Our clip today with Alex Orioli and Eric Bouna was filmed in Cape Town by our fearless Canadian duo during our summer trip there in 2010.
We always used to wonder what happened to all the fruit whenever Eric would visit, and i suppose we now know.
Take the free tour and see Alex and Eric hard and naked!
This entry was posted in Alex Orioli, Eric Bouna and tagged Alex Orioli, Eric Bouna on April 9, 2012 by George.


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The popular Havana Pio Pio cafeteria and Montecatini pizza parlor reopened its doors on Tuesday to being offering services to locals after an intense refurbishing process.
Odalys Rodriguez Perez, Director of Control of the Havana Restaurants company explained that Pio Pio located on L Street between 15 and 17th in Vedado municipality had serious problems with its construction while its water installation was replaced, improved kitchen area among others.
The carpentry was totally changed in the cafeteria in addition to the bar currently with 16 seats.
Rodriguez added that the area has a capacity for 100 clients but for the moment they willwork with only 7 tables until the remaining area is finished.
He announced that the ration of chicken will cost 1.67 Cuban pesos and most of the beverages will be also charged in Cuban pesos.
Different dishes with chicken, French fries, yellow rice and croquettes, hamburger, steak sandwich and cold salads will be offered in the Pio Pio cafeteria on L street between 15 and 17th in Vedado.
Anays Arteaga Fontes, manager of the cafeteria announced that the area of the cafeteria will be only be opened from 10am to midnight and afterwards the salon will be opened.
Arteaga added that they will begin the other stage of construction to finish some of the interior by the second trimester of this year.
The Montecatini pizza parlor located on 15th Street corner of J in Vedado neighborhood will open its doors after five years of refurbishing, said Jose Antonio Victorino.
Victorino pointed out that new air conditioners were installed as well as tables and chairs, and added. that the prices of the food range between 13 and 40 Cuban pesos.
Each work shift will have a captain and two waiters to assist 40 people from 12pm until 10pm, he said.
The administrators agreed that in both areas that were refurbished said that the equipment to cook the food were also repaired and has the necessary supplies and resources to offer quality assistance to the public.
The reparation process was supported by the Party, Government and Restaurantes Habana Company.
Authorities from the Provincial Administrative Council told CAN that has part of the Valentine's Day activities, the Malecon Seaside Drive and popular 23rd Street will become huge restaurants for those that want to celebrate February 14th.


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Be Picked up at :08:30 am, and private car transfer to Chongwu (2 hrs).Chongwu is located on the southern tip of Chongwu Peninsula, Fujian Province,it is a national heritage conservation unit of China.
Upon your arrive in Chongwu, you will visit the Stone Carving Park.The park was built on the coast taking an area of 9 hectares. The stone carvings are created under varied subjects with profound meanings, including characters in Chinese classics. They show charm of the nature combining history and culture of both Chongwu and China.
This afternoon, you will visit Chongwu Ancient City Wall.The Chongwu ancient city wall is one of the seven ancient city walls in China. The granite walls are around 2.5km long and average 7m in height. Scattered around the walls are 1304 battlements; there are 4 gates into the city. The town wall was built in 1387 by the Ming government as a front line defense against marauding Japanese pirates, and it has survived the last 600 years remarkably well. Koxinga also took refuge here in his battle against Qing forces.
After that, you will be transferred to visit Gekecuo houses in Xiapu village. Gekecuo houses have a long history which can be dated back to the Qing Dynasty. They are of high artistic value and only scattered in Xunpu Village, Quanzhou. Unlike the shells in local areas, the shells on Gekecuo houses are bigger. According to the instruction of some experts, those shells are from Africa.
After that be transferred back to Xiamen, end of your one day Quanzhou tour fro Xiamen.


You need to plan the date for a Greek Orthodox wedding, as there are certain times of the year when you are not allowed to marry.
Forget the first 2 weeks of August (not difficult as you are likely to melt in the heat unless you choose a mountain church venue, and depending when Easter is in the year you plan to marry, the 40 day fasting period is out, as is the fasting period before Christmas. There are more days when it is not possible to marry in the orthodox tradition, but your wedding coordinator will make you aware if you choose a date which is 'out of bounds'.
If you are superstitious, a leap year is considered unlucky for If you go to church regularly, the church you attend would be the preferred venue as far as your priest is concerned, but if you are a Greek Cypriot coming to Cyprus for your wedding, we can arrange some meetings with the priest of the venue of your choice before the actual wedding date, as this is in keeping with tradition and the priest will be happier marrying a couple that he knows, if only for a short time. The couple will need to take holy communion in the church on a day prior to the wedding itself.
An orthodox wedding is not as flexible as a registry office wedding, or even an Anglican ceremony, as the ceremony itself is fixed. No you may not have Imagine by John Lennon as you come down the aisle and your best friend may not read out a poem she has written for the day, that will have to wait for the reception, where any way you want it is the order of the day.
The arrangement of the families in the church is similar to any other Christian wedding with the parents, friends and family of the bride on one side of the church with the same on the other side for the grooms contingent.
As with any other Christian wedding the bride is accompanied by her father or a close male relative who will 'give her away' whilst the groom arrives with his best man.
The bridesmaids play an important part in the wedding, and tradition has it that they pay for the actual ceremony itself. The good news is that an orthodox wedding ceremony is considerably cheaper than an Anglican or Catholic wedding in Cyprus, unless the venue is a particularly posh one.
The ceremony itself is beautiful and has a lot more going on than just the recital of vows. The couple will first be betrothed, this is the part where the ring is placed on the finger of both bride and groom. They are then given a cup of wine and the 'crowns' (usually a thin band of gold or silver, rather akin to an Olympic laurel crown) are placed on their heads. They are then to kiss the bible and walk around the altar like table three times to signify their belief in the holy trinity and to incorporate the two families into one.
C£30,000 - C£300,000 depending on the social pull the 2 families have. This may seem a very mercenary way of doing things, however the idea of a couple starting their life together without having a good start at least on the housing ladder has contributed in a big way to the Cypriot families economic strength. The guests wait in line to congratulate everyone in the wedding party, who stand in line and shake everyone's hand, sometimes up to six or seven thousand times in one day! ) to a good knees up in the village tradition, where everyone eats, drinks and becomes very merry with singing and dancing and so much food!
Whichever type of wedding fits your circumstances or your desire, whether Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Baptist, Christian Registry office, Jewish, Muslim, Jain, Budhist, Hindu or none of these, we can help.


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Back to the.... something?
Duncan Jones is making sci-fi fun again. He made a wonderful first impression with Moon: a high-concept but playful film that had a lot of trust for the audience. Initially confounding, it slowly explained the fictional science naturally and entertainingly. The presence of Sam Rockwell helped, naturally, as did everyone's favourite demented AI since HAL himself: the delightful GERTY. It was fun, original and impressively grounded for a film set in a zero gravity environment.
For the first half of Source Code, Jones crafts a worthy and entertaining follow up. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Captain Colter Stevens, who wakes up after a helicopter crash on a commuter train speeding towards Chicago. But his body isn't his anymore, it's that of a teacher. Sitting across from him is Christina played by Michelle Monaghan (who, might I add, is not the worst person in the world to wake up across from). She seems to know him well, but he's never seen her before. After Stevens bumbles around in a daze for eight minutes - discovering his reflection is not his own in the process - the train blows up, and suddenly Stevens wakes up trapped in a pod somewhere. His only contact to the outside world is through a television screen with a Colonel played by Vera Farmiga and a group of scientists on the other end. After failing to explain the situation to him in any depth, Stevens is merely informed he's on a mission to find the bomber before the train blows up (importantly, it's not traditional time travel we're dealing with here). He's then whisked back to the train seat eight minutes before the explosion.
It's a confusing plot to explain, but to Jones' and writer Ben Ripley's credit the information concerning what in the name of fuck is going on is fed to us at a welcome and engaging pace. It's not as confident as Moon in that regard - one exposition scene that explains what exactly source code is feels forced. But for the most part it's energetically paced. We make sense of the situation alongside Jake, the internal urgency and confusion of the plot very engaging. It's Groundhog Day in action film form, and it's fun seeing Stevens desperately trying to make sense of the bizarre mission while also trying to track down a terrorist amongst a group of your average morning commuters. It's silly, but good silly.
The cast are impressively involved too. Michelle Monaghan is the strongest of the lot. While by design we can't learn a hell of a lot about her character or background with the guy whose body has been taken over by a military captain, she still gives a very warm and likable performance - which is vital as Stevens himself begins to try and save her from a fiery death. Like her characters in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and MI:III she's a love interest with depth, again proving herself as a worthy actress able to make something out of potentially thankless roles. Gyllenhaal has great chemistry with her, and outside that gives a frantic and energetic performance - a potential action star with at least some sort of talent. Vera Farmiga gives a great performance too as this film's GERTY - her initial role as mere ambiguous adviser becomes something more as her humanity quickly becomes evident. The weirdest performance of the lot is Jeffrey Wright as lead scientist Dr. Rutledge who camps it up something fierce. It's a strange one that always doesn't work, but again shows that perhaps Jones is willing to promote a sense of silliness and playfulness, and that is far from a bad thing.
Speaking of bad things: now we get onto the second half, or more accurately the third act. In contrast to most, I liked the weird and brief antagonist reveal, even if is a bit anti-climactic. It's the fact that the film loses considerable steam after the mysteries are all solved and the big reveals revealed. It's ironic, considering this isn't a steam train we're dealing with (an awful joke, I know, forgive me). The main problem is that the film feels like it ends seventeen times or so. There are a good few moments when there's a perfect spot to cut or fade to black, but the film inevitably continues on a bit longer. It's a shame, considering much the resolutions are cheesy and superfluous. There's a technically impressive shot that would have acted as a logical but unforgivably overwrought conclusion, but it chugs along for another five to ten minutes until an even more overwrought ending. When it finally cuts to black, it feels surprisingly sudden for a film that had slowed to a halt almost a quarter of an hour previously.
It's distressing that the audience leaves Source Code on a bum note, as otherwise it is an effective and entertaining action flick. It's also a sci-fi film that neither condescends or overplays the central high-concept. It's hardly Primer in terms of sci-fi intelligence, but not everything has to be. Duncan Jones has again proven himself as an entertainer of considerable worth. But removed from the low budget of his debut, Source Code towards the end begins to veer dangerously towards Hollywood formula and 'accessibility' in an attempt to reach a wider audience. It's disappointing, because up to then it had been impressively accessible science fiction while retaining a subtle intelligence. Still, he's a director with a lot of promise, but let's hope that Hollywood doesn't have its wicked way with him.
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Musical Theatre Factory (MTF), under the leadership of founding artistic director Shakina Nayfack and managing director Danny Abosch, announced its 2015 season supporting the development of 25 new shows.
Musical Theatre Factory's first showcase production, Boys Who Tricked Me, is described as "a song-cycle, party-game, sleepover-style musical" that is written by Ben Bonnema and was workshopped last summer in a MTF development residency.
Billed as The Factory's "big, gay, slumber party," the show features songs of "love gone wrong, lust gone right, and that nagging fear that you will die alone," according to press notes. Performances are Feb. 5-14.
Musical Theatre Factory development residencies will each culminating with a public showing of new material.
They include Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat (book and lyrics by Benjamin Halstead, music by Nikko Benson) Jan. 26; Shades of Wayne (words by Christopher Staskel, music by Lisa Whitson Burns) Jan. 26; A Strange Loop (book, music and lyrics by Michael R Jackson) March 1; The Greenwood Tree (music and concept by Will Reynolds, text by William Shakespeare) March 9; Lysistrata, The Vaudeville (translation by Ranjit Bolt, adaptation by Mary Jo Duprey, music by Jeremy Mann) March 23; Junk: A Rock Opera (music and lyrics by Brainpool, book and additional lyrics by Shakina Nayfack) April 6; 5th Republic (music and lyrics by Dana Levinson, book by Stacey Weingarten, additional story/direction by Donna Drake) April 13; and Echo (book, music and lyrics by Anna Jacobs) April 27.
The company's 4×15 program selects four new musicals monthly and offers each writing team a cast, creative staff and five hours of rehearsal space to stage 15-minute excerpts of their shows. The selections are presented together in one evening before a panel of industry guests and a public audience. Round 7 of 4×15 (held Jan. 18) includes Rent a White Guy (book, music and lyrics by Anna Grace Carter); Look (music and lyrics by Andrew J. Hanley, book by Jessica Bedford); The Severed Hand of Neverland (book, music and lyrics by Erik Ransom); and One Night in New York! (book, music and lyrics by Eric Tipler).
Round 8 of 4×15 (held Feb. 18) includes Newtons Cradle (music and lyrics by Heath Saunders, book by Kim Saunders); Vox Pop (book, music and lyrics by David Davila); Gumbo (book and lyrics by Christina Quintana, music by Brett Macias); and Open Road (book, music and lyrics by David J. Berg).
Round 9 of 4×15 (held March 15) includes Playing With Matches (music by Salomon Lerner, book and lyrics by Laura Kleinbaum); Deployed (book, music and lyrics by Natalie Lovejoy); The Awakening (music by Teresa Lotz, book and lyrics by Sarah Rebell); and The Daguerreotype (music by Sooyeon Lee, book and lyrics by EllaRose Chary).
Round 10 of 4×15 (held April 19) includes Crossing Borders (music by Tidtaya Sinutoke, book and lyrics by Ty Defoe); Trivøya Gold (music by Scotty Arnold, book and lyrics by Alana Jacoby); Drella (music by Micah Joel, book and lyrics by Laura Lancaster); and Wait! (music by Sujin Kim, Book and lyrics by Daphny Maman).
Factory Salons, where new and established musical theatre writers are invited to share previously unheard songs, are offered Jan. 13 (with guest host Andrew Lippa), Feb. 26 (with guest host Shaina Taub), March 26 (with guest host Adam Gwon) and April 16 (with guest host Joel Waggoner).
The Factory is located at 250 W. 40th Street on the 4th floor. For more information, visit MTF.nyc or call (347) 871-4615.


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Cardiology in the Young (11)
AEPC Association of European Paediatric Cardiology (11)
Investigation of the MYH11 gene in sporadic patients with an isolated persistently patent arterial duct
Limin Zhu, Damien Bonnet, Magali Boussion, Benoît Vedie, Daniel Sidi, Xavier Jeunemaitre
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 17 / Issue 6 / December 2007
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2007, pp. 666-672
Persistent patency of the arterial duct is one of the most common congenital cardiac malformations. We recently showed that mutations in the MYH11 gene result in a disease combining familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection, along with patency of the arterial duct. It is also known that the smooth muscle myosin heavy chain is involved in the physiological closure of the arterial duct. With this in mind, we investigated whether the MYH11 gene was a susceptibility gene for sporadic occurrence of isolated persistent patency of the arterial duct. We sequenced the entire coding sequence of the MYH11 gene in 60 Caucasian children with persistent patency born after 36 weeks of gestation. The frequencies of rare genetic variants, and single nucleotide polymorphisms, were compared with 192 normal controls. Two possible functional missense mutations were found in two affected individuals. Another rare variant, specifically p.Arg1535Gln, and two coding polymorphisms, namely p.Ala1234Thr and p.Val1289Ala, had allele frequencies similar to those in controls. Haplotype analysis after estimating linkage disequilibrium was carried out using six polymorphisms. Individual genotypes were distributed similarly among cases and controls. Only one of the seven major haplotypes was significantly less frequent among cases, at 0.07, than among controls, when the figure was 0.22 (OR 0.23 [0.08–0.27]). Our findings suggest that the MYH11 gene is involved in only rare instances when persistent patency of the arterial duct occurs in sporadic fashion.
Unusual flow of blood to the pulmonary arteries through a large coronary arterial fistula in the setting of complex congenital cardiac disease
Younes Boudjemline, Phalla Ou, Daniel Sidi
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 17 / Issue 4 / August 2007
Cardiac and pulmonary physiology in the functionally univentricular circulation with reference to the total cavo-pulmonary connection
Daniel Sidi
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 15 / Issue S3 / December 2005
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2005, pp. 26-30
Cardiac and pulmonary physiology in patients with functionally univentricular hearts is markedly different from that found in the setting of the normal circulation. The physiology of both the heart and the lungs remains abnormal after palliative procedures, such as creation of systemic-to-pulmonary shunts, banding of the pulmonary trunk, or creation of the cavo-pulmonary connections. In this brief review, I will concentrate on two main aspects of physiology, namely oxygenation and haemodynamics. I will make comparisons between the normal circulation and the functionally univentricular circulation, the latter both before and after creation of a cavo-pulmonary connection. To finish, I will discuss the physiology of the cavo-pulmonary connection itself, and consider some clinical implications.
Complications of paediatric interventional catheterisation: an analysis of risk factors
Gabriella Agnoletti, Caroline Bonnet, Younes Boudjemline, Christine Le Bihan, Damien Bonnet, Daniel Sidi, Philipp Bonhoeffer
Objectives: To identify predictive factors of complications occurring during paediatric interventional catheterisation. Background: Interventional paediatric catheterisation is still burdened by a substantial risk. Risk factors, however, have rarely been investigated. Methods: We analysed prospectively 1,022 interventional procedures performed over a period of 8 years, excluding 260 procedures for atrial septostomy. We considered several patient-related variables, specifically age, weight, and gender, type of procedure, times required for fluoroscopy and the overall procedure, technical challenge, and the severity of the clinical condition. We also analysed variables linked to the environment, specifically the date of the examination, whether the operator remained in training, the novelty of the material, any breakdown in the installation, and errors made by the operator. We classified complications as those without clinical consequence, those which proved lethal, those requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation, elective or emergency surgery, hospitalisation in the intensive care unit, and those leading to recatheterisation. Results: Our average incidence of complications was 4.1 per cent, which did not change significantly during the period of study. Of the patients, 4 died, 7 needed urgent surgery, 5 elective surgery, 3 hospitalisation in intensive care unit, and 8 recatheterisation. Independent risk factors for complications were technical challenge, critical clinical condition, operator in training, operator error, and breakdown of the installation. Young age was not associated with a higher risk of complications. Patients in whom no cause for complication could be found, either related to their own features or the environment, had a risk of complication of 1.4 per cent (95 per cent confidence intervals from 0.7 to 2.5 per cent). Conclusions: Our data show that variables relating either to the patient or the environment of catheterisation are associated with an increased risk of procedural complications. Knowledge of the risk factors can improve the odds of paediatric interventional catheterisation.
Mid-term effects of implanting stents for relief of aortic recoarctation on systemic hypertension, carotid mechanical properties, intimal medial thickness and reflection of the pulse wave
Gabriella Agnoletti, Caroline Bonnet, Damien Bonnet, Daniel Sidi, Yacine Aggoun
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 15 / Issue 3 / June 2005
Objective: Primary implantation of stents is an accepted technique for treating aortic recoarctation, albeit that the effects of stenting on pressure profiles, carotid mechanical properties, intimal medial thickness, and reflection of the pulse wave have not been systematically investigated. Methods: Over the period from 1 January, 1999, to 31 December, 2002, we implanted stents to relieve aortic recoarctation in 15 patients, with a median age of 17 years, and a range from 7 to 29 years, with a median weight of 56 kilograms, ranging from 20 to 96 kilograms. Indications were a gradient of 20 millimetres of mercury or more measured in all, systemic hypertension at rest in 8, and systemic hypertension at exercise in all. Of the patients, 5 were receiving anti-hypertensive treatment. Before implantation of the stents, and after a mean follow-up of 22 months, all patients underwent an exercise test, vascular echography, and examination of the common carotid artery so as to determine its cross sectional compliance and distensibility, and the augmentation index. Results: The stents were implanted successfully in all patients. The mean gradient was reduced from 27 to 4 millimetres of mercury (p < 0.001). Systolic blood pressure at rest diminished from 140 to 131 millimetres of mercury (p = 0.04), while hypertension at rest regressed in 4 patients. Systolic blood pressure at exercise diminished from 245 to 222 millimetres of mercury (p = 0.018), and hypertension at exercise regressed in 1 patient. Anti-hypertensive treatment is still required for 4 patients. A correlation was found between systolic blood pressure at rest and initial peak-to-peak gradient (r = 0.8), and between initial gradient and percentage reduction of systolic blood pressure at rest at follow-up (r = −0.73). Compliance and distensibility of the common carotid artery were not significantly modified, albeit that the intimal medial thickness diminished from 0.64 to 0.57 millimetres (p = 0.04), and the augmentation index decreased from 5 to −1 (p = 0.012). Conclusions: Primary implantation of stents is effective in mid-term repair of aortic recoarctation. Although there is an improvement in systemic hypertension, the tensional profile and vascular sonography are not normalized. At long term follow-up, the suppression of an early reflection site of the pulse wave could decrease the wall stress of the great elastic vessels, reducing the thickness of the arterial walls.
hypoplasia of the left ventricle and the physiology of the norwood circulation
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 14 / Issue S3 / October 2004
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 September 2005, pp. 77-80
in this review, i will first consider the general physiology induced by hypoplasià of the left ventricle, examining in particular its practical consequences in the fetus and the neonate. i will then explore the particularity of the physiology after the first stage of the norwood sequence of operations, comparing the two approaches of an aorta-pulmonary shunt versus a conduit placed from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries.
the partial cavo-pulmonary circulation with an additional source of pulmonary flow. an alternative to the total cavo-pulmonary circulation in patients with a functionally single ventricle
most paediatric cardiologists think that the optimal treatment for patients with functionally single ventricle is the relatively early construction, at from 2 to 7 years of age, of the total cavo-pulmonary circulation. this approach is based on the desire to produce an acyanotic child, such an outcome fostering the belief that the patient is cured. when using this therapeutic approach, the total connection is usually preceded by earlier creation of a partial connection, achieved by creating a bi-directional anastomosis between the superior caval vein and the right pulmonary artery at the age of from 3 to 9 months, without providing additional flow of blood to the lungs. this leads to severe cyanosis by the age of 3 years, when the flow increases in the inferior caval vein, and is the signal for early completion of the total connection. in this policy, the absence of additional flow to the lungs is justified by the fear of altering the ventricular function essential for the success of the total connection, because of the volume, and eventually the pressure, overload of the additional flow on the functionally single ventricle,which may impair its compliance and/or contractility, or be responsible for atrioventricular valvar regurgitation. these alterations in myocardial functions would then contraindicate, or increase, the mortality and morbidity of the total connection, producing deterioration in its long-term results.
Age-related aspects of balloon angioplasty for postsurgical aortic recoarctation
Gabriella Agnoletti, Philipp Bonhoeffer, Adele Borghi, Younes Boudjemline, Tony Abdel-Massih, Damien Bonnet, Daniel Sidi
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 12 / Issue 5 / October 2002
Balloon angioplasty is now the elective technique for relief of aortic recoarctation, since it has low mortality, low morbidity, and good results at follow-up. Some concern exists concerning the possible increased risk in young children. To investigate such age-related aspects, we examined 58 children undergoing consecutive balloon angioplasty for postsurgical recoarctation. Of the children, 30 were younger and 28 older than 1 year. Recoarctation was more frequent with ventricular septal defect or other cardiac anomalies (p < 0.001). Systolic hypertension was present in 70% of children aged less than 1 year, but in only 32% of those older than 1 year (p < 0.001). The initial gradient was inversely related with the age at dilation (r = −0.28, p < 0.05), and correlated with systolic blood pressure (r = 0.81, p < 0.01). The procedure was successful in 87% of children older than, and 86% of those under 1 year. Age was not related with residual gradient, nor with the percentage increase of diameter of the site of stenosis. After balloon angioplasty, systolic hypertension was still present in 37% of children younger than 1 year, and in 25% of those older than 1 year (p < 0.05). Three complications occurred in children younger than 1 year, and 6 in those older (p < 0.05). Our results show, first, that recoarctation occurs earlier in the setting of complex disease, second that children suffering recoarctation at a younger age are more likely to be hypertensive, either before or after balloon angioplasty, third, that balloon angioplasty has the same rate of success in children below or above the age of one year, although the procedure still carries a not negligible risk. Finally, the procedure does not carry a higher risk for those children below the age of 1 year.
Cleft of the mitral valve in patients with Down's syndrome
Alain Fraisse, Tony Abdel Massih, Damien Bonnet, Daniel Sidi, Jean Kachaner
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 12 / Issue 1 / January 2002
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 August 2006, pp. 27-31
Differentiation between a cleft of the mitral valve and the cleft of the left side of an atrioventricular septal defect – a lesion commonly found in patients with Down's syndrome – is surgically important since the distribution of the conduction tissue varies between the 2 lesions. We sought to determine if cleft of the mitral valve occurs also in patients with Down's syndrome. We studied 5 patients with Down's syndrome and cleft of the mitral valve followed in our institution. Echocardiography showed in all 5 patients a cleft dividing the anterior (aortic) leaflet of mitral valve with normal papillary muscle position, mural leaflet size, and ratio of the inlet/outlet dimension of the left ventricle. Associated cardiac lesions were present in all 5 patients: perimembranous ventricular septal defect in 3, ostium secundum atrial septal defect in 2 and patent ductus arteriosus in 2 patients. During the 5.6 years (0.2–11) of the follow-up period, surgical repair of the cleft was never indicated since the mitral regurgitation through the cleft remained mild or absent in all the patients. Two patients underwent closure of a ventricular septal defect, with atrial septal defect closure in one and ductal ligation in 2. One patient died suddenly at home, without evidence of a cardiac cause. In conclusion, a cleft of the mitral valve has important developmental and morphologic differences with atrioventricular septal defect and may occur in patients with Down's syndrome. If surgical repair of the cleft or of associated cardiac lesion is indicated, it is necessary to distinguish it from atrioventricular septal defect where the conduction axis is displaced posteriorly and may be exposed during surgery.
New insight into left ventricular function in tricuspid atresia after total cavopulmonary connection: a three-dimensional echocardiographic study
Philippe Acar, Zakhia Saliba, Daniel Sidi, Jean Kachaner
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 10 / Issue 2 / March 2000
Print publication: March 2000
In patients with tricuspid atresia palliated by construction of a total cavopulmonary connection, both pulmonary and systemic circulations depend on the performance of the dominant left ventricle. When estimating the volume of such ventricles using cross-sectional echocardiography, it is necessary to make assumptions concerning the geometry of the ventricular shape. This is avoided by three-dimensional echocardiography, which provides direct volumetric data. Our purpose was to apply this new method to quantify left ventricular volumes and function in patients with tricuspid atresia after construction of a total cavopulmonary connection.
We studied ten patients (median age: 8 years) with tricuspid atresia who had undergone a total cavopulmonary connection, comparing them with 10 normal children matched for age, sex and size. The three-dimensional echocardiography was performed with electrocardio graphic and respiratory gating. A new transthoracic integrated probe designed for small children was used with a rotational scanning increment of 3°. The 60 slices obtained from the ventricular cavity were stored and formatted in a commercial system (TomTec®). End-diastolic and end-systolic volumes, stroke volume and ejection fraction were calculated after manual tracing of the endocardial surfaces. The volumes were indexed to the body surface area.
As seen in the reconstructions, the dominant left ventricle in tricuspid atresia had a spherical shape, whereas the normal left ventricle is oblong. The left ventricular volumes and function in tricuspid atresia were 54±4 ml/m2 (end-diastolic volume), 28±3 ml/m2 (end-systolic volume), 26±7 ml/m2 (stroke volume) and 48±6% (ejection fraction). These volumes were not different from those obtained in the controls (p = NS). The left ventricular stroke volume and ejection fraction in 10 patients with tricuspid atresia were lower than those calculated for the controls (p < 0.05).
Three-dimensional echocardiography provides a quantitative insight into the pathophysiologic function of the dominant left ventricle in tricuspid atresia after construction of a total cavopulmonary connection.
Outcome of, and risk factors for, second degree atrioventricular block in children
Elizabeth Villain, Damien Bonnet, Conceicão Trigo, Laurence Iserin, Daniel Sidi, Jean Kachaner
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 6 / Issue 4 / October 1996
Second degree atrioventricular block is uncommon in children. In order to evaluate its outcome, and to find early prognostic factors, we reviewed the history and evolution of 21 children with this arrhythmia discovered on their surface electrocardiogram. Twenty-four-hour monitoring displayed variations in the conduction patterns in almost all children, from long PR interval to complete heart block alternating in the same patient. At follow-up (nine months to 19 years), 13 children (62%) had received implantation of a pacemaker because of progression either to complete atrioventricular block or to severe ventricular bradycardia. Atrioventricular conduction improved on exercise in 11 children, but this did not predict a favorable outcome since four of them required pacing. In contrast, deterioration during sinus acceleration in four patients predicted further aggravation. A supra-Hisian location of the block did not protect against the occurrence of syncope in the two patients who underwent His recordings. Finally, the outcome was not linked to age at diagnosis. Second degree atrioventricular block, therefore, should be considered a serious disease because of its trend to worsen towards complete block and/or severe complications. Close follow-up, including repeated 24-hour monitoring, is the most effective way to unmask such a progression and to avoid its clinical consequences.


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Q: != strangeness, not working despite the values being the same If I do the following
set @currentOutlet= 1
set @previousOutlet= 0
if @email_rowCount != 0 then
  for @i = 1 to @email_rowCount do
    set @this_row = row(@email_rows,@i) /*get row based on loop counter */
    set @currentOutlet= field(@this_row,"OutletNumber")
    set @OutletName = field(@this_row,"OutletName")
    output(concat("before if c:", v(@currentOutlet), "p:", v(@previousOutlet)))
    if @currentOutlet != @previousOutlet then
      output(concat("c:", v(@currentOutlet), "p:", v(@previousOutlet)))
      /* stuff I want to do if not equal deleted from here for clarity */
    endif
    set @previousOutlet = @currentOutlet
  next @i
endif

I get:
before if c:12345p:0
c:12345p:0
before if c:12345p:12345
c:12345p:12345

I would have expected to only see this on output:
before if c:12345p:0
c:12345p:0
before if c:12345p:12345

@email_rows has 2 rows, @email_rowcount is 2, the outletNumber is the same on both rows based on visual inspection and the output statements
So despite current being the same as previous, the content in the if is being printed. Is there something weird about variables that I need to use to allow inequality to be testing the value, is it some string matching weirdness?

A: Updated final answer, everything works like it should:

Group1

%%[
var @current, @previous
set @current = 0
set @previous = 1
set @fieldvalue = "1"

set @rows = LookupRows("UNEQUAL_TEST","GROUP", @fieldvalue)
set @rowCount = rowcount(@rows)

if @rowCount > 0 then
    for @i = 1 to @rowcount do
        set @row = row(@rows,@i)
        set @current = field(@row, "email")
        output(concat("Start Iteration:",@i,"
"))
        output(concat('BEFORE IF current:', v(@current), '; previous:', v(@previous),"
"))
        if @current != @previous then
            output(concat('NOT EQUAL current:', v(@current), '; previous:', v(@previous),"
"))
        endif
        set @previous = @current
        output(concat("End Iteration:",@i,"

"))
    next @i
endif

]%%

Group2

%%[
var @current, @previous
set @current = 0
set @previous = 1
set @fieldvalue = "2"

set @rows = LookupRows("UNEQUAL_TEST","GROUP", @fieldvalue)
set @rowCount = rowcount(@rows)

if @rowCount > 0 then
    for @i = 1 to @rowcount do
        set @row = row(@rows,@i)
        set @current = field(@row, "email")
        output(concat("Start Iteration:",@i,"
"))
        output(concat('BEFORE IF current:', v(@current), '; previous:', v(@previous),"
"))
        if @current != @previous then
            output(concat('NOT EQUAL current:', v(@current), '; previous:', v(@previous),"
"))
        endif
        set @previous = @current
        output(concat("End Iteration:",@i,"

"))
    next @i
endif

]%%

Group3

%%[
var @current, @previous
set @current = 0
set @previous = 1
set @fieldvalue = "3"

set @rows = LookupRows("UNEQUAL_TEST","GROUP", @fieldvalue)
set @rowCount = rowcount(@rows)

if @rowCount > 0 then
    for @i = 1 to @rowcount do
        set @row = row(@rows,@i)
        set @current = field(@row, "email")
        output(concat("Start Iteration:",@i,"
"))
        output(concat('BEFORE IF current:', v(@current), '; previous:', v(@previous),"
"))
        if @current != @previous then
            output(concat('NOT EQUAL current:', v(@current), '; previous:', v(@previous),"
"))
        endif
        set @previous = @current
        output(concat("End Iteration:",@i,"

"))
    next @i
endif

]%%

DataExtension UNEQUAL_TEST:

Output:
Group1
Start Iteration:1
BEFORE IF current:stackexchange@salesforce.com; previous:1
NOT EQUAL current:stackexchange@salesforce.com; previous:1
End Iteration:1

Start Iteration:2
BEFORE IF current:stackexchange@salesforce.com; previous:stackexchange@salesforce.com
End Iteration:2

Start Iteration:3
BEFORE IF current:stackexchange@salesforce.com; previous:stackexchange@salesforce.com
End Iteration:3

Group2
Start Iteration:1
BEFORE IF current:stackexchange@salesforce.com; previous:1
NOT EQUAL current:stackexchange@salesforce.com; previous:1
End Iteration:1

Start Iteration:2
BEFORE IF current:stackexchange@salesforce.com; previous:stackexchange@salesforce.com
End Iteration:2

Start Iteration:3
BEFORE IF current:DIFFERENT@salesforce.com; previous:stackexchange@salesforce.com
NOT EQUAL current:DIFFERENT@salesforce.com; previous:stackexchange@salesforce.com
End Iteration:3

Group3
Start Iteration:1
BEFORE IF current:1@salesforce.com; previous:1
NOT EQUAL current:1@salesforce.com; previous:1
End Iteration:1

Start Iteration:2
BEFORE IF current:2@salesforce.com; previous:1@salesforce.com
NOT EQUAL current:2@salesforce.com; previous:1@salesforce.com
End Iteration:2

Start Iteration:3
BEFORE IF current:3@salesforce.com; previous:2@salesforce.com
NOT EQUAL current:3@salesforce.com; previous:2@salesforce.com
End Iteration:3

end of final answer.

First answer:

Your code has some bad brackets. For example every output line needs to have two additional closing brackets.
My Script:
%%[
var @current, @previous
set @current = 0
set @previous = 1
set @fieldvalue = 999999

set @rows = LookupRows("DataExtension_Name","fieldname", @fieldvalue)
set @rowCount = rowcount(@rows)

if @rowCount > 0 then
    for @i = 1 to @rowcount do
        set @row = row(@rows,@i)
        set @current = field(@row, "otherOrSameFieldname")
        if @current == @previous then
            output(concat('EQUAL c:', v(@current), 'p:', v(@previous),"
"))
        elseif @current != @previous then
            output(concat('NOT EQUAL c:', v(@current), 'p:', v(@previous),"
"))
        endif
        set @previous = @current
    next @i
endif

]%%

Output when all values of "otherOrSameField" would be the same (12345) and you get 4 rows with your LookUpRows function:
NOT EQUAL c:12345p:1
EQUAL c:12345p:12345
EQUAL c:12345p:12345
EQUAL c:12345p:12345

This is like you want it to be.
Output when all values "otherOrSameField" are different and you get 4 rows with your LookUpRows function:
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This is also the way you want it to be. I do not understand what you think does not work.

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Player Report: Going into the 2017 WHL Draft we had Cole Shepard ranked 17th, with one of our scouts ranking him in there personal top ten list. Shepard ultimately fell to the middle of the second round due to question marks about where he would end up playing and in the Spring of 2018 he committed to Harvard University. His brother Jackson Shepard currently plays for the Lethbridge Hurricane of the WHL. Shepard spent his first bantam season playing for the North Shore Winter Club of the BC-T1 bantams. He would later go on to join the Delta Hockey Academy in his second bantam season, playing on Justin Sourdif's (Vancouver 1st round 2017) left wing for parts of the season and with Payton Mount (Seattle 1st Round 2017). He finished third on his team in points with 47 in 30 games played. He returned his post WHL draft season to Delta to play for there Midget Prep team last season. Notching 19 goals and 53 points in 34 games, leading his Midget Prep team in scoring, as well as earning some games up with the Penticton Vee's of the BCHL at the end of the season. He is currently committed to play for the Penticton Vee's this upcoming season and has not signed his WHL contract.
Cole is an enthusiastic playmaker who plays like a bumble bee around the ice. He is constantly moving his feet and supporting the play. Consistently slips in and out of coverage. He is sneaky in the sense that he can find ice behind players and go unnoticed by the other team before springing himself into an offensive opportunity. Cole is one of the most dynamic players in his 2002 class, he has some of the best footwork and edge work you will see in a kid his age. Shepard is one of the most elusive forwards with how he is able to attack with elite speed and also be able to change direction quickly. Explosive deft acceleration both with and without the puck. One of the best quotes I ever got from a scout on Shepard was "If he was a speed skater, he would be in the olympics" because he is just that fast as a player and his motor/endurance is marathon level. He can beat defenders one on one in many different way's, by either drive a lane outside and beating them with speed or deceptively changing his line of attack too quickly for defenders to adjust to or by slowing down the pace of the game and distributing the puck on the rush. His hands keep up well to his feet, this past season he looked a lot more confident leading the rush and attacking defenders one on one, he has got good hands and is able to control the puck well in tight areas. Shepard's game is much more of a playmaking style than either a scorer or two-way player. Being able to distribute the puck productively on his forehand and his on his backhand at top speed, with good vision on the puck. Making plays to the middle of the ice from the perimeter and working off his passes to create space for himself. Definitely one of the toughest to contain 2002's in Western Canada, he avoids getting touched by defenders. His speed makes players around him better and his slippery nature opens up options for his team mates. This past season he started to play with a bit more grit, he often avoided physical contact in Bantam's and going into corners, he looked a lot feistier on the ice and was often the first in on the forecheck. Shepard also has shown that he can put the puck in the back of the net. His anticipation away from the puck and sneaky nature often result in him getting great opportunities around the net. Also has the ability to change the angle of his shots and force the puck into a high percentage scoring area. He doesn't have a great shot but once he adds muscle to his frame he should be able to score more efficiently. Still under developed physically, once he continues to grow and get bigger I am excited to see the damage he can do on teams at the Junior and Pro levels. A player whose footwork is so elite you might have to compare it to a player like Pavel Bure.
Shepard is stepping into his first junior season this year with the Penticton Vee's of the BCHL. The Vee's have a great track record of producing NHL talent and Shepard is likely going to be one of the players who will continue that trend. I feel as if he might struggle out of the gates, the physical play might be too much for him at first but he will get used to it and be a dangerous Junior A player. I'd bet on him producing around 25-40 points his rookie season with the Vee's, most of these likely come in the latter half of the season. In his second season he should be around a point per game, with Canada West Junior A World Championship time to his resume. Should be above a 50 assist player in his final season with the Vee's before heading to Boston and playing with Harvard.


The piercing, high-pitched squeal of defective brakes. When you hear it next to you from another car, it's annoying. When you hear it from your own car, it's scary.
When is a little squealing just a natural mechanical sound of brakes doing their job, and when is it a sign of serious mechanical failure?
Modern brake pads (the plates used to protect the main metal parts in your braking system) and their linings are no longer made of asbestos (thanks to the EPA), but of tiny slivers of metal and other materials compressed tightly together. These high-tech brake pads and linings are much harder than asbestos. They have excellent friction qualities, but, unfortunately, they often make noise because of the metal fibers contained in them. If you rub metal on metal, even if it's nearly microscopic metal fibers, you can imagine how you're going to hear some squealing.
Changes in temperature or changes in the moisture content of the atmosphere also affect friction characteristics that can set off a round of squeaking and squealing. . In these cases, intervention by your mechanic is not necessary.
Drip, drip, drip. First, look down where car was parked after you move out a parking space. Are you leaking brake fluid? You're checking for stains or small puddles of fluid that don't look like oil or coolant. Motor oil will probably have a brown or black look and feel slimy to the touch. Coolant will appear green and more watery. Brake fluid can look like fresh motor oil, but it doesn't have that slimy feel. You'll need to get your hands dirty, but check those puddles. If you're leaking brake fluid, consult a mechanic. You may need to check the seals or bleed the brake lines.
Scrape, scrape, scrape: One sound you should never hear from your brakes is the horrible scraping of metal on metal. In such cases, you have no brake pad left and are literally stopping your car by grinding your metal brake parts against each other. After only a few instances of this metal on metal friction, your brakes parts will be absolutely ruined. As soon as you hear such metallic scraping, call a tow truck and get to a mechanic. The money you spend on the tow will be nothing compared to the money you'd spend on an entire new brake system.
So, your cars brakes requires a little detective work on your part. A sharp ear, a few dirty fingernails and some common sense will keep you going – or, in this case, stopping – for countless miles to come.


A New Zealand researcher has been recognised for a major breakthrough in the treatment of a virus which causes liver failure.
ceremony in Wellington last night.
that already offer needle exchange or methadone services.
commission set up to investigate the impact of the disease.
hepatology at Foundation for Liver Research, London.
priceless. But health economists sometimes have a number in mind.
what the heck is a "quality adjusted life year" anyway?
syringes than clean ones distributed to drug addicts.
Be sure to check out our new HCSP fact sheet: Hepatitis C Around the World: Hepatitis C in Canada, by Cheryl Reitz and C.D. Mazoff.
cirrhosis and liver cancer in about one-fifth of them.
economic costs of the diseases.


Keith B. Bright High (juvenile Hall) is a public high school of the Bishop Unified School District located in Independence, CA. It has 1 students in grades 7th through 12th. Keith B. Bright High (juvenile Hall) is the 2,627th largest public high school in California and the 25,948th largest nationally. It has a student teacher ratio of 0.6 to 1.
You can also use the form below to search for alumni info and Keith B. Bright High (juvenile Hall) students.


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Painting a Colorful Future
10 Jan 2016 Success Stories
"We live surrounded by fear and uncertainty. Small issues can spark violent clashes between different ethnic groups in our area. I just want peace so that we live our lives fully, do our businesses, sit freely on the sidewalks and our children do not miss school even for a day. I feel that I must use my art to highlight and reinforce positive values and play a part in bringing peace to this city."
Ayub Khan, grew up in a conflict-ridden and gang-infested area of Karachi called Lyari. Despite his tough neighborhood, Ayub has always been a sensitive student and his interest in painting began at an early age. His innate talent and flair for art found expression at school when his teachers encouraged him to paint and draw. Along with participating in several school-level art competitions, Ayub also won the First Prize in an art competition organized by Toyota Motors.
After graduating from TCF in 2013, Ayub got involved in an effort to promote peace through art in Karachi under the banner of 'I am Karachi.' This initiative focuses on replacing negative and politically charged graffiti around the city with visual images and messages that illustrate positive values such as peace, tolerance and diversity. Most recently, Ayub launched a promising career in the arts when more than fifty of his paintings were exhibited at the National Museum of Pakistan.
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Australotachina is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae. There is at least one described species in Australotachina, A. calliphoroides.

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Peterborough City Council is planning to nearly halve the value of grants it provides to a large number of community and resident associations.
At present, most most community associations receive £1,250 each, from a total budget of £65k. The council wants to slash this budget by £30k and introduce a system in which associations will have to bid for funding and become actively involved with neighbourhood councils (which will have access to additional funding through the development pot).


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(a) Procedures to obtain documentary evidence; protection of certain privacy interests
The Attorney General shall, within six months of October 13, 1980, issue guidelines for the procedures to be employed by any Federal officer or employee, in connection with the investigation or prosecution of an offense, to obtain documentary materials in the private possession of a person when the person is not reasonably believed to be a suspect in such offense or related by blood or marriage to such a suspect, and when the materials sought are not contraband or the fruits or instrumentalities of an offense. The Attorney General shall incorporate in such guidelines--
(1) a recognition of the personal privacy interests of the person in possession of such documentary materials;
(2) a requirement that the least intrusive method or means of obtaining such materials be used which do not substantially jeopardize the availability or usefulness of the materials sought to be obtained;
(3) a recognition of special concern for privacy interests in cases in which a search or seizure for such documents would intrude upon a known confidential relationship such as that which may exist between clergyman and parishioner; lawyer and client; or doctor and patient; and
(4) a requirement that an application for a warrant to conduct a search governed by this subchapter be approved by an attorney for the government, except that in an emergency situation the application may be approved by another appropriate supervisory official if within 24 hours of such emergency the appropriate United States Attorney is notified.
(b) Use of search warrants; reports to Congress
The Attorney General shall collect and compile information on, and report annually to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the use of search warrants by Federal officers and employees for documentary materials described in subsection (a)(3) of this section.
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Get to know your Directors!
ANDY HATCHER
Andy Hatcher first started at Olympia in 2014 as a counselor and absolutely loved it. From 2015 through 2018 he worked as a summer assistant director helping out with many roles including Ropes AD and Point AD. Andy recently got married to Jasie Hatcher. They both joined as a year-round Assistant Director in 2021. Andy now serves as our Waterfront Director and oversees everything down at the Point.
Andy graduated from Tarleton State University with a Bachelors Degree in Agricultural Industries and Agencies as well as a Masters Degree in Agricultural and Consumer Resources. While at Tarleton, he played football and lacrosse and was a member of Delta Chi.
While not at work, Andy can be found spending time with his wife, their 3 dogs Nala, Binelli, and Roscoe as well as their blue and gold macaw named Harley. He also loves to ride his horse named Pistol. His love for the water sports industry is big time. He has a passion for teaching people new sports on the water and loves to pass that passion along to our summer boat drivers.
Fun fact: Andy is an avid cowboy boot collector and shapes his own cowboy hats.
If you have any questions or need to Contact Andy, send him and email or give him a call at 936-594-2541.
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Prop 47 savings underestimated
July 19, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright
Governor Jerry Brown
California Governor Jerry Brown's 2016-17 budget underestimates the promise of Proposition 47 by over $100 million, according to the Legislative Analyst's Office.
Proposition 47 reclassified certain nonviolent drug and petty-theft related offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. The money supposedly saved was intended to enhance rehabilitation efforts at the county level.
Brown's 2016-17 budget estimates a net savings of only $29.3 million from Proposition 47 to be deposited from the general fund into the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund (SNSF).
"64% of California's jail population is awaiting trial or sentencing as of December 2016." Most remain in pretrial custody because they cannot afford bail. Jail Profile Survey, http://www.bscc.ca.gov/
The funds are continuously appropriated to augment existing mental health and substance abuse programs, truancy and dropout prevention and victim services.
The administration estimates 80,000 fewer felony cases will be filed, resulting in 74,000 additional misdemeanor cases. This decreases state prison population by an estimated annual average of 4,700 inmates.
Results from the study out of UC Irvine suggest the passage of Proposition 47 in 2014 "has had no effect on violent crimes, including homicide, rape, aggravated assault and robbery," The Orange Country Register said.
The Legislative Analyst's Office (LOA), a non-partisan government entity that provides fiscal and policy information and advice to the State Legislature, concluded Brown's budget proposal underestimates the savings of Proposition 47 by over $100 million in the prior fiscal year
The LAO arrives at this whopping disparity by using the governor's 4,700 inmate estimate annually but challenging the governor's calculation of the net savings at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and state courts.
Specifically, the LAO estimates the annual CDCR net savings would be $83 million more, the costs of reclassification should be $10 million less, and the court costs to adjudicate the reclassified crimes should net an additional $10 million in court savings.
Proposition 47 supporter B. Wayne Hughes Jr. wrote a story for the Orange County Register estimating savings at $296 million.
Some officials are questioning the magnitude of projected savings, Wave Wire Services reported. They are urging Brown and the Legislature to increase the funding in the May budget revision and budget adoption in June.
New Report Highlights Hidden Prison Expenses
Filed Under: Legal, Prison Reform Tagged With: Legislative Analyst's Office, Proposition 47, Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund


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From: Tim Ireland
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:20:06 GMT
>From PG news...
Amazon.com, the world's largest Internet retailer, is being sued by one of
the world's smallest publishers, Toby Press Inc.
At issue: whether Amazon.com is lying to prospective customers by stating a
book is unavailable, when in reality, it may be available, but not through
Amazon.com.
In its lawsuit, Toby Press says it has refused to sell any of the six titles
it publishes through Amazon.com, and instead is making them available only
through its catalog or Web site, www.tobypress.com.
But instead of telling customers that the books are available elsewhere, the
lawsuit says, Amazon.com is stating that it is out of stock and buyers
should check back in four to six weeks.
http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews/19991208amazon2.asp
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Ann Cass, of Proyecto Azteca, is pictured far left at the 'Las Colonias in the 21st Century' conference in McAllen on Friday, July 31. Cass said there would soon be "exciting news" about new model subdivision rules for Hidalgo County.
EDINBURG, RGV – Hidalgo County is to change its planning rules in an attempt to cut down on the proliferation of flood-prone subdivisions and colonias in rural areas.
Under the proposed new plans developers who want to build more than a mile from a drainage ditch will likely have to build an on-site retention pond capable of handling a 100-year storm.
Details of the proposed rule changes were discussed at a planning meeting held at the county's health and human services office in Edinburg on Monday. Planning Director T.J. Arrendondo gave a power-point presentation on the need for change. The slideshow included photos from the recent heavy flooding in and around Edinburg.
"We are working on having our subdivision rules in the county upgraded to address drainage requirements in the rural areas," Raul Sesin, drainage director for Hidalgo County, told the Rio Grande Guardian at the end of the meeting.
Community groups that work with colonia residents are delighted Hidalgo County is working on toughening its model subdivision rules.
Cass alluded to the rule changes while speaking on a panel discussing colonia housing at a conference organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas at the McAllen Convention Center last Friday. The conference was titled Las Colonias in the 21st Century – Progress Along the Texas-Mexico Border. "There will soon be some exciting news," Cass said.
Asked afterwards what the exciting news will be, Cass urged reporters to attend Monday's Hidalgo County planning department meeting to find out more. "The new rules will not solve the drainage issues we have with our existing colonias but it will keep the proliferation of new colonias down," Cass told the Rio Grande Guardian.
Cass said she expects to see Hidalgo County Commissioners Court hold a workshop about the new subdivision rules in the coming months.
Speaking at the Las Colonias conference, state Sen. Eddie Lucio spoke about the frustration he has experienced in trying to pass legislation to give border counties greater authority to control rural development.
"For years, developers were allowed to exploit the innocence of those who needed affordable housing and were allowed to sell lots and build colonias without providing the types of basic service that most of us take for granted – water, wastewater, electricity, and drainage to name a few," Lucio said, in his keynote speech.
Lucio said the Legislature has passed laws to outlaw the exploitation of colonia residents through predatory land sales practices like contracts for deed. However, he said these practices continue along parts of the border.
In her interview with the Rio Grande Guardian, Cass agreed that the Legislature has not been able to help border counties very much when it comes to stopping the proliferation of substandard subdivisions.


Update as of 12/30/2011: Our daughter is 16 months on the 18th and she is walking more, says: "da-da!" and is very strong willed and ambitious (much like a WV woman, haha). We now have a small farm: 7 rabbits (5 are babies) a chow-Golden Retriever mix named Saprano, a cat and two other small dogs. A full house. As of now, I'm in school to be a funeral director and looking also into management, of course to add onto the history and English degrees I currently hold, and my wife and I celebrated our two year anniversary on Dec. 24, 2011. It's been a great year!
Update as of 1/01/2011: Happy New Year! Our daughter, Aurora Lynn was born Sept. 18, 2010 at 7:20 am. We have a rabbit and a dog now.
Update as of 2-9-10: Kristian and I married on Dec. 24 at my house in Summerfield. It was to be a pool-side wedding, but cold weather put us inside where we had a holiday-themed wedding in front of our tree. And here's some other good news... I'm going to be a dad, again! Kristian is Due Oct. 8th, or that week. So the whole Ware family is thrilled for a new addition to our home!
After working for 12 years in the newspaper industry, I moved into a temporary teaching job in Florida where I became involved in the local funeral home, Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services. I have since left teaching English and Reading to pursue interests in the funeral home business. On another note, I have a small business in the area called Paragon Pictures, printing specialty products, business cards, and putting photos and video to DVD.
P.S. I am engaged to a wonderful, beautiful woman, Kristian, and I have a cute stepdaughter, Alexandria Joy.
Eric Ware has a birthday today.
Kristian, Eric and baby Alexandria.
John Eric Ware, son of John and Hilda Ware of Sutton, would like to announce his marriage to Kristian Joy Beach of Fruitland Park, FL. The holiday-themed wedding took place at the Ware's home in Summerfield, FL, on December 24, 2009, and was attended by family and friends, as well as Kristian's 11-month-old daughter, Alexandria Joy. Kristian Joy Beach is the daughter of Bonnie Beach, of Fruitland Park, Fl.


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Q: ESP32-Mini-1 Power management and UART communication I am designing a board that incorporates an ESP32-mini-1.  I'm able to connect to the chip via UART, but programming the chip fails with an error: A fatal error occurred: Serial data stream stopped: Possible serial noise or corruption.
Since I can connect to the chip and get a response, I suspect there is a power supply issue with the circuit, but I'm not sure what.
Here is my circuit:

I can verify via Minicom that the ESP32 is responsive:

idf.py is able to get the chip information, so it's able to do bidirectional communication:

However, it seems to fail at random places.  Sometimes it will get maybe 8% through, and then fail, other times it fails more quickly.
I compared my schematic with the ESP32-Mini-1 dev kit schematic and the only difference I see is a 22uf capacitor on mine vs a 10uf capacitor on theirs.  I don't have any capacitors on my 3.3v regulator, but even when I'm using the 12v power supply + buck converter I have the same issue.
Thanks in advance!


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**NEW** FY 2021 ACEP
ACEP-WRE Ranking Sheet
ACEP-ALE Ranking Form
NEWS RELEASE: ACEP FY 2021 Signup Application Deadline
APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE BY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021
The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands and wetlands and their related benefits.. Under the Agricultural Land Easements component, NRCS helps Indian tribes, state and local governments and non-governmental organizations protect working agricultural lands and limit non-agricultural uses of the land. Under the Wetlands Reserve Easements component, NRCS helps to restore, protect and enhance enrolled wetlands.
Agricultural Land Easements protect the long-term viability of the nation's food supply by preventing conversion of productive working lands to non-agricultural uses. Land protected by agricultural land easements provides additional public benefits, including environmental quality, historic preservation, wildlife habitat and protection of open space.
Wetland Reserve Easements provide habitat for fish and wildlife, including threatened and endangered species, improve water quality by filtering sediments and chemicals, reduce flooding, recharge groundwater, protect biological diversity and provide opportunities for educational, scientific and limited recreational activities.
Agricultural Land Easements
NRCS provides financial assistance to eligible partners for purchasing Agricultural Land Easements that protect the agricultural use and conservation values of eligible land. In the case of working farms, the program helps farmers and ranchers keep their land in agriculture. The program also protects grazing uses and related conservation values by conserving grassland, including rangeland, pastureland and shrubland. Eligible partners include Indian tribes, state and local governments and non-governmental organizations that have farmland or grassland protection programs.
Under the Agricultural Land component, NRCS may contribute up to 50 percent of the fair market value of the agricultural land easement. Where NRCS determines that grasslands of special environmental significance will be protected, NRCS may contribute up to 75 percent of the fair market value of the agricultural land easement.
Wetland Reserve Easements
NRCS also provides technical and financial assistance directly to private landowners and Indian tribes to restore, protect, and enhance wetlands through the purchase of a wetland reserve easement. For acreage owned by an Indian tribe, there is an additional enrollment option of a 30-year contract.
Through the wetland reserve enrollment options, NRCS may enroll eligible land through:
Permanent Easements – Permanent Easements are conservation easements in perpetuity. NRCS pays 100 percent of the easement value for the purchase of the easement. Additionally, NRCS pays between 75 to 100 percent of the restoration costs.
30-year Easements – 30-year easements expire after 30 years. Under 30-year easements, NRCS pays 50 to 75 percent of the easement value for the purchase of the easement. Additionally, NRCS pays between 50 to 75 percent of the restoration costs.
Term Easements - Term easements are easements that are for the maximum duration allowed under applicable State laws. NRCS pays 50 to 75 percent of the easement value for the purchase of the term easement. Additionally, NRCS pays between 50 to 75 percent of the restoration costs.
30-year Contracts – Term easements are easements that are for the maximum duration allowed under applicable State laws. NRCS pays 50 to 75 percent of the easement value for the purchase of the term easement. Additionally, NRCS pays between 50 to 75 percent of the restoration costs.
For wetland reserve easements, NRCS pays all costs associated with recording the easement in the local land records office, including recording fees, charges for abstracts, survey and appraisal fees, and title insurance.
Land eligible for agricultural easements includes cropland, rangeland, grassland, pastureland and nonindustrial private forest land. NRCS will prioritize applications that protect agricultural uses and related conservation values of the land and those that maximize the protection of contiguous acres devoted to agricultural use.
Land eligible for wetland reserve easements includes farmed or converted wetland that can be successfully and cost-effectively restored. NRCS will prioritize applications based the easement's potential for protecting and enhancing habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife.
To enroll land through agricultural land easements, NRCS enters into cooperative agreements with eligible partners. Each easement is required to have an agricultural land easement plan that promotes the long-term viability of the land.
To enroll land through wetland reserve easements, NRCS enters into purchase agreements with eligible private landowners or Indian tribes that include the right for NRCS to develop and implement a wetland reserve restoration easement plan. This plan restores, protects, and enhances the wetland's functions and values.
ACEP Fact Sheet (PDF, 1.2MB)
To learn how to get started with NRCS, visit www.nrcs.usda.gov/getstarted
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Catolaccus grandis är en stekelart som först beskrevs av Burks 1954.  Catolaccus grandis ingår i släktet Catolaccus och familjen puppglanssteklar. Inga underarter finns listade.

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