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>Off the Beaten Path>Lance Armstrong appears finally to have run out of rope.
Incorrect extrapolation my friend. I said I distributed to athletes, not high school kids. You're drawing an incorrect conclusion. The circle I ran in was amongst individuals of my own age bracket. Not once did I distribute to minors. I knew of them. The kid down the street drove across the border and got "popped" upon his return...Not terribly bright on his part as his car was full of 4 young bodybuilders (these boys were quite big) and then they claimed nothing at Customs? LOL! They tore that car apart and found quite a stash. Heh.
Let's start over.
I come from a running background -- use of PEDs in track and field is ethically different from use of PEDs in body building. I think it's fair to assume that "everyone" in body building in the 80s and 90s was using, and it was accepted. I don't really pretend to know how folks view it in that community anyways because I have practically zero experience in that community.
In track and field, however, the use of PEDs is and always has been looked at as cheating. In cycling, too (even though it probably was as rampant as use in bodybuilding circles.) I have a good friend who was once a bodybuilder then a pro-level cyclist, and he has told me some stories of drug use that were crazy. They used to get high on speed and ride for hours and hours.
Anyways, I appreciate your honesty and straightforwardness, but I think that part of the difference in our attitudes towards Lance's doping comes from the difference in our competitive backgrounds and sport of interest.
I'm not naive about the use of PEDs in sport, but I don't think that the prevalence of PEDs is a good justification for use of PEDs.
The Logic of Long Distance
Feeling the growl again
You brought illegal drugs into the country, distributed prescription medication without a medical license so that athletes could cheat, and you are surprised that someone says "you suck"?
If it had been me I would have chosen stronger language.
"All pros cheat" is an incredibly weak, unsubstatiated argument. Science was a major part of Lance's demise, if you really sought to understand what happened. That same science would indicate that not all pros cheat. Besides, it's been pretty well established in 44 pages that the fact that others are cheating is poor justification for adding to the problem.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
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The saga continues: http://www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Lance-Armstrong-May-Admit-to-Doping-on-Oprah.html
2014 Goals:
Wait. He's going to be on Oprah?
That was so three pages ago.
The pain that hurts the worse is the imagined pain. One of the most difficult arts of racing is learning to ignore the imagined pain and just live with the present pain (which is always bearable.) - Jeff
2014 Goals:
Stay healthy
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Also, does bodybuilding operate under the rules of WADA? Im leaning towards NOT or there would be no need for "Natural" competitions that are tested.
That was so three pages ago.
Thought it was new news. Didn't see the link 3 pages ago. Don't mind me.
In other news, today is the day that we'll see how ignored Clemens, Bonds, and Sosa are wrt HOF. (Sosa. Heh.)
You brought illegal drugs into the country, distributed prescription medication without a medical license so that athletes could cheat, and you are surprised that someone says "you suck"?
If it had been me I would have chosen stronger language.
Surprised? No. I don't believe I even implied that I was surprised, just that somebody chose to take the opportunity to attack when all I was doing was being honest. I harbor no illusions that what I did "then" was ethical...which is precisely why I chose to get out when I did. My candor in the matter does come from personal experience with athletes that included swimmers, team sports and whatnot. My approach to the whole issue is somewhat "libertarian" and who am I to judge what a person wants to do? I make every effort not to judge others for their behavior, and I used to view the world as very "black or white" while discounting situational ethics. What I find sad is that the media exploits human nature to a great degree. There's a whole science to crafting what the public takes in as "news" to obtain a goal(s). I've even fallen victim to it. There was even a time and place when I used to view Fox News as "gospel"...Yes I admit it.
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Yup. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/50410208/ns/sports-baseball/
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Yup. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/50410208/ns/sports-baseball/
Well you are right, the media is adept at leveraging human nature and controlling the spin they put on events/news to push the agenda they want. Anyone who takes in any media source at face value and thinks there is not inherent bias is naive.
Regarding judging behavior, everyone is entitled to their own world view but I do judge people by their behavior and I don't feel bad about it in the least. Now when it comes to personal decisions that really affect only them, or viewpoints on things, I typically try to take a similar attitude to you and let them worry about their own lives. But ethics, while some situational nature may apply, are not endlessly fungible. Do you not judge murderers or child molesters? You probably do.
When someone opts into a set of rules that all are supposed to abide by, and advances themselves by breaking those rules, that is wrong. Period. (IMHO). This applies both inside and outside of sport. And I will think less of people like Armstrong who do that (even as a former fan...well, having been a fan probably makes me even harder on him).
When you decide to "be honest" and especially when you personalize your honesty to something you have done... in public... you kind of open the door to feedback.
Interesting reading.
"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
Do you not judge murderers or child molesters? You probably do.
Judge? No. Is it easy "not" to judge sometimes? No. Have my own feelings? Yes. I used to be in favor of capitol punishment; I no longer am so. In fact, 2 months ago we were the victims of a home invasion while I was at work. My wife was severely beaten, bound, and we were robbed. You see, my wife is a MMJ grower/patient. After they tased her, beat her, bound her and drug her into our bedroom, they clearly stated "We're here for the weed!". They took everything. Now...I won't deny what went through my head, as I looked upon my wife's battered and bruised face, was anything close to resembling acceptance, but we both decided to let the police do their thing in hopes that one day they will be caught and the "rule of law" will decide what should be done to these men. Do I want to see these men held accountable for what they did to my wife? Most certainly. Is it up to me to judge them and decide what is done to them? No.
In fact this horrific event has changed me, and how I view others, in such a profound manner that I can't even explain it. I've begun reading the works of Gandhi and the Dalai Lama.
I apologize for the tangent.


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However, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the Ralls Corporation has a right to a hearing over whether the White House should be forced to explain its decision.
In his September decision, Obama ordered Ralls Corporation, a company owned by Chinese nationals, to divest its interest in the wind farms it purchased earlier this year in Oregon. The wind farm sites are all in the vicinity of restricted air space near the Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility Boardman. The administration cites unspecified national security risks as the reason for blocking the transaction.
Ralls sued. Its CEO, Wu Jialiang, said in Beijing in October that his company would "never do anything that threatens U.S. national security."
Jackson said the federal courts don't have the power to get involved in the president's decision-making on this issue.
The law "is not the least bit ambiguous about the role of the courts: 'The actions of the president . . . and the findings of the president . . . shall not be subject to judicial review,'" she said.
However, Jackson said the courts can hold hearings on whether the government deprived Ralls of its property without due process of law.
"It is true that the finality provision will bar the court from hearing any attack on the president's findings," Jackson said. "But there is a difference between asking a court to decide whether one was entitled to know what the president's reasons were and asking a court to assess the sufficiency of those reasons."
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A get-walking Claremont walking group gets together Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings for a one-hour walk through various Claremont neighborhoods.
The group has been around since January.
All levels of walkers are welcome and the main group meets at 9 a.m. Tuesdays at the corner of Bonita and Yale avenues next to the Rhino Records parking lot.
The group walks around various Claremont Village neighborhoods and campus areas.
One day last week, there were about 20 people who walked.
The group has 45 people but depending on weather or time of year the numbers of people vary, organizers said.
Mike Eschleman, 69, helped start the group with the late former water polo coach Gary Troyer.
"It's a healthy exercise that makes you feel good in the morning," Eschleman said. "Hopefully, it pays off later in life."
Attendees who complete their first walk and show up for the second can receive a free shirt, Eschleman said.
Eschleman said he just walks a couple of days a week with the group.
"Walking with other people makes it fun not boring," Eschleman said. "It's kind of a social aspect."
Walkers come and go as they please and are not expected to walk every walk, Eschleman said.
The group consists mostly of "active seniors" who are age 55 and older with the oldest walker being age 85, Eschleman said.
But there is no age limit to participate, and occasionally walkers will bring their grandchildren.
Walker Sandy Hester, 69, said she took the summer off after having foot surgery but was back to walk more regularly.
"Showing up is the hardest part," said Hester, who has been with the group since January. "The rest is easy and fun. Once you're here, it flows."
Hester said the walks help attendees get more familiar with the scenery in Claremont.
Harold Eno, 85, said he had also walked with the group since January.
"I've been to every walk except two weeks where I was out sick," Eno said. "I like the friendships. Just the way we can socialize."
Eno said he does walk on his own but "this (group) is more fun."
After the walk, group members who want to will meet for coffee, Hester said.
On Thursdays, the group meets at 8 a.m. at Thompson Creek Trail in the parking lot at 2471 N. Indian Hill Blvd.
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Sabres sharpen up for Reid tournament
Host team for 36th annual bantam AAA tournament plays HC Kometa Brno of the Czech Republic at 8 p.m. Thursday
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 06:00 am
The St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres are ready to rattle the best of the best at the John Reid Memorial Tournament.
The 36th annual St. Albert bantam AAA competition at Servus Credit Union Place features a star-studded line-up of top-ranked teams in western Canada, plus HC Kometa Brno of the Czech Republic � the first European entry in tournament history � and the Los Angeles Jr. Kings, Dallas Stars Elite and Phoenix Jr. Coyotes.
�We�re really excited. We usually play better against the stronger teams so I think we�ll do pretty well,� said assistant captain Jack Langenhahn. �We just have to take it one game at a time and do our best.�
The tournament draw consists of four divisions divided into two conferences to declare the playoff pairings in the A, B and C brackets.
In pool play Thursday the Sabres play the Winnipeg Monarchs at 11 a.m. and HC Kometa Brno in the feature game at 8 p.m. The team�s last game before the playoffs is Friday against the Okanagan Hockey Academy of Penticton at 2:15 p.m. Northstar Hyundai Arena is the site for all three games.
�Our goal definitely is to finish at the top of our pool that we�re in. Even though it�s a hard pool I still think we can do it,� said captain Matt Kasowski.
The stands will be packed when the Sabres face-off against the Czechs.
�We�re really excited to play that game. They�re from a different country so it should be cool,� Langenhahn said. �We�ll prepare like we always prepare and play our game and hopefully come out with a win.�
The tournament schedule is on page 53 or visit www.johnreidmemorial.com for game times.
Langenhahn and Kasowski are the only returning Sabres from last year�s 2-3 showing.
The year before the Sabres lost their last four games to finish 1-4 after going 2-3 in 2011 and 3-1-1 in 2010.
�Last year we finished I think 10th in the tournament and we did pretty good. This year we�re feeling confident that we�re a team that can finish there or even better this time around,� Kasowski said. �The big thing is don�t be afraid to make mistakes. I know there are scouts everywhere these days, but you just have to go out there and have fun and make sure you pot a few for the team.�
Langenhahn, 14, stressed the Sabres can�t take a shift off in the tournament.
�You�ve got to give it your all every game. They�re all good teams. They�re all good players. You just have to make sure you�re on your game whenever you play,� said the hulking six-foot-four left winger.
He registered only one point in last year�s tournament, but it was a memorable goal to knot it at two in the second period of the 6-4 win over Winnipeg in Thursday�s feature game.
�The crowd was really excited. It was awesome. It felt good,� Langenhahn said.
Kasowski enjoyed being a rink rat at last year�s four-day event.
�The biggest thing I remembered was just being at the rink all day. Living in St. Albert and it being hosted here in St. Albert, there really wasn�t much time to go home and back, so you just stayed at the rink all day. It was great,� said the 14-year-old defenceman who was pointless in five games in the tournament.
The Sabres (14-9-4), ranked third in the very tough nitro north division in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League, were playing their best hockey of the season on the eve of the tournament.
Monday�s 6-5 setback to the nitro-leading SSAC Southgate Lions (22-4-1) � the three-time defending AMBHL champions and 2013 western Canadian gold medallists who lost last year�s tournament final 3-2 to the North Shore Winter Club Hawks � ended a nine-game undefeated streak.
�At the start of the year we used the John Reid as a marker. We said we have to build up to the John Reid and prepare for it because it�s the biggest bantam AAA tournament in western Canada. It�s pretty important,� said Kasowski, a Grade 9 Vimy Ridge Academy student who has five goals and 15 points in 27 games.
Ryan Cooper tallied twice and assisted on Aidan Steinke�s goal with 41 seconds remaining to pull the Sabres to within one of SSAC at Akinsdale Arena.
Langenhahn sniped his team-leading 13th goal and Marcus Walter also scored. Josh Antunes had three helpers.
The Sabres were outshot 34-16. In net was Nate Reinhart (9-5, 2.37 GAA).
The day before the Sabres crushed the Leduc Oil Kings 8-2 in St. Albert for their seventh win in nine games.
�We�ve been preparing more before the games better. We�re taking it more seriously and we�re more focused before the games, which has really helped,� said Langenhahn, a Grade 9 Richard S. Fowler student who is third in team scoring with 25 points in 25 games.
Langenhahn�s hat-trick and Kasowski�s one goal and two assists led the attack against Leduc (6-18-2). Walter, Tyler Collins, Evan Haimila and Zach Marano also scored.
Shots were 34-26 for the Sabres and the winning goalie was Chris Curr (5-4-4, 3.10 GAA).
Defensively the Sabres are second in nitro and fourth overall out of 12 north teams at 73 against and are sixth best offensively with 92 goals.
�We�re really good defensively. We�re really good at collapsing in our own zone. It�s kind of our thing. It�s what we�re known for around the league,� Langenhahn said.
ICE CHIPS: Kasowski and Steinke represented the Sabres at the AMBHL all-star game Saturday at Bill Hunter Arena. Steinke, a centreman who played on the wing, recorded two assists in the first period and Kasowski had one helper for the north all-stars in the 5-4 win. Steinke, the Sabres top scorer with 27 points in 27 games, also needed seven stitches to close a gash on his forehead from a hit midway through the first. He returned to the ice in the middle frame and finished the game.


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This is my first post and I am a newbie to python. I have been using Visual Basic for some time because dummies like me want to be able to build GUI easily. Is there a IDE with GUI capabilities similar to Visual Basic for Python? A GUI builder in which one can drag and drop GUI controls, double-clicked on the controls to go straight to the code ... something like Visual Basic.
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A DRUNKEN woman who repeatedly hit her partner over the head with a saucepan and then tried to knife him, is behind bars for 16 months.
Burnley Crown Court heard how Carmen Dean, 44, had herself suffered domestic violence – but not at the hands of victim Gustav Gugi – and her attacker had inflicted a serious head injury.
She had since had three strokes and been left with memory loss – which prompted judge Beverley Lunt to say her behaviour was 'beyond belief'.
Dean, a heroin addict for many years, was said to have turned to excessive drinking when she kicked her drug habit.
She had gone for Mr Gugi with the knife when he was wearing two coats, one of them leather and although the weapon went through the layers of clothing, he was not cut.
He was found staggering in the streets, shaking and upset, by a friend and told her his girlfriend had 'whacked him' on the head with a pan and stabbed him.
The hearing was told the defendant had a 'dreadful record' with almost 50 offences on it, and in September 2012 was locked up for a year for mugging frail 78-year-old dementia sufferer William Robinson in the street.
Dean had targeted the former Burnley publican because he was vulnerable and his family said afterwards her actions had 'ripped his life apart'.
The defendant earlier admitting two charges of assault causing actual bodily harm, last November 20 and 21.
Stephen Parker, prosecuting, said Mr Gugi had at that time been with Dean for 11 years.
He believed she was schizophrenic and would say she drank too much and took drugs as well.
Last November 20, they were at her home on Smith Street, Nelson, and he could see she was going to lose it and kick off.
He decided to leave before anything happened, went to the back door and Dean hit him across the head with a saucepan three times. The victim managed to run off.
He suffered bumps and bruises and spent the rest of the night wandering round the town centre as Dean had his house keys.
Mr Parker said the next day, Mr Gugi was going to the defendant's house for the keys, bumped into her on the back street and asked for them.
Dean said she didn't have them, was getting aggressive and angry and he decided to leave.
He was making some toast when he was struck across the head three times with the same saucepan.
The victim made towards the back door, Dean had a knife in her hand and went towards him with it. Mr Gugi put up his arm to protect himself and the defendant stabbed him through his clothing. He met his friend in the street and was taken to hospital.
Richard Taylor, for Dean, said in 2012, she had successfully completed drug detoxification. She had significant mental and physical problems. Mr Gugi had problems as well.
The solicitor said: "They stayed at each other's houses and they drank far too much. She accepts the relationship is over."


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Which mods are you using ? i also started game 2 days ago and didn't do any quests so far,just keep wandering around killing stuff.
Here are my mods,
Started playing Metal Gear: Revengeance: Deshi Basara today. Loving every second of it. It is basically what you would expect from a game starring "the" Cyborg Ninja. Pretty much all the "Holy freaking crap" moments of the entire Solid series in playable form.
A few battles are pretty painful though, but i have yet to find one that isn't fun. It is definitely not "hard but fair", but I would say it is "Hard and batpoop insane"
And in PC news: After realizing Crysis 3 was coming out this week, I started finishing up my re-run of Crysis 2. Have to say, I actually LIKE the aliens in that one. Weird, I know. But they are a good way to provide fun heavy mooks. Rather than fighting norks in nanosuits for some reason (or those god damned squids), you just get heavily armored foes who will still go down if you fire a burst or two into their skulls.
Unlocked Crysis 3 using a VPN and finished the first two levels in three hours (the 2nd took me more than two hours).
I'm as impressed as the first time I played the Crysis demo. It's MINDBLOWING. Words can't express how well it plays and how beautiful it is.
Unless it takes a nosedive in the next five levels it will end up better than the first.
Plying Risen 2 these days, a game that I almost pre-ordered a year ago and now I'm glad I didn't. It's not a bad game but it should have been in the development a little more.... Graphics can be gorgeous one moment and awful the next (especially animations. The worst I have seen lately). Fighting is good and engaging, but can be very unresponsive at times and many times I died because I kicked instead of rolling... You start the game with a companion and than, for now apparent reason, she "leaves the party" and now I can't complete side quests because the fights are too difficult to handle by myself, so I am forced to continue to the next location...
The character building looks interesting but it's very hard to make a choice, since the game is heavily hinting towards a certain direction (swords and thievery) and punish you if pick a different direction. Buying skills from trainers (a good idea) is very expensive and without pick-pocketing and lock-picking skills you'll find gold can be a very rare thing. But picking those instead of sword-fighting can make questing and exploring impossible to do. Especially after your companion leaves you without a warning...
Risen 2 should have been a great RPG, but maybe it was too big and ambitious for it's own (and it's developers) good.
Dwarf Fortress and now building fort #1321543354211 for the glory of the mountainhomes! It looks like my last broker, whom I I'm not sure whether she is trained in crossbows, had killed a giant cave spider on her own while she was webbed. It's pretty sad that she didn't make it alive, oh she fought hard. Well, time to put her to rest in a golden Sarcophagus in the tombs in the 40th floor
Dwarf Fortress is one of those games I really wish I could play. Isn't there another version in the works for people who can't translate Matrix-code, or did I just imagine that?
Though I bet they'd find a way, just to spite me.
But seriously now, get a graphics tileset modded into the game with this. It might help you go easy on your eyes
- Make the game harder, because Ive heard that its better that way and not much of a challenge out of the box
- Make the game look better, because its the definition of fugly out of the box
- Add extra content that will enhance the experience without breaking the game or changing it too much
So for Option 1)
Playing on Hard Difficulty, Hardcore Mode
Project Nevada with XP nerfed at 66% gain. I think this was maybe too severe starting out in hindsight but now Ive got a grip of the systems and mechanics I think it will prove to be a good balance between challenge and reward. At level 5 about 16 hours in I can kill most enemies I encounter with planning but am easily crippled if Im not careful or facing more than 2 or so enemies, or something obviously higher level.
Reload Mod-Highly Recommended. Requires that you manually reload your guns when empty, and switching between weapons doesnt reload them either. Havent played it without this but I suspect it would feel far more gamey without it. It means you have to plan your fights tactically and spontaneous fights are far more tense and frantic as a result.
I ignored everything I got at the start with the Ultimate Edition, just dropped it, as it seemed pretty OP compared to the stuff I was picking up in the game proper
Option 2)
NVE Shaders
Project EVE, which improves FX and Physics
Nevada Skies, which adds weather cycles, with a darkness adjuster to make nights properly dark
NMC and Poco Buneo Textures
New Veags Redesigned, to de-Bethesda faces
Electro City, to add lights to night-time
NV Interior Lighting to make in doors gloomy and more atmospheric
A few Weapon reload animations
HD Blood Texture
Weapon Rexture Project
Dust Particle Retexture
Dyno Vision and Imaginator to try and add some personality to the Wastes
Darnify Text to shrink fonts and HUD display in game
Game looks Hi-Res across the board for the most part and crisper, as well as more moody and characterful. Can't say it looking any better given the nature of the engine.
Option 3)
Several of the Uncut episodes
Clint Eastwood Man with no name outfit
Duster Armour
A few suits of Power armour
A few other outfits and costumes
A big Backpack
3rd Person Fix
Companion Sandbox
Mojave Music Radio
Play my own MP3 Radio mod, with some choice blues stuff, Deadwood Soundtrack, some Tom Waits, various Sons of Anarchy songs
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There's some other stuff there but it's nothing major, just tweaks here and there. Game crashes every few hours or so, could probably fix it with a better load order but it only takes about 30 seconds to get back into playing so I don't really care. I thought about adding some of the extra encounters stuff but so far the ratio of expanse to monsters feels pretty good. I dont want the wastes to be crawling with life or full of stuff in places that arent/werent obviously inhabited, for the sake of immersion.
I'm not Level 5 and a half, focussing on Guns, Speech and Lockpicking as I figure the latter two will be necessary to "unlocking" as many parts of the game as possible, if it's like any other RPG. So far Ive saved Goodsprings (does Sunny just disappear or am I missing her? She survived, although Cheyenne didn't :( ), rescued Primm/Beagle and got him to clear out Bison Steve with me, sprung a man from prison totally arbitrarily deciding not to make him Sheriff anyway, stole a museum artefact, done a load of hunting, visited Mojave Outpost and installed the NCR into Primm, fixed ED-E and am now on the way back to Goodsprings to get fixed up for concussion. I have to work out if I want to go on to the Caravan Cass told me about or go to Novac first. Any suggestions anyone? Also, can someone explain whether karma does anything I need to care about?
For the people playing Euro Truck Simulator 2, these nVidia tweaks are worth looking into, they make the game look fairly nicer. Although my 560ti couldn't handle that 4x Sparse Grid thing, I had to lower it to 2x.
For me it is not the ASCII graphics that make roguelikes annoying, it is the lack of a good mouse interface. I can't be arsed learning all of the arcane commands and interface interactions. I want to be able to mouse over something and be shown information about what it is, and so on. The ASCII graphics are not really bad at all because they allow you to put a lot of different stuff in your game and not worry about what it looks like.
Bad graphics isn't a game-breaker. Bad UI is, and that's why I'm glad the '90s are gone for good.
Because of this, my top driver, who has exactly the experience I do and two thousand more kilometers on the road, makes about a third of the money, largely because he keeps doing the Milano-Zurich loop with a deadhead every three runs whereas I go Milano-Zurich-Luxembourg-Amsterdam-Edinburgh-Cambridge-Calais-Lyon-Innsbruck-Mannheim-Milano or, y'know, whatever works.
In that most manshoots have given me a creepily comprehensive knowledge of modern automatic firearms, this game seems to want to teach me the ins and outs of trucks. Well, European tractor trailers, anyway. No Peterbilts, Kenworths, Freightliners, Macks or, indeed, any trucks that don't have a cab-forward design. It's like you care about parking them more than driving them. Or to put it another way, you built your trucks to handle your countries. We built our country to handle our trucks.
1) Go play Fallout 3 where Deathclaws are a joke and you can kill very easily.
2) Man up! Level up! Attack them from behind with a high powered weapon and hope to god it scores a good critical.
In all seriousness depending on your playstyle Deathclaws can be an absolute nightmare in FO:NV, but they're meant to be. If my memory serves right there's an entire village full of them. Eventually they can become too easy again, but only if you're not using mods.
What I would attempt to do at lower levels is one, just avoid them, but failing that, attempt to slow them by shooting their legs and then blind them. Then either run or try finish them off.
Also there is a midget Deathclaw somewhere in the game.
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OUTSIDE of winning group races, the most pleasurable aspect of training racehorses is often resurrecting the career of a gifted one that has lost its way.
Mark Kavanagh is in such a position at Caulfield on Wednesday with his talented sprinter Undeniably, who is chasing his first victory in two years in the $125,000 Christmas Stakes.
Kavanagh admitted that it had been a long road back for Undeniably, who three years ago appeared set to be contesting feature sprint races after displaying extraordinary talent as a three-year-old. But a now infamous float trip from Kavanagh's Adelaide stables to his Melbourne base involving Undeniably and another promising horse, Shrapnel, was the start of a very forgettable episode.
''They contracted travel sickness and neither horse was ever the same again,'' Kavanagh said.
''We're hoping, however, in Undeniably's case, that all of the work in both states to get the horse somewhere near its best can pay off.
''We had to hit him with some very strong antibiotics at the time to curb the illness and he just didn't seem to respond. We gave him a few preparations but it was just a matter of trying to get him physically right and then we could start working on a racing career.''
Kavanagh realised that some of the intense work on Undeniably may be starting to pay dividends after a rejuvenated trial performance at Werribee five weeks ago.
Stable jockey Michael Rodd said he was ''overwhelmed'' by the trial but, more importantly, how he was showing signs of being the sprinter of the past.
Undeniably resumed at Caulfield earlier this month and, after dropping out to last in the early stages, Kavanagh thought it was back to square one with the sprinter.
But Undeniably found his rhythm on the turn and reeled off a sizzling final sectional to finish second to well-credentialled stablemate Catapulted.
''He was a pretty sick horse and it's taken a lot of work, and hopefully that placing will mean the start of things to come,'' Kavanagh said.
''He's not a horse you take lightly; he's a big animal and a very good horse when he's at his peak.
''I just hope that the Caulfield run is a true indication that the horse is on the road to better things.''
Leading apprentice Jake Noonan rode Undeniably last start and he retains the ride in the Christmas Stakes, with No. 1 stable rider Michael Rodd on holiday.
''Jake rode him at Caulfield and did absolutely nothing wrong on him, so why not put him back on and we can go one better,'' Kavanagh said.
The trainer looks set to play a significant role in major sprints during the Christmas/New Year break, as he also has the chance to win back-to-back Standish Handicaps with his tough sprinter Catapulted.
The seven-year-old resumed with a dominant win when lumping a big weight at Caulfield, adding to his imposing record when fresh.
It's an ideal position to be in for Kavanagh with two strong sprinters competing for good prizemoney during the off-season.


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Frost & Sullivan Commends AT&T's Mobile Asset Tracking Solutions
AT&T Receives Frost & Sullivan 2011 North American Product Line Strategy Award in Mobile Asset Tracking
Dallas, Texas, January 30, 2012
No company wants to lose track of its valuable assets. Using GPS and cellular technology, AT&T* can help businesses locate and manage everything from cargo containers to construction equipment to vehicles or trailers. And today, these mobile asset tracking solutions received high honors from industry analysts. Frost & Sullivan has presented AT&T with the 2011 North American Product Line Strategy Award in Mobile Asset Tracking.1
"AT&T's product line strategy has focused on providing top-tier solutions, a wide choice of alternatives, attractive pricing, and synergy with the worker and fleet tracking needs that their customers may also be wrestling with," wrote Jeanine Sterling, Senior Industry Analyst, Mobile and Wireless Communications, Frost & Sullivan.
In addition to winning the Product Line Strategy Award, AT&T's asset tracking solutions scored a perfect 10 on Frost & Sullivan's rating scale.
Highlights of AT&T's portfolio include:
- Broad range of product offerings, delivered through relationships with leading technology vendors, to suit the varying needs of customers.
- Scalable and flexible cloud-based solutions that allow customers to pay for mobile asset tracking on a per-month, per-user basis.
- Ability to integrate asset tracking with additional services, such as fleet management, mobile workforce management and a variety of other wireless transportation solutions.
- Further enhancement of through AT&T Location Information Services, which provides cross-carrier, network-based location information to improve indoor asset tracking performance.
- Practice of designating industry experts to create solutions that fit customers' specific business models, with a high degree of customization available.
According to Frost & Sullivan, "AT&T has demonstrated its usual high-level marketing skills by assembling a best-in-class product line of mobile asset tracking solutions."
For more information on asset tracking, visit AT&T's vertical industry solutions webpage.


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A "study" that a French team of scientists claim shows that Monsanto Company's biotech transgenic corn can cause health problems has researchers around the world skeptical and biotechnology industry science community repudiating the French as off base in their conclusions.
The controversy also centers around whether Roundup herbicide is also a contributing factor to the French scientists' results. How much the science group has an axe to grind against biotech crops and Monsanto, as the international lead in developing biotech crops, is also under scrutiny.
If the results of the study stand up, it would be the first time in history that biotech crops have been found to be unsafe for consumption by animals or humans. Food safety is a major contention of the biotech industry in favor of such crops being appropriate for worldwide production and as safe as conventional counterpart crops.
The French researchers claim they have initial findings suggesting transgenic corn or Roundup herbicide fed to rats cause a higher than normal rate of tumors and premature deaths.
The French government immediately announced a national agency will investigate the study, looking for a reason to ban importation of the particular corn variety referred to as NK603.
A Russian government agency jumped even faster than the French government in calling for the suspension of the Monsanto-developed corn being imported into the country. The Russian agency known as the consumer rights arm of the Russian Ministry of Health, reports Russian government scientists have been asked to scrutinize the French study. But, in the meantime imports of the NK603 corn has been banned. Suspicion is that the Russians are playing politics in one way or another and looking to validate themselves as non-biotech grain producers for exporting to Europe.
The French government seems to be giving the study a lot of validity, too, because the study was "peer-reviewed" before being published in the Food and Chemical Toxicology journal and because a lead researcher reportedly has former and current connections to the French government
"This was the longest and most detailed experiment ever published, not only on a GMO but on a pesticide. The results are alarming," the University of Caen professor Eric Seralini is quoted as telling reporters.
Tom Helscher, a Monsanto spokesman, said the company would review the study thoroughly. "Numerous peer-reviewed scientific studies performed on biotech crops to date, including more than a hundred feeding studies, have continuously confirmed their safety, as reflected in the respective safety assessments by regulatory authorities around the world," Helscher said in a statement printed in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Activist organization scientists are applauding the study while other scientists are criticizing the results as not adequately supported. For example, "We've never done this kind of study before, and we should have been doing it a long time ago," Andrew Kimbrell, of the Washington-based Center for Food Safety, a group critical of the regulations surrounding genetically engineered crops, was also quoted by the St. Louis Post Dispatch writer Georgina Gustin. "I've heard for two decades that no one's shown any health impacts with GMO foods. As of Sept. 19, 2012, that's no longer true."


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A small store which has a lot of candy and other junk food. It also has coffee and other caffine filled beverages. some of them have bathrooms which are dirty as shit and smell worse. A lot of them are next to gas stations so you get sucked in to the store and buy a shit load of candy when you see it. The most famous probably being 7 11 but a lot are just one-of-a-kind stores which are basically the same as 7 11. They are also targeted for crime like shop lifting or a simple cash register robbery.
guy 1: I went into a convience store the other day went to the shitty bathroom, bought too much candy and when i was almost out the door some guy robbed the cash register
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Recipes For Happiness
The Clarence Joseph and Irma (nee Ritt) Ebel Family
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Ted used the Reese's Peanut Butter approach to author and create Recipes For Happiness, combining two great individual things to create an even greater third thing. But instead of combining chocolate and peanut butter, Ted combined two of his favorites - his love for family history and his love for home-cooked specialty dishes. The resulting book is a unique work - it includes his family history (on his mother's side) as well as some of the best home-cooked dishes known to man.
Recipes For Happiness includes 26 of the best recipes -- main courses, side dishes, and desserts -- that you will ever make. These family recipes have been handed down through the generations and many, if not all, may not be available anywhere else.
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Author Ted Wachholz is the Executive Director of the Eastland Disaster Historical Society. He has authored two books on history: (1) The Eastland Disaster, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-3441-2, and (2) Recipes for Happiness, Blurb.
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DETERMINED brownie Louisa Souter-Frost has proved she can turn her hand to anything – from pet care and stargazing to circus skills and judo.
The versatile ten-year-old, who is a member of the 2nd North Petherton Brownies, has become one of an elite band of girls to add all 57 proficiency badges to her sash.
From mucking out the horses after her weekly riding lessons to reading more than 100 books in six months, Louisa has worked diligently over the past three years to lay claim to the rare achievement.
As well as caring for her six guinea pigs, growing vegetables for her family and taking up Judo, she also immersed herself in stargazing at the Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth and performed a clown and mime act at a circus skills event.
Her quest for the 57th and final badge saw her lead six fellow brownies on a two-night camp in group leader Carol Spencer's back garden to gain her advanced camper's badge.
"We tried everything we could over a six month period to find a camp she could go on to complete her last badge and every time the weather put a stop to it, so in the end we decided to set the campsite up in my back garden," said Carol.
"Although the weekend was damp, a plush cooker replaced the wet wood of an open fire, giving the girls a chance to prepare and cook meals whilst enjoying a fun weekend of ventures outdoors."
Louisa's family have played a strong supportive role in her achievements, with her dad Ray helping her record her work in journals and taking to the streets to video-tape her progress in cycle proficiency.
Her ultimate encouragement came from older brother Cameron, who inspired her to reach her full potential after becoming the first cub scout in Devon to gain all his badges.
"When Cameron completed his badges I said that I would do the same, and now I have," said Louisa, who attends King's Hall School in Taunton.
"I am really proud and grateful to all of the leaders and other brownies who have helped."
South West England girlguiding chief commissioner Solange Rebours said: "Guiding provides opportunities for girls and young women to reach their full potential in a safe girl-only space.
"I am delighted that Louisa has been able to enjoy all that guiding offers, as she has worked towards her badges and enjoyed many different experiences, supported by her leaders."


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Miami Shores, Fla. (April 5, 2008) – The Saint Leo University softball team (27-10, 8-4 SSC) was swept in a Sunshine State Conference doubleheader at No. 2 Barry University (34-2, 12-0 SSC) on Saturday afternoon at Buccaneer Field in Miami Shores, Fla. The Bucs spoiled a Lion comeback in game one, winning 8-7 before completing the series sweep with a 12-0 win in a five-inning game two.
Amanda Patrick (Fr., Tampa, Fla.) went 2-for-5 with a home run, triple and three RBI on the day. Tatiana Casis (Jr., Tampa, Fla.) finished the day going 2-for-6 with an RBI. Ashley Urbanik (Jr., Riverview, Fla.) went 1-for-5 with a home run in the doubleheader, stretching her career home run total to 20, which is the most in program history.
In the first game, Saint Leo started hot as Patrick sent a one-out pitch over the 220 foot marker in centerfield fence in the top of the first inning to put the Lions up 1-0. Barry answered in the bottom of the inning, as the Bucs linked three singles together tying the game at 1-1. After a scoreless second inning, Barry took the lead on an RBI double to right centerfield in the third giving the Buccaneers a 2-1 lead.
Barry extended its lead to 3-1 one on a perfectly executed suicide squeeze bunt in the third. In the Saint Leo fourth, Casis singled before Urbanik blasted her 10th home run of the year deep over the left centerfield fence tying the game 3-3. Lions' errors and three Buccaneer singles helped Barry retake the lead, as they crossed the plate four times in the fifth.
Despite trailing 7-3 heading into the final inning, the Lions did not go quietly as they strung together four hits and four runs to come back and tie the game. Ally Maddox (Jr., Brandon, Fla.) delivered the tying run with a single. Despite the comeback, Barry answered with a run in the bottom of the seventh to win the game, as the winning run was scored on a wild pitch.
Urbanik (19-6) was saddled with the game one loss going the distance and giving up eight runs (three earned), with a pair of strikeouts.
Barry never looked back in game two, as the Bucs scored runs in all four innings they batted en route to the 12-0 win in five innings. The Saint Leo offense was quieted by Amber Jack, as she tossed a five-inning no-hitter.
Saint Leo will travel to Tampa, Fla. next weekend for a three-game SSC series versus the University of Tampa. The teams will meet Friday night at 7:00 p.m. with a doubleheader scheduled for Saturday at 1:00 p.m.


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North Platte upped the ante for a new state veterans home, now offering a total of $8.6 million in cash incentives, city officials said Tuesday.
North Platte is competing with the tri-cities of Kearney, Hastings and Grand Island, which are all competing for the $100 million-plus project.
Although some of the tri-cities seem to be offering more dollars, North Platte already has infrastructure in place, city administrator Jim Hawks said.
Mayor Dwight Livingston said North Platte is the right place for the home, filling a geographical void in veterans service in the west central part of the state.
Livingston, Hawks and Chamber of Commerce Director Dan Mauk took two large boxes of presentation materials Monday to the selection committee in Lincoln. The committee is schedule to come to North Platte to see possible sites first-hand.
The three city officials handed out 10 copies of an 800-page book in Lincoln, plus thousands of supportive signatures and hundreds of supporting letters.
If North Platte is chosen, it would be a central location for the home, reaching an estimated 10,000 veterans who currently have to travel 150 miles just to get to the existing home in Grand Island. If surgery is needed, they have to travel more than 225 miles to Bellevue, or else 270 miles to Denver.
And if family cannot make the trip, the veteran is in a situation similar to their experience on active duty, separated from loved ones, said North Platte supporter Ron Bourne, a veteran and a nurse anesthetist.
The city has already pledged $4 million to the project. Mauk said $1.6 million is available from the reserves of the Chamber and the Development Corporation, and the business community has pledged another $3 million.
The incentive money would be used for land acquisition, construction assistance and employee development, he said.
Mauk said 4,000 signatures and 300 letters of support have been submitted.
Bourne vowed that the letter writing campaign would continue until the decision is made.
"We want to give this everything we've got," he said.
Hawks said all of west central Nebraska has come together to bring this project together and better serve veterans.
The home would be 7.5 acres under one roof, employ about 380 people and have 225 beds.
It would have a huge economic impact in the area but thats not the main concern," Livingston said. "More importantly, it would provide better support to thousands of veterans.
If the home is built in North Platte, it would most likely be built on West A near Lakeview, which would be near the emergency services provided by the fire and rescue station down the street. Streets and utilities are already in place, with housing nearby. Hawks said it would be a good location, a good fit with the characteristics of that area.
Another possible site is west of the south campus of North Platte Community College, also already connected to a major street and utility main lines except a short stretch of sanitary sewer, Hawks said.
A third site is in the industrial park near the Cabelas call center that is not as well connected, he said.
Again, the officials reiterated Lincoln County's long tradition in serving veterans. From the world-famous WWII Canteen to the 20th Century Veterans Memorial to the proud traditions of Ft. McPherson, the area has demonstrated commitment to the men and women who served in the military.
North Platte also offers excellent emergency medical services. Great Plains Regional Medical Center has a $100 million expansion underway, bringing state-of-the-art services.
Outdoor, handicap-accessible recreation opportunities are plentiful. The city is easily accessible through public transportation and has a quality work force, Mauk has said.
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Very engaged family! Nearby perfect! Only one minor thing to remark: do not use a big car to come to "Villa Romantica",the street is absolutely narrow! Best is come by train/bus the family will pick you up in Sorrento and most sightseeing tours can be made by train bus or ship!
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Serves 20.
At least 2 days before decorating cake, make rose, yellow and violet royal icing drop flowers in a variety of sizes using tips 109, 225, 2D (44 flowers were used for this cake as shown - make additional in case of breakage); add tip 2 or tip 4 white dot flower centers. Allow to dry completely.
Bake your favorite 2-layer cake recipe or mix in round pan. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely. Wrap cake circle with Fanci-Foil. Arrange cake on prepared cake board.
Ice cake smooth in ivory buttercream. Pipe tip 18 shell top and bottom borders. Position medium and large drop flowers on cake sides. Add tip 3 outline stems and tip 349 leaves. Print tip 2 message on cake top; position a small drop flower on each letter. Position additional drop flowers on cake top; add tip 349 leaves.


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Matching Letters
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You want to see if a value contains only alphabetic characters.
A first approximation can be achieved using the standard character classes:
1> regexp:first_match("OTPErlang", "^[A-Za-z]+$"). {match,1,9} 2> regexp:first_match("123-Have Fun", "^[A-Za-z]+$"). nomatch 3> case regexp:match("Soup", "^[A-Za-z]+$") of 3> {match,_,_} -> io:fwrite("I like alphabet soup!\n"); 3> nomatch -> io:fwrite("I don't like number soup.\n") 3> end. I like alphabet soup! ok
Unfortunately, this does not properly handle foreign languages that might have additional characters outside the standard 26 english letters.
4> regexp:first_match("Molière", "^[A-Za-z]+$"). nomatch
If you need to match alternative alphabets (as defined by the user's locale settings), you will have to identify the proper character codes for the additional characters and add them to the search routine. Erlang's built-in regular expression support is pretty miserable here.
As discussed in other recipes, Erlang is fully capable of processing any Unicode string (because it stores strings as lists of integers). However, Erlang is really not fully Unicode compliant because its regular expression engine does not support characters outside the standard ASCII set.
Your system's locale (3) manpage, Mastering Regular Expressions


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But it had not been in Tess's power - nor is it in anybody's power - to feel the whole truth of golden opinions while it is possible to profit by them. She - and how many more - might have ironically said to God with Saint Augustine, "Thou hast counselled a better course than thou hast permitted."
Beautiful! Africa was the continent that sheltered Christ when He fled from Herod. It is my personal belief that as the West rejects Him it will be that continent which accepts Him once more.
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Procession from my area in 1930'. Notice the lack of headscarves. People used to be more sane back then.
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I'd like to know why this is not writing, specifically the last line. I have the array which is fine but I can't get the last line to write.
document.write ('
The First Author is ');
document.write (authors[0] + '
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document.write ('
The last author is ');
document.write (authors[authors.length-1] + '
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authors.unshift ('Stan Lee');
document.write ('
I almost forgot ' + authors[0] '
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You're missing a plus sign between authors[0] and '
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Odd the error console is saying I'm missing a bracket in the argument list.
document.write ('
I almost forgot ' authors[0] + '
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You'll still need the plus sign before authors[0] too.
Ahhh right. Add the array between two strings, son of a gun.
Yep, sometimes the smallest errors (missing one character, as in this case) will mess you up. Some languages (like Ruby) allow you to concatenate strings by just putting them next to each other in an expression, but in JavaScript you need to separate each string you wish to concatenate with a plus sign.
Interesting, I don't know what Ruby can do but I see it is a little more simpler.


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Liberty Runs Winning Streak to Four with Win at ECU
The Liberty women's tennis team took a break from Big South Conference play on Saturday morning with a road match at East Carolina. The Lady Flames avenged a 4-3 setback to the Pirates a year ago with a strong 4-0 shutout, extending their winning streak to four matches.
Liberty's second four-match winning streak of the season, ups its record to 12-8 overall. The 12 wins are the most for the Lady Flames since the squad posted 15 victories in 2011. Liberty is also assured its first winning season since 2011 as well. East Carolina's record falls to 10-10 on the season.
The Lady Flames picked up a pair of wins in doubles play to open the match with a 1-0 advantage. Rebekah Jenkins and Maria Khval notched their ninth win of the season with an 8-4 defeat of Dana Gray and Maria Storozheva in the top position.
After Liberty's Brittany Yang and Belen Rivera fell in the No. 2 spot, Cameron Richard and Valerie Thong clinched the point for the Lady Flames with a tight, 8-7, win against Emily Groeneveld and Melis Tanik, at No. 3. Richard and Thong are now unbeaten in their last seven contests as a pair.
Rivera tallied Liberty's second point of the day with a 6-3, 6-2 ousting of Castro in the No. 1 singles position. The sophomore is now a perfect 2-0 in the top spot.
Mariely Hassey won her third match in a row, knocking off LaDuca, 7-5, 6-2, at No. 5. Thong followed with the decisive point, besting Gray, 6-4, 6-1, in the No. 6 spot.
The remaining three singles matches, featuring Liberty's Yang at No. 2, Jenkins at No. 3 and Nicola Wellman at No. 4, were each ruled unfinished.
In an exhibition doubles match, the Lady Flames' Lauren Mabe and Annisha Domenech teamed up to defeat Scarlett Walston and Karling Watson, 6-4.
"The girls definitely stepped up their game today," commented Liberty assistant coach Giancarlo Lemmi. "This past week, we had to deal with illnesses and injuries. Today they left all of those things behind and played one of their best matches as a team. I am very proud of them!"
The Lady Flames close out the Big South portion of their schedule on Wednesday with a road match at Longwood at 2 p.m.
Liberty 4, East Carolina 0
1. Rebekah Jenkins/Maria Khval (LU) def. Dana Gray/Maria Storozheva (ECU), 8-4
2. Nicole LaDuca/Michelle Castro (ECU) def. Brittany Yang/Belen Rivera (LU), 8-3
3. Cameron Richard/Valerie Thong (LU) def. Emily Groeneveld/Melis Tanik (ECU), 8-7
1. Belen Rivera (LU) def. Michelle Castro (ECU), 6-3, 6-2
2. Brittany Yang (LU) vs. Melis Tanik (ECU), 3-6, 6-3, 1-1 DNF
3. Rebekah Jenkins (LU) vs. Maria Storozheva (ECU), 4-6, 3-5 DNF
4. Nicola Wellman (LU) vs. Emily Groeneveld (ECU), 4-6, 2-0 DNF
5. Mariely Hassey (LU) def. Nicole LaDuca (ECU), 7-5, 6-2
6. Valerie Thong (LU) def. Dana Gray (ECU), 6-4, 6-1


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TOO many travellers are coming to Worcestershire and "making a mockery" of the county, according to an MP.
Sir Peter Luff says he is "deeply concerned" about the number of times travellers are exploiting loopholes in the law and targeting parts of the county.
The Conservative, who represents Mid-Worcestershire, says areas like the Berry Hill industrial estate in Droitwich and Ombersley Way are used too often as temporary locations despite concerns about the clean-up costs, safety of the travellers and security of nearby businesses.
He also says Government laws are not going far enough as many travellers often work around the law to stay as long as they can.
"Sadly the A38 is a road that has been particularly popular with travellers for decades, hence the frequency of the problems we face in Droitwich," he said.
"The real difficulty is in legislating against such behaviour .
"When a group of people know how to work their way round the law and are determined to do so, it is very hard to prevent or catch them in criminal acts without deploying a huge and very expensive level of resource from the police or unintentionally infringing other people's rights.
"Society does depend on a level of shared responsibility and this is something these travellers manifestly do not have."
Mr Luff, a Conservative, has contacted West Mercia Police and Wychavon District Council to stage fresh talks over the current powers on dealing with travellers and what can be done to beef up the law.
Under The Caravan Sites Act 1968 councils can obtain a court order to evict them from any publicly-owned land, but only once it first gives them four weeks notice to quit voluntarily.
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Rifampicin Explorative PK Study for Tuberculous Meningitis Comparing Oral and Intravenous Preparation (REMOVER)
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Tuberculous (TB) meningitis is the most severe manifestation of TB infection, leaving up to 50% of patients dead or neurologically disabled. Current treatment is similar to treatment of lung TB, although penetration of some antibiotics into the brain is poor and the immune-pathology of TB meningitis is very different from pulmonary TB. In a recent phase II clinical trial from the investigators group, the first of its kind globally, intensified antibiotic treatment, with moxifloxacin and high dose rifampicin, strongly reduced mortality of TB meningitis.
The investigators aim to examine the effect of intensified antibiotic treatment on mortality and morbidity of TB meningitis in a phase 3 clinical trial, preceded with an explorative pharmacokinetic (PK) study to examine if higher oral doses rifampicin result in exposures similar to the i.v. dose used in our phase 2 trial, since oral rifampicin could be implemented much easier in low-resource settings.
|Tuberculous Meningitis
|Drug: Rifampicin intravenous Drug: Oral rifampicin
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Explorative PK Study Comparing 600 mg Rifampicin i.v. With 750 mg and 900 mg Rifampicin Oral in Tuberculous Meningitis Patients
- Pharmacokinetic profile of several rifampicin dose [ Time Frame: Day 2 and Day 14; 6 time points for blood analysis, and 1 time point for CSF analysis ]We will measure plasma drug concentration at hour 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12, while CSF drug concentration will be measured at a single time point i.e. at hour 3-6 post dose. The sampling days will be (1) within the first three days, and (2) at day 14 of the intensified treatment.
- mortality [ Time Frame: early (1 month) and late (6 months) ]We will measure early and late mortality
|Study Start Date:
|June 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Rifampicin 600 mg
Subjects in this arm receive 600 mg rifampicin intravenously
Drug: Rifampicin intravenous
Other Name: Rifadin
Experimental: rifampicin 750 mg
Subjects in this arm receive 750 mg rifampicin orally
Drug: Oral rifampicin
Other Name: Rifampisin (Kimia Farma, Bandung, Indonesia)
Experimental: rifampicin 900 mg
Subjects in this arm receive rifampicin 900 mg orally
Drug: Oral rifampicin
Other Name: Rifampisin (Kimia Farma, Bandung, Indonesia)
Detailed Description:
In a recent clinical trial the investigators have shown that a higher dose of rifampicin administered intravenously (600 mg iv) during the first 2 weeks of treatment is safe and associated with a survival benefit in adults with TB meningitis. An oral (rather than iv) dose would help implementation of intensified treatment for TB meningitis. However, it is hard to predict what oral dose of rifampicin will result in rifampicin exposures similar to 600 mg iv, due to differences in bio-availability (oral vs. iv) and the unpredictable dose-concentration relationship (nonlinear pharmacokinetics of rifampicin). Therefore the investigators aim to examine the pharmacokinetic of 2 higher doses of rifampicin (750 mg and 900 mg) given orally, and compare the pharmacokinetic profiles with the result of our previous study using 600 mg rifampicin iv.
General Objective:
To help establish the optimized treatment regimen for TB meningitis
Specific Objectives:
- To explore whether exposures resulting from oral rifampicin 750 mg or 900 mg are similar to exposures after intravenous rifampicin 600 mg during the first two days of treatment
- To explore whether exposures resulting from oral rifampicin 750 mg or 900 mg are similar to exposures after 14 days of treatment (stabilized rifampicin concentrations, i..e steady-state)
- To evaluate the safety and tolerability of high dose of oral rifampicin
- To evaluate neurological response and mortality after 2 weeks of treatment with high dose rifampicin
Study Design:
Explorative pharmacokinetic study; randomized, three-arm, two-period evaluation.
Study procedure:
After diagnosis of TB meningitis, eligible patients will be randomized to get either oral 750 mg, oral 900 mg, or iv 600 mg rifampicin for 14 days in combination with standard oral TB drugs (isoniazid 300 mg/day, ethambutol 750 mg/day, and pyrazinamide 1500mg/day) and adjuvant dexamethasone i.v. and pyridoxine.
Serial blood samples will be taken 6 times from 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 hour after drug administration at the first or second day of treatment and at day 14 (steady-state). Single cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample will be taken 3-6 hours after administration at the same day of blood sampling days.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 years or older
- Probable/possible tuberculosis meningitis using uniform case definition
- Agree to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient with antituberculosis treatment within last 2 weeks.
- Increase liver function >5x upper limit of normal
- Pregnancy
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01802502
|Hasan Sadikin Hospital
|Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, 40122
|Principal Investigator:
|Rovina Ruslami, M.D., PhD
|Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran - Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung
|Responsible Party:
|Universitas Padjadjaran
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01802502 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 27, 2013
|Last Updated:
|June 15, 2014
Keywords provided by Universitas Padjadjaran:
tuberculous meningitis
oral administration
intravenous administration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tuberculosis, Meningeal
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Mycobacterium Infections
Actinomycetales Infections
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Meningitis, Bacterial
Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections
Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System
Central Nervous System Infections
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Antitubercular Agents
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Leprostatic Agents
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
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National Implementation Plans (NIPs) are the main guidelines for efforts undertaken under the Stockholm Convention. UNIDO assists developing and transition economy countries to prepare NIPs under the framework of the Stockholm Convention. UNIDO's work focuses on the following aspects:
- Raising awareness within the country
- Enhancing information management
- Building a national coordination mechanism for the implementation of the Convention
- Involving key stakeholders in the country
- Evaluating the POPs situation
- Establishing POPs inventories
- Assessing chemicals management infrastructure; legal frameworks; monitoring systems; testing facilities
- Priority setting to address the most urgent problems
- Action planning to meet the Convention obligations
- Establishment of consultative group or forum of stakeholders including civil society
- Carrying out a release inventory and identify important sources and the main problems
- Survey of existing legislation and policies taking into account socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. Evaluating their usefulness in reduction of releases
- Education and training of the public
- Voluntary programme for release reduction from industrial sectors
- Setting timetables for implementing the strategy
- Practicability and affordability
- Research programmes
- International information exchange
In addition, UNIDO helps countries via enabling activities to prepare a NIP.
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By Amy Mitchell and Tom Rosenstiel of PEJ
In 2011, the digital revolution entered a new era.
The age of mobile, in which people are connected to the web wherever they are, arrived in earnest. More than four in ten American adults now own a smartphone. One in five owns a tablet. New cars are manufactured with internet built in. With more mobility comes deeper immersion into social networking.
For news, the new era brings mixed blessings.
New research released in this report finds that mobile devices are adding to people's news consumption, strengthening the lure of traditional news brands and providing a boost to long-form journalism. Eight in ten who get news on smartphones or tablets, for instance, get news on conventional computers as well. People are taking advantage, in other words, of having easier access to news throughout the day – in their pocket, on their desks and in their laps.
At the same time, a more fundamental challenge that we identified in this report last year has intensified — the extent to which technology intermediaries now control the future of news.
Two trends in the last year overlap and reinforce the sense that the gap between the news and technology industries is widening. First, the explosion of new mobile platforms and social media channels represents another layer of technology with which news organizations must keep pace.
Second, in the last year a small number of technology giants began rapidly moving to consolidate their power by becoming makers of "everything" in our digital lives. Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and a few others are maneuvering to make the hardware people use, the operating systems that run those devices, the browsers on which people navigate, the e-mail services on which they communicate, the social networks on which they share and the web platforms on which they shop and play. And all of this will provide these companies with detailed personal data about each consumer.
Already in 2011, five technology companies accounted for 68% of all online ad revenue, and that list does not include Amazon and Apple, which get most of their dollars from transactions, downloads and devices. By 2015, Facebook is expected to account for one out of every five digital display ads sold.1
A year ago, we wrote here: "The news industry, late to adapt and culturally more tied to content creation than engineering, finds itself more a follower than leader shaping its business." In 2012, that phenomenon has grown.
All this raises the question of whether the technology giants will find it in their interest to acquire major legacy news brands — as part of the "everything" they offer consumers. Does there come a point, to ensure the much smaller media company's survival, for instance, where Facebook considers buying a legacy media partner such as The Washington Post?
There are already signs of closer financial ties between technology giants and news. As a part of YouTube's plans to become a producer of original television content, a direction it took strongly last year, it is funding Reuters to produce original news shows. Yahoo recently signed a content partnership with ABC News for the network to be its near sole provider of news video. AOL, after seeing less than stellar success with its attempts to produce its own original content, purchased The Huffington Post. With the launch of its Social Reader, Facebook has created partnerships with The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and others. In March 2012 Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes purchased the 98-year-old New Republic magazine.
In 2011, traditional news operations also took new steps to monetize the web in their own right. The Associated Press launched a partnership with more than two dozen news companies to license news content and collect royalties from aggregators. About a tenth of surviving U.S. dailies have launched some sort of digital subscription plan or pay wall. News companies are creating their own digital ad sales networks to cut out third parties and are moving into digital marketing and consulting. And a few organizations, such as The Financial Times and The Boston Globe, have opted out of the "app" worlds controlled by Apple and Google by creating mobile pages using HTML 5.
But our research over the last year finds that these efforts are still limited and that few news companies have made much progress in some key new digital areas. Among the top news websites, there is little use of the digital advertising that is expected to grow most rapidly, so-called "smart," or targeted, advertising. So far, news organizations are mainly using the popular networking platform, Twitter, to push out their own content rather than to engage with audiences, solicit information or share information they themselves did not produce.
The problems of newspapers also became more acute in 2011. Even as online audiences grew, print circulation continued to decline. Even more critically, so did ad revenues. In 2011, losses in print advertising dollars outpaced gains in digital revenue by a factor of roughly 10 to 1, a ratio even worse than in 2010. When circulation and advertising revenue are combined, the newspaper industry has shrunk 43% since 2000.
The civic implications of the decline in newspapers are also becoming clearer. More evidence emerged that newspapers (whether accessed in print or digitally) are the primary source people turn to for news about government and civic affairs. If these operations continue to shrivel or disappear, it is unclear where, or whether, that information would be reported.
In sum, the news industry is not much closer to a new revenue model than a year earlier and has lost more ground to rivals in the technology industry. But growing evidence also suggests that news is becoming a more important and pervasive part of people's lives. That, in the end, could prove a saving factor for the future of journalism.
Tablets allow readers to "pause, linger, read and process very important ideas," Chris Hughes explained after buying The New Republic, adding, "The demand for long-form, quality journalism is strong in our country."2
This is the ninth edition of the State of the News Media produced by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. Among the features of this year's report are a survey that examines how people get news on different devices and another that looks in detail at news and social networking. There is a special report on the state of community media based on conversations with six leading figures in the field and close look at Native American media. The chapters on each sector of the news industry, in a format introduced last year, contains two parts, a Summary Essay and a separate section called By the Numbers, where all the statistical information is more easily searchable and interactive.
Keep reading to see the report's major trends and key findings
- eMarketer. "Revenue Gains Push Facebook to Top of US Display Ad Market." Feb. 23, 2012. ↩
- Interview with NPR. May 9, 2012. ↩


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David and Victoria Beckham Got Caught on the Kiss Cam!
At the Lakers game, David and Victoria Beckham's kiss got lots of cheers!
-PJ Gach
Betty's how many times have you been to a sports game when some hapless couple's been caught by the kiss cam? Suddenly half the stadium is screaming, "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss" Over and over again until they lock lips.
Read Wrapping Things Up: Katy Perry Sells Her + Russell Brand's New York Penthouse
David and Victoria Beckham went to the Lakers-Nuggets game last night in LA. The two spent a lot of time canoodling and enjoying themselves. Then the Kiss Cam spotted them!
Awwww! Don't they look adorb! Um, and slightly embarrassed. Poor kids!
PJ Gach is Senior Editor: Style + Beauty at BettyConfidential.


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Kickoff time for South Carolina game on hold
Published: Monday, November 4, 2013 at 12:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 4, 2013 at 11:51 p.m.
CBS is using its six-day window for Nov. 16 games. The network will decide this weekend between the Georgia-Auburn or the Florida at South Carolina game for the 3:30 p.m. slot.
If the Gators don't play at 3:30, the game will be played at 7 p.m. (ESPN2) or 7:45 p.m. (ESPN).
The Gators (4-4) host Vanderbilt (4-4) at noon Saturday, with the game televised on FSN/Sun Sports.
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Astros retake the lead!
Thank you very much.
3-0 lead...nm frazier strikes out.
are the Rockies in the same AA league as the AAstros?
Frazier tells Bruce he can do him one better with that stinker
gotta feeling Bronson will get a 2 out hit here
Thank you Jim Tracy for being silly.
You use a 4 man rotation and you know your pitcher will at most be in for 3 more outs.....you can't do crap against Arroyo and are down 2-0. Runner on 1st and 2nd.....and you don't pinch hit? Lol
Appreciate it!
man if he ran outta the box he was safe...he didn't know it had gotten away tho
feels goood to have pitching like this...
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