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I like this Product ,hope to have one ,what's your views guys:)
Are you looking for a second hand one? 4S is an old model now.
its a good product to buy its but i think bluetooth on all iphones can only work with apple to apple is a disappointing feature on it. And there is a little bit heavy to fit in pocket. Because price is a little bit heavy then Normal.
Got a second hand 4 myself about a year and half ago. Don't see the point in upgrading to 4s. Later down the line i will probably get a second hand 5.
I have a 4S. It's a good smartphone and smaller than its successor, which I like. The display quality is fantastic. I see no reason whatsoever to switch to the iPhone 5 as it really isn't much of an improvement (imo), except that it is lighter, reportedly has an even sharper display (though I am not sure how visible that really is), a larger screen, more RAM, and LTE capabilities, all things I wouldn't be able to take advantage of, anyway.
In my view, you really can't go wrong with the 4S unless you need the latest and greatest. Though, if you need the greatest, then you might want to take into account other models by other manufacturers as well, such as the Samsung Galaxy S III, the Nexus 4, the HTC One X+, the Nokia Lumia 920, and some others. There are so many options to choose from. In the end, I'd test which Operating System you feel most comfortable with because that is the biggest difference. In terms of quality, the newer smartphones are all pretty much on par.
The one reason I'd prefer a 5 over 4S is the camera, which is much better n 5. It can take pix in darker areas, for example.
I have the 5. Prob the best feature is the camera. I can finally do away with my old camera. I would prefer that they enlarge the screen size. That's my only complaint
Then i will go with iPhone 5 ,thanks for your replies guys searching where to book this product
Any one know where they are selling Apple iPhone 5 for best price, give me some links
Apple ties their prices so you're not going to find big differences. If you do, then be suspicious. Apple forces resellers to a specific price and the profit is not big so a reseller can't really play much with it. Simply go to your nearest Apple Store.
Apple i phone 4 is good with the nice features and i phone 5 is a floop modal
I still have the 4S. Did not upgrade to the 5. Works really well still after being with me for more than a year. It's fantastic and never really gave me issues so far.
On performance basis iphone never gave any trouble to me too.But lookwish it doesn't attract me much.
johnmax already made his choice. There's little to say about the subject. Thread closed.


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A Dream Alive: Finding Our Voice on Climate Change
On February 17, 2013, religious scholar Patricia Tull participated in the historic Forward on Climate rally in Washington, D.C. organized by 350.org and The Sierra Club. She was one of 54 riders on a bus from Kentucky that New Dream sponsored to help people attend the event, and shared the following reflections:
Aldo Leopold wrote more than 60 years ago, "One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds."
I wonder what he would have thought to see the over 40,000 Americans who gathered by the White House on Sunday to call for greater U.S. action on climate change. It was the nation's largest gathering for ecological sanity ever—a crowd amassed to shine light on the Earth's wounds, to help try to save life as we know it.
Yet it was only one-fifth the crowd that marched on Washington half a century ago, when the Rev. Martin Luther King shared his dream for racial equality.
Is this success? Or is it too few, too late? Will this crowd continue to grow, large enough, fast enough? Will we, and all others who research, and argue, and organize, and teach, and lobby, and invent, and farm, and fund, and write legislation, and create new business practices, and imagine new community structures, remember these days proudly? Will we relish them, as aging pastors now relish their Freedom Rides? We'll see.
The Forward on Climate rally was a multicultural, multiracial, multigenerational moment. It was also a multistate effort, with groups like the Center for a New American Dream stepping up to help make the bus I took from Kentucky possible and even affordable. The 54 of us (plus 19 more in accompanying cars) ranged from 12 years old to, well, old enough to have been rallying for the past half century.
We were students, teachers, writers, retirees. Some had never been to D.C. Others were pros, boasting arrest records from more daring protests. Some had never marched. Others came straight from an I Love Mountains event in Frankfort to protest mountaintop removal coal mining. Rolling out of a Lexington parking lot Saturday at dawn, we introduced ourselves briefly, and left the rest for conversations en route.
Fast forward to Sunday afternoon, when several of us were shivering happily a stone's throw from the stage. At 11:30 that morning, we had wondered where everyone was. By noon, the crowd was thick from Constitution Avenue to the Washington Monument. Some carried wooden windmills. Others wore polar bear hats or gas masks, or carried signs saying "Don't be a fossil fool" or "There is no planet B," or simply "Forward on Climate."
Much was said from the stage as well. Here are some of the highlights: [Watch video.]
- The Rev. Lennox Yearwood, president of the Hip Hop Caucus, compared this march to the 1963 March on Washington, saying, "They were fighting for equality; we are fighting for existence."
- Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org, noted: "We shouldn't have to be here—science should have decided our course long ago. But it takes a movement to stand up to all that money."
- Chief Jacqueline Thomas, past Chief of the Saik'uz First Nation in British Columbia, Canada, emphasized the damage to communities, lands, and waters in the tar sands region where oil is being extracted, harm that "can no longer be Canada's dirty secret."
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island spoke of Congress sleepwalking through the climate crisis, calling President Obama a man "who has found his voice on climate change." He continued, "We are going to help Barack Obama win this fight and make this right...and we are going to look down the hallways of history and say, 'Yes we did!'"
- Van Jones, the former green jobs czar, said more forebodingly that if the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the United States goes through—a massive, carbon-rich project that the President can reject with a stroke of his pen—the first thing it will run over will not be farm lands, but Obama's credibility: "Keystone is the only presidential decision anyone will care about in 20 years."
These were as close as the speakers came to Dr. King's melodious speech. But in a nation now saturated with strategic sound bites, clarion calls come in other ways. If the voices of thousands of scientists don't sound clearly enough for American ears, perhaps nature's many thunderous warnings will—derecho and drought, fire and flood, torrent and tornado, Sandy and snowstorm.
Before the rally, four of us had visited the MLK Memorial at the Tidal Basin on the Washington Mall. I told my 12-year-old friend Abigail that I hoped she would recall this day as proudly to her grandchildren as those who marched in 1963 have to theirs. What Dr. King once dreamed is now engraved in stone, and in hearts: "The end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience."
I thought about my math teacher in Austin, Texas, who shared with Dr. King nothing but the mutual name "Luther," who, on April 5, 1968 [the day after King's assassination], rejoiced out loud to 30 horrified eighth graders, black and white, saying he got what he deserved. I wondered if Mrs. Luther lived long enough or well enough to repent.
But perhaps it's enough that history is outliving her. What a world we have come to now—where an African-American pastor [Rev. Yearwood] can call this moment more critical than that historic moment before his birth that altered his life's path. What a world, where an African-American activist [Van Jones] can challenge an African-American president to live up to inaugural words. If longstanding bigotries can change, unleashing powerful lives, then surely we can change our mundane fuel sources.
On the ride home, before drifting off to our own dreams, several suggested news headlines they hoped to see, mostly along the lines of "The Power Shifts," as Bill McKibben pungently puts it. In a bus filled with passionate environmental advocates, it was easier to hope. I pray this hope grows and spreads, and that tomorrow's ecologists will live in a world healed of its many wounds, where we know the value not only of all humans but of all creation.
Patricia Tull is A.B. Rhodes Professor Emerita of Old Testament at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary and lives in Jeffersonville, Indiana. She is an ordained Presbyterian minister with advanced training in preaching as well as Hebrew Bible, and she often teaches pastors, lay leaders, and church groups.
very nice blog post on a very difficult and multi faceted set of issues
Posted by eric stallsmi at February 26, 2013 at 5:29pm
Thanks, Trisha, for your thought-provoking perspective on last weekend's march. Having participated in such events for at least 30 years, it was the diversity of the participants that stood out in my mind as especially impressive. SLC
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Four Yolo County leaders will be honored at the 27th anniversary Women's History Month luncheon on Thursday, March 6, in Woodland.
To be recognized for reflecting the 2014 national Women's History Month theme, "Celebrating Women of Character, Courage and Commitment," are: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, mayor of Winters and principal in a management consulting firm; Paula Lorenzo-Tackett, a Capay Valley restaurateur and former chairwoman of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation; Ann Foley Scheuring of Rumsey, a longtime community volunteer and author of scholarly works on California agriculture and UC Davis history; and Nikki Shannon Smith of Woodland, a children's book author and principal of Patwin Elementary School in Davis.
This year's Yolo County Women's History Month luncheon will extend from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 6 at the Woodland Community & Senior Center, 2001 East St.
Reservations for the luncheon are available for $25 per person. Sponsorships are available at the $75, $125, $250 and $500 levels. Additional information can be found at the committee's website, www.ycwhm.org.
The deadline for sponsorships is Friday, Feb. 21, and lunch reservations are due by Friday, Feb. 28. Make checks payable to WHM and mail to P.O. Box 711, Woodland, 95776. Credit card payments may be made online at www.ycwhm.org.
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Beltran returns from seven-day concussion DL
NEW YORK -- Carlos Beltran returned to the Yankees' lineup on Friday, going 2-for-4 with a shift-beating double and an RBI single out of the No. 6 spot as the designated hitter.
Beltran was placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list on July 10 after a batted ball struck him in the face after ricocheting off a protective "L" screen in an indoor batting cage.
Beltran had some bruising on the bridge of his nose after the accident and saw a specialist in New York, but he said Friday those moves were for precaution and that he never had a concussion. Beltran passed a MLB-mandated concussion test before being activated.
"I feel good," Beltran said after New York's 4-3 victory over the Reds. "I think after I had that hit in the face, the next day I woke up feeling good. The team was concerned and just put me on the seven-day DL, making sure everything was well. I feel good."
The Yankees were encouraged with the way Beltran had started to swing the bat before the injury as he hopes to break out of a season-long funk. He hit .216 with nine home runs and 28 RBIs in 61 games before the All-Star break -- the first year of a three-year, $45 million contract.
Beltran hyperextended his right elbow in April, requiring a stint on the DL, and has been limited to designated hitter ever since. Neither Beltran nor Girardi was sure when Beltran would resume a throwing program so he can play the outfield at some point this season.
"Hopefully, everything goes well in the second half, I'll stay healthy and try to help the team," Beltran said.
Right-hander Bryan Mitchell was sent down to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in a corresponding roster move. The Yankees promoted Mitchell the day before the All-Star break as an extra arm in the bullpen just in case they played an extended game, but he did not make an appearance.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. Jamal Collier is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Facebook is angling for a more prominent place on smartphones.
The social network is developing software for mobile devices powered by Google Inc.'s Android operating system that displays content from users' Facebook accounts on a smartphone's home screen—the first screen visible when they turn on the device, people familiar with the situation said.
Facebook is expected to first offer the capability on smartphones from HTC Corp., these people said. It also has been working to reach placement deals with other device makers.
Its move is designed to increase the amount of time people spend on its service and boost revenue from advertising, these people added. About 23% of the Menlo Park, Calif., company's fourth quarter advertising was from ads on mobile devices.
The company now offers an app for Android devices, but through agreements with smartphone makers would make news feeds and other information immediately viewable. "It is putting Facebook first," a person familiar with the matter said of Facebook's initiative.
Facebook, which has said it has more than 650 million mobile users, is planning to make the app broadly available for all Android devices, these people said. Manufacturers must make some tweaks to the Android software to allow the Facebook app to take over the device's home screen, they added.
Such changes by the manufacturer don't violate the agreements those companies made with Google to preserve the consistency of the Android user experience, one of the people familiar with the matter said.
On Thursday, Facebook sent out invitations to a media event next week requesting recipients "come see our new home on Android." Facebook and Google spokesmen declined to comment.
HTC declined to comment on its business relationship with Facebook. However, HTC noted that it previously launched the ChaCha phone, which had a button designated to posting photos directly to Facebook.
The move, said analysts, is an important step for Facebook to raise its role on mobile devices—even if it falls short of a rumored Facebook phone. The company has changed directions multiple times over the last few years, people familiar with the matter have said, and has looked into the complexities of designing hardware.
Last year Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said a Facebook phone would be "the wrong strategy," and would probably only net a small number of new customers. Now, Facebook seems to want to make friends with phone makers, with HTC likely the first of several partners.
"It could drive more frequent access of Facebook and ultimately, more time spent on Facebook and more advertising revenue," said analyst Colin Sebastian at Robert W. Baird & Co.
Facebook's move to become more deeply embedded into Android smartphones comes as the social networking company becomes increasingly aggressive on mobile. After several missteps, Facebook rejiggered the company last year to be mobile centric, overhauling the structure of the organization and revamping its applications for Apple Inc.'s iOS and Google's Android operating systems.
While Apple's tightly controlled ecosystem offers little room for customization, Google's Android software is far more malleable, providing latitude for Facebook and handset makers to shape the user experience.
In recent quarters, Facebook has encouraged its employees—many of whom own iPhones—to spend more time on Android devices. Employees can request a free Android handset, one person familiar with the matter said. For several months, several employees have been testing the version of the Android app expected to be unveiled on Thursday, this person added.
The Facebook app would take up a large portion of a phone's home screen, the people said, featuring recent content from users' news feed, the site's main channel of content.
The app wouldn't appear to pose a direct threat to Google because it could potentially help phone makers and wireless carriers sell more Android devices, which include Google's revenue-generating search service, YouTube, Google Maps and other services, rather than those made by rival Apple.
Android in recent years leapfrogged the iPhone to become the No. 1 operating system for smartphones globally, according to researches.
For HTC, deepening a relationship with the world's largest social network could help it boost its popularity amid stiffening competition. The Taiwanese company earlier this year announced a new flagship device called the HTC One that it hopes will reverse the market-share losses it has suffered over the past year as rival Samsung Electronics Co. has gained a commanding lead over all other Android-device makers.
The HTC One is designed to be a more social media friendly device and includes a feature called Blinkfeed that lets people view content from their accounts on Facebook, Twitter Inc. and other services directly on the device's home screen, without having to open the apps separately.
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DLC Management Corp., based in Tarrytown, N.Y., is one of those savvy shopping center companies that seems to instinctively know what to buy, what to sell, what to redevelop, what to re-merchandise.
And, most of all, DLC knows what will turn a shopping center on its ear.
Bethesda Walk, in Lawrenceville, Ga., on the outskirts of Atlanta, was a fairly typical grocery-anchored shopping center anchored by a Publix and tenanted by a variety of service and retail businesses. In 2009, the Publix store closed, and DLC launched a search for the right anchor to drive the center's success.
In December 2011, DLC announced it had struck a deal with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to open a Walmart Neighborhood Market at Bethesda Walk. The new store would be the concept's debut in Atlanta – and that was a big deal.
Along with the announcement that Walmart Neighborhood Market was coming to town with a 44,271-sq.-ft. store, DLC also revealed that the vacant Publix space would undergo a multimillion-dollar interior and exterior renovation to house the new Walmart.
Metro Atlanta's first Walmart Neighborhood Market opened in June 2012 at Bethesda Walk – and, said DLC president and CEO Adam Ifshin.
"The opening of the Walmart caused a 180-degree turn in terms of the center's traffic and sales," he said. "We had gotten some leasing done at the center prior to the Walmart announcement, but it effectively leased up after the news of Walmart's impending arrival became public."
Interestingly, Bethesda Walk wasn't the first deal that Walmart signed in Atlanta, but it was the first to open.
"That's about our execution," said Ifshin. "And we're proud of that."
Today, the parking lot of the 68,271-sq.-ft. shopping center remains packed, proof not only that Wal-Mart's expanding market concept is a winner but also that DLC knows what will transform one of its assets from a solid performer to a superstar.


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On Oct. 17, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved an increase to the amount of net assets that applicants may have from $240,000 to the state maximum of $340,000 (not including the value of the home, its furnishings and up to one acre of land). The income limit was increased from $52,000 to the fixed state maximum of $72,000. The real estate tax relief changes are retroactive to all of tax year 2005, and the board also extended the deadline to apply for 2005 until Dec. 31, 2006, for first-time filers and cases of hardship
Fairfax County provides real estate tax relief to seniors who are either 65 or older and people with disabilities. Seniors and those who are permanently and totally disabled who owned and occupied their residences in Fairfax County as of Dec. 31 of the preceding year may qualify for real estate tax relief from the county if they meet the following income and financial worth qualifications:
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Existing applicants who have already been certified for some level of real estate tax relief for 2005 will not need to reapply. The Department of Tax Administration will automatically review partial exemptions and adjust them as may be applicable for the second installment due in December. Any applicable refunds associated with the 2005 first installment tax bill will be processed in December.
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Now out of production, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is troubled by an unresolved problem thought to be tied to its onboard oxygen generation system (Obogs). Nevertheless, the U.S. Air Force recently deployed the stealthy fighter to Al Dhafra airbase in the UAE, and it plans to add new capabilities to the aircraft over the next decade.
In late April, the Air Force confirmed sending F-22s to "Southwest Asia" for what was described as a normal deployment to promote regional security. The deployment apparently sends a message to nearby Iran over its nuclear ambitions. Days later, on May 2, the Air Force took possession of the 195th and final F-22, delivered by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Marietta, Ga. The final aircraft joined the fleet of 187 operational F-22s. Eight other Raptors were used as test aircraft.
With production ended, the Air Force plans to add new capabilities to the Raptor. Testifying May 8 before a Senate Armed Services Committee subcommittee, Lt. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, said the service's Fiscal Year 2013 budget request includes $512 million for research, development, test and evaluation of F-22 modernization and $333 million for procurement. Initial operational capability of an Increment 3, which will add synthetic aperture radar ground mapping, threat geolocation and Small Diameter Bomb carriage, is planned this year.
Increments 3.2A/B in 2014 and 2018 will add advanced electronic protection and combat identification, AIM-120D and AIM-9X missiles and "significantly improved ground threat geolocation." According to the Government Accountability Office, the Air Force plans to spend $9.7 billion on F-22 modernization through 2023.
But the latest developments are clouded by unresolved incidents of hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, experienced by F-22 pilots, possibly rooted in the Obogs. A seven-month investigation by the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board failed to identify the cause, and the service continues to study the problem.
The Pentagon has added to earlier steps undertaken to protect against hypoxia with three new requirements. George Little, acting assistant secretary of defense, announced the latest steps during a May 15 briefing. The Air Force will expedite the installation of an automatic back-up oxygen system in all F-22s, retrofitting 10 aircraft per month beginning in January. Effective immediately, all F-22 flights "will remain within the proximity of potential landing locations" and long-duration flights in Alaska will be performed by other aircraft. Finally, the Air Force must report monthly to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on its efforts to identify the cause of hypoxia incidents.
jon (not verified)
June 1, 2012 - 10:58pm
Why are we sooo damn stupid?
400 mil per copy and already needing to be updated?
Why? Because systems intergration that shoould have rolled out
With the first aircraft were defered to hide
Cost overruns. The mfg. Should be held accountable along with the airforce officers overseeing the program. But will there be accoiability? Guess!!
Raptor1 (not verified)
June 3, 2012 - 8:12pm
22 Turkey: (emphasis) WE are not stupid at all, but your implication that somehow, nearly a decade after going into production, we should NOT upgrade the Raptor with the capabilities it should have had all along, clearly shows that maybe you don't even understand the $400Million per unit cost you quoted... so I'll explain.
The $400 Million cost is a figure thrown out there be those who wish to demonstrate the "expensiveness" of th Raptor, without regard to what that money truly includes and worse, without regard to the capabilities it provides. The $400Ml include all the research, development, and testing, plus the actual purchase, of a fighter which is faster, stealthier, more maneuverable, and far more lethal than any aircraft before or since. It includes the money spent developing never-before-seen technologies, which was SUPPOSED to help make the F-35 affodable... You wanna talk about a program which has learned nothing and delivered nothing, you're barking up the wrong tree.
EVERY aircraft requires upgrades - especially ones that are so complex that their avionics are 20+ years old by the time fullrate production began. Those are the facts... Every fighter inour arsenal, since the time we had an air force to speak of, has gone through this process.
Raptor1 (not verified)
June 3, 2012 - 8:29pm
Trkey (cont'd): And yes, there is accountability... It's called a premature cancellation of the program at one-fourth the original planned porduction run. Essentially, the Raptor was held accountable for the fact that the F-35 needs ALOT more money to get it completed... Now, revisiting your $400 mil figure, how much do you think the F-35 per unit cost is?... $500Mil++, my friend... And instead of upgrades to a fantastic airframe/avionics package, for that half-billion $$$ you're getting a sub-par helmet, a fraction of its original weapons, limited stealth, no supercruise, maneuverability on the lines of an F-18, an airframe that's untested, and avionics with 12Million lines of code left to write/test. Upgrades will NO DOUBT be required by the time it's completed. But nonef this is a problem at all, if you subscribe to this Admin's reasoning that we should cancel an in-production monster like the Raptor, to pursue a real mess... the Raptor you shouldn't even discuss, unless you're gunna bring facts.
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June 3, 2012 - 8:34pm
Bottom line: WHEN a REAL Air Force rises to challenge us in the next 20 years, the Raptor will smash it, so aircraft like the F-35 can even perform their mission. And they will do it using the upgrades you deplore, that will be needed to deal with aircraft like the Pak Fa, which the F-35 will have NO hope of confronting one-on-one, under any circumstances.


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Meaning: a clumsy or foolish person
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It sounds a little like the plot to an old movie: people band together and pool their skills to put on a show, hoping to save their town — or maybe just make things a bit better for everybody.
Southern Coalition for the Arts in Logan is trying that. This weekend they open their production of "Shrek the Musical." Based on the popular animated film, a Broadway musical version was nominated for eight Tony awards and won the prize for "Best Costume Design."
A touring production has traveled across the country and around the world. Over the last year or so, a few community theater companies have picked up "Shrek the Musical," but it's not cheap. Securing the rights and renting costumes or a set can run thousands of dollars.
"We've already spent close to $11,000 and we're going to have about $15,000 in the show before it's all over," said Josh Butcher, who plays the villainous Lord Fuqua.
That's really not much more than their basic costs, which would be a tough pill to swallow for a larger theater company in say, Charleston.
Over the last few months, Southern Coalition for the Arts has tirelessly fund-raised, as well as sought sponsorship to mount the production. They also got a lot of help from the community itself.
Logan's City Council stepped in to pay for the rental and maintenance fees for the old Coalfield Jamboree Theater. The town's mayor, Serafino Nolletti, has declared September in Logan as "Shrektember."
"I think it's great what they're doing," the mayor said.
"We have this local theater that hasn't been used as much as it could be and they want to do this — I think it's great for Logan."
Nolletti added that he'd visited other communities and had seen that a lot of towns, some of them smaller than Logan, also had local theater.
"I guess we've been behind," he laughed. "Maybe now we'll catch up a little."
In town, windows in area businesses have been decorated with a Shrek theme. Two local bakeries are offering show-related goods and the Hot Cup coffee house in Logan has a "mud swamp" drink fans can get.
"We're calling it the Swamp Mud Smoothie," said Michael Cline, owner of the Hot Cup. "It's a blend of white chocolate, hazelnut and salted almond — and it's green."
"Whenever there's been a need, someone has stepped in and said, 'we'll sponsor that. We'll do that,'" said Jamie Butcher, the managing director for Southern Coalition for the Arts.
A show about the not-so-jolly green giant and his musical misadventures in the land of Far, Far Away might sound like a strange thing for a coal mining community like Logan to embrace, but Butcher said people are hungry for it. They want quality entertainment where they live.
"Go big or go home, right?" Butcher laughed.
She also added that while the people involved with the production are technically amateur, almost all of the principle actors have some sort of theater or performance background. Some have degrees in stagecraft or they minored in theater in college. Almost all of them have been involved with local theater for years.
"We wanted to put together a production where these people could use the talents they have the way they want to use them," she said.
Southern Coalition for the Arts used to be a companion program with Appalachian Children's Theater.
"Appalachian Children's Theater was a program here where school kids could audition for shows," Butcher said.
"They would do more workshop style shows and the schools would bring them to see these productions."
Southern Coalition for the Arts, made up of adults, participated in shows, but also helped with fundraising.
Butcher explained that all changed after the Logan County Board of Education began pushing for more school theater without relying on outside programs.
"That left a group of theater people with theater degrees looking for something to do," she said.
So, the group focused on mounting their own production downtown — which, like a lot of small towns, seemed ripe for revitalization.
"If you come to Logan, most of the businesses shut down at 4:30," Butcher said. "You won't see a car downtown much later."
In deciding to expand their role, Southern Coalition for the Arts looked at other theaters in other towns, like Lewisburg, which has the venerable Greenbrier Valley Theater.
Having a viable theater with regular performances, Butcher said, could give people a reason to come into town more often.
"There are a lot of old buildings in Logan that are just being torn down," she said.
"But we've got a great theater. The Coalfield Jamboree Theater isn't on any historic registries yet, but it could be one day."
They chose "Shrek the Musical" because it was family friendly and familiar.
"It had a story and name Logan residents would recognize," she said.
The show also just looked like a lot of fun.
Even with opening night still days away on Friday, Butcher said the show is already a success.
"We've already pre-sold 500 tickets."
"Shrek the Musical" will be performed at the Coalfield Jamboree Theater on Friday and Saturday, then again on September 12 and 13, with a Sunday matinee on September 14.
Tickets for the show are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for students and can be purchased through Southern Coalition for the Arts website www.southerncoalitionarts.com.
Shrek is just the beginning for the arts group. The group is working on a haunted attraction during the Halloween season and is making plans for some kind of Christmas show.
"We know this isn't going to be The Clay Center," she said. "We've all been there to see a production, but we hope to one day do a full season with season tickets and get people used to the idea of coming to downtown Logan for quality entertainment."
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RICHMOND, Va. — Jeff Gordon has not had a great season qualifying, but he earned his first pole of the year when it mattered the most.
Gordon, who had earned a pole in each of his previous 20 seasons, got a pole in his 21st season thanks to a record lap of 130.599 mph Friday at Richmond International Speedway.
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He will have Kurt Busch, whom he is battling for a Chase for the Sprint Cup spot, starting next to him.
Here's a look at the lineup Saturday for NASCAR's regular-season finale, the Federated Auto Parts 400:
1. Jeff Gordon, Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 Chevrolet — Picked a great time for first pole of the year. Six points out of a Chase spot, the pressure is on Gordon. He's a four-time champ but even a top-10 finish — he has seven in the last 10 races — is no guarantee he can make up the ground. But at least he knows he should get a bonus point for leading a lap as he has the preferred inside lane for the start of the race.
2. Kurt Busch, Furniture Row Racing No. 78 Chevrolet — In a Chase spot at 10th in the standings, he's trying to cap a storybook season by leading the first single-car team into the Chase. First chapter already well written — he's starting on the front row.
3. Brad Keselowski, Penske Racing No. 2 Ford — Has never led a lap at Richmond and needs a strong race plus help to make the Chase. Yeah, he's starting third, but hope his 2012 Cup championship trophy isn't expecting to share the shelf with another one in November.
4. Clint Bowyer, Michael Waltrip Racing No. 15 Toyota — Led 113 laps on way to runner-up finish at Richmond in April. Won this race a year ago. So expect him to be out front Saturday, and relatively early in the race, thanks to his solid starting spot.
5. Matt Kenseth, Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota — Could finish last at Richmond and will still at least share the top spot in the standings after the Chase reset.
6. Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 Toyota — Maybe the toughest race for him to miss earlier this year because of compression fracture in his back. Has two Cup wins at RIR, where he has attended races since being a little kid growing up in the Richmond suburbs.
7. Jamie McMurray, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing No. 1 Chevrolet — Still has an outside chance to make the Chase. Way outside. Like Richmond is outside of Washington outside.
8. Joey Logano, Penske Racing No. 22 Ford — Logano is eighth in the standings with top-fives in his last three race and top-10s in his last six. He's starting eighth; if he stays in the top-10, he'll be fine.
9. Greg Biffle, Roush Fenway Racing No. 16 Ford — Biffle is on the Chase bubble but the good news for this team is it has finished every race this year and on the lead lap in 20 of 25 events. If he finishes on lead lap, will be fine.
10. Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 Chevrolet — Johnson missed practice and qualifying Friday because of the birth of his daughter early in the morning. Regan Smith qualified the car so Johnson will move to the rear of the field Saturday for the green flag.
11. Martin Truex Jr, Michael Waltrip Racing No. 56 Toyota — Had the cast on his broken wrist re-done and re-fitted in hopes that it doesn't melt and get soft in race as it did at Atlanta.
12. Juan Pablo Montoya, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing No. 42 Chevrolet — Led 67 laps and finished fourth at Richmond in April and would have won were it not for a late-race caution.
13. Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota — Has the Chase for the Sprint Cup to look forward to starting next week, so no worries this time around at Richmond.
14. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hendrick Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet — Just needs to avoid a disaster to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Starting 14th, he'll just need to stay out of trouble.
15. Aric Almriola, Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 Ford — Almirola is 18th in the standings but has no shot to make the Chase.
16. Mark Martin, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 Chevrolet — Tony Stewart is here with a mega scooter. Martin hopes his car is just as stout.
17. Kevin Harvick, Richard Childress Racing No. 29 Chevrolet — He has three career Cup wins at Richmond, including in April. He'll be a threat Saturday night.
18. Kasey Kahne, Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Chevrolet — About the only drivers who have had worse Cup racing fortune this year have been Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski. But Kahne has been able to overcome and has clinched at least a wild-card berth.
19. Jeff Burton, Richard Childress Racing No. 31 Chevrolet — Announced Wednesday he's not returning in 2014. Says he wouldn't be surprised if he wins one of final 11 races. But it would be a surprise to many others.
20. Brian Vickers, Michael Waltrip Racing No. 55 Toyota — Was in this car for Richmond earlier this year. He started second but finished 35th because of a wreck.
21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Roush Fenway Racing No. 17 Ford — Pole last week didn't mean a whole lot in the race as he finished 16th at Atlanta.
22. Paul Menard, Richard Childress Racing No. 27 Chevrolet — He could make the Chase. And Tim Tebow could start for an NFL team on Sunday. That's what his chances are like.
23. David Ragan, Front Row Motorsports No. 34 Ford — At least the hauler should have interesting snacks with Farm Rich on the hood.
24. Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 39 Chevrolet — Seems sure of where he'll be in 2014 but not saying. Less sure if he'll make the Chase and be racing for a championship next week, especially since he's starting the worst among the 10 Chase bubble guys.
25. Casey Mears, Germain Racing No. 13 Ford — Led a lap last week at Atlanta. He's led six laps this year.
26. Carl Edwards, Roush Fenway Racing No. 99 Ford — Had a little rift with Jeff Gordon at Atlanta but don't expect any payback. Edwards didn't seem interested in a rivalry with someone who has raced him clean for years.
27. Josh Wise, Front Row Motorsports No. 35 Ford — He was 28th at Richmond in April and it wouldn't be a bad day if he matches that finish.
28. Landon Cassill, Mike Hillman Racing No. 40 Chevrolet — Building up points for this team could mean it could survive a bad qualifying effort later this year or next season.
29. David Stremme, Swan Racing No. 30 Toyota — Stremme is out as the driver of the car after Richmond. Cole Whitt will be behind the wheel at Chicagoland.
30. Michael McDowell, Phil Parsons Racing No. 98 Ford — Not expected to run full race.
31. Joe Nemechek, Nemco-JRR No. 87 Toyota — Only third time he has qualified in top 36 this year.
32. Marcos Ambrose, Richard Petty Motorsports No. 9 Ford — Moved up two spots to 20th last week. Would make season less disappointing if he can stay there the last 11 weeks.
33. Travis Kvapil, BK Racing No. 93 Toyota — Has finished in the top 30 in four of the last five races.
34. AJ Allmendinger, JTG Daugherty Racing No. 47 Toyota — Bobby Labonte was scheduled to race but three broken ribs suffered in a bicycling accident last week will keep him on the sideline.
35. David Reutimann, BK Racing No. 83 Toyota — Had four DNFs in first 11 races. Has had just one in last 14.
36. Danica Patrick, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 10 Chevrolet — No truth to the rumor that after she won a celebrity episode of "Chopped" that Tony Stewart hired her as his personal chef.
37. David Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports No. 38 Ford — Stout run last week with a 17th-place finish at Atlanta, his best non-restrictor plate race of the year.
38. Ryan Truex, Phoenix Racing No. 51 Chevrolet — Hopes his second career Cup start is better than the 39-lap, 42nd-place day at Bristol that ended early because of an accident. Next week, Justin Allgaier is in the car as new team owner Harry Scott takes control of the team.
39. Reed Sorenson, Leavine Family Racing No. 95 Ford — Sorenson has replaced Scott Speed behind the wheel of the car as Speed apparently wasn't happy team had parked early in recent weeks.
40. Dave Blaney, Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 7 Chevrolet — Has finished better than he has qualified last seven races.
41. Tony Raines, Circle Sport Racing No. 33 Chevrolet — Good to get this car in the show as Cassill works on building up points in the No. 40 car.
42. Ken Schrader, FAS Lane Racing No. 32 Ford — Schrader was 27th at Bristol in his latest appearance with this team.
43. JJ Yeley, Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 36 Chevrolet — For the third time this year, led laps in a race as he led two laps at Atlanta last week.


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What is this medicine?NIFEDIPINE (nye FED i peen) is a calcium-channel blocker. It affects the amount of calcium found in your heart and muscle cells. This relaxes your blood vessels, which can reduce the amount of work the heart has to do. This medicine is used to treat chest pain caused by angina.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Swallow whole. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often then directed. Do not suddenly stop taking this medicine. Your doctor will tell you how much medicine to take. If your doctor wants you to stop the medicine, the dose will be slowly lowered over time to avoid any side effects.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:
This medicine may also interact with the following medications:
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular check ups. Check your blood pressure and pulse rate regularly. Ask your doctor or health care professional what your blood pressure and pulse rate should be and when you should contact him or her.
You may get drowsy or dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells. Alcohol may interfere with the effect of this medicine. Avoid alcoholic drinks.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):


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Bone cancers are rare forms of cancer that can affect any bone in the body. Two types of bone cancer are multiple myeloma and bone sarcomas. About 2,000 primary bone cancers are diagnosed in the United States each year. Bone cancers can also happen when tumors that start in other organs, such as breasts, lung, and prostate, metastasize (spread) to the bone. Multiple myeloma is the most common type of bone cancer. The two most common bone sarcomas are osteosarcoma, which develops in new tissue in growing bones, and chondrosarcoma, which develops in cartilage. Osteosarcoma occurs more frequently in people ages 10 - 20, while chondrosarcoma occurs more often in adults.
Bone cancer is accompanied by the following signs and symptoms:
People with the following conditions or characteristics may be at risk for developing multiple myeloma:
People with the following conditions or characteristics may be at risk for developing osteosarcoma:
Your risk of developing chondrosarcoma is higher if you are age 40 - 60.
If you have symptoms associated with bone cancer, you should see your health care provider. It's helpful to remember that many symptoms of bone cancer are also associated with other, less serious health conditions. In addition to taking a personal and family medical history, your health care provider may suggest a blood test to measure the level of alkaline phosphate, an enzyme that increases when a tumor causes production of abnormal bone tissue. X-rays and other imaging procedures can show the location, size, and shape of a bone tumor. New research suggests that combination positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) may be the most sensitive technique for detecting bone cancers. Not all tumors are cancer. A biopsy -- the removal of a sample of tissue from the bone tumor -- will reveal whether cancer is present.
The treatment plan depends on the type, size, location, and stage of the cancer, as well as the patient's age and general health.
Your health care provider may prescribe the following therapies:
Surgery is usually performed after chemotherapy to shrink the tumor and reduce the risk of recurrence. With multiple myeloma, a physician may perform a bone marrow transplant. With bone sarcomas, surgery is usually the main treatment. In most cases, chemotherapy has made limb sparing surgery possible and amputation unnecessary.
A comprehensive treatment plan for bone cancer may include a range of complementary and alternative therapies. Make sure to inform your health care provider about the herbs and supplements you are taking. Some supplements can interfere with conventional cancer therapies, so always work with a qualified health care professional, and tell all of your providers about every herb, supplement, medication, and treatment you are using.
Following these nutritional tips may help reduce symptoms:
You may address nutritional deficiencies with the following supplements. Consult your oncologist before adding any nutritional supplements or herbal medicines to your regimen.
Herbs are generally a safe way to strengthen and tone the body's systems. As with any therapy, you should work with your health care provider to diagnose your problem before starting treatment.
You may use herbs as dried extracts (capsules, powders, teas), glycerites (glycerine extracts), or tinctures (alcohol extracts). Unless otherwise indicated, make teas with 1 tsp. herb per cup of hot water. Steep covered 5 - 10 minutes for leaf or flowers, and 10 - 20 minutes for roots. Drink 2 - 4 cups per day depending on your doctor's recommendation. You may use tinctures alone or in combination as noted.
The correct herbal therapy may be an important part of a cancer treatment plan, but should only be used under the supervision of an experienced provider knowledgeable in oncology. While some herbs may be supportive, others may actually interfere with medications or treatments for cancer. This practitioner should work in conjunction with your team of oncologists.
Although few studies have examined the effectiveness of specific homeopathic therapies, professional homeopaths may consider the following remedies for the treatment of bone cancer based on their knowledge and experience. Before prescribing a remedy, homeopaths take into account a person's constitutional type -- a person's physical, emotional, and psychological makeup. An experienced homeopath assesses all of these factors when determining the most appropriate treatment for each individual. Homeopathic treatment, especially in the case of cancer, should only be used under the guidance of a licensed and certified homeopath.
While acupuncture does not treat for cancer, evidence suggests it can be a valuable therapy for cancer related symptoms, particularly the nausea and vomiting that often accompany chemotherapy treatment. Studies show that acupuncture may help reduce pain and shortness of breath. Acupressure (pressing on rather than needling acupuncture points) may also help control breathlessness. Patients treat themselves using this technique.
Some acupuncturists prefer to work with a patient only after the completion of conventional medical cancer therapy. Others provide acupuncture or herbal therapy during active chemotherapy or radiation. Acupuncturists treat cancer patients based on an individualized assessment of the excesses and deficiencies of qi (energy) located in various meridians. In many cancer-related cases, a qi deficiency is detected in the spleen or kidney meridians.
Chiropractors will not perform spinal manipulation over areas of the body where bone cancer is present, but they may use this procedure over areas that are free of bone cancer in an attempt to relieve pain associated with the condition.
Patients with multiple myeloma generally live for 15 months - 5 years. Complications may include heart attack, lung disease, diabetes, and stroke. With bone sarcomas, 65 - 75% of patients experience long term survival, and almost everyone who is treated with limb-sparing surgery ends up with an arm or leg that is painless and works well. Potential complications include those arising from surgery and possible spread of the cancer to the lungs.
Your health care provider will see you regularly to check for complications and to make sure the cancer has not returned. You may have frequent CT scans of the lungs and bone scans and x-rays of the arm or leg to ensure that the tumor hasn't come back or spread to the lungs.
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text: W.Va. orders miner rescue tent inspections By Ken Ward Jr. October 14, 2011 Story Share Read the order here. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State mine safety officials late Friday ordered emergency inspections of up to 500 rescue shelters in West Virginia's underground coal mines, citing concerns that cracked valves and fittings might make the units inoperable.The order from the Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training requires inspections by shelter manufacturers of all inflatable, "tent design" mine rescue chambers by Oct. 31.The five-page order also requires mine operators to replace all brass valves and fittings associated with the units' compressed-oxygen cylinders within the next two years.Plans for this required retrofitting must be submitted to the state by Oct. 31, but the deadline for actual replacement of valves and fittings is not until Dec. 31, 2013."We have to make sure they are going to operate the way they are designed to operate," said state mine safety director C.A. Phillips.Mines across West Virginia are required to contain specially designed rescue shelters that could help miners survive the toxic environment inside a mine after an underground explosion.West Virginia lawmakers mandated the equipment after the Sago Mine disaster and the Aracoma Mine fire, in which workers died before rescuers could reach them in smoke-filled underground tunnels.The order comes after a lengthy behind-the-scenes state and federal investigation following an incident at an unidentified underground mine in January, where officials originally believed a tent-design shelter had been vandalized. State officials now describe the incident, involving an A.L. Lee Corp. shelter, as a "catastrophic failure" that pressured the interior of the steel structure."The initial determination is that the pressure build-up inside the container forced open both the tent deployment door and the air-lock access door, ejecting a supply container and three five-gallon water containers from the access door area onto a nearby [mine wall]," according to a U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration report on the event.In Friday's order, state officials said that "subsequent analysis of the failed shelter led to the discovery of cracks on multiple valves and fittings and identification of fittings that did not meet" recommended specifications.A.L. Lee reported in February that it found similar problems with two other units that had been returned to its shop, according to MSHA records. State inspectors apparently found similar problems on shelters made by other manufacturers, records show."The demonstrated unpredictable service life of the brass valves and fittings is troublesome," the state said in Friday's order. "The current situation left unchecked represents a safety hazard." MSHA officials had recommended examination and possible replacement of problem valves and fittings as early as January, but Friday's state order appears to be the first time regulators have mandated any action.Amy Louviere, a spokeswoman for MSHA, said her agency has been working closely with the state and "will be issuing follow-up actions shortly."The state's Friday order refers to a previous order, dated Sept. 29, but that order has not yet been made public.Some inspections and retrofits of shelters already might have occurred, but it's not clear how many. Friday's order requires records of those inspections - being conducted by manufacturers -- to be submitted to the state.Reach Ken Ward Jr. at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1702. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Chuck McGill: Barry Switzer takes a special interest in former George Washington star 3 SBA board OKs canceling Logan's construction management contract 4 Parole board seeks report on Lavigne for possible release from prison 5 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken House votes to strip EPA of authority over coal ash Previous Story MSHA audits find coal injuries underreported Next Story


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Medium and long term efficacy of PI-based 2nd line antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in Cambodia is poorly documented when the numbers of patients on treatment and their duration are increasing. For patients in treatment failure , there is no alternative ARV regimen available to date.
This operational research aims to evaluate the Cambodian National Program PI-based 2nd line antiretroviral regimen to assess the proportion of treatment failure and drug resistance ;identify the structural and individual factors associated with treatment failure ; design alternative salvage ARV regimens.
|Study Type:
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|Official Title:
|National Evaluation of PI-based 2nd Line Efficacy in Cambodia
- Prevalence of virological failure [ Time Frame: at month 4 ]Virological failure is defined as an HIV viral load above 250 copies/mL
- Prevalence of drug resistance [ Time Frame: at inclusion ]
Sequencing of reverse transcriptase (RT), protease (PR) and integrase (IN) HIV genes.
HIV drug resistance is defined by the presence of resistance associated mutations inducing resistance according to the ANRS algorithm to one or more drugs in the standard second line regimen(s) used in Cambodia.
- Evaluation of individual risk factors associated with treatment failure [ Time Frame: at inclusion ]Individual factors will be collected at enrolment by a standardized questionnaire administered during a face to face 20 minutes interview by a trained member of the healthcare team. The questionnaire investigate adherence, perception of side effect, socio-economic status, disclosure and discrimination issues.
- Evaluation of structural risk factors associated with treatment failure [ Time Frame: At study initiation ]Structural risk factors will be collected at the beginning of the study in each participating site through a standardized questionnaire including information on episodes of ARV stock-outs, task-shifting of HIV-care from physician to nurses, availability of psychosocial support, health service provider/patient ratio and health care provider availabilities, quality control, site activities indicators. The questionaire will be filled by the site project coordinator together with the coordinating project social science team.
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|Study Start Date:
|February 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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- HIV infection
- age above 18 years
- current PI based 2nd line ARV treatment since at least 6 months
- willing to participate and consent signature
Exclusion Criteria:
- ongoing PI based 2nd line regimen for less that 6 months at time of study intake
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01801618
|Battambang Hospital
|Battambang, Cambodia
|Chey Chum Neah Hospital
|Chey Chum Neah, Cambodia
|Daun Keo Hospital
|Daun Keo, Cambodia
|Kampong Cham Hospital
|Kampong Cham, Cambodia
|Neak Loeung Hospital
|Neak Loeung, Cambodia
|Calmette Hospital
|Phnom Penh, Cambodia
|Hope Center
|Phnom Penh, Cambodia
|Khmero-Soviet Friendship Hospital
|Phnom Penh, Cambodia
|Preah Kossamak Hospital
|Phnom Penh, Cambodia
|Preahketomealea Hospital
|Phnom Penh, Cambodia
|Social Health Clinic
|Phnom Penh, Cambodia
|Siem Reap Hospital
|Siem Reap, Cambodia
|Sihanouk Ville Hospital
|Sihanouk Ville, Cambodia
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|Vonthanak Saphonn, MD
|Cambodian National Center of HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STDs (NCHADS)
|Study Chair:
|Eric Nerrienet, MD
|Institut Pasteur, Paris France
|Study Chair:
|Bruno Spire, MD
|Observatoire Régional de la Santé, Marseille, France
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|French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01801618 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|February 22, 2013
|Last Updated:
|July 20, 2016
Keywords provided by French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS):
PI based 2nd line ARV treatment
Virological failure
Drug resistance
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The first quarter of 2012 saw a significant rise in global crude oil prices. After closing 2011 at $108 per barrel, Brent spot prices exceeded $125 per barrel by early March, before trading in a relatively narrow range for the remainder of that month. This price increase reflected changes in global oil supplies, as significant unplanned disruptions in production from countries that are not members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) countered the recovery in Libyan production. Today's discussion explores these recent developments.
The Libyan disruption in 2011, which halted almost all of that country's 1.65 million barrels per day (bbl/d) of crude oil production, garnered the world's attention and helped to drive crude oil prices higher. As of the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2011, there was still an estimated 1.35 million bbl/d of Libyan production offline, but the situation has improved rapidly since that time. By April 2012, offline production was down to 350,000 bbl/d.
Figure 1 shows that total global unplanned production disruptions declined from October 2011 through January 2012 as Libyan production rose. However, during the first quarter of 2012, additional disruptions to production commenced or intensified. As shown in the figure, these disruptions were heaviest among non-OPEC producers, with total unplanned disruptions reaching an estimated 1.6 million bbl/d in February and March. Disruptions are expected to decline in April, but to remain above their January 2012 level.
Three countries accounted for most of the incipient losses in production from January through March: Canada, Sudan, and South Sudan, with the largest of these disruptions occurring in Sudan and South Sudan (Figure 1). The two countries have a combined baseline crude oil and liquids production of about 460,000 bbl/d, most of which is in South Sudan. For most of the fourth quarter, production was only slightly lower than this level. However, in late January, land-locked South Sudan shut in all of its crude oil and liquids production as a result of an unsettled dispute over pipeline transit fees and other issues that were not resolved prior to its independence from Sudan in July 2011. Negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan related to these issues have been set back by recent military clashes, including around oil installations, in the poorly defined border area.
There are also significant ongoing disruptions in non-OPEC producers Syria and Yemen. While the size of the outages from these producers fluctuates somewhat month to month, as of March, estimated disrupted volumes from those countries totaled 300,000 bbl/d, almost half of the two countries' combined baseline crude oil and liquids production capacity of 650,000 bbl/d. Disrupted volumes in those countries are expected to decrease to about 250,000 bbl/d in April.
Moving from political to technical difficulties, Canada had production issues in March related to the upgraders in its Alberta oil sands. Suncor announced in mid-March that one of its upgraders would be down for three to five weeks, taking about 210,000 bbl/d offline. An additional 110,000 bbl/d was offline in February and early March due to unplanned repairs at the Horizon oil sand plant owned by Canadian Natural Resources Limited, bringing total Canadian disruptions to about 320,000 bbl/d in March, an increase of about 260,000 bbl/d from the fourth quarter 2011 average. However, the Horizon maintenance has since been completed. With the Suncor work winding down in April, Canadian outages are expected to ease to approximately 100,000 bbl/d on average in April.
Production increases among other non-OPEC producers, most notably from the United States, helped to fill the supply gap created by the recent unplanned disruptions described above. Due to increasing production from tight oil plays, U.S. liquids production was up about 250,000 bbl/d in March 2012 compared with the fourth quarter of 2011 average. Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom likewise increased their liquids production almost 200,000 bbl/d over the same period. When considering several smaller outages and production increases, total non-OPEC liquids production was about 70,000 bbl/d higher in March 2012 than it was in both the fourth quarter of 2011 and in February 2012.
While some of the larger unplanned outages in the first quarter of 2012 are now easing, some new unplanned outages have arisen. A payment dispute between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government in Iraq has led to 100,000 bbl/d of crude oil recently coming offline in that country. Also, the situation in Sudan has worsened, with the disruption of production in Sudan following actions taken by South Sudan. In addition, concerns over Iran are also impacting the market. EIA's forecast does not factor in any potential effects of the more recent sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and the impending European Union embargo on Iran's crude oil production, because it is too early to assess Iran's ability to place its supply elsewhere. However, preexisting and current sanctions are already a significant impediment to Iran's ability to carry out investment projects that are necessary to offset the natural decline in its crude oil production capability. Due to declining production capability, EIA expects Iran's crude production to fall by about 500,000 bbl/d by the end of 2012 relative to its level at the end of 2011.


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Chobani: From Category Disruptor to Market Leader
February 27, 2014
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Chobani is a six-year-old company that woke up a sleepy category to become a market leader. Chobani challenged the status quo, catalyzed a food craze, and surpassed $1 billion in sales on its quick rise to success. Peter McGuinness, chief marketing and brand officer at Chobani, shared how Chobani is building a marketing infrastructure to maintain the brand's No. 1 position and what's next for the company. Chobani has made brand promotion a focus for 2014, with a new brand platform and high-profile Super Bowl, Olympics, and Academy Awards advertisements.
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Weakness in the Class III market was the theme for yesterday's trade. The 3Q 2014 pack lost an average of 26¢ to settle at $19.86/cwt., and the 4Q 2014 pack settled at $19.09/cwt., down 7¢. Trading and open interest have been increasing in 2015 contracts over the past couple of weeks. It feels as though more are getting a head start to shore up their positions much earlier than normal, and seems more reactionary as to how the trade played out in the first part of 2014.
The spot cheese session sent a mixed signal to the market, with blocks being bid steady and barrels offered steady. As Class III worked its way down, we saw more of a downward slide on cheese prices. Weekly stocks for cheese came in down 0.9% from last week and still down 26.4% year over year. While those numbers would indicate more of a bullish tone, we are into the typical grilling season and demand has yet to increase significantly due to weather. This may be just one part of the conundrum in the current market, and it may take some time yet for things to sort themselves out.
Whey futures were generally lower yesterday, with some trading seen out into the first half of 2015. Again, it appears as those who are in need of protection are layering in some now, rather than waiting until later.
The Class IV market saw a mixed trade. The largest gains were seen in the 1Q 2015. Mixed signals from Butter and NFDM markets left traders a bit confused on near-term direction, with butter futures down and NFDM futures up during yesterday's trade.
May 15 spot session results:
Block cheese: $1.9975 (unchanged)
Barrel cheese: $1.9600 (unchanged)
Grade A NFDM: $1.7825 (up 0.25¢)
Butter: $2.1600 (unchanged)
Today's expectations:
• Class III & Cheese to open lower
• Dry Whey to open mixed
• Class IV & Butter to open lower
• NFDM to open steady
Grain futures
Corn markets moved lower yesterday. The trade generally expects to be 75% planted by Monday, above the 71% 5-year average, but there is still some worry about late plantings in the far northern sections of the Corn Belt. This could lead to a little recovery in the move down as we go into next week.
Soybean export numbers came in strong. We're still showing an incredibly tight old-crop situation, but the market still ended up down on the day. Other factors at work were lower prices in corn and wheat, fund liquidation, and talk of a possible increase in South American numbers.
Today's expectation:
• Grain complex to open mixed
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B.J. Upton scratched from lineup due to travel delays
PHOENIX -- B.J. Upton was scratched from Friday night's Braves lineup for the first game of a three-game series against the D-backs at Chase Field.
The Atlanta outfielder was a late arrival after the birth of his second child, a daughter named Myla, on Thursday in Tampa. He was in the original lineup, but replaced in center field by Jordan Schafer.
"His plane was a little late," Braves manager Freddy Gonzalez said before the game. "I think he was supposed to land at about 5:30 p.m., 5:45 or something. That's if everything goes well. The original flight was supposed to get him in a lot earlier. Now, who knows when he'll get here? So let Schafer handle it."
Upton, in his second year with the team after signing as a free agent, is batting .217 with five homers and 15 RBIs in 55 games.
His brother, Justin, said he's excited about having the new family member.
"Yeah, B.J. had a little baby girl," Justin Upton said. "With us being on the road, I probably won't be able to see her the whole month of June. But that will be cool when I do. I'll find a way to get there."
Gonzalez said he had to signal Schafer that he was in the starting lineup before doing any extra running out on the field.
"He was out there in the outfield sitting by the pool and I whistled to him, 'You're in,'" Gonzalez said. "He was getting ready to do some extra running stuff and I didn't want him to do that."
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Abacus (ἄβαξ, ἀβάκιον), a counting-board, the usual aid to reckoning in antiquity. The Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans alike used a board with vertical columns, on which (working from right to left) units, tens, hundreds, or (where money was in question) e.g. ⅛ obols, ¼ obols, ½ obols, obols, drachmae, sums of 10, 100, 1,000 drachmae, and talents were inscribed. When an addition sum was done, the totals of the columns were carried to the left, as in our ordinary addition. The numbers might be marked in writing or by pebbles, counters, or pegs.
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Edith Abbott (1876–1957) was a social worker and educator. She was Dean of the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago from 1924 to 1942 and she helped in drafting the Social Security Act of 1935.
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Jean K. Quam
Grace Abbott (1878–1939) was a teacher who went on to become Director of the Immigrants Protective League of Chicago and Director of the U.S. Children's Bureau. In 1934 she became professor of public welfare at the University of Chicago.
The ABCs of Media and Children: Attention, Behavior, and Comprehension
Ellen A. Wartella, Alexis R. Lauricella, Leanne Beaudoin-Ryan, and Drew P. Cingel
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Please check back later for the full article.
Children are and have been active media users for decades. Historically, the focus on children and media issues have centered on the concerns and consequences of media use, generally around violence. In the last 40 years, we have seen a shift to study children and media from a more holistic approach, to understand both the positive and negative relationships between children and media use. Further, the recognition of the very important developmental differences that exist between children of different ages and the use of grand developmental theories, including those by Piaget and Vygotsky, have supported the field's understanding of the unique ways in which children use media and the effects it has on their lives. Three important constructs related to a more complete understanding of children's media use are the ABCs (attention, behavior, and comprehension). The first construct, attention, focuses on the way in which children's attention to screen media develops, how factors related to parents and children can direct or influence attention to media, and how media may distract attention. The second construct is the behavioral effect of media use, including the relationship between media use and aggressive behavior, but importantly, the positive effect of prosocial media on children's behavior and moral development. Finally, the third construct is the important and dynamic relationship between media and comprehension and learning. Taken together, these constructs describe a wide range of experiences that occur within children's media use.
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Lou M. Beasley
Ralph David Abernathy (1926–1980) was a pastor who became president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference after the assassination of Martin Luther King. He was director of personnel, dean of men, and professor of social studies at Alabama State University.
D. Lynn Jackson
Until the 19th century, abortion law was nonexistent and abortion was not seen as a moral issue. However, by the turn of the 20th century, abortion was legally defined and controlled in most states. The landmark Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade (1973), marked the legalization of abortion but did not end the controversy that existed. Legislation at both the federal and state levels has added restrictions on abortion, making it difficult for women to exercise their reproductive rights. Social work's commitment to promote the human rights of women compels social workers to be aware of and involved in this issue.
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Abortion in American Film since 2001
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In American cinema from 1916 to 2000, two main archetypes emerge in portrayals of women seeking abortion: prima donnas and martyrs/victims. While the prima donna category faded over the course of the 20th century, study of abortion in American cinema from 2001 to 2016 shows that the victim archetype persists in many films. Women who have abortions are cast as victims in films across a variety of genres: Christian, thriller, horror, and historical. Some recent films, however, namely, Obvious Child (2014) and Grandma (2015), reject this hundred-year-old tendency to portray abortion as regrettable and tragic—especially for the women choosing it—and instead show it as a liberating experience that brings women together, breaking new ground for the depiction of abortion in American film.