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A Master Clinicians Approach to Advanced Concepts in Examination and Treatment of the Shoulder ComplexSeptember 19, 2020 - September 20, 2020
presented at San Ramon Regional Medical Center San Ramon, CA
Combine fifty four years of clinical experience with expertise from over one hundred evidence based research articles and you have a recipe for an advanced shoulder course providing the most up to date practical evidenced based information. This hands-on course will enhance your expertise in examination, manual therapy, and reasoning skills, thus providing you with the expertise to develop advanced therapeutic exercise programs for shoulder dysfunction.
Vestibular Rehabilitation - A Comprehensive Clinical Approach for Positive Functional OutcomesOctober 10, 2020 - October 11, 2020
presented at San Ramon Regional Medical Center San Ramon, CA
The information presented in this course, while vestibular in nature, is combined with a comprehensive, interactive laboratory component. Its focus is on the class participants' "Monday Morning" issues. The structure and function of the vestibular system are thoroughly discussed along with testing, diagnostics and intervention strategies to address a large scope of symptoms and diagnoses. When therapists return to their jobs on Monday morning, they will likely encounter patients with problems related to upright instability. Although these patients may not be diagnosed with vestibular disorders, they are indeed equipped with vestibular systems. Without basic knowledge of vestibular structure and function, therapists will likely miss a crucial element of the initial evaluation--one that could very well lead to more successful intervention outcomes.
Geriatric Fractures and Joint ReplacementsOctober 17, 2020 - October 18, 2020
presented at San Ramon Regional Medical Center San Ramon, CA
Mobility is one of the most important factors when dealing with post-op fracture repair. Understanding the mechanisms of injury, surgical procedures and healing process will provide you with the ability to develop an appropriate progressive rehab program. Learn the essentials in this course to enhance, mobility, proprioception, motor skills and overall functional ability.
The Complex Geriatric PatientNovember 14, 2020 - November 15, 2020
presented at San Ramon Regional Medical Center San Ramon, CA
Identifying the optimal treatment progression for a complex patient is essential in today's health care environment. Therapists must combine all of their skills, whether neurological or orthopedic, in order to develop progressive programs that are efficient?and safe?for geriatric clients. This intermediate-level course begins with more than two hours of evidence-based information, a preliminary lead-in as to how to treat your complex geriatric patient.
Stroke - Impacting the Under 55 Year Old PopulationNovember 21, 2020 - November 22, 2020
presented at San Ramon Regional Medical Center San Ramon, CA
There has been a recent increase in the incidence of strokes in the younger population, with respect to shorter hospital stays, decreased reimbursement and limited long-term rehabilitation options, a young stroke victim can lead a lifetime of disability with significant financial burden and isolation. This course will discuss the need to optimize care from the acute care setting to the home care setting to improve a young stroke patients quality of life. Important concepts will be presented to prepare the young stroke patient on how to reenter the community and live a productive quality of life.
Advanced Evaluation and Treatment Techniques for the Injured Runner
This advanced level running injury course is designed to help you evaluate and treat injured runners. The most up-to-date clinical and evidence-based information. This course provides you the essential tools needed to develop a comprehensive, individualized, targeted rehabilitation program for each of your running clients.
CME credit hours: 13.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Utilizing Pilates to Enhance Rehab Outcomes
This educational course focuses on a therapists mastery of Pilates from a clinical perspective. Each exercise is performed and narrated with a focus on understanding the proper execution and implications of the exercise. The online course relates all these exercises into rehab case studies. This is a great learning tool for the geriatric population.
CME credit hours: 10.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Clinical Examination and Treatment of the Cervical and Upper Thoracic Spine
Everyone gets a headache right? We've taken Dr. Chris Durall, PT, DPT, SCS, LAT, CSCS expertise with the cervical spine and focused it on cervicogenic headaches. This online CE course online education focuses on the evaluation and treatment of cervicogenic headaches.
CME credit hours: 10.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Examination and Treatment of the SI Joint
SI Joint Pain? Michael P. Reiman , PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, ATC, FAAOMPT, CSCS reprises his star roll in this comprehensive narration and demonstration of evaluation and treatment techniques for the SI joint. Multiple camera angles and close up detail shots ensure that your catching all the action. The SI Joint Evaluation and Treatment covers twenty-eight treatment techniques, including nine mobilizations and six muscle energy techniques. Michael P. Reiman also narrates and demonstrates twenty-seven examination techniques for the SI joint.
CME credit hours: 10.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Examination and Treatment of the Hip Joint
Looking for a quick and easy way to learn about the evaluation and treatment of the Hip complex? This course will NOT provide that, what it will provide is comprehensive knowledge of the complexity of the hip joint as well as evaluation and treatment techniques. Michael P. Reiman , PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, ATC, FAAOMPT, CSCS is thorough and meticulous in his narration and execution of the evaluation of the hip joint. He follows up a spectacular evaluation with narration of key exercises and techniques for treatment of the hip complex. A great course on a complex subject, follow this course up with a live event so that your hands on skill match the knowledge gained in this course.
CME credit hours: 10.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Injury is truly a unique educational program featuring a paraplegic and a quadriplegic performing specific rehab activities. Selina Morgan PT, ATP demonstrates and narrates patient transfers, mobility exercises, wheelchair related activity and brace utilization. In addition, Manual Muscle Testing, wheelchair related issues and many other topics are explored in detail. Imagine your spinal cord patients learning mobility techniques by watching other SCI patients perform those techniques! If you are treating SCI patients this film and educational course is essential to your professional development.
CME credit hours: 13.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Vestibular Rehabilitation - Evaluation and Treatment
This course is designed for medical professionals that seek to master the tests associated with a vestibular examination and learn to deliver an effective vestibular rehabilitation treatment program. Expert medical contributors provide insight into the interaction between the body's multisensory systems and the complexities of the relationship between the systems to maintain vestibular function and balance.
CME credit hours: 10.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Foundation Exercises for the Treatment of the Shoulder
George J. Davies, DPT, MEd, PT, SCS, ATC, LAT, CSCS, FAPTA, PES provides evidence based therapeutic exercises guidelines for developing rehabilitation programs for patients with various shoulder pathologies. Foundational exercises are described first to work each link in the kinematic chain in an isolated manner to build the "foundation" to progress to the advanced functional specificity exercises. After a solid foundation is established by working each link in the kinematic chain (muscle groups in the shoulder complex); then examples of advanced exercises are illustrated to be incorporated with different patients at selected times in their rehabilitation programs.
CME credit hours: 5.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Foundation Exercises for the Treatment of the Knee
George J. Davies, DPT, MEd, PT, SCS, ATC, LAT, CSCS, FAPTA, PES provides evidence based therapeutic exercises guidelines for developing rehabilitation programs for patients with various knee pathologies. Foundational exercises are described first to work each link in the kinematic chain in an isolated manner to build the "foundation" to progress to the advanced functional specificity exercises. After a solid foundation is established by working each link in the kinematic chain (muscle groups in the knee complex); then examples of advanced exercises are illustrated to be incorporated with different patients at selected times in their rehabilitation programs. Selected manual therapy techniques are also demonstrated that can be used with patients' who have selective hypomobilities.
CME credit hours: 5.0 hrs Delivery: Online
The Snapping Hip
Snapping is a common complaint regarding structures in and around the hip joint. Known as coxa saltans, snapping hip syndromes are traditionally classified into three categories: Internal, external, and intra-articular. The associated snapping is most likely caused by a tendon passing over a bony structure or mechanical signs of an intraarticular injury. Approaches to diagnosis and treatment are unique and range from conservative management to surgical procedures.
CME credit hours: 2.0 hrs Delivery: PDF Download, Online Test
Examination and Treatment of the Foot and Ankle
Have you ever struggled in treating a patient with Plantar Fasciitis? Have you considered that maybe the patient really did not have plantar fasciitis? Ever wonder if your patients poor foot alignment is a factor in their back, knee or hip pain? Dont know when a patient should have a custom orthotic? Then you owe it to yourself and your patients to take this online course. You will learn how to perform an effective differential diagnosis process for foot and ankle problems, learn what your text book may have failed to explain, and how biomechanics of the foot can create symptoms from the foot to the lumbar spine.
CME credit hours: 12 hrs Delivery: Online
Essential Concepts of Management and Leadership: Applications for Rehabilitation Services
The managers and leaders of today require the development and mastery of multiple skills and experiences in order to engage their team fully and achieve desired results. Rehabilitation managers typically spend disproportionately less time in management and leadership development versus clinical training, diminishing one's overall effectiveness. Additionally, working long hours attempting to wear both clinician and manager hats may lead to increased personal stress and burnout.
CME credit hours: 2.0 Hrs Delivery: PDF Download, Online Test
Post Surgical Evaluation and Treatment of the Cervical and Lumbar Spine
Carol McFarland, PT, PhD, OCS details postoperative evaluation and treatment of spine patients with an emphasis on maximizing their surgical outcomes. Carol explains post operative spinal evaluations, identifies standardized outcomes tools, how to perform post operative spine evaluations for the various stages of post operative progression and much more! This course is essential for any therapist treating the post operative spine.
CME credit hours: 12.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Post Surgical Treatment of the Cervical and Lumbar Spine
Build your knowledge of the top treatment protocols for the post surgical spine patient with this exciting online continuing education course. Carol McFarland, PT, PhD, OCS focuses entirely on treatment of the post surgical spine patient with discussion and demonstration of specific rehabilitation exercises and treatment protocols. Gain insight into the actual surgical process with an extensive interview conducted by Carol with a board certified neurosurgeon. Specific case studies are discussed focusing on kyphoplasty, vertebroplasy, artificial disk replacement, lumbar spine fusion and lumbar laminectomy for spinal stenosis.
CME credit hours: 5.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Maximizing Post Surgical Outcomes in Cancer Rehabilitation
Explore Post-Surgical Cancer Rehabilitation in this engaging online course. Hear from a surgeon on his perspective on current cancer treatments and the role of the therapists in minimizing postoperative recovery. Learn techniques, demonstrated by a therapist, that can optimize patient recovery time and enhance the quality of life of your cancer patients.
CME credit hours: 6.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Treatment Approaches for the Neurological Progression of Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease
Millions of people throughout the world suffer from Neurological diseases. In this online continuing education course, we interview one of the top neurologists to determine the most effective treatment programs for Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Learn rehabilitation techniques from an experienced physical therapists, while case presentations of patients diagnosed with Parkinson's, MS and Muscular Dystrophy provide the clinician with the ability to observe common patterns seen in patients that are characteristic of each of these neurological diseases. Demonstrations of how to incorporate Tai Chi, Pilates and boxing into a comprehensive rehab program will provide the therapist with additional tools to increase the neurologically-involved patient's gait, coordination, strength, balance and overall quality of life.
CME credit hours: 7.0 hrs Delivery: Online
The Biomechanics of Running: Everything is Connected in the Kinetic Chain
The Biomechanics of Running takes the participant through a methodical analysis and treatment of a runner. Instructor Keith Christianssen incorporates his expertise into a comprehensive and systematic approach to identify and treat dysfunctions that can lead to a faulty running gait. Keith demonstrates each component of the comprehensive examination, which includes postural analysis, joint mobility, range of motion, manual muscle testing and tissue extensibility.
CME credit hours: 6.0 hrs Delivery: Online
The Science of Taping: Determining Effective Techniques for Specific Diagnoses
The Science of Taping will provide step-by-step instruction for more than 20 taping techniques for the foot and ankle, knee, hip region, upper extremity and spine. Learn to master techniques for ankle instability, ankle instability with posterior tibialis involvement, preventative taping for ankle, plantar fasciitis, bunions, plantar heel pain, patella femoral pain syndrome, IT band friction syndrome, greater trochanteric bursitis, turf toe, Achilles tendon problems, edema, lymphatic stagnation, pes anserine bursitis, MCL, anterior knee pain, patellar tendinitis, AC joint problems, generalized shoulder pain, rotator cuff pain, scapular instability, postural problems, back pain, lateral epicondylitis, golfer's elbow and TFCC ligament issues.
This is a great online continuing education course to learn techniques for common athletic injury prevention and rehabilitation.
CME credit hours: 3.5 hrs Delivery: Online
Current Concussion Evaluation and Treatment Approaches
A concussion is a complex physiological process. A successful rehabilitation program provides a progressive, healing environment that promotes the improvement of functional and cognitive ability. Clinicians must be skilled in differentiating the results of special tests in order to identify the underlying mechanism of the dysfunction and develop an appropriate, individualized rehab program. This course provides you with the essential tools to properly evaluate and treat a concussion patient and develop effective rehab programs to improve function and overall quality of life.
CME credit hours: 13 hrs Delivery: Online
A Differential Diagnosis Approach to the Examination and Treatment of the Lumbar Spine and SI Joint
Enhance your clinical reasoning skills along with your hands-on techniques for the evaluation and treatment of the sacroiliac joint and lumbar spine. Clinical reasoning skills and clinical prediction concepts will be introduced in order to determine the optimal treatment options for mobilizations, manipulations, and stabilizations. This course has a systematic presentation that provides an easy learning process to improving your skills when evaluating and treating the SI joint and lumbar spine.
CME credit hours: 8.5 hrs Delivery: Online
Myofascial Release for the Aging Population
This intermediate course will present the evidence that supports the theory that connective tissue and fascia provide the network connection for all of the anatomical framework and is quite often the underlying factor of many postural and functional limitations. Through gentle myofascial techniques, a clinician can significantly improve age related tissue shortening to improve range of motion, balance, function and decrease pain.
CME credit hours: 8.5 hrs Delivery: Online
Biomechanics of the Shoulder
Thirty-seven years of clinical expertise at your finger tips! Learn how to formulate your own comprehensive approach to treating shoulder dysfunction with information that can only be acquired from decades of clinical practice and proven research analysis. Combining clinical expertise with specifically-selected, evidenced-based data, this course presents you with the foundation to provide a comprehensive evaluation and treatment approach to effectively develop energy-efficient functional outcomes.
CME credit hours: 12.0 hrs Delivery: Online
The Physiological Impact of Chronic Pain
Over 100 million Americans currently complain of chronic pain. When pain becomes chronic, there are common changes that occur within the body. The physiological impact pain has on the nervous system and the brain results in a multiple system stress response. Do you understand how this can impact your patient's functional activities and quality of life?
This class focuses on the physiological effects of pain, the implications it has on the whole body and how a therapist can reverse the chronic pain cycle. Evidence-based material and research is presented throughout the course to provide you with an understanding of how the medical community is contributing to the research for the development of better treatment approaches for chronic pain patients. Techniques to incorporate the nervous system, mind and physical body will enable the clinician to provide a comprehensive whole body approach to achieving positive results.
CME credit hours: 10.0 hrs Delivery: Online
Critical Analysis and Treatment Strategies for the Complex Shoulder
If you can't conclusively determine the structural pathology, how can you be confident in what you're treating? A different approach for patients is to look at their history, their objectives, and the exam findings, and use these to try and categorize them or classify them according to what initial treatment approach makes the most sense. This approach, known as the classification system, has been clinically proven to produce clinical outcomes that are better than they would be if we were to try to chase the pathologic anatomy.
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|Oracle® Database 2 Day DBA
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B10742-03
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As an Oracle Database Administrator (DBA), you are responsible for the overall operation of the Oracle database and maintaining its health.
This chapter contains the following topics:
Oracle 2 Day DBA is a database administration quick start guide that teaches you how to perform common day-to-day database administrative tasks. The goal of this book is to give you adequate information to help you understand the concepts behind the Oracle Database. It teaches you how to perform all common administration tasks needed to keep the database operational, including how to perform basic troubleshooting and performance monitoring activities.
The primary administrative interface used in this book is Oracle Enterprise Manager in Database Console mode, featuring all the self-management capabilities introduced in the Oracle Database.
Oracle 2 Day DBA is task oriented. The objective is to describe why and when administrative tasks need to be performed. Where appropriate, it describes the concepts necessary for understanding and completing the task at hand, assuming the reader has no prior knowledge of the database. This book is not an exhaustive discussion of all Oracle database concepts. For this type of information, refer to Oracle Database Concepts.
Additionally, for a complete discussion of administrative tasks, refer to Oracle Database Administrator's Guide.
This book is part of comprehensive set of learning material for administering an Oracle Database, which includes a 2 Day DBA Oracle by Example (OBE) series, available on the Web, and an Oracle University instructor-led class.
Every chapter in Oracle Database 2 Day DBA has an associated Oracle By Example lesson. The OBE steps through all tasks in the chapter and includes annotated screen shots. In some cases, the OBE provides additional information to help you complete the task at hand.
At the end of each chapter, you can find the link to its associated OBE lesson. The home page for the 2 Day DBA Oracle by Example series is as follows:
In addition, Oracle University provides a related instructor-led course called Oracle Database 10g: 2 Day DBA. Contact Oracle University for more information.
Oracle is a relational database. In a relational database, all data is stored in two-dimensional tables that are composed of rows and columns. The Oracle Database enables you to store data, update it, and efficiently retrieve it.
Oracle provides software to create and manage the Oracle database. The database consists of physical and logical structures in which system, user, and control information is stored. The software that manages the database is called the Oracle database server. Collectively, the software that runs oracle and the physical database are called the Oracle database system.
You will learn more about the operation of the database server and the structure of the Oracle database where they are relevant to the performance of specific database management tasks.
As an Oracle DBA, you can expect to be involved in the following tasks:
Installing Oracle software
Creating Oracle databases
Performing upgrades of the database and software to new release levels
Starting up and shutting down the database
Managing the database's storage structures
Managing users and security
Managing schema objects, such as tables, indexes, and views
Making database backups and performing recovery when necessary
Proactively monitoring the database's health and taking preventive or corrective action as required
Monitoring and tuning performance
In a small to midsize database environment, you might be the sole person performing these tasks. In large, enterprise environments, the job is often divided among several DBAs, each with their own specialty, such as database security or database tuning.
The intent of this book is to allow you to quickly and efficiently create an Oracle database, and to provide guidance in basic database administration.
The following are some of the products, tools, and utilities you can use in achieving your goals as a database administrator:
Oracle Universal Installer (OUI)
The Oracle Universal Installer installs your Oracle software and options. It can automatically launch the Database Configuration Assistant to install a database.
Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)
The Database Configuration Assistant creates a database from templates that are supplied by Oracle, or you can create your own. It enables you to copy a preconfigured seed database, thus saving the time and effort of generating and customizing a database from scratch.
Database Upgrade Assistant
This Database Upgrade Assistant guides you through the upgrade of your existing database to a new Oracle release.
Oracle Net Manager
Net Manager guides you through your Oracle Net network configuration.
Oracle Enterprise Manager
The primary tool for managing your database is Oracle Enterprise Manager, a web-based interface. After you have installed the Oracle software, created or upgraded a database, and configured the network, you can use Oracle Enterprise Manager for managing your database. In addition, Oracle Enterprise Manager also provides an interface for performance advisors and for Oracle utilities such as SQL*Loader and Recovery Manager.

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The recent wave of anti-government protests in Turkey continues to gain steam showing as little sign of abating as the country's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, shows of backing down. Yet foreign investors for whom Turkey has been a favored investment destination for some time are not particularly perturbed by the demonstrations. Not for the time being, anyway.
"The protests have changed our view in the sense that we think the intermediate term will be more challenging for Turkey," said David Ruff, lead manager of the Forward International Dividend Fund and Forward EM Select Dividend Fund, "and the recent set of events have reminded investors of the political intrigue in the country and the risk that that can present, so of course, the increased risk premium will make it more difficult for equities to continue on the same trajectory."
However, the Forward Funds have a larger allocation to Turkey than their underlying indices, and for the time being, Ruff doesn't believe any need to change that position. Many Turkish companies, he said, have a good track record of passing over cash earnings in the form of a dividend payment, and this makes them attractive investment opportunities. On a more general level, the economic weakness in peripheral Europe has helped Turkish companies a great deal in that "consumers have moved down the price point spectrum for various durable goods from refrigerators to cars," and Turkey has also been the beneficiary of investment that were it not for Europe's economic troubles and the political uncertainty in the Middle East, would have headed to those destinations instead.
The strength of the Turkish corporate sector has been extremely appealing to foreign investors, said Richard Segal, head of emerging markets strategy at Jefferies in London. Many conglomerates are very well run, they have begun to expand abroad and their performance has stood out relative to the performance of companies in their sectors in other European countries.
On the macro side, fiscal policy in Turkey has been very sound over the past decade and economic reforms, particularly on the micro side, have been quite compelling and enhanced Turkey's appeal in international markets.
But this, Segal said, has contributed to giving investors a false sense of security that everything was fine in Turkey, not least because Erdogan's Islamic party has been very pro-business.
"In reality, there has been a great deal of discontent bubbling underneath for a long time, particularly with respect to foreign policy on issues such as the Kurdish negotiations and of course, Syria," Segal said.
And Turkey has had a few problems that have until now been largely ignored by foreign investors. The country has development ambitions that are commendable, in particular with respect to infrastructure, but there is no money to really finance those initiatives, Segal said, so there has been a lot of overseas borrowing.
"Either they won't be able to borrow so much and will have to scale back development ambitions, which means growth will be lower, or alternatively, Turkey will still be able to borrow that much and growth will be higher, but they won't be able to borrow to pay of debt," he said. "I doubt they will be able to borrow that much, which means growth will be less, but that wouldn't be such a bad thing."
Since the protests began, the Turkish stock market has been blowing off steam, but many investors, Ruff included, do concede that it had got ahead of itself and needed to deflate. All the same, certain names continue to have a good run, including Turk Traktor, the country's premier manufacturer of tractors and one of the Forward Funds' main Turkish holdings.
"Although it got pounded with the rest of the Turkish names, Turk Traktor bounced back significantly and is higher than it was a week ago, which is rare," Ruff said. Still, there's no denying that the political insecurity that has now come to the fore in Turkey could have implications for the future. While Ruff believes it's still too early to talk of a Turkish spring, such an eventuality would ultimately only prove beneficial both to Turkey and to those who invest in the country, since "what we're seeing there right now has reawakened the movement for Turkey to become a more secular, more modern and more democratic nation," he said.


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Lea Michele Will Appear on 'Sons of Anarchy'by Maggie Malach | PopCrush
Lea Michele, best known for her role as preppy superstar Rachel Berry on 'Glee,' is guest-starring on an entirely different show: 'Sons of Anarchy.'
The singer-actress made the official announcement this morning (July 28) via her Twitter:
I'll be appearing on an episode of my favorite show @SonsofAnarchy! Thank you so much @Harparbar & @sutterink #SOAFX pic.twitter.com/YlyvosTYuw
— Lea Michele (@msleamichele) July 28, 2014
This isn't the first time the Internet buzzed with potential that Lea could appear on the hit television show. Back in March, 'Sons of Anarchy' creator and executive producer Kurt Sutter replied to a PopCrush tweet, hinting that the 'Glee' star might pay a visit to the 'SoA' set. Check out his (sort of) NSFW conversation with executive producer and director Paris Barclay:
@Harparbar @PopCrush @msleamichele Smoking hot. All class. Charming could use a pussy upgrade. And count on me to keep us in the gutter.
— kurt sutter (@sutterink) March 30, 2014
Just Jared reports that the episode will be in the series' upcoming final season, although not much else is known about the role. Given Lea's squeaky-clean image both on and off the 'Glee' set, as well as the provocative reputation of 'Sons of Anarchy,' we're willing to bet this will be a huge departure for the actress. We can't wait to find out more!
Lea's had a jam-packed schedule this year. After releasing her first book, 'Brunette Ambition,' the actress announced she'll be penning a followup. We can only hope the book contains more details on when she briefly dated 'Glee' co-star Matthew Morrison, that time she, um, wet herself before singing for President Obama, and — of course — details from the set of 'Sons of Anarchy.'


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I am an entrepreneur who specializes in product development and internet marketing. I am also a commercial real estate broker on the side. My goal is to reach a national, and then global audience with this particular product which is expected to launch shortly after I get a logo!
The target market for this product is for anyone who likes to give "high-fives." Be it sports fans, college students, or those partaking in celebrations of all types. Especially, birthdays and new years!
*It will help if you know what the product does:
The product is a device, a simple novelty item, that is worn on one's hand so that when giving a "high-five" to someone, it will launch confetti into the air above the "high-fivers." It is a device used to scatter confetti up into the air combined with a common celebratory action of a high-five.
** The product is called the "Fiesta5" or "FiestaFive" or "Fiesta Five"- use any combination and include it in the logo. You are free to be creative in all aspects of this logo design, but it must include the product's name somewhere.
** The name of the product should not be the focus of the logo. The ACTION of the product should be the focus. Imagine if the logo is scaled down really small, would you still be able to know what it represents?
The logo needs to be:
** Fun, yet simple.
** Circular in shape, as if the logo could fit in your palm.
** Versatile so that it may fit on packaging, the product, and in advertisements.
** It should look great whether it's blown up or small.
** The action of giving someone a high-five, AND/OR a hand(s), AND/OR confetti should be included in the logo -- be creative.
** Show me your interpretation of "what the product does" - make that the central theme of your logos for this project. Make the ACTION of the product the main focus of your logo...
(a high-five explosion of confetti: whether it be the hands only, arms and hands, or full body action; the high-five should have movement and action to it to visually express the sound of a high-five (but no words like "WOO YEAH!!!" or "SLAP")
...then, add the name somewhere a bit smaller so as to not take away from "what the product does."
** PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS - It is to your benefit and has more specifics.
I look forward to seeing what you can do with this focused expression of what the logo should include!
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK- Does your trash hauler use Van der Linde?
Scott Wiseman: "I live out in the country so we just recycle and take it to our local recycler. We use all Van der Linde's large dumpsters."
Kelli Palmer: "I have no idea."
Wendy Brown: "It's the city trash, so I'm not sure."
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Is "The Hook" owned by van der Linde? He sure gets a lot of free advertising.
I think you should change the name of "The Hook" to "van der Hook."
This is really getting old. I know we're in Mayberry but surely you could find fresh mateial.
Please ask van der Linde if he has completed waste to energy deal yet to fullfill the 90% recycling promise he is making. As of a few weeks ago still not a done deal according to his appearance on WINA's "The Schilling Show".
Thanks for keeping on the Van der Linde story Hawes et al.
Whether he's reached 90% or not, Vander Linde is sure doing way better than the competition that would rather bankrupt him and get him out of the way than try to match his performance.
After years of being dictated to by the Trash Monopoly of BFI WMS et al. I'm for anyone who will give me an alternative without a perpetual contract. If he can give me service and and do more than merely bury the waste I will support van der Linde.
As for keeping this story alive and in the news, hey it's all about our dollars (both individually and collectively) and I'm tired of free enterprise hacks who the can't take real competition.
The idea that the city and county governments allow themselves (and us) to be held captive by any one service provider is a recipe for cronyism, graft and waste.
If van der Linde's operation can do as well or better than the usual suspects the it should be rewarded by the market - That is the American way (last I heard anyway).
An employee of Vander Linde's told us no household trash was recycled, and that the sorting workers pictured on the website were laid off immediately after the pic was snapped. So we're back to visiting the good ole Fluvanna dump offloading our recyclables BEFORE going on the scale. There must be a special place in hell for buck-chasers who feed off people's conscience and good intentions.


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How much do City officials make?
Berry's expanded online transparency efforts
Mayor Richard Berry provided us with a new online time-waster Wednesday on the city's ABQ View government transparency website. The database list includes the names, departments, positions, base pay and total year-to-date earnings of all 6,000 city employees. It will be updated every pay period. Seriously, I've already looked up the salaries for the Police Department and am moving on to Parks and Recreation as soon as I finish writing this blog.
ABQ View launched in August of 2010 and started out by publishing the names (or positions) and salaries of appointed officials and the 250 highest-paid employees. The city is the first in New Mexico to publish this information on all employees who's salaries come from tax-payer money, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
Due to Berry's efforts on increasing government openness, the city received a Sunny Award from the Sunshine Review for a perfect record in transparency. Only 112 governmental entities throughout the country have received this distinction from the nonprofit organization that collects and shares state and local government information.
Some city employees expressed concerns about publicizing a notoriously taboo subject like salary, but Berry pushed ahead saying that the community deserves to know how its money is spent. Concerns about identity theft have not been substantiated.
The expansion of the website allows interested parties to search out instances of nepotism as well as examine the database for tax money spent on travel expenses and city contracts. For the incurably nosy, its the peephole we've been waiting for.


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Bloomberg Sports must have developed one hell of a piece of baseball-analyzing software, because the Los Angeles Dodgers seem to be absolutely dumbfounded by its profound brilliance.
"It's the best thing a baseball player can have," says Matt Kemp, who has obviously no need for a cup, sunglasses, bat, or glove.
"It's the greatest app ever invented, baseball-wise," says Dee Gordon, careful to add the all-important qualification and not anger his Angry Birds overlords.
"It's definitely a useful tool. It's not a gimmick program," says reliever Todd Coffey, who sounds like he's most definitely been burned by gimmick programs in the past. (My guess? Tom Emanski.)
But, wait! This otherwise overly effusive summary of Bloomberg Sports' life-altering baseball analysis software does offer some contrarian perspective. Who might this voice of dissent be? Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn. What say you, Tony Gwynn's son?
"If Dad had this [app], he might have been on the field even longer than he was," said Tony Gwynn Jr. "He had two recorders at home games and took one on the road. He'd have all at-bats on one video and all hits on another. He did all the editing himself until '93 or '94, when they hired a video guy. He was definitely far ahead of the game electronically. I showed him the Bloomberg app, and he thought it was cool, but his reaction was sort of subdued. I guess he wasn't impressed because he was doing it long ago."
Damn. Bloomberg Sports, you've just been Gwynned.


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Hot Cross Bun(nie)s!
What do you get when you our boiling water down a rabbit hole…?
Hot Cross Bunnies!
Okay, I kid. But I do love some hot cross buns! I came across a recipe on the King Arthur Flour site. It seemed to have a nice balance of spiced dough with just a bit of sweetness not too much dried fruit.
Recipe can be found right here and the only changes I made were that used about half the total dried fruit called for in the recipe and only used currants.
I soaked them in rum as I did not have any apple juice in the house. This is a great trick to make sure that your dried fruit doesn't steal all the moisture from your dough during the rising process.
No need to worry about the order of mixing either, I added all the dry ingredients to the bowl, gave it a quick stir with the dough hook and then threw in the wet ingredients – eggs, milk and room temperature butter.
I happen to love the Proof function on my oven…it heats to about 80º (my guess is using the heat of the oven light), but it ensures that my rising dough stays warm and out-of-the-way of any drafts.
Note that it is not a super-puffy rise.
Just as the recipe stated, it makes 12-14 (for me – 14 exactly) and they are about the size of billiard balls.
And since I wanted warm toasty buns on Easter morning without having to wake up at the crack of dawn to get the dough going, I started it the evening before and left them formed in rolls over night in the fridge for the second rise.
I slashed the tops with a razor and let them sit on the counter to take the chill off of them while the oven heated. Woody tried to get Cleo interested in them…which I don't approve of.
Last step before the oven is to brush the tops with an egg white mixed with milk to help them brown up.
All seemed to go as planned although I cooked them a bit longer as they were so well chilled that I worried they would turn dark brown without the insides being cooked through.
Poof! They magically turn into delicious and golden brown rolls, Okay…maybe an oven was involved – at 375 for 20 minutes and at 350 for the remaining time. In total, they baked for 30'ish minutes. I know, very precise.
The dough only has a bit of brown sugar in it, so the icing was a nice addition. (I can't believe I actually advocated for icing…as I am almost categorically opposed to it…but I'll admit…it was needed and delicious!
We are soon headed to a delicious brunch and therefore these were just a morning snack to hold us over until our 2:00 pm reservation. Add in a steaming cup of coffee and it was a fabulous spring morning!
What are your Easter traditions? Whatever they are I hope they are filled with delectable items and people you love and hopefully some delightful spring weather!
Happy Easter!


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ROUND ROCK — Derek Holland pitched five innings and allowed one run and six hits, and the Texas Rangers lost their final exhibition game to Triple-A affiliate the Round Rock Express 4-3 on Wednesday night.
The left-hander was told last Thursday that he made the Rangers rotation. The next day he gave up eight runs and 13 hits over 41/3 innings against Colorado. Wednesday night's game was a chance for him to get a better outing heading into the regular season.
Josh Hamilton had one hit and one run and Nelson Cruz had a run and an RBI for the Rangers.
The Rangers announced their 25-man roster on Tuesday and infielder Chris Davis, who batted .362 this spring, was not on that list. He was bumped down to the Express and had one hit on Wednesday.
"He handled the spring like a pro, but there just wasn't a spot for him," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "You never start a season with everybody you need."
Holland said he was tipping his pitches against the Rockies, so he altered his mechanics Wednesday.
Last season, Holland went back and forth between Triple-A and the majors. He went 3-4 with a 4.08 ERA in 14 appearances, 10 of which were starts, with the Rangers.
Round Rock starter Michael Kirkman had a bruised left elbow after being hit by a line drive off the bat of Cruz, in the second inning.
The American League champion Rangers will begin the regular season Friday at home against the Boston Red Sox.


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You may or may not be aware that I have changed the banner at the top of this blog.
This has only been possible with the expert help of Theo Spark who designed it for me.
Theo is a damnably good chap and a fervent student of contemporary news and has an excellent list of links.
Take a look at Theos blog by either clicking on the above picture or click on the link on my blog roll
….it is full of interesting articles and pictures.
Once again Theo, many thanks for an excellent banner.


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Milano R net, in collaboration with Quantide, organizes
"Advanced R" Course
November 15-16, 2012
Course description
This course is designed for those already using R and willing to gain a more in depth perspective of R working mechanism along with an overview of several advanced topics ranging from "S4 programming frame" to parallel computation.
Course outline
How R works
Inside R Functions
Vectorized Calculation
Methods and classes
Debugging and Exceptions
Invoking R
Parallel Computation
System and foreign language interfaces
Creating R packages
Course location
Hotel Michelangelo; Via Scarlatti, 33; Milano (near Central Railway Station)
Course language
Course will be held in Italian. Course material will be in English.
Course price
Commercial: 680,00 EUR (plus VAT). No profit and academic: 480,00 EUR (plus VAT)
Price includes coffee breaks and lunches.
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Course time
November 15-16, 2012 from 9.00 to 17.30.
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A Presidential Reception for The American Humane Society's Hero Dogs
What better place is there to host our 4-legged hero's than Mar –a- Lago Club part of the
Residence of President Donald Trump.
If I could pick one place that could give honor to hero dogs, Mar-a-Lago would be the place. From the time I walked in to this grand ballroom and saw these beautiful dogs until I reluctantly left, I felt for just a little while, I was in another world. Our nations' heros deserve nothing less.
Every moment "For thousands of years, mankind has had a special relationship with dogs, and the American Humane Hero Dog Awards are our way of honoring the best of our best friends," said Dr. Robin Ganzert, President and CEO of American Humane. "The 'Hero Dogs Award Gala Luncheon' is an inspiring afternoon when we offer our thanks to so many of our greatest heroes – from service dogs who improve our lives to military hero dogs who fight alongside our troops and defend our freedom. We are grateful to all of them, especially to Lois Pope.
American Humane board member and internationally renowned philanthropist Lois Pope has graciously sponsored this incredible event. Through the efforts of Ms. Pope, the new LIFE Center for Military Affairs has been created, helping veterans struggling with PTSD to obtain lifesaving service dogs and provide free healthcare of America's four-legged warriors after finishing their service to our country. As the sponsor of this American Humane hero Dog Awards, Ms. Pope devotes much of her life and time to this cause.
Special guest, Beth Stern has hosted The American Humane Hero Dog Awards for the past three years. She is also the spokesperson for the North Shore Animal League America, the worlds' largest no-kill animal shelter and happens to be where I adopted most of my dogs.
Katharine McPhee delighted the attendees with her beautiful voice and music. I had a chance to chat with Ms. McPhee who is a dog-lover herself. James Denton, one of the stars of the famed TV show Desperate Housewives, led the orchestra. The orchestra serenaded everyone as we dined on culinary delights. These precious pooches deserved every single minute of this gala event.
For seven years, American Humane, the country's first national humane organization, and Palm Beach philanthropist Lois Pope have honored America's bravest heroes on both ends of the leash through the annual American Humane Hero Dog Awards®. Some of these heroic hounds and a number of the entertainment world's biggest names have come to Palm Beach for the exclusive, annual, star-studded "Hero Dog Awards Gala Luncheon.
On March 8, four of the nation's top Hero Dog Awards winners were honored, including:
- Hooch, who was terribly abused but whose spirit of forgiveness led him to serve as a therapy dog for abused, autistic, and special needs children, helping them with great gentleness, patience and kindness. For his heroism and good works. Hooch was named The American Hero Dog of 2016
- Mango, a paralyzed rescue who was homeless, hit by a car, and scheduled for euthanasia, and who now, with the help of a tiny wheelchair, helps inspire disabled veterans with physical disabilities. For her work and bravery, Mango was named the nation's Therapy Dog of the Year.
- Hook, the country's Hearing Dog of the Year, is a tiny, 12-pound, 10-year-old dog who goes almost everywhere with his handler. Three years ago, the pair was in downtown Sacramento crossing a street when a train came. Hook pulled her from the track and the train missed her by a foot. Another time a prowler broke into her office and Hook chased him away.
- Gander was rescued from a Colorado shelter and trained as a service dog, going on to save the life of a veteran suffering from invisible but deadly wounds of war. He travels the United States to teach people about preventing veteran suicide and has raised a million dollars for veterans' groups, veterans, service dog charities, and individuals in need. For his lifesaving work, Gander was named Service Dog of the Year.
I was honored to have my picture taken with Gander. He is a true hero
In addition, to all the attendees, whose hearts and souls are dedicated to this wonderful cause as handmade animal artwork, ceramics, purses, linens and so much more, was purchased to support this vital cause.
If there are any folks out there who do not understand how a dog can affect your life in the most positive way, my story may help.
I have had dogs most of my life. As I got older and moved into a home where it was difficult to have dogs, I believed I was at the point in my life where I was ready to travel and being the kids were married with kids of their own, I felt a dog would be lonely with not much to do.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, I became clinically depressed. I was 61 years old. At that time, my doctor was going to prescribe anti-depressants. She paused during my office visit and said she had an alternative. "Go get a dog," she said. "I've had dogs my whole life. "I'm old, tired and no one is around to walk the dog and give it all the attention it needs," I said.
The doctor was adamant. So, I got myself a golden retriever. She is a redhead, like me. Julia is my love. She is my child. She is my lifesaver. In my mind, she walks on water. She has been my medicine over these years. She has been eating pretty much the same food every day (with lots of treats) and never complains. She's had two broken legs and I never thought twice about looking for the best surgeon to operate on her. She walks funny and sheds everywhere she goes. She weighs 90 pounds and when she steps on my foot, it really hurts, but its Julia. So, it's ok. A few years back Julia was spooked by another animal and she threw me across the sidewalk. I fractured my knee. I wore a leg cast for 2 months. It's ok, it was Julia. Over the years she's brought home some very interesting creatures.
In the park this year, another dog attacked her and many people came running over to help. The first people over were the owners of the dog. They kept calling until they knew she was ok. When she was bleeding a little boy, maybe seven years old, ran up to me and said, "I live right here. I going home to bring your dog some ice for her cut." Once a dog lover always a dog lover.
Julia is 9 years old. That's good and bad. Dog owners know why. Her dark red face is now powder white. She doesn't run as fast as she used to but she still runs crooked. She once stopped a thief from stealing a car at 3 o'clock in the morning. She eats Bounty towels in between meals when I am not looking. She'll sleep through a war but wake up if I open a bag of potato chips. . And, every night when Lester Holt comes on to deliver the nightly news, she comes for her nightly bone and catches up on what's going on in the world.
I have two daughters and when people ask me how many children I have, I say, "I have three."
For information about American Humane's other animal-themed community events during the Palm Beach season, please contact Mari Harner at 561-537-5887 or email .
About American Humane
American Humane is the country's first national humane organization, founded in 1877. For more information, please visit www.americanhumane.org. To inquire about Hero Dog Awards sponsorship opportunities, please click here to email Mari Harner.


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Table of Contents:
HHS Spending on HIV/AIDS
Administration Initiatives on HIV/AIDS
An estimated 800,000 to 900,000 Americans are believed to be living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Since the AIDS epidemic began in 1981, more than 700,000 Americans have been diagnosed with AIDS and more than 420,000 men, women, and children have lost their lives to this disease.
The Clinton Administration has responded aggressively to the significant threat posed by HIV/AIDS with increased attention to research, prevention, and treatment. Overall funding for AIDS-related programs within HHS has increased by 150 percent under the Clinton Administration, with funding for AIDS care under the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration's Ryan White CARE Act increasing by 358 percent and assistance for the purchase of AIDS drugs increasing by 965 percent. The FY 2001 budget includes $9.2 billion in total HIV/AIDS funding within HHS.
At the same time, the Administration has sharpened the focus of its AIDS programs, establishing a new Office of National AIDS Policy at the White House, and signed legislation creating a permanent Office of AIDS Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Administration also convened the first-ever White House Conference on HIV and AIDS in December 1995, released the first National AIDS Strategy in December 1996, and prepared the first federal biomedical research plan in 1997. In May 1997, President Clinton announced a comprehensive AIDS vaccine research initiative designed to lead to the development of an AIDS vaccine within 10 years, and in 1998, the Food and Drug Administration approved the nation's first large-scale trial for an AIDS prevention vaccine. In addition, President Clinton announced the Millennium Vaccine Initiative on May 31, 2000 which calls for sharp increases in vaccine research at the National Institutes of Health, new investments for the purchase and delivery of existing vaccines and a substantial tax credit for the private sector to speed the development of new vaccines.
Recognizing the unique situation facing Africa, President Clinton signed an Executive Order on May 10, 2000 which assists sub-Saharan African governments that promote access to HIV/AIDS pharmaceutical and medical technologies. This order will give sub-Saharan governments the flexibility to bring life-saving drugs and medical technologies to affected populations.
Today, HIV research efforts are making real inroads. New drugs are providing vast improvements in the treatment of HIV and AIDS, and new treatment guidelines released by HHS are giving health professionals much needed guidance to help standardize care of individuals living with HIV and AIDS. As a result of these more powerful anti-HIV drugs, the National Center for Health Statistics announced on October 5, 1999, that HIV/AIDS mortality has declined more than 70 percent since 1995, and AIDS cases are no longer among the top 15 causes of death, a fall from 8th place in 1996. Overall, the age-adjusted death rate from HIV infection is the lowest since 1987.
This reflects the greatly improved treatments for those living with HIV. But transmission of the disease continues, and effective prevention efforts are still crucially important.
The trends in AIDS death rates are uneven across racial and ethnic groups. In 1998, President Clinton declared HIV/AIDS to be a severe and ongoing health crisis in racial and ethnic minority communities and announced a comprehensive new initiative in collaboration with the Congressional Black Caucus to improve the nation's effectiveness in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS in the African-American, Hispanic and other minority communities. On June 16, 1999, the Administration announced that Detroit, Philadelphia and Miami would be the first of 11 U.S. metropolitan areas to receive special technical assistance from federal Crisis Response Teams to help combat the spread of HIV/AIDS among racial and ethnic minority populations. The Crisis Response Teams are meeting with local officials, public health personnel and community-based organizations that work with racial/ethnic minority persons living with HIV/AIDS to help them develop targeted strategies to curb the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS among minority populations in their communities.
HHS Spending on HIV/AIDS
Under the Clinton Administration, discretionary spending for AIDS research, prevention, and treatment has increased dramatically. Altogether, discretionary AIDS-related spending by HHS in FY 2000 will total $8.5 billion, up from $2.1 billion in FY 1993. In addition, at least $3.9 billion is expected to be expended in FY 2000 for AIDS care under Medicare and Medicaid, up from $1.6 billion in FY 1993. It is estimated that more than 50 percent of Americans living with AIDS rely on Medicaid for their health care coverage.
The President's FY 2001 budget proposes an increase of $66 million, for a total of $795 million, for programs focused in two areas - domestic prevention and global AIDS. This increase in funding for HIV activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be used to encourage individuals at risk to avoid behaviors that can result in the transmission of the disease. Internationally, the President's budget includes $61 million for CDC, an increase of $26 million, or 74 percent, to continue efforts to prevent the spread of HIV in developing nations. It is estimated that currently there are 22 million adults and 1 million children living with HIV/AIDS in the Sub-Saharan region of Africa.
The FY 2001 budget will also invest an additional $125 million, for a total of $1.72 billion, in the Ryan White Program, an increase of almost 8 percent over last year's funding level, to provide primary medical care and other crucial support services for people living with HIV and AIDS among increasingly vulnerable populations. This increase will allow an additional 2,900 persons to receive drug therapy through the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). These drugs have helped to decrease the progression of HIV to AIDS as well as improve the quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS.
The FY 2001 budget also requests a total of $2.1 billion for AIDS-related research at the NIH. This is an increase of $105 million, or 5.2 percent over the FY 2000 level. It represents a 97 percent increase in funding for NIH AIDS-related research since FY 1993.
Further, the FY 2001 budget requests $128.4 million for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to address substance abuse and mental illness specifically as they relate to HIV/AIDS. This is an increase of $14.8 million, or 13 percent, over the FY 2000 level. The majority of this funding will be used for the HIV set-aside of the Substance Abuse Block Grant and Targeted Capacity Expansion programs for substance abuse treatment, prevention, and HIV/AIDS services focused on building infrastructure in racial and ethnic minority communities highly impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Administration Initiatives on HIV/AIDS
Under President Clinton, a wide array of initiatives has been undertaken including:
AIDS Policy. In 1993, the President created the Office of National AIDS Policy within the White House to advise him on AIDS policy issues and coordinate interdepartmental activities.
AIDS Conference. On December 6, 1995, the President convened the first White House Conference on HIV and AIDS, bringing together more than 300 experts, activists, and citizens from 37 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for a full day of discussions of key issues.
Advisory Council. In 1995, the President created the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS to provide him and his Administration with expert outside advice on ways in which the Federal government should respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. A National Leadership Forum was conducted in August 1996 to improve collaboration on preventing substance abuse and the spread of HIV/AIDS. President Clinton asked that a meeting of state and local individuals involved in both public health and substance abuse prevention be convened to develop an action plan that integrates prevention of HIV/AIDS and substance abuse.
AIDS Strategy. On December 17, 1996, the Clinton Administration released the first National AIDS Strategy, establishing goals for the nation and opportunities for immediate progress. During each year of this Administration, the NIH has prepared a comprehensive strategy for HIV-related research.
AIDS Vaccine Initiative. On May 18, 1997, President Clinton challenged the nation to commit itself to the goal of developing an AIDS vaccine within the next ten years. The President also announced a number of important initiatives to help fulfill this commitment, including high-level international collaboration, a dedicated research center for AIDS vaccine research at NIH, and outreach to scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and patient advocates to maximize the involvement of both private and public sectors in the development of an AIDS vaccine. As of June 1998, NIAID-supported researchers had evaluated 27 vaccine candidates and 12 adjuvants (substances incorporated into a vaccine that boost specific immune responses to the vaccine) in more than 3,000 volunteers in phase I/II clinical trials. On June 3, 1998, the Food and Drug Administration granted permission to VaxGen Inc. for the nation's first phase III clinical trial for an AIDS prevention vaccine. The trial of the vaccine, called AIDSVAX, will include at least 5,000 volunteers from the U.S., Canada and Europe and will last up to five years. A separate phase III trial of AIDSVAX in Thailand will enroll 2,500 volunteers.
NIH has increased funding for AIDS vaccine research by 100 percent since the President's challenge in 1997, resulting in the award of new grants to foster innovative research on HIV vaccines, including vaccine design and development, and the invigoration and reorganization of the NIH vaccine clinical trials effort. Construction of the new intramural Vaccine Research Center is expected to be completed this summer. In February 1999, NIH-supported investigators initiated the first AIDS vaccine trial in Africa. The AIDS Vaccine Research Committee, chaired by Nobel laureate Dr. David Baltimore, continues to provide critical advice on all aspects of the NIH AIDS vaccine development program.
Research. In one of his first acts in office, President Clinton signed the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, placing full responsibility for planning, budgeting, and evaluation of the AIDS research program at NIH in the Office of AIDS Research. The President requested and received the first federal plan for biomedical research on AIDS.
NIH clinical trials continue to study new antiretroviral drugs and combinations of therapies to prevent disease progression and HIV-associated opportunistic infections and malignancies. NIH has also implemented guidelines requiring the inclusion of women and minorities in clinical trials.
NIH-supported research was pivotal to discovering and defining the importance of the HIV protease enzyme. NIH-supported scientists helped determine the precise three-dimensional structure of HIV protease, a crucial step in designing drugs that block the action of the enzyme. NIH also supported researchers who helped drug-screening efforts by developing simple, rapid tests to measure the inhibition of protease activity. These accomplishments set the stage for NIH's collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry in developing the new class of anti-HIV drugs known as protease inhibitors. NIH worked closely with industry as they designed, produced, and clinically tested protease inhibitors. This collaboration helped speed product development. NIH-supported investigators conclusively demonstrated that triple-drug combinations with a protease inhibitor and two other anti-HIV drugs were more effective than one- or two-drug regimens for long-term suppression of HIV. Basic researchers at NIH laboratories have helped explain why HIV can rebound in patients who discontinue combination therapy, and continue to open new avenues for drug development.
NIH researchers demonstrated the benefits of AZT therapy for preventing mother-to-infant transmission of HIV. A recently completed NIH study in Uganda demonstrated the effectiveness of another less expensive therapy, nevirapine, in decreasing risk of perinatal HIV transmission.
Drug Approvals. Since 1993, the FDA has approved 11 AIDS drugs and 22 drugs for AIDS-related conditions, and accelerated approval to record times. Included in those approvals are a new class of drugs known as protease inhibitors, which have proven to be dramatically effective in the treatment of HIV disease. In March 1997, the FDA approved the first protease inhibitor with labeling for use in children.
Prevention. HIV prevention efforts in the United States have significantly reduced the incidence of HIV infections. Prevention initiatives have helped slow the rate of new HIV infections in the United States from more than 150,000 in the late 1980s to approximately 40,000 today. Specifically, the number of U.S. infants who acquire AIDS from mother-to-child transmission dropped by 75 percent from 1992 to 1998.
Both the CDC and the NIH conduct prevention research to assure that prevention efforts are based on sound behavioral and biomedical science. In addition, the CDC supports several community prevention programs, working with local health departments and organizations to provide technical assistance and build capacity in governmental and non-governmental organizations delivering HIV prevention services.
On June 18, 1998, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) at the NIH announced that the NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial found that even among persons considered hardest to reach, educational sessions that motivate and offer specific strategies to reduce high-risk sexual behaviors can cut those behaviors in half. The National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH has also conducted research on understanding the trends in HIV transmission among drug users and their sexual partners, as well as ways to reduce viral spread. As a result, innovative models of outreach have been developed to help stem the spread of HIV among this at-risk population.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) funds Project Shield, the HIV/AIDS High-Risk Behavior Prevention/Intervention Model for Adolescents/Young Adults and Women Program. Project Shield is a four year, multi-site effort which is developing, implementing and evaluating a community-focused intervention to reduce high-risk behaviors among individuals at high risk for HIV-infection. SAMHSA also supports specialized Targeted Capacity Expansion grants to increase the capacity of minority community-based organizations to provide integrated substance abuse prevention and HIV prevention services.
Substance Abuse. More than one-third of all AIDS cases are directly or indirectly attributable to substance abuse. Current evidence indicated that substance abuse treatment greatly reduces risk behaviors associated with the transmission of HIV. SAMHSA currently supports a Community-Based HIV/AIDS Outreach program that targets high risk injecting drug users and two Targeted Capacity HIV programs that support HIV/AIDS and substance abuse treatment and expansion to racial and ethnic communities in high AIDS case rate areas. It is the goal of the latter two programs to assist the targeted communities to develop the infrastructure to proportionately share in the federal resources allocated for HIV/AIDS. In addition, SAMHSA's Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant HIV set-aside provides funds for HIV counseling and testing in states with high AIDS care rates.
Mental Health. SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) has a High Risk Prevention/Intervention Program, designed to develop and test, through a series of pilot studies, a single model for a brief, short-term prevention/intervention protocol, to encourage and enable adolescents/women who engage in high-risk behaviors associated with HIV/AIDS transmission to change these behaviors. In addition, CMHS has a Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes, and Associated Costs Study. It is a collaborative effort of six bureaus/center/institutes and is designed to determine the effectiveness of treatment adherence models, health outcomes, and costs associated with the provision of integrated mental health, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS primary care services for people living with HIV/AIDS who have both a mental disorder and a substance abuse disorder. The CMHS also has a program designed to disseminate to mental health care providers state of the art knowledge about how to identify and treat the psychosocial and the neuropsychiatric sequelae of HIV/AIDS and to develop knowledge on how to be more effective in its dissemination. It is also designed to pilot test an HIV/AIDS ethics curriculum.
Surveillance. CDC works with state and local health departments to track the number of AIDS cases in different areas. In December 1999, after extensive work with state health departments and community HIV/AIDS organizations, CDC released guidelines to assist states in designing and implementing effective HIV surveillance systems. These guidelines include specific standards for both quality and confidentiality, reflecting CDC's responsibility to balance the need for better data with legitimate concerns about confidentiality and security. They also stress the continued importance of anonymous testing as an essential component of any surveillance system.
While the guidelines set out strict confidentiality and quality standards for HIV surveillance data, they do not dictate the type of surveillance system used to gather those data. CDC does believe that, based on its review of currently available studies of name-based reporting systems, that such systems are most likely to provide data that meets the quality standards. However, a state can use any surveillance system that meets the performance criteria specified by CDC.
Racial and Ethnic Minorities. While racial and ethnic groups account only for about 25 percent of the U.S. population, they account for more than 50 percent of all AIDS cases. While overall AIDS deaths are down, AIDS remains the leading killer of African-American males age 25-44. In early 1998, the President revealed a major, new Federal initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in HIV/AIDS and five other key areas of health. In FY 1999, CDC funded the first phase of the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health 2010 (REACH) program at $10 million. This demonstration program will enable multiple communities to design and test community-tailored interventions to improve the health of minority populations. In FY 2000, Congress has appropriated $30 million to continue and expand the REACH demonstrations. In addition, Congress has provided increases in several public health programs such as Community Health Centers that, in partnership with community, advocacy and tribal organizations, would expand and adapt proven public health strategies to better reach minority populations.
In 1998, President Clinton declared HIV/AIDS to be a severe and ongoing health crisis in racial and ethnic minority communities and announced a comprehensive new initiative in collaboration with the Congressional Black Caucus to improve the nation's effectiveness in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS in the African-American, Hispanic and other minority communities.
The NIH has implemented a series of guidelines, policies, and programs to ensure that HIV-infected individuals from the most at-risk populations for HIV/AIDS are enrolled and accrued into federally-sponsored AIDS studies. In 1994, NIH implemented revised Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research, requiring applicants to address the appropriate inclusion of women and minorities in clinical research. Applications that fail to meet these requirements, as evaluated by peer review, are barred from funding.
The FY 1999 and FY 2000 Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund appropriations provided $50 million to address the high-priority HIV prevention and treatment needs of minority communities heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS. Utilizing these funds, significant steps have been taken to respond to this threat through enhancements in technical assistance, research, treatment and prevention initiatives. The President's FY 2001 budget proposal continues this important funding.
Ryan White CARE Act. HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau administers the Ryan White CARE (Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency) Act, which was enacted in 1990 to provide primary care and supportive services for low-income, underinsured and uninsured individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS. Since FY 1991, $7.5 billion has been appropriated for CARE Act programs. The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) authorized under Title II of the CARE Act, provides medications to low-income persons with HIV. HRSA funding for this program has increased by 965 percent under the Clinton Administration.
On May 20, 1996, President Clinton signed a five-year reauthorization of this program, continuing funding authorization for the program until the end of the year 2000. The FY 2001 budget includes $1.7 billion for Ryan White CARE Act activities to support medical care and supportive services for vulnerable populations. For the ADAP program, the budget proposal includes $554 million, a 5 percent increase over FY 2000.
Needle Exchange. Scientific research supported by NIH has shown that needle exchange programs can be an effective component of a comprehensive strategy to prevent HIV and other bloodborne infectious diseases in communities that choose to include them, and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs. The Administration has communicated what has been learned from the science so that communities can construct the most successful programs possible to reduce the transmission of HIV, while not encouraging illegal drug use.
Perinatal Transmission. Following the release of research findings from an NIH-sponsored AIDS clinical trial that indicated that use of AZT by HIV-infected pregnant women dramatically reduced the rate of HIV transmission from mother to infant, the U.S. Public Health Service issued guidelines recommending routine counseling and voluntary HIV testing for all pregnant women. For those found to be HIV infected, the use of AZT during pregnancy is recommended. In developing countries, where this AZT regimen is too costly and difficult to administer, the rate of mother-to-infant HIV transmission continues to rise. NIH researchers continue to search for simpler and less-expensive ways to prevent mother-to-infant transmission of HIV which can be used globally.
Treatment Guidelines. HHS regularly releases updates and draft guidelines for treating HIV-infected adults, including pregnant women, adolescents, children, and infants with antiretroviral drugs. The guidelines, developed by panels of AIDS clinicians and researchers, reflect the current state of knowledge about HIV disease and antiretroviral drugs, and will help standardize and improve the quality of care for HIV-infected persons in the United States.
Housing. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has established the National Office of HIV/AIDS Housing to assist people with HIV/AIDS to pay for housing. Funding for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program has increased by 10 percent. On December 1, 1998, Vice President Gore announced that he would release $200 million in funds to assist communities around the country to prevent individuals affected by HIV/AIDS and their families from becoming homeless. This represents a $21 million increase for the HUD program in FY 1999. In addition, HUD and HHS have launched collaborative efforts to combine housing assistance, medical and social services for people living with HIV/AIDS, including testing outreach programs and other special efforts for people with multiple diagnosis.
Water Safety. The CDC and the Environmental Protection Agency issued guidelines recommending steps to purify drinking water to protect vulnerable populations against Cryptosporidium, which can be fatal to those with compromised immune systems.


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Also in this episode: Toyota puts the Prius C hybrid on sale in Japan, and the Dodge Nitro and Caliber reach the end of the road.
Welcome to a Tuesday edition of Autoweek TV.
Things are pretty quiet in the auto world as car makers and race teams rest up before the start of a new year.
Here's a couple of quick news quotes:
Toyota has started selling its smallest hybrid car, the Aqua, in Japan.
We'll see the Aqua go on sale here next year as the Prius C.
And, the end of the year marks the end of the road for two Dodge products--the Nitro SUV and the Caliber crossover.
We'll see the Caliber's replacement, the Dart, in a couple of weeks at the Detroit auto show. But there are no direct replacements coming for the Nitro.
All right, one of the most popular shows on cable TV these days is American Pickers.
Working from their base in Iowa, Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz scour the Midwest for cool stuff.
Not long ago, some auto memorabilia was on their radar, which brought them to southeast Michigan. Let's take a look:
Now that makes me want to go digging through my garage. But only after the weather gets warmer.
That's it for today. If you're off this week, I'm jealous.
We'll be back tomorrow. Until then, enjoy the drive.


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In this message, Elder Brian Farley discusses the importance of prayer in our lives. Certainly, Paul spent time praying for Philemon and we should spend much time praying for one another. Also, Philemon's love for the saints is evident. Understanding this foundation is key to the request Paul will make in the next section of this letter. We pray this sermon challenges you in several areas of service.


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Essentials: Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe
It isn't easy to write about recipes week after week and keep your energy level high and your judgment accurate. The accepted wisdom is that readers will stay with you only if you give them a picture and a story, preferably one whose ending is that this recipe for [food] is The. Best. Ever. (Disaster stories are good, too, but who wants to provide a steady stream of those?)
I've been burned more than a few times by recipes that bloggers lavishly hailed as amazing but that in my kitchen (my fault?) were only so-so. I'm forgiving, though, because the successes are worth it, and because I know that people are just doing what they have to do to keep cooking and writing. All these peeks into people's kitchens and lives make up for any number of recipes that don't quite deliver.
This is my longwinded way of saying that I try to be disciplined and I try to keep my feet on the ground—I don't say this kind of thing often, but Ina Garten's recipe for spaghetti and meatballs is The. Best. Ever. I know, I know, your grandma's, your great uncle's…I don't care.
This recipe for pure comfort and satisfaction and greedy gobbling makes me feel a little less deprived when I contemplate the fact that there's no sheaf of family recipes for me to inherit. As far as I'm concerned, this is the Platonic ideal of delicious, unsophisticated spaghetti and meatballs, not just the best I've ever made but—I'll say it—the best I've ever eaten.
- Yield:6
- Rated:
- For the meatballs:
- 1/2 pound ground veal
- 1/2 pound ground pork
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 cup fresh white breadcrumbs (made from 4 slices, crusts removed)
- 1/4 cup seasoned dry bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 extra-large egg, beaten
- Vegetable oil
- Olive oil
- For the sauce:
- 1 tablespoon good olive oil
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion (1 onion)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/2 cup good red wine, such as Chianti
- 1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes, or plum tomatoes in puree, chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- For serving:
- 1 1/2 pounds spaghetti, cooked according to package directions
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Put the ground meats, both bread crumbs, parsley, Parmesan, salt, pepper, nutmeg, egg, and 3/4 cup warm water in a bowl. Combine very lightly with a fork. Using your hands, lightly form the mixture into 2-inch meatballs. You will have 14 to 16 meatballs.
Pour equal amounts of vegetable and olive oil into a large (12-inch) skillet to a depth of 1/4 inch. Heat the oil. Very carefully, in batches, place the meatballs in the oil and brown them well on all sides over medium-low heat, turning carefully with a spatula or a fork. This should take about 10 minutes for each batch. Don't crowd the meatballs. Remove the meatballs to a plate covered with paper towels. Discard the oil but don't clean the pan.
For the sauce, heat the olive oil in the same pan. Add the onion and sauté over medium heat until translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add the wine and cook on high heat, scraping up all the brown bits in the pan, until almost all the liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, parsley, salt, and pepper.
Return the meatballs to the sauce, cover, and simmer on the lowest heat for 25 to 30 minutes, until the meatballs are cooked through. Serve hot on cooked spaghetti and pass the grated Parmesan cheese.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Engineering Graduate Student Council's 11th annual College of Engineering Research Symposium (CERS) is set for April 1 at the Nittany Lion Inn.
The event, free and open to the public, begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m.
Amr Elnashai, Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering, will give the keynote address, "Consequences of Earthquakes … Prediction versus Protection," during lunch. Seating is limited; participants must register at http://tiny.cc/ggr0cx.
This year's event will also feature an inaugural Art in Science competition.
The annual student-initiated, student-run symposium features research papers, theses, works in progress, designs and posters from undergraduate and graduate students in many disciplines. The event also provides students opportunities to network with industry representatives and faculty.
Research/travel grants for best paper and poster submissions will be awarded during a ceremony at the conclusion of the program.
CERS 2014 sponsors include BP, Intel, Norfolk Southern and the University Park Allocation Committee.


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When we look back at Super Bowl XLI in a few years, what will we remember most? The Sex Cannon's free-flying vertical missives into the night? Tony Dungy at last setting race relations straight in this country? Jimmy Fallon sitting next to Janet Reno on a couch? We figure the lasting image of Super Bowl XLI will be of rain, rain, glorious rain.
Lord knows, it was all anyone could talk about during the telecast — Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, who were oddly competent last night, actually, acted as if the rain were some Biblical plague foisted on Dolphins Stadium by demons — and even if you had the mute on, someone forgot to put a cover on the main game camera, which was sprinkled with precipitation all evening. Not only did the rain make the ball and field slippery, it also apparently reacted poorly with chemicals in Rex Grossman's brain. (Which is funny, because we've always found that water dilutes vodka. Hmm.) It kind of takes some of the fun out of the Gatorade dump when the coach is already drenched.
At least it didn't electrocute Prince. With all that rocking, we're impressed he made it through unscathed.


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Comic is called Fall of God. Index is here: http://www.reneekatz.com/
A blasphemous inversion of the Genesis story in the Bible: God tempts Adam and Eve to eat the Forbidden Fruit so he can kick them out of the Garden of Eden. It's one big story arc, read through it and tell me what you think about the site, comic, art, technical details, etc. Thanks for clicking!


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It's good to see that Woody Johnson's ban on leaks held up so well.
While this one wasn't the front office variety which was so common before, an unnamed Jets player has already started the Mark Sanchez-ripping which I think we all saw coming.
Come to think of it, Unnamed Jet has been the team's most consistent performer in recent years.
Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com talked to a Jets player, who didn't offer his name, who said 80 to 90 percent of the team was ready to see Sanchez replaced as the starting quarterback.
"Everyone on the team likes Mark personally but there's a general feeling among some of the players that maybe it's time to give someone else a chance," the player said.
This comes on the heels of a three-interception practice by Sanchez which coach Rex Ryan deemed "unacceptable."
This train is only leaving the station, and it's only going to pick up steam. If not for the horrible contract extension the previous administration gave him, new Jets General Manager John Idzik might have been inclined to start that rebuilding effort with rookie quarterback Geno Smith.
But numbers dictated that they keep Sanchez, and now they're apparently in for a fun year of back-biting and general mayhem.


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Kris Humphries is still in as much of a rush as ever. Meaning, no rush at all.
The NBA player's lawyer has filed a motion to put the brakes on Kim Kardashian's request to set an immediate trial date to get their divorce finalized. Humphries' camp claims that the E! star is trying to gain an unfair advantage by trying to speed things along despite various delays in the discovery process.
"What are they hiding?" attorney Marshall Waller states in the filing obtained by E! News. "What is there in the raw footage of this televised courtship, 72-day marriage and resultant breakup that they are so afraid of us discovering?"
U.S. & World
Kim's attorney maintains that her client is "handcuffed" to Kris Humphries
Marshall further claims, "What is really going on here is that an 'urgency' in the form of an apparently unplanned pregnancy, something the Respondent had nothing to do with, is perceived by Plaintiff as an opportunity to gain a litigation advantage by trying to force this court to prematurely set this matter for trial."
Humphries maintains in the court filing that he has the right to be present when Kardashian is deposed, but that, due to his game schedule, he's not available till mid-May or June.
Quizzed last month by David Letterman about why it was taking so long to get divorced, Kardashian insisted that she was trying.
Khloe Kardashian Odom says Kris is acting "gross" about finalizing divorce
"I can't speak for Kris, but I just want him to be happy and I want us to move on, and that's really what I want, is just to move on," the mom-to-be said, explaining that Humphries has been angling for an annulment rather than a divorce.
"The only legal way to get an annulment is if fraud were involved, so that's what's tricky," Kardashian said. "So he is suing me for an annulment based on the fact that I frauded him into marrying him for publicity." But, she added, no fraud occurred.
Kim filed for divorce from Kris on Oct. 31, 2011, 72 days after they tied the knot.
Humphries' attorney wrote in his filing that he told the court that they would be ready for trial with discovery completed by the end of 2012 "IF (and only if) everybody was cooperative. As of this dictation, everybody is most definitely NOT cooperative, which means we are probably going to have to obtain court orders and go through that process to get access to all of this information, and until that happens we are NOT ready to go to trial."
A hearing regarding each side's readiness to go to trial is set for Feb. 15 at 8:30 a.m.
--Reporting by Claudia Rosenbaum
See Kim enjoying better days on Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, Sundays at 9 p.m. on E!


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Hi all,
I'm having trouble reconciling two passages:
From The Departure of Boromir in the two towers:
'S is for Sauron,' said Gimli. 'That is easy to read.' 'Nay!' said Legolas. 'Sauron does not use the Elf-runes.' 'Neither does he use his right name, nor permit it to be spelt or spoken,' said Aragorn.
In, I think, The Shadows of the Past, it is clear that the inscription on the Ring is in Elf script. The page on the Ring on this site says it is in Tengwar alphabet.
Does Tengwar script not count as 'Elf-runes', or is there a gap in Legolas' Ring-lore?
Please advise.


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Two years ago we retired the Rainbow Warrior II, and the third incarnation of our iconic ship went into operation. The new Rainbow Warrior is now heading to East Asia as part of the "Save Energy for Our Future" tour, and to celebrate we're taking a look at some wonderful snapshots from her exciting adventures around the world. In Hong Kong we're also cordially inviting you on board one of the world's most environmentally friendly ships.
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