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I have seen young Chiranjeevi within Sai Dharam Tej-Rajendra Prasad - NTv
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Tollywood veteran actor Rajendra Prasad, on the occasion of success meet of Supreme film , said that he and Chiranjeevi are more than close friends. The veteran actor and MAA President said that he has seen young Chiranjeevi within Sai Dharam Tej and wanted him to reach that stage taking it as an inspiration rather than imitating him. Sai Dharam Tej has nodded his head in positive manner.

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I will be 46 on Feb. 27th. I am 4'10" and weight around 130. I am muscular so the number on the scale doesn't bother me, but I have always had an issue with my stomach. The first time I went to a plastic surgeon for lipo, I was 22. I have now had 2 kids.. both c-sections and I just carry all my weight in my mid-section. I am over it!
I researched the surgery here in Georgia and Alabama. I then started researching the surgery in Mexico and found that they offer such an amazing service, not to mention the price, I just had to schedule it. The surgery is on the 5th and I will spend 10 days in Mexico on a condo on the beach... included in the price. All medications, post op and pre-op stuff included as well as the meds and compression garment. also included is a maid at the condo. For those who may be leary about going overseas, just look at the reviews. Use a facilitator who will put everything together for you. I did extensive research regarding complaints and could not find a single one. I am scared.. and excited at the same time to finally be rid of this mid-section!


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don't let him play for D.C. United either. He may not survive training. See, they got a guy so dirty, he makes Roy Keane look like Baby Spice.
And it goes without saying he can't play in Chicago. Chic and classy people like you and I feel about Chicago the way your hubby feels about Argentina.
Off the field, there is plenty to keep you busy -- you could travel every other week to a new U.S. city. Trust me, there is nothing like a wonderful summer day game in Kansas City or Dallas.
Even better, there are plenty of cities with cool names in which to conceive your next kid. Just don't have too much fun in Crappo, Maryland -- all the adidas money in the world couldn't cover the amount of therapy that would cause.
So think about it. This country is yours for the taking ... before you know it, the two of you would be all the rage in America. Best part is, you wouldn't need to do a thing to be mega-famous here, talent has nothing to do with fame (see Hilton, Paris ... or anyone on any show that ever ran on VH1).
I won't carry on too much, but when the season is over in Espagne, it's gonna be time to move on. And we'll be here waiting.
Call me ...
With love,
Constantino Palace
Did I miss something? Who died and made Craig Bellamy Pele?
Good weekend of footie on Fox Sports World this weekend, with some FA Cup ties Saturday and Sunday sandwiched around a chance to see Kasey Keller play for Borussia Moenchengladbach Saturday night at 11 p.m. ET.
Chelsea's second goal Wednesday night against Manchester United was a fluke, but before you pin it all on Timmy Howard, where the heck were the defenders? How does that ball hit the ground in the first place? Yes, he could've come to tidy it up, but even Sir Alex Ferguson said the defenders should have been there.
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Morning fog gave way to a warm, muggy Thursday that could see some showers, said Juli Marquez, Bay News 9 meteorologist.
Dense fog covered Tampa Bay with an advisory in effect until 10 a.m. Visibility was down to a quarter-mile, said Jennifer McNatt, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service.
In most places, including Hillsborough County, there were many patches of fog.
Friday will be warmer with temperatures in the mid 70s. There's a 40 percent chance of rain for Saturday morning and afternoon, Marquez said.


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The Grandview High School Greyhounds were seconds away from knocking off the Prosser High School Mustangs in regulation Saturday night when they became victims of one of the strangest plays this season.
With just over a minute to play in the fourth quarter, the two Washington teams were tied up at 65. Grandview came up with a steal as the final seconds ticked away, though, and took off on a fast break, with Bryce Carpenter going in for the potential game-winning layup.
The game looked to be all but over until the rim decided to throw the Greyhounds for a loop. Carpenter's attempt never fell through the basket, but instead, it sat on the back of the rim as time expired to send the game into overtime.
Grandview prevailed 72-70 in overtime to remain undefeated on the season.
Check out the anticlimactic layup in the video below.
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Z-SEA-SIDE: Sirolimus Versus Everolimus Versus Zotarolimus-eluting Stent Assessment in Bifurcated Lesions and Clinical SIgnificance of Residual siDE-branch Stenosis (Z-SEA-SIDE)
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Bifurcated lesions are a challenging subset in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The selection of the type of drug-eluting stents (DES) and the technique for stent implantation have not been clarified. The side-branch (SB) is emerging as critical point, accounting for more than a third of the significant restenosis in the DES era. A series of data supports the adoption of a conservative strategy: stenting the main vessel (MV) only and reserving a conservative approach on the SB. Yet, the clinical relevance in terms of inducible ischemia of sub-optimal angiographic result has not been clarified.
The aims of the present study are:
- to compare in a prospective study the acute 3D angiographic results and the late clinical outcome of Sirolimus-eluting (SES) vs Everolimus-eluting (EES) vs Zotarolimus eluting stent (ZES) obtained using a provisional TAP-stenting technique.
- to prospectively assess the clinical relevance (inducible ischemia) of suboptimal angiographic result in the SB after stenting.
75 consecutive patients with bifurcated lesions undergoing PCI with the provisional T-and-small-protruding (TAP) technique with ZES implantation will be enrolled. Procedural and post-PCI details will be prospectively recorded. The subgroup of patients in which complete revascularization has been achieved will enter a systematic assessment of inducible ischemia by early and late exercise tests.
Off line 3D quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) assessment will be performed and used to divide the study population in 2 groups according to the SB residual stenosis:
- Group O (optimal SB angiographic result): post-PCI SB area stenosis<50%
- Group S (sub-optimal SB angiographic result): post-PCI SB area stenosis>50%.
For the comparison among SES and EES, data will be obtained from the randomized trial SEA-SIDE (NCT00697372).
SB acute angiographic result; SB trouble; target bifurcation failure.
- SB-RELATED ISCHAEMIA of Group O vs Group S in patients with complete revascularization: inducible ischemia at the early exercise test or occurrence of early spontaneous ischemia related to the SB.
|Coronary Artery Disease Coronary Stenosis
|Device: Sirolimus eluting stent Device: Everolimus eluting stent Device: Zotarolimus eluting stent
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Z-SEA-SIDE: Sirolimus Versus Everolimus Versus Zotarolimus-eluting Stent Assessment in Bifurcated Lesions and Clinical SIgnificance of Residual siDE-branch Stenosis
- 6-9-12-18 MONTH CLINICAL OUTCOME [ Time Frame: 18 MONTHS ]
- ACUTE ANGIOGRAPHIC RESULT [ Time Frame: 7 DAYS ]
- "MV acute angiographic result": comparison of the 3DQCA-estimated MLD and MLA in the MV.
- "SB acute angiographic result": comparison of the 3DQCA-estimated MLD and MLA in the SB.
- SIDE BRANCH TROUBLE [ Time Frame: 7 DAYS ]
"SB trouble" composite of:
- occurrence of SB TIMI flow <3 after MV stenting throughout the procedure;
- need of guidewire(s) different from BMW to re-wire SB after MV stenting;
- failure to re-wire the SB after MV stenting;
- failure to dilate the SB after MV stenting and SB re-wiring.
- TARGET BIFURCATION FAILURE [ Time Frame: 18 MONTHS ]- target bifurcation failure (TBF) defined as target bifurcation-related major adverse coronary events (MACE) or target bifurcation angiographic failure.
- TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS [ Time Frame: 7 DAYS ]comparison of procedural time, fluoroscopy time, total x-ray exposure, contrast media volume usage, number of guidewires used to wire the SB, direct stenting failure rate, kissing balloon rate, occurrence of transient deterioration of blood flow through the SB (TIMI<3)
|Study Start Date:
|November 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: ZES
Patients with coronary bifurcation lesions treated by Zotarolimus eluting stent
Device: Zotarolimus eluting stent
Implantation of Zotarolimus eluting stent
Other Name: Endeavor Resolute stent - Medtronic company
Active Comparator: SES
Patients with coronary bifurcation lesions treated by Sirolimus eluting stent
Device: Sirolimus eluting stent
Implantation of Sirolimus eluting stent
Other Name: Cypher stent - Cordis (Johnson&Johnson Company)
Active Comparator: EES
Patients with coronary bifurcation lesions treated by Everolimus eluting stent
Device: Everolimus eluting stent
Implantation of Everolimus eluting stent
Other Name: Xience stent - Abbot company
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 85 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- de novo bifurcated lesions
- lesions >50% located in a major bifurcation point
- TIMI >2 on both main vessel and side branch
- main vessel visual diameter >2.5 mm
- side branch visual diameter >2.0 mm
- >18 years of age
- signed the informed consent to enter the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- known hypersensitivity to Sirolimus, Everolimus, cobalt, chromium, nickel, tungsten acrylic and fluoro-polymers
- contraindications to double antiplatelet therapy acute (within 48 hours) ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01200693
|Institute of Cardiology - Catholic University of Sacred Heart
|Rome, Italy, 00100
|Principal Investigator:
|Francesco Burzotta, MD,PhD,FESC
|Catholic University of Sacred Heart
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Francesco Burzotta, MD, PhD, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01200693 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 10, 2010
|Last Updated:
|February 13, 2013
Keywords provided by Francesco Burzotta, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart:
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary
Drug-Eluting Stents
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Coronary Disease
Constriction, Pathologic
Coronary Stenosis
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Antineoplastic Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antifungal Agents
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Audi press release
• Martin Tomczyk travels to Valencia with a nine-point advantage
• With six victories, Audi is the most successful brand of the season
• Last year's winner Mattias Ekström is still in the title race too
Advantage for Audi in the DTM: Martin Tomczyk is traveling to the penultimate race of the season at Valencia, Spain (Sunday, October 2, starting at 1:45 p.m. - local time - live on "Das Erste") as the leader of the standing and with a nine-point advantage over his immediate rival Bruno Spengler (Mercedes). This means that the Audi driver will have the first match ball.
If he scores two more points than Bruno Spengler at the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo he would be the early DTM Champion - and the first one in the history of the most popular international touring car series at the wheel of a year-old car, as Tomczyk's Schaeffler Audi A4 DTM with chassis number R14-506 has been in use for four years.
In 2008 it was the car in which Mattias Ekström raced for Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline and in which he clinched three victories in that season. In 2009 Audi Sport Team Phoenix took over the vehicle which was then driven by Mike Rockenfeller for two years and could now help Martin Tomczyk to achieve the biggest success in his career.
Past events speak in favor of the Bavarian from Rosenheim who lives in Switzerland. Four times in the history of the new DTM an Audi factory driver was heading the standings two races before the end of the season. And not once did the competition manage to turn the tables in the final sprint. Mattias Ekström won the title early at Brno in 2004. In 2007 (Ekström again), 2008 and 2009 (Timo Scheider in both years) the decision was made at the Hockenheim finale, after memorable penultimate races at Barcelona (2007), Le Mans (2008) and Dijon (2009).
A nine-point advantage means that Tomczyk can wrap it all up at Valencia on his own power. If he wins, he'll be champion. If he finishes as the runner-up in front of Bruno Spengler, he'll be champion too. If the Canadian, as he most recently did at Oschersleben, scores no points, Tomczyk would only need to finish in seventh place to achieve the early title win.
The track record of the season so far speaks in favor of the 29-year-old as well. He is the only driver to have finished all eight races in the points. Three of them he won, at six events he mounted the podium, and not once did he finish below fifth place. 7.25 points Tomczyk has so far scored on average - an impressive rate.
Last year, "MT" proved that the 4005-kilometer circuit on the outskirts of Valencia, which is driven in counter-clockwise direction, suits him. From ninth on the grid he pushed forward to second place in the race.
His team, Audi Sport Team Phoenix, has fond memories of the Spanish race track as well. Alexandre Prémat finished third last year, Mike Rockenfeller took sixth place - this meant that Ernst Moser's team scored points with both cars in 2010.
In total, Audi showed a strong performance at Valencia last year. In qualifying, eight A4 DTM cars took the top eleven grid positions and five Audi vehicles finished in the points.
The interim statistics of the 2011 season reflect similar results. The brand with the four rings won six out of eight races and four Audi drivers, Martin Tomczyk, Mattias Ekström, Timo Scheider and Mike Rockenfeller, are in the top five of the standings. Edoardo Mortara follows them closely in eighth place, as the best rookie.
From a purely mathematical perspective, Mattias Ekström still has title chances as well. The Swede from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline won two of the last three races and is traveling to Valencia as last year's winner. By clinching two victories Ekström could still become champion if Tomczyk scored only one point at the last two races. But that is not what the Swede is wishing for with respect to Tomczyk. Ekström and Tomczyk have been team-mates for many years and are also personal friends. Mattias Ekström would be happy, too, to see a DTM champion named Tomczyk.
Other topics of the weekend
- Will Miguel Molina be able to shine at his home race?
- Will Edoardo Mortara overtake Mercedes drivers Green and Schumacher in the standings?
- Will Audi manage to clinch the fourth consecutive victory after the Nürburgring, Brands Hatch and Oschersleben?
Quotes by the officials
Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport):
"The DTM visited Valencia for the first time last year. We were very good there on the whole and our A4 DTM was extremely strong.
I'm hoping that our cars will again have the same performance capabilities as last year
Due to a few mistakes in the race we didn't squeeze the maximum result out of it though. I'm hoping that our cars will again have the same performance capabilities as last year. And we'll definitely not make the same mistakes again. That's why I'm optimistic about Spain and hope that Martin (Tomczyk) will be able to convert his first match ball right away."
Hans-Jürgen Abt (Team Director Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline):
"You could see at the last races that we are a team that sticks together and can handle pressure. We've shown that before with the total of five DTM titles we clinched with and for Audi. Now the moment of truth has come again. We'll continue to try and help as best we can to bring great pleasure to the Audi brand, the fans and the team. Things were already going very well last year at Valencia. That means we've got optimum prerequisites."
Ernst Moser (Team Director Audi Sport Team Phoenix):
"With so much tailwind, and such a good performance over the whole season we're obviously aiming for the decision at Valencia. Martin (Tomczyk) was extremely quick there in the race last year. We want to be at the very front. Naturally, that builds up mental pressure but our work remains the same. We know the capabilities of our Audi A4 DTM. We're going to analyze the data from last year once more and go into the weekend directly with that set-up. The team believes that the title is achievable, and so do I. I wish Rahel (Frey) an even luckier race. Hardly anyone takes note of how fast she is."
Arno Zensen (Team Director Audi Sport Team Rosberg):
"After two consecutive podiums we're particularly motivated. Now we're traveling to Spain. I must admit that I'm definitely hoping for rain at the two remaining races. And I'm hoping for Filipe (Albuquerque) to finally shake off his misfortune. Valencia is a fabulous city with a nice atmosphere. And, naturally, the weather will be good there more than likely…"
Facts and quotes by the Audi drivers
Filipe Albuquerque (26/P), TV Movie Audi A4 DTM #18 (Audi Sport Team Rosberg)
- Proved his skills at Oschersleben by setting the best times in both free practice sessions
- Is shooting for his second points finish of the season at Valencia
- A week later will contest the finale of the Blancpain Endurance Series in the Audi R8 LMS in third place of the standings
"I know Valencia pretty well. This track on the DTM calendar is also the one most closely located to my native Portugal. I want to make a strong showing with a good race rhythm there. Apparently, the lap times per se aren't a big problem for me at the moment. I've got to just keep cool and concentrate on my task."
Mattias Ekström (33/S), Red Bull Audi A4 DTM #8 (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline)
- With a track record of 16 wins and two titles is the most successful Audi driver
- Travels to Valencia as last year's winner
"I clinched victory at Valencia last year. I liked the track straight from the start. I've also learned that every weekend is a new experience. I'm determined to give my best again. If it's good enough for victory, I'll be very happy. If it's not enough for victory I'll take what I get. But this much is sure: we'll again do everything to show top performances from Friday to Sunday."
Rahel Frey (25/CH), Glamour Audi A4 DTM #15 (Audi Sport Team Phoenix)
- At her eighth DTM race, at Oschersleben, achieved twelfth place as her so far best result
- Finished a race yet again in extremely difficult track conditions
"Valencia is the penultimate race of my first DTM season. It'll probably be a great challenge and I'm already looking forward to it. Everyone's making an effort to recommend themselves for the next season. And so am I! It would be important for me to make another step forward as I did at Brands Hatch. We'll do everything to make this happen and definitely attack. I know the track and am eager to see what will be possible in the end."
Oliver Jarvis (27/GB), Audi Sport performance cars A4 DTM #5 (Audi Sport Team Abt)
- Third place at Oschersleben was his second-best qualifying result after position two at Spielberg
- Contested his 40th DTM race at Oschersleben
- Was running in third place at Valencia last year when he was forced to retire due to a fuel pressure problem
"I had a nice race at Valencia last year until a fuel pressure problem thwarted our chances for success. I've got to show a good race at Valencia because we've had four difficult weekends. I definitely want to mount the podium again before the end of the season."
Miguel Molina (22/E), Red Bull Audi A4 DTM #22 (Audi Sport Team Abt Junior)
- Clinched the first pole position in his career at Oschersleben
- Has started scoring points
- Is contesting his 20th DTM race at Valencia
"Since Valencia is my home race I'm looking forward to it very much. You're particularly motivated for such a race. Last weekend we showed that we're really good in qualifying. In the race I've got to improve some more. I've got the feeling that Valencia will be a good weekend."
Edoardo Mortara (24/I/F), Playboy Audi A4 DTM #19 (Audi Sport Team Rosberg)
- After third place at Brands Hatch, mounted the podium again at Oschersleben
- In eighth place of the standings, is by far the best rookie of the year
"I don't have any idea yet what to expect at Valencia. But I'm hoping that another nice result will be possible there. Last year, the event there went really well for Audi. The A4 DTM can be set up really well. In 2010 I won the first race of the Formula 3 Euro Series after starting from pole. I like the layout of the circuit very much, even though it's not my very favorite track. But after the good weekends at the Norisring, in Munich, at the Nürburgring, at Brands Hatch and at Oschersleben I'm hoping for the next good result."
Mike Rockenfeller (27/D), E-POSTBRIEF Audi A4 DTM #9 (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline)
- Previously improved at Oschersleben by four positions to sixth place
- In sixth place, was the second-best driver at Valencia last year in a year-old car
"Valencia is a circuit I like very much. That's why I'm looking forward to it again. I'm hoping for us to manage a flawless weekend there from the beginning to the end. I'm very confident. Audi was very strong there a year ago. Martin (Tomczyk) in particular was very quick there with my current car. I'd like to manage that this year as well and score important points. I want to move forward a bit more in the championship."
The way it looks, we won't see any rain there
Timo Scheider (32/D), AUTO TEST Audi A4 DTM #4 (Audi Sport Team Abt)
- Posted the second-fastest race lap at Oschersleben
- Last year, started into his 100th DTM race with number 100 at Valencia and in the end took fourth place
"A year ago Valencia unfortunately wasn't really my track. After two zero rounds it's time for us to clinch some decent points there. I've already had two frustrating weekends. The way it looks, we won't see any rain there. I want to score some valuable points."
Martin Tomczyk (29/D), Schaeffler Audi A4 DTM #14 (Audi Sport Team Phoenix)
- Has extended his lead of the standings by eight to nine points
- Was the runner-up at the Valencia circuit last year but was disqualified due to a tire from the wrong batch
- Has driven 111 DTM races in his career
"Valencia is a tremendous circuit. We drove there for the first time last year. Audi clinched a fantastic victory with Mattias Ekström. It's a very balanced track. The chances are probably very high that we'll have dry conditions at Valencia. We didn't experience that in the past two DTM races. Arriving at Valencia with a nine-point advantage is a nice buffer. But we need to continue to work hard and in a focused manner. Oschersleben showed how quickly something can happen."


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Scientific Publications by FDA Staff
Search Publications
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006 Jun;50(6):1982-8
Novel Conjugate of Moxifloxacin and Carboxymethylated Glucan with Enhanced Activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Schwartz YS, Dushkin MI, Vavilin VA, Melnikova EV, Khoschenko OM, Kozlov VA, Agafonov AP, Alekseev AY, Rassadkin Y, Shestapalov AM, Azaev MS, Saraev DV, Filimonov PN, Kurunov Y, Svistelnik AV, Krasnov VA, Pathak A, Derrick SC, Reynolds RC, Morris S, Blinov VM
Morris S, US FDA, Ctr Biol Evaluat & Res, Bldg 29,Room 502,29 Lincoln Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA US FDA, Ctr Biol Evaluat & Res, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA RAMS, SD, Inst Clin Immunol, Novosibirsk, Russia Russian Minist Publ Hlth, State Res Ctr Virol & Biotechnol Vector, Koltsov, Novosibirsk, Russia Russian Minist Publ Hlth, Novosibirsk Inst TB, Novosibirsk, Russia So Res Inst, Birmingham, AL 35255 USA
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an intracellular pathogen that persists within macrophages of the human host. One approach to improving the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) is the targeted delivery of antibiotics to macrophages using ligands to macrophage receptors. The moxifloxacin-conjugated dansylated carboxymethylglucan (M-DCMG) conjugate was prepared by chemically linking dansylcadaverine (D) and moxifloxacin (M) to carboxymethylglucan (CMG), a known ligand of macrophage scavenger receptors. The targeted delivery to macrophages and the antituberculosis activity of the conjugate M-DCMG were studied in vitro and in vivo. Using fluorescence microscopy, fluorimetry, and the J774 macrophage cell line, M-DCMG was shown to accumulate in macrophages through scavenger receptors in a dose-dependent (1 to 50 mug/ml) manner. After intravenous administration of M-DCMG into C57BL/6 mice, the fluorescent conjugate was concentrated in the macrophages of the lungs and spleen. Analyses of the pharmacokinetics of the conjugate demonstrated that M-DCMG was more rapidly accumulated and more persistent in tissues than free moxifloxacin. Importantly, therapeutic studies of mycobacterial growth in C57BL/6 mice showed that the M-DCMG conjugate was significantly more potent than free moxifloxacin.
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|PubMed ID: #16723555
|Includes FDA Authors from Scientific Area(s): Biologics
|Entry Created: 2011-10-04
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Barclay Hedge Fund Index Gains 10.40% in 2007;
Emerging Markets Up 23.63%
FAIRFIELD, Iowa, January 11, 2008 – Hedge funds gained 10.40% in 2007 according to year-end data compiled by Barclay Hedge, nearly double the 5.49% return of the S&P 500 Total Return Index.
"Hedge funds have outperformed US stocks in six of the past 11 years," says Sol Waksman, founder and president of Barclay Hedge. "Three of those years were during the bear market from 2000 to 2002."
"In up years, stocks usually outperform the hedge fund industry as a whole, since hedge funds include both long and short strategies, whereas stock indexes are always 100 percent long."
The Barclay Hedge Fund Index returned 10.40% in 2007, extending gains of 12.38%, 10.67%, 8.80%, and 17.99% during the previous four years.
"Since1997, the Barclay Hedge Fund Index has generated a compound annual return of 13.10%, compared to a 8.15% compound return for the S&P 500," says Waksman.
Emerging Markets was clearly the strongest hedge fund sector in 2007. Barclay's Emerging Markets Index gained 23.63% for the year.
"Emerging Markets have been hot, gaining 187 percent over the past five years," says Waksman.
"There's been the perception for some time that greater value can be found in emerging markets, since their stocks are priced at lower multiples than the G-7 markets. Whether that argument will prevail in 2008 remains an open question."
All of Barclay's 18 hedge fund indices were in positive territory at the end of 2007, and six sectors had double-digit returns.
Emerging Markets gained 23.63%, Technology rose 15.61%, Merger Arbitrage was up 13.18%, Healthcare and Biotechnology gained 11.96%, Global Macro was up 11.65%, and Equity Long Bias gained 10.56%.
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Is there anything Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio can't do?
The Jersey Shore star, 31, is co-hosting the 8th Annual mtvU Woodie Awards with "In the Dark" singer Dev, the network confirmed to Us Weekly Friday. The half-hour special will featured performances by Santigold, Mac Miller, Steve Aoki and surprise guests.
"It's pretty much live, so you can't slip up and you can't curse," DelVecchio told Us Weekly before taping the special during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas Thursday. "It's pretty cool because I'm actually doing two roles -- I'm deejaying and hosting."
"The Woodies are cool because it's all about music and I love music. It doesn't have to do with album sales or most popular people. It has to do with the performances and the music," he adds. "Some of the greatest people started there. Wiz Khalifa started at the woodies. Kings of Leon started at The Woodies."
Vanessa Hudgens, The Vampire Diaries' Kat Graham, Mike Posner, B.o.B., Mac Miller, Cobra Starship, Chiddy Bang, J. Cole and MGK will also dish on their favorite up-and-coming bands during The Woodies.
The 8th Annual mtvU Woodie Awards will air Sunday, March 18 at 8 p.m. EST on MTV and mtvU.


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To Whom Will Bianca Turn Now?
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Olga Sosnovska has decided to exit her groundbreaking role as Lena Kundera on All My Children. The actress is returning home to London, where she'll star in MI5, a series about the United Kingdom's defensive security intelligence agency.
"As difficult a decision as it has been, I felt compelled to take this great opportunity," she says in a statement.
Sosnovska stresses that she's leaving the show on her own accord.
"ABC and All My Children have been incredibly supportive and in no way was it their decision or intent to have me leave."
AMC's Lena earned a legion of fans when she fell for openly gay Bianca Montgomery, establishing the popular 'Lianca' pairing. In April 2003, Sosnovska and Bianca's portrayer, Emmy nominee Eden Riegel, shared daytime's first lesbian kiss. This scene was voted by Soapdom's members as the single most momorable moment in soaps of 2003. CLick here.
Sources close to the show say that Lena will be on the canvas for several more months, and that AMC is cooking up a dramatic departure for the character.
"I'm so excited for her, but I'm going to miss her like crazy," says Riegel of her co-star's departure. "I have so much love and respect for her as a person and as an actress. She's the epitome of grace. And of course, Lena is going to be missed by Bianca, to say the least. It was a lovely little love affair they had going."
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Drag superstar works Mr. & Mrs. President drag for new reality show
This year, it seems more people sent Internet holiday greetings than snail mail. And if you've waited until the last minute, there's a new Christmas card idea that's only a cut-and-paste away.
To promote "Drag Race," Logo's upcoming reality America's Next Top Drag Queen compeition, hostess RuPaul sent out a holiday card promotion. The supermodel works both Barack and Michelle Obama looking victorious. The inscription says, "Finally. Something we can celebrate."
"Drag Race" starts airing in February.
'Flipping Out' vs 'Ugly Betty'
Two celebrity neighbors in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles are getting ornery. "Flipping Out" star Jeff Lewis and "Ugly Betty" actress Ashley Jensen (with the Scottish brogue) are suing each other.
According to the documents filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Jensen and her husband Terence Beesley live next door to a house that Lewis is renovating.
Jensen and Beesley say Lewis constructed a deck that's encroaching on their property.
Jensen and her husband say Lewis offered $10,000 to buy an easement and simply let the deck stand. After consulting with other real estate experts, the couple discovered that the property was worth $100,000.
The papers claim that Lewis visited his neighbors' home and countered with a $30,000 offer and, if they didn't accept, he threatened to bitch about them on the new season of his show.
As a result of Jensen and Beesley's lawsuit, the court issued a temporary restraining order against Lewis, ordering him to stay 50 feet away from Jensen's home.
Maddow is in Vogue
In next month's Vogue Magazine, three TV newswomen are being highlighted: MSNBC lesbian Rachel Maddow, veteran Katie Couric and Campbell Brown.
Maddow's headline reads, Rachel, "Is making her mark on cable news by keeping her cool when everyone else is losing theirs."
And she describes her political quest as "making fun of bad guys, wherever I find them."
Doonan and Martha make peace
This week, Simon Doonan, gay creative director for Barney's New York, joined Martha Stewart to showcase innovative ideas for wreaths and trees and chat about Barney's hippie-themed Christmas windows.
Here are some highlights from their chat.
Martha: "One year, you featured caricatures of celebrities and public figures — like Bette Midler and Joan Rivers — that was 1992, and I was in the window! Barney's was downtown."
Simon: "You were on 17th Street, swinging in the window from a chandelier."
Martha: "I remember — with a dust mop."
Simon: "You were a very good sport. I thought, 'She's going to strangle me when she sees this window.'"
Martha : "To be in one of your windows, no matter what you're doing, is pretty good!"
Simon: "People loved that one."
Martha: "This year, what's the theme for your windows?"
Simon: "This year, we have done peace and love — have a hippie holiday, because I was reading all these articles about the counter culture and the hippie movement, and do you know this year is the 50th anniversary of the peace sign?"
Martha: "I did not know that!"
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition December 19, 2008.


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In honor of the 25th anniversary release of Michael Jackson's "Bad" album, an anniversary LP was released earlier this year, complete with concert footage and unreleased tracks. In conjunction, director and friend of MJ, Spike Lee, has put together a documentary titled "Michael Jackson: BAD25" that let's in on the making of MJ's legendary Bad album. ABC has released the trailer for the film set to debut on Thanksgiving Day.
The film features never-before-seen footage and exclusive interview with Mariah Carey, the King of Pop's former backup singer Sheryl Crow, and others regarding the making of the "Bad" album, videos, and tour. Maybe the secret to the famous lean in the Smooth Criminal video will finally be revealed! Read more>>
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I think you are not yet used to the minimalist UI design of chrome yet, its a great browser for PC, I tell you that
I think you are not yet used to the minimalist UI design of chrome yet, its a great browser for PC, I tell you that
It also took me a while to get used to Chrome. First time I installed it, I hated it. I preferred Firefox, the browser I've been using for years.
The main reason I decided to give Chrome another chance was because Firefox's flash plugin kept crashing quite often, requiring a restart of Firefox. This got pretty frustrating after a month. Loaded the same videos on Chrome and didn't have the same problem. And they made the switch easy by copying my setting and Favourites from Firefox. After a while, I got used to the UI and now Chrome is my primary Browser. I find it a lot faster and easier to search for things.
Had nothing but problems with Chrome and Citrix. The latest receiver is listed as supported but it is causing us nothing but headaches at work.
I'll never use Chrome, the forced updates, the lack of auto-clear for the history, and the huge amount of data that it transmits back to Google completely outside of my control are all good reasons not to use the product.
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1st thing i asked about on here, a hexite directed me here, cross platform home page that sync's if you buy pro
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What don't you like about it...? The only thing that initially annoyed me was the inability to "Open" files (from som temp directory, I suppose) rather than actually download them, but I'm totally used to that now.
That and the first thing I need to do every time I install Chrome is tick the box to show the Home button, I've no idea why that isn't default behaviour.
For me chrome is awesome , but after using a friends pc, setup is key, personally I have mine set to open on new tab page with the 8 most visited sites on screen and also showing my bookmarks bar at all times.
I have been a massive fan of Chrome for 4/5 years, but recently I decided to transfer to Firefox. Loving the minimal UI on Chrome, on work laptops with poor resolution and widescreen, you need all the screen space you can get.
Just use what you like best Don't let others people choices mold your opinions.
I can't really make up my mind.
I like aspects of several browsers, I currently use Chrome the majority of the time, though I do still feel I should be using Firefox for some reason, it just feels like stepping backwards. And yes I even use IE9 I think its getting there, though on the same level as Firefox.
There was a time were I used Opera only, though I was frustrated at times as some web pages did not load properly.
I've considered using Iron, though never got around to it. To many options. For now I use Chrome, seems to just work.
I would disagree, I really love Chrome as a browser because it just works and looks really slick.
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Boston High Schools May Soon Make Condoms Available and Provide More Sex Ed
The Boston School Committee is considering adopting a new policy that would add sexuality education and other health courses and make condoms available at all high schools in the city.
The Boston School Committee is considering adopting a new policy that would add sexuality education and other health courses and make condoms available at all high schools in the city. The move to change these policies comes as the city is seeing high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially chlamydia, among teens. In 2012, there were 1,249 cases reported among 15- to 19-year-olds in Boston.
Currently the city's schools are operating under a policy that was controversial when it was passed in 1994. It allows for condom availability only at the 19 schools that house school-based health centers (there are a total of 32 high schools in the city). At the time, Mayor Thomas M. Menino pushed for the policy out of a concern over rising HIV-infection rates among teenagers in the city. The policy passed despite staunch opposition from the previous mayor and the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.
It has not been updated in nearly a decade, however, and many people in the city, including students, think it does not go far enough. According to the Boston Globe:
In the Fall of 2010 young people from the Hyde Square Task Force in Jamaica Plain launched an aggressive campaign to persuade school officials to offer free condoms in all high schools, and to increase the rigor and availability of sexual health education courses, which they said had been dropped from several schools because of budget cuts or MCAS [standardized test] prep.
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In fact, only eight of the 32 high schools in the city currently offer sex education.
The school committee is now considering a number of these proposals. Under the suggested condom policy, students at all city schools would be able to receive condoms either from school staff, the Boston Public Health Commission, or a community health service partner. Any student receiving condoms would be given counseling on safer practices at the same time. Parents who do not want their children to receive condoms could opt out of the program.
This policy would be part of a larger health and wellness program, which would apply to all grade levels and include improved physical education classes, education about nutrition, bullying prevention programs, and sexuality education.
Members of the school committee seemed supportive of these changes, including condom availability, when they met at the beginning of the month. The committee's chairman, Michael O'Neill, told the Globe, "Many members spoke positively about the comprehensiveness of the policy and acknowledged the reality our students face." No one spoke out to oppose changing the policy.
The school committee is set to meet again on June 19.


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On Tuesday, February 17 the aisles of Amoeba Hollywood swelled once more with homemade floats, revelers, and the merry strains of our volunteer brass band as we ushered in our annual Mardi Gras celebration. We kicked things off at 3pm with some tunes from DJ Humble B, followed by a boisterous parade through the store and onto Sunset Blvd., closing the party out with a mix from our own Mr. Ray. Employees and customers alike donned strands of beads and colorful masks for one of the biggest turnouts we've had in all the years we've been celebrating Fat Tuesday.
Although the event originally started at Amoeba San Francisco in 1998 as a celebration of our employees' hard work in between the busy holiday and summer seasons, the focus of Amoeba's Mardi Gras celebrations turned towards outward giving in the years following Hurricane Katrina. A portion of Fat Tuesday's sales from all three stores and Amoeba.com went to two New Orleans charities benefiting the city's storied music community: Tipitina's Foundation and the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic.
Tipitina's Foundation strives to preserve and advocate for New Orleans' unique musical heritage, while also aiding the professional development of adult musicians and promoting childhood musical education through their Instruments A Comin' program, which provides new and refurbished musical instruments to school band programs in the area. Tipitina's also provides after-school internship opportunities for high school students, in the form of an after-school jazz band, where they receive training in music theory, instrumental performance, recording, and career professionalism.


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Much of what we accomplish in life is owed to others. Parents, friends, family members, bosses and co-workers not only help shape who we become, they also often give us the very opportunities that allow us to achieve. That's why we're so inclined to give those we know the benefit of the doubt. We give them the courtesy to answer for their offenses before rushing to judgment. On some level, this is a good thing. If we all treated everyone the same and followed the letter of every law, we'd never be able to forge bonds or create connections. As a teenager, I witnessed many of my best friends steal road signs, smoke pot, cheat on spelling tests and fraudulently tell women they were in love. They earned that silence through being my friend and affording me the same courtesy when I acted like a jerk. The people you love deserve to have the occasional problem overlooked, but there is a difference between a problem and an act of pure evil.
When a player oversleeps a final, that's a problem. When a co-worker gets drunk at an office Christmas party and makes a skuzzy comment to your wife, that too is a problem. Sometimes, based on track record or the greater good, those concerns are best dropped. But when a man rapes a child in the shower of a facility you're in charge of, that is an act of pure evil. That's not a situation where someone deserves courtesy because he's been your friend for forty years or because he's a revered former coach at an institution you work at. There is a line. It's different for each person and perhaps a bit blurry, but it exists and some atrocities are so far over it even the most liberal of interpretations could not possibly bend that line far enough to justify treating it simply as a problem.
Joe Paterno was supposed to be a coach. He was supposed to be a leader and a good example, but when he was told his graduate assistant saw his longtime assistant coach rape a boy in the shower, he elected to pass the buck. He dealt with it like a problem, not the act of pure evil it was. He referred it to his supervisor and never followed up on the matter. He's since claimed he didn't know the extent of what happened, that the truth got lost in euphemisms. Even if it did, even if all graduate assistant Mike McQueary told him he witnessed was Jerry Sandusky acting inappropriately with a child, it's befuddling and unnerving that he simply reported the matter and put it out of sight and out of mind. How do you not ask a goddamn follow up question? How do you not say, "Are you fucking kidding me? What happened? Tell me everything you saw."
There is no excuse for Paterno's silence. He was the most powerful man on campus, and as such, he should have seen it as his responsibility to personally find out whether or not his longtime friend was abusing children. He should have called the police. Short of that, he should have personally launched an investigation. Short of that, he should have confronted Sandusky. Short of that, he should have asked McQueary for every single detail he witnessed. He didn't. He did the bare minimum, and for a coach that's prided himself on asking his players to give it their all, that's inexcusable.
Joe Paterno had to be fired. For not living up to his own standards, for the future of Penn State and most importantly, for every last one of those victims, he had to go.
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National Book Critics Circle Award Winner Jennifer Egan Coming April 27
March 13, 2011
March 13, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — Jennifer Egan, whose A Visit From the Goon Squad was announced as the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction Thursday. will visit DePauw University on April 27. Her reading, sponsored by the James and Marilou Kelly Writers Series, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Meharry Hall of historic East College and is free and open to the public. (photo: Vistalux)
Calling it "an inventive book," the Wall Street Journal noted, "Set in the music industry, Goon Squad follows a middle-aged record executive named Bennie Salazar, his kleptomaniac assistant, Sasha, and a dozen or more overlapping characters whose lives are altered by the forces of time and technology. One chapter is written as a celebrity profile; another is rendered as a Powerpoint presentation. The narrative, skipping forward and back, weaving a loose-link chain from strands of backstory, has been likened to the experience of surfing the Web," wrote Steven Kurutz.
The Los Angeles Times' Carolyn Kellogg calls Egan's award-winning book "an innovatively structured work ... (whose) title is taken from an Elvis Costello song that is also about time and how decisions echo across generations. It is the first significant critical prize for Egan, who has published three other novels and a collection of stories."
Egan also authored Look at Me, a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction in 2001, as well as The Keep, Emerald City and Other Stories, and The Invisible Circus, which was made into a feature film with Cameron Diaz. Her short stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Harpers, McSweeney's and other magazines and her non-fiction articles appear frequently in the New York Times Magazine. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, and a Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library.
The James and Marilou Kelly Writers Series was established in 1998 with gifts from Marilou Morrell Kelly, a 1955 graduate of DePauw. Learn more about the Kelly Writers Series by clicking here.Back


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Final: Caps 3, Bruins 2 in shootout
Final score: Caps, 3-2. Washington wins with 3-2 edge in shootout. Goals by Hendricks, Semin and Laich.
Laich wins it with with backhand lift inside right post.
Peverley denied on forehander top of crdease.
Semin connects on backhander at left post. Tied, 2-2, after three rounds.
Bergeron scores on forehander through five hole.
Thomas stops Ovie at right post.
Seguin brings Bruins even.
Hendricks beats Thomas after Krejci fails at other end.
Ovechkin nearly picks a post with 25 seconds to go, but it goes to shootout. Tied, 2-2, at 65:00
Mad scramble at Washington net with 45 seconds go. Neuvirth holds fort. Bruins call timeout.
Strong big by Ovechklin with 2:05 left in OT. Stopped by Thomas.
60 wrapped at 9:27 p.m. Tied, 2-2. On to 5 min OT.
18:44 — Bruins, 2-2. Ference hammers in 40-foot slapper aftrer Krejci passes in from right wall after cutting off Washington clear attempt.
16:50 — Caps, 2-1. Chara wrister from blue line deflected in by Krejci.
Bruins down by a pair with 5:00 to go. Looks like three-game win streak will be snapped.
9:54 — Caps, 2-0 — Johansson finishs bang-bang play off pass from Ovechkin. Ovie with skille pass through Chara, Johansson with full step ahead of Ference.
7:59 Caps, 1-0. — Ex-Bruin Wideman wrists in 20-footer with Boychuk and Laich jousting for position at top of crease.
Fun continues at 8:52 p.m.
40:00 in books at 8:34 p.m. No score.
With 1:49 left, Beagle dish sets up Knuble wrister, good stop by Thomas.
11:08 — Krejci off for high stick. Caps go on PP, after landing only 6 shots in 31:08.
8:33 Zanon wrister off faceoff hits right post, Bergeron just misses cashing in on backhander.
6:11 more burned off books. Not much to report. Boston with 10-3 shot lead.
Bruins announce early in period that McQuaid will not return. Suspect concusssion from Chimera hit.
Fun resumes at 7:59 p.m.
First 20:00 in books. No score. Bruins with 7-2 shot lead. Eakin lands last Washington shot at 1243 of period.
18:25 — Neuvirth replaces Vokoun in Washington net. Game scoreless. No apparent injury. If this were Habs, we would suspect traded, a la Cammalleri.
17:20 — Lucic gingerly to bench after getting drilled lower leg/foot by Chara blaster.
Bad, stupid hit, Chimera drives McQuaid into rear boards at 14:00. 5:00 and game misconduct and a chat with Shanahan in morning for Chimera. Chimera makes it worse by arguing with refs.
Halfway through period. Bruins with 2-1 shot lead. Action slower than 4:40 to Rockport.
Marchand turnover high in Boston defensive zone leads to Ovechkin wrister. First shot of night at 3:58.
Puck down at 7:08 p.m.
Bruins open with sizzling hot Pouliot-Kelly-Rolston trio. Zanon and Corvo on backline. Thomas in net.
Almost ready to rock 'n' roll here at the Garden, Bruins vs. Caps. Possible berth-clincher for Bruins. Caps fearing a DNQ.


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PSJA student dead after collapsing while running laps
Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:45:38 GMT —
Authorities are investigating the death of a teenage boy who died shortly after collapsing while running laps at school.
PSJA Independent School District officials confirmed that the incident happened at Buell Central DAEP in Pharr around 9:45 a.m. Monday.
School district officials said the 14-year-old boy collapsed while running laps at the alternative education campus.
Staff members gave the boy first aid and paramedics rushed him to the Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen where the boy died.
PSJA ISD officials said the boy's parents were notified and that they met the school's principal at the hospital.
The boy's name is not being released at this time while the exact cause of his death remains under investigation.
School district officials are providing counselors to students at staff.
PSJA Independent School District Statement
A male student at Buell Central DAEP in Pharr passed away today (Monday, February 17, 2014). The 14-year-old student collapsed while running laps at school at approximately 9:45 am. First aid was rendered at the campus and he was transferred by ambulance to Rio Grande Regional Hospital. The student TMs parents were contacted and the Campus Principal met the parents at the hospital. His parents and campus staff were informed that the young man had passed away. PSJA ISD TMs crisis counseling plan has been implemented starting today to provide counseling support for both students and staff. Counselors will be available over the next few days. Counselors and staff have been in contact with the family and will be available to provide any support needed. At this time, the cause of death is unknown. The entire school and PSJA district give their condolences to the family. We ask for your support and prayers. This is a very sad time for our PSJA community. Sincerely, PSJA ISD Administration


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Hemophilia A is a hereditary bleeding disorder caused by a lack of blood clotting factor VIII. Without enough factor VIII, the blood cannot clot properly to control bleeding.
Factor VIII deficiency; Classic hemophilia; Bleeding disorder - hemophilia A
When you bleed, a series of reactions take place in the body that helps blood clots form. This process is called the coagulation cascade. It involves special proteins called coagulation, or clotting, factors. You may have a higher chance of excess bleeding if one or more of these factors are missing or are not functioning like they should.
Factor VIII (eight) is 1 such coagulation factor. Hemophilia A is the result of the body not making enough factor VIII.
Hemophilia A is caused by an inherited X-linked recessive trait, with the defective gene located on the X chromosome. Females have 2 copies of the X chromosome. So if the factor VIII gene on 1 chromosome does not work, the gene on the other chromosome can do the job of making enough factor VIII.
Males have only 1 X chromosome. If the factor VIII gene is missing on a boy's X chromosome, he will have hemophilia A. For this reason, most people with hemophilia A are male.
If a woman has a defective factor VIII gene, she is considered a carrier. This means the defective gene can be passed down to her children. Boys born to such women have a 50% chance of having hemophilia A. Their daughters have a 50% chance of being a carrier. All female children of men with hemophilia carry the defective gene. Risk factors for hemophilia A include:
Severity of symptoms vary. Prolonged bleeding is the main symptom. It is often first seen when an infant is circumcised. Other bleeding problems usually show up when the infant starts crawling and walking.
Mild cases may go unnoticed until later in life. Symptoms may first occur after surgery or injury. Internal bleeding may occur anywhere.
Symptoms can include:
If you are the first person in the family to have a suspected bleeding disorder, your health care provider will order a series of tests called a coagulation study. Once the specific defect has been identified, other people in your family will need tests to diagnose the disorder.
Tests to diagnose hemophilia A include:
Treatment includes replacing the missing clotting factor. You will receive factor VIII concentrates. How much you get depends on:
Mild hemophilia may be treated with desmopressin (DDAVP). This medicine helps the body release factor VIII that is stored within the lining of blood vessels.
To prevent a bleeding crisis, people with hemophilia and their families can be taught to give factor VIII concentrates at home at the first signs of bleeding. People with severe forms of the disease may need regular preventive treatment.
DDAVP or factor VIII concentrate may also be needed before having dental extractions or surgery.
You should get the hepatitis B vaccine. People with hemophilia are more likely to get hepatitis B because they may receive blood products.
Some people with hemophilia A develop antibodies to factor VIII. These antibodies are called inhibitors. The inhibitors attack factor VIII so that it no longer works. In such cases, a man-made clotting factor called VIIa can be given.
You can ease the stress of illness by joining a hemophilia support group. Sharing with others who have common experiences and problems can help you not feel alone.
With treatment, most people with hemophilia A are able to lead a fairly normal life.
If you have hemophilia A, you should have regular checkups with a hematologist.
Complications may include:
Call your provider if:
Genetic counseling may be recommended. Testing can identify women and girls who carry the hemophilia gene. Identify women and girls who carry the hemophilia gene.
Testing can be done during pregnancy on a baby in the mother's womb.
Carcao M, Moorehead P, Lillicrap D. Hemophilia A and B. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ, Silberstein LE, Heslop HE, Weitz JI, Anastasi J, eds. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2013:chap 137.
Scott JP, Flood VH. Hereditary clotting factor deficiencies (bleeding disorders). In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St Geme JW, Schor NF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 476.
Srivastava A, Brewer AK, Mauser-Bunschoten EP, et al. Treatment Guidelines Working Group on Behalf of The World Federation Of Hemophilia. Haemophilia. 2013;19:e1-47. PMID: 22776238 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22776238.
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Yes, you can see your library fines in the library catalog.
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- Once in COMCat, click on View my library record.
- Then just log in with your COM ID and last name.
- Any fees you have will be listed.
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I run a gaming website with a number of guilds, for various games. The way I have the guild members set up is with usergroups. I am using the Join User Group mod by Waindigo. This allows members to choose which guilds (usergroups) they want to join, which then goes through into the usual Moderation Queue. Once approved, they show up in a Guild Roster which is a modified version of the XenStaff mod by Lawrence. The website is www.HackSlashRepeat.com if you'd like to have a look for whatever reason.
I was wondering if there was a way to remove a user from a Secondary Usergroup (remove them from the guild(s) they have joined) if they are inactive on the forum (I.e. do not visit the forum after X days).
Also, I was wondering if it is possible for a member to leave a usergroup at his/her own will?


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Hamilton's size, two-way game may put him on fast track to NHL
Multi-skilled winger ranks #4 among Calder-eligible forwards
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(Editor's note: Cult of Hockey writer Bruce McCurdy is naming the top Oilers prospects, putting them into three teams, each with three forwards, two defencemen and a goalie. Today: second team forwards.)
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One thing our second team of All-Calder-Eligible forwards have in common is size, something most Oiler fans would agree is lacking on the (not so) big club. Completing the trio is our fourth-ranked forward, Curtis Hamilton. The natural left winger is the biggest of the three, currently listed as 6'3 and a solid 202 lbs.
Chosen 48th in that same second round that Tyler Pitlick went 31st, Hamilton looks to have been the bigger steal, as the potential first rounder was coming off a season where he twice suffered a broken collarbone. No such ill fortune last season, just a healthy season of outstanding production for an excellent Saskatoon Blades club. Particularly impressive was that +48, which unbelievably was fourth best on his own team. Such revelations always give rise to the question, how much of that outstanding production was due to that excellent team, and how much was Curtis himself driving the bus?
The most interesting split for Hamilton was his output before and after the mid-season trade that landed World Junior star Brayden Schenn right on Hamilton's line. Judging from this:
… it didn't make much difference. As we pondered with Pitlick's steady production, that's another how-full-is-your-glass situation: did Curtis miss out on a big opportunity to take it to the next level? Or was he already there?
For sure he had his best run in October-November, when over a 20-game span he posted 13-18-31 and an eye-popping +28. Not sure who his linemates were, but am sure Schenn wasn't one of them. That partnership would develop over the subsequent months as Hamilton played his was on to Team Canada as a 13th forward, then played his way right up to the first (Schenn's) line, and overall had a splendid tournament. Before you knew it, the Blades had pulled off the blockbuster deal and Hamilton and Schenn were paired up in Toon Town.
I had the opportunity to catch both games the Blades played in Edmonton last year. Both times Hamilton impressed as a pretty complete player with a conscientious two-way game. On each occasion I came away with the impression of a real good player having a "just average" kind of night. He did little that made me gasp – he's certainly no Taylor Hall as a skater nor RNH as a puckhandler. (That said, the sight of a 6'3 penalty killer who knew what the @#$% he was doing did make me swoon just a little.) His decision-making and positional play seemed sound. He used his size and reach to some advantage, although he is by no means a basher – just 95 minutes in penalties in 216 WHL games. So be forewarned, those who mistake "big" for "aggressive", because I don't think that's this player. To this Oiler fan of long standing he projects as more a Mike Krushelnyski type than a Mike Grier type. There's room for both types on "my" imaginary team, the one that's always way more balanced than the real-life Oilers of the day.
Like Tyler Pitlick, Hamilton has a late '91 birthday; unlike Pitlick, he's got four WHL seasons under his belt so there is no reason at all to send him back, it would only stunt his growth. Of all the guys coming out of juniors, Curtis is probably the most ready to turn pro. Surely he will start with the season in Oklahoma City, but I wouldn't bet against seeing him up with the big club at some point during the year.
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From the Cult of Hockey archives:
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Follow Bruce on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/brucemccurdy


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If you want to help with medical expenses:
Chris Trickle Medical Fund Account # 0150798189 c/o Citibank 4065 South Jones Las Vegas, NV 89103 Phone: 1-702-364-2061 (ask for Jennifer or David)
(Thanks, Theresa, for the reminder!) ===== Ken Wagner sends me this report:
"Found some interesting numbers on the USAToday site (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ssun3.htm) regarding Forbes list of the world's highest paid athletes. Of the 40 on the list, only 3 race car drivers are listed.
Michael Schumacher is #4 on the list with a salary of $25 million and endorsements of $10 million for a total of $35 million a year.
Dale Earnhardt is #8 on the list with a salary of $3.6 million and endorsements of $15.5 million for a total of $19.1 million a year.
Jeff Gordon is #32 on the list with a salary of $3.8 million and endorsements of $6.5 million for a total of $10.3 million a year.
Earnhardt is #4 on the list in terms of endorsements, behind Michael Jordan ($47 million), Tiger Woods ($24 million), and Arnold Palmer ($16 million) -- pretty respectable company huh?"
Thanks, Ken. ===== This excellent article is from iRace (I think):
During a Winston Cup racing season, one of the most frequently asked questions among fans is: "Hey, why does the guy who finishes 15th or 20th at a race sometimes earn more money than the guy who finishes eighth or 10th?"
Hang with us, and we'll try to explain.
Although the primary sponsor's logo and colors dominate, Winston Cup cars are splashed with all sorts of decals in various colors, sizes and shapes. Several, such as the Winston Cup Series and Goodyear decals, are mandatory. Most others are optional.
BREAKDOWN OF GORDON'S WINNINGS Here's the breakdown of Jeff Gordon's $131,330 earnings from the recent Southern 500: Money Source $34,655 First-place purse $30,000 Winston leader bonus $10,200 Winner's Circle $7,000 Plan 1 $6,525 First-place TV money $5,000 RCA $5,000 MCI $3,000 Plasti-Kote $2,500 Longacre $2,000 Opryland $2,000 Western Auto $2,000 True Value $2,000 Raybestos $1,800 JE Pistons $1,750 Prestone $1,500 Moog $1,500 Holley $1,500 Mechanix $1,200 Spicer Driveshafts $1,200 Aeroquip $1,200 Competition Cams $1,100 Jesel $1,000 Unocal gasoline $1,000 Stant Radiator Caps $1,000 AE Clevite $850 Hurst $800 Edelbrock $750 Bowman $700 Simpson $600 3M And all of those decals, whether provided by a major multimillion-dollar sponsor such as STP, DuPont, Pennzoil or your favorite brew, or by an associate sponsor, mean money. That's why car owners gleefully decorate their 200-mph billboards with all of those stickers.
The money offered by each of the sponsors differs. Combined with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series funding programs to which some drivers may or may not be part of, you'll have a complicated formula but an explanation of why a driver low in the finishing order might earn more money at the track than a driver who finished ahead of him.
Like faithful Boy Scouts donning their merit badges, racing teams are loyal to the troops who dish out millions for advertisement. The more companies you serve, the better the chance to collect.
They're called special awards or contingency money, contingent upon display of the decal and, depending on the product, the use of the product, too.
Petty Enterprises, for instance, has refused to apply a Busch decal to its No. 43 car because of Richard Petty's anti-alcohol stand. Thus in February his team's car was ineligible for the Busch Clash, a race among the previous season's pole winners.
Race to race, however, contingency money usually is split among the top three to five finishers.
There's competition for decal space among manufacturers of similar products. It's Mac Tools vs. Craftsman Tools, Competition Cams vs. Crane Cams. There's the Motorcraft Batteries Award and the Exide Batteries "All-Charged-Up Award," which in the Brickyard 400 went to the driver who advanced the most positions from start to finish. There are awards for using Stant radiator caps, awards to crew chiefs for the most strategic call, even the Goody's Headache Powder Award that goes to the driver who suffered the worst misfortune in a race.
And we're not talking a few measly bucks here. Daytona USA, the museum beside the speedway, awards $100,000 to the Daytona 500's winning team whose car is taken for display for one year.
And, you ask: "What if the winning driver's car does not display the proper decal for a specific award?" The money usually goes to the driver who finished closest to first.
But hold on. We're just getting started.
Take a gander at three of the richest races of the year. The posted purse for the Daytona 500 was $4.3 million; for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, $2 million; for the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, $4.4 million. The posted payoffs (the amount guaranteed by the promoter and NASCAR, including points and TV funds) to the winners: Daytona 500, $348,835; Coca-Cola 600, $150,000; Brickyard 400, $287,700.
In each case the winner received more than the "posted" amount. Jeff Gordon earned $377,410 for his 500 victory; Gordon received $224,900 for his 600 victory; and Ricky Rudd received $571,000 for his 400 victory.
Contingency money, TV money, qualifying money and NASCAR's funding programs, called "special plans," all figure into the payout. Each track negotiates its TV package, for instance, and while the drivers' portion of the Daytona TV package was $1.6 million, Charlotte's was $325,000, and Indy's was between $750,000 and $1 million. Of the TV money, 25 percent goes to drivers, 10 percent goes to NASCAR, and the track keeps the rest.
And, yes, there are more big bucks that do not come just from the promoter. Each season 10 teams enter the tour as members of the Winston Cup Car Owners Winner's Circle Plan. These are teams who have won the most races during the previous season, and each team receives from NASCAR a minimum of $261,000. But there is a stipulation: Teams must enter all scheduled races. Additionally, up to two Winner's Circle positions are added after a season begins, based on number of wins. Any ties are broken by who ranks higher in car owner points standings.
Drivers whose teams have qualified for the '98 program are Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Terry Labonte, Ricky Rudd, Rusty Wallace, Ernie Irvan, Bobby Hamilton and John Andretti.
And, grasp this one if you can: Should a different driver win the season finale, such as Dale Earnhardt or Bill Elliott, who are winless in '97 but who rank higher than Andretti and his car owner in points, Andretti would be bumped next season from the elite.
Besides race contingency awards, there are manufacturers' awards, dispersed at the end of the season, money that ranges from $4 million from R.J. Reynolds to $25,000 from Goodyear. In all, more than $5 million in manufacturers' awards will be paid to teams at the end of the '97 season.
Two other NASCAR money plans help subsidize teams, depending on their finishes in the past season's car owner points. There's a top-30 plan and a top-40 plan, and together they could be worth tens of thousands of dollars per team.
In which plan -- if any -- is your team qualified to participate? And when the total is calculated after each race, which decal was stuck to a quarterpanel?
Complicated? But of course. It's all of those plans, all of those decals, all of those contingencies, all of those special incentives. That's why Rudd earned $26,550 for a 40th-place finish in the recent AC Delco 400 at N.C. Motor Speedway and why 14th-place Michael Waltrip won $26,075. That's why 38th-place Jeff Burton earned $30,050 and 10th-place Joe Nemechek earned $22,625.
It's stickers and plans and having been successful in the past as much as in the present. Rookies are especially vulnerable: They have no track record of success, which counts for so much.
Past success, success today and success tomorrow. That's what adds up to big bucks on race day. ===== NASCARFans' Henry Dubret, send me an e-mail if you get this. If you don't, send me an e-mail anyway. ===== Mike Irwin (mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com) NASCAR Fans _______________________________________
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text: Kevin_Saenz dell com wrote: > > does ypbind need to run on both machines? > Hmm hadn't thought about that. Traditionally it is though that was before nsswitch appeared. you have access to all the maps as files...except for the ypservers map so you probably could decide not to run ypbind on the master but you wouldn't be able to push the maps onto any slave servers and I'd pass on what would happen when you tried to update any of the maps. If you're wondering if the master is allowed to bind to itself then yes, this is an accepted configuration. If you're trying to do anything complicated with NIS then Managing NFS and NIS by Stern from Oreilly is still useful but becoming more and more out of date, borrow it from a friend or the library but I'm not sure I'd buy it (If it's a work thing then try to talk them into getting it and Essential System Administration (Aeleen Frisch) at least, they will pay for themselves within a week. There's probably a case for revising it to include NIS(the sun and opensource versions), NIS+, kerberos and LDAP. -- Iain Rae Computing Officer Dept. Civil & Offshore Engineering Heriot-Watt University


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Thoth Tarot, Crowley Tarot, Crowley/Harris Tarot, Book of Thoth
Tarot Decks: The Thoth Tarot
Studies and Research
Index to Internet Resources, Books, and Articles
Correspondences, Symbolism, History, Meanings, Associations, Magick, Lore
By Michael P. Garofalo, M.S.
Thoth Tarot,
The Book of Thoth Tarot
Tarot of the Egyptians
Aleister Crowley and Frieda Harris Tarot Deck
This deck was designed by Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), Master Therion, Ordo Templi Orientis, O.T.O. The cards were painted on canvas, in a projective geometrical style, by Lady Frieda Harris (1877-1962), from 1938-1943, under close supervision by Aleister Crowley. This deck was Crowley's vision based on his knowledge of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, his O.T.O. philosophy, Quabalah, Enochian Magick, Egyptian mysteries, astrology, numerology, etc. The paintings of each card were photographed and first published as a Tarot deck in 1969 by the O.T.O.. The Book of Thoth Tarot was rephotographed and published by U.S. Games Systems with improved printing in 1972 and 1986. This deck now is available in large, medium and miniature sizes. The backgrounds in the Minor Arcana are somewhat more developed in this deck than in other decks produced before 1910. This deck comes in large, medium and miniature sizes.
This is the deck I use to practice Tarot magic as per Donald Tyson's Portable Magic and John Michael Greer's Learning Ritual Magic. This is the deck I use most often for Tarot readings for myself. This is the deck that will be discussed in detail in this Eight of Wands Tarot Website.
Alchemy and Mysticism. By Alexander Roob. The Hermentic Museum. Koln, Germany, Taschen, 2006. Index, 573 pages. ISBN: 9783822850381. An extensive collection of color and black and white prints for antiquity. VSCL.
Aleister Crowley Biographies at Amazon
Aleister Crowley Society: LAShTal
Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot
Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot Cards and Books at Amazon
Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck. Ordo Templi Orientis. Designed by Aleister Crowley. Painted by Lady Frieda Harris. ISBN: U. S. Games Systems, Inc., 1972. 78 page book included. The cards in this deck are are 3 3/4" wide and 5 1/2" high. Cards are marked: "1996 AG Muller." ISBN: 0913866156. VSCL.
Aleister Crowley Thoth Miniature Tarot Deck. 76 Card deck and 48 page booklet. U. S. Games Systems, Inc., 2006. The cards in this miniature deck are 2 1/4" wide and 3 1/2" high. VSCL.
Aleister Crowley Thoth Small Tarot Deck . 80 card deck includes three extra Magnus cards. A 78 page booklet. U. S. Games Systems Inc., 1988. The cards in this deck are 2 3/4" wide and 4 5/16" high. ISBN: 0880793082. VSCL.
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) - Wikipedia
The Ape of Thoth: A Thelemic Text Database
The Book of Thoth (Egyptian Tarot). By Aleister Crowley, The Master Therion. A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians. Equinox, Volume III, No. V., 1944, 200 copies. Published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc, 1977. 287 pages. ISBN: 0913866121. VSCL.
Book of Thoth (Crowley) - Wikipedia
Book of Thoth, Liber LXXVIII by Aleister Crowley - Online Version
"The Book of Thoth : A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians is the title of The Equinox, volume III, number 5, by English author and occultist Aleister Crowley. The book is recorded in the vernal equinox of 1944 (an Ixviii Sol in 0° 0' 0" Aries, March 21, 1944 e. v. 5:29 p.m.) and was originally published in an edition limited to 200 numbered and signed copies. This book describes the philosophy and the use of Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot, a deck of Tarot cards designed by Crowley and co-designed and painted by Lady Frieda Harris. The Thoth Tarot has become one of the best-selling and most popular Tarot Decks in the world. The original 200 volume edition was bound in Morocco leather and printed on pre-wartime paper. Crowley sold ₤1,500 worth of the edition in less than three months."
- Book of Thoth (Crowley) - Wikipedia
College of Thelema and Temple of Thelema
Correspondence Between Crowley and Harris Regarding Tarot
Crowley, Aleister 1875 - 1947. Foundation Links Works Biography
The Crowley Harris Thoth Deck
The Crowley Tarot. The Handbook to the Cards by Aleister Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris. By Akron (C. F. Frey) and Hajo Banzhaf. Translated from the German by Christine M. Grimm. Stamford, CT, U.S. Games Systems, Inc., 1995. 222 pages. ISBN: 0880797150. I have found this book to be an extremely useful reference tool when doing an analysis of a card. This is my favorite book on the Thoth Tarot. VSCL.
The Crowley Thoth On-Line Tarot Reading
A Description of of the Cards of the Tarot, Liber LXXVIII, by Aleister Crowley.
Divination with Cards, Crowley's Thoth, by A.G. Muller
Encyclopedia Thelemica
The Gallery of the Thoth Tarot. Images by Lee Helfin.
Game of Life. By Timothy Leary. New Falcon Publications, 1989. ISBN: 0941404641.
Harris, Lady Frieda 1877-1962
Harris, Frieda - Tarotpedia
Interview with Lon Milo DuQuette
Intuitive Tarot: A Tool for Consciousness. A comprehensive and unique guide for the use of the Aleister Crowley Tarot. By Mangala Billson. Cambridge, MA, Perfect Publishers, 2007. Appendix, 266 pages. ISBN: 9781905399307. VSCL.
Keywords for the Crowley Tarot. By Hajo Banzhaf and Brigitte Theler. San Francisco, CA, Weiser Books, 2001. Index, glossary, bibliography, 244 pages. ISBN: 1578631734. VSCL. This is an excellent handbook to use when working with the Crowley/Harris Thoth Tarot.
Liber AL vel Legis. By Aleister Crowley.
Magick and Tarot
The Magick of Aleister Crowley: A Handbook of the Rituals of Thelema. By Lon Milo Duquette. Illustrated Edition. Weiser Books, 2003. 304 pages. ISBN: 1578632994. VSCL.
Major Arcana of the Tarot
Minor Arcana of the Tarot
New Age Tarot: A Workbook and Glossary of Symbols. A Guide to the Thoth Deck. By James Wanless, Ph.D. Carmel, California, Merrill-West Pub., 1986. ISBN: 0961507918. 163 pages. Voyager Books VSCL.
Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O) Grand Lodge
Portable Darkness: An Aleister Crowley Reader. Edited with commentary by Scott Michaelsen. Foreword by Robert Anton Wilson and Genesis P-Orridge. New York, Solar Books, 2007, 1989. Bibliography and recommended reading, 293 pages. ISBN: 9780971457874. VSCL.
Root of the Powers of Air (Swords) from Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley
Root of the Powers of Earth (Disks) from Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley
Root of the Powers of Fire (Wands) from Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley
Root of the Powers of Water (Cups) from Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley
Tarot and the Magus: Opening the key to Divination, Magick, and the Holy Guardian Angel. By Paul Hughes-Barlow. Aeon Books, Ltd., 2004. Illustrated edition, 208 pages. ISBN: 1904658024.
Tarot For The New Aeon (A Practical Guide to the Power and Wisdom of the Thoth Tarot). By P. C. Tarantino. Alternative Insights, 2007. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0976618400.
The Tarot Handbook: Practical Applications of Ancient Visual Symbols. By Angeles Arrien. New York, Jeremy P. Tarcher, Penguin, 1987, 1997. Appendices, tables, bibliography, index, 320 pages. ISBN: 0874778956. Tarot sysmbols from a psychological, mythological, and cross-cultural perspective. A detailed analysis and interpretation of Crowley's Thoth Tarot. VSCL.
Tarot Inspiration - The Book of Thoth Website
Tarot and Magick
Tarot of Ceremonial Magic: A Pictorial Synthesis of Three Great Pillars of Magick (Astrology, Enochian Magick, Goetia). By Lon Milo Duquette. 78 card deck and 304 page book. Red Wheel, Weiser, 2006. ISBN: 0877287643. VSCL.
Tarot Major Arcana: Index to Links of Internet Resources, Books, Articles; Symbolism, Correspondences, Symbolism, Iconography.
Tarot: Mirror of the Soul: Handbook for the Aleister Crowley Tarot. By Gerd Ziegler. San Francisco, California, Red Wheel, Weiser Books, 1988. Brief glossary of symbols. 192 pages. ISBN: 0877286833. VSCL.
Thelema College
Thematic Index to the Tarot
The Thoth Companion: The Key to the True Symbolic Meaning of the Thoth Tarot. By Michael Osiris Snuffin. Llewellyn Publications, 2007. 240 pages. ISBN: 0738711926. VSCL.
Thoth Tarot Books from Amazon
Thoth Tarot Deck by Aleister Crowley. York Beach, Maine, Samuel Weiser, Inc, 1978, 1983. This deck was printed in Belgium. The cards are 3 3/4" wide and 5 1/2" high. ISBN: 0877284520. VSCL.
The Twenty-Two Keys of Wisdom: A Study on the Major Arcana of Aleister Crowley's Tarot. By Lynda I. H. Hughes. Twickenham, U.K., Athena Press, 2009. Glossary, appendix, bibliography, 184 pages. ISBN: 9781847485830. VSCL.
Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot. By Lon Milo DuQuette. San Francisco, California, Red Wheel, Weiser Books, 2003. 330 pages. Glossary, notes, bibliography. ISBN: 1578632765. This is an outstanding guide to the Thoth Tarot by an expert in the O.T.O. and Golden Dawn systems and a Master Tarot scholar. VSCL.
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text: GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Jason Kidd burst out of the starting gate of this basketball season like a man who had discovered the Fountain of Youth. In November, the 39-year-old Knicks guard averaged 8.0 points and 3.4 assists while shooting 49 percent from beyond the arc, and by December, he had ramped it up to 9.9 points and 4.8 assists while making 42 percent from deep. He was a major reason why the Knicks began the season with a torrid 18-5 record and was considered the team's co-MVP along with Carmelo Anthony. Remember when Kidd hit that game-winning 3-pointer against Brooklyn at the Barclays Center off a swing pass from Anthony? That was Dec. 11 but it might as well have been another lifetime ago. After their hot start, the Knicks went 14-13, including a 1-3 stretch heading into the All-Star break. And it is no coincidence that Kidd's declining level of play coincided with that stretch. By January, Kidd's production had fallen to 5.8 points and 3.2 assists and 33 percent shooting from deep, and this month it's down to 3.0 points and 2.1 assists and 18 percent from long-range. Kidd turns 40 March 23 and perhaps no one on the Knicks needed the All-Star break more than him. "I feel great," he said Tuesday ahead of tonight's game at Indiana. "There's nothing like the sun. We don't get too much here in New York during the wintertime. I had a great trip, played a little golf. But just relaxed and thought about what we had to do to be successful in the second half." Kidd conceded that the Knicks moved the ball around the perimeter less and less after their hot start, relying more on isolation situations involving Anthony. "We have to share the ball and help each other out," Kidd said. "We were doing that in the first 20 games. I think we got away from that at the end, but when you have a guy like Carmelo, you tend to give him the ball and watch. We can't rely on him to carry us the whole way." Knicks coach Mike Woodson concurred. "I think Carmelo knows that, too," he said. "Carmelo is here to do one thing, and that's help us win basketball games." The upcoming schedule is brutal. The Knicks have 18 games in March, including six back-to-backs. A schedule like that will certainly challenge an old team that includes not only the soon-to-be-40-year-old Kidd but Rasheed Wallace (38) and Marcus Camby (38), who are both trying to work their way back from injuries. "We have a lot of basketball here in the upcoming month, but we have everybody healthy and ready to go," Kidd said. "That's a good sign and we just have to play our part, if we can do that, luck is on our side, hopefully we can win." The Knicks could certainly use a dose of the Jason Kidd that flashed his Fountain of Youth skills during the first two months of the season. "Just help my teammates win," Kidd said. "Hopefully, put guys in a position to to be successful and at the end of the day hopefully we can be holding that trophy." Photo: NY Post Follow Adam Zagoria on Twitter And like ZAGS on Facebook Facebook Comments Share this story...FacebookPocketWhatsAppGooglePrintMoreTwitter