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Book a flight to Basra with Qatar Airways and you'll find yourself stepping into a city that has fathered legends. According to the stories, Basra is where the famous sailor, Sinbad was born and the starting point for his epic adventures. It also bears the nickname 'the Venice of the Middle East', thanks to the network of canals that weave between and under the busy streets.
Although Basra is perfect for 21st Century visitors, it still retains much of its ancient charm, evident in the old-style houses with small balconies and wooden facades. You'll also be embraced by the smells of brewing coffee and the pungent aromas of herbs and spices that make this city a feast for the senses. Take a flight to Basra with Qatar Airways and explore a city that is threaded with myth and mystery.
The canals are a major draw for anyone making a trip to Basra. They are still used to transport small shipments of spice and you can hire canoes, boats and dhows to gain a view of the city from the water. It's often best to charter a piloted boat, as the waterways can get busy and you don't want to get into any difficult nautical situations!
The University of Basra is well worth a visit – if only for the grounds themselves. Outside, you'll see some astonishing structures: huge, four-legged arches capped with minaret-like domes. The university itself is strangely reminiscent of old, English buildings, such as the main buildings of Eton College.
Basra itself is surrounded by what appear to be lush, green forests. However, take a closer look and you'll find that the trees are bearing fruit: dates. There are plenty of guides to take you through the date forests and you can sample this delicious fruit straight from the tree! There are many different varieties to be found, each one a treat for your taste buds.
You'll find plenty of restaurants in the city, ranging from fast food diners to fine dining experiences. However, the best way to get a handle on the local culture is to eat like the locals do. Amidst the warren-like streets, you'll find cafés and street vendors cooking up a storm and filling the air with the scents of grilling meats, bubbling stews and freshly-ground spices.
The most popular drinks are strong, earthy coffee and sweet, black tea and you'll see locals chewing on dates outside cafés as they drink and chat. However, it's worth trying the local cold drink: a mix of buttermilk, salt and water.
When it comes to food, keep an eye out for al-kaoub, a mix of eggs and onions, served with a radish-like herb native to the area, which has a pleasingly potato-like taste to it. Kefta is another popular dish, incorporating meat into both the pastry and the filling. The pastry is made from ground borghul rice and mashed with meat until a dough forms. The filling is typically made from lamb, cooked with garlic, almonds raisins and a herb-infused tomato sauce. Iraqis have a notoriously sweet tooth and it would be a shame to travel to Basra and not try sojok – a sweet made from nut pulp and molasses.
While there are plenty of shopping malls, your trip to Basra just wouldn't be complete without a visit to a bazaar. The bazaars here are like covered markets, but cover houses and shops, as well as providing a space for traders and stall-holders.
Stepping into one of Basra's bazaars is to step into its past. You'll hear the calls of traders trying to drum up custom and the babble of buyers looking to nail a bargain. Basra's bazaars are famous for their roses and, beneath the pungent aromas of spice and coffee, you'll smell a light, floral perfume. Roses are sold by the dozen here and the petals are used to make the purest rosewater or add scent to the oil-based perfumes on sale here.
Flights to Basra will take you to Basra International Airport. There are plenty of taxis available and good car-hire facilities.
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Voltage: 230 V 50 Hz
Plugs: Type C / D / G
Language: Arabic
International dialing code: +964
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I Am Hidden in Here #2Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
In this teaser you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous Australian artist/painter.
1. This person became famous as the federal agent who led an incorruptible group of law enforcement officers dubbed, 'The Untouchables'.
2. This person is remembered for one stunning week in 1936, when he won four track and field gold medals at a single Olympics.
3. This person became a cult-figure of high-kicking, fist-fighting martial arts movies during the 1970s.
4. This person was the greatest hero of the Trojan War and the central character of Homer's epic poem Iliad.
5. This person has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards, and has won three times: for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975), for 'Terms of Endearment' (1994), and for 'As Good As It Gets' (1997).
Answer1. Ness (Eliot)
2. Owens (Jesse)
3. Lee (Bruce)
4. Achilles
5. Nicholson (Jack)
The Australian artist/painter: NOLAN
Sir Sidney Nolan: 1917 - 1992
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Beckham could start baseball activities this weekend
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- If all goes according to plan, Gordon Beckham could start participating in baseball activities sometime this weekend.
Last Friday, the second baseman was diagnosed with a strained left oblique and was told to avoid baseball or weightlifting activity for a week. He injured the oblique taking swings in a batting cage.
"It's a little better but it's still sore. There's not a lot of progress in terms of anything new," Beckham said. "I still have a couple of more days of doing nothing in terms of baseball and then get back into it."
Last year, Beckham, 27, hit .267 with 22 doubles, five home runs and 24 RBIs. He was also plagued by injuries and played in only 103 games in 2013. He played in 150 games in 2011 and 151 games in 2012.
"It's very tricky, so I'm trying to take it easy as I can so I can make it to Opening Day," he said. "That's the goal until they tell me no."
Jesse Sanchez is a national reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @JesseSanchezMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I went to the new Scholars Inn on Mass Ave over the weekend. Wow that is the coolest, classiest restaurant I have ever been too. Won't be for everyone. It is pricey - with tip it was $112.00 (for two) and we didn't have desert, or salad and each of us had only 1 drink. But if you want to impress your date - it is a great place to go. I've never seen an interior like that - hard to describe - food was excellent also. If you want to have a dinning experience that you wont soon forget, I highly recommend it.
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It's that time of year again! Time to scour the Internet, visit all of the local wheel shops, and scan countless catalogs until you are blue in the face from searching for the perfect wheel for you mini. Or you could just check out the MT 2003 Wheel Buyer's Guide. We've done the basic homework for you and chased down the latest and greatest, biggest and phattest rims that will fit a mini. We've got everything from chrome to billet, one-piece wheels to wheels with spinning centers. We are featuring all of the hot rollers that will be making their way onto our trucks and into the show field in the coming year. So sit back, pop open a cold one, and drift away into the land of everlasting tires, perfect camber, and spotless wheel finishes.


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His band will be playing in Kings Cross at about 11pm, but lead singer, Jack Booker, is in no rush to get there. The drinks are expensive and when he arrives, ''You see the beginning of it, the crowds getting drunk, the aggression''.
Instead, the 25-year-old and his band have gathered at his house in Erskineville. They've bought some beer from a cheap store down the road.
''No one wants to start their night drinking in the Cross,'' Booker says.
''It's much more relaxed this way,'' agrees Courtney Print, 25, the guitarist.
But Australia's largest study into alcohol-related nightlife crime released this week found ''pre-loading'' on alcohol before heading out is also causing crime, violence, hospitalisation, assault and death.
People who drank between six and 10 standard pre-drinks compared with those who did not pre-drink were twice as likely to get into trouble, the researchers from Deakin University in Melbourne found.
The co-chairman of the National Alliance for Action on Alcohol, Mike Daube, acknowledges there is nothing new about people waking up with hangovers.
''But what has changed in recent years is the way we drink and the severity of some of those consequences,'' Professor Daube says.
''We're seeing a different type of binge drinking culture, where people are deliberately drinking to get drunk rather than just hanging out with friends and realising they've drunk too much several hours later.''
More young people were now abstaining from alcohol than in the past, he says, but those who were drinking did so in more risky ways.
The problem has become so pervasive that a new body, the NSW/ACT Alcohol Policy Alliance, has been formed to address the problem. The alliance of health and police groups predicts there will be 300 deaths, 12,000 hospitalisations and almost 7900 assaults linked to alcohol over the next three months.
''The fact is young people have more freedom than before,'' Professor Daube says.
''They have more access to money, they have more access to alcohol, there are more sweet, palatable products produced especially for them and it's heavily promoted. Put all of those together with more sales outlets selling cheaper alcohol and it is easy to see why young people are being harmed more seriously than before.''
Also troubling experts is parents buying alcohol for underage kids to consume at home.
Fairfax Media has interviewed the parents of a 16-year-old girl who attended a party where the host's parents supplied alcohol. When the girl's father picked up his daughter, she was passing out from excessive drinking. The parents of the host hid upstairs.
When he asked his daughter to type their home address into Google maps so they could find their way home, she was too drunk to push any buttons on the phone.
The father took her back inside and asked the teenagers what she had taken that night and where their parents were.
''The kids said there were no parents, that they didn't know what she had taken,'' the father says.
He took the girl to hospital to be told she should sleep it off. ''We took her home and observed her overnight,'' the mother says. ''And when she woke up, she cried and said, 'Mum, there's a couple of hours I don't remember'.
''I had to tell my daughter how to check herself over for signs of sexual assault. It was awful.''
As she checked her body, a teenage host of the party wrote on Facebook: ''My parents heard your dad calling for help last night.'' That was when the girl's parents realised the host's parents had been home the entire time. They went to the police to press charges, which are still being investigated.
It is a reality seen by Sandra Jones, who is director of the Centre for Health Initiatives at University of Wollongong. In her study of underage drinking, funded by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education and done in partnership with NSW police, she found parents were willing to buy alcohol for children as young as 14 even though they knew it was illegal.
''Allowing children to drink in the home is also increasing, and is more common among higher-educated, high-income people,'' Professor Jones says.
''There's a really strong perception that it teaches them to drink responsibly but evidence doesn't support that.''
What studies do show is alcohol harms the teenage brain, which doesn't stop developing until the early 20s. The earlier people start drinking, the more standard drinks they are likely to down in a session as they get older, Professor Jones says.
The measures professors Daube and Jones are calling for are comprehensive. Warning labels on alcohol, controls on alcohol promotion, a reform of alcohol taxation, mandatory pub and club closing hours and minimum pricing of alcohol sold in liquor stores.
In Europe, such measures would seem draconian. If binge-drinking culture seems less problematic in a place where alcohol can be bought for a few euros everywhere from supermarkets to McDonald's, why should Australia raise the price of liquor and close pubs by 3am?
''We hear a lot of talk about European drinking culture,'' Professor Daube says.
''But youth culture is much less differentiated between countries than it used to be.''
A new phrase has entered the vernacular of French youth - ''le binge''.
''There is a real myth that if we drank like the Europeans, everything would be perfect,'' Professor Daube says.
''Well, the Europeans are suffering much worse from long-term effects of drinking like liver cirrhosis, so I wouldn't be supporting that myth.''
Professor Daube says the Australian government is still at the whim of the alcohol industry; powerful, influential, well-connected and with historical links to tobacco.
He is not confident the government will stand up to it off their own backs, but believes a groundswell of concern about the harms of alcohol, which is developing in the community, will mean they soon have to. ''Parents are worrying enormously,'' he says.


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While there won't be a full face-lift of the site like I typically do in the off-season, I have added two interactive features that should be fun.
Ask Me Anything
I've received a lot of questions over the years. Everything from the obvious favorite theme park and favorite coaster questions to questions about setting up websites. I found myself answering the same questions over and over again.
So, I thought it'd be a good idea to post the questions and answers somewhere. On the Ask Me Page there's a form where you can submit questions along with (what will be) a list of past questions. I added one of the most common questions to start things off. Visit the Ask Me Page and read my response to how anyone can become a roller coaster critic.
The Return of the Forums
I've decided to bring back a Forums area. It's meant to be a place for topics not covered on the blog. I aim to keep it small and simple. Hopefully, it'll be manageable. And, as with the comments, I won't allow any inappropriate comments, personal attacks, or foul language. Head on over and there and let me know what you think. Go to the CCB Forums.
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Firstly Happy New Year to everyone in Talk Gadgets.
Just sorting things out after Christmas and a thought occurred.
Is there anywhere on "Talk Gadgets" where people sell and buy stuff?
I'm looking at selling some games that Becky has outgrown and I'm always interested in bargains on PCs and MACs.
I know that you can do this sort of thing on Ebay but just wondered if anyone had thought about adding this as a feature on here.
I haven't read through any previous threads so apologies in advance if this topic has already been covered elsewhere.
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in this thread will be posted various Best Practices and Other Useful Infomation, gleaned from the experienced members lurking around the forums and good other external resources.
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mysql is not very strict in certain situations. this leads to problems: other SQL servers are often more strict and won't accept mysql's syntax, the feature becomes unsupported when mysql releases newer versions (good SQL compliance is a goal of mysql), or the results returned are unexpected. this is the first in a series detailing which of these features to avoid.
standard SQL requires that all non-aggregate fields in a select statement with a group by clause appear in that group by clause. mysql does not have this requirement. this "feature" is supposed to be used in situations where the "hidden" fields do not change. for example:
select u.user_id
, u.username
, count(p.id)
from users u
left outer
join posts p
on p.user_id = u.user_id
by u.user_id
this query will return a list of users and the number of posts they've made. notice that one of the non-aggregate fields (u.username) does not appear in the group by clause.
according to the mysql manual, u.username does not need to be in the group by clause because that value will not change. however, in situations where you DO need to include a field in the group by clause, mysql doesn't warn you that your query will return indeterminate results. here's a common mistake:
select f.name
, max(dateposted)
, fp.title
from forum f
join forumpost fp
on fp.forum_id = f.forum_id
by f.name
the user who wrote this query mistakenly assumes that fp.title will contain the title of the latest post from that forum. it will not. according to the mysql manual, "The server is free to return any value from the group, so the results are indeterminate unless all values are the same".
some useful information: features that were added and removed in the different versions of mysql. this is not an exhaustive list, but instead important things you need to keep in mind when developing for a specific platform.
mysql 3.23 (retired)
mysql 4.0 (end-of-life)
mysql 4.1 (end-of-life)
mysql 5.0 (current stable release)
mysql 5.1 (beta)
if i missed anything significant, please let me know via PM and i'll add it to the list.
here are the quotes i will be refering to in this post: ' single quote, a.k.a. apostrophe " double quote ` backtick (on the same key as ~ on US keyboards)
let's start by discussing ANSI SQL standard quote usage. in ANSI SQL, single quotes (and only single quotes) are used to signify a string. if a string contains a single quote, double the quote. for purposes of correctly processing a query, this is the ONLY escaping that needs to be done and is completely supported by mysql. here's an example:
into users
( username, first, last, active )
( 'brian', 'Brian', 'O''Reilly', 0 )
, ( 'billy', 'Billy', 'O''Toole', 1 )
note that the last names contain quotes and therefore have the single quotes doubled. when mysql stores the data, the extra single quotes will be removed. therefore, there's no need to try and remove doubled single quotes when retrieving data.
best practice: escape quotes only by doubling the single quotes. since it's ANSI SQL standard, it work with most other database servers. even though mysql supports escaping by using backslashes, this is not always portable to other servers. since doubling the single quotes is ANSI SQL standard, it's very likely to be portable.
however, if you adopt a database abstraction layer for database connectivity and it uses slashes for escaping, make sure the only function from the mysql client library it uses to insert those slashes is mysql_real_escape_string() as it is the only function guaranteed to be appropriate for mysql. (by extension, yes, PHP's addslashes() and magic_quotes are NOT appropriate)
notice also that the numbers were not in quotes. ANSI SQL does not allow numbers to be in quotes.
best practice: for maximum portability, do not put numbers in quotes.
next up is the double quote. in ANSI SQL, double quotes are used to quote identifiers (database, table and column names). use them in cases where the names of your objects contain spaces, operators (. , + / etc.) or are reserved words. here's an example:
select id
, "product name"
, "count"
from inventory
where size = 'XL'
unfortunately, by default mysql does not allow double quotes to be used for identifiers. by default, double quotes in mysql can also be used to identify strings, just like single quotes. this can be changed by setting the SQL mode, but it is unusual in mysql installations to see this. mysql instead uses backticks to quote identifiers. unfortunately, this backtick syntax is not widely supported by other servers.
best practice: use names that do not requires quoting. this is the only thing guaranteed to be supported by servers from different vendors since it's ANSI SQL compatible. staying away from reserved words and limiting yourself to letters, numbers and underscores is a good way to stay safe.
bonus tip: DO NOT use microsoft word for ANYTHING relating to SQL development. microsoft word has this nasty habit of converting single and double quotes to ' ' and " ", which are not recognized by SQL, mysql or otherwise. do yourself a favor and get a real code editor.
this query can sometimes take longer than you would suspect to complete:
select count(*)
from sometable
usually, a complaint of a slow count(*) is asked in the context of an innodb table, so i will start with an explanation of how myisam tables handle this query. (:
with myisam tables, the number of rows in the table is kept in a special counter in the table header. a request for count(*) on a single myisam table with no where clause returns that value instantly without consulting any data or indexes.
with innodb tables, there is no row counter. and even if there was, it would not always be accurate because of transactions. that only leaves one option: actually count all the rows.
the worst case scenario is when the transaction isolation mode is set to repeatable read or higher. in these modes, every row that you "view" has to be duplicated so that if you go back and read it again the same result is returned. hence the mode name "repeatable read". when you ask for count(), you've asked to examine every row in the table. innodb has to duplicate the entire table so when you ask for one of those rows again or another count(), you get the same value.
note: innodb doesn't actually create a copy of all of the rows in all cases, but that is the worst case scenario. this process is called multi-versioning and innodb's implementation is discussed in the innodb section of the mysql manual. the performance implications are effectively the same when compared to myisam's behavior: multiple orders of magnitude difference in execution time.
this is the first in a series of posts on query optimization. there are loads of good articles and tutorials on the internet about using EXPLAIN to optimize queries, so i'll skip that particular tool and concentrate on lesser-known tools.
questions on the sitepoint forums often yield multiple answers, each with a different approach. some are obviously better than others, but others are more difficult to compare. using EXPLAIN is a good way to make sure indexes are being used, but it shows nothing about the efficiency of the constituent statements within a query. this is where the valuable tool called benchmark() comes in.
for example, compare the following two queries:
select case when 'foo'='foo' then 1 else 0 end;
select case 'foo' when 'foo' then 1 else 0 end;
since both statements are very similar and return the same result set, you would think that the performance would be the same. let's test that theory using the benchmark() function:
mysql> select benchmark(10000000, case when 'foo'='foo' then 1 else 0 end);
| benchmark(10000000, case when 'foo'='foo' then 1 else 0 end) |
| 0 |
1 row in set (1.11 sec)
mysql> select benchmark(10000000, case 'foo' when 'foo' then 1 else 0 end);
| benchmark(10000000, case 'foo' when 'foo' then 1 else 0 end) |
| 0 |
1 row in set (0.95 sec)
as you can see, the second method is slightly faster. the difference isn't much, but in a CPU bound query with a couple of case statements and thousands or rows, the difference can add up.
here are some other optimization lessons that i have learned:
comparing long strings takes longer than short strings, so if you're matching 1000+ characters, computing the md5() hash would probably be faster
Can I just clarify that you mean cache the md5 hashes and compare them, not simply replace string comparison with md5 calc + comparison?
It took me a couple of reads through to figure that one out.
here are some common cases where indexes should be used:
join clausescolumns that are part of joins should be indexed in both tables. for example:
select a.foo
, b.foo
from tablea a
join tableb b
on a.bar = b.tablea_bar
the columns tablea.bar and tableb.tablea_bar should both have indexes. this can improve query execution speed from minutes down to seconds.
where clausescolumns that are used in where clauses should generally be indexed. for example:
select foo
from tablea
where bar = 5
the column tablea.bar should be indexed. additionally, you could create a compound index on (bar, foo) to really speed things up. with that index, mysql will not have to pull any data records off the disk to find the corresponding value of foo. most likely, it will have already been brought in to memory when mysql pulled the index off disk. this is how to create a compound index:
alter table tablea
add index (bar, foo)
a compound index will also help queries with multiple items in the where clause:
select wee
, ping
from tablea
where bar = 5
and foo = 11
this query could benefit from the index created above. note that mysql will only sometimes recognize that reordering elements in the where clause will result in an index being able to be used. rule of thumb: try order your where clause so that the elements match the order of an compound indexes you have.
group by
select bar
, count(*)
from tablea
by bar
if bar is indexed in the above query, mysql can quickly consult the index and return the answer without ever having to read data rows.
select bar
, count(*)
from tablea
where foo = 11
by bar
in this case, creating independent indexes on foo and bar would be somewhat helpful, but a compound index on (foo, bar) would be most helpful. to understand why, you need to know that: a) mysql processes the WHERE clause before the GROUP BY clause, b) mysql will only use one index per table, and c) compound indexes can only be used in the order they are created. so create your compound indexes so that mysql can take advantage of more than one part.
in all cases...make sure that any columns that you have indexes for appear on the left side of any equality operators by themselves. for example, in the following query, an index can not be used:
select foo
from tablea
where year(some_date_column) = 2004
because some_date_column is being processed by the year function, mysql can not consult an index. rewriting your query like this will allow an index to be used:
select foo
from tablea
where some_date_column between '2004-01-01' and '2004-12-31'
Common QueriesExtension to chapter 9 of the book "Get It Done With MySQL 5&6" by Peter Brawley and Arthur Fuller
From their site:
Common queriesOur collection of common MySQL queries soon outgrew Chapter 9. It runs now to more than 120 printed pages, and it's still growing, so we turned it into a PHP page driven by a pair of MySQL tables implementing an edge list tree model (for how to use edge list and other tree models in MySQL, see Chapter 20 of the book). Click here for the Common Queries page, and here for a panelled tree view of the same material.
Don't use != for "not equal to" as it is specific to MySQL, instead use <>
I don't know if I'd go as far to say it's specific to MySQL, there are lots of different databases. But it seems there are at least some that don't recognize it.
So if you know your code will be used only with MySQL it doesn't much matter. If you're concerned about developing a good habit so you won't have problems while working with a different database, then using <> is the wise choice.
Determining what version of MySQL you have
There are times when knowing what version of MySQL you are using is helpful. eg. When posting a thread asking for help
One way is to use this query
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "%version%"
If your data is really sensitive, I suggest to use the following additional flags:added_on, modified_on, sink_weight, is_active as:
`added_on` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' COMMENT 'Added on',
`modified_on` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' COMMENT 'Last modified on',
`sink_weight` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' COMMENT 'Sorting weight',
`is_active` enum('N','Y') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'N' COMMENT 'Active Record?',
Here are my feelings:Added On (added_on)This defaults to UNIX_TIMESTAMP(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()) when you first make your INSERT query.This means, you log the time when this entry was made to the database. Later, you can reusethis column to calculate the age of the record, sort chronologically, or any other purpose.But my aim is to secretly log the first entry time of the record.
Modified On (modified_on)Record when your data was last modified on. Use this during your UPDATE query.Set to the UNIX_TIMESTAMP(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()) at the moment.Also, while deleting a record (see below).This might be useful in identifying which record has the fresh information.As seen in PHPBB forum updates (if you reply to the old posts, it appears on the top again).
Sinking weight (sink_weight)The buoyancy: heavier objects sink deep (appear on the bottom of the list) andthe reverse. Less the number, the record appears on the top. By this way, you can createan admin interface to allow a user control the sinking amount. Or, just symbolically themove up and move down arrows. Move up means decreate the sink weight value that the onejust above it currently. Move down means increase the sink weight just one more than the onein the bottom of current record.
Is Active (is_active)Secretly administer your data! Never DELETE any data physically. But rather mark them asdeleted. If Y, it means, you CANNOT show the data anywhere else. If N, use the data a generalrecord. By this way, you can survive for a customer's hearing: Oh, I mistakenly deleted myprecious data, help me! - Just unflag it to N again, manually.
Final points:If you don't like to use them, never mind; your database design might have been still robust.But these flags are administrative flags only. These days, you do not have to worry aboutthe space that will be added to each record of all the tables. Even if you do not use themcurrently, put them for the future reference and use. One day, you might come to hear a similardesign. So, why don't make everything compatible to the future demands?
If you did not have these flags earlier, you can add them; without affecting the currentfeature of your database. Except that, you did not write queries like:SELECT * FROM ...INSERT INTO table (full list of columns, ...), etc.
A sticky is not the place to start discussions, but... if you want to register the moment of insertion and/or modification, use DATETIME or DATE, not int(10).


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Sorry, but bells and whistles go off when I hear that somebody has to expect to make "sizable offerings" for a transmission, especially for "Dakini transmissions"...I got my "Dakini Transmissions" pretty inexpensively, very reasonably, but then again I wasn't buying "this cycle" maybe its the expensive one, and we should get prepared rather than expect any "work study"...hello?
Well back in the day you offered gold to get an initiation. But in any case the whole thing is quite strange.


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In 1918, Professor Powolny designed a series of glassware pieces commissioned by J&L Lobmeyr in Vienna and executed by Loetz. Some of these featured the clear glass "Putti" prunts. This piece in "bright opal" glass dates to around 1936 based on the form and the tiny "Made in Czecho-slovakia" square mark within the polished pontil. I photographed it against a black background so you might get an idea of the subtlety of the color.


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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Cardinals' plan to carry two left-handed relievers - Randy Choate and Marc Rzepczynski - in the Opening Day bullpen is now in flux after Rzepczynski suffered a left eye injury while golfing on Friday.
The club does not yet know how long the injury will keep Rzepczynski off the field, though he won't return to the team's spring complex until at least Monday. Having already missed a week due to left biceps tightness, Rzepczynski is in jeopardy of not having sufficient time to prepare for the start of the regular season.
If Rzepczynski is not ready by April 1, that would give the Cardinals an unanticipated bullpen opening. It's not a certainty, either, that the hole would be filled by a left-hander.
"I've never been that guy who says we have to have so many left-handers or right-handers in our bullpen," manager Mike Matheny. "We just need guys who can get people out."
The Cardinals are short on other lefty relief candidates. Sam Freeman, who made his Major League debut last season, has not pitched since Feb. 24 because of shoulder inflammation. He is not expected to return to the mound soon.
The other left-handed pitchers in camp -- Kevin Siegrist, Tyler Lyons, Barret Browning and John Gast -- were all projected to begin the year in the Minors. Of those four, only Siegrist is on the team's 40-man roster.
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SANTA CRUZ -- It came in the dead of night, on successive weekends: theft of a pelican, followed by theft of the dolphins.
A pricey Seabright Beach litter sign is bereft of three-fourths of its animals after vandals stole them, with advocates believing it happened during the past two Saturday nights. The animals were paid for by thousands in local donations, and installed at a time when it looked like State Parks would drop trash collection at local beaches.
And now the local nonprofit behind the signs would like the cutout sea creatures back, saying they were for public benefit, and they were working.
"That's why I put the cute animals on there, because we thought kids would be drawn to them. It's all about educating the next generation," said Laura Kasa, executive director of Save Our Shores, which raised more than $10,000 for five signs at beaches the state once designated for closure. "These punks who did this are not really helping us do that."
Glossy, big and colorful, the signs remind people that they're near a marine sanctuary and offer trash and dog cleanup bags to beach-goers. They were installed just months ago to much fanfare, part of an effort to blunt the impact of the state's then-proposed closure of Seabright, Twin Lakes and Blacks beaches.
The signs appeared to have been ripped away from their bolts. Kasa hopes whoever took them realizes the good they were intended for and returns them, either to the scene of the crime or to Save Our Shores' offices on the east side of the harbor.
Taking the pelican and dolphins is a potentially serious crime, since each sign cost $1,500.
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16.20 The last event - the Formation Skydiving 4-way Female Tie-break round is judged. Sweden secured third place in the European Championships with a score that was higher than the Russian girls. France and the USA continued the tie - both scoring 17 points clean. So France is declared the winner due to their achieving the highest score of the competition between the two teams on round 2 with 27.
15.00 hrs and round 10 4-way Open is judged as the girls get their 15 minute call. VFS has also completed.
14.00 - Round 10 of the Fromation Skydiving 4-Way Female - both score 20 points. We have a tie and now a Jump Off Round.
In the packing tent when the French Girls realised they were still one jump away from a Gold or Silver medal.
They will be joined in the aircraft by Sweden and Russia 4-Way Female teams who are tieing for third place in the European Championships.
10.00 The Formation Skydiving 8-Way Competitions are over:
Congratulations to the medal winners and all the competitors for a really good competition.
7.45 am 15 minutes call to the first VFS teams to jump today.
An exciting morning ahead although France is in an unassailable lead in 8-way and Belgium in the 4-way the girls are going to take it to the wire and the UAE are in a comfortable 1st place in VFS.
France, Aerodyne Maubeuge 8-way on their way to the aircraft for Round 10.
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Easy makeovers on a budget.
Mix budget-savvy Ikea cabinets with sleek open shelves for a modern look.
Homeowners Jane and Jeff Wood were able to splurge on high-end appliances by using Ikea's Abstrakt and Rubrik systems in lieu of custom cabinetry. Affordable white subway tile and open shelving made the small window blend into the space, eliminating the big expense of enlarging it. A white and steel palette keeps the room bright and fresh, and accessories like a tea towel and stand mixer inject colour and personality.
Get more budget-decorating ideas in our gallery.
Create your own gradient backsplash.
When designer Jennifer Reid and her family renovated their house, they chose high and low additions to make sure they stayed within budget. They wanted a gradient or shaded tile effect for the backsplash, but it was expensive, so they purchased tile and created the effect for themselves by exchanging the dominant grey tiles for white ones. Ready-made cabinets from The Home Depot and Ikea hardware also cut costs.
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Use an economical alternative to marble.
When H&H design editor Kai Ethier tackled her first kitchen reno, she envisioned marble countertops for a classic bistro look. In the end marble wasn't in the budget, so she opted for a butcher-block counter that gave the same feel for a lot less.
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Opt for open shelving.
Don't have the time or money to replace your kitchen cabinets? Change the look of uppers in an instant by removing their doors and painting the back wall a contrasting colour. Pale blue is a serene backdrop for white, silver and pewter.
Update your faucet for a new look.
The faucet draws a lot of attention and is the most used fixture in the kitchen, so even this single change can make a big difference. Chrome gives a sleek look, or try something trendy like a matte black to add some edge.
Replace only the uppers for a fresh look.
Peter Fallico — host of HGTV's Home To Flip — designed this kitchen to have a contemporary yet liveable look. Here, a bank of white lacquered uppers pair with more traditional profiled wood doors below, resulting in a look that's fresh and new. A large island houses storage as well as the sink, while vintage-look industrial pendants add sparkle and personality.
For more design tips from Peter Fallico, browse his photo gallery.
Basic trim adds inexpensive architectural interest.
To get the look of custom raised panelling, designers Melissa Davis and Halina Catherine of Catherine + Davis applied simple 1-1/2″ trim to this dining room's walls, creating architectural interest on the cheap. Painting the trim the same colour as the walls puts a modern interpretation on a classic look.
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Use big-box cabinets in unexpected places.
Save by using big box store cabinets in creative ways instead of doing custom built-ins. "Here, we used Ikea kitchen pantries to create sleek extra storage in their open-concept family dining room," says designer Melissa Davis.
Use budget-friendly materials to create a new look.
This fireplace lacked cohesive style with the rest of the house. The owners opted for a creative — and economical — solution by constructing a new clean-line mantel out of MDF and painting it a crisp white. A black granite surround and hearth provides bold contrast.
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Designer Emma Reddington reveals wow-factor changes on a budget.
When it came to renovating her own home, Emma Reddington cut costs with inexpensive statement pieces. She recommends attending graduate shows of student artists for artwork, adding colour and texture with vintage area rugs instead of broadloom, and adding big, architectural plants to a room.
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Give a big-box store find a high-end look with a coat of paint.
Interior's director Meg Crossley transformed her dingy basement bathroom with an inexpensive washstand that she found at Canadian Tire. She painted it the same powdery light blue shade as the panel moulding, which was installed to brighten up the small space by covering up the original dark tile. A painted façade for the side of the ugly old bathtub, in the same shade of blue, spared Meg the cost of installing a new tub. A black framed mirror, flanked with simple black metal and milk glass sconces, adds contrast to all the blue.
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Tile half the bathroom wall and paint the other for a fresh, clean and economical look.
Designer Arren Williams overhauled his small former bathroom with a few affordable additions. Paint and tile in a similar shade of aqua offers modern appeal as well as savings. Big box stores like The Home Depot, Lowe's, Rona and Home Hardware sell many inexpensive pedestal sinks and skinny vertical storage cabinets like the ones Arren chose, too. A capiz shell curtain provides a bit of privacy, while still letting in lots of natural light. The budget-friendly cork floor also works well in this space, and is ideal for a humid bathroom.
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Carrara tiles mimic the look of marble slab.
In this bathroom renovation, designers Halina Catherine and Melissa Davis of Catherine + Davis used standard Cararra marble 12″ by 12″ tiles, piecing them together to achieve a style very similar but much more affordable than a marble clad wall. Installing the tiles on the walls, floors, tub surround and window casing gives the space the high-end look of more expensive varieties of marble.
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Editor's note: This market commentary is provided by the Dairy Division at FCStone/Downes-O'Neill in Chicago, Ill.
We certainly can't say the Class III market recovered as expected yesterday because little of the price movement over the past three sessions has been expected, but the market did seem overdone to the downside Monday. I'm sure we, like many other market participants, were again surprised yesterday this time by the size of the price gains that was seen on Class III futures. On the day, over 1,500 trades occurred, coming up just shy of Monday's volume on the large decline.
Interestingly, a pattern has been emerging in regards to open interest on the moves, as it seems most of the volume on down days has coming on sizeable growth in OI, while rallies are seemingly being driven more by short covering than new contracting. As with the sizeable losses that were seen, yesterday's big rally came with little fresh news and mostly as the result of the spot session. All it took was an uncovered bid in the blocks and steady prices on the day and we were off to the races. As was the case to the downside, dry whey prices moved in unison with Class III and supported the extremely sizable price movement.
On the heels of such large swings, we expect the market to be a bit calmer in the coming sessions. We believed that prices on the spot market would hold between 1.45 and 1.50, and after yesterday's lack of a price decline that seems more likely to be the case for the short term. However, if a breakout is to come, our belief remains that it will be to the downside and the market will likely now be susceptible to such a move over the next few sessions. We are wary of a price break once the spot market rolls over into pricing April as often times those key rollover periods create more aggressive buying/selling on the spot session.
Yesterday's grain session was a story of strong beans gaining against weak corn and wheat prices. Outside markets were the big influence on the corn and wheat markets as the U.S. dollar rallied and wheat traders begin to get concerned about harvest pressure along with beneficial rains for the southwest U.S. Soybeans, however, shook off the outside markets focused on a tight carryout and reports of Brazilian soy production below even the 68 mmt estimated by Informa last week.
On the day, beans closed up 10.25 cents at 1335.25, meal gained 7.7 to 365.9, while corn was down 6.75 at 654 while wheat ended down 14.25 at 657.75. We look for a mixed trade today and then for the market to look toward export sales and ethanol production tomorrow before the USDA report Friday.
The director of China's State Grain Administration said yesterday that the country will not need to import "large volumes" of corn this year, as they've stockpiled enough corn, in addition to wheat and rice. We shall see.
Look for corn to open mixed and beans to open 1 to 3 cents higher.
Daily CME spot market prices:
Block cheese $1.46 (unchanged)
Barrel cheese $1.4575 (unchanged)
Butter: $1.45 (unchanged)
Grade A NFDM: $1.2675 (down 1 cent)
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Gentle Giant continues to release the unforgettable lineup of bounty hunters as seen in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Presenting battle-scarred Dengar and the bounty-hunting droid, 4-LOM.
Both figures are digitally scanned from mint 3 3/4" Kenner originals and reproduced to a substantial Jumbo scale. Roto and injection molded and made of durable plastics, these jumbo figures are fully articulated and include faithfully reproduced blasters, just like the originals. In addition, each classic Kenner creation comes packaged on a 1980 Empire Strikes Back-inspired blister card, featuring original front and "45 back" artwork, in a re-sealable plastic outer clam shell to help protect and display.
Look for both Denagr and 4-LOM to arrive 4th quarter 2013, each figure priced at $80. Pre-orders are currently open at gentlegiantltd.com. After these two bounty hunters, the only one left to complete the lineup will be Zuckuss. Who is getting them all?
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One of the perks of working at an amusement park is being able to experience other parks and call it "work". This weekend I made my way to Coney Island to take in some American history at what many consider the birthplace of modern amusements. I got to take a ride on the historical Cyclone Coaster (it was a much smoother ride than I was warned about), see the old parachute jump, and eat lunch at the original Nathans Famous Hotdogs. Though these things were enjoyable, there was something else that really caught my attention making this experience something special. The truth is that the park is old, the rides make some interesting noises, and there's an abundance of stains on the sidewalk and trash on the ground, there was no one walking around wearing a big fake smile and game operators had no problem calling you out for looking funny or not making a stop at their stands, but all this just added to the incredible character the place has and gave some depth to the vast amount of culture that was present. The park seemed to have layers and layers of history, art, and technology. It is a melting pot of different people and the rebuilt boardwalk was crawling with characters on the their bikes, walking their dogs, dancing, singing and enjoying a day of fun in the sun with their family and friends. It was incredibly real; no glitz no glamour, no themes, no fronts, just plain old true and honest fun and I absolutely loved that about it! It is definitely a place everyone should experience at least once and I am glad I made it there this summer.
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MAKE subscriber Mike Cook built a Monome-style controller interface from only spare parts! (granted he seems to have some very nice spare parts lying around) Behold the Econo Monome –
The official Monomes have always had a nod towards eco friendliness by incorporating renewable wood in their construction. Well I wanted to go at least one better and use parts that I already had in my junk box.
Let's kick off by saying that 40 years of working, and playing, with electronics has given me a junk box that is perhaps deeper than most people's, your mileage may vary.
Definitely my fave incarnation of the Monome yet – head over to the project page for interesting deets on everything used to build it. Next time I need to 'borrow' some spare components, I'll consider dropping Mike a line ;)


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Latest 12" GI Joe and new Predator 2 statue available for pre-order...
Sideshow is now accepting pre-orders on their latest 12" GI Joe figure and a new statue from Predator 2. These include:
* 12" GI Joe - Snake Eyes and Timber - $199.99 and shipping September 2012. Exclusive includes additional Timber portrait for alternate display.
* Predator 2 - Elder Predator Statue - $299.99 and shipping September 2012. Exclusive includes Alien Skull accessory.
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When a race car is brand new it can look better than many show cars. Over time, however, they become purpose-built race cars, cars that are thrashed on, leaned over, bumped, pushed, streaked, and scratched. Maybe that's what Greg Ryden's '55 Chevy sedan will look like after a season or two of street car racing, but when we saw it in the staging lanes at the NMCA Super Series Event at US-131 Raceway Park in Martin, Michigan, it didn't look like a typical race car.
This car began life as a real 210 sedan but was morphed into a serious Pro Street car by Frameworks in Phoenix, Arizona. The steel body, dash, and firewall remain, but a one-piece fiberglass front end, doors, decklid, and rear bumper were used to shave some pounds. Also, the thick 35-year-old glass was exchanged for lightweight Lexan. The car was originally built with Top Sportsman racing in mind. The owner at the time even went so far as to make the car SFI 25.1D legal to run times in excess of 7.50 with the Funny Car rollcage surrounding the driver.
Once Greg took delivery, he needed to bring the car up to NPS rules, which meant he had to make the door windows operational, add a dash of carpet with some door panels, and install mufflers. The lights, even the dome lamp, were all wired so the car was pretty much ready for the street. It also ended up that the engine needed to be moved 5 inches forward to its original mounting location. Since he'd just finished assembling a 632, it was a perfect time to drop it in the Shoebox. The engine is a 632ci Merlin block with a set of CFE Oldsmobile Pro Stock heads. A DaVinci carburetor feeds through a Dart intake. A special cam was ground by LSM, and engine building credits go to Mike and Sherri Casey. Greg credits Tom Stiels for helping to refit the exhaust system during the engine relocation. On the track, the normally aspirated car runs consistent 8.30s at over 160 mph!
Okay, so it might be pushing it to say this '55 is street legal, but Greg has rumbled through a local cruise or two and even made a couple laps on the Woodward Avenue loop around the city of Pontiac when the Power Tour ventured into Michigan. This year, Greg didn't expect to win any NMCA titles as the top contenders in NPS are dipping into the mid-7-second range. Over the off-season there are plans to add a tunnel-ram, bigger-ratio rockers, and a few other tweaks to take advantage of the big cubic inches and get the five-five into the 7s. Greg's attitude is about getting to do some heads up racing, turning a few wrenches with friends in the pits, and seeing some great racing action. Sounds like a great weekend.


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Bufo V-Machine - Climbing Shoe Review
- Steep rock: 4.5 Star
- Face climbing: 1 Star
- Long routes: 1 Star
- Upper: Synthetic, unlined
- Rubber: 3.8mm Utopia PDS 2
There's a minimalist school of thought when it comes to steep-rock shoes. Ideally, the argument goes, you'd take a can of liquid rubber and spray-paint your feet. The Bufo V-Machine fits like this. Its soft sole and wrap-around upper, basically two overlapping flaps, are sure to please those who like a simple shoe that allows them to really feel the rock with their feet. Despite its seemingly basic design the V-Machine is engineered to banana your foot when you size it right (i.e. tight), giving big-toe power when the angle gets steep. Climbers with slim feet liked this shoe while those with wider feet found the forefoot narrow and the heel cup shallow. My right foot is wider than my left, and I never felt like it was fully seated and locked into the shoe.
Steep-rock performance; fits narrow feet; inexpensive.
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Buzzy Bee was building a honeycomb. She decided to decorate the
honeycomb with a pattern using numbers. Can you discover Buzzy's
pattern and fill in the empty cells for her?
In your bank, you have three types of coins. The number of spots shows how much they are worth. Can you choose coins to exchange with the groups given to make the same total?
Can you work out the domino pieces which would go in the middle in
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You are going to make three Robot Monsters. They are all $5$ cm wide.
Here are their heads which all have blue backgrounds:
Here are their bodies which all have yellow backgrounds:
Here are their legs which all have green backgrounds:
What is the tallest Robot Monster that you can make using one head, one body and one set of legs?
What is the shortest one you can make using one head, one body and one set of legs?
How tall would the Robot Monster be that was made from the three bits left over after you had made the tallest and the shortest?
How many Robot Monsters which are all different heights can you make with the nine pieces (all with one head, one body and one set of legs)?


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Topic: Pain in liver during chemo?
Hello to all. Well i'm here again, with another chemo question. I'm sure there will be many more to come! My mum had her second dose of chemo last week (only Gemcitabine as platelets were too low for Cis). A few days later she experienced "agonising" pain in her liver area - she's never had this before. She said that it felt like her liver was burning. The chemo nurses said that it was the chemo destroying the tumours. The pain has since dulled.
Is this correct? I've read quite a bit on this site now and have never heard of this being the reason for experiencing pain during chemo. Anyway, if this is the case then good, burn away!!!!


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New York City, Wal-Mart Stores stepped up its discounting Friday in advance of the holiday season, announcing deep price cuts on almost 100 electronics that focused on high-definition TVs, cell phones and digital cameras, according to the Associated Press. The news came a day after the world's largest retailer announced disappointing October sales and a lackluster November outlook.
The discounts are effective through Dec. 31.
In a release Thursday, Wal-Mart said it planned to "reinforce Wal-Mart's price leadership position" in such areas as toys and electronics. The discounts on electronics follow Wal-Mart's move in mid-October to cut prices on more than 100 holiday toys, which the company said is already resulting in a "significant lift in unit volume."


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A Study of Doxorubicin in the Treatment of AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma
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To study the natural course of AIDS related Kaposi's sarcoma and to determine the usefulness and safety of weekly administration of small doses of doxorubicin.
Doxorubicin is one of the most active of all antitumor agents but at currently used doses toxicity is common. When small doses are administered on a weekly schedule, the toxicity of the drug appears to be reduced.
|Sarcoma, Kaposi HIV Infections
|Drug: Doxorubicin hydrochloride
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase II Study of Weekly Doxorubicin Treatment of AIDS Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Completion Date:
|June 1990
Doxorubicin is one of the most active of all antitumor agents but at currently used doses toxicity is common. When small doses are administered on a weekly schedule, the toxicity of the drug appears to be reduced.
Patients are stratified for non-therapy purposes into 2 groups; doxorubicin is given intravenously (IV) every week on an outpatient basis. Patients are monitored carefully, and weekly blood samples are taken to determine the effectiveness and safety of treatment. Patients are evaluated for toxicity after one dose of the drug and weekly thereafter. Patients are evaluated for response to the drug after 4 weeks and monthly thereafter.
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
- Ongoing and/or maintenance therapy for opportunistic infection.
- Medications for nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea resulting from drug.
Patients must have AIDS related Kaposi's sarcoma.
- Patients may demonstrate positive blood cultures for Mycobacterium avium-complex or cytomegalovirus.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following conditions will be excluded:
- Patients with active opportunistic infection.
- Patients with concurrent neoplasm other than squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ carcinoma of the cervix.
- Patients with significant neurologic, cardiac, or liver disease.
Concurrent Medication:
- Antiretroviral agents.
- Immunomodulators.
- Corticosteroids.
- Experimental drugs.
The following patients will be excluded from the study:
- Patients with lymphadenopathy alone and/or visceral disease alone secondary to Kaposi's sarcoma.
Prior Medication:
- Cytotoxic chemotherapy.
- Excluded within 30 days of study entry:
- Antiretroviral agents.
- Biologic modifiers.
- Corticosteroids.
Prior Treatment:
- Total body electron beam therapy.
- Excluded within 30 days of study entry:
- Radiation therapy.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000996
|United States, California
|UCLA CARE Ctr
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|San Francisco AIDS Clinic / San Francisco Gen Hosp
|San Francisco, California, United States, 941102859
|United States, District of Columbia
|George Washington Univ Med Ctr
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20037
|United States, Florida
|Univ of Miami School of Medicine
|Miami, Florida, United States, 331361013
|United States, Louisiana
|Charity Hosp / Tulane Univ Med School
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
|Tulane Univ School of Medicine
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
|United States, Massachusetts
|Beth Israel Deaconess - West Campus
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|United States, New York
|SUNY / Erie County Med Ctr at Buffalo
|Buffalo, New York, United States, 14215
|Bellevue Hosp / New York Univ Med Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10016
|Mem Sloan - Kettering Cancer Ctr
|New York, New York, United States, 10021
|Univ of Rochester Medical Center
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|United States, Ohio
|Ohio State Univ Hosp Clinic
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 432101228
|Study Chair:
|MA Fischl
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000996 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
10982 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number )
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|March 15, 2012
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Drug Evaluation
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue
Liposomal doxorubicin
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antineoplastic Agents
Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Extended Spring
Peoria Sports Complex is the year round player development home of the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners. The teams utilize the complex for various Minor League training seasons.
Extended Spring Training is held from early April through early June. During this time, players compete and play for spots on Low-A and Rookie ball affiliate teams that begin their seasons in early June. The majority of the players participating in Extended Spring Training are holdovers from regular Spring Training who did not make a full-season roster, or international players that have a chance to play domestically for a short-season club. When Extended Spring Training ends, the players will head to an affiliate club, with the remaining roster spots being taken up by new signees from the Amateur Draft in June.
Games are played on the Practice Fields and are open to the public. Admission and parking are free. Games typically start at 10:30 am on weekdays and at 10 am on Saturdays.
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LArry Bird is an obvious champion. It seems that Larry Bird hasn't really been "running" this dynasty until now.
And I LOVE what i'm doing. Our lineup has major Dynasty potential. We are young have a lot of promise, our contracts are MOSTLY solid.
S jack/Tins/Ron/JO. If these 4 can somehow become the cohesive unit we all know they could. This is a dynasty lineup. Especially when you consider people like Sarunas/Granger/Foster/Harrison. Harrison and Granger both have the skills to become all stars. If they do is too be seen. But imagine a veteran team of a Jo/Ron/Sjack...leading guys like Granger/Harrison and possibly Bender. If these guys can all really grow up and start playing for a championship, no one can stop us.
People like Ron and Sjack play with more intensity than most players.
I just don't see Larry not earning a title, now that he's "taken over."
Defense wins titles. As much as I love Reggie, now that he's gone. We will see a defensive team like we have NEVER seen. PG is the only spot where we don't have a defensive specialist basically.
Detroits starting 5 is still the best in the league, but with our deep bench...it won't matter.
It's all to up Sjack/Ron/Jermaine growing up basically. If that can happen, thist team could be a dynasty with Larry behind the wheel.


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DETROIT - Ford is apologizing for a series of disturbing ads that depict former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi with a trio of bound women in the trunk of a car.
The ads had not yet been used, but appeared over the weekend on a website showcasing creative advertising, a Ford India spokeswoman told The Associated Press.
READ: Ford apologizes for art depicting tied-up women
They sparked immediate uproar online and came just days after India passed a major anti-rape law following the fatal gang rape of a student on a bus.
"Ford India Needs to Fire Its Advertising Execs," a headline on Slate.com read. Twitter users reacted with posts like "Disgusting!" and "SHAME," according to the AP.
All of the ads feature Ford's logo.
One showed three women bound and gagged in the trunk of a Ford Figo, with Berlusconi smiling and flashing the peace sign in the driver's seat. The tag line reads, "Leave your worries behind with the Figo's extra-large boot," likely in reference to Berlusconi's many affairs and bunga bunga parties, Business Insider reported.
Paris Hilton is also featured, apparently kidnapping reality TV stars Kardashian sisters, and Formula One driver Michael Schumacher is also depicted abducting his male racing competition, the AP reported.
In apologies on its Facebook page, Ford said the images were "contrary to the standards of professionalism and decency within Ford."
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Today's How To-sday comes to you from former Design Team member Katrina Hunt! No matter how hard I try, I always struggle to photograph my layouts - either the lighting is wrong, I can get it all in focus, I can't get it straight, the list goes on! Katrina shows us an easy way to put all that right and get the perfect end result every time.
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I have two supplies that are staples for me taking project photos: a white foam core board and also a small easel. The board is big enough for a two page layout and the easel is great for propping projects up on.
I use Photoshop Elements 9.0 as an editing tool. If you have a different version the steps will be similar to what I am showing.
Step 1. Lay your white board down and place your layout on top of it, as straight and square as you can. Then you want to stand directly over your layout. My front step is the perfect height for me to do this. Snap several pictures making sure to leave white space around your layout. I take several shots and pick out the best one to actually edit. Then you will want to open in Photoshop Elements (PSE).
Step 2. Start to edit your project photo. All of the editing I do is under the enhance tab and 99% of the time I do the auto enhancements that you are going to see here. First is Auto Levels.
Step 3. Then Auto Contrast.
Step 4.Then Auto Sharpen-I didn't include a picture for this, but it is under the Enhance menu also.
Step 5. This is where the good stuff starts coming into play. You are going to do Adjust Lighting-Shadows/Highlights. A box will pop up on your screen and give you the option to adjust the sliders. This will lighten up your picture and make it brighter. I always just leave it at 25% and don't really ever move the sliders.
Step 6. Now you are going to go to Adjust Color-Remove Color Cast. Your white board comes into play here. There will be a box that pops up and it will tell you to click on an area that you know is a true white, grey or black. Click on your white board and watch the color change!
Step 7. Double click on your "background" layer over to the side to create a "layer" to work with. To straighten your project you will need to go to the View menu and then select Grid Lines. This gives you something to gauge how much you need to turn your layout to make it straight. Make sure you have the "arrow" tool selected and then click on your project. This will create a dotted line around the layer and you will be able to turn it until you get it straight. Hit the green arrow to save your work.
You can tell where I have slightly turned my project to make it a little straighter and the green arrow is at the bottom to check ok.
Step 8. Last step is to crop down the white space, so that basically all you have showing is your layout.
And my finished project that I will post in galleries and on my blog!
Katrina, thank you so much for sharing with us today - it's good to see you back! I am definitely going to be trying this one out! Thanks for the tips :-)
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Dwight Howard missed the Los Angeles Lakers' Sunday road game against the Detroit Piston because of his ailing shoulder.
Howard was scratched from Friday's road game against the Minnesota Timberwolves with a sore right shoulder and returned to Los Angeles to receive platelet-rich plasma treatments. It's the same injury that kept him out of three games in January.
Pau Gasol was in the starting lineup for Sunday's game. http://aol.sportingnews.com/nba/box-score/2013020308/los-angeles-lakers--detroit-pistons
Howard was with the team Sunday but said he wanted to make sure his shoulder isn't a recurring problem.
"After the procedure it was real stiff, but there's nothing I can do about it right now," he told reporters.
The Pistons, meanwhile, are still without guard Jose Calderon, whom they acquired from Toronto in a trade Wednesday. Calderon, from Spain, has been unavailable to play because of unresolved visa issues.
The Lakers next play Tuesday against the Brooklyn Nets. Howard was not certain he would be available for that game.
"We'll see how it feels, but right now I'm just going to take it day by day," Howard said. "We have a couple of days in New York to get some good rest and try to get it strong as possible. But, the main thing is for the rest of the season. I don't want to have this happen every week or two to where I'm fine and then I take a hard hit and I re-aggravate it."
However, Howard again said he would prefer to avoid surgery on the injured joint.
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Grand Prix of Long Beach
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Actor Brett Davern was the top celebrity finisher at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach race on Saturday. The winner of the pro field was Al Unser Jr.
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DeLaval introduces the world's first automatic milking rotary system, or DeLaval AMR.
The system will be operated by two robots for teat preparation and another two robots for milking cup attachment. Thus, four robots will work on four cows at the same time. Additionally, a fifth robot will handle teat disinfection after milking has finished. This function is fully automatic and sprays each teat independently using a state of the art time of flight camera that sees the teats and locates them in real time in 3D.
The first commercial rotaries will have up to 90 cow/hour capacity, depending on the number of robots installed. Flexibility has been a key criterion in the design of the system. This capacity can be utilized in different ways to accommodate various farm management approaches. For example, the system can milk herds exceeding 300 cows three times per day or 800 cows twice per day or anything in between.
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Proposal Would Require Permits to Sell/Possess Venomous Snakes
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved the publication of proposed regulations that would require a new permit for people who sell, transport or possess venomous snakes not indigenous to Texas, plus four species of pythons and one species of anaconda.
Under House Bill 12, enacted by the 80th Texas Legislature, the commission is required to establish permits authorizing the possession and transportation of the following snakes: all non-indigenous venomous snakes, African rock python (Python sebae), Asiatic rock python (Python molurus), green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), reticulated python (Python reticulatus), and southern African python, (Python natalensis). The bill also prohibits the release of these snakes into the wild in Texas.
The proposed regulations would require anyone who possesses one of the controlled exotic snakes, but does not sell snakes, to buy a $20 Recreational Controlled Exotic Snake Permit. People who buy a controlled exotic snake from a pet store could use their sales receipt as a temporary recreational permit good for 21 days, giving them time to buy an official Texas Parks and Wildlife Department permit.
Dealers who possess or transport controlled exotic snakes for sale would need to pay a $60 Commercial Controlled Exotic Snake Permit. This permit would be required for each permanent place of business where controlled exotic snakes are sold. Permitted businesses would need to maintain a daily record of snake sales, which would have to be kept for two years and made available to TPWD upon request.
Either permit could be obtained anywhere Texas hunting and fishing licenses are sold.
The department staff is preparing the official version of the proposed regulations. Following publication of the proposal in the Texas Register, public comments will be accepted via the TPWD Web site Public Comment page. The commission will consider final adoption of the regulations at its next meeting Jan. 24.
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