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BREAKING: Fauci Makes The Announcement – COVID Vaccine REQUIRED To…
In a move that many will no doubt find unsurprising, chief White House COVID advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci is calling for additional vaccine requirements.
According to the Washington Examiner, Fauci made the announcement during a Sunday morning interview with ABC News' "This Week."
Fauci sees air travel as a way to increase vaccination rates
Specifically, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head spoke positively towards the idea that showing proof of vaccination should be a requirement for anyone wishing to board an airplane.
"A vaccine requirement for a person getting on the plane is just another level of getting people to have a mechanism that would spur them to get vaccinated," Fauci was quoted as saying.
The physician contended that telling travelers, "You can't get on a plane unless you're vaccinated," would be "just another one of" the ways Americans could be incentivized to accept vaccination.
"We've got to do better," he continued. "I think things will improve greatly as we get into January, but that doesn't help us today and tomorrow."
Fauci was also quoted as downplaying suggestions that the omicron coronavirus variant is less posses less of a risk than previous strains have.
"Even though we're pleased by the evidence from multiple countries, it looks like there is a lesser degree of severity, we've got to be careful that we don't get complacent about that," he said. "It might lead to a lot of hospitalizations in the United States."
CNN medical analysts bothered that the Biden administration did not crack down harder
Further, Fox News reported that during his Sunday television appearance, Fauci also shot down any talk of people removing their masks.
"We want to make sure people keep their masks on. I think the idea of taking masks off, in my mind, is really not something we should even be considering," the public health official declared.
Although the Biden administration still has yet to make vaccination a prerequisite for air travelers, Fauci is not along in demanding that it doe so.
Fox News noted earlier this month that CNN medical analysts Dr. Jonathan Reiner and Dr. Leana Wen both expressed frustration over the Biden administration failing to implement such a rule before Christmas.
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Our bodies are made of millions of cells, many of which wear out and die and need to be replaced. Sometimes, the process that creates replacement cells gets out of control, so that too many cells are produced, creating a lump or 'tumour'. If the cells remain in the tumour, they are not 'cancerous', and the tumour is called 'benign'. However, if the cells can leave the tumour and spread into other tissues, the cells are described as 'cancerous' and the tumour is called 'malignant'.
A small sample of cells, called a biopsy, may be taken from a tumour and examined under a microscope to find out whether the tumour is benign or malignant.
We know that cancers are not infectious – cancer of the head or neck cannot be caught from someone like a cold or cough. However, we do not know very much about what does cause cancer.
Only taking a biopsy –a sample of cells from the abnormal area – and examining it under a microscope can make a definite diagnosis. A CT scan or MRI scan may be performed before taking a biopsy to help identify the affected areas.
Your surgeon is specially trained to guide you through the steps of diagnosis and treatment. He works in a multidisciplinary team to ensure that the highest standard of care is made available and to co-ordinate the many allied health specialties vital in rehabilitation following treatment.


Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a condition in which blood flow to the heart is reduced. When the coronary arteries become narrowed or clogged, an inadequate amount of blood oxygen reaches the heart tissue. The part of the heart not receiving oxygen begins to die, and some of the heart muscle may be permanently damaged. Prevention of CHD is key to reducing mortality from heart disease.
For 2017, the age-adjusted rate for Utah was 66.5 deaths per 100,000 population. The age-adjusted rate for U.S. for 2017 was much higher than the rate for Utah (92.9 vs. 66.6 per 100,000).
Data reflects deaths with ICD-10 codes I20-I25 listed as primary cause. Utah rates are age-adjusted to 2000 U.S. standard population using 11 age categories and drawn from IBIS-Q. U.S. rates are drawn from CDC WONDER and may use different age-adjustment categories. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File 1999-2010. CDC WONDER On-line Database, compiled from Compressed Mortality File. Accessed at [http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd10.html].
The rate of coronary heart disease-related deaths per 100,000 population.
The number of deaths with ICD-10 codes I20-I25 listed as primary cause.
The death rate from coronary heart disease has declined for both Utah and the U.S. In 2017, the age-adjusted rate for Utah was 66.5 deaths per 100,000 population. In 1999 (the year ICD-10 codes began to be used for death records), the age-adjusted rate was 118.3 per 100,000.
For 2017, the age-adjusted rate for Utah was 66.5 deaths per 100,000 population. This rate was significantly lower than the 2017 U.S. rate (92.9 per 100,000).
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Park Stewards participate in short term volunteer stewardship days and projects that give immediate return to protecting and improving Cole Harbour Parks & Trails. Park Stewards volunteer at their own pace throughout the year in summer and winter when opportunities arise. There is no minimum commitment and you can only say YES to the projects you are available for and interested in. This is great for people with a flexible schedule and ideal for people interested in getting some short term experience. Some of the areas Park Stewards help with are invasive species removal, litter picks, special events, trail inspection and maintenance.


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WaPo's Costa on Trump's Evangelical Support: They Want a Winner More than a Purist
'They think he's a winner and that's what they want more than someone who's a purist'
BRZEZINSKI: "Jon Meacham?"
MEACHAM: "Robert, is there some sense that — I mean, Trump went to I think was Liberty University and he said there were — he quoted 'Two Corinthians' and so his familiarity with the vernacular of the evangelical right is perhaps not deep. Is there any pushback on that? Is there any sense that he's not one of them?"
COSTA: "There is a deep sense among many evangelicals that he is not one of them. That he's a thrice-married billionaire that he isn't particularly a social conservative, that he doesn't have that foundation in their world. And if there was a test for who would be the best evangelical [indecipherable], it's pretty clear that Ben Carson or Ted Cruz would pass with flying colors. But when you talk to evangelicals like Jerry Falwell, Jr., like I have, you get the sense that even though Trump doesn't meet every one of their litmus tests, even he's not one of them in every sense, they like his strength, they have solidarity with him. That's why you see people like Sarah Palin, an evangelical favorite, endorsing Trump. There's a sense he can fight. They think he's a winner and that's what they want more than someone who's a purist."
Sanders Slams 'Greedy' Corporations Like Verizon: 'All They Want Is ... More Profit'
Wayne Lapierre: What Dems 'Want Are More Restrictions on the Law Abiding' To Make You Less Free
Union Demands Apology After 19th Century Book Discovered in Congressman's Office
Rep. Schiff: Russians Are Hoping 'To Get Everything They Want from Trump'
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This week's roundup includes two new devices that became real thanks to crowdfunding by Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Plus batteries, stands, and Bluetooth speakers.
This week's roundup includes two new devices that became real thanks to crowdfunding by Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Plus batteries, stands, and Bluetooth speakers.
The Allo Bike Mount is billed as the "world's first all-in-one bike mount and speaker"—a safer alternative to using earbuds while still listening to music or conducting phone calls while you're zipping down the street or up mountain trails. The hardened plastic case protects the phone from scrapes if you get in an accident. The product has been funded through Kickstarter, but it's not to late to get in and grab an "early bird special" price of $40 for the device.
The $599 Beolit 15 is a portable Bluetooth speaker: It features two 35-watt amps, a 5.5-inch driver, two four-inch passive bass radiators, and three 1.5-inch mid-range tweeters. Also, it comes in three soft pastel colors. It ships in March.
Here's another crowdfunded project that made its fund-raising goal: The Echo Connect Plus is a dual-device charger, capable of linking to both iOS and Android products to provide a new charge. It's a Lightning and micro-USB cable boiled down to a small key-sized connector.
Why is it that organic versions of electronic products are so popular? Do we really miss the horse-and-buggy era so much? Who knows? The latest addition to the fad is the $100 Bamboo Bluetooth Keyboard from Impecca. It's exactly what it sounds like: a Bluetooth-enabled keyboard, compatible with iOS products, made of bamboo.
The $20 PowerStand Boost is a 2,600-mAH battery that can offer backup power to your phone or be used as a landscape-mode stand for viewing videos and other content.
The $40 3D Protection for iPad Air 2 includes "a ribbed, shock-absorbing tray and a reinforced cover"—it's designed to be rugged and slim at the same time, while letting you view and use your iPad in a hands-free fashion.
Is this a novelty? Or a brilliant idea? The $10 Neck Cushion With Built-in Bluetooth Speakers lets you rest while enjoying music and other audio—but keeps the sound low enough that your neighbors won't be bothered.


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Q: is there a way to minimize the lines for this Is there anyway to minimize the number of lines of code to achieve the same thing
    L1.setFont(new Font("Serief", Font.BOLD, 24));
    L2.setFont(new Font("Serief", Font.BOLD, 24));
    L3.setFont(new Font("Serief", Font.BOLD, 24));
    L4.setFont(new Font("Serief", Font.BOLD, 24));
    L5.setFont(new Font("Serief", Font.BOLD, 24));
    L6.setFont(new Font("Serief", Font.BOLD, 24));
    L7.setFont(new Font("Serief", Font.BOLD, 24));
    L8.setFont(new Font("Serief", Font.BOLD, 24));

A: The other answers are all correct, but they take your design problem as a given. And simply spoken: I think that is wrong.
The point is: as soon as you start naming variables like L1, L2, L3, ... you are doing something very wrong. Especially when your next idea is to write specific code that deals with L1, and code that deals with L2; and so on. Maybe the other answers help you to fix this portion of your code. But sooner or later, you will have numerous pieces of deficient code; all dealing with those Lx guys in their own ways. Or maybe not even those labels, in this program. but some other piece of code where you start of with the same mistake of organizing your (UI) elements in an inefficient way.
The real solution here: you should use some sort of collection mechanism; either a List; or maybe a plain old array. Because then you can iterate that collection and have exactly one line of code to setup all elements in that collection the same way.
Or the other way round: you query the panel that holds all the label for its elements; and if an element matches a certain condition, then you update its properties as you need to. If you follow that path, you might not even have to keep any references to your elements in your "own code"; you simply use means that already exist; and could be as simply as this.
What I am saying: all nice ideas in those other solutions, but I think they go into the wrong direction. They try to use nice ideas to fix a broken apprach. To follow a mem that is pretty famous nowadays: consider such UI elements to be cattle, not pets. Meaning: they are mere "numbers" to you that you organize so that they can be accessed as a whole in an efficient (versus a pet that is seen as individual, having a name, and being addressed as "single entity" most of the time).
But just to add my short version; a slight variation of Peter's solution:
for (JLabel l : Arrays.asList( L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8 ))

would work, too.

A: You could do
Font serif = new Font("Serif ", Font.BOLD, 24);
for (JLabel l : new JLabel[] { L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8 })
    l.setFont(serif);

In Java 8 you could write
Stream.of(L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8).forEach(l -> l.setFont(serif));

A: Got it down to ... 4 lines ;-)
setFont(new Font("Serief", Font.BOLD, 24), L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8);

private void setFont(Font font, Object... objects){
    for(Object object : objects){
        object.setFont(font);
    }
}

As pointed out in the comments by Hulk, you should replace Object with with whatever class it is that you're calling setFont on.
Remember that whenever you see duplicatecode, you can often replace it with a method call. Here's some more info about why duplicate code is bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplicate_code

A: Yes create a method called setFont(Object... values) and pass whatever number of objects on which you need to set font.
Given below is an example of JLabel object.
void setFont(JLabel... jLabels){
    for(JLabel jLabel : jLabels){
        jLabel.setFont(new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 24));
    }
}

You can call it like
setFont(L1,L2,L3,L4); //any number of arguments

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AddisStandard.com: EU requires CoHA full compliance, "immediate and complete" withdrawal of Eritrean troops; federal, Tigray commanders adopt monitoring, verification ToR
Federal government and Tigray regional state representatives meeting in Nairobi. Photos: ©Sarjoh Bah
Addis Abeba – The European Union said resuming its "strategic engagement with Ethiopia" requires the "sustained implementation" of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA), including through political dialogue. The block has also once again called for "an immediate and complete withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia."
The EU suspended its budget support for Ethiopia in January 2021 over the war in Tigray. "We are ready to help, but unless there is access for humanitarian aid operators, the EU cannot disburse the planned budget support to the Ethiopian government,"EU's High Representative, Josep Borrell, said at the time. After six months review, the EU Council held the block's position and said in June 2022 that despite some progress, it was "not enough for the full normalization."
EU reinforced its position with a new statement released yesterday and said that "concrete progress on the implementation of the ceasefire, unimpeded humanitarian access, and accountability for International Humanitarian Law and human rights violations and abuses, will allow the gradual reestablishment of the full spectrum of EU's development cooperation and economic support."
The block also called out, once again, for the "immediate and complete" withdrawal of Eritrean troops as part of the full compliance with the CoHA. "While underlining the importance of the 2000 Algiers Agreement and the 2018 Peace Declaration between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the EU reiterates its call for an immediate and complete withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia" the EU said.
It also stated the "unimpeded humanitarian access to all in need and the full restoration of basic services in all areas" as "critical" while highlighting the importance of accountability and respect for human rights by calling for "an active, constructive and effective cooperation with national and international human rights mechanisms."
#NewsAlert:Fed,#Tigray senior military commanders meet in #Nairobi;expected to adopt ToR for AU monitoring, verification & compliance mechanism https://t.co/Ac7wx3sd2V The two sides are also expected to discuss the outcome document on the implementation of the disarmament process
— Addis Standard (@addisstandard) December 21, 2022
Meanwhile, senior commanders of the Ethiopian federal government and Tigrayan forces adopted the Term of Reference (ToR) for Monitoring, Verification and Compliance Mechanism for the implementation of the Permanent CoHA signed in Pretoria on 02 November.
As part of the Monitoring, Verification and Compliance Mechanism, the ToR signed by both parties sees the establishment of Joint Committee constituting one representative from each party, the IGAD and the AU high panel, and Team of African Experts (TEA) consisting 10 people.
According to the ToR document, the Joint committee is mandated to resolve violations of peace agreement and declaration of its implementation and oversee disarmament of TPLF combatants , among other things, whereas, the TEA is mandated to monitor, verify and report practical progresses of the implementation of the agreement including disarmament of Tigrayan combatants, withdrawal of Foreign and non-ENDF forces and humanitarian access.
The meeting took place amidst growing calls for the urgent deployment of AU's monitoring and verification team, following exchanges of compliant from the federal government and Tigray regional state as well as continued reports of atrocities committed against Tigrayan civilians by both Eritrean and Amhara forces in areas they occupied.
On 05 December, Tigray's topmost military commander General Tadesse Worede said that nearly 65% of Tigray armed combatants were disengaged from the front lines, and in a preceding presser he also noted that the disarmament of heavy weapons of the Tigrayan combatants is linked to Eritrean and Amhara forces withdrawal from the Tigray Region.
Both warring parties have been reaffirming their commitments to the implementation of the agreement but the absence of AU's monitoring and verification team on the ground has made it difficult to measure progresses, which why the outcome of the latest Nairobi meeting is critical to the peace process.
Following the conclusion of the meeting the AU said, it commends both parties "for the positive confidence building measures since the signing of the CoHA and encourages them to continue with their efforts to restore peace, security and stability in Ethiopia". AS


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The gift of life is an amazing gift from God. It's a gift so many take for granted. The pleasure of bringing a new life into the world is one not everyone has been blessed with. Our feature guest, Katie Cline and Charis Boone has made that just a bit easier for those who have had no hope in the past. By the grace of God, Devine Intervention brought Katie and Charis together. And perhaps, Devine Intervention has brought you to Men of Abundance to hear this message of life.
Fate brought Katie Cline and Charis (CARE-iss) Boone together. Charis, an embryo adopter, met Katie, an embryo donor, sparking a relationship that brought two families together. Since that time, the two have become friends and co-founders of the National Registry for Adoption – helping more families grow through embryo adoption.
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Advancing Racial Equity in the Workplace
In recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, John Rice, the founder and chief executive officer of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) and a member of the Yale board of trustees, and President Peter Salovey discuss MLT's work advancing racial equity for individuals and employers.
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Louisiana Tree Service in Baton Rouge offers a variety of tree shaping services. On the most basic level is simply trimming the tree so it's more manageable and attractive. The other denotation involves manipulating trees into useful structures and even artistic formations. This practice of art and science, also known as arborsculpture, has been around for a while but is recently resurfacing in popularity. Both forms are ways of enlivening your outdoor area.
Utilizing living trees – their trunks, branches and roots – as the medium for landscaping is beneficial for a number of reasons. These more permanent structures can serve as beautiful focal points of your yard. In fact, you can either be more subtle with the enhancing or you can shoot straight for a conversation piece. Crafting trees into natural, functional objects is not only genius, it's almost too simple.
Whether you're exploring the idea of tree shaping for your own yard or already have it in place and just need a specialist to do some regular pruning, Louisiana Tree Service is happy to help in any way we can. While we remain on the practical end of the spectrum for tree shaping, we would love to hear your ideas, even if they sway over to the more embellished side of artistic design. In any event, we enjoy seeing clients take pride in their landscapes and make the most of the natural environments.


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German hospitals packed to the brim with 40% more Covid-19 patients in ICUs than during 1st wave
German hospitals are getting overwhelmed by the sharp rise of Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care as opposed to the early months of the pandemic, a hospital association head told local media.
"In states like Saxony, the number of patients in intensive care is five times higher than it was in April. Hospitals are either reaching their capacity limits or have already exceeded them," Gerald Gass, the head of the German Hospital Federation (DKG), an umbrella group uniting regional hospital associations, told the newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
According to DKG, there are currently 40 percent more Covid-19 patients in ICUs than during the first wave of the pandemic in spring. Furthermore, around 16,000 patients are being treated for the coronavirus in normal wards.
When the first wave hit Germany, smaller hospitals were able to send their seriously-ill patients to better-equipped university clinics, but this now proves challenging as the clinics are oftentimes packed to the brim, the paper said.
The grim picture falls in line with earlier reports by German media that hospitals were struggling with the renewed influx of Covid-19 patients as the cases were rising across the country.
Thomas Koenig, who leads the ICU at a hospital in Berlin, told Deutsche Welle on Friday that all ten of his unit's beds had been full for weeks. He said ICU personnel have been "stretched thin for years" and there were "too few" qualified nurses, while Covid-19 made the situation even worse.
Uwe Janssens, the head of the German Association of Intensive and Emergency Medicine (DIVI), told Deutsche Welle it was "really uncertain" how hospitals would manage the flow of patients "if things stay the way they are over the next several weeks."
Germany imposed a partial lockdown in early November and eventually extended the restrictions until January 10. As of Sunday, Germany has had over 1.7 million Covid-19 cases and 18,772 deaths, according to the Robert Koch Institute.
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Real Tennis Perth is a group of real tennis players devoted to the development of the game in Perth, Western Australia.
Australia (Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney, Ballarat and Romsey).
2. The development of a real tennis centre in Perth.
If you are a former or current real tennis player and you are interested in joining playing tours or becoming involved in the development of real tennis courts in Perth, please contact Simon Withers on 9385-8007.


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The Desert Road to Turkestan
by Owen Lattimore
In inner Mongolia in 1927, when travel by rail had all but eclipsed the traditional camel caravan, Owen Lattimore embarked on the journey that would establish him as a legendary adventurer and leader among Asian scholars. THE DESERT ROAD TO TURKESTAN is Lattimore's elegant and spirited account of his harrowing expedition across the famous "Winding Road." Setting off to rejoin his wife for their honeymoon in Chinese Turkestan, Lattimore was forced to contend with marauding troops, a lack of maps, scheming travel companions, and blinding blizzard. Luckily he had with him not only his father's retainer, Moses, but a team of camel pullers and Chinese traders he had assembled to teach him the ropes about their mysterious and now extinct way of life. Lattimore's gifts as a linguist and his remarkable powers of observation lend his chronicle an immediacy and force that has lost now of its impact in the decades since its original publication. Read Less
In inner Mongolia in 1927, when travel by rail had all but eclipsed the traditional camel caravan, Owen Lattimore embarked on the journey that would establish him as a legendary adventurer and leader among Asian scholars. THE DESERT ROAD TO TURKESTAN is Lattimore's elegant and spirited account of his harrowing expedition across the famous "Winding Road." Setting off to rejoin his wife for their honeymoon in Chinese Turkestan, Lattimore was forced to contend with marauding troops, a lack of maps, scheming travel companions, ... Read More
Travel > Asia > China
Travel > Asia > Central
History > Asia
Asia, Central
Inner Mongolia (China)
Before the end of the caravan days
Owen Lattimore, the successively famous Chinese and Mongolian scholar and much debated presumptive "comunist agent" of the McCartney period, wrote this book in 1927 after his incredible caravan voyage along the then unmapped "Winding Road" in Inner Mongolia of 1926. The reason for this ethnological feat was the Author's convinction that caravan days were going to disappear with the progress beeing made in China by railways and roads and as he puts it: "I wanted to feel the strange and actual life of the past which we usually accept without thought as the dead background of our present". The choice of the Winding Road instead of the more common and mapped Silk Road routes was determined by the then dangerous traveling conditions due to war going on in China. Lattimore's intention must be kept in mind while reading this exquisite work. Many of the apparent drawbacks of the book such as the excessive detail in the use of foreign toponyms, the frequent digressions into prices of wares, habits of people, legends and stories related to places are in reality a treasure of knwoledge that has been preserved for ever. However, the "winding" of Lattimore's prose and thoughts does not hinder the enjoyability of this adventure, because the Desert Road is an adventure book of the best tradition. The adventure of a smart and curious and brave young man that is completely engrossed in his dream but at the same times does not recoil from living and learning from the men he travels with. The characters such as Moses, the Villainous Camel Puller and Wa-wa, the Eldest Son of the House of Chou are etched with great care and deep understanding and even if there are no "strong episodes", the interactions among them is interesting to follow and works like the backbone of the story. But the real magic of the book is the description of the days, the atmospheres and the landscapes, the animals (camels and others), the physical excertion and the the inconveniences and the moments of joy and peace.The Black Gobi is looming in the back of the whole story with its camel skeletons and buried water wells. The book also offers many photographs shot by the Author that illustrate significant episodes and people.
I think this book is an indispensable read in the approach to Inner Mongolia and its traditions and represents at the same time a specialistic and a non-specilistic historical document that will not be forgotten like many other travel books of those times.
P.S. If one is curious on the House of the False Lama (see the more recent George Crane's Beyond the House of the False Lama) in the DRTT you can find many answers.
The introduction by the Author's son David Lattimore helps to contextualize the book and gives many useful information for cross-references.
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Trade paperback, Good
1995, Kodansha
Michael Knight, Bookseller
Lake Grove, OR, USA
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Kodansha
Good. Paperback. A little staining to fore-edge of text-block. Otherwise, clean and solid. Ships from a smoke-free home.
Newport Coast, CA, USA
Midtown Scholar Bookstore
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Fair. Exlibris, card pocket on second page, some pencil marking No dust jacket. Standard-sized.
Trade paperback, New
MIAMI, FL, USA
Sequitur Books
Boonsboro, MD, USA
Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Scattered pencil underlining/marginalia. Tear to Appendix page. Small closed tear at head of spine. Maps on lining papers. Ships daily.
Trade paperback, Very Good
Hardcover, Very Good
Resource for Rare Books
Ivoryton, CT, USA
Very Good. Size: 8vo-7" to 9" Tall; 1st Ed., 1929, Illustrated in B/W, Hardcover, 8vo., 373. Firm binding, no ownership markings, light bumping to head/tail of spine, light scuffing to cover boards and corners. Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.
GridFreed
North Las Vegas, NV, USA
Anthony C. Hall
Middx., UNITED KINGDOM
xv, 373pp, 32 plates, end-paper maps, Little Brown, Boston 1929. *Description of extensive travels in Mongolia & Sinkiang 1926-7. 1st American edition. Black cloth with bright orange lettering on spine and front cover. A very good copy.


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Arrivals & Departures Easy Dolphin interaction closer to Perth
By Grace Millimaci
West Travel Club & The West Australian
Discovery Centre attempts to lure visitors with the beautiful sea creatures that frequent Koombana Bay.
"You can swim with dolphins in Bunbury?" I've heard that question a lot over the past week from Perth people who, like me, hadn't visited Bunbury in a very long time. Actually, many of them have never been into the city centre at all — preferring instead to stop in Mandurah or continue driving to Busselton or Dunsborough.
But the staged reopening of Bunbury's not-for-profit Dolphin Discovery Centre will attempt to change people's perception of the port city and lure visitors with the beautiful sea creatures that frequent Koombana Bay.
The centre has undergone a nearly $13 million major redevelopment that includes 13 new aquariums and will help educate people about the marine animals, their environment and conservation efforts.
Grace Millimaci
The animals come and go as they please on the beach. Dolphin Discovery Centre chief executive David Kerr says it's one of the best places in the world to interact with wild dolphins with minimal impact.
Now that Forrest Highway has shaved 30 minutes off the journey between Perth and Bunbury it means the experience is more accessible for families and tourists.
Those on a budget will be pleased to know that the memorable encounter in the public beach's shallow-water interaction zone is free.
"A lot of people don't appreciate the treasure that we have here," Mr Kerr says.
"We think of it almost like an everyday occurrence if we live here because we see dolphins all the time, but if you're from other parts in the world it's quite a unique experience to actually be able to stand in the water up to your knees to interact with wild dolphins just a metre or two away."
You can choose a level of interaction to suit you. Those feeling more adventurous can book to swim with the bottlenose dolphins in their own environment. Or the centre offers eco cruises for visitors who prefer to stay out of the water.
"Because this is a protected north-facing bay, the dolphins are here all year round," Mr Kerr says.
"The numbers change... [so] in winter it goes down to maybe 45 but in summer it can be up to 160 dolphins in this area, so your chances of engaging and interacting with dolphins is very high."
Most calves are born during the warmer months because summer is mating season, during which many males that have been out in the open ocean return to the area.
"One of the biggest challenges we've always had is that people don't know we exist," Mr Kerr says.
"They don't realise that it is actually a world-standard attraction, so we need to get that message out and we'll see a lot more people coming down here. Particularly for the Perth marketplace, this is such an easy drive now."
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Internet Directory - Top : Regional : Europe : United Kingdom : Business and Economy : Shopping : Recreation and Sports
Top : Regional : Europe : United Kingdom : Business and Economy : Shopping : Recreation and Sports (1,038 web sites)
Camping and Caravans
Shopping: Recreation
Regional: Europe: United_Kingdom: Recreation_and_Sports
Shopping: Sports
Astro Flag
Providing national flags in seven sizes, as well as personalised and football flags. Includes product descriptions, ordering and delivery information and terminology.
http://www.astroflag.co.uk/
Ballet Gifts
This unique collection of ballet gifts offers ballet t-shirts and other ballet merchandise from the world's leading companies.
http://www.balletgifts.co.uk/
Sells movie weapons, guns, swords, martial arts equipment, knives, and replica arms and armour.
http://www.battleorders.co.uk/
Camberwells Games
Traditional board games retailer selling chess and backgammon sets, mah jong, poker chips, playing cards, kem cards and dominoes. Shopping cart facility.
http://www.camberwells.com/
Cladish & Co Ltd
Offers engraved trophies, sports clothing embroidery, and training equipment.
http://www.cladishsports.co.uk/
Claymore Paintball
Sales and service of paintball equipment.
http://www.claymorepaintball.co.uk/
Offers magic tricks. Catalogue and shopping cart with news and terms and conditions.
http://www.discountmagic.co.uk/
Frosty Wear
Online retailer of designer label ski leisure wear and accessories. Product range, terms and shopping cart.
http://www.frostywear.co.uk/
Furneaux Riddall & Co Ltd
Offers electrical equipment for boat, motorhome and caravan owners, Profile and catalogue with shopping cart.
http://www.furneauxriddall.com/
Glendower Ltd
Supplier of sport accessories, including equipment for bowling, snooker, billiards and pool. Details of available products and prices, with online purchase.
http://www.onlybowls.com/
Grunal Moneta
Producing authentic-style hammered coins, ranging from Greek to Celtic to the English Civil War. Also offers commemorative coins and wedding tokens. Includes catalogue and price list with ordering via email.
http://livinghistory.co.uk/homepages/grunalmoneta/
Gundealer.net
Where to find a gun dealer anywhere in the UK. Buy and sell guns.
http://www.gundealer.net/
Gym RatZ
Offer bodybuilding equipment. Contact details and catalogue.
http://gymratz.co.uk/
Chain of shops stocking optical equipment for the birdwatcher and naturalist. Catalogue of new and used equipment, special offers and events listing. Also includes store locations and details of repair service.
http://www.at-infocus.co.uk/
Liberty Games - Pool Tables
Offers pool and snooker tables, jukeboxes, pinball machines; includes company profile and delivery information.
http://www.libertygames.co.uk/
Sportswear manufacturer and retailer with online shopping.
http://www.mandmdirect.com/
National Cycles
Essex based bicycle company selling all types of bikes and accessories. Prices, descriptions and shopping cart facility.
http://www.nationalcycles.co.uk/
Oddballs International
Sells balls, clubs, diabolos, devil sticks, knives, torches, books, and videos.
http://www.oddballs.co.uk/
Pooley's Flight Equipment
Publisher of airport information directories for pilots operating in the UK and Europe
http://www.pooleys.com/
Red Card Football Clothing
Offers football merchansise including retro football shirts from the 60's and 70's. Shopping cart facility.
http://www.redcardfc.com/
SportSaver UK
Sells sports trainers clothing and equipment. Offers product search facility and a shopping cart.
http://www.sportsaver.co.uk/
SportTek
Specialist watches, heart rate monitors and GPS. Includes shopping cart.
http://www.sporttek.co.uk/
Steam Railway Videos
Providing steam railway videos from around the world. Ordering information, company profile and new releases.
http://www.steam-railway-videos.co.uk/
Party accessories, including table torpedo, small sparklers and posh party poppers.
http://www.talkingtables.co.uk/
The Merchant Of Magic
Offers magic tricks and effects worldwide. Profile, catalogue with shopping cart and forum. Also offers personal tuition.
http://www.magicshop.co.uk/
Totally Different.co.uk
Offers fossils, rock mineral specimens and crystals. Also jewellery and photographs on canvas.
http://www.totallydifferent.co.uk/
Two Seasons
UK based stockists of ski, snowboard, surf, skate, urban and street clothing and footwear. Product details, FAQ and returns details.
http://www.twoseasons.co.uk/
Wildlife Watching Supplies
Manufactures and suppliers of equipment for wildlife watching, photography and film making. Hides, clothing, camouflage materials and products.
http://www.wildlifewatchingsupplies.co.uk/
Star name and personal message. Includes star maps and gift packs.
http://wish-uponastar.co.uk/


As if being a teenager isn't hard enough already, what with hormones, puberty, rapid growth, and wild emotions, adding non-verbal autism into the mix makes life that much harder. But 16-year-old Carly Fleischmann has found her voice through a computer keyboard, and now she blogs about life with autism, spreading awareness and writing about becoming an internet celebrity. Watch Carly's inspiring story.


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Katwe, a genuine pleasure
start	April 5, 2017
This was a grey Datsun Nissan Pickup truck, registration UYU 066. My Dad got this much later to fetch food from the farm on Jinja Road and take us back to various boarding schools. The moment in the picture was taken at Katwe on our way home to Makindye from the farm. This car's family name was Kaddangadi.
By Annette Sebba
These and many more memories have been triggered by the 2016 Uganda movie, Queen of Katwe. I agree with Olly Richards of the Sunday Times, United Kingdom, that even with a clearly signposted ending, the movie still manages to offer surprises. Nair delights in Uganda, painting a country of many social contrasts and cultures to embrace possibility, and not poverty. Katwe, since 1962, has been a center of African ingenuity, where artisans, craftsmen, and technicians repair imported products, improve them, or make imitations of the original articles using what the Baganda call Magezi ga Baganda (Wisdom of the Baganda). Some of the good and fun things we had growing up have disappeared, changed, or been replaced over the years. Boda bodas, striped taxis, traffic jams, floods, telecom providers, mobile phones, hair salons, hawkers, aluminum saucepans, kaveeras (plastic bags), rolex chapattis, potato chips, and brick making are evidently current phenomena. The railway line, prostitution, gourds, charcoal, maize, mulondo, matooke, gonja, tadoobas, kangas, rosaries, and then that finger slapping remain Katwe's Cool Cats identities I can remember very well.
The Railway Line
When I was growing up, it was taboo to go near or walk along the railway line. We would only get a glimpse of it when going to school over the flyover (ettaawo ly'akatimba). People we considered brave, walked on the railway line bringing back some of those black stones that many women used as knife sharpeners. The railway line had shiny black stones in between the metal tracks running into a thin line that disappeared into the distance. As a child living in Katwe between 1977 and 1978, it was a reward to get out every evening from the back of the shop and see the train with its endless set of carriages chugging away. I remember it as enthralling and giving us great joy. That joy was the reason why my siblings and I always fought amongst ourselves to take out the rubbish on hearing the train's warning horn.
Another fascinating moment that we used to enjoy was to see the President's motorcade passing along Katwe road. Idi Amin Dada, the then president, would sometimes get out of his Mercedes Benz or Jeep and greet people standing by the roadside. Amin was always smartly dressed in a Kaunda suit or army uniform.
There was a community center at the Katwe Martyrs Church teaching secretarial classes and handicrafts. In fact, I took secretarial classes there during my senior four vacation. Most of our relatives were Christian. Some had rosaries around their necks but no one had ever explained to me that the rosary-wearing ones were Catholic. Our neighborhood was predominantly Muslim. It was advantageous to be Muslim during the Amin years. Many people converted to Islam. The army recruited from the Moslem community, as well as ethnic groups in the West Nile area bordering South Sudan like the Kakwa. Access to government services and opportunities was easier attained through belonging to the right religion or ethnicity.
There was, and still is, a food market in Katwe. We lived just opposite this market though I have very little memory of ever being inside it. There were strict rules of access: bicycles and children were not permitted. Later, the Central Province Governor, Nassur Abdullah, whose conviction was to keep the Central Province clean and crime free, forbade walking into the market dressed in sandals. Non-compliance meant that his henchmen would make the lawbreaker eat the sandals. In addition to that, at the market entrance was a madman called Semuwemba. His dirty, tangled long ropes of hair and beard scared most children. There were rumors that he was a government spy because he would disappear for several days then return to the same spot. My favorite food was fried Irish potatoes that we had for breakfast before going to church at Martyr's Church, Katwe every Sunday.
The Vehicles
The few vehicles that could be seen parked along Kayemba Road belonged to reputable people in the neighborhood. One of them was Hajji Nkolabutaala who owned a grey Ford Anglia. He would drive to the city from Butambala to supply tadoobas (little paraffin lamps) to market vendors. There was also Kewerimidde's light blue Volkswagen. Kewerimidde was a hair salon owner remembered for her exquisite styling and stunning rental wedding dresses. Kyapa Mbalasi's Volkswagen Kombi Van was a transport vehicle where he transported and sold Kyapa Mbalasi, that famous Ugandan balm remedy for colds, headaches, and many other ailments. Others included Hajji Bedi's white Toyota Pickup, and Mr. Kaleeba's black Toyota Pickup which transported fish from Lake Victoria to city markets. Businessmen Mr. Bwete, Mr. Kaggwa and Mr. Kakooza owned white Toyota Pickup trucks. All these were new and well maintained cars. I used to think that only Muslims could own cars until the day my Dad drove home in a 305 Peugeot increasing the number of cars on Kayemba road for a few months before the soldiers drove it away.
My Dad's first car, a 404 Peugeot. He was in possession of this beauty for 2 months when he sold it to his best friend, Mr. William Nsereko.
The Terrors and Horrors
Our Peugeot then belonged to an army officer who would drive it back to Katwe several times but someone had warned my Dad that the soldiers were looking for the previous owner. So he never said a word or made the slightest attempt to claim it. In those days, people would disappear or be taken away by soldiers with no warning and no charge. Even though we were young, engaged in our games, we could feel that sense of terror and fear around us. Soldiers would walk into any home, shop, or market, and walk away with any valuables their eyes landed on including women or girls. They were most interested in wrist watches, radio cassettes, television sets, cars, money, cigarettes, sofas, any imported items or anything that appeared expensive.
The white Peugeot 404 Wagon, my Father's second car being taken through the family initiation ceremony; first was the Family Portrait then the Family Drive around town. Among the locals, was popularly called Peugeot Bata
I have very sad memories of a particular day that changed our lives. It was September 9, 1977. President Amin signed the death warrant by firing squad of fifteen men at Pan African Square on Queensway, Entebbe Road, in the area known as Kalitunsi. The previous day, and that every morning, loud speakers on trucks moved around the city calling on the public to turn up and witness the execution. My Dad closed the shop that entire day although I doubt he turned up at Kalitunsi. The following day, the shop remained closed for half the day. Roads were deserted. That morning my Dad contacted his friend, Mr. Muwanga living in Makindye, to find him land to build a house. That marked our exit from our home in Katwe. The shop remained active and it is still there. Not to attract attention, my Dad never bought another car. He rode a bicycle to work and back home to Makindye in the evening.
Katwe was no longer a safe place to live. There were too many robberies, black market deals, alcohol, drugs, and bayaaye (hooliganism).
We kept a dog named Kali. The name originated from a brand of smuggled cigarettes from Kenya sold only on the black market. One day, my younger brother was alone at the shop counter when three soldiers walked into the shop requesting for Kali. My brother was so excited to serve customers in the army uniform. He took them to the dog's kennel. Upon opening the door, Kali pounced on one of them. By the time my Dad got there the long list of demands for the assault was a penalty he gladly paid. It was far better than prison. This is probably why we children stayed at the back of the shop.
The tunnel below the Queensway road was another place we had fun walking through to visit my Aunt who lived in Nkere Zone. It was cool, lit with yellowish lights, and little water channels on either side. It was not as crowded as it is today, so we could play there. Katwe is a swamp; you could literally dig a well anywhere. My Aunt kept a tortoise in the pond in front of her home. We loved to watch its slow movements. We would play wire car races and dodge ball in her big compound. I only wondered why my Dad did not dig a well at our house to cut down on the big water bills since I often amused myself by opening and watching the tap water flow. I was a kid!
Celebrating our first farm harvest.
Katwe currently offers fresh challenges, and like Phiona's maneuvers on the board game in the movie Queen of Katwe, one definitely must have a pocketful of strategies to survive there. The girls often opt for prostitution; boys go into betting, drugs and crime with no desire to go to school. Many live in pain because there is no medicine at the clinics, while others live in constant fear and deceptions when they default on rent or merciless money lenders. Life squeezes some people until they have nowhere to go. Even when victory dares show her face in this place, she arrives empty handed: no money, fame, redemption, or happiness. If one of these comes, they stay only a short while. Where is the clear path to freedom?
All images courtesy of the author, Annette Sebba.
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The kebab was small, price compared with other kebab shops around. The chicken was dipped in a yellow dip that I personally did not like the taste of. The kebab's pitta bread was wet. The chips tasted of oil and were not very nice.
Worthing Kebab House & Pizza is a takeaway located on 32 Teville Road, Worthing. They deliver fast food directly to your door or desk when you order online with JUST-EAT. Welcome to Worthing Kebab House & Pizza where they offering a wide range of dishes such as Pizzas, Burgers, Kebabs and Fried Chicken and much more. Check out their Special Offers and save yourself money perhaps and most of all whatever you decide be on your plate enjoy your meal. Remember you can always leave feedback about your experience on the site too.
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Let's think about mental illness Oct. 3 – 9
September 9, 2022 September 17, 2022 Jennifer McLaughlin 138 Views 0 Comments
Jennifer McLaughlin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
One in four Canadians will suffer from mental illness in their lifetime. Mental Illness Awareness Week, Oct. 3 to 9, offers an opportunity to better understand what mental illness looks like and what needs to be done to help those living with it.
"(Mental illness) is an actual health care condition. It's an illness, so we need to talk about it just like we talk about cancer. It's an actual biophysical illness," explained Rebecca Shields, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) York Region and South Simcoe Branch.
Mental Health Week, which takes place in May, promotes healthy living from a mental health perspective, while Mental Illness Awareness Week encourages us to think about the impacts of mental illness on those affected by it, and how to support them with access to diagnosis, care, and treatment.
Unfortunately, the stigma surrounding mental illness limits the resources and investments necessary to provide this critical support.
Shields suggested that the source of the stigma is two-fold.
Firstly, there's a long-held misconception that those suffering from anxiety and depression are weak and need to "tough it out."
Secondly, the media has traditionally linked severe mental illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia to adverse and risky social behaviour. For this reason, we tend to overlook the impact of these illnesses on those who suffer from them and instead jump to the conclusion that they are simply bad people.
The reality is that these individuals and typically very isolated and ill, and without treatment, it's difficult for them to live. It's also necessary to educate people that, like diabetes and cancer, mental illness can range in severity.
"With appropriate treatment and care, people can live full and persistent lives," Shields said. "We need to treat it with respect. It's an illness, not a weakness."
With the ongoing effort to improve awareness about mental illness, Shields pointed out that society has made strides.
The added stress brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a much broader understanding that everyone can be affected by mental illness.
"I think its tremendous to remove the 'othering'" and the attitude that mental illness only happens to other, far different people, explained Shields. "It's the woman who drops her kids off to school when I drop my kids off to school."
An increasing number of celebrities and public figures opening up about living with mental illness helps to eliminate the "othering" mindset. It proves and offers reassurance that it is possible to live a fulfilled life despite the challenges of mental illness.
Shields offered the example of Beth Beattie, a successful lawyer and now senior counsel for the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, who decided to share her struggles with bipolar disorder with her colleagues after several years.
The feeling of immense relief at not having to try to hide her condition any longer inspired her to advocate for an open-minded and proactive approach to mental illness.
The expanding dialogue around mental illness creates a necessary awareness that mental illness issues are real.
"The consequences of untreated illness – whether cancer or mental illness – is that it gets worse over time as long as you don't treat it," said Shields.
Though the COVID-19 pandemic created a broader understanding of the condition, it forced a massive shift in CMHA's operations.
There was a need to support thousands of people suddenly at home, often isolated and many struggling with depression and anxiety.
At the same time, individuals suffering from more severe and persistent conditions, suddenly left without vital social support, were in crisis. Many individuals delayed care for fear of contracting COVID-19.
The opioid addiction crisis is further compounding the severity of the situation.
The result has been a substantive increase in the number of people calling crisis helplines or visiting the overcrowded hospital emergency departments.
This crisis has forced CMHA and their partners to think about how to help the most acute people stabilize and get connected to care when there's a lack of capacity across a strained health care system.
Despite the increased challenges, Shields commends both CMHA staff and the staff of their community partners for "working harder than they ever have despite burnout to reach clients and families and to make themselves available."
Focusing on and optimizing the limited capacity to help those in need of support is critical. CMHA and their community partners are determined to do this despite the limited resources available.
Visit cmha-yr.on.ca for information.
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The greatest common denominator to success for a business in a digital world is to be found online. If a potential client or customer can't find you, they certainly cannot buy from you. Of course, you could pay the various search engines for top search results. However, there is a financial liability associated with this, one that many businesses find cost prohibitive and once you stop paying, you fall back down into the bowels of the search engine abyss. As a result, you stay mired in the muck of digital monotony, hoping for the best. There is an agency however, that cuts through the double talk and empty promises so many clients have been forced to endure.
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Our approach is simple. We stay on top of the latest changes that Google implements to their algorithm. Then, we play by their rules. We use only White Hat methods including adding consistently relevant content, ensuring consistently pertinent search results. If Google doesn't know enough about your business based on your current online presence, they may not return your business listing as a relevant search result. Google's objective is to return the most relevant search results every time someone searches. They want you to get found. If they do not achieve this, the person searching may go to another search engine, i.e., Bing or Yahoo.


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package org.archive.crawler.prefetch;

import javax.management.AttributeNotFoundException;

import org.archive.crawler.datamodel.CrawlURI;
import org.archive.crawler.datamodel.FetchStatusCodes;
import org.archive.crawler.framework.Scoper;
import org.archive.crawler.settings.SimpleType;
import org.archive.crawler.settings.Type;
import org.archive.util.TextUtils;

/**
 * If set to recheck the crawl's scope, gives a yes/no on whether
 * a CrawlURI should be processed at all. If not, its status
 * will be marked OUT_OF_SCOPE and the URI will skip directly
 * to the first "postprocessor".
 *
 *
 * @author gojomo
 *
 */
public class Preselector extends Scoper
implements FetchStatusCodes {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3738560264369561017L;

    /** whether to reapply crawl scope at this step */
    public static final String ATTR_RECHECK_SCOPE = "recheck-scope";
    /** indicator allowing all URIs (of a given host, typically) to
     * be blocked at this step*/
    public static final String ATTR_BLOCK_ALL = "block-all";
    /** indicator allowing all matching URIs to be blocked at this step */
    public static final String ATTR_BLOCK_BY_REGEXP = "block-by-regexp";
    /** indicator allowing all matching URIs */
    public static final String ATTR_ALLOW_BY_REGEXP = "allow-by-regexp";

    /**
     * Constructor.
     * @param name Name of this processor.
     */
    public Preselector(String name) {
        super(name, "Preselector. Does one last bit of checking to make " +
            "sure that the current URI should be fetched.");
        Type e;
        e = addElementToDefinition(new SimpleType(ATTR_RECHECK_SCOPE,
                "Recheck if uri is in scope. This is meaningful if the scope" +
                " is altered during a crawl. URIs are checked against the" +
                " scope when they are added to queues. Setting this value to" +
                " true forces the URI to be checked against the scope when it" +
                " is comming out of the queue, possibly after the scope is" +
                " altered.", new Boolean(false)));
        e.setExpertSetting(true);

        e = addElementToDefinition(new SimpleType(ATTR_BLOCK_ALL,
                "Block all URIs from being processed. This is most likely to" +
                " be used in overrides to easily reject certain hosts from" +
                " being processed.", new Boolean(false)));
        e.setExpertSetting(true);

        e = addElementToDefinition(new SimpleType(ATTR_BLOCK_BY_REGEXP,
                "Block all URIs matching the regular expression from being" +
                " processed.", ""));
        e.setExpertSetting(true);

        e = addElementToDefinition(new SimpleType(ATTR_ALLOW_BY_REGEXP,
                "Allow only URIs matching the regular expression to be" +
                " processed.", ""));
        e.setExpertSetting(true);
    }

    protected void innerProcess(CrawlURI curi) {
        // Check if uris should be blocked
        try {
            if (((Boolean) getAttribute(ATTR_BLOCK_ALL, curi)).booleanValue()) {
                curi.setFetchStatus(S_BLOCKED_BY_USER);
                curi.skipToProcessorChain(getController().
                    getPostprocessorChain());
            }
        } catch (AttributeNotFoundException e) {
            // Act as attribute was false, that is: do nothing.
        }

        // Check if allowed by regular expression
        try {
            String regexp = (String) getAttribute(ATTR_ALLOW_BY_REGEXP, curi);
            if (regexp != null && !regexp.equals("")) {
                if (!TextUtils.matches(regexp, curi.toString())) {
                    curi.setFetchStatus(S_BLOCKED_BY_USER);
                    curi.skipToProcessorChain(getController().
                        getPostprocessorChain());
                }
            }
        } catch (AttributeNotFoundException e) {
            // Act as regexp was null, that is: do nothing.
        }

        // Check if blocked by regular expression
        try {
            String regexp = (String) getAttribute(ATTR_BLOCK_BY_REGEXP, curi);
            if (regexp != null && !regexp.equals("")) {
                if (TextUtils.matches(regexp, curi.toString())) {
                    curi.setFetchStatus(S_BLOCKED_BY_USER);
                    curi.skipToProcessorChain(getController().
                        getPostprocessorChain());
                }
            }
        } catch (AttributeNotFoundException e) {
            // Act as regexp was null, that is: do nothing.
        }

        // Possibly recheck scope
        try {
            if (((Boolean) getAttribute(ATTR_RECHECK_SCOPE, curi)).
                    booleanValue()) {
                if (!isInScope(curi)) {
                    // Scope rejected
                    curi.setFetchStatus(S_OUT_OF_SCOPE);
                    curi.skipToProcessorChain(getController().
                        getPostprocessorChain());
                }
            }
        } catch (AttributeNotFoundException e) {
            // Act as attribute was false, that is: do nothing.
        }
    }
}

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Amber alert issued for missing Kentucky teen
State police in Kentucky have issued an Amber alert for a teenage girl reported missing from her home.
Amber alert issued for missing Kentucky teen State police in Kentucky have issued an Amber alert for a teenage girl reported missing from her home. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2019/04/02/amber-alert-ky-teen-lauryn-sizemore/3339823002/
Associated Press Published 7:28 a.m. CT April 2, 2019 | Updated 7:33 a.m. CT April 2, 2019
DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — State police in Kentucky have issued an Amber alert for a teenage girl reported missing from her home.
State police say in a news release 16-year-old Lauryn Sizemore of Dawson Springs was last seen early Saturday in her bedroom. The statement says she is believed to be with her stepfather, 56-year-old Glenn Eugene Harper.
The alert says the teenager wears glasses, has a lazy eye and was last seen wearing a gray hoodie with black strings. She is described as white, 4-foot-8 and 130 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Her stepfather is described as white with gray hair and brown eyes and weighing 245 pounds.
The statement says Glenn Harper is believed to be driving a 2004 maroon Hyundai Sonata with a Kentucky temporary license plate tag 9555994.
According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Harper advised a friend that he was going to Texas, and has a brother and father living in the Houston area.
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reirei - New Single + Live DVD Release | VKH Press – J-Rock & Visual Kei Coverage Worldwide!
麗麗 (reirei) have a lot of great news for their fans!
First of all, the band is going to release a new live DVD entitled 名古屋V系"色モノ"バンド同盟-PRESENTS Lil.y FINAL STAGE Lil.y&麗麗ツーマンライブ「世界中に花束を」" (Nagoya V-kei "Iromono" Band Domei - Presents Lil.y Final Stage Lil.y & reirei Two-man Live "Sekai Juni Hanataba o") on April 8th. It includes the full two-man performance of Lil.y and reirei of January 19th at Nagoya CLUB QUATTRO which has also been Lil.y's last live before they disbanded.
You can pre-order it for 4000 yen from CDJapan!
Moreover, they are going to release a new single entitled うたかた百鬼夜行 (Utakata Hyakki Yako) on May 20th!


I recommed watching the worthwhile conversation. Below are my prepared remarks given at the top of the hearing.
Prepared remarks by Matthew Armstrong given before the Emerging Threats & Capabilities Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, March 15, 2017.
Chairwoman Stefanik, Ranking Member Langevin, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to speak on information warfare and countering propaganda.
This is an important conversation as information and informational activities create both opportunities and threats to our nation's physical, societal, and economic security. This is a strategic problem requiring a strategic review of not just the threat but also of our constraints. We may develop good tactics, but any success from these will be undone if we fail to get the strategy right as well as properly align our efforts toward our objectives. Be confident that our adversaries are doing this realignment, and using our doctrine and public writings as their starting point.
Today, as the traditional barriers of influence and disruption are obliterated by modern communication and transportation networks, the role of information is more important than ever.
Understanding and elevating the appreciation of the informational, or psychological, effect of our words and deeds can make for more effective, more enduring, and less expensive outcomes. Every situation is unique, and sometimes you need to put two in the heart and one in the mind, but between increasingly transparent battlefields and adversaries intentionally operating below or outside of our escalation ladders, we must be more adept in this environment.
We may call this affair "information warfare," but this is too narrow and too shallow, and it inhibits appreciating the psychological effects of actions. It also encourages the false concept of a "battle of narratives" as if there is a magic combination of nouns and verbs that will win the day.
Or, we may use more inclusive labels like political warfare or hybrid warfare, two terms with subtle yet possibly useful distinctions.
Putting aside the label, we fail to appreciate how the success of our adversaries' propaganda supporting their agenda or targeting our activities – whether military, economic, or political – often rests on our credibility. Its effectiveness is often influenced by the degree to which people believe what we say, how much they trust what we do, and how the audience perceives the two as consistent and aligned.
Abroad, we face a situation in which our adversaries are often perceived as more credible than us as they spotlight, exploit, and sometimes outright manufacture, gaps between what we say, what we do, and our national values. Proof of this is when our adversaries are given the benefit of the doubt while our word is questioned and our actions subjected to charges of hypocrisy and aggression. This is magnified by failing to understand local information environments.
There are several challenges hindering our credibility and the ability to be effective in today's environment.
The first is that our messages and actions are generally dis-unified. We have a competitive advantage in terms of resources, people, skills, and scale, yet our various government departments and agencies are organized in such a way that makes coordination nearly impossible.
Beyond the obvious, this includes failing to understand, coordinate, or support programs that may develop and strengthen local defenses, even inoculation, against adversarial influence. Lesser known examples include Fish & Wildlife Services helping game wardens in Africa, exchange programs, and U.S. Navy tenders helping local harbor masters and mechanics.
And then there is the damaging divide between Defense Public Affairs and other Defense information professionals, as well as the segregation of public diplomacy inside the State Department.
The lack of coordination and bureaucratic cultural divides contribute to our second challenge, which is that our response to adversarial propaganda is almost invariably reactionary. When our adversaries explain their actions to the world or make claims about us, we find ourselves scrambling to prove them wrong. This keeps us on our heels and requires us to overcome the narrative set by others. It also means limited consideration of the psychological effect of actions, which the Chinese appear to be overcoming in their recent reorganization of their Cyberspace Operations Forces.
The third challenge is the militarization of our foreign policy. In the absence of a clear strategy and organizing principles, the Department of Defense has by default taken the lead in much of our foreign policy efforts. The very term "strategic communication" reflects this role as it was borne out of a need to fill a gap left by the State Department.
But placing our military as our primary implement of foreign policy also promotes a perception that we are an insecure nation.
We have remarkably little relevant experience in combating the political warfare being waged against us today. We may imagine that the United States Information Agency and the Active Measures Working Group are guideposts, but USIA was never intended nor fit for that purpose and the Active Measures Working Group was very small and very reactionary operation. Neither is a useful model of proactive and unified defense, let alone offense.
We must change our mindset about adversarial propaganda and subversive actions, especially those carried out below or outside the military's "phasing" construct. This starts with changing the language we use. We need to think – and speak – in terms of undermining adversarial psychological influence, which will guide us toward unified preemptive behavior and messages. We need to think – and speak – in terms of a communication environment, which will guide us toward pre-emptive interactivity that can establish, preserve, and strengthen our credibility so we set a narrative that must be displaced by our adversaries. We must think about why adversarial propaganda has traction and accept that we cannot bomb our way to success.
We must organize in a way that aligns our efforts for credible, smart preemptive action and swift, credible, trusted reactions. In addition to internal reorganizations addressing cultural divides, departments and agencies beyond Defense and State bring skills and expertise to this struggle. I am thankful that this Committee has convened this hearing, as I am thankful for past amendments from this Committee that affected the State Department, but in many ways, this discussion is happening in a vacuum. Are other committees exercising their oversight to inquire about this topic, setting priorities, and holding their respective departments and agencies accountable?
And we must understand the role of our society in our foreign policy and the permeability of our borders. In the "marketplace for loyalty" that I describe elsewhere this is a vulnerability, not just to political support of our efforts, but to what might be considered within organizational security parlance as "insider threats." Consider Major Nidal Hasan, Jihad Jane, and other so-called "lone wolves" who were inspired, often through empathy with our adversaries, to go to extreme measures.
Unfortunately, that day has yet to come but I hope this hearing is the start of setting us on the right path. Continuing to get this wrong is a threat to our national security, to our economic growth, and to our very standing as a world leader.
Thank you again for the opportunity to discuss this important topic with you in support of our foreign policy and our national security. I look forward to your questions.


Brian is a 1996 graduate of Mansfield University and has a BS in Geography with an emphasis on Environmental Science and a minor in Biology. He has been the Watershed Specialist for the Crawford County Conservation District since 2000. He has been active in a number of watershed associations around Crawford County assisting with projects including fishing tournaments, lake monitoring, and in-lake habitat improvement projects. He also enjoys spending a good portion of his time around and on Pymatuning Reservoir fishing, hunting, and kayaking. Brian has served as a board member with the Pennsylvania Lake Management Society since 2001. He has spent most as a Western Regional Director and served one term as President Elect, President, and Past-President.


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Wes Unseld, Powerful Hall of Fame N.B.A. Center, Dies at 74
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Wes Unseld, a Hall of Fame heart and indefatigable rebounder who was just one of two N.B.A. gamers to be named rookie of the 12 months and most beneficial participant in the identical season, died on Tuesday. He was 74.
His household confirmed the demise in a press release posted on the Washington Wizards' web site, saying that he had obtained diagnoses of pneumonia and different sicknesses. The assertion didn't say the place he died.
At 6-foot-7, Unseld was undersized for a middle. But at 245 kilos he was a wide-bodied powerhouse who, it was stated, might block out the solar. He fastened his opponents with a glower, set bone-rattling picks and planted himself below the basket with steely dedication to seize rebounds towards a lot taller facilities like Wilt Chamberlain, Nate Thurmond and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Over 13 seasons with the Baltimore, Capital and Washington Bullets (now the Washington Wizards), Unseld's groups went to the N.B.A. finals 4 occasions and gained the league's title in 1978 over the Seattle SuperSonics. Unseld was named the sequence' M.V.P.
He would later coach the workforce and function its common supervisor.
In a press release, Adam Silver, the N.B.A. commissioner, known as Unseld "one of the most consequential players of his era," including, "Wes elevated the game by mastering the fundamentals."
Unseld had a career average of 14.0 rebounds a game; in his rookie season, 1968-69, he finished second in the league off the boards, behind Chamberlain, averaging 18.2. He and Chamberlain are the only players in N.B.A. history to be named rookie of the year and M.V.P. in the same season. Unseld was named to five All-Star teams.
In a phone interview on Tuesday, Willis Reed, the Hall of Fame Knick center who played against Unseld for nearly a decade, recalled their physical battles during both the regular season and the playoffs.
"You always wanted to make sure you got a good night's sleep before you played against him," Reed said. "He was most consciously a rebounder — he could shoot, but he didn't emphasize that part of his game — and felt that if he did his job right, by getting the defensive rebound and making the quick outlet pass, they would score quickly."
Unseld had learned the outlet pass at Seneca High School in Louisville, Ky., and by the time he arrived in the N.B.A. he had mastered it. He would grab a defensive rebound and, in almost the same motion, turn and throw a pinpoint fastball downcourt to a teammate like Earl Monroe, Phil Chenier or Gus Johnson, who would be racing downcourt on a fast break.
That skill was ideal for Unseld, who was unselfish about his scoring. While other players could have emulated him, few did.
In 2015, he told The New York Times: "When you throw that outlet pass, you're not going to get the ball back." But others, looking for more glory, he said, "would rebound the ball and they would hold it, give it to a guard to dribble it up, and then post up and get the ball back so they could score."
"It just depends on how you look at the game."
Westley Sissel Unseld was born in Louisville on March 14, 1946, to Cornelia and Charles Unseld. His father was employed by International Harvester and later worked in construction; his mother was a school lunchroom manager.
Unseld was heavily recruited by colleges after leading Seneca High School in Louisville to two state championships. He chose the University of Louisville, where he averaged 20.6 points and 18.9 rebounds a game over three seasons. He was a consensus All-American in 1967 and 1968.
The Bullets chose him as the second player in the 1968 N.B.A. draft; a future teammate, Elvin Hayes, was selected first, by the San Diego Rockets. The Bullets improved dramatically in Unseld's rookie year, winning 57 games, up from 36 the previous season.
The Bullets were in the playoffs in 12 of Unseld's 13 seasons, making it to the finals against the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971 and the Golden State Warriors in 1975 before beating Seattle in seven games in 1978. Unseld averaged nine points and 11.7 rebounds in that series. The next season, in a repeat finals appearance, the Bullets lost to the SuperSonics in five games. The team, known as the Wizards since 1997, hasn't been to the finals since.
Unseld retired in 1981 with 10,624 points and 13,769 rebounds, career totals that led to his election to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., seven years later.
"I never played pretty, I wasn't flashy," Unseld once said. "My contributions were in the things most people don't notice. They weren't in high scoring or dunking or behind-the-back passes."
Unseld was named a vice president of the Bullets by the team's owner, Abe Pollin, on the day he announced his retirement. Early in the 1987-88 season, when the team had an 8-19 record, Unseld replaced Kevin Loughery as head coach.
Unseld brought stability to the team, which won 30 of its next 55 games and made the playoffs. But he never had a full winning season as coach or another playoff appearance.
After the final game of the 1993-94 season — a victory over the Charlotte Hornets — Unseld announced that he was stepping down to return to the team's front office. He was named general manager two years later and served in that role until 2003, except for an 18-month period in 2000 and 2001, when Michael Jordan replaced him as general manager. (Emerging from retirement, Jordan left in 2001 to play for the Wizards.)
Unseld's survivors include his wife, Connie; his daughter, Kimberley; his son, Wes Jr., who is an assistant coach with the Denver Nuggets of the N.B.A.; and two grandchildren.
Unseld, who was known for his off-the-court work during his playing career, founded Unselds' School, a private elementary school, with his wife in 1978. She has served as the school's principal and director, and their daughter has taught there.
"I've always been involved," Unseld told Press Box, a website that covers Maryland sports, in 2016, " but most of the time I just did lawns and painting and that type of thing. Then I actually retired and started doing administrative work."
Connie Unseld added: "I couldn't exist without Wes — the money behind the scenes, the inspiration. You know, he's a very bright person. I lead with my heart, but he's the grounded person."
Daniel E. Slotnik contributed reporting.
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After spending hour and a half in the air, the plane with the players and coaching staff on board landed in Istanbul.
The arrival of Shakhtar has caused an active interest among the Turkish media. At the airport, the team were met by a lot of journalists, photographers and cameramen. Traditionally, the Pitmen's head coach Mircea Lucescu was very popular among the media representatives.
After all the necessary customs procedures, the Pitmen boarded the bus to go to a hotel. The team located in the Asian part of the city.
On July 27, the players will hold an evening training session, the first 15 minutes of which will be open to journalists. Straight before the session, there will be Mircea Lucescu's press conference ahead of Shakhtar's first match with Fenerbahce in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. The game will begin on July 28 at 21:00.


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Pleuropulmonary Disease Due to Pergolide Use for Restless Legs Syndrome - )
From CHEST, 7/1/01 by Sonye K. Danoff
Pergolide is an ergot-derived dopamine agonist used in Parkinson's disease and, increasingly, in restless legs syndrome. We report a patient with a 2.5-year history of weight loss, pleuropulmonary fibrosis, and exudative pleural effusion that developed insidiously while taking this medication. The extensive and invasive workup that preceded the diagnosis highlights the difficulty in attributing such a process to a drug reaction. This is the second report of such a reaction to pergolide, which is one of the increasing number of ergot-derived compounds in common clinical use. (CHEST 2001; 120:313-316)
Key words: Parkinson's disease; pergolide; pleuropulmonary fibrosis; restless legs syndrome
Abbreviations: PD = Parkinson's disease; RLS = restless legs syndrome
The ergot-derived alkaloids comprise a large number of compounds sharing a common ring structure and include several medications frequently used for Parkinson's disease (PD) and migraine headaches, among others (Table 1). A number of these compounds have been described to produce a pleuropulmonary fibrosis syndrome,[1] in addition to retroperitoneal fibrosis.[2] The diagnosis of this drug-associated pleuropulmonary fibrosis syndrome is largely one of exclusion and is often made with some difficulty given the presence of coexisting medical problems. It is confirmed by response to withdrawal of the offending agent. Pergolide, an ergot-derived alkaloid, was introduced as an adjunct therapy for PD[3] and has subsequently been used with some success for restless legs syndrome (RLS).[4] We wish to report a case of pergolide-induced pleuropulmonary fibrosis.
A 65-year-old white man was transferred to our institution for evaluation of progressive weight loss (50 lb total), increasing dyspnea, and fatigue noted, retrospectively, to have begun [is greater than] 2 years earlier. Workup that included chest and abdominal CT, barium enema, and sigmoidoscopy had been unrevealing. Six months prior to transfer, the patient was incidentally noted to have a small right pleural effusion. The patient had worsening dyspnea, and serial chest radiographs showed an increasing right pleural effusion. One month prior to transfer, thoracentesis documented an exudative effusion, but neither pleural fluid nor pleural biopsy specimens revealed an etiology. The patient underwent a right thoracoscopy that demonstrated "multiple plaque-like lesions on the chest wall suggestive of a mesothelioma." Biopsy specimens revealed only fibrous tissue with chronic inflammation, and culture findings were negative. The patient developed fever, worsening dyspnea, and evidence on chest radiograph of a large right hydropneumothorax. Serologic workup prior to transfer included negative results on antinuclear antibodies, antinuclear cytoplasmic antibodies, antiglomerular basement membrane antibodies, cryoglobulins, rapid plasma reagin, and rheumatoid factor studies, as well as normal complement levels (C3 and C4), serum, and urine protein electrophoresis.
The patient's medical history was notable for RLS for nearly 30 years, as well as noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and arteriosclerotic cerebral vascular disease. His medications included pergolide, 3.5 mg/d; glipizide, 20 mg/d; losartin, 25 mg once daily; and warfarin, 5 mg once daily. The pergolide was begun 3 years earlier for treatment of RLS at the recommended starting dose of 0.05 mg qd and gradually titrated upward. Social history was notable for an 8 pack-year history of tobacco use in the 1950s and for 3 months of possible asbestos exposure in 1948 while working in a warehouse unloading asbestos pipe sleeves.
On transfer to our institution, the physical examination was remarkable for a respiratory rate of 28 breaths/min on 3 L of oxygen via nasal cannula. The patient was cachectic. Lung examination revealed dullness to percussion in the lower half of the right lung field, with decreased breath sounds in the lower half of the right lung and at the left base. Laboratory data showed a WBC count of 19.6 X [10.sup.9]/L (90% segmented neutrophils, 2% lymphocytes, 5% monocytes, and 1% eosinophils); chemistry panel showed an albumin of 2.6 g/dL (reference, 3.5 to 5.3 g/dL). Urinalysis revealed no proteinuria. Chest radiograph (Fig 1, top) showed a loculated right hydropneumothorax. Thoracentesis revealed bloody fluid with pH of 7.45, lactate dehydrogenase of 590 mg/dL, and protein of 5.1 g/dL. Cytology showed no evidence of malignancy. Purified protein derivative findings were negative.
The patient underwent bronchoscopy with transbronchial lung biopsy that showed focal intra-alveolar fibrin and no evidence of fungal forms or malignancy. BAL showed mild inflammation with reactive epithelial cells. The patient then underwent right open lung and pleural biopsy that revealed a peel surrounding the lung, and multiple white thickened plaques on the diaphragm and the mediastinal surface. Final pathology findings revealed chronic inflammation with no evidence of malignancy or asbestos-related changes.
In light of multiple studies with negative findings for malignancy and infection, alternative causes of fibrosis, pleural thickening, and exudative effusions were sought. Pergolide was considered as a causative agent and treatment was discontinued. The patient was treated with a 2-week course of corticosteroids given the inflammation present on biopsy specimens. Within several weeks, the patient had significant subjective and objective improvement in his dyspnea and exertional capacity (Table 2). The patient is now 3 years from the discontinuation of this medication with no recurrence of symptoms, with full functional recovery, and with dramatic improvements in chest radiography (Fig 1, bottom) and pulmonary function testing (Table 2).
The differential diagnosis of an exudative effusion in a patient with this history includes occult malignancy, infection (eg, tuberculosis), benign asbestos pleural effusion, and drug reaction. The patient underwent an extensive evaluation including a pleural biopsy, bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy, thoracoscopic and open lung biopsies, as well as multiple thoracenteses. None of these studies documented malignancy or infection. Tuberculosis seemed unlikely given the negative findings on purified protein derivative and multiple cultures. The patient had a history of a short exposure to asbestos, but had no pleural plaques and no asbestos bodies on biopsy. While this does not exclude benign asbestos pleural disease, his systemic symptoms of weight loss and malaise as well as the absence of chest wall pain in his presentation contrast with the typical presentation.[5] In addition, benign asbestos pleural effusions usually occur within 10 to 15 years of asbestos exposure. Ultimately, the diagnosis of pergolide-associated pleuropulmonary fibrosis is based on the response to the removal of the offending agent. In this patient, only pergolide treatment was discontinued and all other long-term medications were maintained.
When this patient was evaluated, there were no reports of such reactions to pergolide; however, there were reports of pleuropulmonary disease associated with other ergot derivatives.[1] Subsequently a single case report of pergolide-associated pleuropulmonary disease has been reported,a Pergolide has been described to cause retroperitoneal fibrosis,[7] which is also associated with ergot derivatives.
The first report of pleuropulmonary disease attributed to ergot derivatives was a case series in 1966 that described 27 patients receiving methysergide who developed retroperitoneal fibrosis.[8] Two of the patients developed pleural and pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis. An additional reported patient underwent a lung biopsy revealing "fibrosis around vessels and terminal bronchioles." Clinically, all three patients had episodes of pleural inflammation with friction rubs, fever, and pleural effusions. In each case, symptoms resolved with discontinuation of methysergide treatment. A similar syndrome has been reported with bromocriptine, other dopamine agonists, and ergotamines.[1] Pleuropulmonary involvement in eight patients receiving ergot derivatives other than bromocriptine was also reviewed.[1] The patterns of involvement in this series included a spectrum from interstitial pneumonitis to pleuropulmonary fibrosis with associated exudative effusions. The mean age of the patients was 70 years, with a treatment duration of 8 months to 15 years. Clinical and radiographic changes were very similar to those noted in this case. Similarly, patients in all reported series underwent extensive evaluations for malignancy and infection before suspicion was directed toward medications.
The mechanism by which the ergot derivatives produce fibrosis, either pleuropulmonary or retroperitoneal, remains obscure. There is no evidence that it is dependent on dosage or duration of use of the medication. Some questions have been raised as to whether this represents a serotonergic effect of these medications, as serotonin has been shown to be profibrotic. It is this serotonergic effect that was implicated in the valvular abnormalities associated with the use of phenteramine-fenfluramine and in the carcinoid syndrome. The relevance of this mechanism to pleuropulmonary fibrosis has yet to be proved. The causal relation between the ergots and this syndrome seems quite well established, however, with multiple cases showing regression of symptoms with withdrawal of the offending agent and, in a few instances, recurrence of symptoms when the patient was rechallenged.[1]
We report this case to draw attention to a large class of compounds, the ergot-derived alkaloids (Table 1), which are used in treatment of a growing number of diseases. The pleuropulmonary syndrome associated with their use appears to be induced by many of these compounds. The pulmonary symptoms develop insidiously, making the association with onset of use of this medication difficult. The constitutional nature of the syndrome leads to its confusion with malignancy (particularly mesothelioma) and infection. The rapid clinical improvement that results from discontinuation of the medication confirms the diagnosis.
[1] Pfitzenmeyer P, Foucher P, Dennewald G, et al. Pleuropulmonary changes induced by ergoline drugs. Eur Respir J 1996; 9:1013-1019
[2] Robert M, Derbaudrenghien JP, Blampain JP, et al. Fibrotic processes associated with long-term ergotamine therapy [letter]. N Engl J Med 1984; 311:601-602
[3] Mizuno Y, Kondo J, Narabayashi H. Pergolide in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Neurology 1995; 45:S13-S21
[4] Wetter TC, Stiasny K, Winkelmann J, et al. A randomized controlled study of pergolide in patients with restless legs syndrome. Neurology 1999; 52:944-950
[5] Robinson BWS, Musk AW. Benign asbestos pleural effusion: diagnosis and course. Thorax 1981; 36:896-900
[6] Shaunak S, Wilkins A, Pilling JB, et al. Pericardial, retroperitoneal, and pleural fibrosis induced by pergolide. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999; 66:79-81
[7] Jimenez-Jimenez FJ, Lopez-Alvarez J, Sanchez-Chapado M, et al. Retroperitoneal fibrosis in a patient with Parkinson's disease treated with pergolide. Clin Neuropharmacol 1995; 18:277-279
[8] Graham JR, Suroy HI, LeCompte PR, et al. Fibrotic disorders associated with methysergide therapy for headache. N Engl J Med 1966; 274:359-368
(*) From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (Drs. Danoff and Terry), Department of Internal Medicine; and Division of General Internal Medicine (Dr. Flynn), Division of Molecular and Clinical Rheumatology, Program for Outpatient Education in Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and Health Care Investment Banking (Dr. Grasso), Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, NY.
Manuscript received October 11, 2000; revision accepted November 29, 2000.
Correspondence to: John A. Flynn, MD, MBA, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, 601 North Caroline St, #7143, Baltimore, MD 21287
COPYRIGHT 2001 American College of Chest Physicians


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St. Clair 14U opens state tournament with two wins
Joseph Hayes
MIDLAND It wasn't always pretty, but the St. Clair 14-and-under baseball team got off to a fast start at the state tournament Thursday.
St. Clair picked up two victories, an 11-7 triumph over Petoskey and a 16-5 mercy shortened victory over Onsted.
Brady Gleason was the winning pitcher of the first game. Max Gottler hit a two-run home run late to add to the Saints lead and Mark Estapa had a clutch hit with the bases loaded that scored two runs.Gleason added a double and two RBIs.
"It was an ugly game, but a win is a win," St. Clair High School baseball coach and St. Clair 14U assistant coach Denny White said.
"We got the win but our pitchers are going to have to do better. We are in pool play and you need to be one of the top two teams to advance to Saturday. That's what we are trying to do right now and conserve pitching."
The game originally began on Wednesday but was rained out just an inning into the game. When the game resumed Thursday, it took St. Clair a while to find its comfort zone before it quickly heated up.
"We played an inning and a half yesterday and the rains came," Coach White said. "From the bottom of the second to the fifth inning we were flat today.
"But we came alive and scored a bunch of runs to get past them. Our pitchers need to throw strikes and we need the energy and enthusiasm we had in the last three innings."
Then later in the day, St. Clair defeated Onsted, 16-5, in a mercy shorted five inning game. Estapa was the winning pitcher of the game. Joey Harwood had a double and three RBIs, and Gleason and Kevin Zoeplitz each added two RBIs.
St. Clair will return at 5 p.m. Friday against Southern Little League of Grand Rapids for the pool play championship.
Contact Joseph Hayes at (810) 989-6268 or at jahayes@gannett.com. Follow him on twitter @Joseph_Hayes11. Listen to him every weekday from 4-8 p.m. on 88.3 FM.
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