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This is great once you've cleaned your chain as it goes on and dries so the build-up of general grime is limited (because its not wet) and it lasts quite well. For that its great ... but I also commute everyday so sometimes I don't have the time to clean the chain and have to resort to giving the chain a quick lube over the top of the road grime - not ideal but time isn't always on my side. Its not great for that as I don't feel it quite as well as the wet lube, so I use both ... but like I said, on clean chains its great and the one I always use
I always use this as my summer lube and the fact it came free with my order is great.
Seems to be good. Easy to use lubricates well. Came in a massive box for the product but thats the only concern so it can't be bad.
An excellent product and the best price on the net
Appears to work quite well, only time will tell. Rather thin which concerns me slightly and also means you need to apply it carefully.
Finish line is up to the time. Works great in the wet so I never get vex. Finish line! Oh so fine........
very good product, kept all the water off
I've been using finish line lubes for years now and I would wholeheartedly recommend them. Especially at half price! Had to stock up! I reapply probably once a week (I ride 3 times a week on average). Keeps the chain pretty clean, although that's not to say you're not gonna need to keep on top of your cleaning and maintenance!! Recommended!
Finish Line's Dry Teflon lube, a favorite among mechanics for its long-lasting performance, has recently been reformulated. It's now easier to apply, resists rust better, and lasts even longer, especially in wet conditions—although it's still best for use in dry, dusty climes. The lube goes on wet and dries on the chain, preventing it from picking up road grit, prolonging the life of your drivetrain, and increasing the time you can wait between lubrications.
At first it works great and the chain is really smooth and quiet but after two or three hours of riding it is no longer working and needs to be reapplied. It may work for short mountain bike rides since it doesn't attract much dirt but on the road bike I need something that lasts longer.
This is a dry lube that really works!! Drive train stays clean and quiet.
This is a dry lube that really works! Drive train stays clean and quiet.
This lube is great for regular servicing of a road bike. It goes on wet to help penetrate the chain's rollers, then sets up dry to help prevent excessive dirt and grime from being attracted to the chain (thus helping to keep you from constantly needing to clean the chain). I do apply it a little bit more regularly than I do with wet lube, but not to any large degree. I like this little bottle because it doesn't take up much room in my race day bag.


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Since early December, I have been growing a beard. I have kept it nicely trimmed, and I felt that it was a good change of pace for me. Hell, I was even complemented a couple of times, which was a shocker.
However, senior class portraits were today and my mom had been hinting at how she would really love to see me clean-shaven again, especially for such an important photo shoot.
So, last night...I shaved the damned thing off. It took me about half an hour to do, because I had to spend about five to six minutes talking myself into it, and the rest of the time I would desperately sigh and bemoan the situation with each swipe of the razor.
At the time I thought I was being a bit dramatic, but when I had finished, and after I had washed my face clean, I looked into the mirror. I honestly did not recognize who it was in the mirror for a moment. That didn't scare me as much as it made me so very sad.
I didn't realize just how attached I had become to...hair. It didn't feel right, not being able to scratch the side of my face and not feel it, or to look in the mirror and see how full it had gotten.
Seeing myself in the mirror, with a naked, misshapen face, I realized that I can no longer sacrifice the things that are important to me. This beard, this growth is a part of who I am - it is what I wanted to help define the new me as I graduated and went off into the world.
I cannot care what people think of my life decisions, and I should not, because they do not have to live with what I do to and for myself. These are the things I must deal with, and the things I must choose.
After today, I am not shaving again. I am moving on from the me that was. Now is the time for the me that will be. I'm moving on and moving up.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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Cheerleaders are a big part of football games. They have a huge responsibility to help get the crowd moving and ready for kick-off. Regardless of the reason as to why you enjoy seeing the cheerleaders at games, they are a huge part of the franchise and the Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders are proud to be one of the best squads in the league.
Just recently rookie cheerleader Molly was able to experience something a little different they just being her cheerleader self. Molly isn't just a cheerleader, in fact first and foremost she is a figure skater and she just returned home from touring in Europe with the professional figure skating show "Broadway on Ice."
She has skated now for 30 years and has competed all around the nation both as a single skater and as a pair. During her skating years of 2000-2003 she even earned international medals while being a part of the U.S. Figure Skating Team.
Throughout the tour Molly was part of a 20-person cast which included two signers, one pianist and 17 international principal skaters. This event was able to bring some of the best skaters from Canada, Austria, France, Hungry, Russia and of course the United States.
The Titans official website, Titansonline.com, had the chance to talk to Molly upon her arrival home. She is very thankful for the experience and feels that it will help her bring new ideas to the squad in Tennessee.
"It has been four years since I have done this show, so it was such a blast catching up and spending time with some of my favorite people in the world," said Molly. "Even though most of our tour was traveling as a cast by bus, hours layered up freezing in rehearsals learning steps over and over, as well as, hours backstage in hair, make up and quick changing! It's a busy world as a professional skater touring from country to country and venue to venue. Whether it's 'Life on a Frozen Stage' or 'Sunday Sidelines of the Grid Iron,' I wouldn't change it for the world, and I'm proud to say I'm an athlete and a showgirl for life!"
During the tour Molly was able to perform across the Czech Republic for nearly 44,000 fans. She not only did numbers with the 20-person group cast, she also did a number with just two other skaters. Between all the practices, prior to the tour she was rehearsing up to twelve hours per day in preparation.


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Fast National ratings for Tuesday, July 10, 2012.
The 2012 MLB All-Star Game delivered solid numbers for FOX on Tuesday night, claiming the primetime win both overall and in the key demographic, even though the AL-NL showdown ceased to be competitive by the end of the first inning.
[It remains to be seen how the All-Star Game numbers will shake out compared to last year, but the game was basically flat from last year in the FOX's two hours of counting primetime.]
Among adults 18-49, FOX averaged a 2.9 rating, topping the 2.2 rating for NBC in the key demographic. ABC was well back with a 1.3 rating, followed by CBS' 1.1 key demo rating. The CW averaged a 0.3 key demo rating for Tuesday.
Overall, FOX averaged an estimated 9.995 million viewers and a 6.3 rating/10 share for Tuesday night, beating NBC's 8.36 million and 5.1/8. CBS was a distant third with a 4.3/7 and 6.53 million viewers, while ABC averaged a 2.7/5 and 4.42 million viewers. For the night, The CW did a 0.4/1 and 695,000 viewers.
[Univision averaged 3.74 million viewers and a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49 for Tuesday primetime.]
8 p.m. – FOX started primetime in first with 10.07 million viewers and a 2.9 rating among adults 18-49 for the beginning of the MLB All-Star Game. NBC's "America's Got Talent" was second with 9.54 million viewers and a 2.5 key demo rating. A repeat of "NCIS" on CBS was third overall with 8.29 million viewers and fourth with a 1.2 key demo rating. ABC's "Wipeout" averaged 4.63 million viewers for fourth and a 1.4 key demo rating for third. On The CW, a "Hart of Dixie" repeat averaged 925,000 viewers and a 0.3 key demo rating.
9 p.m. – NBC's "America's Got Talent" moved into first for the 9 p.m. hour with 11.17 million viewers and tied for first with a 3.0 rating among adults 18-49. The All-Star Game also tied for first with a 3.0 key demo rating, but FOX's audience slipped to 9.92 million viewers. CBS' repeat of "NCIS: Los Angeles" averaged 6.31 million viewers and a 1.1 key demo rating. The premiere of "Trust Us With Your Life" drew only 3.23 million viewers and a 1.1 key demo rating for ABC, while The CW's repeat of "The L.A. Complex" averaged 464,000 viewers and a 0.2 key demo rating.
10 p.m. – ABC grabbed first in the 10 p.m. hour with 5.41 million viewers for the premiere of "NY Med," finishing second with a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49. CBS' "48 Hours Mystery" was second overall with 4.98 million viewers and third with a 1.1 key demo rating. That left NBC's "Love in the Wild" in third overall with 4.37 million viewers and first with a 1.3 key demo rating.
All ratings information comes from preliminary Fast National Nielsen data, which includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are subject to change, particularly in the case of live events.


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Warner Bros. Wants Female Director for 'Wonder Woman,' But Who?
by Ethan Anderton
October 24, 2014
Source: THR
In a report looking at the upcoming onslaught of superhero movies arriving from now through the year 2020, THR noted that Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment are keen to get a female director behind the camera for their big screen take on Wonder Woman. The studio already has Gal Gadot in the lead role, and with the film set for release June 23, 2017, they're on the hunt for a filmmaker to bring the heroine to life. Well, Forbes seems to have a line on the shortlist the studio is looking at, though they caution that other names could easily be in the running. It's a mix of film directors and some TV talent too.
First up, Kathryn Bigelow is unsurprisingly on the shortlist, mostly because she's the foremost female director in Hollywood with the most accolades and recognition from The Academy. However, a director like Bigelow taking on a property like this doesn't seem likely to happen. Bigelow hasn't been one to touch blockbusters like this at this stage in her career. But let's not forget that she's responsible for the revered action thriller Point Break, so maybe she'll get the itch to head back into this fun territory for something huge like Wonder Woman. Either way, there are plenty of other contenders.
Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) is also in the running to direct, and she already has a relationship with Warner Bros. having directed Red Riding Hood and The Nativity Story for them. However, neither of those films really prove that she has what it takes to get behind the camera for Wonder Woman. What would qualify her the most is her work on Twilight, the launch of a franchise with a rabid fanbase. Those kind of films are never easy to do, and while Hardwicke didn't necessarily deliver a masterpiece, she seemed successful in giving fans what they wanted and starting off the vampire series on the right foot for them.
Other big screen names include Mimi Leder (Deep Impact, The Peacemaker), Karyn Kusama (Girlfight) and Julie Taymor (Across the Universe). Leder has experience with a big budget and sci-fi, Kusama comes with conservative filmmaking skills from the indie world but also genre experience with Aeon Flux and Jennifer's Body. As for Taymor, she's seems out of left field, though she has handle mythical stories with The Tempest and Titus previously. But don't forget that she was also behind the disastrous Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, and that didn't turn out well at all.
But there's also some names that seem like the kind of talent Marvel would get behind the camera as TV directors like Michelle MacLaren and Tricia Brock are also being considered. MacLaren has plenty of genre experience with series that have large fanbases like "The Walking Dead" and "Game of Thrones." Meanwhile, Brock also has worked on the aforementioned AMC zombie series along with the underrated CBS series "Person of Interest." They would be hires akin to Marvel's decision to have Anthony & Joe Russo take on Captain America: The Winter Soldier with no feature film experience.
That's all the names who are reportedly on the shortlist, but again, there could be other contenders that end up in the running. Frankly, we're surprised Angelina Jolie isn't in the running, but she's probably busy with By the Sea that has her directing Brad Pitt and then an elephant poaching drama called Africa after that. There's also Patty Jenkins who almost directed Thor: The Dark World before the job was handed off to Alan Taylor instead. Either way, this just goes to show you that there are too few esteemed and well-known female directors working today, and that still needs to change drastically. Thoughts?
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Ruled by an absolute monarchy and trapped in a system of feudal relationships, nearly all segments of French society were unhappy in the late 18th century. Despite widespread hardships, ongoing financial problems and challenges by enlightenment thinkers, King Louis XVI was more concerned with his own personal affairs than matters of state. The French Revolution examines how all classes of French society revolted against the King's regime and rejected a society based on heredity and privilege, resulting in an often violent struggle to determine the future of France. Expert commentary, primary documents and archival images bring the themes of the revolution to life, and students learn that while the revolution failed to permanently overturn the old order, the ideals and reforms of the revolution spread throughout the world.
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The State Department misplaced and lost some $6 billion due to the improper filing of contracts during the past six years, mainly during the tenure of former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, according to a newly released Inspector General report.The $6 billion in unaccounted funds poses a "significant financial risk and demonstrates a lack of internal control over the Department's contract actions," according to the report.The alert, originally sent on March 20 and just released this week, warns that the missing contracting funds "could expose the department to substantial financial losses."Keep reading… HT: Wounded Dove
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Fever is the regulation of body temperature at an elevated "set point." Contact with a variety of pathogens, such as viruses or bacteria, will result in the release of a small protein, endogenous pyrogen or interleukin 1, from the host's white blood cells. This protein circulates to the brain where it is thought to raise the temperature set point via the production of a prostaglandin. Fevers occur throughout the vertebrates. The cold-blooded vertebrates (fishes, amphibians, reptiles) raise their body temperature by behaviorally selecting a warmer microhabitat. Warm-blooded vertebrates (birds and mammals) use both physiological and behavioral means to raise core temperature. Over the past decade data from both in vitro and in vivo studies support the hypothesis that moderate fevers are beneficial to the host;that is, fever as evolved as an adaptation to reduce the severity of infection.
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You have to constantly utilize both feet when exercising. Even though it has ended up being stylish to do weightlifting exercises with only one foot, you ought to not do this if you do not need to. Not having both feet on the ground forces your body to balance itself, which distracts from the muscle that you are trying to focus on.
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As you are attempting to develop muscle, the diet you follow need to be one that will motivate muscle growth and supply the correct nutrients they have to grow. Simply keep in mind to keep a variety to your diet plan since you do not want to end up being burnt out with it, which might result in making unhealthier choices.
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Ensure you are eating enough. Even if you are attempting to lose weight while you develop muscle, it is essential that you are eating adequate calories. When your body is deprived of its fuel, it will certainly be challenging to develop muscle. An perfect diet plan for muscle gain is high in protein and low in fat and polished (processed) carbohydrates.
Nobody wants to be excessively skinny or overweight. If you find yourself in among these classifications, you may want to consider developing a muscle building routine. If you can establish a efficient regimen, you can say goodbye to your old body and hi to the brand-new and enhanced you.
When trying to build more muscle, you will certainly have to eat more in general. You would want to eat the required food in order to obtain approximately one pound each week. Research healthy methods for you to include muscle mass, and if increased caloric intake does not improve your mass, then consider muscle building supplements.
Numerous trainers will inform you to alter your workout regular every few months. You must nevertheless remember that this is not necessary. If the regular that you are using is supplying excellent outcomes, then you need to persevere! Modification your regimen just if it is not giving you the results that you seek, or if you feel that you have gotten the majority of the gain from it.
If you want to optimize your bodybuilding ability, make certain to eat something after a workout. Consume within an hour of finishing your workout. Preferably, your snack or meal must include a protein and a carb. This food will certainly get your body began doing the things it has to do to start developing muscle.


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On children's ice rink kids will have fun and meet their fellows. To learn how to stand on ice, children may use the help from penguin-dolls and for those who want to develop new skills we invite to join group trainings in figure-skating school.
We remind you that during working hours of figure-skating school, children's ice rink is closed.
Children's Ice rink is located close to the main Ice rink at 4th pavilion (sport centre).
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The Blessed Lord said:
1. To thee, who dost not carp, verily shall I now declare this, the most profound knowledge, united with realisation, having known which, thou shalt be free from evil (Samsâra).
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2. Of sciences, the highest; of profundities, the deepest; of purifiers, the supreme, is this; realisable by direct perception, endowed with (immense) merit, very easy to perform, and of an imperishable nature.
3. Persons without Shraddhâ for this Dharma, return, O scorcher of foes, without attaining Me, to the path of re-birth fraught with death. 3
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4. All this world is pervaded by me in My unmanifested form: all beings exist in Me, but I do not dwell in them. 4
5. Nor do beings exist in Me (in reality), behold My Divine Yoga! Bringing forth and supporting the beings, My Self does not dwell in them. 5
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6. As the mighty wind, moving always everywhere, rests ever in the Akâsha, know thou, that even so do all beings rest in Me. 6
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7. At the end of a Kalpa, O son of Kunti, all beings go back to My Prakriti: at the beginning of (another) Kalpa, I send them forth again. 7
Animating My Prakriti, I project again and again this whole multitude of beings, helpless under the sway of Prakriti. 8
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9. These acts do not bind Me, sitting as one neutral, unattached to them, O Dhananjaya. 9
10. By reason of My proximity, Prakriti produces all this, the moving and the unmoving; the world wheels round and round, O son of Kunti, because of this. 10
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11. Unaware of My higher state, as the great Lord of beings, fools disregard Me, dwelling in the human form. 11
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12. Of vain hopes, of vain works, of vain knowledge, and senseless, they verily are possessed of the delusive nature of Râkshasas and Asuras. 12
13. But the great-souled ones, O son
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of Prithâ, possessed of the Divine Prakriti, knowing Me to be the origin of beings, and immutable, worship Me with a single mind. 13
14. Glorifying Me always and striving with firm resolve, bowing down to Me in devotion, always steadfast, they worship Me.
15. Others, too, sacrificing by the Yajna of knowledge (i.e., seeing the Self in all), worship Me the All-Formed, as one, as distinct, as manifold. 15
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16. I am the Kratu, I the Yajna, I the Svadhâ, I the Aushadham, I the Mantra, I the Ajyam, I the fire, and I the oblation. 16
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17. I am the Father of this world, the Mother, the Sustainer, the Grandfather; the Purifier, the (one) thing to be known, (the syllable) Om, and also the Rik, Sâman and Yajus. 17
18. The Goal, the Supporter, the Lord, the Witness, the Abode, the Refuge, the Friend, the Origin, the Dissolution, the Substratum, the Storehouse, the Seed immutable. 18
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19. (As sun) I give heat: I withhold and send forth rain; I am immortality and also death; being and non-being am I, O Arjuna! 19
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20. The knowers of the three Vedas, worshipping Me by Yajna, drinking the Soma, and (thus) being purified from sin, pray for passage to heaven; reaching the holy world of the Lord of the Devas, they enjoy in heaven the divine pleasures of the Devas. 20
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21. Having enjoyed the vast Swarga-world, they enter the mortal world, on the exhaustion of their merit: Thus, abiding by the injunctions of the three (Vedas), desiring desires, they (constantly) come and go. 21
22. Persons who, meditating on Me as non-separate, worship Me in all beings, to them thus ever jealously engaged, I carry what they lack and preserve what they already have. 22
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23. Even those devotees, who endued with Shraddhâ, worship other gods, they too worship Me alone, O son of Kunti, (but) by the wrong method. 23
24. For I alone am the Enjoyer, and Lord of all Yajnas; but because they do not know Me in reality, they return, (to the mortal world). 24
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25. Votaries of the Devas go to the Devas; to the Pitris, go their votaries; to the Bhutas, go the Bhuta worshippers; My votaries too come unto Me. 25
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26. Whoever with devotion offers Me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, that I accept—the devout gift of the pure-minded. 26
27. Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest, whatever thou offerest in sacrifice, whatever thou givest away, whatever austerity thou practisest, O son of Kunti, do that as an offering unto Me.
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28. Thus shalt thou be freed from the bondages of actions, bearing good and evil results: with the heart steadfast in the Yoga of renunciation, and liberated, thou shalt come unto Me. 28
29. I am the same to all beings: to Me there is none hateful or dear. But those who worship Me with devotion, are in Me, and I too am in them. 29
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30. If even a very wicked person worships Me, with devotion to none else, he should be regarded as good, for he has rightly resolved. 30
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31. Soon does he become righteous, and attain eternal Peace, O son of Kunti boldly canst thou proclaim, that My devotee is never destroyed.
32. For, taking refuge in Me, they also, O son of Prithâ, who might be of inferior birth,—women, Vaishyas, as well as Sudras,—even they attain to the Supreme Goal. 32
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33. What need to mention holy Brâhmanas, and devoted Râjarshis! Having obtained this transient, joyless world, worship thou Me. 33
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34. Fill thy mind with Me, be My devotee, sacrifice unto Me, bow down to Me; thus having made thy heart steadfast in Me, taking Me as the Supreme Goal, thou shalt come to Me.
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Soviet City, Home of the A-Bomb, Is Haunted by Its Past and Future
By BILL KELLER, Special to The New York Times
Published: July 10, 1989
KYSHTYM INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, U.S.S.R., July 9— Here on the shore of Lake Irtyash, east of the Ural Mountains, is a city with no name.
This is a company town where for more than 40 years the business has been nuclear weapons. It is so secret that residents are required to tell outsiders they live in Chelyabinsk, 50 miles away, and those who have worked here forfeited their right to travel abroad.
It is a shady, lakeside city of 100,000 people knit together by generations of working at the same task - producing weapons-quality plutonium - and by the shared secret that they were keeping the Soviet Union a superpower.
But today even the city with no name, the center of a fenced and guarded military reservation called the Kyshtym Industrial Complex, is bedeviled by the upheavals of the Gorbachev era. #2 Fears in Conflict The city's five largely antiquated military reactors are gradually being retired, casualties of age and disarmament, raising fears among the city's dwellers about who will employ them and their children.
The popular anxiety about anything nuclear that has grown up in the Soviet Union since the Chernobyl atomic station exploded three years ago has also begun to encroach on this secret city, where the fears in the surrounding region are heightened by memories of a long-hidden 1957 nuclear disaster here on the southern shore of Lake Irtyash.
This week Soviet officials, hoping to advertise President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's proposal for a halt to producing weapons fuel, opened the nameless city to a delegation of Americans, including three members of Congress, two journalists and several antinuclear campaigners. 'We Were Afraid of You'
''It's so strange to see you here,'' one engineer confided to the first foreigners to set foot here since the city gave birth to the Soviet bomb. ''You're the reason we built this place.''
The Kyshtym complex was built as the Soviet response to the American Manhattan project and was directed by the father of the Soviet bomb, Igor V. Kurchatov.
''After the bombing of Hiroshima, we were afraid of you and we set out to catch up,'' said Boris V. Brokhovich, the white-haired, 73-year-old director of this plutonium city, who has worked here since the beginning. ''We thought it was possible you would use the atomic bomb against us.''
Stalin set up a commission that chose this site 1,000 miles east of Moscow because of the cooling lakes, the accessible coal and gas supplies and the vast steel mills built in the 1930's beyond the range of potential enemies.
''It was a great honor to work here, and the best professionals came,'' recalled Yevgeny I. Mekerin, who came to Kyshtym straight out of engineering school in 1951. Mr. Mekerin is chief of manufacturing for the State Committee for Utilization of Atomic Energy, one of the most powerful arms of the Soviet military industry.
The first plutonium plant, Reactor A, was built in less than 18 months with prison labor and military and civilian workers. In a stroll through it, Mr. Brokhovich told the first Americans he had ever met about a crash project carried out by trial and error.
''You sat the Rosenbergs in the electric chair for nothing,'' he remarked, referring to the American couple who were convicted of giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union and were executed in 1953.
''We got nothing from the Rosenbergs. I stood beside Kurchatov. I knew what he knew. If we'd known more, we wouldn't have made so many mistakes.'' The Early Mistakes And a Colossal One In the early years, the mistakes included inadequate shielding that exposed workers to unsafe levels of radiation, recurring incidents of melting and cracking in the reactor core and reckless dumping of toxic wastes into the blue lakes, officials said.
One small lake is still so contaminated with radioactive waste that officials said it is to be completely filled with concrete. Wastes from current operations are rendered into inert glass blocks for which Moscow has still not found a permanent home.
Perhaps the most colossal blunder occurred when workers noticed that the cooling pipes in a concrete waste tank had corroded and begun to leak.
''They calculated that the waste solution was not active enough to cause evaporation, so they turned off the cooling system,'' Mr. Mekerin said. ''The calculation was wrong.''
Meaning to repair the pipes eventually, workers let the tank sit for more than a year. Late one afternoon in September 1957, possibly ignited by a spark from the electric ventilation system, the dried-up, concentrated salts exploded.
The blast blew off the concrete lid, left a crater where the cooling tank had been and sent a plume of toxic isotopes 100 miles over farms, villages and birch forests.
Mr. Mekerin said it was several days before officials ordered the evacuation of 10,000 people. Workers, induced by the promise of extra vacations, then began scrubbing down the plant and scraping up acres of tainted topsoil.
The explosion was covered up until a report last month by the Government press agency Tass.
Officials here still insist that no one died in the accident and that three decades of monitoring by a special branch of the Moscow Institute of Biophysics has shown no evidence of increased cancer among those exposed. The Number of Deaths Is Still at Issue Zhores Medvedev, a dissident scientist who wrote a book about the accident 10 years ago after being forced to immigrate to Britain, estimated that hundreds of people were fatally contaminated by the radioactive debris, a finding corroborated by Westerners in interviews with emigres.


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With scavenger game type you can build very flexible games. The basic idea of scavenger game type is that you can make the locations appear on the map according to specific rules.
How does scavenger work?
Players see some of the locations at the start of the game (according to the game creator plans anywhere from one to all locations). Scavenger game type can be set up so that each team sees only one location and every team see different location. Question pops up when player is at the correct place. Other locations will appear on the map according to timer (minutes from the game start) or after answering certain questions.
How to create?
- Add questions
- Set locations to the questions that are not location specific
- Set activation rules and start/finish rules
- Configure settings
Create event and you are done!
Activation rules
One location can be activated by time or other questions and one location can activate several locations.
There are two types of activation rules
a) time – set the minutes from the game start for the location to appear on the map
b) other locations – going to one location can make other locations appear on the map
If the activation rules are set then points will become visible for players on the map according to those rules only. Each point can become active only once. There can be several activation rules for one point – in this case the earliest action makes the location visible on the map.
Locations without activation rules
In case no activation rules is set for the location it will appear according to the following rules:
a) in case no start points (S) are defined all locations without rules to activate them (questions 1, 2 and 4) are visible on the map from the start and can be opened by going there (Note that on the screenshot point 2 activates number 3, but 2 is not activated by any other points and therefore does not have activation rule!).
b) in case starting points are set, all locations without activation rules will become visible after all points marked as starting points have been answered.
c) in case starting points are set and option to assign separate starting point to each team (rotate start fields) is chosen on "Configure" page, all locations without activation rules will be visible after this starting point is answered.
Starting locations (optional)
Marked with [S]. Starting point ca be defined to show specific points in the start. If starting locations are defined then other locations will become visible according to the activation rules. If no activation rules is set for location it will become visible after all starting points are answered.
Finish location
Only one finish point can be set. Every game has to have a finish point set. (F on the screenshot).
Finish point will become visible:
a) always when game time runs out (all other locations will disappear at the same time).
b) when there is no more visible locations on the map
c) according to the activation rules
If no activation rules is set to finish point it will not be visible until game time runs out or there are no more locations visible on the players map to go to.
NB! In case finish point is set to become visible by a rule in the middle of the game and players go and activate it, this will end the game! Do not make finish visible too early!
NB! Question in finish location can not be answered once game time is over.
Briefing players
Go to the locations and questions open. During the game locations will appear on the map. Go to any one of them. Once finish appears then you can go to finish to finish the game or avoid the finish and continue the game. More points win!
Important to remember!
- Do not make finish visible too early, otherwise the game is over when players go there. And also remember that you do not have to define starting points.
- If location does not have any activation rules it will be visible from the beginning (or will appear right after starting points are taken)
Check this tutorial out to see how you can make teams move in circle.
this tutorial about how to separate teams at the start of the game


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From acclaimed filmmaker Sherine Salama, the story follows a marriage between an American-based Palestinian man (Bassam Abed) and a young woman (Mariam), with a traditional village upbringing. Bassam works as a telephone repairman in Cleveland, Ohio, and returns to the West Bank town of Ramallah to find a wife. A few weeks later the two are married and we are offered unique insight into the arranged wedding. The film subsequently follows their desperate attempts to secure a visa to America for Mariam, and her resulting life in Cleveland, languishing in an apartment with no friends or support.
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The falls are just at the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, shared by both countries, on the Zambezi River.
In the middle of the wild? No, not at all. Livingstone (Zambia) is a big town, former capital city, and you find shopping malls and international airports in both sides.
Costs of the Victoria Falls:
If you are a low-cost traveller, keep in mind that the entrance fees to the falls are not cheap (20$ in Zambia and 30$ in Zimbabwe) and that, there are visas too (at least 20 $ for a day visa in both countries, ... and if going back again to the same country you need a MULTIPLE visa so more expensive visa... good now with the new Kaza Visa dual for 50$). All visas are on arrival for European citizens.
So maybe you will have to choose only one country for the visit. If both, at least minimum 100 $/pp (fees+Kaza visa).
Visiting both sides or countries, VISAS:
Remember, now with the new dual visa Zimbabwe-Zambia (KASA VISA), it´s 50 $/month with illimated crossings. Great for the falls.
If not;
- Zimbabwe visa is single 30$/month, and 20 $/day, multiple 50$/month.
- Zambia visa is single 50$/month and 20$/day, multiple 80$/3 months.
Keep this in mind if visiting both sides! And arriving at one of the border posts where the Kaza visa is avalaible (here you can read more information about the Zimbabwe visa).
We visited Victoria Falls in january 2015, in a Southern Africa trip, so went to Zimbabwe and Zambia on route, but just visited the falls on the Zimbabwe side (too expensive both!).
We can help you with usefull information about the visit, prices, accommodation, etc.
Here´s a map of the Zimbabwe-Zambia area, to get an idea.
The views from Zimbabwe are longer than in Zambia.
The bad point in Victoria Falls: cheap and central accommodation is really limited to one place, and not so quiet atmosphere.
Livingstone in Zambia is a bit far away from the falls, 10 km, you need to take a public van. And also far from the river. It´s just a big town, tropical place.
The good point: a few cheap and good backpackers lodges, with nice atmosphere. Nice place to stop for a few days, relax... specially if you are on a long Africa journey.
For the falls? Zimbabwe, better views. Zambia less but you get a "bonus", possible to go over the falls (Devil´s Pools).
For activities? Don´t worry, you are at the right place, in both sides. But, it´s expensive.
We explain everything with more details. Keep on reading.
Victoria Falls: ¿ Zimbabwe or Zambia side?
When we arrived at Victoria Falls area, in january 2015, we weren´t sure which side was better to visit, Zambia or Zimbabwe, because we didn´t want to spent a lot of money going to both sides.
So, we asked around, about the opinion of some travellers who had visited both. And about what to visit depending of water conditions.
Finally we decided to go to the Zimbabwe side, because the level of water was good and the best and more complete views are from there.
The falls are over a straight gorge, around 1 km long. From the Zimbabwe side you have a longer perspective as the lookouts occupy the ¾ of the falls. That´s maybe why the price is 30 $ in Zimbabwe and 20 $ in Zambia.
So the views from the Zimbabwe side are really longer with more paths and and more complete with more lookouts.
Even if you have just the quarter vision of the falls, there are extra things, "bonus" on the Zambia side:
- There´s a bridge, Knife Edge Bridge, to get to the western lookout, another feeling crossing it.
- You can approach the water: there´s a picnic area close to the Zambezi river before falling where you can touch the water and even refresh yourself as the locals do.
- You can go down to the Zambezi gorge, to Boiling Pot (you see it from the international bridge).
- You can walk over the river or take a boat to the edge of the falls: Angel´s pool, Livingstone Island and Devil´s Pool and have a bath just on the edge, but it´s not cheap (complete information in Victoria Falls - Zambia).
Lookout and picnic area in Zambia side, lokked from Zimbabwe
Doing both it´s really expensive, entrance fees (30+20 $) plus visas for Zimbabwe and Zambia (you will need a multiple entrance if going back again to the same country! If you get the Kaza dual 50 $ you are lucky... If not consider it´s minimum 20 $/day visit visa and multiple extra).
And for sure it will also depend if you are on route in southern Africa, between different countries or just visiting the falls! Anyway, you will enjoy!
You can see the situation here:
For the views: Zimbabwe! More complete! Lookouts: Zimbabwe 15, Zambia 4.
For swimming on the falls and approaching more the falls: Zambia! Riverside area inside the visit, Boiling Pot. And paying an extra charge (not cheap!), reaching Devil´s pool and other pools and Livinsgtone Island (even luxury hotel there!)
Up to you!
Will I see the falls without paying?
|Views from de bridge
If not paying the entrance fee (in Zambia or Zimbabwe), the only very limited view of the falls is from the border bridge. It´s free to cross and look. Just take your passport and ask for the bridge pass.
If you want to pass the Zimbabwe border post and reach the falls entrance on Zimbabwe side, you will need a Zimbabwe visa (or dual Univisa-Kaza).
Great views over the Zambezi Gorge, downstream after the falls. And of course, you have the famous bungy-jumping!
In the Zimbabwe side, all the area is fenced and controlled. From the River Walk you just see the Zambezi River.
Same in Zambia. But the views of the Zambezi River and the noise are better, from the luxury hotels of the riverside (free to enter and have a look, do it!).
If you really want to see the falls, the only option is paying the fee and visit either Zimbabwe or Zambia side… or do an expensive flight over the falls!


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Ownership of insecticidal mosquito nets has dramatically increased in Ethiopia since 2006, but the proportion of persons with access to such nets who use them has declined. It is important to understand individual level net use factors in the context of the home to modify programmes so as to maximize net use.
Generalized linear latent and mixed models (GLLAMM) were used to investigate net use using individual level data from people living in net-owning households from two surveys in Ethiopia: baseline 2006 included 12,678 individuals from 2,468 households and a sub-sample of the Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) in 2007 included 14,663 individuals from 3,353 households. Individual factors (age, sex, pregnancy); net factors (condition, age, net density); household factors (number of rooms [2006] or sleeping spaces [2007], IRS, women's knowledge and school attendance [2007 only], wealth, altitude); and cluster level factors (rural or urban) were investigated in univariate and multi-variable models for each survey.
In 2006, increased net use was associated with: age 25-49 years (adjusted (a) OR = 1.4, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.2-1.7) compared to children U5; female gender (aOR = 1.4; 95% CI 1.2-1.5); fewer nets with holes (Ptrend = 0.002); and increasing net density (Ptrend < 0.001). Reduced net use was associated with: age 5-24 years (aOR = 0.2; 95% CI 0.2-0.3). In 2007, increased net use was associated with: female gender (aOR = 1.3; 95% CI 1.1-1.6); fewer nets with holes (aOR [all nets in HH good] = 1.6; 95% CI 1.2-2.1); increasing net density (Ptrend < 0.001); increased women's malaria knowledge (Ptrend < 0.001); and urban clusters (aOR = 2.5; 95% CI 1.5-4.1). Reduced net use was associated with: age 5-24 years (aOR = 0.3; 95% CI 0.2-0.4); number of sleeping spaces (aOR [per additional space] = 0.6, 95% CI 0.5-0.7); more old nets (aOR [all nets in HH older than 12 months] = 0.5; 95% CI 0.3-0.7); and increasing household altitude (Ptrend < 0.001).
In both surveys, net use was more likely by women, if nets had fewer holes and were at higher net per person density within households. School-age children and young adults were much less likely to use a net. Increasing availability of nets within households (i.e. increasing net density), and improving net condition while focusing on education and promotion of net use, especially in school-age children and young adults in rural areas, are crucial areas for intervention to ensure maximum net use and consequent reduction of malaria transmission.
Large donations of free nets have allowed net ownership by households in Africa to increase markedly since 2000 [1], and ownership of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) in Ethiopia has increased dramatically in the last few years [2,3]. After an initial peak in ownership and use shortly after distribution, net ownership and use have been observed to drop off in several countries [4,5].
Clearly, net ownership is a necessary prerequisite for net use. However, whether or not a net owner will use a net every night, some nights, or not at all depends on complex multi-level interactions between individual characteristics, household characteristics, social and cultural factors, community-level factors, aspects of the physical environment and characteristics of the net itself.
In Ethiopia, a decline was observed in net use in households owning nets between two representative household surveys conducted approximately one year apart, and this did not appear to be associated with differences in sampling or any climatic or seasonal differences between the survey years [3]. To investigate further the reasons for the decline, characteristics of nets that may be impacting their use in Ethiopia were studied. Between 2006 and 2007, the proportion of households owning at least one net increased dramatically from 19.6% to 65.6%, but the proportion of nets used the previous night in households owning nets decreased from 85.1% to 56.0% [3,6]. In the net level analysis, factors independently associated in both surveys with reduced likelihood that a net would be used were: increasing net age, increasing damage of nets, increasing household net density (nets/person), and increasing altitude (> 2,000 m). Factors associated with increased likelihood of a net being used were: increasing wealth index (at both surveys), LLIN net type (in 2006), and household status of indoor residual spraying with insecticide (in 2007) [6].
At the individual level, factors influencing net use have been reported to include age and gender [5,7-10], education, occupation/livelihood [11-13], degree of control over household decision-making [14], malaria knowledge, beliefs and risk perceptions [5,15-21], perceived benefits and disadvantages of nets [5,17,18,21], trust in health workers providing health education and LLINs [22], knowledge of appropriate net use/care practices, and net-hanging skills [23-25]. Household level determinants of net use include household size and composition [14], the number of children under five years of age (U5) in the household, intra-household sleeping arrangements [5,13,26], household structure and space [5,7,9,18,26,27], household decision-making processes and power structures [14], and use of other vector control measures [14,19,28]. At the community level, social norms and values [13], cultural beliefs and practices [13,20], mechanisms of LLIN distribution and distance to LLIN suppliers [14,20], rumours about LLINs [20] and social support and pressure [24] all have the potential to influence net use by individuals and within households. For example, white nets may be associated with burial shrouds and death, and free nets may be regarded as toxic or even deliberately harmful to recipient groups [20]. Important environmental factors include climate and temperature [7,18], perceived mosquito density [19], availability and proximity of land for farming and grazing livestock [13]. Characteristics of the nets themselves, such as their cost, size, shape, colour, physical condition, type of insecticide used and perceived durability have also been shown to influence net use [7,19,20], and are likely to interact with individual, household, community and environmental factors in complex ways to determine attitudes towards net use and the feasibility of net use for a given individual or household.
A recent review of literature on determinants of net use highlights the need for greater understanding of these determinants and the relationships between them [29]. In addition, net use among those who own nets is commonly interrupted by temporary, periodic or infrequent conditions, which can inhibit net use even among regular net users. These conditions include travelling, night work, sleeping in the fields during planting or harvest seasons or while tending livestock, attending late-night social events, disruption of usual sleeping arrangements, net unavailability due to washing or dirtiness, extreme fatigue, labour pains, illness or forgetfulness [13,27,30-32].
This study builds on a previous analysis at the net level [6] of the results of two sequential surveys in Ethiopia [3] that demonstrated certain modifiable factors concerning net use, such as improved net care and replacement. In the previous study, the outcome was use or non-use for each net [6], whereas here factors associated with the outcome of individual use or non-use were investigated. The current study adjusts for both household and net level factors, including the important net age and condition characteristics identified previously [6]. In contrast to most previous studies, including some in Ethiopia [19,33,34], this analysis was not restricted to high risk groups (children U5 and pregnant women), but examined net use in all age groups including the 5-24 year old school-age children and young adults, women of reproductive age, and adults age 50 years and older. School-age children are a group generally least protected by insecticide-impregnated nets in Africa [35], including Ethiopia [9].
Since availability of a net in the household is a prerequisite for use, only those households owning at least one net are included in this analysis, to avoid biasing the results by lack of net availability in some households. Net density (i.e. number of nets per person in each household) is also used to account for differing household sizes and intra-household access to nets. The goal of this study is to identify under-served groups and modifiable factors that could be used to better target efforts to increase net use and, hence, assist in long-term reduction of malaria transmission in Ethiopia.
The characteristics, survey design and sampling for the two surveys analysed here have been described previously [6]. Briefly, the analysis focused on the regional states of Amhara, Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. For the baseline survey in 2006, a multi-stage cluster random sampling with probability proportional to population size was used to select 224 clusters with 25 households in each cluster. For the Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) in 2007, a nationally representative sample was selected using a two-stage design stratified by three domains: areas below 1,500 m, rural areas between 1,500 m and 2,500 m, and urban areas between 1,500 m and 2,500 m. To enable comparisons with the baseline survey, only MIS 2007 clusters for three regional states, Amhara, Oromia and SNNPR, were included in the analysis presented here. This is referred to as the MIS 3R 2007 sub-sample and comprised 245 clusters defined as census enumeration areas (EA). A simple random sample of 25 households was selected from all mapped households in each EA, with altitude and location of each household recorded using personal digital assistants equipped with Global Positioning System capability.
The survey questionnaires were both based on the MIS Household Questionnaire modified for the local conditions to include socio-economic factors [36] as has been described previously [37]. The questionnaire was translated and conducted in Amharic language and pilot-tested in a non-survey cluster to determine the validity of the pre-coded answers. Interviews were conducted with the head of household, or another adult if the head of household was absent or unable to respond for any reason.
During the interviews, age and gender of all residents was recorded; and the number of rooms (2006) or sleeping spaces (2007) noted. The respondents were asked about mosquito nets in their household: presence, number, type and who used which nets the previous night. Both surveys used net rosters to associate individuals with specific observed nets.
Reports of recent (within the last 12 months) indoor residual spraying of the household with insecticide were recorded. At MIS 2007, women of reproductive age completed the malaria knowledge questionnaire which included questions assessing knowledge of the cause, symptoms, danger signs, and preventive measures of malaria.
Figure Figure11 summarizes the framework for analysis of association between use of net and explanatory factors. The analysis was restricted to participants living in households owning at least one net. Each survey was considered separately. The reported use (or not) of a net by individuals the previous night was the dependent variable. Since this analysis was at the individual level, in order to examine characteristics of all nets in the household, including those not slept under, we developed summary variables for the age and condition of the nets in each household. Households with nets were classified as having 'none', 'some' or 'all' nets in good condition (i.e. a net without any holes). Proportion of nets older than one year was defined as households having 'none', 'some' or 'all' nets for 12 months or more. Net density was calculated by dividing the number of nets in a household by the number of people in the household.
The household wealth index was derived from relevant household characteristics using principal components analysis as previously described [38] and terciles defined (poorest, middle, richest). For the MIS 3R 2007, malaria knowledge score was derived based on methods previously described by Hwang et al. [15]. In brief, from the malaria knowledge questionnaire, a composite malaria knowledge score was calculated for each woman where every correct answer received a single point. The maximum knowledge score achieved out of 3,055 women was 18, but the median was 4 and 97% of women scored less than 10. Most households (2,392 of 2,701 or 89%) had only one woman respondent, 232 (10%) had two, 30 (1.1%) had three, 6 (0.2%) had four, and 1 (0.04%) had five respondents. To account for households that had more than one woman completing the malaria knowledge questionnaire (11% of 2,701 households), a mean malaria knowledge score was generated for every household and categorized into terciles (0-1, 2-4, and ≥ 5). School attendance was only obtained for women of reproductive age; school attendance was classified for a household as 'Yes' if any woman in the household had attended school.
Statistical analysis was conducted using Stata 8.2 (Stata Corporation, College Station, Texas). Descriptive statistics were used to examine the characteristics of the sample, and prevalence of outcomes and explanatory factors. To account for differences in the sampling design, prevalence estimates were adjusted for sampling weights. To investigate the association of reported net use by individuals the previous night and explanatory factors, hierarchical regression models were developed using generalized linear latent and mixed models (GLLAMM) [39]. The multi-level structure of GLLAMM allowed for non-independence of the household variables, enabled clustering of net observations within households and clusters, and allowed for variability at household and cluster levels. Univariate analysis was conducted for each potential explanatory factor. Multi-variable models were then developed by stepwise regression analysis for model selection. This involved starting with a null model then proceeding in a sequential fashion of adding/deleting explanatory variables if they satisfied the entry/removal criterion, which was set at 5% significance level using a log-likelihood ratio test. Since not all MIS 3R households had a malaria knowledge score, two multi-variable models were fitted: the first assessed independent risk factors in all eligible participants and the second assessed effects of women's malaria knowledge and school attendance adjusting for variables found to be independent risk factors in the first model. To investigate effect modification between malaria knowledge and school attendance previously described by Hwang et al. [15] an interaction term was included in the multivariable model.
The protocols received ethical clearance from the Emory University Institutional Review Board (IRB#1816 and 6389), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ethical review committee (IRB#990132) and the Ethiopian Science and Technology Agency. For both surveys, informed consent to participate in interviews was sought from the heads of household in accordance with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
The characteristics of the sample are summarized in Table Table11 and Figure Figure2.2. A total of 12,678 participants in 2,468 households owning nets were included in the baseline 2006 analysis, while the MIS 3R 2007 analysis comprised 14,663 participants in 3,353 households owning nets. At baseline 2006 survey, 37.0% of households owned at least one net, while in MIS 3R 2007, the household net ownership had increased to 56.7%. At baseline 2006 survey, 59.4% of the nets were LLINs, while in MIS 3R 2007 LLINs comprised 95.1% of the nets. Despite an increase in the proportion of households owning at least one net, a lower proportion of participants (50.9%) reported using nets the previous night during MIS 3R 2007 compared to baseline 2006 (70.8%) among those people who had access to a net (Table (Table1).1). Figure Figure22 shows the proportions of net use by age and gender. For both surveys, there was a lower proportion of net use among people aged 5-24 years compared to the other age groups.
Univariate logistic regression analysis of the associations between net use at baseline 2006 and explanatory factors is shown in Table Table2.2. Factors associated with increased net use among participants were: age 25-49 years (OR = 1.5; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.2-1.8) or age 50 years and above (OR = 1.3, 95% CI 1.0-1.7) compared to children U5; female gender (OR = 1.3; 95% CI 1.2-1.5); children U5 compared to other ages (OR = 2.0; 95% CI 1.7-2.4); pregnant women compared to other participants (OR = 3.8; 95% CI 2.3-6.3); increasing proportion of good nets in the household (Ptrend = 0.004); and increasing net density (Ptrend < 0.001). Reduced net use among participants was associated with: age 5-24 years compared to children U5 (OR = 0.2; 95% CI 0.2-0.3) (see Figure Figure2);2); increasing proportion of nets older than one year (Ptrend < 0.001); and increasing household altitude (OR[household altitude > 2000 m] = 0.1; 95% CI 0.03-0.1).
Table Table33 shows the multi-variable associations between individual net use at baseline 2006 and explanatory factors. Factors independently associated with increased net use were: age 25 to 49 years (OR = 1.4; 95% CI 1.2-1.7) compared to children U5; female gender (OR = 1.4; 95% CI 1.2-1.5); increasing proportion of good nets (with no holes) in household (Ptrend = 0.002); and increasing net density (Ptrend < 0.001). Reduced net use by participants was independently associated with age 5-24 years (OR = 0.2; 95% CI 0.2-0.3) compared to children U5.
Table Table44 summarizes the univariate logistic regression analysis of the associations between net use at MIS 2007 and explanatory factors. Factors associated with increased net use among participants were: female gender (OR = 1.3; 95% CI 1.2-1.5); children U5 compared to other ages (OR = 1.8; 95% CI 1.5-2.3); pregnant women compared to other participants (OR = 3.0; 95% CI 2.0-4.5); increasing proportion of good nets in the household (Ptrend = 0.042); increasing net density (Ptrend < 0.001); increasing malaria knowledge (Ptrend = 0.004); and urban clusters compared to rural clusters (OR = 2.0; 95% CI 1.3-3.1). Reduced net use among participants was associated with: age 5-24 years (OR = 0.3; 95% CI 0.2-0.3) compared to children U5 (see Figure Figure2)2) all nets in households older than one year (OR = 0.3; 95% CI 0.1-0.6); increased number of sleeping spaces (OR = 0.5; 95% CI 0.5-0.6); and increasing household altitude (Ptrend < 0.001).
Multi-variable associations between net use at MIS 3R 2007 and explanatory factors are shown in Table Table5.5. Since not all households had a malaria knowledge score, two multi-variable models were fitted: the first assessed independent risk factors in all eligible participants (n = 14,663); and the second assessed effects of malaria knowledge and school attendance (n = 12,803) adjusting for variables found to be independent risk factors in the first model. Restriction of the sample size in Model II did not change the variables included in the multivariate model.
Factors independently associated with increased net use were: female gender (OR = 1.3; 95% CI 1.1-1.6); increasing proportion of good nets in household (OR[all nets in HH good] = 1.6; 95% CI 1.2-2.1); increasing net density (Ptrend < 0.001); women's malaria knowledge (Ptrend < 0.001); and urban clusters (OR = 2.5; 95% CI 1.5-4.1). Reduced net use by participants was independently associated with: age 5-24 years (OR = 0.3; 95% CI 0.2-0.4) compared to children U5; number of sleeping spaces (OR [per additional space] = 0.6, 95% CI 0.5-0.7; increasing proportion of nets older than one year (OR [all nets older than 12 months] = 0.5; 95% CI 0.3-0.7); and increasing household altitude (Ptrend < 0.001). Test for interaction between malaria knowledge mean score and school attendance did not reveal any statistically significant effects (Wald test p-value = 0.781)
This paper describes determinants of net use as assessed in two consecutive household surveys in 2006 and 2007 in the three largest regional states of Ethiopia. Decline in net use (in households owning nets) between these surveys had been observed, despite increase in overall net ownership [3]. A previous study examined use in a net level analysis (i.e. whether or not each net had been used the previous night) [6], and demonstrated that increasing net age and increasing damage of nets were both associated with a lower likelihood of nets being used. In that study, increased net density was associated with decreased likelihood of a net being used, which is logical since the more nets there are in a household (especially above a density of one net per person), the less the chance of each one being used.
Most previous studies (with some exceptions [19,40]) have expressed net use not as a proportion of nets used, but as a proportion of persons (usually children U5 or pregnant women) using nets [33,34,37,41]. This individual outcome of net use is used in the current study, but includes all individuals in the sampled households since the programme goal is universal coverage. GLLAMM was used to account for both household characteristics and the previously identified net level determinants of use. Using individual net use as an outcome, it would be expected that increased net density would be associated with increased net use, as we found here in both 2006 and 2007. Net density by household was classified in three categories as < 0.5, 0.5 - < 1 and ≥ 1 nets per person, and net use was found to be five-fold higher (in 2006) or two-fold higher (in 2007) when net density was greater than 0.5. This suggests that a net distribution target higher than one net per two persons (such as two nets per three persons or if possible one net per person) is more likely to maximize net use, especially if there are sufficient nets to cover all sleeping spaces. While it is commonly stated that lack of access to sufficient nets within households may be an explanation for low use, there are very few other studies that examined net use in relation to household net density while adjusting for other factors [8].
This study confirmed the previously demonstrated impact of the two related factors of net age and condition on likelihood of net use. In 2006, net use was about twice as likely if some or all the nets in the household were undamaged, while in 2007 net use was one third as likely if all the nets in the household were older than 12 months. The frequent observation of nets in poor condition has been previously reported from Ethiopia [42] and nets owned for less than 12 months were significantly more likely to be used [19]. These findings have implications for care and replacement of nets. The programme should promote net repair and maintenance and also conduct educational activities to change the perception that nets with a few holes are no longer worth using.
Overall, females in both surveys slept under a net the previous night 1.3-1.4 times as often as males. Less than 2% of the population reported being pregnant at each survey. In univariate analysis, pregnant women were at least three times more likely than the general population to use nets, but this factor did not remain associated with net use in the multi-variate model. Net use by age group showed surprisingly that children U5 are not the group with highest net use: persons older than 24 years were more likely to use nets in both surveys, although the association was only statistically significant for the 25-49 year old age group in the 2006 survey. It is clear that children and young adults age 5-24 years use nets much less frequently than children U5 or persons over 24 years (Figure (Figure2).2). Less frequent use by school-age children has been observed in many other African counties [35] and it would be interesting to conduct a study of net use in which children's own school attendance, access to nets, and knowledge are taken into account, rather than using proxies from women in their households. It is critical that more attention is paid to increasing net use in children, teenagers and young adults (e.g. perhaps by school-based education campaigns and activities), since they likely contribute significantly to transmission and are at risk of severe disease, if infected.
The finding of higher net use in urban compared to rural areas in MIS 2007 was surprising, since urban dwellers might be expected to associate net use with villagers and rural life. However, another study in Ethiopia [19] observed the same higher use of LLIN in urban areas. Possible reasons include: higher levels of education; potentially larger and more diverse social networks perhaps due to greater population density; or a more progressive attitude among urban dwellers leading to earlier adoption of unfamiliar strategies. Other potential unmeasured factors (other than those for which we adjusted such as net density, socio-economic status, malaria knowledge, and IRS status) should be explored further.
Women's malaria knowledge and school attendance were assessed only in the MIS 3R 2007 survey, and expressed as terciles of an index of correct scores, applied at the household level. The results shown here support those of Hwang et al. [15] and others [33,34] that increased women's knowledge of malaria can improve net use by individuals and/or members of their household. However, the interaction effect previously described [15], whereby higher women's knowledge (score of > = 1) only increased net use in themselves and their children U5 if the women had not attended school, was not observed here. This may be due to the different outcome (net use in all ages), different quantification of knowledge scores (in terciles), or application of women's knowledge scores and school attendance at the household level.
Potential limitations of this study include the fact that a number of other possible determinants of net use were not assessed, including, but not limited to, perceptions of malaria risk, the proportion of nets that were hanging, and the opinions or beliefs of householders about their ability to hang nets and/or difficulty of hanging nets in their homes. In addition, aspects of net condition other than the presence of holes (e.g. cleanliness, smell and perceived effectiveness of insecticide) that might affect a person's choice to sleep under a net were not measured. It may be that once the novelty of newly distributed nets has worn off, people stop using nets because the practice grows tiresome and their risk perception returns to initial lower levels, suggesting the need for sustained behaviour change communication. Differences in climate factors or seasonality between the two surveys are potential limitations, but a previous study examined this question extensively [3] and showed that slight differences in survey timing in each year did not result in important differences in rainfall or temperature conditions between the surveys. Differences in sampling strategy between surveys were also examined and were found to be highly unlikely to have introduced bias in the estimate of net use [3].
Examining net use from both the net level [6] and the individual level (present study) while restricting the data to only households owning nets enables adjustment for the different levels of analysis (net, household, cluster) and avoidance of spurious associations, while using net density in the models allows accounting for changes in net ownership over time. Increasing availability of nets within households (i.e. increasing net density), and improving net condition while focusing on education and promotion of net use, especially in school-age children and young adults in rural areas, are crucial areas for intervention to ensure maximum net use and consequent reduction of malaria transmission.
Despite large distribution of new nets between the surveys, the pool of nets in households in 2007 was older and in less good condition than 2006 due to nets remaining from earlier distributions as well as rapid accumulation of damage to nets [43]. Older nets in poor condition are used less than new nets [5]. The study raises important issues about the longevity of nets and when a net is considered 'expired' or no longer suitable for use. More research on this issue is warranted since firstly nets considered to be too damaged may not be used; and secondly the accumulation of 'expired' nets in households would inflate estimates of net ownership in standard household surveys and net density estimates as used in this analysis. Qualitative research investigating when households would consider nets unfit for use, and determining whether this expectation would be realistic - from an operational and programmatic perspective - is necessary. Why damaged and unused nets are kept, or how they are disposed of is also of interest. Such information would generate realistic assessments of average usable net life and improve planning of sensible and sustainable replacement and communication strategies instead of blanket mass distributions at predetermined intervals.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
PG, JH, RR, FR, TG and PE conceived and planned the study; PG, JH, TG, AM, ES, ZT, AW and RR trained staff, carried out the survey and managed the data; JN and PG undertook data analysis with input from JH, AM, and RR; PG, JN and AP wrote the paper with input from JH, AM, RR, FR, TG, ZT and PE; all authors approved the final draft.
The baseline survey was financially and technically supported by The Carter Center and carried out in collaboration with the Amhara, Oromia and SNNP Regional Health Bureaus. The follow-up Malaria Indicator Survey 2007 was the result of joint support and efforts by multiple partners, including the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, The Carter Center, Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership for Africa (MACEPA, a program at PATH), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), President's Malaria Initiative [US Agency for International Development (USAID)/US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)], the Ethiopia Central Statistical Agency, Center for National Health Development in Ethiopia, and Malaria Consortium.
This research was made possible through support provided by the President's Malaria Initiative via the Office of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health, US Agency for International Development, under the terms of an inter-agency agreement with CDC. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Agency for International Development, or other employing organizations or sources of funding.
We are especially grateful to Minister Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus and all the persons who assisted in both surveys, including but not limited to: Laurent Bergeron, Hana Bilak, Brian Chirwa, Firew Demeke, Wubishet Dinkessa, Yeshewamebrat Ejigsemahu, Tekola Endeshaw, Kebede Etana, Gashu Fente, Anatoly Frolov, Khoti Gausi, Afework Hailemariam, Daddi Jima, Henok Kebede, Christopher Lungu, Ambachew Medhin, John Miller, Rory Nefdt, Dereje Olana, Richard Steketee, Zerihun Tadesse, Tesfaye Teferri, Eskindir Tenaw, Abate Tilahun, Gedeon Yohannes, and Mulat Zerihun. We thank Dr. Stephen Kaptoge, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK for statistical advice. We appreciate assistance from Stephanie Palmer in preparing Figure Figure1.1. The authors owe sincere gratitude to all the survey participants who gave freely of their time in the surveys.
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Bezubaan Ishq is a beautiful musical love story directed by the renowned Gujarati film director and Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner Jashwant Gangani.
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The film is presented and produced by C J Gadara and Dinesh Likhiya and made under the banner Gangani Motion Pictures.
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The film releases on the June 26.
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ANAHEIM — Now that the A's have locked up the American League West title and a spot in the playoffs, it's time for them to coast a bit, take it easy for the next week, then gear up for the postseason, right?
Not so much. If there's one thing Monday's 10-5 win over the Angels displayed in graphic color, it was that the A's aren't going to half-step to the finish line.
By winning and the Detroit Tigers losing Monday, the A's magic number for clinching home-field advantage for the American League Division Series shrunk to two, meaning any combination of A's wins and Tigers' losses totaling two sews up home-field advantage for Oakland for the first round of the playoffs.
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"Nobody in this clubhouse is having strategy sessions about it," the A's Jed Lowrie said.
Lowrie's three-run homer in the third helped break the game open, the A's lead going from 2-1 to 5-1. "We'll go out and do what we do, and wherever that puts us, that's where we should be."
Manager Bob Melvin could have rested most of his regulars after Sunday's clinching celebration and subsequent flight to Southern California. But only Yoenis Cespedes got the day off, and that was only after a long throwing session to test his hobbled shoulder. The appendage apparently held up, so he will be back in the lineup Tuesday as the D.H. and could play three games in left field in Seattle this weekend.
Melvin also gave his starting pitchers a rest by having Tommy Milone make the start two days after pitching in relief.
Milone, pitching for a spot on the postseason roster, is 2-0 in two September starts and has a 2.70 ERA for the month.
In addition to earning home-field advantage, if the A's catch the Red Sox, they would play the wild-card entry, which at this point looks like Cleveland or Tampa Bay, rather than Detroit, the team that knocked Oakland out of the playoffs in the first round last year.
None of which seems to matter to Melvin.
"It's important, but it's not foremost in our minds," the manager said. "Our concern is to win as many as we can."
Along the way, the A's have questions to answer.
Norris worked out there Monday but hasn't played the position this season.
Melvin isn't talking, but it seems likely that Jarrod Parker, Bartolo Colon and A.J. Griffin will all start, but it's less clear if the club will go with a fourth starter. And if they do, will they take the kid with all the electricity in his right arm, Sonny Gray (4-3, 2.90), or Dan Straily who is only 4-0 with a 2.15 ERA in his past five starts?
With homers by Lowrie and Brandon Moss on Monday, the A's have hit at least two homers in six consecutive games, matching the Oakland club record.
He's been on base with a hit or a walk in 28 consecutive games, the best mark for an A's hitter in the past five years. During that time he's hitting .379 with 20 RBIs and six homers.
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Finally I did it!!!!!
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