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Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
by Elizabeth J. McFarland, M.D.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a condition in which the immune system has lost the ability to defend the body against infection and certain cancers. It is caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The cause of AIDS is infection with HIV. HIV is a member of the family of viruses called retroviruses. This type of virus enters human cells and becomes incorporated into the cell's genes (i.e., DNA). Once the infection has occurred, the body cannot rid itself of the virus. The effect of the virus on the immune system leads to AIDS.
HIV/AIDS affects people of all ages and racial/ethnic backgrounds. Usually, infants and children acquire the infection from the mother during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. The most common mode of transmission for teens and adults is sexual contact. Currently, the largest number of HIV-infected people lives in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. In the United States, homosexual men and injecting drug users have the highest prevalence of infection. However, adolescents and women, particularly those of African-American and Hispanic background, have the highest rates of new infections.
Casual, classroom, or household contact with an HIV-infected person poses no risk. Transmission cannot occur from sharing dishes, towels, or bathroom facilities. Saliva, urine, and stool are not contagious unless there is visible blood in the fluid.
HIV is transmitted through contact with infected semen or cervical secretions. People who have sexual contact with an infected person are at risk of acquiring the infection. The virus can be transmitted by both heterosexual and homosexual contact. Men and women, adults and teenagers can become infected with HIV.
HIV is transmitted from mother to infant during pregnancy, delivery, and breastfeeding. An infected woman who does not receive treatment during pregnancy has a 25% to 30% chance of passing the virus on to her baby. With treatment, the chance of having an infected baby can be reduced to 1%.
HIV is transmitted through contact with infected blood or body fluids contaminated with visible blood. Donated blood is screened for HIV so there is almost no risk of an infection from blood transfusion products. However, people who use injection drugs sometimes share their injection equipment. If an HIV-infected person shares a needle or other injection equipment, the virus can be transmitted to the other people. A health care professional who is exposed to blood from an infected person has a risk of being infected with HIV. This risk is greatest when a contaminated sharp instrument penetrates the skin. There also is a small risk of infection when blood splashes into the eye or the mouth of the worker. There is no risk of infection with blood contact to intact skin (i.e., skin without cuts, scratches, or a rash). Under usual circumstances, there is no risk of transmission of HIV from a health care professional to a patient. However, all people should handle blood and bloody body secretions carefully.
HIV infection, without treatment, causes a progressive dysfunction of the immune system. When the immune system is defective, the body cannot defend itself against infections. HIV infects immune cells that are critical components of the immune system, particularly helper T lymphocytes (T4 cells). When the cells are infected with HIV, they do not function normally, and some cells are destroyed.
Teens and adults may have symptoms in the first two to six weeks after the initial infection with HIV (acute primary infection). The most common symptoms of the primary infection are fever, fatigue, muscle aches, headache, sore throat, and swollen lymph nodes (glands in the neck, under the arms, and in the groin). These symptoms are not specific to HIV infection since many viral infections cause similar symptoms. Some other symptoms more particular to primary HIV infection are mouth ulcers, a rash, and meningitis. However, even these symptoms do not prove HIV infection because they can occur with other infections. Some people have no symptoms after the acute infection. The symptoms of the primary infection resolve without treatment. Most people do not seek medical attention, and they are not aware that they have acquired HIV.
After the primary infection, most people infected with HIV have no symptoms in the early stages of the disease. For adults and adolescents, progression of the disease usually occurs several years after the primary infection. About 30% of infants infected at birth will have disease progression within 12 to 18 months of life.
When the disease progresses, common first symptoms include enlargement of the lymph nodes, liver, and/or spleen; poor growth; frequent minor infections, such as ear infections and sinusitis; cold sores that do not heal; thrush or diaper rash that persists despite treatment; shingles; night sweats; and recurrent fever. When the disease reaches advanced stages, most patients have weight loss; infections of the lungs, blood stream, bones, joints, intestines, and eyes; and certain cancers. Some people develop neurologic symptoms manifested by developmental delay in children and by memory loss and dementia in teens and adults.
The most commonly used diagnostic test for HIV infection detects antibodies to HIV in the blood. The body makes antibodies as a part of the immune defense against infections. If antibodies against HIV are present (a "positive" test), this indicates that the person is infected with HIV. This is why infected people are called "HIV positive."
The antibody test is done in two parts. The first part is called an ELISA. Occasionally, a person will test positive on an ELISA even though they are not HIV infected. Therefore, a positive ELISA test must have a confirmatory test done on the same blood sample showing that the antibodies are truly specific for HIV. A negative ELISA indicates that the person is not infected and usually does not require a follow-up test.
In some patients, antibody tests are not reliable. In this case, tests that directly detect the virus are used. The most commonly used tests detect the virus genetic material (DNA or RNA) or protein (p24 antigen) in the blood. Virus tests are used to diagnose HIV infection in infants born to HIV-infected mothers. Antibody tests on the baby are not reliable until after 18 months of age because all mothers will pass antibodies to their babies, but not all mothers will pass the virus. In order to determine if the infant is infected, tests to detect the virus in the baby's blood are performed. The majority of infected infants will have the virus detected by three to four months of life. Uninfected infants will have negative tests for the virus (even though their antibody test is positive).
Direct virus testing also is used for adults and teenagers who may have been recently exposed to HIV. The virus tests are positive about 10 to 14 days before the antibody tests are positive. Using the direct virus test permits an earlier diagnosis of infection.
Recently, many new medications have been developed to treat HIV infection. These medications are called anti-retroviral drugs, and they inhibit the replication or reproduction of the virus. Effective treatment requires a combination of several different anti-retroviral medications, taken by mouth, one to three times a day. The amount of virus in the blood and the number of helper T cells are monitored closely to determine whether the medications are effective. Although there is no cure for HIV/AIDS, with effective treatment, infected people may live for years without disease progression.
The complications of HIV infection are primarily related to immune dysfunction. Immune dysfunction leads to infection with other bacteria, viruses, or fungi. Medications can be taken daily or weekly to prevent these infections. In some patients, HIV causes abnormal function of the heart, bone marrow, brain, muscles, intestines, liver, and pancreas.
The most important method to prevent HIV infection is to avoid exposure by sexual contact. Abstinence is the only certain way to avoid sexual exposure to HIV. The risk of transmission can be greatly reduced by the correct use of condoms during sexual contact. Individuals who do have sexual contact should limit their number of partners and use condoms correctly every time they have sexual contact.
Sharing contaminated needles can transmit HIV. Injection drug users should not share injection equipment. Children should be taught to avoid contact with other people's blood. They also should avoid sharing sharp personal objects (e.g., razors, body-piercing equipment), which may be contaminated by blood and have not been properly sterilized. When caring for a bleeding wound, a thick layer of paper or cloth should be used to reduce the chances of contact with the blood.
Over 95% of infections passed from mother to infant can be prevented if the mother and infant receive treatment during pregnancy, labor, and the first weeks after birth. All women should be offered testing for HIV during pregnancy so they can receive the preventative treatments if they are HIV positive.
Research on the treatment and prevention of HIV infection is very active. The areas of most intense interest are the development of a vaccine to prevent infection, the development of improved anti-retroviral medications, and studies to understand how the body's immune defenses against HIV infection can be enhanced.
Sponsor: The Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, The National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center (NPHRC). This Web site includes extensive information about HIV that is related to children and youth.
This Web site includes information about HIV that is written at a child's level.
This Web site includes information about HIV that is both focused on youth and written in youth-friendly terms.
About the Author
Dr. McFarland is the medical director and co-founder of the Children's Hospital Immunodeficiency Program (CHIP) in Denver, CO. CHIP provides comprehensive health care to infants, children, adolescents, young adults and pregnant women infected or affected by HIV.
Dr. McFarland is a member of the National Institutes of Health sponsored Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Group and is active in basic and clinical HIV research. She is board certified in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and a faculty member at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
She received her MD degree from Duke University School of Medicine and her pediatric and subspecialty training from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
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The first two ingredients are named meat products. The first is beef inclusive of its water content (about 80%) and once that is removed it is likely that this ingredient would be more accurately placed somewhat further down the ingredient list (ingredients are listed in order of weight). Note that this is an example of the practice of splitting (see note on main page), but since it is followed by the meal form, in this case serves to increase our level of confidence in the amount of meat product in the food since the split ingredients still rank ahead of the first grain by weight. There is a further meat meal ingredient (fish) 8th on the ingredient list, but this is too far down to make up a substantial portion of the food.
We note that whilst the manufacturer has recently changed the fish products in its formulas, we are unable to locate a guarantee on their website that the ingredients are free of ethoxyquin. Ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish products and which is banned or heavily regulated in human food production due to the belief that it is carcinogenic.
The primary grains in the food are barley, rice and millet. Millet is a good quality grain, easily digested and non-allergenic. Rice is also a good quality grain and source of carbohydrates, protein and fibre. Barley is a further good quality grain, but rice bran is a grain fragment and filler. Canola oil is a reasonable quality oil, and supported by salmon oil further down the ingredient list providing additional omega OFAs.
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1/2 stick butter
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Mix flour, sugar & baking powder with milk.
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Melted butter into the pan.
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Anna Moraitou-Cell Coffee Table
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Interview with ANNA MORAITOU : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. ANNA MORAITOU : I was inspired by a chess game and the alternation of white and black boxes. The idea was each one of these boxes to have a different size and colour so to set apart little things that usually are spread around our living room. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. ANNA MORAITOU : I wanted this piece of furniture to interact with the room it would be placed in, by repeating these boxes on the wall or on the side. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. ANNA MORAITOU : To sell or lease the production rights, or sell it separately to individuals. I plan to use this award to promote other designs as well. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. ANNA MORAITOU : This was a brainstorming idea and the drawings came out very quickly. I would say a couple of weeks. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. ANNA MORAITOU : This design was commissioned by a family, looking for a "pop" coffee table with storage space. Since it was supposed to be placed inside a small apartment, it had to be mobile and compact. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. ANNA MORAITOU : I plan to sell or lease the production rights. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. ANNA MORAITOU : The fact that most of coffee tables where either "boring" or non-functional. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. ANNA MORAITOU : Ι am a member of a creative designing team - desarch architects - and we influence each other. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. ANNA MORAITOU : Individuals or preferably manufacturing companies that would like to buy or rent the production rights. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. ANNA MORAITOU : The fact that there are different hidden cabinets of different size and colour, to put little objects or paper separated. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. ANNA MORAITOU : It actually consists of "cells". Each cell corresponds to a different need, a different storage area, of different size and colour. Colours interact with each other and with the space they are placed in. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. ANNA MORAITOU : My sketchbook, design cad software and a colour palette. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. ANNA MORAITOU : The colour interaction. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. ANNA MORAITOU : With a carpenter. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. ANNA MORAITOU : none .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. ANNA MORAITOU : nothing .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. ANNA MORAITOU : nothing .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. ANNA MORAITOU : After the positive comments and feedback I had, while it was exhibited during a design exhibition in Greece. I thought it should be presented internationally. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. ANNA MORAITOU : I got more extrovert, I learned to exhibit my work. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. ANNA MORAITOU : no .
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Somewhere in Moscow there is a white Subaru STi weaving and sliding through traffic like a drunk madman. If you're watching this, Subaru driver, we want to tell you that you're a reckless asshole.
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Not to sound like a broken record, but Tony Cameranesi had another solid weekend for the NCAA's Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. Cameranesi put up a goal and 2 assists in two weekend match ups against Michigan Tech, bringing his season point totals to 6 goals and 15 points in 14 games – that's good for second in WCHA Freshmen scoring, and tied for 12th in league scoring.
So, just how good is 15 points in 14 games for a 1st-year NCAA hockey player? Small sample size aside, Cameranesi's 1.07 would have tied for the rookie lead last season, and would have been a convincing lock for rookie lead in 2009-2010. This paragraph may have been even more impactful if it wasn't for Blues prospect Jaden Schwartz (1.57) scoring like a mad man in 2010-2011. Damn him.
Having cemented himself on UMD's top line, Cameranesi will likely continue to produce as he has, and should challenge for the rookie scoring title amongst a group that includes higher draft selections such as Rocco Grimaldi (FLA), Nic Kerdiles (ANA), Teddy Blueger (PIT), and Jujhar Kaihra (EDM).
Hey, maybe Cameranesi will one day produce at an NCAA Matt Frattin level, who scored at a ridiculous rate in his Senior year at North Dakota, and continues scoring at the ridiculous rate today with the Toronto Marlies. With 2 goals and 2 assists in three weekend victories, Frattin improves to to 7 goals in 8 games.
Why the goal-scoring surge? Again, small sample size, but it's clear that Frattin is benefiting from shooting the puck more. In 23 games regular season AHL games last year, Frattin averaged 2.9 shots per game. In the NHL, 1.6 shots per game in 56 games. This year, Frattin is shooting at a 3.6 shot per game pace, and scoring on 24.1% of them. Even if that shooting percentage comes back down to earth, Frattin's willingness to put pucks on net bodes well for his future as an offensive contributor at the NHL level.
In other Leafs prospect news…
A lonely tweet sent out by Matt Moran (OHL Central Scouting) suggests that 2011 7th rounder Max Everson may be bolting from Harvard and joining the Omaha Lancers of the USHL. I say 'lonely' because it's the only record of Everson's defection that I can find. In 7 games for the Crimson this season, Everson has only been able to muster an assist. The optics aren't great, but if Everson can find his game again in Omaha, there may still be hope for him yet.
Tyler Biggs is contributing offensively (I know, right?). With 4 goals and 4 assists in his last 5 games, Biggs continues to put up consistent numbers and keeps putt-putting along at a point-per-game pace with 31 points in 30 games for the Oshawa Generals.
Good on Guelph goalkeeper Garret Sparks for turning in a pretty amazing November. After some early season struggles that saw his save percentage struggle to keep up with the rest of the OHL, Sparks posted a 6-3-0-2 record in November, while sporting an impressive 1.94 GAA and an even more impressive .940 SV% in 12 games.
Jake Gardiner broke his 5 game scoreless drought on Sunday afternoon with a 2-goal performance. It was only a matter of time before the Marlies defender returned to the scoresheet, as he's shooting the puck like a man possessed. Gardiner sits 8th amongst AHLers with 69 shots in 21 games. As a defenceman! What a guy!
No news on when Moose Jaw Warriors season ticket holders will get their hands on their much-anticipated Morgan Rielly bobble heads. Quite frankly, I don't know if the world is ready for a Morgan Rielly bobble head.
And lastly, here's a photo of Nazem Kadri, who scored 3 goals for the Marlies this weekend. Careful, Nazem. If you make that face for too long, it'll stay like that forever.


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Propelled out of bed by the light of a new day, it's the sunshine that pushes me to my feet and sends them racing down the stairs, seemingly of their own power. No matter how little sleep occurred that previous night, hardly a minute past sunrise will elapse before I bolt awake, feeling the intense urge to start whittling down my lengthy to-do list. Morning without sunshine are like rhubarb without sugar; bitter and disappointing.
It's not unheard of for me to sleep right up until noon if the sun fails to show, as if I forgot to set my internal alarm clock. Cloudiness goes hand in hand with mental fogginess, so it's always safest to avoid heavy intellectual lifting on such occasions. However, there is one reason why I still have a soft spot for the otherwise unlovable rainy days of summer- That warm, humid air that is otherwise my eternal foe (at least as far as keeping anything less than a frizzy afro goes) creates the perfect environment for raising yeast. Thus, rainy days have become synonymous with yeast bread for me.
With a rainy stretch predicted recently, there seemed like no better time than to pour through my files of bread ideas and pick out something new. Feeling a little bit short on desserts lately, I leaned towards the sweeter side of the kitchen, and turned a classic spring cake into a sturdy but tender yeasted loaf. Speckled with walnuts, raisins, and of course orange flecks of carrot, this new take on carrot cake is certainly a mouthful, but it's not at all hard to swallow. One might even feel slightly virtuous selecting a slice or two for breakfast, since you're getting a nice serving of carrot, right?
Since no good carrot cake is ever plated without that signature cream cheese frosting, I could hardly leave my bread without the same. Instead of smearing it on the outside, however, a lightly sweetened "cream cheese" swirl spirals around the center, making for a more portable, clean-cut version of the original as well.
Toasted lightly to crisp up the edges and make the swirl slightly gooey, it may just provide sunshine enough to get me out of bed early on the next rainy set of days.
Yeasted Carrot Cake Bread
Carrot Cake Dough:
1 Cup Plain Non-Dairy Milk
2/3 Cup Dark Brown Sugar, Firmly Packed
2 1/4 Teaspoons (1/4-Ounce Package) Active Dry Yeast
4 – 6 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 Tablespoon Ground Cinnamon
2 Teaspoons Ground Ginger
1/4 Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
3 Cups Shredded Carrot
1/2 Cup Chopped Walnuts
1/2 Cup Raisins
1 Tablespoon Flax Seeds, Ground
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/3 Cup Canola Oil
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
"Cream Cheese" Filling:
1 8-Ounce Package Vegan "Cream Cheese"
1/3 Cup Cornstarch
3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Starting with the dough, begin by warming your "milk" of choices for just a minute or two in the microwave, until it reaches between 105 – 115°F. No more, or else you'll kill the yeast. Stir in the brown sugar, and sprinkle in the yeast and let sit for about 5 minutes, until it becomes bubbly and alive.
Meanwhile, combine the first 4 cups of flour, spices, raisins, walnuts, carrots, ground flax, and salt in the bowl of your stand mixer. Mix lightly just to distribute all of the ingredients evenly and coat the carrot shreds with flour. Pour in the proofed yeast mixture, along with the oil and vanilla, and start mixing on a low speed, so as not to kick any flour out of the bowl. Once incorporated, switch over to the dough hook, add in 1 more cup of flour, and allow the mixer to begin kneading the dough.
After about 5 minutes of mixing, assess the texture; You're looking for it to be tacky and elastic, not wet or sticky. You may need to add up to another cup of flour, depending on the consistency. Continue working the dough with the dough hook for 5 – 10 more minutes. Scrape the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and kneed by hand briefly, for just 5 minutes or so, before placing it into a lightly oiled bowl. Cover loosely with a cloth or piece of plastic wrap, and let sit in a warm place for about 1 1/2 hours, until doubled in volume.
Once risen, lightly grease two 8 x 4-inch loaf pans, and set aside.
Gently punch down the dough with your knuckles, cut it into two pieces, and on a well-floured surface, take one piece and roll it out into a rectangle. Be sure to keep the two short sides no longer than 8 inches so that it will fit in the pan, but roll it out lengthwise as far as possible- The longer the dough, the more impressive your spiral will be in the finished loaf.
To make the "cream cheese" swirl, simply beat together the "cream cheese," cornstarch, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Take half of the mixture and smear it evenly over your rolled out dough, leaving about an inch of one short end clear. You may want to spread a slightly thinner layer near the other edges, to prevent it from dripping out when you move the dough. Starting with the short end that's fully covered, roll the dough up as tightly as possible without squeezing out the filling. Pinch the end to the main body of the loaf to seal, and quickly but carefully transfer the whole thing to one of your waiting loaf pans, ends slightly folded under and seam-side down. Repeat with the other piece of dough.
Let the breads rise for another hour or so, until about doubled or just peeking out above the edge of the pans, and then pop it them a 375 degree preheated oven, for about 26 – 36 minutes. It should be golden brown on top, and when removed from the pan, it will sound hollow when tapped. (Yes, you can cool it, tap it, and then toss it back in the oven if it doesn't sound right.)
Let cool completely before slicing.
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OSCON Java Makes a Differencesteveonjava | August 1, 2011
What was the last conference you went to where you felt like you actually had a positive impact on the larger technical community? A lot of conferences feel like corporate marketing where companies (usually the ones that pay the big sponsorship $$$) are pushing you to buy services or product. Other conferences feel like brainwashing where the message is constrained by a "Ministry of Truth" that limits the topics and speakers to those that align to their world view. No matter how many big parties and aging rock stars they truck in to woo the masses, you leave the conference feeling like you have been sold a technical lemon.
If you were fortunate enough to be at OSCON Java this past week, you were able to experience a different type of conference first hand. Here are some of the ways in which OSCON Java was not just another technical conference…
Hacking for a Purpose
What was the last time you got to sit down side-by-side with a conference speaker and technical guru such as Joe Darcy, Stuart Marks, Bob Lee, and Jeff Genender, and hack out some code? We setup and experimental hacking session where we did exactly this, pairing up attendees 1-to-1 with expert hackers to convert an open source codebase to use Java 7 features. For this project we chose Google Guice (no surprise) and by the end of the session had converted several source files to use new Java 7 features such as strings in switch, the diamond operator, and try with resources.
In addition, we also had a follow-on event after the very successful OSCON JVM Languages Symposium to work through a technical solution for JVM language interoperability. Normally this is something that could take months of technical debate to come up with a few possible solutions, but with the collective brainpower of several compiler authors and some technical herding by Ben Evans, they came up with a solution after only several hours.
No Corporate Shills
At OSCON Java you got to see leaders from across the industry standing side by side up on stage, and being transparent about how their corporate strategies affect technology and open-source. Steve Harris, SVP at Oracle, was bluntly honest about his corporation's failings in communicating to the Java community and made the point with some funny, self-deprecating slides, such as the "Oracle Threat Level" diagram:
However, he ended his speech on a high note with enthusiastic support for the Java community and Java User Groups in particular:
"Java User Groups Rock!"
And Some Geeky Fun
A good technical conference would not be complete without good, geeky fun. For this, we converted one of the exhibition halls into a giant carnival, complete with clowns, games to test your strength, obstacle courses, and of course plenty of carnival food. It was quite a stark difference from being in a tech conference surrounded by screens and computer, and was a great break from typical networking events.
My money in the above race is definitely on Fabiane Nardon (center), Brazilian Java User Group Leader. Once she sets her mind on something, she is extremely determined! 🙂
As you can see, OSCON Java is not your average technical conference. I owe the O'Reilly folks a huge debt of gratitude for being supportive of doing a different style of conference. They have a great culture of innovation and are far enough away from the corporate politics of Java that they can bring everyone to the table or the mutual benefit of the community.
While you may have missed out on one of the greatest Java events since the collapse of Sun, you can still catch some of the best parts on the OSCON video site:
Also, all the speaker slides are now available for the presentations:
See you at OSCON Java next year!!!


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Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis is a rare, but serious complication of a heart valve replacement procedure . A blood clot called a thrombus is attached to or near a prosthetic heart valve. This can obstruct blood flow or interfere with the function of the valve.
Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis is a medical emergency.
Heart Valves With Prosthetic Replacements
Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis is thought to result from an interaction between components of blood and the prosthesis, or blood flow in and around the prosthesis.
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your chances of prosthetic heart valve thrombosis include:
- Inadequate anticoagulant/blood thinning therapy after a valve transplant
- Prosthesis located at the mitral valve in the heart
- Atrial fibrillation
- Certain medications
- Cancerous tumors
- Systemic diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus , or inflammation and damage to various body tissues, including joints, skin, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood vessels, and brain
- Reduced cardiac pumping—possibly from heart failure
Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis may cause:
- Shortness of breath
- Difficulty breathing while lying down
- Swelling
- Fatigue
- Difficulty exercising
- Chest pain, burning, or pressure
- Nausea
- Numbness
- Loss of consciousness
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam may be done.
Images evaluate your heart and surrounding structures. These may include:
- Echocardiogram
- Fluoroscopy
Your bodily fluids may need to be tested. This can be done with blood tests.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include:
The first line of therapy is usually thrombolysis, which are medications that break up abnormal blood clots.
Anticoagulation Therapy
Anticoagulant medications are used to control clotting. Anticoagulation therapy may be used alone in people with small clots that are not obstructing the heart valve.
Valve Replacement
In some cases, surgery to replace the valve may be necessary.
In people who have prosthetic heart valves, antithrombotic therapy is the best proven way to reduce your chance of prosthetic heart valve thrombosis.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Michael J. Fucci, DO, FACC
- Review Date: 09/2018 -
- Update Date: 05/02/2014 -


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Welcome to the Tacoma Chapter of PASS
The next meeting will be on Jan 23rd.
The location will be Clover Park Vocational Technical College. We will be meeting in Building 16 room 116 at 7 pm.
Hope all is going well for the new year. To kick off
the new year we will be holding the Tacoma SQL Server User group meeting on Jan
23rd at 7 pm. It will be held at the Clover Park Technical
College campus in Lakewood at 4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood, WA
98499-4004. We will be meeting in room 116 in building 16. You can
use the following links to help locate our meeting room.
Below is information about the speaker and the presentation. If you have
questions please let me know.
Here is the abstract and bio.
DBA Toolkit
As a DBA you need tools to do your job. In this
presentation we will be discussing the different types of tools that are
available, and those that can be easily added to your DBA tool
kit. We will be discussing tools that help you with:
Maintaining your database environment
Monitoring your environment
Verifying your installation is set up correctly
Simplifying complicated and time consuming tasks
To goal of this presentation is to make sure you have some
ideas as to the types of tools that will help your manage and maintain your SQL
Server database environment. Keeping a well-stocked DBA tool kit allows
you to quickly react and resolve problem, as well as efficiently managing your
SQL Server environment.
Greg Larsen has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5. He works for the State of Washington and does part-time consulting for DesignMind, a San Francisco–based consulting company. Greg has written over 175 articles related to SQL Server. He manages the website www.sqlserverexamples.com. Greg is also an adjunct professor at South Puget Sound Community College. He has been an MVP since 2009. In his spare time, he races and cruises on his sailboat.
Below is information about the speaker and the presentation. If you have questions please let me know.
Greg Larsen
Chapter Leader
If you have any questions about this group and would like to be involved please feel free to e-mail us at
email@example.com or email@example.com
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Our disturbed friends at Retro Sabotage are all suspender-popping about their 20th sabotage since the site launched shortly before New Year's Eve. Remember, these are flash games that play normally (or close to it) before something goes horribly, comically wrong and beyond your control.
The latest is the "Missile Command Docudrama" although its message is, surprisingly, kind of serious. Tof from Retro Sabotage explained to me in an e-mail: "We wanted an "anti-sabotage" to celebrate the 20th release, and it's kind of a mirror to Mockumentary (though we got mails of people who somehow believed in that one)."
In the past I know we've linked to some of their other clever redos of classic arcade games. The Xevious Autopsy in particular is worth a look, and I think it's new since RetroSabotage last got a mention here.
Missile Command Docudrama [Retro Sabotage]


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Microwave not heating : It is one of the most common problems in microwave. The biggest reason behind microwave, not heating is usually a damaged magnetron. The magnetron produces microwave frequency responsible for cooking food. If you run the microwave empty, it can cause the magnetron to burn out. Other probable causes behind this problem are faulty diodes, capacitor burn, defective door switch and transformer failure.
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Most frequent causes behind your microwave not heating up:
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Defective Magnetron : After diode, the second most important component is magnetron. The microwave oven is mainly powered by the magnetron tube that utilizes high voltage producing microwave frequency responsible for cooking food. If you run the microwave empty, it can cause the magnetron to burn out. A damaged magnetron cannot be repaired and has to be replaced.
Defect in High Voltage Capacitor : The high voltage capacitor and high voltage diode work together to convert the output of A/C power to high voltage D/C in order to double the output voltage. If the capacitor is faulty or has burned out, the entire high voltage circuit will stop working. As a result, the magnetron won't be able to emit microwave frequency to heat or cook food i.e. microwave won't heat.
Defect in High Voltage Transformer : A faulty high voltage transformer does not let the incoming A/C power to convert into high voltage D/C, thereby leaving the magnetron powerless to emit heat to cook food. When a high voltage transformer fails, it will usually arc and have a burning smell.
Most frequent causes behind your microwave not working properly:
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Defect in Thermal Fuse : Whenever microwave overheats, the thermal fuse cuts off power to the microwave. You can use a multimeter in order to check whether the thermal fuse has blown out or not. If the fuse does not have continuity, it must be replaced.
Defect in Thermoprotector : If the microwave overheats, the Thermo protector trips to cut off voltage to the microwave. Just like a thermal fuse, if the Thermo protector is at fault, you can determine the same using a multimeter. If the Thermo protector does not have continuity, it must be replaced as well.
Scrape of metal inside microwave: Do you know that just a small piece of metal scrape is enough to cause a spark inside the microwave. When you clean the microwave with steel wool it ends up leaving behind the metal scrape from the wool. So it is strongly recommended not to clean the microwave with metal wool. Another reason is that the food that you heat may be covered with a foil and that foil is just enough to cause sparking inside the microwave oven.
Damaged or broken waveguide cover: You will come across a cover called waveguide cover over the magnetron. The waveguide is responsible for guiding heat waves to the central area where the food is kept in a microwave. This cover also prohibits the food particles from entering the magnetron. What happens is during cooking grease and some food particles escape and stick to the waveguide. The heat that gets discharged from the magnetron ends up burning these food particles and causes repeated sparks. These frequent sparks damage the waveguide cover. So a damaged waveguide cover causes repeated sparks.
Damaged rack support: Rack support is a hook-like part that supports the microwave. But if the microwave sparks near this support rack it means that the paint that is on the rack has deteriorated and it should be immediately replaced with a new one.
Not using microwave-safe utensils: If you are not using microwave-safe utensils that sparkling may occur.
Issue or problem with turntable: Like all other appliance age and constant use can cause the turntable to malfunction. This is the most common reason for microwave making loud and unusual noise.
Magnetron tube: If you constantly hear growling or a high pitched sound coming from the microwave then its a hint or an indication that the magnetron tube may have become defective. This magnetron tube is accountable or responsible for creating frequency which cooks the food. The device operates silently only when it is in good condition. Those high pitched and growling noises that you hear from the appliance indicates that the magnetron tube needs to be replaced.
Stirrer motor problem: The stirrer is a metal blade which is responsible for distributing the microwave energy by rotating and this is what causes your food to cook evenly. But after years of constant use this stirrer motor gets deteriorated and causes grinding noise.
Damaged control panel: Damaged control is the most common reason for microwave button not working. To determine whether it is an actual issue or not then try pressing each of the buttons on the control panel. If some buttons are working fine while others or not then you need to replace both the touchpad and the control panel.
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Membrane switch: If the buttons on the microwave touchpad do not work then it may be the problem with the membrane switch. Membrane switch is also known as a touchpad and has few electrical switches. With constant usage, the conductive coating on the touchpad can get damaged. To check this all you need to do is do unplug the appliance and remove the cabinet. Use the multimeter to test the touchpad. When pressed there should be few ohms of resistance and if not then you need to get it replaced.


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When Santa Claus declared Rovaniemi as his hometown, he told how his home at Ear Mountain (Korvatunturi) was revealed at the beginning of the last century and how this closely guarded secret spread the world over. In order to retain the privacy of his secret location, the Elf folk decided to build a place where Santa could meet people from near and far at the Northern Arctic Circle.
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This website is sure to help get you into the holiday mood!


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I wondered if anyone had used an Arduino to connect a USB keyboard/mouse to a computer with ps/2 sockets.
I found the exact opposite, ps/2 keyboard for USB computer but it I wonder if it could be reversed ?
http://dduino.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/ar ... ntrol.html
Plug the USB keyboard in to the Arduino and translate the codes into ps/2 sent to the computer.
This would open up a great many USB keyboards for use with the Milan.


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Finland is not historically known for its fondness of krautrock, even less so in producing bands who purvey the component elements in their music. The emergence of K-X-P and now Siinai's first full-length release, Olympic Games, means that there will be at least two exceptions, however.
The album's title is important, as it points toward the tricky, shifting concept of the concept itself. Throw in any kind of synthesiser and a slow-paced dynamic build-up and the mind is drawn instantly to Chariots Of Fire; that is a somewhat crude reference to Siinai's eight-track work, though Vangelis is obviously cited. Still, the individual titles are evocative and clear in what they try to convey – 'Marathon', 'Mt. Olympos', 'Finish Line', 'Munich 1972' and 'Victory', to take a few. The order also suggests that the album is not linear in its journey, however, with 'Victory' coming before 'Finish Line'.
The vastness of Olympic Games should be marked as a positive. Although lengthy, meandering passages can have some disengaging mentally, the textural density and structure leaves the possibility an unlikely event. Peaks and troughs are what we need and peaks and troughs are what we get – in each cut and overall. The predominant feeling early on is one of serenity patched with euphoria amidst frequent but not dramatic changes of pace, yet that all breaks for discordance and a more concerted speed on 'Munich 1972', for reasons relevant to the subject matter.
Any form of competition brings a range of emotions and, although there are no explicit lyrics and just a few choral vocalisations in the entire record, a variety of feelings are rendered throughout. Triumphalism is a perhaps rare form in this type of music, but it is one that is approached, albeit delicately to begin with. 'Victory' is where it is first truly felt, incrementally, before it all pours out, fanfare atop fanfare, seven minutes into the track's eight-and-a-half minutes. That triumphalism makes way for the plodding, heavy-legged and darkened 'Olympic Flame' which inhabits a cinematic spot somewhere between a John Carpenter movie and a dramatic pre-end sequence, right before the picture's pay-off.
Disappointingly and surprisingly, the record ends abruptly, without warning and with no great build-up – unless you count everything which came before, which you probably should if it is to be judged as an entire piece. Just like their countrymen K-X-P, Siinai have produced a sprawling, debut which is as rich in its influences as it is in its sonic make-up. It is by no means an instant record – unless you happen to find yourself amongst some dynamic scenery or situation – but what it does is unravel, slowly and surely.
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A parking structure implies more driving and more emissions, and from the perspective of the urban planner, it hogs valuable land that could otherwise be used for commercial, retail or public purposes. As David of the Good Human blog opined, "... a parking garage cannot be green, even if it was made from site-grown bamboo and ventilated by flapping butterfly wings."
But when I was approached to do a story about PerfectPark, the newly introduced (to the U.S.) robotic parking system from Italy, I started to believe in a green parking utopia. The system was invented by Trevi, Europe's leading civil engineering firm — the same guys who fixed the leaning tower of Pisa — in order to deal with massive and unbearable congestion problems common in cities like Rome and Stockholm, where tiny streets and historic buildings make high-density parking a near impossibility, and gridlock an ever-present reality.
The Trevi system is ingenious. One big silo, 72' across, is dug up to 9 levels deep with clearances of 18" to the side of a building, allowing it to be located in the most cramped of urban environments. A rotating mechanical platform is installed inside the silo which acts like a robotic valet, taking your car underground and shelving it in one of 108 slots. When you watch the video, it looks unbelievably high-tech, but in fact the system has been around for over 17 years with 20 installed and 30 planned systems throughout Europe. And the failure rate is essentially zero.
David Mitchell, who's company MitchCo, Inc. holds the sole license in the U.S. and Canada for the parking system, explains the value offered by this parking system:
With PerfectPark, you can take existing surface parking, bury it underground and create beautiful park settings above. On a 15,000 square-foot lot, we can install 216 spaces below ground, preserving the land above for public use. Normally, for surface parking, that much parking would take two acres of land.
But what really makes the system 'green,' in the tech sense of the word, is the dramatic reduction of resources required to both produce and run the structure, as well as a significant reduction in auto emissions related to parking and exiting time.
Because there is no need for driving lanes inside the structure, the average square foot per space is 220 square foot, about 40 percent less square footage than that required for a typical structure. That means considerably less building materials — about 30 percent less concrete according to an engineer I spoke to at MitchCo, and no structural steel at all (the concrete silo is self-supporting).
Also, because normal parking structures are occupied, the building code requires extensive lighting (120 8' double fluorescent tubes) running 24-7 and accounting for about 50,000 kWh of energy use per year for a typical 216 car structure, plus mechanical ventilation if the structure is underground. The Trevi system requires no lighting or ventilation and has the added bonus of delivering the car at a perfect range of 50-60 degrees, because it is naturally heated/cooled (depending upon the time of the year) by subterranean temperatures.
There is also a significant reduction of auto emissions when you factor in the average in-and-out time of a parking structure in the US — 8.1 minutes according to Parking Today. I did a little math on the auto emissions associated with parking and exiting time:
Assuming a 75 percent occupancy rate for a 216-car garage open peak hours 8-10 (with an average visit of 2 hours), that would mean in a typical day there would be about 1,100 in-and-out round trips. At 8 minutes a pop, that is 150 hours of driving or idling inside the structure per day! Since low speed stop-and-start driving and idling burns gas (one calculation shows about .003 gallons/per minute), that would mean about 27 gallons of gas used by people parking their cars x 365 days that's about 10,000 gallons of gas per year associated with just one 216-car garage.
In contrast, Perfect Park is just like a valet, except when you drive up to the platform you turn your motor off. When you leave the vehicle a security gate closes, and the elevator uses hydraulics to lower the car with almost zero energy. The robotic system then kicks in and rotates the car platform to shelve the vehicle. The retrieval process takes less than a minute. This does take a significant amount of energy, but according to Mitchell the energy requirements of the system are low enough that they can be covered by a solar panel system.
Several cities in California are licking their chops to be the first in the U.S. to have a PerfectPark. For all of the above reasons (and the additional benefits of eliminating exposure to both toxic fumes and physical assaults) MitchCo believes the system could receive up to 14 LEED points for a new construction project, making it attractive for developers and municipalities seeking a LEED rating for their green buildings, and some 'green parking' cache for their downtown renewal projects.
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|Large Magical Beast
|Hit Dice:
|7d10+21 (55 hp)
|50 ft. (10 squares)
|Armor Class:
|18 (-1 size, +1 dex, +8 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 16
|Base Attack/Grapple:
|Bite melee +11 (1d6+5) or Slam melee +11 (1d8+2) or Tongue touch +11 (1d3+2 nonlethal plus improved grab)
|Full Attack:
|Bite melee +11 (1d6+5) and Slam melee +6 (1d8+2) and Tongue touch +6 (1d3+2 nonlethal plus improved grab)
|10 ft./5 ft. (10 ft. with tongue)
|Special Attacks:
|Improved Grab, Tongue, Spit Out, Swallow Whole
|Special Qualities:
|Darkvision 60 ft., Low-Light Vision, Scent, Strange Egg
|Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +3
|Str 20, Dex 13, Con 17, Int 5, Wis 13, Cha 9
|Jump +15, Spot +3
|RunB, Endurance, Power Attack, Improved Overrun
|Solitary or Family (2-8)
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|5-8 HD (Medium) 9-12 HD (Large)
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Yoing! There was a strange sound, and suddenly your bag was gone, followed by a few metallic crunches and a distasteful PTHOO! Your coin bag hits you square in the face as a strange raptor-like dinosaur pipes its bulbous head through the bushes, a frog-like tongue snapping out at irregular times.
The yoshisaurus is a strange dinosaur vaguely resembling a raptor of some sort, devoid of feathers and scales which are small. It's body is bulbous and smooth, appearing almost like a frog, and like a frog it possesses a long sticky tongue capable of lashing out in the blink of an eye. Intelligent for dinosaurs, they possess a simple languages of grunts and other noises. They are shy creatures, easily spooked, but if befriended they may be trained as a mount and will remain brave, so long as their rider is about.
In spite of their predatory frames, the yoshisaurus is an omnivore, eating fruits and berries as well as anything small enough to fit in its mouth. Their claws are mobile as hands, but short and difficult to work with. They do not typically use weapons but are capable of holding or throwing objects from their forearms. Curious and hungry, riders should take care not to leave small fruit-sized objects hanging around, like coin bags...
Alone, a yoshisaurus always flees if it feels threatened. Only in great number or with a rider does it stay to fight. When not directed by the rider, yoshisauruses show a modicum of tactical thinking, preparing particular dangerous eggs with their Strange Egg ability and throwing them en masse at approaching enemies, before fleeing into cover and tongue-attacking and grappling opponents, pulling them into the brush, and attempting to defeat them one by one.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a yoshisaurus must hit must hit an opponent least one size category smaller than itself with its tongue attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
Spit Out (Ex): If an opponent starts out swallowed or grappled by the yoshisauruses' mouth, the yoshisaurus may spit him out with great force as a standard action. The target flies up to 60 feet away, taking 6d6 points of fall damage damage and making a Reflex save DC 18 or fall prone. Any opponents in the 60 foot line of the launched target must also make the same reflex save or fall prone as they are bowled over. The save DC is Strength based.
Swallow Whole (Ex): The yoshisaurus can try to swallow a grabbed opponent of Small or smaller size by making a successful grapple check. Once inside, the opponent takes 1d6+5 points of crushing damage plus 1d6+5 points of acid damage per round from the yoshisaurus' digestive juices. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by dealing 15 points of damage to the yoshisaurus' digestive tract (AC 14). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out. The yoshisaurus' gullet can hold 2 Small, 8 Tiny, 32 Diminutive, or 128 Fine or smaller creatures.
Strange Egg (Su): Yoshisauruses are egg laying creatures, but they have an unusual habit of laying purposefully augmented eggs containing bizaare properties. A yoshisaurus can have up to their constitution modifier in strange eggs (typically 3, minimum 1) at a time, if they lay another previous eggs loose their supernatural properties. The egg types are identifable by nature of their coloration, spots, and markings, and are activated by either breaking the egg or throwing it. Doing so is a standard action similar to drinking a potion, and provokes attacks of opportunity. Laying a strange egg takes a full-round action, and a yoshisaurus may create up to eggs 3/day. The following egg types are available:
|Egg acts as an alchemist's fire.
|Eggs deals 1d10 + strength modifier in bludgeoning damage.
|Egg acts as a potion of cure light wounds.
|Eggs acts as a tanglefoot bag.
|Egg acts as a thunderstone, and also dazzles for 1 round, no save.
Animal Companion/Special Mount[edit]
The yoshisaurus may be used as an animal companion or special mount, available as a creature with their effective druid or paladin level -6 (thus able to be obtained at level 7).
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Sun Microsystems has launched an update to OpenSolaris 2009.06. In short, OpenSolaris is Sun's transparent development tree for the next generation of the Solaris operating system. It's also quite useful as a developer/desktop GNOME-based OS. I spoke with Dan Roberts, Director Data Center Software at Sun, last week about this release, who told me about three main new features:
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With all of this work and new features continuing to go into OpenSolaris, you have to wonder: What about Solaris 10? It's been a few years now since Sun's flagship enterprise OS has seen a major upgrade (quarterly updates not withstanding). Additionally, major new features such as Crossbow are NOT planned for a Solaris 10 update. Roberts told me that although he could not give details, we can expect a major release to Solaris in the near future (where features such as Crossbow will be included).


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Morocco celebrates its festivals -- and diversity
A festive atmosphere can be seen on the Moroccan streets as the
country's three monotheistic faiths celebrate their holidays -- Eid Al-
Adha, Christmas, Hanukkah and the New Year -- side by side. Moroccans
hope the rest of the world can learn from their example of tolerance.
By Binoual Imrane for Magharebia in Casablanca -- 27/12/06
[Getty Images] About five million sheep, half of the Moroccan breeding,
will be sacrificed for the holidays.
Three major holidays of Morocco's three monotheistic religions occur
around the same time at the end of 2006: Christmas, Eid Al-Adha and
Hanukkah. "Eid Mubarak", "Merry Christmas", "Happy Hanukkah" and
"Happy New Year" are phrases used by Moroccans lately, as one feast
follows another.
In a single country, one can see each community preparing for its feast in
an unequalled spirit of tolerance. A special atmosphere can be found in
Morocco, particularly in the main tourist area, but also in the two capital
cities: Rabat, the political capital, and Casablanca, the economic capital.
Activities associated with preparations for Eid-el-Kebir or Eid al-Adha
(the Feast of Sacrifice) are going full steam ahead. Different feast-related
jobs proliferate. Shepherds, farmers and traders take over the markets
and hire garages to sell their sheep. The Jewish community is organising
various activities, particularly in their museum and in Essaouira,
Morocco's main Jewish city.
Hotels are adorned with decorations for all of the end-of-year festivities.
"The fact that Eid-Al-Adha coincides this year with the Christmas and
Hanukkah, whose festivities can be seen here in Essaouira, changes
nothing. Just as in other years, we have a rise in bookings in late
December because there are a lot of tourists from different cultures and
religions who will spend the New Year in Essaouira," says Mostapha Al
Azza, hotelier and chairman of the Essaouira provincial council for
Some cities in Morocco are even overbooked. "This year when three major
festivals come together, the 94 classified hotels, as well as the 490
boarding houses in the Red City are full, from December 22nd to January
5th. The clientele varies. There are foreigners, nationals, and groups of
Jewish, Moroccan and foreign pilgrims, who find themselves in Morocco
at this time. While Marrakech saw 100,000 tourists at the end of 2005,
this year, we are expecting 150,000 tourists," Abdelatif Abouricha, of the
Marrakech regional council, said.
Abouricha said the choice of Marrakech is not just by chance. "This is the
perfect example of a tolerant town. For example, there is a mosque
opposite a church in the Gu�lise district and the synagogues built in the
Medina of Mellah," he pointed out.
Tolerance in Morocco is unlikely to change simply because feasts from
various religions coincide. "It�s a coincidence which bodes well for the
three communities," stresses Simon Levy, general secretary of the Jewish
community in Casablanca.
"I hope this will be an opportunity in other parts of the world for these
three communities to stop hating each other. These feasts coming
together will catch their attention, and they will realise they have one
single God. And I hope they will then stop waging war against each
other," Levy said.
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Yesterday, at the Church of the Messiah in Brooklyn, the church basement became the Greenpoint Food Market.
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