but I didn't really care for the location and the downstairs didn't have a kitchen table perhaps a folded one along the wall would be nice if you want to have coffee without walking upstairs to the dining table. It's located in front of a car repair shop so in the AM when we were having breakfast they were all literally right outside the patio and then in front of the house is a flooring company. I would have preferred a stand along place or something more quiet closer to the beach instead of on a busy street like PCH. The inside of the rental was clean and recently remodeled which was nice. Overall it was a great place and she was very accommodating and friendly. We did get to go bike riding which was great and she let us use her bike so we saved a bit on the bike rentals which was a walking hike but very very fun. Parking was very cramped so if you have a large SUV you wouldn't be able to park behind the unit however we just downsized and took a bit maneuvering but finally were able to get out. I would recommend to a friend. thank You
We just returned from a weeks stay at this great rental! The accommodations were just great. It had everything we could possibly want. Including the perfect location! Having the beach to walk to practically right outside your door was perfect! Lauren was so great to come and help us with a few TV issues. Couldn't ask for a better place! Will definitely recommend!
everything as promised. went off without a hitch. owner communicated all info in timely manner. 5 min walk to beach. would stay there again.
We loved this place! It was clean, well stocked, and close to the beach. We stayed for five days. We got to the beach two days, went into the city two days, and chilled in plenty of room in the apartment the rest of the time. You can not go wrong with this rental!!!!!
|Rental Period
|Minimum Price
|Additional Nights
|Weekend Night
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|Event Price
1 Aug 2017 - 4 Sep 2017
30 night minimum stay
for 30 nights
My Standard Rate
60 night minimum stay
for 60 nights
|Cleaning Fee
|Pet Fee
|Damage Deposit
Rates are subject to change until reservation is confirmed.
Please note: Once booking is complete, we require proof of ID via email.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-2854?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13136987#comment-13136987 ] Erik Hatcher commented on SOLR-2854: ------------------------------------ Yonik - oops, you're right. I was running the newly added test with -Dtestcase and just forgot to run the full suite before committing. Thank goodness for continuous integration build. I committed a fix for the test, since ContentStreamBase.URLStream does not set the size until getStream/getReader is called. But looking at where we use stream.getSize() (and other getters) other problems are caused as once a ContentStream is instantiated it is assumed to have a size and a type, but this isn't the case after Ryan's patch. Should we adjust all the places where we use content streams to getStream/getReader before anything else? I think so. And note on getStream/getReader that it must be called prior to getting any details of the stream like size and type. > Limit remote streaming to update handlers > ----------------------------------------- > > Key: SOLR-2854 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-2854 > Project: Solr > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: David Smiley > Assignee: Erik Hatcher > Labels: security > Attachments: SOLR-2854-delay-stream-opening.patch, SOLR-2854_test_remote_streaming_not_done_on_select.patch > > > I think the remote streaming feature should be limited to update request processors. I'm not sure if there is even any use of using it on a /select, but even if there is, it's an unintended security risk. Observe this URL that is roughly the equivalent of an SQL injection attack: > http://localhost:8983/solr/select?q=*:*&indent=on&wt=ruby&rows=2&stream.url=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A8983%2Fsolr%2Fupdate%3Fcommit%3Dtruetream.body%3D%3Cdelete%3E%3Cquery%3E*%3A*%3C%2Fquery%3E%3C%2Fdelete%3E > Yep; that's right -- this *search* deletes all the data in your Solr instance! If you blocked off access to /update* based on IP then that isn't good enough. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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Monitor calibration
Despite what some vendors say (like the ColorVison Spyder folks), it is now possible to calibrate both monitors under MS windows. The secret is to download Microsoft's Color Control Panel Applet powertoy. The use a Spyder or what ever to calibrate each monitor. Make separate profiles. Then use the Color CP Applet to assign the correct profile to the correct monitor. Don't use the profile loader that comes with the calibrator (like OptiCal). Instead put the Color CP Applet in your Start -> Programs -> Startup folder and give it the L command line parameter.
One note, your video must have two LUTs (forgot the meaning) in order to allow both monitors to be calibrated at the same time.
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IBM ThinkPad X31 1.4GHz Pentium M: A Traveler's Best Friendby Matthew Witheiler on 4/11/2003 5:59 PM EST
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DL2 - Saturday, March 20, 2004 - linkI currently have a Dell x300. I have had a problem with a spot appearing on the LCD. I have already had the screen replaced once soon to be again. I have heard that the X31 is more durable than the Dell. Can anyone out there that has the X31 speak to this? Specifically, I am interested in the durablity of the screen as it pertains to being able to carry it on trips without the slightest bit of pressure causing problems with the screen. Thanks. Reply
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eshepard - Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - linkIs the Mini PCI slot in the machine user-accessible? I'd be interested in installing WiFi there, if possible. Thanks. Reply
Anonymous User - Thursday, October 02, 2003 - linkI own an X31. You can boot from any USB device. The option is presented in BIOS.
A note about the USB 2.0. Each Thinkpad model line (X31, T40, etc) has many options available. Some are standard on specific model numbers, others are not. Read the specs in full and ask questions before you make a $1200+ investment and you should be fine. Reply
Anonymous User - Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - linkI purchased an X31 and the models they are currently seelling through their express program DO NOT come with USB 2.0! You have to be aware of what model series you are getting. I am very annoyed by this. Especially as I was going to purchase an external USB2 optical drive. Anandtech should investigate this! Reply
jeffdique - Monday, August 11, 2003 - linkI'm thinking about getting an X31 myself, and I have a similar concern, especially as regards getting Linux on the machine. The results of a google search on 'usb boot x31' seem to indicate it can boot from *any* USB storage device, including memory keys! Reply
Anonymous User - Saturday, August 09, 2003 - linki'm considering purchasing the x31. however I've always had a laptop that has an internal optical drive. the x31 does not. how does one restore windows? is any USB 2.0 external optical drive bootable? thanks. Reply
northernhats - Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - linkI just purchased a used X31, It has all of the speed and durdability and the screen does have a great pretection line. I have not suffered from any mouse dents in the screen or on the edges, if thats what you need to know.
Me, personally would rather have a mouse pad instead of the mouse button but I guess thats what makes the X31 model more durable during trips, the little mouse button does not make contact with the screen. Reply


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Black Braided Double-Leather Charm Bracelet
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How do I open the clasp on my leather bracelet to add a charm. Thanks
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What clips work with the double leather bracelet? I love my leather bracelet, but the charms get caught on the clasp and I'm afraid I'll lose one. The regular clips slide like charms so they don't help. Thanks.
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are there any charms that will stay put when put on the double leather bracelet? As expected, a charm slides down to the clasp which is usually under my wrist.
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Ice Station Zero - Carnival Legend Room 6264 - Late July 2014: Carnival Legend Cruise Review by bwohlgemuth
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Ice Station Zero - Carnival Legend Room 6264 - Late July 2014
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Tampa
A few things about me. I'm a 42 yr old dad with only one kid left at home. My wife and my 11 year old decided on this cruise based on the ports, the timeframe, and the price. We have a friend who is a cruise agent and has always gotten us a good deal on the cruises we have booked. It was an opportunity to check off "Central America" from the bucket list while fitting in all the things the wife and kid wanted to do.
The Boat
Was on the Glory back in 2008 and More this ship was a bit more disappointing than the Glory. The staff told us "oh you were on the Glory, that's a great boat!". The layout was a bit odd, much different than the Glory. Also, this boat apparently is going to Australia in a few weeks so it seems everyone is winding down for the big cruise down under.
Camp Carnival seemed to be an afterthought, my kid went for movie night and never went back (he's 11). There were activities planned, but being 11 he fell in-between the "little ones" and "pre-teens". He ended up spending most of his time in the pool (for a record 7.5 hours on Thursday afternoon/evening). As I'm writing this section, he's still passed out from playing with his friends on the boat (hint Carnival, maybe it would make sense instead of having kiddie activities to simply have a "get together" for smaller age groups or based on activities like "hey all 9-11 yr olds…meet up on the basketball court for a bit of fun").
The pool. I hope someone at Carnival reads this. This seems simple to me.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ADULT POOL, DO THE ADULT POOL ACTIVITIES IN THE ADULT POOL. Not a single kid related time (but they had "18+ pool games"). I think this is simple. Lido forward, geared towards teens/adults and kids of adults acting like kids in the afternoon (seeing as how it's the open smoking area as well). Lido mid, All ages but mostly geared towards kids and adults acting like adults.
Faster to the Fun. GET THIS ON THIS CRUISE. And if you are impatient, in a hurry, or just don't want to wait around GET THIS ON ANY CRUISE!!!! When it comes to Belize, this is critical. The tenders to Belize are a 20 min ride and ANY tour in Belize will get you back about five minutes before the last tender leaves.
The food was "ehh". I'm not a guy for over-the-top extravagance. If you saw me on the boat, I was probably wearing various odd t-shirts for the entire cruise. Still trying to figure out the whole pizza process (guy throws flour on table every 15 minutes, squishes dough, walks into the back, *magic*, pizza comes out). And it's not even that great of pizza. I think pizza is one of those things that is hard to screw up, and Carnival does it. Same with other things. I understand cooking for 2000+ people is tough, but the food on the Glory was far better. Just lots of things when it comes to food that just don't make sense, or that are "over the top" for a silly thing like pizza. The food seems more geared towards "presentation" rather "substance". This seems like a backwards policy as people takes tons of food, and then waste it because it isn't that good. My wife made the comment that the food at Golden Corral would be better than here and I honestly would have a hard time debating that. And we aren't fans of Golden Corral…
The other big problem I had was the odd hours of the various restaurants closing (along with pool closings, etc). Stuff seemed to close at random times and seemed to be less and less available as the cruise went along. Breakfast was stable and good, lunch we barely saw due to our excursions, and dinner varied from "wait, that closed at 6?" to "well, at least its meat". :-)
The staff was very cordial, and some of them really enjoy this job, or have done it long enough to know about customer service. And some echoed the sentiment "glad to be going home soon!". Less
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Cabin review: 6264
We had room 6264, on the back of the boat right above the flag. The room itself is a standard room which was converted into a king bed and the couch was a bed for my son. The balcony was nice, and did have more room than a regular balcony, except with the angle of the back of the boat means anytime you leaned forward you had an audience. Take a look up and all of your neighbors say "HI!". For someone wanting a private-ish balcony, this was a bit disappointing. Also, there is absolutely NO breeze on the back of the boat. We knew this going in, but missed it deeply. Did have nice views going out of port, but that was pretty much only Roatan and Grand Cayman.
Port and Shore Excursions
Cave-Tubing Adventure
Booked a tour through cavetubing.bz, which for $35 each got us a nice tour through the cave, a great lunch, and a rushed run back to the port. If you are doing anything in Belize, get the early tender or book through Carnival. Because even though we got back in time, we literally had 10 minutes to spare. A traffic jam at the wrong place, and we get an extra night in Belize.
But back to the cave tubing. Memorable, wonderful, and worth every penny. The drive from Belize City is LONG. About an hour, and that does not include any delays waiting for people, being held up in traffic, etc. The bus ride is always an eye opener of what life is like behind the cruise ports (which is something I want to see…cruise ports are like shopping malls, not what the country is really like).
Once you get to the site and pay for the trip (we paid $35 a piece), the bus drives you up to the cave site. The site is well managed and it takes about 5-10 minutes to get off the bus, hike up to get your helmet and lifejacket, etc. Then the walk begins. You end up crossing the river three times on rocks that are smooth from the river, but still tough to navigate if you have soft soled shoes. GET HARD SOLED WATER SHOES. Not kidding about this, my feet felt like they went through a full 12 rounds with Mike Tyson of the 1980's and I walk two plus miles every morning. The hike is about 45 minutes (which I recorded the entire walk…tons of shaky video to sort through…this cruise video is going to take a month to edit).
The tubes are nice, comfortable, and you get a great view of the cave system. The water is refreshing (i.e. cold…about 70 degrees) but you get used to it pretty quickly. We had a set of great tour guides, and their personalities played well with each other. Nadie seemed to keep things moving, Walter kept digging for interesting bugs to find, and Barry as the MC. They were great and worked hard to keep us from banging our heads on the rocks and let the more adventurous of our group do some things that would be frowned upon by insurance adjusters and OSHA back in the states. Never really worries about safety at all during this tour, as long as you get the right water shoes and can handle the 45 minute walk, you will be fine.
Drive back to the main office for lunch outside which might have been the best meal I had on the entire cruise. Chicken and rice and Coke in bottles. Something nostalgic about drinking c\Coke out of a real glass bottle, kids of course didn't get that piece. There is a gift shop corner in the building and the prices seemed reasonable compared to the port. I highly recommend doing any shopping here because of the next paragraph.
We piled into the van around 2:45 ship time and headed back into town. What was a 45 minute ride in the morning ended up being an hour plus ride back to the boat. Hint for those of you with off stomachs…use the bathroom BEFORE you get on the bus. We took the same route back to the port but pulled in at 3:50 ship time, leaving us 10 minutes to get in line with everyone else. Faster to the Fun does not help you here, but at least you got off before everyone else (and the two tours behind us did make the boat but it is a bit nerve-racking).
Deep Sea Fishing
This was the highlight for my son, he wanted to go deep sea fishing and saved up about four months allowance to cover his "half" of the boating trip. Picked Tres Hermanos based on the great reviews on Trip Advisor and on here. Got to the harbor with a taxi ($15 each way) and got a bit lost. The security guard at the port spoke English thankfully and another guy called Oscar and pointed us in the right direction. Didn't have any details of "which boat" we were supposed to have but Oscar directed us to the Grand Slam and the two guys (who I forget their names, my apologies) who ran the charter.
On the boat, threw the lines, and away we went. For the first 2.5 hours, we had one nibble. A half eaten piece of bait was all we had for the tuna (although we saw plenty of tuna flying through the air…nothing was biting). I know these guys were trying any/everything to get something to hook and we did get a bite on what appeared to be a barracuda at hour 3. Unfortunately the fish threw the hook and while that was exciting, we dreaded that was going to be the highlight of the trip.
Thankfully, about 15 minutes later, we did hook a barracuda and my son got his first salt water fish.
On the way back, we were lucky to drive past a small group of Bottlenose Dolphins which made my wife's day. Got back to the dock and didn't have a ton of cash for a tip. Gave the guys a $20 and they pointed us back towards the front entrance to try to hail a taxi. Hint, THIS IS NOT ENTIRELY EASY TO DO….especially is you don't speak Spanish that well. Thankfully a local flagged down a cab and away we went. $15 back to the boat and goodbye Cozumel.
Dolphin Swim
So the last day in this marathon is Grand Cayman and seriously, it's the best for last. Love this island, and will hopefully be back. Because of the lack of addresses, the average person won't know exactly where the Dolphin Excursion place is. It's WAY THE HECK AWAY FROM THE SHIP. The tender ride in is less than five minutes and bus ride is about 40 minutes. Plan accordingly and book your time based on that. Also remember that Grand Cayman is on Central time, so everything is one hour later than ship time. My recommendation would be to book the 11:00 dolphin swim which really is 12:00 ship time. If the boat gets in at 10:00, you will have plenty time to get in and grab a bus.
The buses on Grand Cayman are large vans that run routes around the island. The #2 bus will get you there for about $5US per person. Far cheaper than a taxi in most cases and you get to see more of the island than just West Bay Drive. We had to stop for air for a tire on the way up, so just keep that in mind as well. :-)
Got to the site way early. Also, this is the place to get online…the Caymans are wired up far better than any island so if you want to upload pics, update FB, etc…go to any local restaurant and grab 30 minutes of sweet wi-fi. The wi-fi is free in the dolphin overlook area and there is a restaurant there. The food they served the workers looked far better than what they offered, didn't ask if they sold it to the general public.
We got there very early and our admission included a trip to the turtle farm across the street. The turtle farm is well laid out, but it was a bit sad to see these large animals clawing over each other for a few morsels (kind of like carp near the beach). Lots of sad shaky video of that as well. My kid was in heaven finding spotted geckos and all sorts of other critters "LOOK DAD, CHICKENS!".
The turtle farm did have some small turtles which you could grab out of their various pools. The smart ones just sat under the water while the ones that weren't so smart swam near enough to get grabbed by little hands. Yes the 11 year old loved that (although I'm sure PETA somewhere is planning a large turtle heist).
Back across the street to the dolphin excursion and walked in waiting for our time at 1:00 (2:00 ship time). Plenty of lockers in there but be warned the locks are all keyed the same. Better to leave the really expensive stuff you might worry about elsewhere. The dolphin place is large and has 11 dolphins to work with. We had Darwin and Constantine for the Royal Swim which is a combination of various photo poses and a few rides that you only get to see the trainers do at Sea World.
So, to those rides. Whoa. Seriously kiddies, if you are going to spend the $$$$ on the Dolphin Encounter, spend the extra $30 and get the Royal Swim so you can do the dorsal swim and the Superman pose. Damn…kid and wife had a great time and there's something unsettling to see two very LARGE dolphins coming at full speed to put your stinky feet on their heads and push you down at 20+mph. Kind of like what someone thinks when a cruise missile is about to obliterate their tank… "Oh $%#@ this is real and it's heading right towards me". One side note for guys, make sure that set of trunks is really tired down well. No wardrobe malfunctions allowed at the dolphin swim.
Great staff there and they were constantly making sure we were having fun. Seems a bit scripted at times but I'm sure that's done to ensure a consistent experience. Got done in about 40 minutes and ran over to shower, change and get out the door. Of course, you can't just leave after 40 minutes of "smile here!". We were offered "all the pics on CD" for $120 which we took quickly. Even though there are pics that should never see the light of day on there, it's easier just to grab the disc and go. Also Gus & Family who was there at the same time, if you happen to read this by any weird chance…contact me. Got a few of the kid which you might want.
Took the bus back which took far longer and was busier than the morning ride up. PLAN ACCORDINGLY. We got back to the port with 10 minutes to spare (left at 3:40 ship time from the part, got back at 4:50 ship time). Didn't have time to enjoy the sweet wi-fi, but that's what awaits the millisecond we are back home.
Recovering from the fun in Belize, the next mooring you wake up in Roatan. The port Carnival uses was built by Carnival and is well designed and expensive as compared to other ports. If you are going to do any shopping, this is probably the "easiest" to do it at. Spent over $60 on a shirt, towel, trinket, and shark tooth necklace for the kid.
We booked a barefoot snorkeling tour through Carnival based on the reports of issues in Roatan and the desire to just have someone else run the show in case things went bad time wise. The boat was a five minute walk from the Legend and once we signed our forms in the rain (hint Jolly Roger ink-jet printed forms run in the rain…get a laser printer for next time).
Boat pushed off with 60+ people on board and away we went. Takes about 35 minutes to get to the reef and from the surface it does not look like much. A very brief safety review and the masks/snorkels/fins are handed out. The more experienced people go first, so if you have snorkeled before head towards the back of the boat. And if you do not want to use the fins, by all means tell them. Also, if you have a waterproof video camera (thinking GoPro) by all means bring it. You will thank me later for this.
The reef is incredible and we saw tons of various fish. Would have been nice to know which fish are what and what we might see out there…even a pic of one of the T-Shirts they sell onshore would have went far. Went through some very shallow and deep areas and saw a wide variety of fish, eels, etc (again, 8GB of shaky video to sort through). And then back on the boat for lunch which was the second best meal we had on the trip. A leisurely ride back to the dock and then the short walk back to the boat.
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A special committee of the World Health Organization's (WHO) annual general assembly here has adopted a resolution condemning Israel's practices in the occupied Arab territories. The vote was 66-23 with 16 abstentions. Thirty-six countries were absent, including the three co-sponsors of the resolution, Angola, Cuba and Yemen.
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An Italian court has instructed a woman to take down photos of her and her husband's honey moon from her Facebook page, and may be also required to pay fines, reports CNet.
The photos of the honey moon were said to be non-explicit, just some pictures of the couple cuddling and kissing, from 10 years ago. When the wife initially posted the honey moon photos, her husband protested, then asked for the pictures to be removed. The wife steadfastly refused. So, the husband, seeming to think he had no other recourse, took her to court.
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The court found that the woman had broken Article 10 of the civil code and "certainly violated the right to privacy of her husband." She also fell foul of legislation from 1941 which says that the portrait of a person cannot be displayed, reproduced or sold without the subject's consent. The court also agreed that due to the wife's posting of the honey moon photos, the husband did indeed suffer damage to his self-worth.
The decision was welcomed by the husband's lawyer, Ciro Renino, who said: "It's an unprecedented decision, which will provide a point of reference for Facebook users."
One thing that did affect the wife's case negatively was Facebook's ever-changing privacy policy, which gives users the privacy of a small village. Essentially, everybody knows what you're doing, unless you know how to change the settings within Facebook, and sometimes that is ineffective.
This ruling is being extolled as a harbinger at for Facebook users everywhere, if the laws backs such behavior. Whether that is true or not, only time will tell. The most ironic fact from this story is that, as of its release, the couple in question are still together, and still married.