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Quickly and easily install a 4-way trailer connector on your Chevrolet Tahoe with this custom wiring harness. T-One connector plugs directly into existing wiring - no cutting, splicing or tapping required.
This custom-fit T-One connector plugs into your Chevrolet Tahoe's wiring harness, which is located beneath your vehicle, along the driver's-side frame rail.
Once installation is complete, the 4-way flat connector will be stowed beneath your Chevrolet Tahoe, near the trailer hitch. A mounting bracket (sold separately) is recommended to keep the connector secure.
It is recommended that you use a small amount of grease on all electrical connections - the plugs on your automobile and the 4-pole connector itself - to help prevent corrosion.
Video of T-One Vehicle Wiring Harness with 4-Pole Flat Trailer Connector
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Today we're going to be taking a look at a T1 Vehicle Wiring Harness with a 4-pole flat trailer connector. This product is going to fit certain years and models of the Chevrolet and GMC Suburban, Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, Chevrolet Blazer, and Cadillac Escalade. It's going to provide a 4-way flat connector at the back of the vehicle to power your trailer's signal lights. This is compatible with 5-pole, 6-pole, and 7-pole adapters, adapters are sold separately, and it's going to come with a dust cap for the 4-way flat plug that way you can cover up the connection points when it's not being used. This unit's going to connect quickly and easily, so you don't have to worry about any cutting or splicing of your wires. All you have to do is locate the connection points along your frame rail and plug in your connector. These plugs are going to match up perfectly with the ports on the vehicle, they're going to snap lock together for a nice, tight, secure fit.
Then you'll need to make your ground connection, that's going to be your white wire with the ring terminal attached to it. You want to get that grounded to a nice, clean metal surface using the included grounding screw. Once your install is complete, the 4-way flat connector is going to be stowed beneath the vehicle near the trailer hitch. You can loop it around the safety chain loop or you can purchase a mounting bracket, the mounting bracket is sold separate but it is recommended to help keep the connector secure and near the trailer hitch. It's also recommended that you use a small amount of dielectric grease on all your electrical connections like the plugs on the vehicle and the 4-pole connector itself, that's really going to help prevent corrosion to the connection points. If you need some of that, it is sold separately and you can find it at etrailer.com. When it comes to the maximum amperage, the unit's rated for 7.5 amps per circuit.
It's also going to come with your detailed installation instructions. That's going to do it for today's look at the T1 Vehicle Wiring Harness with a 4-pole flat trailer connector.
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (36 Customer Reviews)Quickly and easily install a 4-way trailer connector on your Chevrolet Tahoe with this custom wiring harness. T-One connector plugs directly into existing wiring - no cutting, splicing or tapping required.
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Media unfairly use too many anti-gay faith voices
Most US religious people are pro-gay but most media quote anti-LGBT faiths says GLAAD report
Three-quarters of religious people quoted by the US media about gay and trans issues are anti-LGBT.
That's according to a new report by GLAAD, the LGBT media and anti-defamation organization, in partnership with the University of Missouri Center on Religion and the Professions.
GLAAD says three out of four religious messages came from people whose religions have formal policies opposing gay and trans equality, despite the fact that acceptance of LGBT people is growing across different faiths.
The three-year study showed that where national media in America quotes religious voices on LGBT issues, they over-use evangelical Christian individuals (34%) and organizations (50%) and that three-quarters of the comments made by these sources are overwhelmingly negative.
And it says over half of Catholics quoted took a negative stance on gay and trans issues, even though most Catholics support LGBT people.
By contrast mainstream media used far fewer religious sources from mainline Protestant (17%), Jewish (5%), or other religious sources but when they did, those messages were predominantly positive.
And the media freezes out self-identified Humanist, atheist, and agnostic spokespeople who are consulted at rates lower than their percentage of the United States population.
Ross Murray, director of the religion, faith and values program at GLAAD, said: 'Today's media has a responsibility to reflect the diversity of religious voices, rather than just those who choose not to support LGBT people.
'By elevating select anti-LGBT voices who are out of touch with so many in their own churches, media is falsely representing views of entire religious groups and contributing to a climate that isolates LGBT youth and adults from their faith, a false dichotomy that no one should have to make.'
The researchers studied 316 news stories about LGBT issues, using 1,387 different religious sources on national television and print news media, over three years.
GLAAD says it will be presenting findings to national and local newsrooms as part of a project to encourage more pro-LGBT religious voices.

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Ah, we know the drill and we know it well. You come into the office, turn on your computer, get your morning cup of Joe, and sit glued to your laptop (or several laptops as the case may be), and next thing you know, BAM! It's noon.
Well, according to a study published in the online journal BMJ Open, sitting for more than three hours a day can decrease your life expectancy by two years! Yes, this applies to people who workout regularly and also refrain from smoking. Essentially, the study analyzed five other studies of almost 167,000 people ranging from four to 14 years.
Peter T. Katzmarzyk, lead researcher for the study, told The Wall Street Journal, "Sedentary behavior is something we need to take note of beyond telling people to get 30 minutes of activity a day."
"We have people who can meet that guideline," he added. "However, if you're sedentary or sitting the other 20 hours a day, you're still going to be at risk for that."
So, now that we know we're pretty much all at high risk, how can we avoid sitting for parts of the day?
"Try to stand as much as you can," Dr. Katzmarzyk stated. "Typically when you're on the telephone you can stand with speaker phone. Instead of emailing someone in the office, just get up and go talk to them."
That said, he pointed out standing shouldn't be a substitute for exercise but rather, an alternative to sitting all day long.


text: Do any of you have a Leica R4 and successfully use a flash unit with it? If you do, would you please post the complete settings on both the camera and the flash that successfully get the flash to produce various light output levels? I have a Leica SF20 flash as well as two different Metz flashes and I just ordered the appropriate 351 Metz module that communicates with the R4. Meanwhile, the R4 manual states that neither the 1/100 th second, "X, and "B" settings can be set in the aperture priority and "P" modes, and I always shoot pictures in the aperture priority mode. Additionally, the R4 does not have TTL flash capability, so only an automatic setting can be established on the flash units. So, my problem is what to set the shutter ring on since the aforementioned settings are not permissable. Thanks in advance for any valuable advice you can provide! Terry


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By Brad Haynes
SAO PAULO, April 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian retail sales tumbled in February at the steepest annual rate since 2003 as rising inflation and interest rates dented consumer confidence, adding to signals of a sharp economic slowdown at the start of the year.
Sales volumes fell 3.1 percent from February 2014 , government statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday, more than the median forecast of a 2.15 percent drop in a Reuters poll. It was the worst monthly drop from a year earlier since August 2003.
February sales slipped a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent from January, below a median forecast for 0.3 percent growth.
Until recently, Brazilian retailers had proven less vulnerable than other sectors to the faltering economy. Just one year ago, sales grew at an annual pace of nearly 9 percent.
The latest retail data underscored expectations of an economic recession in Brazil this year as President Dilma Rousseff raises taxes and cuts spending to limit public debt and safeguard the country's investment-grade rating.
A higher gas tax in February hurt sales at the pump, which fell 5.3 percent from January and plunged 10.4 percent from a year earlier.
Furniture and home appliance sales also tumbled 10.4 percent from a year earlier and declined 1.3 percent from January, as borrowing costs rose due to a series of interest rate hikes by the central bank.
Inflation in 12 months soared to nearly 8 percent in February and continued to climb in March, when the central bank raised its benchmark interest rate again, to 12.75 percent.
Brazil's Carnival holiday celebrations fell in February this year and March in 2014, reducing ordinary work days in February 2015. (Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Pedro Fonseca Editing by W Simon)


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Just who the hell are Facebook anyway?
Facebook and Yahoo! are friends again after their lawyers cobbled together a settlement in their shouting match over patents. The two internet outfits had been at loggerheads for much of 2012 following a sueball slung at Facebook from Yahoo! The Purple Palace had alleged that the dominant social network had infringed on 10 of …
Just who the hell are Facebook anyway?
I mean the fist time it was midly entertaining, but now its just turned into a running gag gone on too long.
Just! be! patient!
Yahoo! will! go! titsup! soon! enough!
Actually, it wasn't that funny the first time. Still, little things please little minds.
Just how many more ads can Yahoo ram into their webpages and webmail?
Jusk asking.
No idea. I've used ad-blockers since 1997
A long long time ago... still I recall it was still better than Facebook. So now two sites I can't be arsed with are working together, that's nice!


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Music For A Chameleon: Gary Numan's 13 Favourite Albums
Julian Marszalek
, December 6th, 2012 07:46
Quietus hero Gary Numan tells Julian Marszalek about his 13 favourite albums and how they "kicked my arse"... plus the time Freddie Mercury sent a limo to buy him a Big Mac
Ultravox – Systems Of Romance
There was never a rivalry between us. Oh, not at all! That Systems Of Romance album was one of those pivotal albums for me. It's arguably one of the two or three most important albums of my life.
I got into electronic music quite by accident. I went into the studio to make a punk album and there was synth sitting in the corner and I got converted there and then. Because of that I tried to find as many other people that were making electronic music and learn what they were doing. I think at that point I only had three days in the studio with one synthesiser but I was passionate about it but I obviously didn't know anything about it.
I tried to find a few things and then I found the Systems Of Romance album. I thought the band name was a great name and the album had a great title and when I played it I loved it. There's a song there called 'Slow Motion' which to this day is still one of my favourite songs ever – I really, really love it – and they became the standard for me which I was trying to reach. They were doing a similar thing in that they had a conventional line-up but electronics were the main part of it which is what I was doing. You had people like Kraftwerk that were entirely electronic but that wasn't what I wanted to do. Ultravox were by far the best thing I'd found. That album become my blueprint, my reference point. With whatever I did, I was trying to get to that level. When I was doing 'Are "Friends" Electric?' and 'Cars' and all those sorts of songs I was trying to get as good as I considered Systems Of Romance to be. I never, ever got close in my opinion. I had more success but in my opinion the quality of what they were doing was beyond anything I got to at that time. I was always in awe of it.
When I did my first album – which is seen as a pioneering album – they were on their third! I mean they were light years ahead of me! John Foxx was groundbreaking! I used to go see them live all the time and I thought that John Foxx as a frontman was fantastic. As I say, it set the standard that I tried to follow.
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Dec 6, 2012 1:14pm
Awesome (in the English sense) reading. Great to see an older dude not getting jaded and still being so into other artist's music. Such a cool geek.
Dec 6, 2012 5:31pm
I've got half these albums, Numans got good musical taste - great to see Rammstein Mutter and Sisters of Mercy Floodland in there. I was at the Depeche Mode gig at Crystal Palace, went just to see the Sisters of Mercy support but it was still daylight - Eldrich and daylight just don't work so Numan didn't miss much from them that day. On the other hand Depeche Mode were excellent :)
Dec 6, 2012 6:35pm
Hi Gary I'm fat and paranoid will you be my friend?
Dec 6, 2012 8:09pm
What a frightening fucking list... Amazing how one's taste really CAN get worse as one get older and has more access to music than in the past. Yay, Manson! Yay, Nin! Yay Depeche! Etc vomit vomit. All I can wish Gary now is the chance to record with Butch Vig, still the Quietus' undisputed champ of horrible listening habits and unlikely to ever be dethroned but... Gary landed some hard punches.
Dec 6, 2012 8:28pm
In reply to Wellwellwellington:
amen to that!
not that i share much of his musical taste i'm afraid...
Dec 6, 2012 10:14pm
he just clearly stated that he is a poser. bummer.
Dec 6, 2012 10:42pm
In reply to Nik Bartlett:
"Enjoy the puppet show" class from Eldritch
Dec 6, 2012 11:16pm
Love Gary Numan and I'm into many of the albums on this list but 'Invaders Must Die'?!
To pick that Pendulum-inspired abortion over any of the first three Prodigy albums (fuck it, even the 4th album) is mind-boggling.
I'm actually really glad he just concentrated on bigging them up as a live act because I can't imagine what reasons he would have given for liking the tracks on the actual album. And I don't want to know.
Sorry for sounding so negative. An otherwise great read.
Dec 7, 2012 1:13am
It's weird that he leaves out Jesus Jones who I once heard him claim to be "the greatest band ever" once. This is not a predictable man!
Dec 7, 2012 1:30am
A fun read, he's got some good stories to go along with his selections. Dig that he can be humble - more than once offering up hearing an album around the time he was recording one of his own and admitting it was blowing his material out of the water.
Dec 7, 2012 2:02am
This wife of his sounds like a real cool bird
Dec 7, 2012 8:34pm
Apparently I'm the first to notice that the Be Bop Deluxe LP cover has the brilliant typo "Sunburts Finish". Does this LP feature the glam-prog hit 'Rubber Duckie'?
Dec 8, 2012 12:48pm
Ooof. There's some predictably wretched music on that list given how he's been releasing immature, unlistenable dreck for the last 15 years. While I was pleased and happy with "Sacrifice" and will go as far as to consider it one of his best 4-5 albums, the pathetic way he's plowed that furrow ever deeper into being a "metal" act lost me completely. Moaning on and on about god doesn't exist/is an alien/blah blah blah. It's just so tiresome! Hey, I'm an atheist too and part of my reasons are that I don't see the point in moaning one way or the other about something that doesn't exist. Methinks he doth protest too much. And trashing "Scary Monsters" and "Lodger?" That takes unmitigated nerve, considering what I've heard from "Pure!"
I have nothing against heavy aggressive music. At 49 I still enjoy a lot of music with harsh impact. But there's a world of difference to me between the wankfest that is NIN versus lets say Killing Joke. One is adolescent, the other is mature. It makes all the difference in the world to me. By 1996 I pruned a lot of mediocre "industrial" music from my collection: a handful of NIN releases [nothing later than "Fixed"] were among the first to be ejected. By that time I'd seen the industrial scene begin to blend with the metal one and it left me cold. Give me old Cab Volt records any day over thrash metal with synths and vocalists using distortion pedals. "Ogre Music" is what I call such nonsense. Yes, after Skinny Puppy's Nivek Ogre as much as the sound itself. Those Skinny Puppy albums also got the heave-ho!
I have to admit, that the end of the line for Numan and I after 33 years was buying a copy of the "Machine Music" DVDs. I thought it would be enjoyable, but nothing after the "Call Out The Dogs" clip survived the fast forward button. I was appalled to hear what he'd degenerated into. In retrospect, it all made Warriors" sound brilliant! And while I'd long ejected "Outland" from my racks, maybe it's time to sell off "Exile" too. A line in the sand has been drawn and I don't want to see the gruesome spectacle of a 65 year old Numan playing OzzFest '23.
For further ruminations on the Fresh New Sound of Yesterday®
Dec 9, 2012 2:25am
I'm not really a fan of his or dig many of his choices but that was a very good read. It is funny how he was on full self deprecating mode.
Dec 9, 2012 3:30am
In reply to ANDRES:
Well, Gary is a very forthright guy who doesn't puff out his chest at all. Unfortunately, he's rather dismissive of huge chunks of his career that I prefer to his Kerrang® Years. But to his credit, he's still a breath of fresh air as popular musicians go.
For further ruminations on the Fresh New Sound of Yesterday®
Dec 10, 2012 8:37am
Freddie Mercury says to me, 'Are you alright, luvvie?' :-D :-D
Dec 10, 2012 10:33am
Absolutely hilarious
Jan 18, 2013 1:19pm
Urrhh, well there was the small matter that Mr. Numan was about £500,000 in debt and on the verge of being declared bankrupt back in 1992..........
Feb 21, 2013 3:46pm
The bullshit continues about being snubbed by Japan (the group). Mick Karn knew Numan and pretty much decided he was a weird bastard and wanted nothing to do with him.
Mar 16, 2013 4:36am
In reply to Jack :
I interviewed Numan in '82 and asked if he was going to work with Mick Karn again. I asked why when he said he wasn't, and he replied, "The man's a cunt." Okaaay… That being said, I love Japan and Numan, but can easily understand how they wouldn't get along. At least Numan's humble and can be funny, while Sylvian's generally insufferable.
Apr 1, 2013 8:16am
Give Numan major credit for this pick. I think it was the cover of Sunburst Finish that first drew me to buy it, but Bill Nelson had me from that first lick of Fair Exchange. The man was a and is a genius and a remarkable character and aesthete. His stuff sounds like no one else and seemed to have parachuted to earth inside a capsule from the far edge of the solar system.
Be Bop Deluxe was a very cool planet. They were one of those bands whose stuff just grew stronger them more you listened to it. For some, the rapid changes and odd melodies seemed too busy, but after a bit it so refreshing to hear something bursting with creativity and jewel-like finesse compared with the leaden repetitiveness late 70 music setled into. Nelson could outplay anybody, but he never thought that was point. That was why he could surf the changes that lead to the New Wave scene so easily; he was always an experimental genius who knew when the leave solos out and great feeling in. He was economical and yet sounded huge. It all worked. No wonder he is revered in Japan.
Nelson's lyric about machines and electronic devices having secret motives was way ahead of its time. Remarkable soul, one of those U.K. eccentric geniuses who emerge from the landscape seemingly fully formed and who just astonishes. Where are those folks now? Ah, well.
Credit to Numan for owning up to being a pathetic geezer on the make back in the day. He made some good music, but not up to Bill's standards. That was the missed connection of a lifetime. Bill Nelson is the real thing. Numan's straight about himself and about this being one of the greatest U.K. albums of all time. Grab, it, stick with it, and be rewarded.


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For the first time in a decade, most Americans say it isn't the federal government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have health care coverage.
A new Gallup survey shows an all-time low percentage of Americans support a government health care guarantee, just as President Obama's Patient and Protection and Affordable Care Act make that more of reality.
More than half, 54 percent, say health care access isn't the government's responsibility, and 44 percent say it is the government's responsibility.
Prior to 2009, a majority always felt the government should ensure health care coverage for all, though Americans' views have become more divided in recent years, Gallup notes.
The drop is due mainly from Republicans. In 2007, 38 percent of Republicans thought the government should do so; now, 12 percent do.
One thing that hasn't changed over the years is that Americans still widely prefer a system based on private insurance to one run by the government. The majority, at 57 percent, prefer a private system and 36 percent a government-run system, essentially the same as in 2010 and 2011.
Prior to the passage of the PPACA in 2010, the percentage of Americans in favor of a government-run system ranged from 32 prevent to 41 percent.
The poll also finds that Americans are deeply unsatisfied with the country's health care system. Currently, 67 percent describe the U.S. healthcare system as either being in a state of crisis (16 percent) or having major problems (51 percent). Additionally, 41 percent rate health care coverage in the U.S. positively, while 58 percent say coverage is only fair or poor. But, they are generally more generally positive about its quality—62 percent rate it as excellent or good.


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Find out about the most common sexually transmitted diseases and how can they be avoided
Unfortunately, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) continue to be extremely widespread across Britain. Public Heath England was so concerned about the latest statistics that it has issued these new guidelines:
- Any man or woman aged under 25 who is sexually active should be screened for chlamydia each year.
- They should also be screened after a change of sexual partner.
- Men who have sex with men (MSM) should have screening for STDs every year and also annual HIV testing.
- MSM who have sex without a condom with new or casual partners should get tested every three months.
Last year, there were about half a million new cases of STDs reported from UK sex medicine clinics, with around 435,000 being recorded from England alone. And sadly, they often fail to use condoms.
This epidemic is undoubtedly occurring because more and more people are having enjoyable, but sometimes risky, sex lives – often with several partners.
The highest rates are among young heterosexual adults, aged 15 to 24 – and also among men who have sex with men (MSM).
But what sort of diseases are we talking about?
Below you'll find a list of conditions that are currently being seen and treated by NHS genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics.
Please bear in mind that some of them (most notably thrush) may not actually have been acquired through sex.
In 2015, about 200,300 people were diagnosed with chlamydia in England. Surprisingly, this was a slight fall – largely owing to the fact that fewer tests were done in some parts of the country.
Countless others have acquired the infection, but they do not realise it.
Chlamydia is the most common and fastest-spreading sexually transmitted disease in the UK. It's caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis.
Unfortunately, many people (particularly females) have no symptoms at all. So they don't know they've got it – and therefore they may pass it on without realising it.
Where symptoms do occur, they may include pain in passing urine and a discharge (and in women perhaps a little bleeding). They usually appear approximately 7 to 21 days after infection.
Chlamydia can also cause a form of conjunctivitis in adults. Also, this eye infection may occur in the newborn babies of mothers who have chlamydia.
In 2015, the incidence of gonorrhoeal infection ('the clap') rose by 11 per cent in England. GUM clinics saw about 41,000 new cases of gonorrhoea in the year.
Gonorrhoea is caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a bacterium that grows and multiplies quickly in moist, warm areas of the body – such as the cervix, urethra, mouth or rectum.
However, the disease can also spread to the Fallopian tubes and other internal genital organs, causing such conditions as
- salpingitis
- pelvic inflammatory disease
- tubal blockage (this can lead to infertility).
Gonorrhoea is most commonly spread during intercourse, but it can also be passed from the genitals of one partner to the throat of the other during oral sex.
Gonorrhoea of the rectum can occur in people who have anal sex.
Also, gonorrhoea can be passed from an infected pregnant woman to her newborn infant's eyes during delivery.
Genital herpes
During 2015, about 32,300 new cases ofgenital herpes were seen at GUM clinics in England. Twice as many women as men were infected (the sex ratio is the same every year; it's just a fact that the female genitals are more liable to attack by this virus).
In addition, some thousands of other people developed herpes but were not seen at a clinic. Genital herpes is a highly contagious viral condition caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).
It infects the skin and mucous membranes of the genitals or rectum, but it can also appear in areas such as the mouth, particularly the lips.
It's quite a lot more common in women than in men. Its chief symptom is an outbreak of small blisters, and these can be very painful.
It's transmitted primarily through physical and sexual contact. During birth, the presence of herpes simplex virus in the birth canal can be a serious threat to the baby.
HIV and AIDS
HIV (which stands for 'Human Immunodeficiency Virus') is the germ which can cause AIDS – a potentially lethal disease. AIDS attacks the body's immune system, making the affected person very vulnerable to all sorts of infections.
In 2016, there are thought to be about 100,000 people with HIV living in the United Kingdom. A third of these are women.
Many people with HIV are heterosexual and have caught the infection through ordinary (vaginal) intercourse.
However, it is believed that about 41,000 of the 100,000 cases in the UK are gay men.
Another 32,000 HIV-positive people who were born in Africa are thought to have acquired the virus through 'straight' (vaginal) intercourse.
If you're thinking of having sex (whether 'straight' or gay) while abroad, please take note of the fact that in some countries – particularly those south of the Sahara – HIV rates are very high. In South Africa, 11 per cent of the population are HIV-positive.
A very small number of British HIV sufferers have been intra-venous drug users, and caught the virus from contaminated needles.
A further small group of people got the virus through receiving infected blood transfusions overseas.
And in addition, about 1,200 British haemophiliacs caught HIV from contaminated blood products in the period 1978 to 1985. About 400 of them are still alive.
Public Health England estimates that in the UK as a whole, there are currently about 25,000 men and women who have HIV – but who don't yet know it. So, if you've taken a risk, get yourself a test!
New cases of HIV
In 2015, over 6,000 new cases of HIV were diagnosed in the UK. About three-quarters of them were men, and a quarter were women.
About three-quarters of them were men, and a quarter were women.
Around 48 per cent of those who were diagnosed with HIV last year were men who have sex with men (MSM).
However, about 47 per cent of those who caught HIV acquired the virus through heterosexual (male-female) contact. So beware of thinking that 'straight' sex carries no risk!
Outlook in HIV infection
Some of those who are HIV-positive will go on to develop AIDS.
In Britain, there were about 500 deaths from AIDS in 2015. However, it's important to realise that the death rate from HIV has dropped massively in recent years – thanks to effective therapy.
If you get diagnosed and treated early, you may well have a normal life expectancy.
Genital warts
In 2015, English GUM clinics saw about 68,000 new cases ofgenital warts. This is quite a fall on previous years, and that reduction is being attributed to the introduction of anti-HPV vaccination for all young female teenagers a few years ago. Many other people develop warts, but don't attend clinics.
You see, these warts are caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV), which is passed on during sex.
Many months can pass from the time of infection to the actual development of warts, so it may be very difficult to determine who you got them from.
In women, HPV can lead to microscopic changes in the cervix and then to the development of cervical cancer.
HPV is now thought to be associated with various other cancers, including carcinoma of the anus and also of the throat and adjoining regions.
In 2016, it now seems certain that many cases of throat cancer are caused by HPV infection during oral sex.
In 2015, the incidence of syphilis went up by a staggering 20 per cent.
Some 5,300 people with newly-caught syphilis were seen at English GUM clinics. About three-quarters of all cases occurred in men who have sex with men (MSM).
If left untreated, syphilis is a dangerous and life-threatening disease. It's caused by a corkscrew-shaped germ called Treponema pallidum.
It's passed on by intercourse or by almost any other form of sexual interaction, including anal sex.
The first symptom appears between 9 and 90 days after exposure to the germ that causes it.
A small lump develops at the infection site (usually the penis, the anus or the vagina), and this soon breaks down to form a painless ulcer.
Later, there is a secondary stage (characterised by fever, rashes and throat ulcers), and eventually a tertiary stage (in which the germ may attack the brain, spinal cord and other organs).
If you have the slightest suspicion that you may have acquired this terrible disease, go to a GUM clinic at once. You can be treated.
Non-specific genital infection
This rather 'catch-all' term means any sexual infection of the genitals in which a causative germ has not been found. Many cases are actually caused by chlamydia.
The diagnosis of 'non-specific genital infection' is mostly made in men. It is frequently referred to as 'non-specific urethritis' or 'NSU'. Chief symptoms are pain in passing urine, and a slight discharge from the penis.
Currently, around 42,000 men a year attend English GUM clinics because of NSU.
Trichomonas vaginalis (often known as 'TV') is a protozoan 'bug' that affects the vagina.
It causes a green or yellowish, bubbly vaginal discharge and intense vulval soreness. It often produces a 'fishy' smell.
However, some women have no symptoms at all, and men rarely do.
For unknown reasons, the incidence of 'TV' in the UK has declined sharply in recent years, though it is reported as still being common in the USA.
Only about 6,000 cases were diagnosed in UK clinics last year. But in addition, a substantial number were treated by GPs.
Bacterial vaginosis
The diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV) has become common during the last 10 years, with about 100,000 women per year being seen in GUM clinics, and an unknown number being treated elsewhere.
BV is a common cause of vaginal discharge. The discharge is usually whitish or greyish or sometimes yellowish, and tends to have an off-putting 'fishy' odour.
Unlike the discharges caused by thrush or trichomonas, it's not usually associated with soreness, discomfort or itching.
It's uncertain if BV is transmitted sexually, especially as there's no equivalent condition in males. It respond well to the antibiotic metronidazole.
Vaginal thrush (female candidiasis)
Thrush is one of the commonest of all 'female infections'.
It's impossible to say precisely how common it is, since it's not only treated in GUM clinics but also in GPs' surgeries and Family Planning clinics.
Furthermore, huge numbers of women simply treat it themselves. These days anti-thrush treatment is available without prescription in every pharmacy in Britain.
At a conservative estimate, there must be at least half a million thrush infections per year in Britain.
Candida is a fungal infection. It loves warm, moist conditions, which is why it flourishes in women's vaginas – and also in babies' mouths, particularly in the newborn.
I'd like to stress that it's NOT an STD, and many people don't regard it as a sexually transmitted infection at all – though undoubtedly partners do sometimes pass it to and fro between them.
That's why it's sometimes necessary to treat the male, as well as the female, in order to eradicate the candida from the relationship.
At the moment, at least 2,400 new cases of scabies and crabs are seen each year in GUM clinics.
Scabies ('the itch') isn't actually a genital infection. But it's often dealt with at GUM clinics because of the fact that it's frequently acquired through being in bed with someone who has the condition.
Crabs (pubic lice)
Various kinds of lice affect humans. But the type that are associated with sex are pubic lice, which are easily transmitted from one person to another when two sets of pubic hair meet.
If you catch crabs from someone, you'll find that you have intense itching in your pubic area. By looking carefully, you may be able to see the tiny greyish lice crawling around. They do look a bit like minute crabs.
It may be easier for you to spot the white eggs (nits) that stick to the hairs.
Molluscum contagiosum
Molluscum contagiosum is a viral condition that causes little 'pearly' flesh-coloured bumps on the skin.
It's known to many parents as a childhood condition that's passed on when children have skin-to-skin contact in baths or beds. But it can also affect adults – because it may be transmitted when you share a bed with somebody.
Over 17,000 cases turn up in GUM clinics every year: about 12,000 men and 5,000 women.
How can sexually transmitted diseases be avoided?
- The fewer sexual partners a person has, the lower the risk of infection.
- Most sexually transmitted diseases can be avoided to a large extent by practising safe sex (eg using condoms).
- You should try not to have casual sex.
- If you're under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, don't even consider having sex with anyone.
Most sexually transmitted diseases can be cured if they are diagnosed and treated in their early stages.
How many people go to GUM clinics?
Currently, the number of people who go to GUM clinics is around two million per year. This figure has more than doubled since 2001.
Although most of them do not turn out to have an infection, the actual number who have STDs is currently around half a million per year in the UK (435,000 in England).
Furthermore, a lot of genital infections are treated by GPs or private clinics – and these don't even get included in the national statistics that have been quoted above.
Generally speaking, if you think you have an infection you should go to a GUM clinic.
How do you find a GUM clinic?
Unfortunately, it's always been difficult for people to find a GUM clinic, simply because of the veil of secrecy that has traditionally surrounded this subject.
Regrettably, the government's NHS Direct phone line – which offered a complete list of STI clinics – has now been abolished.
A good way to find a clinic is to call your nearest hospital and ask them where the GUM or 'genitourinary' clinic is located, and what the phone number is.
Alternatively, you can use the excellent Family Planning Association (FPA) clinic-finder. Just go to the FPA website, and check their helpful 'Find-A-Clinic' feature. Then tap in your postcode.
To visit a GUM clinic, you don't need a GP's letter or 'permission' from your doctor. Also, the clinic will not write to your GP, unless you specifically ask them to.
Everything that happens at the clinic is strictly confidential. No information is passed on to other doctors, to family members or to insurance companies. Occasionally, the doctors may need to communicate in confidence with other GUM clinics.
How long will you have to wait for an appointment?
Naturally, the rise in STD figures over the last decade has put GUM clinics under pressure. But the staff are doing their best to cope, and currently most people can be seen within 72 hours of contacting the clinic. On some days of the week, you may be able to just walk in and see a doctor quite rapidly.
In order to prevent the spread of infection: it's important that you don't have sex until you have been seen and diagnosed.
Finally, bear in mind that most STDs are easily cured. If you've taken a risk, go to a GUM clinic for a confidential chat and some tests.
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I ordered 90 prints from snapfish which took over two months to arrive – they were to be used as wedding thank you cards, so, as you can imagine, by the time they arrived it was so long after the wedding that we felt embarrassed sending them out. The customer service was appalling. I can only recommend avoiding snapfish at all costs.


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In a railway station a man suddenly recalls a book he tried to read as a boy. Titled The Midnight Express, he was never able to finish it and could never recall its contents from one day to the next. Oddly afraid of the illustration on page 50, he pinned it together an image of a man waiting in a dark railway station.
Originally published in This Week, 3 November 1935.
Original title: Midnight Express
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Genre: Fiction→ Horror→ Psychological Horror
This work is a subwork of the following works : Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Bar the Doors (1946) [Anthology] Authors: Ambrose Bierce
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Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural (1968) [Anthology] Authors: M. R. James
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Date: December 3, 2013 06:04PM
At the current level, I think it still makes sense to buy Warren Buffett's most praised business: The Coca-Cola Company (KO). Its wonderful economics – it operates in a business protected by very high barriers to entry - and the company's best-in-class global footprint are now in perfect conjunction with a fair valuation. Actually, Coca Cola's historical 10% to 15% premium to its peer global consumer goods companies has disappeared.
Three Main Reasons to Be Long Coca-Cola
One: Cost savings could be much higher than expected. According to Credit Suisse's analysts, Coca Cola might largely surpass its cost saving target by as much as 300%. This means that the world's soft drinks leader would be able extract up to $1.5 billion in efficiency gains from its value chain- or 7% of total costs. According to Coca Cola, the value chain optimization program goes around four basic areas: (1) Global supply chain optimization (2) Leverage on global marketing. (3) Operating expense leverage. (4) Data and IT standardization. That said, I think most of the efficiency gains will be a result of the optimization of the company's supply chain. The new plan is supposed to resemble what AB InBev (BUD) has been doing for a while in the beer industry: Very few, large and efficient breweries produce and package all the volume which is distributed via independent wholesalers and distributors.
Two: Coca Cola could start improving its growth performance in key markets. As a matter of fact, the sequential volume growth the company showed during its last quarterly results – 2% in the US and 9% in China - could keep improving going forward. Latin American volumes were the only drag to expectations mainly given by Brazil (volumes were down by 1% in the quarter) and Mexico (volumes were down by 2% in the quarter), the region's biggest countries by GDP. Nevertheless, the drag in volumes was accompanied by a 12% increase in the price mix.
Three: Price versus value looks attractive. As I just mentioned before, the price premium Coca Cola used to have versus its peers is now closed. That said, I do not believe the value gap is closed at all. Coca Cola still has the stronger global distribution network among all its peers, even the almighty AB InBev. Coca Cola sells for 2014 17.6 times earnings and pays a 2.8% cash dividend yield. Peers such as AB InBev or PepsiCo (PEP) – its weaker direct competitor – sell for 2014 17.7 and 18 times earnings and pay 2.45% and 2.7% cash dividend yields, respectively.
Bottom Line
Coca-Cola, which is not only held by Warren Buffett but also by other great investors like Joel Greenblatt, is the one stock every long term value driven portfolio should hold. The company is cutting costs, growing volumes and selling for a fair price. Besides, it pays an always growing cash dividend yield. Even when we shall wait until 2015 to see the final results of the company's efficiency program initiatives, now it looks like its a good time to start buying the shares.
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The El Dorado Hills Tasmanian Devils swim team claimed first place at the Suburban Swim League Championship Meet this past weekend at Sierra College in Rocklin.
Taz led the league with a perfect regular season record of 7-0, while three league teams followed in a tie for second place.
"The Granite Bay Gators, the Broadstone Barracudas and the Park Terrace Penguins have all claimed second place on the regular season, making this a very unique Champs situation," said Paul Maccoux of the Suburban Swim League. "All three teams have won and lost to different teams, so there's nothing really to point to."
Heading into Champs weekend, Taz swimmers practiced all week, perfecting techniques, times and rallying in tradition at the annual Taz Champs Rally and Dinner on Thursday, July 24.
"We are now undefeated three seasons in dual meets, which means we have won 21 dual meets in a row. This also brings our winning streak, including last year's Champs, to 15 wins straight," said Taz head coach Marc Brown during the rally.
"I know we can do this," he continued, "but it's going to be a close contest."
And close it was indeed. The Taz brought home the 2014 SSL Championship trophy with a narrow advantage of just seven points.
This week, the Tasmanian Devils hosted its annual Awards Night on Tuesday, July 29, at Bertelsen Park. Awards Night is an opportunity to honor new club and league athlete records, Taz citizenship tributes, Taz scholarship recipients, volunteer awards, as well as the announcement of board election results.
This weekend, Aug. 2-3, elite Taz swimmers with qualifying times may participate in the Meet of Champions at Charles Brooks Swim Center in Woodland. Visit meetofchampions.com for event details. For more information on the El Dorado Hills Tasmanian Devils swim team visit edhtaz.org.


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" Genre: Rock - Pop Rock / Artist: MxPx / Audio CD released 2000-09-04 at Tooth and Nail "
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Teenage politics is the second album from the punk band MxPx, there first album had been a success in gaining them some fans, the band had a fast paced punk style however their first album wasn't the best recording quality and even though the songs were good I'm sure this affected the bands sales, so initially it was good to hear improvement from that department on this album.
The first song Sugarcoated Poison Apple is a good one, however I think the singing could be a little better in parts and it seems that his efforts seem to die out throughout the song till the end. However the song starts well with a nice lyrical beginning with a good guitar part as well.
Teenage politics is a song driven by the guitar, that is until the singing comes in and then the two seem to battle it out throughout the rest of the song, which is kind of nice to hear, there seems to be a lot of energy in this song and the lyrics are pretty good too, so this is one of my favourites.
Money tree I think had to be my absolute favourite off this album though, its got a high guitar opening which sounds pretty funky. The lyrics are really good but mainly the way they are sung goes against the guitar and drums a little and it sound imaginative and inventive and that's the main reason why I like this track so much amongst the others.
I'm the bad guy demonstrates the different singing voice that he has. He is a great singer when singing fast music, slow music, soft and hard. This is him singing a little harder than he usually does as well but it still sounds good. The lyrics seem to be meaningful to him, he mentions Jesus in this song, and as the band are a Christian punk band perhaps this is not unusual however it's the first song iv ever heard him actually talk about his Christianity in.
1. Sugarcoated Poison Apple
2. Do & Don't
3. Teenage Politics
4. Punk Rawk Show
5. Opposite of Intellect, The
6. False Fiction
7. Falling Down
8. Moneytree
9. Rainyday
10. Like Sand Through the Hourglass... So Are the Days of Our Lives
11. Democracy
12. Something More
13. Different Things
14. Misunderstanding
15. Study Humans
16. Inquiring Minds Want to Know
17. I'm the Bad Guy
18. Americanism
19. (Untitled) - (hidden track)
This album wasn't bad by any means, and I enjoyed most of it however it just failed to offer any amazing tracks and so it remained a bit mediocre in my eyes, if you're into the band its still worth the money but if not then id go with one of their other albums.
Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 Sugarcoated Poison Apple
2 Do And Don't
3 Teenage Politics
4 Punk Rawk Show
5 Opposite Of Intellect
6 False Fiction
7 Falling Down
8 Moneytree
9 Rainyday
10 Like Sand Through The Hourglass So Are The Days Of Our Lives
11 Democracy
12 Something More
13 Different Things
14 Misunderstanding
15 Study Humans
16 Inquiring Minds Want To Know
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Ospreys 23-7 Aironi, RaboDirect PRO12
Tandy secures first Ospreys win
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February 17, 2012
Aironi's Gabriel Pizarro is taken out by the Ospreys' Andrew Bishop
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The Ospreys recorded their first win under new head coach Steve Tandy with a 23-7 victory over Aironi at Liberty Stadium.
Tries at either end of the match - one a penalty touchdown and the other from centre Andrew Bishop - plus three penalties and a conversion by outside-half Dan Biggar and another two points from Matthew Morgan gave the Ospreys the win. Aironi's only score came via a converted try by wing Sinoti Sinoti.
It has been a turbulent week for the Welsh team. Just two days before the game, head coach Sean Holley and rugby director Scott Johnson left after a backroom shake-up, although Johnson's departure was due at the end of the season anyway for a job in Scotland.
And, although they could not afford to be complacent, Tandy and the Ospreys forwards coach Jonathan Humphreys could be glad they were facing the league's bottom side rather than one of the more powerful units for their debut.
Considering they were down by 16 players due to various international duties, and had another eight out injured, the Ospreys did well to get a team on the pitch at all. And it was a real grind for the best part of 70 minutes as the hosts edged their way to the win before it picked up in the last moments.
They produced a workmanlike display through a poor first half, and led 10-0 at the break. The early penalty try - when Aironi's scrum collapsed as they were being driven over their own line - which Biggar converted, set the Ospreys on their way. Biggar added a penalty on 25 minutes to extend the lead to 10-0 but Aironi came close to scoring even when down to 14 men.
Italy flanker Mauro Bergamasco was sent to the sin-bin on 33 minutes for an elbow offence on home scrum-half Rhys Webb which immediately saw the Ospreys half-back leave the match with a bloodied and cut face. Biggar increased the advantage with his second penalty after the break, which also brought up his 900th Ospreys point.
Wales lock Alun-Wyn Jones, leading from the front with international partner hooker Richard Hibbard, helped his side put real pressure on the Italians, but they were unable to convert that threat into points due to errors.
Aironi made inroads into the home half but the two chances they had in the space of three minutes to get their score ticking came to nothing as outside-half Naas Olivier pushed two 30-metre penalties wide of the uprights.
Where Olivier missed, Biggar was accurate to extended the Ospreys' lead to 16 points with his third penalty of the night from 38 metres after Aironi had strayed offside.
The Aironi defence was robust, but again mistakes cost the hosts further tries, with prop Jo Rees losing control of maul possession for the Italians to turnover on their own line, and lock James King too heavy with a grubber kick when the chance was there.
It was only when Sinoti found space on 76 minutes to rush over under the posts, giving Olivier a simple conversion, that the game found new life.
Moments later, a crashing tackle by flanker Tom Smith on the Aironi midfield saw the ball pop loose and Bishop seize his chance to canter 40 metres for a try under the posts, easily converted by replacement Morgan.
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Horace Rumpole—who never prosecutes, whose fame rests on an infinite knowledge of blood and typewriters, whose court scenes are proverbial, whose home is ruled by Mrs. Rumpole ("She Who Must Be Obeyed")—is back on the defense, as irreverent, as iconoclastic, as claret-swilling, poetry-spouting, impudent, witty, and cynical as ever.
This time the judge-debunking barrister-at-law is embroiled with a minister accused of shoplifting, an actress accused of murder, and a racist candidate for Parliament, with art theft and mistaken identity thrown in for good measure. The result is a delightful excursion into hidden corners of the British judicial system, served up in typically colorful Rumpole style.
Stories include: "Rumpole and the Man of God", "Rumpole and the Showfolk", "Rumpole and the Fascist Beast", "Rumpole and the Case of Identity", "Rumpole and the Course of True Love", and "Rumpole and the Age for Retirement."
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"Rumpole has been an inspired stroke of good fortune for us all." (Daily Mail, London)
"I like the Rumpole stories..."
but I really prefer Robert Hardy's performance. Having said that, I will listen to this book again. This is the second collection of Rumpole stories, and if you enjoyed the first book, there is no reason you won't like these. because Horace Rumpole is here in all his subversive glory! A true advocate, Rumpole believes that every defendant is entitled to a vigorous defense, even if they are a member of the Timson clan. To that end, he continues to actively resist the efforts of his wife and fellow members of chambers to become a judge, "take silk," or retire: he wants to continue to be "Rumpole of the Bailey:" drinker of plonk, smoker of cheap cigars and wearing of disreputable hats!
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I like Rumpole, but was completely turned off by the pompousover-acting. The actor exaggerated every Edward intern of speech, it was unpleasant to listen to, and entirely squashed the gentle irony of the story
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The EMass girls basketball season produced some majestic performances in Week 9. Here are some of the players who excelled for games played between 02/01/10-02/07/10. For more information on EMass girls basketball, including scores and records, please visit emasssports.com.
Chelsea Rafferty (18 pts/1,000 career points) sparked the Lowell Catholic Crusaders to a (52-37) decision over Matignon.
Carver's Mari Meserve (22 pts/18 reb/1,000 career rebound) propelled the Crusaders to a (66-40) win over Mashpee.
Christy Novembre (25 pts/1,000 career points) powered the St. Clement Anchormen to a (39-10) triumph over North Cambridge Catholic.
Carver's Ashley Fruzetti (11 pts/1,000 career point) triggered the Crusaders to a (66-40) conquest of Mashpee.
Lauren Greski (24 pts/1,000 career point) triggered the Pope John Tigers to a (47-29) decision over Cathedral.
Coyle -Cassidy's Brenna Gonsalves (15 pts/1,000 career point) powered the Warriors to a (55-27) triumph over Westport.
Danielle Martin (12 pts/1,000 career point) lead the Whittier Wildcats to a (58-39) victory over Northeast.
Watertown's Brittany Obi-Talbot (28 pts/20 reb) paced the Watertown Red Raiders to a (53-36) Middlesex League win over Lexington.
Kelly DuVal (25 pts) piloted the Hanover Indians to a (51-36) Patriot League conquest of Middleboro.
Millis' Molly Breen (28 pts) sparked the Mohawks to a (48-33) Tri-Valley League decision over Ashland.
Erin Doherty (26 pts/12 reb) propelled the Marshfield Rams to a (68-50) Atlantic Coast League triumph over Nauset.
Oliver Ames' Lauren Battista (32 pts/12 reb) triggered the Tigers to a (72-40) Hockomock League victory over King Philip.
Rashidat Agboola (33 pts/16 reb) powered the Methuen Rangers to a (63-44) win over Beverly.
Lynn English's Jenicia Duggins (34 pts) lead the Bulldogs to a (68-56) conquest of Revere.
Shante Dezrick (30 pts) paced the Avon Panthers to a (57-30) decision over Bristol-Plymouth.
Reading's Carlene Kluge (24 pts/5 steals) piloted the Rockets to a (60-26) Middlesex League triumph over Lexington.
Marissa Pelosi (26 pts) sparked the Medfield Warriors to a (57-47) Tri-Valley League victory over Ashland.
Andover's Nicole Boudreau (28 pts/10 reb/6 assists) propelled the Golden Warriors to a (63-59) win over Notre Dame of Hingham.
Hayley Nee (28 pts/12 reb) triggered the Mt. St. Joseph Eagles to a (52-44) conquest of Cathedral.
St. Mary's Tori Faieta (26 pts/15 reb/7 blocks) powered the Spartans to a (59-56) Catholic Central decision over Arlington Catholic.
Taina Malary (5 pts/6 steals/15 blocks/40 reb) lead the Trinity Catholic Falcons to a (43-36) triumph over Marian.
Presentation of Mary's Katie St. Peter (25 pts) paced the Panthers to a (61-55) victory over Essex Aggie.
Asia Ewing (27 pts/13 reb) piloted the Westford Academy Grey Ghosts to a (48-28) Dual County League win over Acton-Boxboro.
Foxboro's Kristen Hoffman (35 pts) sparked the Warriors to a (64-40) Hockomock League conquest of King Philip.
Mollie Kinlin (25 pts) propelled the Cape Cod Academy Seahawks to a (49-30) decision over Sturgis.
Everett's Lisa Aylward (25 pts) triggered the Crimson Tide to a (56-48) triumph over Saugus.
Kellie MacDonald (15 pts/20 reb/5 blocks) powered the Danvers Falcons to a (49-23) victory over Marblehead.
Apponequet's Gianna Youngblood (24 pts/12 reb) lead the Lakers to a (43-40) South Coast win over Bourne.
Val Driscoll (26 pts/20 reb/8 assists) paced the Archbishop Williams Bishops to a (55-44) conquest of Notre Dame of Hingham.
Andover's Natalie Gomez-Martinez (23 pts/7 reb/7 assists/3 steals) piloted the Golden Warriors to a (67-39) decision over Lowell.
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Olivia Palermo | Christos Karantzolas | Schon! Magazine February 2012 | 'American Rose'/
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Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis received his Medical degree, performed his residency in psychiatry, and earned his Ph.D. degree in psychiatry at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He received a 3-year fellowship in psychosomatic medicine and a 1-year postdoctoral fellowship for research from the State Scholarships Foundation of Greece. In 2005, Dr. Fountoulakis was a Research Fellow at the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuropsychiatry, at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Dr. Fountoulakis' areas of clinical and research interest are reflected in the topics that he teaches: general psychiatry, biological psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and personality disorders. He is an active member of a number of national and international professional organizations and was most recently a Member of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP) Advisory Board to the Task Force on the Usefulness of Antidepressants. In 2006, Dr. Fountoulakis serves as a Secretary, Private Practice Section, of the World Psychiatric Association and is the Chair, Neuropsychological and Psychometric Instruments Section, of the Greek Psychiatric Association. He is a Founding Member of the International Society on Brain and Behavior and is currently serving as its Secretary and CME Activity Director. Dr. Fountoulakis is the Editor-in-Chief of Annals of General Psychiatry and is Guest Editor of Current Opinion in Psychiatry. He has coauthored more than 200 papers delivered to congresses or published in national and international journals such as International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Journal of Affective Disorders, Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatry Research, Bipolar Disorders, Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry, and the British Journal of Psychiatry, among others.
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From Disney World to the catwalk, from Washington, D.C. to a prestigious opera company,
U of M students shine brightly in high-caliber internships.
During the 2007-2008 academic year, more than 5,100 U of M students put theory into practice by participating in internships for credit.
When you wish upon a star
"What I got out of it was totally beyond that," says Park, a junior majoring in hospitality and resort management in the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality & Resort Management.
The 21-year-old Bartlett native spent the Fall 2007 semester as an Epcot Center park greeter and parking lot attendant at the second largest parking lot in the United States.
That wasn't what he had in mind when he checked 'attractions' on his application; Park thought he'd be running a ride.
"It was kind of disheartening. I went down there not really expecting or wanting to work in a parking lot. I actually looked beyond that and got to talk to thousands and thousands of people a day. Who gets to do that? Not very many people our age get to do that in their jobs. I gained personal and professional skills working when I was 19 years old."
The internship, required for Park's major, was paid and included help with housing and transportation.
"They have apartments for you to live in and they take it out of your paycheck. I didn't have a car down there, but Disney transportation will take you from the apartment to work, the mall, post office, grocery store and anywhere on Disney property you want to go for free."
Park worked 35 hours a week at the Happiest Place on Earth along with 2,000 other college interns, after seeing a poster on the U of M campus.
"I met so many people from all over the world. My roommate was from Brazil. That was one of the coolest things. Not only do you get to go down there and work at Walt Disney World, a Fortune 500 company, and talk to thousands of people when you're in college, you also get to meet people from across the world. A lot of my friends were from China."
Park, who serves as the University traditions chair for Student Activities Council planning events like Homecoming, hopes to pursue a career in event planning. In addition to being a full-time student, Park is the executive vice president for the Student Ambassador Board, which works closely with the U of M Alumni Association at key University functions.
He is also a campus representative for the Disney College Program and open to returning to work another internship at Disney.
"An internship is a really, really good way to not only get your foot in the door, but to develop more personal and professional skills. Something outside of the classroom, I think, is really important for students to take."
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"I basically did whatever they wanted me to do, odd jobs. I started out in shipping and receiving, making sure nothing was wrong with the bridesmaid's dresses."
Nollner, who graduated last May with a degree in family and consumer sciences in the University College, did an unpaid internship at Vera Wang Maids, the bridesmaid showroom and companion to the Vera Wang Bridal House.
The 23-year-old Memphian was well prepared from her "professional semester." During the first half, Nollner created projects and developed business plans for Dr. Peggy Quinn's class before spending the second half at the internship. Quinn is an assistant professor in family and consumer sciences in the University College.
"For about a month, we met every day. She definitely prepared us for the professional world. We had to dress professionally. We did presentations and a mock interview, which really helped. She actually taped it and we watched it, which was kind of scary. That semester was very helpful."
Nollner, who received class credit and fulfilled the requirement for her major, learned about the internship through a packet of previous intern sites.
"I've always been interested in fashion. My first job was at a retail store. Coming to New York and working for Vera Wang, you'd want that on your résumé. I was very excited to do that. I couldn't even imagine in a million years that I'd be up here."
Nollner's eight-week stint helped her better understand the fashion industry and the company.
"A lot of things helped my knowledge of customer service, fashion and what goes in to making a garment. But on top of that, getting to know how the company works from production to the orders. My customer service skills have definitely grown."
The larger goal of the internship was for Nollner to land a permanent job in the Big Apple, which she did as a bridal stylist at the Vera Wang Bridal House.
"It's very exciting to work with people who are getting married and their bridal gown, which is one of the most important things of that day."
Nollner's character helped her get the internship.
"I think it showed a lot of courage to actually move up to New York City from Memphis to do an unpaid internship. They didn't offer any housing or board for me. That was a little tough, but I think it spoke volumes."
The internship provided the perfect springboard for Nollner to land a full-time position with the company.
"It was basically a training, which I didn't need to do when I was hired (full time). That's how a lot of companies work with interns, teaching them how the company works so if they do show interest and work hard, you've got an employee you've basically trained for free, which is good for both of them."
A change is gonna come
During the Spring 2009 semester, the Nashville senior is working in the Office of Policy & Analysis Review in the Office of Air & Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The 21-year-old works in the policy sector dealing with domestic and international energy and emissions.
"I will be looking at documents and editing them. There might be a possibility I'd be reading bills and debriefing congressmen before they go and vote."
The internship is not required but recommended. An EPA placement is highly coveted because of the financial package. They pay for flights, program and housing fees and provide a bi-weekly stipend.
Although Christensen was aware of the Washington Center, she decided not to apply because she had just returned from a semester abroad in Finland.
"I thought it would be better if I stayed in Memphis for my last semester, but both of my advisers said I should apply. I wasn't really excited at first," says Christensen, still coming off her travel high.
"Then I talked to my dad, and he was like, 'It's a great opportunity. You can make thousands of connections in D.C.' That's where all the important people in my career path are going to be. I'm glad I applied, and it's turned out much better than I could have imagined."
Christensen is no stranger to internships. She did an unpaid one with a political campaign and had a paid summer position with Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. She hopes to gain something different this time.
"I've worked in political campaigns and small environmental nonprofits so I've seen that aspect of policy. The EPA is offering another side. I want to see what it's like on the policy-creating side."
Christensen will receive class credit and is taking a course while in D.C., but hopes to learn more than book smarts.
"I want to learn diplomatic behavior and gain a level of professionalism in the political sphere. I took an environmental law class and it was really disheartening to see the disjunction between policymakers, lawmakers and scientists. [I saw] how lots of times policy is not made for the greater good, but for the greatest political relief at the moment. So I'm hoping it will be different."
Christensen plans to attend graduate school in global environmental policy or urban planning. She believes this experience will shape her career path.
"It's all pretty exciting. To be working for the EPA at such a young age. I never considered I would ever get a high position like this. Plus, it'll be cool to see the transition change with Obama in office. That's really, really exciting. I can say how I saw it changed because I worked in a federal office."
Everything but the walls
"A lot of internships don't pay and you work 20-hour days," says the theatre major in the College of Communication and Fine Arts.
As intern, Watson made props and furniture.
"[I made] everything except the walls. I made a giant mosquito net, period paint cans and cigarette packs."
The Franklin, Tenn., native was most proud of a spinning wheel.
"I actually made it work. Usually, we make things look like they work. That was my hardest project."
Because she had prop firearms experience, Watson trained actors in using weapons.
"I made switchblades and dulled them to where no one hurt themselves."
The 19-year-old participated not only because it was required and for class credit, but to work professionally.
"You can learn only so much in the classroom. You have to learn from other people and new challenges. I've never been to Colorado. I don't think I ever would have made it out there if it hadn't been for this internship. I made great relationships with people who want to work with me again."
Watson was invited back this summer.
Her other duties included moving furniture to the artists' houses, ushering shows in period costumes and cleaning the opera house.
"If houses needed repairs and the handyman wasn't around, I had to do it. I chased a raccoon from a house and fixed a heating system."
She also learned how to negotiate contracts, work with different personalities, and "actor proof."
"Actor proofing is a term dangerously similar to child-proofing. You're going to work with actors who break everything and you have to make 18 just in case something gets broken. It's proofing so no one gets hurt."
The experience highlighted the professional life versus academia.
"It's not as 'sink or swim' in the educational environment because if you can't get it done, you always have somebody else there to do it. Your professor will pick up the slack. In a professional environment, if you don't get the job done, they go on with the show."
Watson also wanted to prove herself in a male-dominated field.
"They do not expect much of women with a power tool."
The prop shop was all female.
"Our stagehand crew was all male and older. They looked at us as little girls under 30 like, 'What do you know?' Proving to them was far more difficult and important than proving to my professors that I could hold my own."
Watson recommends internships.
"It's imperative. You cannot think, 'I'm going to work as a professional because I went to college.' You're truly naïve if you think that. It's so different from an educational environment. The University should require it for all majors. It's application in the real world."
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Healing with Sourdough
Gluten-free, allergy-friendly baked goods nourish and delight.
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Several years ago, my special dietary requirements—no gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, plus sensitivities to commercial yeast and most sweeteners—prompted me to experiment with old-fashioned sourdough techniques, using gluten-free flours. It took me one year to produce a successful loaf and a few more years to develop variations on that recipe.
Why sourdough? When I began working to heal my body from the damage done from ingesting gluten, I learned that fermented foods are loaded with live lactobacillus (friendly bacteria and yeast). Eaten regularly, small amounts of these beneficial "bugs" repopulate the gut and strengthen and repair the digestive system.
A healthier digestive system helps heal a damaged immune system—and mine was deeply damaged. For many years, I'd struggled with strange and uncomfortable symptoms, recurring illnesses, complete exhaustion and many misdiagnoses.
Introducing fermented foods into my diet had an almost immediate positive effect. I began with lacto-fermented sauerkraut and felt my energy increase. Then I tried lacto-fermented drinks, like kombucha tea and water kefir (a component used to make sourdough), and experienced another boost. Making gluten-free, allergy-friendly sourdough bread seemed like the natural next step.
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The Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project is likely to be completed about two years ahead of schedule now that Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) have reached the site.
Official sources in Wapda said that the TBMs were imported from Germany at a cost of around Rs8 billion and would expedite the excavation of 32- kilometre long water tunnels.
Pakistan would join the club of hi-tech countries which use the machinery for excavating tunnels. The sources said construction work was under process on the project round the clock to ensure completion of the project by June 2016.
The 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project is part of Wapda's low cost generation programme, being implemented on a priority basis. The project is being constructed over Rivers Neelum and Jhelum in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The project will contribute about 5.15 billion units of electricity annually to the national grid. Annual benefits of the project have been estimated at Rs45 billion.
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The above fluorescent correlation curve corresponds to a 20uL sample of 10,000x diluted green fluorescent beads. This sample was used to obtain correct alignment of the laser into the sample, as the beads are easily identifiable on the camera. A smooth curve indicates many are present.
The above calibration curve corresponds to several concentrations of an oligio-D samples (20pM-100pM). Although there seems to be a linear trend between the 80pM, 60pM, and 40pM, the 100pM and 20pM do not follow this same pattern. Because we are getting SOME indication that concentration and 1/N vary linearly to one another, we are going to prepare these samples once more and take FCS measurements.


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The feature attraction Monday is hitters taking live batting practice off Padres pitchers. These drills will go on for four days with every Padres pitcher throwing twice. On Monday, the Padres hitters are facing the A Squad of pitchers led by Mat Latos.
Heath Bell will not be throwing batting practice. But he is throwing from the bullpen mond Monday. As Bud Black likes to say, Bell is "gaining on" his calf strain.
The Padres will also be practicing first and third-base defense today, meaning Black and his coaching staff will be taking their first long look at Brad Hawpe at first.
"Brad is a smart guy," said Black. "And this was his natural position. We'll be working on bunt defenses today.
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The federal funds rate in the post-Volcker era: evidence from Basic VAR
This paper proposes a comparative analysis of the federal funds rate. The analysis is based on the results of an empirical study, conducted using the econometrics of Vector Auto Regressions. The results are compared across two time periods: 1960-1979 and 1983-2002, the intervals representing the pre and post-Volcker monetary eras. The study examines the degree of exogeneity of the federal funds rate and its power to explain and predict variations in macroeconomic aggregates. The paper concludes that for the post-Volcker era the federal funds rate has become more exogenous; that the federal funds rate has remained a strong economic indicator; that the notion of "lean against the wind" monetary policy continues to be relevant and appropriate; that the "price effect" of the response of inflation to innovations in the federal funds rate has become smaller. The paper also suggests that the Federal Reserve has since the 1980s initiated the practice of countercyclical monetary policy, and that economic cycles have tightened during the post-Volcker era.
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