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When I bought my HHR- I let the vanity plates that were on my trade in go. There were several reasons I did that but one of the major ones is that I found out (after having the plates for several years) that my mom thought they sounded dirty (BADGRUV) even though that technically they were just the name of this site- truncated into 7 characters). When I got my sequential plates for the HHR I immediately hated them. 6BCZO95. It was the BZCO part that I didn't like, but it wasn't with enough vigor to go through the hassle and expense of getting new vanity plates. But in March I decided what the heck and started formulating a plan for new vanity plates.
It took me awhile and I batted around ideas with Misty…and I finally came up with (heart)14 SHR (in CALI you can have a special character on your plate if you pay a little more). I filled out the form online and paid the deposit and began the waiting game. I am not a patient person when it comes to waiting for something I want.
Eight weeks later I got a lovely letter in the mail from the DMV stating that my plates had been denied. No reason was given other than they reserve the right to reject plates that are considered lewd or otherwise offensive and if I have questions I can call. I did and the person I spoke with first compared my requested plate up against the list of automatic turn downs and it passed those. I would need to speak with someone at the field office but it was a Thursday afternoon and they were furloughed on Friday so I would have have to wait til Monday or Tuesday for my call back. So I waited. Meanwhile I wracked my brain trying to figure out what on earth could be lewd or offensive about (heart)14SHR…I came up blank. Everyone I asked came up with nothing.
I finally got my call back on the following Monday afternoon. Turns out…California does not let the number 14 on license plates because of connotation it has with the "14 Words." I had to look it up online because I hadn't even heard of it before- it's some aryan thing. So yeah…my plates were denied because they were considered racist of all things (can you read the eyeroll in there? Because it's there.) BUT she said…BUT I could write a letter of contest if the number has a special meaning to me and they would consider it. BUT that would just slow down the whole process. I hung up, admittedly disheartened. I could NOT figure out a way to make a plate that showed my love of SHR and the 14 without using the number 14. (Try it…it's not easy). I did NOT want to write a letter and get involved in some battle regarding the semantics of a personalized license plate with the freaking DMV.
But I really wanted to get rid of my sequential plates. So I chatted with Misty some more and I am pretty sure she came up with what I ended up with:
Get it? T STEW(heart). Say it out loud fast: Stewheart. I just hope that there are no crazy people out there who think I am a stew lover….it could and probably will happen. My first vanity plates were BK2RLTY– Back To Reality. But people kept asking me if I was in realty.


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Cancer, Memory Loss Top Boomers' Health Concerns
Baby boomers say their biggest health fear is cancer. Memory loss comes in second. But heart disease and diabetes should be atop that list, too, given the size of boomers' waistlines.
A new poll finds baby boomers are more obese than other generations, setting them up for unhealthy senior years.
An Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll indicates that even those who aren't obese need to do more to stay fit.
Most baby boomers say they get some exercise at least once a week. But only about a quarter report working up a sweat four or five times a week. That's what the average person needs to reach the recommended amount of two-and-a-half hours a week.

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04.29.13Clariant has announced plans to build a new pigment preparations plant in Indonesia in a series of investments to strengthen on-the-ground support for customers in China, India and Indonesia. The announcement marks another step in Clariant's significant commitment to support customers in the emerging markets with high quality low VOC pigment preparations complying with eco labeling schemes such as blue angel and equivalent schemes in other regions, according to the company. The company is investing approximately CHF 8 Million to enhance its capabilities in the region. The investments include the construction of a new pigment preparations plant at Clariant's Tangerang site in Indonesia that will double capacity to support the strong market growth in the country. Production is scheduled to commence in September 2013.
Clariant is also finalizing the feasibility for expanding the capacity at its Azo pigments and pigment preparations plants in Roha, India by 50%. In order to increase market coverage, provide more intimate customer service and support and enhance market knowledge Clariant's marketing and sales organization in China, India and Indonesia will be doubled throughout 2013. Additionally, Technical service capabilities in China will be strengthened by increasing the number of technical professionals in Clariant's STAR application laboratory in Shanghai by nearly double. Finally, Clariant will also expand its development capabilities in Roha (India), Shanghai and DaGang (China) to provide a faster response to requests for product development tailored to the needs of the local markets. The addition of Regional Product Managers for both Azo pigments and pigment preparations will strengthen this support.
"These initial steps are the first in a broader strategy to invest and develop our capabilities in China, India and Indonesia in order to better serve our customers and provide them with the high quality products and superior technical support they need to be successful in growing their business," said Marco Cenisio, senior vice president and general manager business unit pigments, Clariant. "We expect to make further announcements regarding our additional plans for the region soon."


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Special teams ace: Benny Thompson
Benny Thompson pumps up the crowd at the first game ever played at the Ravens' new stadium, now known as M&T Stadium. The Ravens have a proud history when it comes to special teams aces from Bennie Thompson to O.J. Brigance to Adalius Thomas to Gary Stills to Brendon Ayanbadejo. While all are deserving of this honor, Thompson led the Ravens in special teams tackles for three seasons. No other Raven has done it for more than two. And to excel at special teams, you have to be a little crazy. Few were crazier than Thompson. So, Im picking Thompson because you dont know what hell do if he wasnt picked for the All-Ravens team.
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Death to E3!
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This. Shamus's article has many valid points, but his practical thinking is overtaking any love of chaos, excitement and madness. E3 is fun. People love going and being overwhelmed by the news, announcements, demos, and preposterous amounts of sequels - at least this year.
same idea basically.
Because when a game is released with an obvious bug or a feature is cut, I blame the developer-soul-sucking E3 as the reason. ;-)
From the E3 site:
At PAX last year I played Battlefield Heroes, Left 4 Dead, and Mirror's Edge. I also saw people trying out Star Craft 2 and Fallout 3. But the majority of the exhibits at PAX are from major developers and publishers. Indie games are a comparitively larger part of PAX because indie outfits can't afford to get noticed at E3, and because PAX is attended by gamers, who don't care how much money you have, only if you have a game they want to play.
If you want to see gaming celebrated by gamers, come to PAX.
This article DOES make a good point that we don't need E3 anymore, because we have websites and most gaming magazines now cover multiple platforms and even dedicate some pages to actual hardware.
Okay then. Go to both, problem solved :D
I can't. I don't work in the industry.
good artice, sound advice
too bad developers don't care
I truely agree. Didn't hear about Assasins Creed 2 trailer for like 3 days. Then I saw it, and Fangasm'd
want to know how to make E3 better? MAKE IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!!! now we only get to watch demos and decide to buy or not if we could get people into E3 and try demos they can decide better which really do you buy a game you saw on tv being played or one that you tried and know is good, at least sell tickets!
I sometimes wonder if writers like Shamus Young are a dying breed--those who truly grasp and love crisp exposition, surgical-precision analysis, flawless introductions, themes and transitions.
Within the massive mob of cloyingly unfunny and clearly thoughtless works here on the Escapist, there exists a number of truly awe-inspiring creators: Andy Chalk (in his analysis of video game narratives in "You Can't Be the Hero if You're the Rapist"), Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw (his Zero Punctuation reviews are an exercise in the adroit manipulation of verbal cues, syntax and diction) and Susan Arendt (who provides consistent, unrelenting yet academically uplifting humor in her reviews). These people, these truly adept thinkers, give me reason to believe that video games are more than products of consumer culture--video gamers like Shamus Young assure me that Video Games are far beyond the temporal framework of commercial consumption.
That the world of video games and video gamers may possibly be the incontestable products of human ingenuity, rationality and development.
Liked the article, but "A half million"?
I work in the exhibition business and let me tell you, those booths at E3 ( the ones for the major players) from what I saw in the vids, are A LOT more expensive then that. Half a million will probably buy you the floor space for some of these booths, and just that. And those huge led screen walls are expensive, trust me.
It's probably about triple that, from 1.5 and higher depending on how crazy the booth is.
As soon as they let Nintendo showcase their latest Wii crap it meant the end of E3, hell, if it weren't for Microsoft and Sony(and i don't like microsoft much) E3 woud have had this verdict handed to them alot sooner, of course the article does point out that gaming magazines and websites have almost made E3 obsolete long live the good gaming companies.
I agree, I mean sure there are somethigns they drag on about or whatever, but if that bothers you, just ignore E3.
Honestly shamus all i ever see your articlas about are just simply complaining about what bother you.
What's this E3 you are talking about?
Not being serious of course, but I don't follow it either, so that would mean I'm not a hard core gamer. I pick up bits and pieces of posts on this website, but that's it.
If the world would be better without an E3? Well it would make gaming land a bit more bland perhaps. Surely the developers need a good week of party, booze and whore's to blow off some steam from all the hard work. All the sensation around them makes them feel important, which is I suppose not a good thing at all.
I am undecided.
I liked it, until I found out it's only about half as long as the first game and you're bombarded with annoying support characters. I mean I beat the game and all but then I traded it in.
The babes don't hurt.
Ah, did I forget to mention the booth babes? My bad. Booth babes are awesome.
Why does E3 need to die? I mean sure they hype up games but it's your fault you buy/play them. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just a convention for gaming like there's star wars/star trek conventions. If you don't like it then don't pay attention to it, it's that simple. E3 can stay as long as it wants, it's not harming anyone or anything. Stop bitching how you got hyped up over a game because of E3, it's celebrating/promoting games, they're doing their job. Hey if you got hyped over a game, it worked! Is that so surprising?
You could always read the article I wrote, and write a rebuttal for that one. Also, could you provide a link to the article you're talking about? If someone wrote about how hyping up games is bad I'd like to read it.
Oh, and because people are evidently stopping halfway through the article and missing the last two lines:
I'm not REALLY suggesting E3 should die. I'm suggesting that the smaller developers should stop wasting money on it. (For them, the entry fee is a hefty price, and they just don't get much attention, if any.) The last line of the article should make it pretty clear that the thing is crazy, expensive, and chaotic, but it's not all bad.
I was actually talking about how getting a game hyped up so you're persuaded to buy it before you know when it's good or bad. I'm not saying it's bad, I'm not saying it's good either. I'm just saying E3 is pure marketing, there's nothing more to it. And I'm not referring to your article either.
Interesting. I haven't been around a trade show booth since my company had one in the dot-com days, and I had to guess at how much that one cost.
1.5 mil? Man, that could buy a lot of playtesting and polish. It would be interesting to look back for games that failed due to budget shortfall or buggy launches, and see if any of them had a booth at E3.
E3 is where the big guys come to show off the latest and greatest tech.
I had lost faith getting dream job in games when e3 went dull. But when E3 came back, and went live on the internet, I started to dream again.
Didn't they try getting rid of E3 a couple years back? I think one year they tried to just "tone it down a bit" and focused it more on developers than consumers, but instead all of the hype just got redirected to other conventions like PAX and Leipzeig.
I think E3 is a great thing for the industry, it heightens the competition between developers and the big three manufacturers, which leads to a lot more innovation than we would have otherwise.
This is under the fallacy that marketing money is taken out of the game development money pit. I would assume that the marketing cubicle in the office is separate from the Q&A department, wouldn't you? While some connection between office spaces is necessary, it's not like the guys at Marketing go up to the Texture Department and say "Hey guys, can we dig into your funds for 10 mill or so? Thanks brah!"
And really, 1.5 million may seem like alot, but really it's chump change when you think about it. Last I remember, the average game budget is around 100 million or something, though I have no idea how accurate that is.
The marketing and development budgets come out of the same funds, therefore one can be increased at the expense of the other.
As far as your figure on the "average" cost of game development, I can't find anything to support it.
Ubisoft have said that their average budget for developing a PS3/360 title is $18M-$28M(Link).
This is significantly higher than the $10M budget that IGN reported was being predicted in 2006(Link) but still not up to the point where $1.5M is insignificant and nowhere near the $100M average you suggested. Do you have some kind of source for that?
Hmm, my mind must have been thinking of the GTA4 budget, that I'm sure was 100 million.
But as for the whole marketing thing, taking E3 out of the picture I'm sure that $1.5 million is used on marketing just for the overall game itself (if you could find an article that supports that that would be great :P). E3 is just a place to hype up your game, but it's hardly essential for marketing.
I highly doubt that a one time a year convention digs that deep into a game's budget.
Ok, fine, they could better spend the money on marketing that actually accomplishes something. That doesn't change the whole "waste of money" part.
Also, it's not just the booth, it's also the time spent on getting a demo ready. Either way, you have the numbers right there, if that $1.5M figure is to be believed, then yes, it does dig in. You have the numbers right there.
Interesting points you make. I think back when E3 started in 1995, video games were still considered to be a pretty underground movement. I don't think anyone ever expected them to grow into the phenomenon they have become today. Consoles with fanboy armies large enough to take over countries.
E3 is an example of what happens when tradition is allowed to run rampant and out of control. In alot of ways, E3 is like Christmas. Would you do away with christmas simply because it's become the largest consumer holiday in the world? No of course not, but at the same time, it feels a little tainted celebrating it and pretending it's still about getting together with family and friends.
Crash486 nailed it. I was looking for words to express my thoughts, but his second paragraph did it for me.
Oh geez Shamus, why do we have Cannes? Premiers? Grammys? Oscars? Why don't we just release every piece of entertainment quitely and without any fuss?
Because it's the entertainment industry, that's why. You don't see this sort of event for Antivirus software or Wordprocessors, and there is a good reason- because no one is that interested in Norton's next big push into the foray of network security. I mean, some people might be camping out to get tickets. Some. But not a lot.
Trade shows like this is a great way to generate buzz. And E3 is the marque games industry trade show- the gold standard, the Cannes or Oscars of the gaming world. Without it there will be something missing. Like they just cancelled Christmas.
Shamus: How dare you suggest they cancel E3? E3 is the gamer mecca! E3 is everything lowly gamers like us could ever aspire to! E3 is the LITERAL THRONE OF GOD ON EARTH! And you, you plebian dictator, you suggest that they abolish it? How dare you? /smite /smite /smite
Yeah, E3 IS entertainment. Know another thing that's entertainment? Shamus' article, nowhere in which does he indicate that E3 should actually be canceled. I think people have gotten into the habit of skimming things without actually processing the words in front of their eyes on anything beyond a superficial level.
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The distribution agreement between debtor & the defendant was an executory contract to be assumed or rejected by the trustee. On the petition date, neither side had received a contractual benefit & both sides had substantial future duties to perform
Reported at 18 B.R. 628. Lenders properly perfected their security interest by filing in the county of the corporation's last-known registered agent, because corporation failed to take the steps necessary to properly change their registered agent
Reported at 18 B.R. 633. For purposes of Chapter 13 plan confirmation, the appropriate interest rate on secured claims pursuant to sec. 1325(a)(5)(B)(ii) is the current market rate of interest on a similar type of loan at the time of confirmation
Reported at 18 B.R. 631. Vehicle had been titled in both Colorado and Nebraska, but creditor's lien wasn't noted on Nebraska title. Under UCC 9-103, creditor's secured status depends on whether vehicle was registered – not just titled – in Nebraska
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Raptors Fined $25k For Drake Recruiting KD at Concert (Video)
Drake has to remember he is part of the Raptors organization now, so he can't be tampering with potential future free agents.
In the video above you see Drake trying to convince Kevin Durant that Toronto is a place he should consider. According to ESPN, when the NBA saw the video they fined the Raptors $25k.
Drake should just stick to trying to recruit Skylar Diggins, since her boyfriend refuses to punch him in the mouth.


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FREMONT -- For killing his wife with an overdose of the methadone prescribed to him for a back injury, Jason Risenburg was sentenced today to 11 years in prison.
Risenburg, 38, who pleaded guilty Jan. 24 to involuntary manslaughter, offered no explanation or apology when given the opportunity by Sandusky County Common Pleas Judge John Dewey. Friends and family members of Beth Spaulding Risenburg who attended the hearing in her memory had plenty to say.
"I want you to hear these words over and over until your meaningless life comes to an end," the victim's mother, Maureen Spaulding of Northwood, told Risenburg before the sentence was imposed. "You killed your wife and you are alone. You killed Beth and you are alone."
Mrs. Spaulding and her son, Daryl Spaulding, 29, both addressed the court, speaking of the victim's compassion and creative spirit, her love of singing and kindness to others.
"I will remember her impact on my life was as sharp and well-composed as one of her photographs, as unforgettable as her prose, and as pitch-perfect as her singing in its well-practiced oscillation," her only brother said.
Mrs. Spaulding called Risenburg's actions unthinkable.
"You took away our little girl, our best friend and yours," she said. "You killed the one person that truly cared if you woke up tomorrow, the person that would have gone without anything, done anything to make you happy."
Ms. Spaulding Risenburg, 31, died in her sleep at the couple's Fremont apartment April 2, 2012. She'd had health problems, and her death was not considered suspicious until toxicology tests done by the Lucas County Coroner's Office revealed high levels of methadone in her system.
Her family took their suspicions to Fremont police, and her husband of nearly 13 years was indicted for her murder in January, 2013.
Defense attorney Jon Ickes told the court Risenburg had no prior criminal history, but he said little else. A plea agreement reached just prior to Risenburg's trial for murder and corrupting another with drugs called for an 11-year sentence.
Judge Dewey withheld any commentary in sentencing Risenburg other than to say the court was "satisfied that the appropriate sentence for this case will be the maximum sentence of 11 years." He also ordered that Risenburg pay the Spauldings $7,000 toward funeral expenses for their daughter.
As he was led from the courtroom, Risenburg was asked why he did it. He replied simply, "I didn't."
Sandusky County Prosecutor Tom Stierwalt said afterward that Risenburg told Fremont Police Det. Jason Kiddey several versions of what happened during a lengthy interview later in 2012. Ms. Risenburg had run out of her own prescription medicine, he told police, and so he gave her some of his 5 mg. methadone pills so she would not suffer withdrawal, Mr. Stierwalt said.
"As the interview continued he [said he] might've started giving her his 10 mg pills -- not obviously with the purpose to kill her," he said.
Mr. Stierwalt gave Detective Kiddey credit for investigating the Spauldings' suspicions and getting the partial confession from Risenburg.
"He did an awesome job. I don't think there'd have been a case except for his persistence in the interview," Mr. Stierwalt said.
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Tony Greig, Bill Lawry's banter missed at commentary box
Brisbane - Tony Greig and Bill Lawry are being missed in the commentary box with the first Test of the Australian cricket season beginning here Friday.
Greig is undergoing treatment for lung cancer while Lawry opted out of the first Test between Australia and South Africa due to personal reasons.
What is missing most is their famous banter on air.
"It's been an incredible journey so far – you have no idea how much one misses getting to the cricket on a day like today. When you have been doing it for 33 years, you really miss going to the cricket," Greig was quoted as saying by Herald Sun.
Greig, who has been a regular at the Channel Nine box for the more than three decades, was a notable absentee at the Gabba.
The former England captain is in Sydney where it was confirmed that he needed an operation.
"It's not good – the truth is I have got lung cancer. It's now just the case of what they can do. I am going in on Monday for a Tuesday operation," Greig said.
"We will start the fight back after that. The plan is to embark on chemo to see if we can make a dent in this little bit of a setback I've had."
"They are going to go into this right side and have a good look around and see if they can fix it up," added Greig.
His Brisbane-based brother Ian shared what he was missing in commentary.
"In the box, we miss things like Greigy having a theory on the South Africans. He will have researched them and what has been said and written this morning, and he would come up with a prediction for one or two of the South Africans. He will kick start you into thinking for the day."


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New Hispanic Chief Judge Calls For More Jury Diversity
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Born in Chicago to immigrant parents, Ruben Castillo became the first Hispanic Judge to lead the busy federal court district that includes his hometown and proclaimed on Tuesday that one of his priorities will be helping ensure that juries are more diverse.
Castillo wants to make sure juries better reflect the region's ethnic and racial diversity. He made the comments to The Associated Press in an interview shortly before he was sworn in Tuesday as chief judge of the Northern District of Illinois. He alluded to complaints for years from defense attorneys that juries often don't reflect the multicultural makeup of the district, which spans from Chicago to Rockford and west to the Iowa border.
"That's been a sore point for all of us, including the court, as we work and try to fix that," he said.
"I understand it's historic. The real significance will come on the streets of Chicago if some kids growing up the way I grew up think to themselves, 'Anything is possible.' If that one kid turns into 100 or 1,000 — that's even better."
Castillo, 58 and a long-serving U.S. district court judge, was born in Chicago to immigrant parents — his father from Mexico and his mother from Puerto Rico. He grew up on Chicago's ethnically mixed west side and has maintained close links to the Latino community.
"I understand it's historic," he said about his rise to the post, adding that he hopes it inspires young Hispanics. "The real significance will come on the streets of Chicago if some kids growing up the way I grew up think to themselves, 'Anything is possible.' If that one kid turns into 100 or 1,000 — that's even better."
It's not the only notable first in Castillo's judicial career.
He was also the first Hispanic to become a U.S. district judge in northern Illinois after being nominated by then-President Bill Clinton in 1994. Before, he worked as a defense lawyer and federal prosecutor in Chicago.
Castillo takes over as chief judge from James Holderman, whose term just ended. U.S. district judges become chief judges according to a statutory formula: It goes to the judge in a district who has the most seniority and is still under the age of 65.
Diversity, Castillo said, would be a theme of his seven-year term.
"I'm not only going to have diversity as a goal, but I am going to ask this court to embrace diversity," he said.
He did not offer detailed fixes to the problem of a lack of diversity on juries but said part of the solution would be for court officials, including himself, to reach out to minority communities and help them better understand the jury system.
As chief judge, Castillo becomes the top administrator of the court district, which is the third busiest in the nation. There are 10 million people living within its boundaries, and its around 30 federal judges handle 1,000 criminal cases and 12,000 civil cases a year.
In remarks after taking his oath in a crowded ceremonial courtroom Tuesday, Castillo also broached the issue of congressional budget constraints, criticizing lawmakers for creating "a crisis" and "a financial storm" for U.S. court districts across the country.
"I am being told as chief judge: Which limb do you want amputated?" said Castillo, flanked by dozens of judicial colleagues in their black robes.
Currently, the budget for the northern Illinois district is frozen at $14 million.
"We are operating as efficiently as we can," Castillo said. "And yet all I get are missives from Washington, D.C., that financial cuts are coming our way."
Castillo's caseload will be reduced, but he'll continue to oversee cases. That includes the drug-trafficking trial of Vicente Zambada, a lieutenant in Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, which is expected to happen next year.
Castillo is known as a bright legal mind. But he is also well known at the courthouse as a die-hard Chicago Blackhawks fan, which is demonstrated at his office by hockey pucks and hats emblazoned with the team's logo.
In his ceremonial nomination of his father for chief judge on Tuesday, Castillo's son, Roberto Castillo, said he wanted to present "evidence" for why his father qualified for the job.
"Basically, it boils down to one thing," he said. "The Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup this year."
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If you want to see a movie where a young man rides his moped across England in pursuit of his runaway wife, and having life-changing experiences along the way, rent this one.
The moped riding experience is central to the story, and will feel familiar to anyone who enjoys long-distance riding through beautiful country and experiencing the little things that you'd never notice if you're driving a car.
Non-moped riders may enjoy watching this fellow's adventures, but moped riders will live and understand them.


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Very Early HIV Treatment Leads to Another New Case of a Functional Cure
July 3, 2013
More HIV cure news comes to us in the form of a German man -- not the "Berlin patient" -- who is reportedly showing no HIV in his blood after starting treatment early and then discontinuing for nine years, according to a poster presented at IAS 2013.
In the poster, German researchers report a unique case study of a 67-year-old man who was diagnosed with HIV in 1999. Tests at the time suggested that he had just seroconverted in the last month. His viral load was over 100,000 and his CD4+ cell count was below 500.
He was immediately started on a treatment regimen of zidovudine/lamivudine (Combivir) and efavirenz (Sustiva, Stocrin) and achieved an undetectable viral load shortly after. His CD4+ cell count rebounded to around 1,000.
After five and a half years of antiretroviral therapy, the patient decided to try a treatment interruption, with guidance from Jan van Lunzen, M.D., his treating physician and the study's lead author. Immediately afterward, he experienced a slight increase in viral load, but it quickly dropped back to undetectable within three months of stopping treatment.
The researchers continued to follow him for nine years and were unable to detect any HIV in his peripheral blood mononuclear cells using ultrasensitive viral load tests that detect viral loads as low as 1. Throughout, his CD4+ cell count has remained stable between 800 and 1,000.
The patient showed immune responses and lab numbers similar to those seen in elite controllers. To make sure he was not an elite controller himself, the researchers tested for a telltale mutation of the CCR5 receptor on his CD4+ cells and found none.
However, using a humanized mouse model, whereby the investigators transplanted purified donor CD4+ T cells and anti-CD3/CD28 stimulation, they were able to recover some HIV, indicating the presence of replication-competent virus and suggesting that it remains too early to consider the patient entirely cured of his HIV infection.
"The data obtained in this unique case suggest a functional cure of this patient rather than viral eradication after early onset cART (combination antiretroviral therapy)," the study authors wrote.
"The presence of strong HIV-specific T-cell responses, normal frequency of regulatory T cells and animal data suggest a strong role of preserved adaptive immune responses as a correlate of viral control in this patient. Subsequent virological and immunological studies should look into the correlate of viral control in this and other PTC patients," they concluded.
"I think all patients with early PHI (primary HIV infection) should be offered treatment. This will increase the likelihood to become a post-treatment controller," van Lunzen told TheBodyPRO.com.
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I didn't so well with my goal of 8 lunch bentos and 3 dinner bentos. During the week it was fine but when the convention was on over the weekend I just ended up snacking on nothing good for me instead of eating the two bentos I did make.
On the whole, I think I did pretty well though. I've been increasing my daily intake of fruit and veg thanks to bento-ing, even if it was only grapes and carrot sticks on busy days. Any improvement is a set forward!
People told me all weekend that I've lost weight though I have no scales to test this. If I have it's thanks to bento. Thankyou bento!
Late to the party, but here's my report:
In terms of nutrition, I worked on limiting the amount of carbs I used and adding enough protein and vegetables. I did one more bento than last week for a total of three bentos. Monday's lunch which contained corn, red cabbage, vegetarian meatballs, and egg noodles contained 391 calories. Wednesday's bento, which consisted of a tempeh stir fry, rice, and fruit cocktail, had 323 calories. Finally, Friday's bento had gnocchi with marinara, mixed veggies, and a veggie hot dog for a total of 325 calories. This week I primarily relied on measuring cups to ensure portion control.
I've still been planning for the entire week's worth of bentos at the beginning of the week and doing the actual preparation the night before. I find that this system works well for me. I'm starting to get my bento confidence back!
My status for week 2 of the bento challenge: Fail.
I had such a busy (read: stressful) week at work that I just didn't have a second to think about making bento, either in the evening when I got home or in the morning. The funny thing was that this was the week that I could have really used something nutritious tucked in my bag that I could just get out and eat at my desk. This made me realise that I need to up the effort and that spending a bit more time planning and making a bento will save me a chunk of time in the middle of the day (by not having to go and queue up for a sandwich).
I am still a work in progress but so far I am proud I achieved my goal. The first week I did the bare minimum of only one bento box. I was derailed due to a broken microwave at work but the truht is it was pure laziness. My goal for week two was to at least do more than one bento box and I was able to produce 5. Not as impressive as it sounds since due to a schedule shift at work I worked more than 5 days last week. Still I achieved my goal. My goal for this week is to start allowing the care and thought I put into my lunch filter into the rest of my daily eating routine. My weakest time is the morning since I work graveyard so if anyone has any tips or hints to keep from eating when you get home from work I am all ears (or eyes rather).
Well, this is late. I spent six days in the last two weeks on the road with the speech team. Hard to make bento in an hotel room. Sometimes the tournaments supply lunch and snacks, but these are usally pretty nasty. This season we've been bringing our own snacks - hummus, carrots, apples, mini bagels, and Annie's bunny grahams are the current favorites. But, I digress...
This is my only photographed bento from week two. I made 'the tall-one' bento dinners for the nights he has evening classes, but haven't started photographing those.
One of my goals has been to have a variety of colorful foods in my bento. So this bento turned out beautifully. This bento contains: White rice; Trader Joe's sweet pepper mix sauted in olive oil; grilled pineapple; green beans, parboiled and sauted with a tiny bit of bacon; broccoli; three mini pork burgers made with cabbage, tofu, and panko. All total about 600 calories. Again, thats a bit high but I have a 12 -hour day on Wednesdays and am not much of a breakfast eater and really don't feel like a heavy dinner at 7:30pm, when I get home from work.
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Torchlight 2 has been updated, via a patch released yesterday. According to the notes, players can now choose a badger or an owl as a pet. The patch also contains various balancing additions, bug fixes, and crashes attributed to the use of the legendary wand Earth Dies Screaming. Full patch notes are through here. Thanks, […]
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Londonderry dad says his daughter's OK, but dog that bit her has to goBy APRIL GUILMET
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April 02. 2013 6:31PM
LONDONDERRY - The father of a 6-year-old bitten by a pit bull mix Easter Sunday said his neighbor's dog has to go.
"None of us want him back in the neighborhood," Greg Stewart, the father of four young children, said. "There's just too many kids on this street."
The Stewarts have notified their Century Village condo association to make sure Oliver won't return. The dog remains in quarantine at the Londonderry Police Department as police await validation of the animal's vaccination status.
South Elementary first-grader Sarah Stewart said she was reaching for a jar of bubble solution Sunday afternoon when she tripped over Oliver's leash, landing on top of the dog.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Calling It Like I See It
I think MTC is a racist institution. Flat out.
To be fair, most of our institutional theatres are, but this one is just plain dumb obvious.
There just really isn't any other possible reason for their lack of institutional support for their production of RUINED. I saw it and it is flat-out awesome, as many, many people have said, repeatedly. It is smart, heartfelt, touching and incredibly brave. It's also a classic "play" play: unit set, all in one place, naturalistic storytelling (with some lovely touches of theatricality), strong characters and poetic language. It's been extended six times at MTC's Off-Broadway home. And, oh, yeah, it won the Pulitzer Prize (just in case you hadn't heard). Not to mention near universal acclaim. So...it runs Off-Broadway and as noted in many other places, this is what they're running in their Broadway theatre. Not this. And this is next year.
I don't throw the race card out there often, but I honestly can't imagine what else is going on there. When a show opens Off-Broadway to wide acclaim and big, shiny awards, the buzz machine starts going. Whenever something closes, they start talking about whether it can move in there. And this year, for RUINED? I haven't heard a peep. Not on Playbill. Not anywhere. Not even a story about how they'd love to move it but there aren't any open theatres. Because there are.
Well, maybe it's the cast size. Because large-cast straight plays just don't do well on Broadway. The same goes for ensemble dramas without a big name star in them. But then again, plays with all-black casts are huge, colossal failures, so no one would want to take that kind of risk.
And that kind of thinking is the worst kind of institutional racism. The kind that sees a stirring, beautiful play as a "black" play with a limited audience, in spite of all the obvious signs. The kind that makes you think the theatre programmed it because it was the good and noble thing to do, not because they thought the play had legs. But then to basically ignore it and let it languish Off-Broadway instead of making any effort to move it, that's another level of cowardice. (And, yes, before you start in, I don't think that playing to full, 299-seat houses is languishing. This isn't about the merit of the work; it's about equal treatment.)
Just for the record, the audience tonight was well-mixed, if not a little on the ordinary theatre side. A lot of older white folks, a few older black folks, a smattering of young people. And it was nearly entirely full on a Tuesday night.
I want to give the staff and board at MTC the benefit of the doubt. I really do. And I don't mean to be some anonymous guy out here ranting on the internets and cut them down. But after watching this play and the tremendous effort given by an incredible cast, it deserves more, a broader stage, a bigger audience, a wider reach. And it deserves a theatre to give it that support. If only MTC had a Broadway theatre that is devoted to producing new, challenging works that it could move into. Oh, right.
Seriously, though. This situation speaks to the institutional racism that drove August Wilson nuts. Because I don't think that anyone who works at MTC is a racist, or is thinking, "Well, RUINED is a black show, so we're not going to give it our support." I just think that the whole system is rigged against a show like RUINED and geared towards a show like AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY. Maybe they have tried and failed to find the capital or the right theatre or something. Or maybe they got a lot of "Not interesteds." But they left it there. They didn't take it to the press, to their audiences, to the wider world. And if they tried and no one cared...well, that's another matter. But I'd think that MTC has some pull in this town. Somehow, so far, it isn't moving further and that's the fact.
And I just had to call it out. A part of what's going wrong is that we're not calling things out when we see them. Especially after seeing this play, I couldn't sit by and say nothing. So it's out there.
If I'm wrong about any of this, please, please let me know. I'd love to be wrong about this.
8 comments:
- Seth Christenfeld said...
Using Raisin and Cat as examples is a little disingenuous vis a vis Ruined, considering that both of those shows had major, major names in the cast, which Ruined does not. (I didn't see either one and can't vouch for their quality.)
(I don't necessarily think that MTC is racist. Amazingly stupid, yes. They did do an all-black new play at the Biltmore in its first season (the execrable Drowning Crow), for whatever that's worth.)
- May 13, 2009 at 1:24 AM
- 99 said...
That's a remarkably specific kind of stupid. Especially since I can't remember another time that that any theatre was this stupid: hit show + Pulitzer Prize = Broadway ASAP. I think calling it stupid cuts them slack that they don't deserve.
And, yes, Raisin and Cat had big names in them. But the original cast of August: Osage County didn't. Not to mention the potential for slotting in big names as replacements, as August has done. I think that's a small argument.
And Drowning Crow is exactly the problem. So, in the past, MTC premiered a bad play by a black writer on Broadway. Therefore it's reasonable that they should be gun-shy about moving a successful production of a great play by a black writer to Broadway? Because all black plays by black writers are doomed to failure? It's blatantly racist thinking. And that's the real problem.
- May 13, 2009 at 6:14 AM
Just to play devil's advocate: Wasn't "August: Osage County" brought to Broadway by commercial producers?
- May 13, 2009 at 5:22 PM
- 99 said...
Yep. And that's certainly part of the equation. The original producer, though, is usually pretty key in finding commercial backers. On the other hand, Steppenwolf doesn't own a Broadway theatre.
- May 13, 2009 at 5:28 PM
- isaac butler said...
Hey 99,
I don't disagree with your point about institutional racism, but I spent some time today talking to some commercial theatre people, and wanted to offer their perspective on this... the point they made about Ruined and why it hadn't transferred had little to do with race/cast size and everything to do with timing.
Basically, the "original sin" here was not putting it in the Biltmore in the first place. Because by the time it opened and got the reviews and box that it started getting, it was essentially too late to put into a Broadway house.
Let's assume for just one moment MTC wanted to transfer it. (1) They couldn't put it into their own theater because of David Hyde Pierce (essentially they'd run a serious risk of losing a Big Name if they suddenly were like "oh, btw, we're putting you in a 300 seat theater now"). So they could move it to another house with some commercial backing buuut... (2) in pre-TONY season, there wasn't a lot of available real estate. And (3) you don't want to move a play right after the TONYS because you shut it out of the primary means of box office bounce that a play has (namely that it wins a bunch of awards).
Anna and the Tropics moved to broadway the fall after it won the Pulitzer. August was already on Broadway when it won.
Now MTC could've announced that, pending future success at the BO they're thinking about moving RUINED to the Biltmore-oops-Friedman-or-whatever in the fall, but unless their advance sales are pretty killer (i.e. regularly selling out weeknights at least a week in advance) that would look from a balance sheet perspective like an unnecessarily risk move, regardless of what the show is. IN other words, they might be able to run it for longer keeping it where it is. Opening a large cast play in the summer on Bway might expose it to unneccessary risk of closure.
Anyway... I'm not saying this to counteract the discussion of institutional racism in American Theater, which is one we definitely need to be having right now (you've probably read my various rants on integrated casting and how very white so much of our theatre is). And I agree with you that you look at their next season and you go "TWO DONAL MARGUILES PLAYS? WTF?!?!?!" I just thought this was an interesting perspective on the specific Bway-for-Ruined question.
- May 14, 2009 at 7:57 AM
- 99 said...
Thanks for the perspective, Isaac, and all of that very much makes sense, and does help to mitigate some of my frustration. I think part of that stems from the fact that this discussion doesn't even seem to be occurring. When I did the research for the follow-up, it was fairly clear that timing had something to do with it; most of the Pulitzer-winning transfers transfered before the award was given. And that's an understandable situation. Hence the cooling of my jets. The larger question of why it's not playing in the Whoever-Gave-Us-Money in the first place is indeed the real doozy.
- May 14, 2009 at 8:13 AM
- The Playgoer said...
So glad to see the discussion over this continuing here.
Interesting point about the "timing" issue. And yes MTC would have been in a bind once they booked Accent on Youth into the Biltmore.
But I wonder if pulling the plug on that run would be an option, cutting the run short.
Also, one of my points in my earlier post on this question was that anyone paying attention to the Chicago premiere of "Ruined" would have noticed what an enormous HIT it was there. That might have given them a heads up. (For evidence of this see Chris Jones' blog at the Chicago Tribune, at the time of that run late 08/early 09.)
Then again, "Drowning Crow" was also a success at the Goodman, I believe, so I guess they could have dismissed the signs for that reason again.
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Good points about the Chicago run. There definitely seem to be multiple missed opportunitites here and you really have to start asking why. It does eeem to be a failure, not just of management, but of overall vision. And that's just plain scary.
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Which brings up the question, why does Adobe leave the old software installed? or at least give you a chance on install to remove old versions. I am sure there is a reason...
Yes very simple.Lightroom 3 and Lightroom 4 are different with different capabilities.It is not Adobe's job to decide that you do not need Lr3 just because you have installed Lr4.
With regard to version upgrades Lr4.1 to Lr4.2 etc from what I can see the install process does actually clean up after itself and remove Lr4.1.
Just a small (legal) niggle. While I haven't specifically checked for Lightroom, Photoshop upgrades (they at least used to) specifically mentioned in their EULA's that it was even prohibited to use prior versions after upgrading (a 'logical' consequence of upgrading a license to use a specific version of said application).
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... the earlier versions are embedded in LR 4 and with a single click you can change it from PV 2012 to PV 2010 or even PV 2003.
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|April 8, 2009, 11:31 PM
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recoil problem in a trap shooting newbie
Hello everyone,
Allow me to first say that I did do a search, but didn't find anything relevant.
I've shot around 20 rounds of trap with the remington 870, and I never found the recoil a problem. I now have a stoeger condor o/u and the last time I went shooting trap and skeet, I banged up my right cheek so bad I had a purple spot on my face for the next week.
Both guns were 12 ga and I use target loads.
Is it bad technique? I'm wondering if it's because I'm not holding the gun correctly, or if it's something else I'm not aware of?
Any advice will be appreciated, and I will try it to my best knowledge. I'll also ask the friendly people hanging around the range for help next time I go.
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Different gun = different stock = different fit. In this case the new stock fits you so poorly that you're taking a beating. I suspect your new gun has more drop than the old one. You might try building up some padding on the stock. Stick on mole skin (used for fitting shoes) works well. An old trick that may give you some temporary relief is to use a liberal application of a talc stick (electric razor pre-shave) on your cheek while shooting. You never thought you'd be going to the pharmacy for shooting stuff.
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What Z13 said. Also you might try griping the forearm and pulling the gun in a little tighter to your shoulder. I also would consider trading the Condor in on a good 870 if the problem persists.
|April 9, 2009, 07:42 AM
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YEP, The Zip is spot on! I am a true blue dyed in the wool redneck and know nuttin' of "proper fit" but I have always welded the stock butt to my shoulder and my cheek to the stock in a very deliberate manner. Then I find my bead...
That has worked for me but I do not claim to be a trap or skeet competitor.
|April 9, 2009, 01:49 PM
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Zippy13 is right.
What you want a gun to do - is recoil under your cheek bone. If you bruised your face ( and this is a common problem ) - its probably sore right where the meat in your face contacts that cheek bone.
If you put your hand up to your face / fingers flat toward the floor - and just in front of the cheek bone ... If you angle your hand - close to your cheek bone - you can probably feel the soreness - if you move it straight back. Now as you flatten out your hand next to your face - imagine the hand moving back and forth just under that cheek bone ( there is probably no pain ). So like Zippy said - that angle has changed.
You can see it on your guns - if you unload them - and lean them both up against a wall ( with the rib flat on the wall ) and look at the angle of the comb next to each other ..... Even a difference of 1/2" is a lot.
The best long term fix - and cheapest - is a stick on comb pad sold thru Brownells and others.
Here is a Brownells link for Scope EEZ - a product I've seen work on shotguns too - but they have others too.
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|April 9, 2009, 10:46 PM
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My first question is, is the condor A trap gun? I had the same problem with A Browning Superposed it was A field gun but I thought I could teach it to shoot doubles,WRONG, I eventually I had A trap stock fitted to the gun,end of problem. If you continue to let this gun get the best of you,you'll begin to lift your head off the stock each time you shoot,that's not good. You might be able to send the gun to Midwest Gun Works, and have them make an adjustable comb for you see how much it cost, but remember this, it has to cost far less than the pain you're going through.
|April 10, 2009, 09:21 AM
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Thanks for all the responses.
Questions: When zippy says my gun has more of a "drop" what does that mean? Is that related to the comb angle that Big Jimp is talking about?
Yes, the condor is a field gun, but I thought people could go trap shooting with field guns...right?
What is the comb?
My current plan of action, since I'm going shooting again
1) like hogdog and olddrum said weld that thing to my shoulder
2) bring some talc just in case (people will think I'm nuts)
3) buy a stick on mole-skin/ or stick on comb pad
4) Have a gun smith look at the gun, again
I forgot to mention that the gun stock was already shortened for me because I was looking down onto the barrel...it wasn't a straight line from my eye to the bead, it now is, but now my cheek hurts.
if problem persists I may just trade that in for a wingmaster...or an 1100...or just buy one anyway, oh no they're multiplying
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you may want to try a morgen recoil pad,they are adjustible. i put one on my 870 tb and it realy works for me. 100rnds, no cheek bump. eastbank.
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Had a similar problem with a Remington 1100 Classic Trap 'beating up' my cheek bone. I spent a few bucks and had the stock modified with an adjustable comb and butt plate, had the gunsmith fit it to me, and the problem was corrected. As others have said, it's all about the fit of the gun.
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The comb on the stock is the portion of the stock you rest your cheek on.
Yes, Zippy and I are talking about the same thing - I was just trying to describe it to you ( maybe in a clumsy way ..).
If you look at the specs on a shotgun in a catalog it will tell you how much drop there is at the comb and at the heel (the recoil pad).
Yes, casual Trap shooters shoot Trap will all kinds of "field" guns - meaning a gun with an angled stock. Most serious Trap shooters go to a "monte carlo" stock that is parallel to the rib - for lots of reasons ( adjustability, consistent sight picture whether you're shooting in a winter coat or a T-shirt.
A "field" gun is just a term applied to a stock that is angled from front to back - and it can be in a pump, semi-auto, SXS or Over Under - and at virtually any price level.
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I shoot trap with a Stoger Condor Competition. Similar to yours except it has an adjustable comb. Maybe you could order just the buttstock from the competition model. I started out on a Mossy 500. Found the Condor Competition more comfortable. The adjsutable comb also alows you to move your point of impact relative to the front bead. After fitting a fiber-optic front, I found I was shooting low (amazing what a pattern board will show you). Adjusted the comb upward and now I can "float the clay" just above the bead. Went 23 for 25, first time out.
|April 22, 2009, 07:19 PM
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I went shooting last Friday, and everybody I talked to says I'm holding the gun wrong because they can't imagine why my cheekbone is getting hit (after seeing me hold the gun).
Holding it tight does avoid some smacks, I'll agree to that.
However, I never have this problem with the 870 so I'm skeptical. And everytime I place the shot right, I get smacked.
I may take it to Gander mountain since none of the locals here seem to have experience with this. But as for right now, I'll give it a few more shots and see if it lessens...
Thanks for all the feedback, it does seem I have a fitting problem from what has been said.
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san chang - if you have the time - go down to Silver Dollar near Tampa - there are LOTS of folks who can help...not just shooters but gunsmiths and fitters.....sounds like your stock needs some adjustments
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One thing you didn't mention, is your Stoeger Condor new or used? I ask because of something not typically discussed: Sometimes with a used gun, the previous owner may have made some drastic changes to the stock and failed to disclose same. When buying a used gun, it can't hurt to compare the existing stock dimensions with the manufacturer's specs.
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LOUDON – Prompted in part by his opposition to the bipartisan health insurance expansion plan, aka Medicaid expansion, currently before lawmakers, Loudon farmer Howard Pearl is making a second run at the District 17 state Senate seat held by fellow Republican John Reagan.
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