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Drama, War
Michiel Huisman, Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley
The Ottoman Lieutenant is a love story between an idealistic American nurse and a Turkish officer in World War I.
Drama, Thriller, War
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli
Two American Soldiers are trapped by a lethal sniper, with only an unsteady wall between them.
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Action, Adventure, Drama
Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou
Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy - whether he likes it or not.
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Florence Hartigan, Luke Spencer Roberts, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews
20 years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Emma Watson, Ellar Coltrane, Glenne Headly, Bill Paxton
A woman lands a dream job at a powerful tech company called the Circle, only to uncover an agenda that will affect the lives of all of humanity.
Joey King, Morgan Freeman, Peter Serafinowicz, Ann-Margret
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
S.W.A.T.: Under Siege
2017year 0min N/AIMDB
Sam Jaeger, Adrianne Palicki, Michael Jai White, Kyra Zagorsky
A SWAT compound comes under fire from an international terrorist who relentlessly and violently pursues a mystery man who was apprehended by Seattle SWAT after a raid went horribly wrong.
Action, Comedy, Drama
Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson
Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City, and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.
Sean Bean, Patrick Sabongui, Mary McCormack, Maxwell Haynes
Ideologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman.
Action, Crime, Drama
Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Animation, Comedy, Family
Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow
A suit-wearing, briefcase-carrying baby pairs up with his 7-year old brother to stop the dastardly plot of the CEO of Puppy Co.
Route Irish
Action, Drama, Thriller
Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop, Geoff Bell
The story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the truth.
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Drama, Music, Musical
Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser, Wendy Ferguson
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorizes the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves.
Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Action, Adventure, Biography
Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland
A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, who disappeared while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.
Eion Bailey, Bethany Joy Lenz, Barkhad Abdi, Danny Glover
When a Caribbean family vacation takes a disastrous turn, a father finds himself at the mercy of a cold-blooded fisherman, and a desperate race against the clock to save his wife and son.


Every strata corporation must have bylaws. Rules are optional.
Bylaws serve as a strata corporation's constitution. They also reflect each strata community's values. A strata owner is always subject to the community interests expressed in the bylaws.
Bylaws can have a significant influence on the operation of a strata corporation. They are also intrusive when they affect how an owner or a tenant may use a strata lot. For example, although we like to think that our home is our castle, in a residential strata complex the bylaws may, among other things, prohibit rentals, restrict the number of adults who may occupy a strata lot, or restrict pets.
When a strata corporation is created by the deposit of a strata plan, the corporation acquires the default bylaws contained in the statute in force at the time the strata plan was filed. The technical term for default bylaws is standard bylaws. Since the default bylaws are found in a statute, we can refer to them as the statutory bylaws.
A strata corporation may change virtually everything in its statutory bylaws, subject to some legal restrictions. A strata corporation alters its statutory bylaws by passing a custom-made bylaw to add to, or subtract from, the statutory bylaws, or by creating a new bylaw or entirely deleting a statutory bylaw. To the extent that a custom-made bylaw deals with a particular subject in a way that differs from the statutory bylaws, the custom-made bylaw overrides the statutory bylaws.
The technical term for passing a custom-made bylaw is amending the bylaws. Similarly, a custom-made bylaw is called an amended bylaw. To be legally enforceable, an amended bylaw must be filed with the strata plan at the Land Title Office.
A strata corporation can tailor its bylaws to reflect the concerns of its members. Many strata corporations, for example, have amended their bylaws to address issues such as rental and pet restrictions. Sometimes, a strata corporation amends its bylaws to address a recurring problem within the strata community. For example, a large strata corporation that has difficulties with the manner in which general meetings are conducted may wish to incorporate into its bylaws certain rules of order that relate to meeting procedures.
The courts tend to interpret bylaws liberally, placing more emphasis on their purpose than technicalities. Strata Plan VIS 4663 v. Little, 2 is a good illustration.
The court described the strata development as a very attractive village of permanently located recreational vehicles with significant improvements to most of them, including railed decks.
Awnings may be installed on permitted recreation vehicles PROVIDED ALWAYS that in no case shall awnings be enclosed with the exception of partial enclosures by transparent material. . . .
The owner made certain improvements to her strata lot, including construction of a deck adjacent to the exterior of her recreational vehicle. There was a small gap between the vehicle and the deck. The owner also built a roof over the entire deck and enclosed half the deck with siding, glass and a screen.
The strata corporation complained that the owner's new deck extended the width of her recreational vehicle beyond the maximum permitted by the bylaws. The owner apparently argued that the deck was not actually an extension because the small space separated the vehicle from the deck.
The strata corporation was prepared to characterize the new roof as an awning, but complained that the area enclosed with siding, glass and a screen breached the bylaws. The owner argued that the materials enclosing the deck were permissible because they were "transparent materials" within the meaning of the bylaws.
The British Columbia Court of Appeal enforced the bylaws and upheld an earlier order requiring the owner to remove her improvements.
Respect for collected governance of a community requires that bylaws be interpreted purposively, so that they accomplish the community's goals.
In my view, the small gap is not enough reason to find that the improvement could not reasonably be regarded as an extension of the R.V. such that it now exceeds the permitted size. Moreover, the improvement the (owner) built can reasonably be regarded as not coming within the definition of an "awning." It is difficult to find that a combination of sliding door, glass and screen windows, and siding comparable to that on the R.V. constitutes a "partial enclosure of transparent material." To suggest otherwise would be to put the strata council in the straitjacket of a highly technical, literal interpretation of bylaws designed to be applied pragmatically and fairly for the good of the community.
Rules are less formal than bylaws. In general, they regulate only the use of common property and common assets. Rules are optional; a strata corporation does not have to have them. A strata council may make rules without first consulting the owners, although the eligible voters must later ratify each new rule. Rules are not filed at the Land Title Office, but they form part of a strata corporation's records.
Generally speaking, everything concerning the bylaws and rules of a strata corporation applies equally to a section's bylaws and rules, subject to the legislation and to any necessary modifications inherent in dealing with a section, as opposed to a strata corporation.
A strata corporation must provide access to its bylaws and rules to every owner and tenant, and to a person authorized in writing by an owner or tenant. The strata corporation must also provide access to its bylaws and rules to a former owner, or in some cases to a former tenant, or to a person authorized in writing by the former owner or tenant. If someone with access rights asks to inspect the strata corporation's bylaws or rules, the strata corporation must comply with the request within eight days. While the Strata Property Act 7 says the strata corporation must comply "within one week", under the Interpretation Act 8 we must calculate this one-week period by excluding the first day and including the last day. This translates into eight days.
For more information about access to a strata corporation's records, including bylaws and rules, see Chapter 13, Record Keeping.


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The Second Edition covers changes in the context of counselling practice - particularly in health care settings - such as the use of tools to measure outcomes, evidence-based practice and clinical governance. The common principles of care and working with other professionals are also explored.
This Second Edition is essential reading both for counsellors in health care settings and those practising in more general contexts. It is also suitable for all mental health workers needing a clear, practical introduction to working with clients.
Brian Daines is an independent practitioner, Clinical Tutor in Psychosexual Medicine at University of Sheffield and a college counsellor. Linda Gask is Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry at University of Manchester and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in Salford. Amanda Howe is Professor of Primary Care at the Institute of Health, University of East Anglia.


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Q: Retrieve select value with redux-form I am quite a beginner so don't be offensed by my question, it must be something stupid but I have been stuck for 2 long, trying so much things I found when searching.
My problem is simple as hell, I use React and redux with the redux-form library. My form is quite simple and works for all the fields except... my combobox for which I don't manage to retrieve any data. It is like my Field select component was not visible from my react component which does not seem to react to its state etc.
Here is my code (3 different files) :
Shared utility functions file
export const renderSelectField = (field) => {
  var styles = {};
  var containerStyle = getInputStylesContainer();

  if (field.input.value || field.meta.touched) {
    if (!field.meta.error) {
      styles = getInputStylesSuccess();
      containerStyle = classNames(containerStyle, {'has-success': true});
    } else {
      styles = getInputStylesError();
      containerStyle = classNames(containerStyle, {'has-error': true});
    }
  }

  return (

    {displayInputLabel(styles.idInput, field.label)}
    <select className='form-control' name={field.input.name} id={styles.idInput} aria-describedby={styles.ariaDescribedBy}>
      {field.options}
    </select>

    {field.meta.touched && field.meta.error &&
    displayErrorMessage(field.meta.error)}

);
};

The container for the component
export class ProfileContainer extends React.Component {
  render () {
    // TODO: Check user connection (via the store or via a check within the cookie ?
    // TODO: Retrieve the proper userId (via mapStateToProps
    if (this.props.connected === false) browserHistory.push('/');
    return <ProfileForm
      user={this.props.user}
      fields={this.props.fields}
      errorMessage={this.props.errorMessage}
      confirmationMessage={this.props.confirmationMessage}
      onSubmitProfileUpdate={this.props.onSubmitProfileUpdate} />;
  }
}

ProfileContainer.propTypes = {
  user: React.PropTypes.object,
  connected: React.PropTypes.bool,
  fields: React.PropTypes.shape({
    email: React.PropTypes.string,
    firstname: React.PropTypes.string,
    lastname: React.PropTypes.string,
    ranking: React.PropTypes.string,
    telephone: React.PropTypes.string,
    city: React.PropTypes.string
  }),
  errorMessage: React.PropTypes.string,
  confirmationMessage: React.PropTypes.string,
  onSubmitProfileUpdate: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired
};

const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
  return {
    connected: state.userConnection.connection.connected,
    user: state.userConnection.loadProfile.user,
    errorMessage: state.profile.error,
    confirmationMessage: state.profile.confirmation
  };
};

const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => {
  return {
    onSubmitProfileUpdate: (values) => {
      const user = {
        email: values.email,
        telephone: values.telephone,
        firstname: values.firstname,
        lastname: values.lastname,
        city: values.city,
        ranking: values.ranking
      };
      console.log(values);
      console.log('RANKING', user.ranking);
      dispatch(profileUpdate(user));
    }
  };
};

export default connect(
  mapStateToProps,
  mapDispatchToProps
)(ProfileContainer);

Component with the form
class ProfileForm extends React.Component {

  getTennisRankingsOptions (rankings) {
    return (
      tennisRankings.map(ranking =>
        <option value={ranking} key={ranking}>{ranking}</option>)
    );
  }
  render () {
    const { handleSubmit } = this.props;
    const messageClassname = this.props.errorMessage !== undefined ? stylesShared.errorMessage : this.props.confirmationMessage !== undefined ? stylesShared.confirmationMessage : '';
    return (

            <form onSubmit={handleSubmit(this.props.onSubmitProfileUpdate)}>

Votre profil

                {this.props.errorMessage &&
                {this.props.errorMessage}
                }
                {this.props.confirmationMessage &&
                {this.props.confirmationMessage}
                }

                <Field name='firstname' type='text' label='Prénom' component={renderBasicField} />

                <Field name='lastname' type='text' label='Nom' component={renderBasicField} />

                <Field name='email' type='email' label='Email' component={renderEmailField} />

                <Field name='telephone' type='text' label='Téléphone' component={renderBasicField} />

                <Field name='ranking' className='input-row form-group form-control' options={this.getTennisRankingsOptions()} type='select' component={renderSelectField} />

                <Field name='city' type='text' label='Ville' component={renderBasicField} />

                <button className='btn btn-info btn-lg center-block' type='submit'>Mettre à jour</button>

            </form>

    );
  }
}

ProfileForm.propTypes = {
  user: React.PropTypes.object,
  fields: React.PropTypes.shape({
    firstname: React.PropTypes.string,
    lastname: React.PropTypes.string,
    email: React.PropTypes.string,
    telephone: React.PropTypes.string,
    ranking: React.PropTypes.string,
    city: React.PropTypes.string
  }),
  errorMessage: React.PropTypes.string,
  confirmationMessage: React.PropTypes.string,
  onSubmitProfileUpdate: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
  handleSubmit: propTypes.handleSubmit,
  initialize: propTypes.initialize
};

const validateProfileForm = values => {
  const errors = {};

  if (!values.firstname) errors.firstname = 'Un prénom est requis';
  else if (validator.isLength(values.firstname + '', {min: 0, max: 1})) errors.firstname = 'Votre prénom doit faire au moins 2 caractères';

  if (!values.lastname) errors.lastname = 'Un nom est requis';
  else if (validator.isLength(values.lastname + '', {min: 0, max: 1})) errors.lastname = 'Votre nom doit faire au moins 2 caractères';

  if (!values.email) errors.email = 'Un email est requis';
  else if (!validator.isEmail(values.email + '')) {
    errors.email = 'Adresse email invalide';
  }

  if (!values.telephone) errors.telephone = 'Un telephone est requis';
  else if (!validator.isMobilePhone(values.telephone + '', 'fr-FR')) {
    errors.telephone = 'Téléphone invalide';
  }

  if (!values.password) errors.password = 'Un mot de passe est requis';
  else if (validator.isLength(values.password + '', {min: 0, max: 4})) errors.password = 'Votre mot de passe doit faire au moins 5 caractères';

  return errors;
};

export default reduxForm({
  form: 'profile',
  validate: validateProfileForm
})(ProfileForm);

Thanks a lot for your help, I feel like desperate (usual feeling for a noob I guess XD )

A: Your problem is simple, you don't bind anything to the onChange handler of select element. Generally, you can just take the onChange function provided as a prop by redux-form through the Field component.
You can do something like this (removed bits of your code to just show the beef):
export const renderSelectField = (field) => {
  // *snip snip*
  return (

      {displayInputLabel(styles.idInput, field.label)}
      <select className='form-control' name={field.input.name}
        id={styles.idInput} aria-describedby={styles.ariaDescribedBy}
        onChange={field.input.onChange}>
        {field.options}
      </select>

      {field.meta.touched && field.meta.error &&
    displayErrorMessage(field.meta.error)}

);
};

Hope this helps!

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My niece and my nephew live in Chile (You can see all my posts visiting them HERE). We see each other once a year- well, twice if we are lucky. This means that I love to make sure I'm bonding with them so they won't forget me until we see each other again. You would see me playing random games, and running around.
1. My nephew carrying a gift for my baby while saying "Any this is for your baby" I almost melted.
3. Borrowing my older brother's collective toys for a bit because my nephew couldn't understand how his uncle had toys but wouldn't play with them.
4. Apparently my niece loves gum so we would steal mints and gum from my mom's purse. She would find it hilarious to be all mischievous.
5. Seeing Gabe run around with both of them until they complained about starting to sweat haha.
6. I laughed a lot because my niece wouldn't understand how there was a baby in my belly. She kept saying to me that I look small. At the time I was 20 weeks pregnant.
7. Seeing my nephew play superheroes with my brother. They were dad-son goals! It makes me super excited to meet my baby boy.
8. Feeding the birds with my niece at this park. We were laughing SO hard. I'm terrified of birds but I was trying to look all strong for her.
9. Collecting seashells at the seashore so they could decorate their sandcastles!
10. My niece screaming while driving away saying "TE AMO DANI". She has a big personality so saying that was priceless. SO SWEET!
WAOOO QUE LUGAR MAS LINDO!
how fun are these pictures and those super cute earrings!
Hi Daniela, your niece and nephew are so cute and charming. It seems to me that they super gentle and keep quiet always rather than gaming time. It quite natural hat kids will make noise, but they may be different from all others. The outings photos are so beautiful ever, I have enjoyed all these here.


Two case studies created by Explore Communications were published by one of my clients this week.
The process of putting together a case study can often be a long one, and not always assured of an outcome, so it was heartening to see these case studies make it across the 'finish line'.
Case studies or 'success stories' continue to be one of the best ways for your business to communicate a message to your target audience – for all sorts of reasons. At its heart, a good case study tells a story, and storytelling, or a strong narrative structure, is a very effective way to communicate. In addition to storytelling, a case study is the ultimate endorsement for your product or service – because your customer is willing to go on the record to explain the benefits your product has brought to their organisation.
And what makes a great case study? Most importantly, your customer needs to have a good story – and if you ask the right questions, all customers have a good story to tell. What makes a case study so compelling is the opportunity it gives you to present your product from a perspective that strikes a chord with the audience – they might identify with the business situation, the industry sector, a technical issue, or some other aspect that you uncover and explore.
The two case studies published this week were for ShoreTel, an international unified communications and contact centre technology vendor. The first case study is for a New Zealand law firm – one of NZ's oldest, founded in 1840. What was really striking about the project for Bell Gully was that the telephony system replacement project was completed in just eight weeks, with barely a hitch. The second case study, for Singapore-based printing company Tien Wah Press, was also notable for the 'venerability' of the customer, with the company in business for nearly 80 years. Tien Wah Press had used analogue telephony technology effectively from the same vendor for its entire corporate history, so the move both to a new vendor and IP telephony was a momentous event.
So, how do you go about starting a customer case study? If you are starting a case study program for the first time, the first step is to make sure that you are very clear about the sort of information you want to capture and publish, and the different formats and channels you plan to utilise – which might include print, online, video or other multimedia forms. The second step is to establish a very clear process for creating the case study, and the requirements for reviewing and approving the content. Once you have those elements clearly established, you have everything you need to ask the customer if they'd like to be featured as one of your success stories. If they agree, that's when the fun really starts!
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/*
 * This watchdog library provides an easy way to set up
 * a watchdog mechanism on an Arduino board.  It uses the
 * TimerOne library as an interrupt timer.  The time is
 * reset every time the supervised condition happens.  If
 * the timer period is allowed to elapse, the interrupt
 * handler is executed and the control function is set to
 * return false.
 *
 * TimerOne can be used both on the Arduino Uno and on the
 * Arduino Mega.  On the Uno, pins 9 and 10 arerequired for
 * for the timer.  On the Mega, that's pins 11, 12 and 13.
 */

#ifndef Watchdog_h
#define Watchdog_h

#include "Arduino.h"
#include "TimerOne.h"

class Watchdog
{
  public:
    void initialize(unsigned long);
    boolean canMove(void);
    void reportActivity(void);
    static void timeout(void);

  protected:
    static boolean _freeToMove;

    // Had to add this flag to avoid an interrupt being thrown
    // after restarting the interrupt timer.
    static boolean _dataReceived;
};

extern Watchdog watchdog;

#endif

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Here at Primary English HQ we LOVE guided reading and if you read our posts regularly you'll know that we write about it frequently.
In our recent work we've taken a particular look at the Y5 ad Y6 requirement for children to 'read books from our literary heritage'. You may currently be reading books by significant children's authors and older children's literature with your children; and this new objective is not really so different – so long as you remember that it is about older children's literature. We emphasis the children's bit of that statement as on our travels we've unearthed a few 'grown-up' classic texts with some rather 'adult' content finding their way into primary classrooms. By all means use the classics with children, but do make sure you know the texts well enough to avoid unsuitable themes. Even better still, use some of the fabulous abridged versions available from many of the educational publishers.
By keeping one eye on accessibility and the other on engagement, the text that we've been using in our workshops is The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde – written in 1888. If you're unfamiliar with this text it is a rich and evocative story of selfishness and rebirth. It is packed with figurative language and has sufficient challenge to engage the most demanding of Y6s. The version we've been using is the Puffin Picture version (illustrated by Michael Foreman and Freire Wright) as the illustrations add a useful scaffold for children who may otherwise struggle to access the syntactical and linguistic challenges of an older text.
Our conference delegates have enjoyed working on reading activities including: making predictions about the text from a word cloud; analysing the text using Aiden Chambers' Tell me' structure; and thinking about giants in a variety of children's literature using our 'same but different' thinking frames. We linked each of these activities to the aims statements from the new national curriculum as a way of ensuring that not only were aims met, but they were done so in an engaging and creative manner.
The Selfish Giant is a wonderful text from our literary heritage that we're certain your children will love reading as a guided group text. Our Selfish Giant – Guided Reading Resource CD is now available to buy. It features all of the activities described above and much more besides. The resource is priced at £6.00 (inc. VAT) + £2.00 postage and packaging in the UK and ROI. If you would like to order a copy please contact us info@primaryenglished.co.uk.


Is your company struggling to define its identity? Do your customers prefer to do business with your competitors? Have you evolved to the degree that you need new messaging to describe your business offering? If the answer to any of these is yes, you might need a new tagline.
A tagline is a short phrase or slogan, typically seven words or less, and situated under or alongside your logo, which communicates a single but powerful brand promise that resonates strongly with your intended audience.
Why does your company need a tagline?
Taglines are one of the easiest, clearest, and most cost-effective ways to communicate a brand. A well-crafted tagline has the power to define your business, support your value proposition, and help differentiate you from your competition. Once crafted, a tagline is designed for long-term use.
Taglines typically accompany a corporate name or product line, but can also be used to drive marketing campaigns or as "internal" rallying cries for employees, partners or distributors. The number one rule to remember? A tagline should always be unique to you. Because it so aptly describes your business, no one else should be able to use it. Once you have a tagline you like, you'll want to protect it by filing for a trademark or service mark.
A tagline is not a headline.
A tagline is not a mission statement.
A mission statement is a written declaration of your organization's core purpose, focus, and goals. In a paragraph or two, it defines who you are and why you exist, your primary customers, and identifies the products and services you produce. It's meant for internal purposes—and typically is not shared with the general public.
Six characteristics of a "sticky" tagline.
It describes your company's function or character, expresses a need or wish, or aligns with a category.
What makes you different from or better than your competitors? Why is your business unique in the marketplace?
Taglines are meant to make a mental impact and be easily remembered. That means they must be short—no more than seven words is the general rule of thumb.
Taglines are more memorable when they use mnemonic devices like rhyme, alliteration, and parallel construction to get your message into the mind automatically…are inherently clever…or convey a thought in a unique or expressive way.
The more closely aligned your tagline is to your company, values, and people, the more authentic it will feel.
Trends and fads are the stuff of ad campaign headlines—not taglines. If your tagline embodies an essential truth about your company, it will have staying power.
How to get started on your own tagline.
First, conduct a mood and personality analysis of your company. Get your team together to brainstorm some descriptive terms. Write down words and emotions that are in line with your company's image. Don't ask what your company is, but who it is. Fun and lively? Formal? Confident?
Second, analyze your U.S.P. What do you offer customers? What benefits do they get from working with you? What do you do better than your competitors?
Third, take a look at testimonials from former clients and customers. Write down short, catchy phrases they've provided and see if you can transform them into potential taglines. Some of the best taglines can come from the positive feedback you've received.
Fourth, combine the features, benefits, and emotions you've identified. If you've described your brand as casual and friendly, eliminate the other serious and stuffy-sounding words from your options. This will ensure your tagline is in sync with the tone you want to convey.
Finally, get feedback from friends, family, clients, and customers. You could even run a poll on Facebook or LinkedIn. While you can and should be the final say in the matter, getting feedback can give you an idea of what's resonating with others.
Creating a memorable tagline is no simple task. It's a process that requires a little thought—and a lot of creativity. Once you've got a good one (think Disneyland's "The happiest place on earth"), it'll strengthen your brand and your business.


Discussion in 'Success Stories and Bragging' started by sprite, Aug 7, 2006.
I think PPC is the best way to make extra money, because there are 1000 of PPC in the market still everyone is earning , what do you think?
PPC can be a great way of earning money if you know what you're doing. It can also be a way to lose a lot of money fast if you don't analyze your conversions regularly. Some people can really master this form of advertising, unfortunately I haven't been too successful.
I see this topic quite a bit among my other haunts. PPC is a two edged sword...but it doesn't have to be. Just knowing how to use PPC campaigns is not enough and in my opinion only makes up about 33% of your overall PPC campaign.
Umm...OK Stephen is a lunatic.
Retailer X sells dress shirts online at $300 each (nice shirts!). Assuming a 10 percent profit margin, he earns $30 per shirt. His Web site's conversion rate is typical of online retailers today -- roughly 2 percent (according to Shop.org). For every 1,000 visitors, Retailer X sells 20 shirts for $6,000. He earns $600 in profit from those sales.
By dividing the $600 profit by the 1,000 visitors, we know the breakeven bid is $0.60. So Retailer X's average CPC on Yahoo Search Marketing (formerly Overture) or Google AdWords must be $0.60 or less.
Another way of looking at this is by cost of customer acquisition. In this example, the 1,000 visitors at $0.60 CPC (define) cost $600. Divide the cost of the campaign by the number of acquisitions (20). The cost per action (CPA) is $30.
The more paid search bid prices increase, the more critical a site's conversion rate becomes to simply remain in the game. Plain and simple if your landing page or the landing page your going to promote (affiliate program) is not smoking hot and compels YOU to buy the product/service your PPC results will be dismal at best.
If you're going to promote your own product/service or an affiliate program make sure your landing page is T. I. G. H. T. tight, aesthetically pleasing with minimum navigational links...and test multiple versions.
Don't skimp here and HAVE a copwriter write the landing page for you if you can afford it. Lower ticket items you can get away with having weak ad copy as long as the page is aesthetically pleasing and original. But anything over the notorious $97 is going to take some compelling ad copy to convert well and have people reaching for their wallet.
Affiliates often get frustrated their PPC campaigns have moderate click thrus with no results.....hmm....why does this happen? Because there's a gazillion other affiliates doing the same thing YOU are. That is using the merchant or retailers generic landing pages or ad copy.
Individualism and originality that seperates you from the rest of the pack is the key here.
1. Would I buy the product?
2. Is the landing page perfect or do I need to build one? (For affiliate programs) *Hint: some affiliate managers will create custom landing pages for you. It's part of their job...ASK!
4. Take that main keyword and plug it into www.nichebot.com or the tool I use www.keywordelite.com to uncover the targeted niche keywords. These are your bread and butter if the main keywords are too steep to bid on. The total amount of people who search for these terms will be much less but they will be a highly targeted and receptive audience.
5. Make your PPC ads stand out. PPC ads should be headlines. Headlines get attention, deliver a complete message and pull you in...that's why they're headlines.
"Make $100,000 working from home."
"Make $100,000 working from home this year."
Obviously the second one because it has a greater sense or urgency. I know that's really basic but I hope you catch my drift.
In the long run YES PPC advertising is a viable and profitable solution when properly done. But it takes...well...work. And more than I'm willing to put it in nowadays w/o someone who specifically sets up PPC campaigns on your staff.
I am much more interested in other advertising mediums such as article marketing which privides life long benefits, fast indexing and laser targeted visitors....but that is another story.
Another stream of online revenue is getting into the business of buying and selling domain names. Visit sedo.com or impressivedomains.com for ideas and resources on this growing and interesting field.
Well!! I agree with you... pay per click... is a concept which is not going to work any longer... actually m very new to the affiliate world and believe me m finding it a great way to earn... cheers!!
I like PPC also as i do a lot of testing to see what works. I use many of my PPC headlines in other ads that i run elsewhere as they have proven to work. Again you must test, test and test again.
Yeah PPC is good but if you're new to it, I would suggest to read about it and how to work it. Like other's have said, you can lose money if you don't know what you're doing.


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College is 'the gateway to marijuana'
College is increasingly a gateway for young adults in the U.S. to begin using marijuana and the risk keeps growing the more "normalized" pot use becomes, researchers say.
"We have been expecting marijuana use to increase among young adults," lead author Richard Miech said.
Young adults today as compared to those of the past are less likely to hold the belief that occasional marijuana use will negatively affect their health, said Miech, a researcher at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
"We've seen again and again that when this belief trends down then marijuana use increases (e.g. in the early 1990s), and, conversely, that when this belief trends up then marijuana use declines (e.g. in the mid-1980s)," he said.
Miech and his colleagues think the recent string of U.S. states having legalized recreational use of marijuana accounts in part for the declining proportion of young adults who believe that occasional marijuana use is harmful to health.
"It is likely that at least some young adults interpret this wave of legalization as a signal that marijuana use is safe and state-sanctioned," he said.
To see how that is affecting recreational use among young people, the study team analyzed data from annual surveys of more than 50,000 adults and adolescents. The surveys have been ongoing since 1975, and are funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Miech said.
They focused on participants who were 19 to 22 years old between 1977 and 2015 and had never used marijuana before their senior year in high school. That was around 64 percent of participants.
About 9 percent of 19-year-olds and 15 percent of 22-year-olds not in college started using marijuana after high school and those percentages remained stable through the entire study period, the researchers report in American Journal of Public Health.
Among college students, the proportion that started using marijuana ranged from 13 percent to 17 percent between 1977 and 2012, then those numbers crept up to between 18 percent and 21 percent from 2013 to 2015.
"We found that marijuana initiation did increase among young adults age 19-22 since 2013, but only among those in college. There was no change in levels of marijuana initiation among 19-22 year-olds who were not in college," Miech said.
The college environment appears to promote substance use, perhaps in part because of the lack of parental supervision, lots of free time and a party culture, Miech said.
"For what it's worth, higher levels of substance use in college is also seen with binge drinking (5+ drinks in one sitting): youth age 19-22 are much more likely to binge drink if they are in college as compared to their age peers who are not in college," Miech said.
Parents should know the majority of young adults who attend college do not initiate marijuana use, Miech added, but the number is increasing.
"There are many reasons why college students might try or use marijuana," said Christine Lee, director of the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors at the University of Washington in Seattle, who wasn't involved in the study.
"We surveyed incoming first-year college students on why they tried or use marijuana . . . . For some, experimentation was a motivator. Young adults might just want to try it and see what it is about. For others, they might use marijuana for reasons such as for social bonding, relaxation, boredom, to fit in, or to enjoy the feeling," Lee said by email.
It would be helpful to begin to identify whether there are high-risk periods for marijuana initiation such as the first six weeks of college, as the study authors suggest, or specific events such as 21st birthdays, particularly for students living in states where recreational marijuana use is legal for those 21 and over.
"If we can identify certain risk periods, it would be easier for colleges to target resources and prevention activities to those times," she said.
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When an order is placed with a check payment or cash, it is automatically set to the "Open" status in the Registration system.
Orders for an event with "Open" status can be found in the Orders page under "Manage" when the "All Statuses" or "Open" options are selected from the status menu.
The order stays in this status until you cash the check or receive the payment (outside of DoubleDutch Registration) and change the order to "Paid". To change the order to "Paid", view the order then, next to the "Cancel/Refund" button, click the drop-down arrow. Then, click 'Add Payment'.
On the next screen, the event organizer can select 'Check' and add a note (check #). Then click 'Complete Payment'.


Fox has announced its premiere schedule for the summer season, and it's gonna be a reality competition series spectacular.
In addition to the return of Gordon Ramsay's MasterCheffor its 10th season and Season 16 of So You Think You Can Dance, the summer schedule promises another round of Beat Shazam with Jamie Foxx and his daughter-slash-deejay Corinne Foxx. Audiences will also get to tune in for this year's Miss USA pageant, a trip to Paradise Hotel, and a new Justin Timberlake-created game show called Spin the Wheel, hosted by Dax Shepard.
The revived dating series Paradise Hotel, now hosted by Kristin Cavallari, will kick off with a two-hour premiere on May 9. The series will air three times a week: Mondays and Wednesdays at 9/8c and Thursdays at 8/7c. SYTYCD's new season will see the return of host Cat Deeley and judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy, but will add Lady Gaga choreographer Laurieann Gibson and the show's own Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval to the judging table for the Academy rounds. Meanwhile, Spin the Wheel is exactly as it sounds — contestants will compete for cash by spinning a wheel and answering pop culture trivia questions while they decide whether to go back to the wheel and risk it all or walk away with whatever they've earned so far.
Check out Fox's full premiere schedule below.


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Q: How to handle dynamic result from a stored procedure in entity framework? I have a stored procedure which provides different result based on the input parameter supplied. I need to execute the procedure and cast the result into a data table to show in the grid. How can I do that? Do I need to create a model for all the outcomes or is there any generic way to do it?
--There are lots of report type. Just listed 2 of them for now

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[uspGetAdminReportData]
@reportType VARCHAR(50)
AS
BEGIN
    IF(@reportType = 'TOTAL_BY_DATE')
    BEGIN
        SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR, DATE_SENT, 111) AS Date_Sent, FORMAT(DATE_SENT, 'dddd') AS Day_Of_Week, COUNT(*) AS Email_Count FROM TBLDATA1 WITH(NOLOCK) GROUP BY DATE_SENT
    END
    ELSE IF (@reportType = 'USER_LOGIN_LOGOUT_REPORT')
    BEGIN
        SELECT UserName, CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), [LOGIN], 111) AS LOGIN_DATE, CONVERT(VARCHAR(3),(SUM(DATEDIFF(MINUTE,[LOGIN],[LOGOUT]))/60)) + ':' + RIGHT('00' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(3),(SUM(DATEDIFF(MINUTE,[LOGIN],[LOGOUT])) - (SUM(DATEDIFF(MINUTE,[LOGIN],[LOGOUT]))/60) * 60)),2) AS TOTAL_TIME FROM USERAUDIT WITH(NOLOCK)
        INNER JOIN
        UserRecords WITH(NOLOCK) ON UserAudit.UserId = UserRecords.UserId
        Where DateDiff(Minute, [Login], [LOGOUT]) > 0
        GROUP BY UserRecords.UserName, CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), [LOGIN], 111)
        ORDER BY UserRecords.UserName, CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), [LOGIN], 111)
    END
END

C# code
 public virtual DataTable GetAdminReportData(ReportType reportType)
 {
    //not sure how to get the result executing the procedure for various report types. Need to execute the procedure, and cast the result as a data table and return to load table to the grid using entity framework

    SqlParameter ReportType = new SqlParameter("reportType", reportType.ToString());
    var result = this.Database.SqlQuery<object>("uspGetAdminReportData @reportType", ReportType);

 }


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The Brain & Spirituality
Date Sunday - December 5, 2004
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Mathew Alper, the author of The God Part of the Brain, discussed his theory that human beings are genetically hard wired to experience some form of spirituality. He suggested that over time humanity evolved in this direction as a way of coping with the inevitable knowledge of their deaths. Being compelled to believe "there's something out there," was developed in a region of the brain, he contends.
Alper noted that a recent Time Magazine cover story titled Is God in Our Genes? (reprinted here) referenced many of his original ideas, but credited them to author Dean Hamer, whose book on the subject recently came out (Alper's book was published years earlier).
Beyond the "god" part of the brain, Alper said there is mounting evidence for a "love" part of the brain. He cited studies that show women can release hormones such as oxytocin, that create a chemistry of bonding, such as with their newborn. He also asserted that criminal behavior can be traced to genetic defects or neurotransmitter imbalances, and that ultimately manipulating or reprogramming an offender's brain chemistry would be more useful than imprisonment.
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Woman sentenced to 10 years in husband's shooting death
Published 3:00 pm Thursday, August 20, 2020
Sarah Farmer will spend 10 years in prison for the 2016 shooting death of her husband, Eddie Farmer Jr.
Sarah Farmer will spend 10 years in prison for killing her husband.
That word came from a Wednesday appearance in Bell County Circuit Court for Farmer, who was arrested in January of 2018 for the 2016 murder of her husband.
Eddie Farmer Jr. was allegedly shot inside a car in a wooded area. According to file reports fromThe Middlesboro Daily News, Sarah Farmer called 911 and drove her husband to Pineville Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Sept. 12, 2016.
Sarah Farmer was originally charged with murder and entered a not guilty plea. Court records indicate that she chose to withdraw that plea and enter a plea of guilty to the charge of manslaughter in the first degree under an amended indictment. She appeared in court on Aug. 5, represented by Ron Findell. Sentencing was postponed at that time by the court to allow for the preparation of a pre-sentence investigative report.
On Wednesday, Aug. 19, Sarah Farmer was furnished with that investigative report, which was prepared by the Division of Probation and Parole, and after review by the parties, there were no major exceptions to the report.
The court considered the possibility of probation, probation with an alternative sentencing plan, or conditional discharge, according to court documents. After due consideration of the nature of the circumstances of the crime and the history, character, and condition of the defendant, the court stated that it is of the opinion that imprisonment is necessary for the protection of the public because there is substantial risk that the defendant will commit another crime. Records also indicated that any other disposition of the case would unduly depreciate the seriousness of the defendant's crime.
Commonwealth's Attorney Karen Greene Blondell recommended a sentence of 10 years. Eddie Farmer Jr.'s family members were on hand for the court proceedings and
"Based on the evidence, and with the full agreement and authorization of the victim's family, it was agreed that that was an appropriate charge and an appropriate penalty," Blondell said.
She added that Farmer will be required to serve at least 85% of her sentence before possibly being eligible for parole.
Findell could not be reached for comment as of press time.


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Sciblogs | How Important is a 1st Class Degree?
How Important is a 1st Class Degree?
Comments by leading scientist and science communicator Lord Robert Winston that he deliberately discriminates against job applicants with first class degrees have drawn some criticism in the British media.
This seems rather an extraordinary quote to come from a scientist (maybe it was taken out of context?) as it is laden with assumptions which make no sense.
First is the assumption that in order to get a first class degree someone needs to focus exclusively on their work. I know a number of scientists who achieved first class degrees while also maintaining interests in other areas including music, sports, raising a family and of course, working to put themselves through university.
Second is the assumption that getting a 2:1 (an upper second class degree) means that the person must have had other interests. For some students even focus and diligence may not result in a first class degree.
I'm not sure how things currently stand in New Zealand, but when I went through University around 20 years ago, a first class honours degree was usually quite important in allowing students to access PhD funding in terms of scholarships and grants. A 2:1 provided more challenges to finding funding for PhD studies.
Is this still the same? Is this fair? And once a PhD is completed do potential employers pay any attention to a scientists honours or masters grade?


The 2019 (26th) Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) was held in Seattle, WA, from March 4-7, 2019. CROI is the premier HIV-focused scientific meeting. In this report I will highlight abstracts focused on pharmacologic issues that are of broad interest or might benefit from some expert clarification. Abstracts will be discussed in the categories of: (i) the therapy of HIV infection, (ii) PrEP, (iii) co-morbidities, (iv) drug-drug interactions and (v) new drugs and formulations. You can find more information on these abstracts on the CROI website and many are covered in depth elsewhere on the NATAP http://natap.org website.
RAL and DTG-based ART are both virologically superior to EFV-based ART in pregnant women (abstracts 39LB and 40LB).
I'm leading off my review of the pharmacotherapy of HIV infection with two studies in pregnant women. We don't see many large, controlled, clinical trials in HIV-infected pregnant women and to have two presented at the same meeting was a welcome change. The DHHS guidelines currently recommend both DTG and RAL as preferred agents for ARV-naïve pregnant women, but these recommendations are based largely on small PK and safety evaluations and not controlled comparative studies. These two independent studies found concordant results, that an integrase inhibitor (either RAL or DTG) based ART regimen was superior to an EFV-based ART regimen in terms of the rate of viral load decline and proportion of women who had undetectable viral loads at delivery.
In the RAL vs. EFV study, ARV-naïve pregnant women were randomized to RAL or EFV-based ART at 20 to <37 weeks gestation through delivery. 408 women were enrolled: 206 in RAL arm and 202 in EFV. The viral load decline was greater at weeks 2, 4 and 6 in RAL recipients. In the primary efficacy subgroup (no genotypic resistance to study ART) a greater proportion of those receiving RAL had viral loads <200 copies/mL at delivery (RAL, 94%; EFV, 84%); this difference was most pronounced in women enrolled 28 to <37 weeks (RAL, 94%; EFV, 72%). One RAL infant compared with four EFV infants were HIV-infected. Both regimens were well tolerated.
For the comparison of DTG vs. EFV, 268 women were randomized from 28 weeks gestation. Similar to the findings in the RAL vs. EFV study, the decline in viral load was faster in the DTG recipients, and a greater proportion of women had viral loads <50 copies/mL at delivery: 74% for DTG vs. 43% for EFV. Both regimens were equally well tolerated. Three infants were found to have HIV infection at birth, all in the DTG arms; all were considered likely to be in utero transmissions.
These two trials provide important safety and efficacy data that support use of DTG and RAL as preferred agents for ARV-naïve pregnant women. DTG is not recommended for women in their first trimester of pregnancy (up to 14 weeks gestation) because of the concern for neural tube defects (see below).
Integrase inhibitors and neural tube defects (NTD). No evidence presented at CROI 2019 for an increased risk, but the jury is still out.
Four abstracts (743, 744, 745 and 747) investigated the incidence of NTD in women. The largest of the datasets was from the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry (747) that reported a total of 20,064 pregnancies and 20,413 fetal outcomes with 19,005 live births. There were 1,193 live births with an integrase inhibitor exposure, of which 604 had periconceptional exposure: 174 DTG, 186 EVG, and 244 RAL. No NTD were observed among any of the integrase inhibitor exposed infants.
http://www.croiwebcasts.org/p/2019croi/59 ). It appears that data on 1400 exposures from the Botswana TSEPAMO study will be available around mid 2019. Thus, quite simply, and unfortunately for pregnant women and their care-givers, more data and time are needed.
Weight gain with Integrase Inhibitors (INSTIs) - is this a drug-associated toxicity?
There were several reports of INSTI-associated weight gain at CROI 2019: see abstracts 669 through 672. ACTG studies A5001 and A5322 followed participants from 1997-2017 and reported data on 972 adults who switched for INSTI. Yearly weight gain increased following switch to INSTI and the increases were particularly significant for women, blacks and persons age ≥60 (abstract 669). Abstract 670 was from the NA-ACCORD group and reported data on 21,886 ARV-naïve adults starting INSTI, PI or NNRTI therapy after 1/1/2007. At 2 years, weight gain was: INSTIs, 4.4kg; NNRTIs, 3.3kg; and PIs, 4.3kg. Among the INSTIs at 2 years, weight gain by INSTI was DTG, 5.6kg; RAL, 5.4kg; and EVG, 3.4kg. These authors concluded that those starting DTG and RAL were at a higher risk of weight gain than those starting NNRTIs. 3,468 treatment experienced persons were evaluated in abstract 671 and the annualized weight gain was ≥3%. Persons with a ≥3% weight gain were more commonly treated with INSTIs vs. PIs. Finally, weight gain in women was evaluated in 1118 participants in the Womens Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). Women who switched to or added INSTIs experienced a 2.1kg greater weight gain than did those who stayed on non-INSTI therapy (abstract 672).
http://hivglasgow.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/P102.pdf. Those study participants who switch to DTG has a 0.82kg median weight increase by week 48 compared with a 0.25kg increase in those who remained on their PI regimen (p=0.008). For those who initially deferred the switch to DTG for the first 48 weeks, after they switched to DTG their median weight increase was 0.98kg over the next 48 weeks.
(https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html )? This association deserves some attention as do approaches to minimize the weight gain.
HIV CURE: The London patient looks to be #2, and is a Dusseldorf patient #3?
Timothy Brown said it best (as taken from Jon Cohen's article): "It's great that I finally have someone added to my family. It's been too long. I think it's a movement in the right direction and proves that cure of HIV is possible but I think lots more work needs to be done to help everyone who is living with the virus,".
Abstract 394 described the case of a 49-year-old male with HIV infection who had hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in 2013 and remained on ART until November 2018, with undetectable plasma HIV RNA (and several other virologic evaluations negative for virus detection). ART was stopped in November 2018, and so far, this individual (the Dusseldorf patient) has remained undetectable. While promising, as the authors cautioned "longer surveillance is essential".
This trial randomized 5387 MSM and transgender women at high risk of HIV infection to receive either F/TAF or F/TDF for PrEP. In this study, there were 22 HIV infections in 8756 person years of follow-up; 7 infections were in the F/TAF recipients and 15 in the F/TDF recipients. Overall, the HIV infection incidence was 0.16/100 PY for F/TAF and 0.34/100 PY for F/TDF, indicating that F/TAF was non-inferior to F/TDF. Of the 7 HIV infections in the F/TAF recipients, one person had suspected baseline infection and 5 had low levels of tenofovir-diphosphate (TFV-DP by dried blood spot measurement, which is an excellent marker of adherence) indicating poor adherence; the remaining individual had a medium level of TFV-DP. Among the F/TDF recipients 4 had suspected baseline infection; 10 had low levels of TFV-DP; one had a high level of TFV-DP. Thus, in both arms, the majority of infections occurred in persons with low drug levels. As has been seen in comparative trials of TAF vs TDF for HIV treatment, biomarkers of bone and renal safety favored TAF.
F/TAF works for PrEP in MSM and transgender women. That wasn't certain going into this trial as studies in non-human primates, women and HIV-infected persons found that the concentrations of TFV-DP (the active drug) were lower in rectal tissues with TAF than with TDF (see: Massud I, et al. J Infect Dis 2016;214:1058-62. Cottrell M, et al. J Antimicrob Chemother 2017;72:1731-40. and Fletcher CV, abstract 130 this conference [ http://www.croiconference.org/sessions/lymphoid-tissue-pharmacokinetics-tenofovir-alafenamide-vs-disoproxil-fumarate ]). I think this means that PrEP efficacy for TAF and TDF is likely dependent on systemic concentrations as well as local tissue concentrations. The clearest implication of the Discover trial to me, is that F/TAF would be preferred in persons with preexisting renal or bone disease.
Using electronic health records (EHR) to identify candidates for PrEP (abstract 105). In the US, there is a considerable gap between the number of persons who could benefit from PrEP and those who are actually taking it (see: https://www.hiv.gov/blog/hiv-prevention-pill-not-reaching-most-americans-who-could-benefit-especially-people-color ). This abstract presented the development of a model to identify candidates for PrEP within a large health care system. Their final predictive model included factors such as Black race, urine positivity for methadone, and use of medications for erectile dysfunction. This seems like an attractive approach to identify persons at risk but not receiving PrEP in order to improve uptake and reduce HIV transmission. This and other strategies, are necessary and hopefully will receive some needed attention as a result of the new governmental initiative discussed by Dr. Fauci of the NIH in the opening session to end the HIV epidemic.
Opioid deaths among persons with HIV-infection (abstract 147).
The opioid epidemic is a national health emergency and affects all segments of our society. Abstract 147 presented data compiled by the CDC on the toll it takes on the HIV-infected population in 2011-2015. They found the rate of all deaths among HIV-infected persons in 2015 was 12.7% less than in 2011 - good news! But, the opioid overdose death rate was 42.7% GREATER in 2015 than in 2011. The death rate was highest among persons who inject drugs, whites, females and those in the US Northeast. The opioid epidemic needs every bit as much governmental attention as does the newly announced effort to end the HIV epidemic. One step we can take is to make sure we are doing everything we can to make naloxone for opioid overdose reversal widely available. Remember, naloxone is available in three formulations: an injectable, a prefilled autoinjector syringe, and the nasal spray. If you want help about accessing or using these products - talk to a pharmacist.
PK and Safety of DTG with weekly rifapentine and isoniazid (abstract #80).
The development of concomitant treatment regimens for HIV and TB coinfection is an important priority. Abstract 80 described a study in HIV-infected persons on ART to evaluate the PK, safety and virologic response of a DTG-containing regimen with a TB preventative regimen of once weekly rifapentine and isoniazid (RPT/INH). Once weekly RPT/INH for 12 weeks is now recommended by WHO as an alternative to 6 months of INH for TB prevention. A previous drug interaction study of DTG with once weekly RPT/INH in healthy volunteers found unexpected and serious toxicities in 2 of 4 participants (Clin Infect Dis 2018;67:193-201.). It was imperative to conduct this study very carefully, which these investigators did. Of 61 participants, there was only 1 early discontinuation and that occurred prior to the coadministration of RPT/INH. After the first dose of RPT/INH, there were only three grade 1 or 2 adverse events. HIV viral loads throughout the study were <40 copies/mL. Thus, tolerance of this combination in HIV-infected persons was clearly acceptable and different from that in healthy volunteers, and viral suppression was maintained. All sounds good, right? Well, I'm not sure. Trough concentrations of DTG were decreased, as expected. On average, the decrease was 50-60% between 2-7 days after the RPT/INH dose, with median values ≥300 ng/mL. Based on safety, sustained suppression of viral load, and trough level data, the authors concluded DTG can be administered without dose adjustment with weekly RPT/INH.
I have concerns. First, and as noted by the authors, trough concentrations of 300ng/mL are approximately equivalent to a DTG dose of 10 mg once daily, which was a dose investigated in the phase 2 studies. A 10 mg dose is not as potent as a 50 mg dose. The viral load decrease in a 10-day monotherapy study was 2 logs for 10 mg and was 2.5 logs for 50 mg (AIDS 2011, 25:1737-1745). The authors note that in the phase 2 study of DTG at doses of 10 mg, 25 mg and 50 mg that at 48 weeks, the proportion of subjects with HIV RNA <50 copies/mL were essentially the same: 10mg, 91%; 50mg, 90% (Lancet Infect Dis 2012; 12: 111-18). They use this finding as the basis to conclude that 300ng/mL troughs are adequate. However, at 96 weeks, the picture was different. In those treatment-naïve persons, 11% of 10mg recipients experienced rebound compared with 4% of the 50mg per day recipients. To quote directly from the paper: "However, after week 84, there were more nonresponders among participants receiving DTG 10 or 25 mg." The proportion of subjects with HIV RNA <50 copies/mL was 79% with 10mg and was 88% with 50mg (AIDS 2013, 27:1771-1778). Thus, with time, a difference in rates of viral suppression emerged between the 10mg and 50mg doses - or average DTG troughs of 300ng/mL (with 10mg) and 1200ng/mL (with 50mg) (Lancet Infect Dis 2012; 12: 111-18).
Here is the gamble: the RPT/INH preventative regimen is only given for 12 weeks. So, will 12 weeks of reduced DTG trough concentrations, presuming patients have viral load suppression when the RPT/INH is started, be a short enough course of therapy that viral load suppression can be maintained in the face of lower DTG troughs; OR, as was seen at 96 weeks in ARV-naïve persons, will the less potent viral suppression difference with the 10 mg (equivalent dose) emerge?
I appreciate the need for preventative and treatment regimens for TB that can be given concomitantly with ART. I also appreciate the great care with which these investigators conducted this study. But, my evaluation of the data in the context of what we know about DTG PKPD leads me to believe we cannot confidently conclude that no adjustment of the DTG dose is necessary when given with weekly RPT/INH. In 2017, fewer than 1 million HIV-infected persons received preventative TB therapy; the WHO estimates 30 million eligible people between 2018-2022 (https://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/ ). The need for TB preventative regimens is huge, but so is the magnitude of risk if we get it wrong. I think further confirmation that this approach is efficacious is warranted.
To follow from my comment above about drug-drug interaction management strategies, abstract 51 is an example of a PK management strategy that should have worked, but unexpectedly, didn't.
Double-dose levonorgestrel implant does not fully overcome the interaction with efavirenz (51).
Kimberly Scarsi has previously shown that efavirenz caused 57% lower levonorgestrel concentrations in women receiving the subdermal levonorgestrel implant, and that this interaction appeared to be clinically significant with three women experiencing unintended pregnancies (failure of contraception). It was hypothesized that doubling the dose of the levonorgestrel implant from 150mg to 300mg would be sufficient to overcome this interaction. In women receiving EFV and the double dose implant, though the magnitude of the interaction was less, levonorgestrel concentrations were 34% lower. Fewer women did have levonorgestrel concentrations ≤303 pg/mL in the double vs standard-dose group (46% vs 90%, respectively; p=0.002); 303 pg/mL is the concentration below which pregnancy was seen in the earlier standard dose study.
Dose adjustment is a common approach to manage drug-drug interactions, and by all accounts this should have worked. Why it didn't really needs to be understood, as does the question of whether the double-dose of the implant raised concentrations enough to ensure contraception effectiveness.
Dr. Back's plenary was a master class on the challenges of polypharmacy. I'd encourage you all to take 30 minutes and view this webcast.
I am going to end this report with a few comments on long acting cabotegravir (LA-CAB) and rilpivirine (LA-RPV) and the ATLAS (abstract 139) and FLAIR (abstract 140) studies as they are perfect examples of the progress and promise of new drug formulations. Much has already been written about these studies (see the natap.org website) so I'll only highlight the bottom lines.
ATLAS enrolled 616 HIV-infected persons on oral ART who had an HIV RNA <50 copies/mL for 6 months. They were randomized to monthly injections of LA CAB+RPV or to continued oral ART. For the primary endpoint of proportion with HIV RNA ≥50 copies/mL at week 48, the results were 1.6% of LA compared with 1% of oral ART. For the secondary endpoint of proportion with HIV RNA <50 copies/mL at week 48, the proportions were LA, 93% and oral ART, 95%. Serious adverse events were rare at 4% and 5%, respectively for LA and oral ART.
FLAIR enrolled ARV-naïve individuals; 566 were randomized to monthly LA CAB+RPV or oral ART (with DTG/ABC/3TC). For the primary and secondary week 48 endpoint (same criteria as ATLAS) the proportions were: primary, 2.1% for LA and 2.5% for oral; secondary, 93.6% for LA and 93.3% for oral. Again, serious adverse events were rare at 6% and 4%, respectively for LA and oral.
These are landmark studies in the continuum of progress in HIV pharmacotherapy. Both studies demonstrated that persons who have achieved suppression of plasma HIV RNA to <50 copies/mL on oral ART can sustain that suppression with monthly IM injections of two drugs. The biggest implication right now, is in how these new formulations add to patient choice and convenience. Injections, even monthly, however, won't be for everyone. Here as well there is important information from these two studies - look at how good oral ART was at 90%+ rates of HIV RNA <50 copies/mL; numerically, oral ART in ATLAS was a little better than LA (the statisticians won't like me saying that). There are some hurdles to overcome in roll out such as how to manage missed injections, and the need to make sure the convenience of where injections are delivered matches the convenience of the injections themselves. Finally (for now), I think the next issue to tackle is what about patients who are not doing well on oral therapy because of adherence issues (this was not the population persons enrolled in ATLAS and FLAIR). That is an important, unmet need.
All in all, CROI 2019 was an outstanding meeting, and progress on several fronts was reported. CROI 2020 will be in Boston, MA, March 8-11, 2020.


Visit Kings Island as many times as you want until Labor Day with the Regular Pass. Does not include admission to Halloween Haunt, WinterFest or free parking.
Just 5 Easy Payments of $19* *After initial payment of $25 due today. Or $120 total.
Enjoy all the benefits of the Gold Pass with the added benefit of enjoying all of those exclusive privileges at all Cedar Fair Parks across the country, including Kings Dominion, Cedar Point and more!
Season Passholders get exclusive benefits all year long.
Keep your valuables secured all season when you add All Season Locker Rentals to your Season Pass. For one price, get one standard size locker rental at the Front Gate Lockers or Soak City Lockers each visit.
Unfortunately, there are no Platinum options for this program. The Season Pass Locker Rentals will only be available at Kings Island at this time.
I plan to visit Kings Island in the evening after Soak City closes. Will I still be able to access my locker?
Yes, The Soak City rental area remains accessible after Soak City closes.
Where can I use my locker rental?
Season Pass Locker Rentals are valid only at the following all-day rental locations: Front Gate Locker Rentals and Soak City Locker Rentals.


Choosing a courier means convenience and confidence that your order will be delivered on time. Delivery courier is possible in Moscow within the Moscow Ring Road. The cost of delivery in Moscow is 300 rubles. When buying goods for an amount exceeding 2,500 rubles - the delivery is free.
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Milwaukee Ophthalmologist | Ophthalmology Associates, S.C.
Our practice is dedicated to technical excellence and to personal concern for our patients. Each staff member has been specially chosen to be responsive to your needs and to carry forward our physicians' commitment to excellence.
Feel free to contact us today if you would like to schedule an appointment or have other questions. We look forward to serving your eye care needs.


When a Los Angeles event features high-quality entertainment, we make it our business to capture the performance in the best possible way, making sure our photography hits just the right moments. Aerial performances have become increasingly popular with events of all kinds, including corporate, promotional, brand launches and industry-specific events and meetings. Death-defying performances thrill audiences and attendees at any event, and provide some much-needed entertainment after a day of presentations, networking or exhibiting. This aerial team performed at an large event on a sound stage at Sony Studios. Hundreds of people thrilled to this incredible performance.
Location: Sony Studios, 10202 West Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.


The EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM from Canon is an L-series prime wide-angle lens featuring Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics and a maximum aperture of f/1.4, making it ideal for shooting in low-light situations and for controlling depth of field. Two aspherical elements and one Ultra Low Dispersion (UD) element, combined with the BR element to control chromatic aberrations and color fringing, for increased clarity and sharpness. A Subwavelength Coating has also been applied to reduce ghosting and lens flare for greater color accuracy and contrast.


We meet together on the first Saturday of the month at 11am, usually in the Oval Room at Emmanuel. Once in a while we meet at St Paul's, Efford.
We hear about one-another's life and journeys of faith.
There are usually about 10 to 15 of us who manage to escape from busy lives.
Please come when you can, you are always welcome.


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1. Daily Five times prayer in congregation
2. Daily Hadith after Fajr by Imam
3. Daily Taleem after Maghrib Salat from Muntakhab Ahadees (10 minutes)
4. Daily Hadith after Isha by Imam from the book, The Sublime Character of Nabi (peace be upon him)
Jummah Prayers
Our Jummah Salat time is same all around the year. Jummah service starts at 1.45 pm and ends around 2.30 pm
Every Friday after magrib
The Youth Program is designed to give meaningful, inspiring, fun and entertaining events while promoting brotherhood through bonding and team building. Whether you have young children or are in college yourself, Darul Huda Masjid has a program for you! Our programs are centered around education, identity development, social and community service.
Tafseer Ul Quran
Every Wednesday after Isha
Tafseer is a body of commentary and explication, aimed at explaining the meanings of the Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam. Tafseer works can broadly be categorised by its affiliated Islamic schools and branches and the era it was published, classic or modern. Modern tafseers listed here are the work of later than the 20th century.
Weekly Community Visitation
Every Monday at Magrib
Masjid Mashwara
Every Wednesday at 7:00pm
Tajweed Ul Quran with light refreshments
Every Sunday after fajar
Tajweed is an Arabic word, which literally means to beautify or adorn something. In the context of the recitation of the Quran Tajweed refers to a set of rules for the correct pronunciation of the letters with all its qualities and applying the various of recitation.
Monthly community gathering:
Every Second Saturday of the Month which is from Maghrib to Isha Salat in the summer and after Isha salat in the winter.


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Audio Advent
How does a vinyl record work?
Loyal readers will have picked up by now that I believe that understanding the key principles underpinning broader knowledge is essential. It's not that I'm not pragmatic - I'm as keen as the next person for people to trust their ears and listen, but in order to get the most
Stephen Nelson-Smith Dec 24, 2017 • 5 min read
Why Hifi Reviews Are Worthless!
Ah, the hifi reviews. Stars. Pros and cons. So much data out there, so easy to make an informed decision. Do your research, make a short list, and either pull the trigger, or visit a few dealers, play them off using price match promises, and you're done. That's how it
First Cartridge Upgrades
Frequently I encounter people who have taken the plunge, and bought themselves a decent turntable to enjoy their growing vinyl collection. Some bought them this time last year, and are now starting to think, either as a present to request, or a treat after Christmas, what the first steps would
Sonos vs Yamaha MusicCast: Which is the best wireless home sound system?
When I started in the industry, independently selected and controlled music in every room was the preserve of the very rich. I designed and built some incredible systems (including for a certain Robbie Williams), but they were complicated and expensive. Nowadays good quality wireless home sound systems are within reach
SACD is not dead!
Super Audio CD (SACD) was jointly launched by Sony and Phillips in 1999, with the promise of offering better quality sound than CD, and multi-channel audio. Although widely considered a commercial flop, a mere audiophile curiosity, in fact for classical music lovers, the format is alive and well, and well
Just say no! Why cheap turntables destroy your records
One of the side-effects of the so-called "vinyl revival" is the proliferation of "budget" turntables from high street and online retailers. Brands such as Crosley, Steepletone, and Ion produce turntables for less than £100 (often much less), styled in a vintage manner, often including speakers, volume
Stephen Nelson-Smith Dec 9, 2017 • 12 min read
Hifi Demos: Blind or Sighted?
One of my most frequently performed tasks, as the owner of a hifi shop, is to help people choose between different hifi components, or systems. In industry speak this is known as "The Dem". It's a relatively simple concept - the client listens to some music on one
Stephen Nelson-Smith Dec 7, 2017 • 8 min read
Phono Stages: What are they and why are they needed?
There's a lot to say about phono stages, so I won't try to tackle it all at once. Today, we'll focus on the what and the why. In a subsequent article I'll go into detail on the dizzying array of dip switches, what they actually do, and how to set
Audio Advent © 2023


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Ragnar Kjartansson's "The Visitors" – Special Evening Launch with BLOCK HEATER
Join us on Thursday 9 February, 7-9pm for a Special Evening Launch Event with Calgary Folk Festival's BLOCK HEATER, powered by ATB, 9-12 February. Registration is not required. A cash bar will be available.
Esker Foundation presents Ragnar Kjartansson's The Visitors until 30 April. Through elements of theatre, music, and visual art, Ragnar Kjartansson creates theatre, music and visual art performances to explore pathos, humour, and collective emotion. Ragnar's large sound and video installation, The Visitors, depicts eight musicians performing the same melody of a song. Kjartansson's musician friends Kristín Anna and Gyða Valtýsdóttir, (of the historic Icelandic band Múm), Kjartan Sveinsson (one time Sigur Rós keyboard player) and composer and frequent collaborator Davíð Þór Jónsson – sing and play a different instrument, isolated yet in unison. Through its unique arrangement of music in space, The Visitors creates a layered portrait of the house and its musical inhabitants, offering a reflection on the strength and persistence of affective ties; friendship, love, and loss; and the melancholy and romanticism of life.
Tickets & Info on the full line-up of BLOCK HEATER
February 9th, 2023 at 7-9pm
Related Exhibition
Ragnar Kjartansson, stills from The Visitors, 2012. Nine channel HD video projection, Duration: 64 minutes. Photo: Elísabet Davidsdóttir, Sound: Chris McDonald. Video: Tómas Örn Tómasson. Image courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik. Gift of Graham and Ann Gund to Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, 2015.1.1.
Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors
January 21 - April 30, 2023
Through elements of theatre, music, and visual art, Ragnar Kjartansson creates performances in which he explores the intertwining of pathos, humour, and collective emotion by testing the limits of repetition and the endurance of both performers and audience.


Would you kindly join Booker and Elizabeth in Rapture in Bioshock Infinite's new DLC Burial at Sea? Tune in this Wednesday at 8pm EST. *Editor's note: The livestream is over, but you can watch the recorded episode below.
Nick plays, has played, and will play Bioshock Infinite's new DLC pack, Clash in the Clouds! Tune in this Wednesday at 8pm EST to join the action LIVE! *Editor's note: The livestream is over, but you can watch the recorded episode below.
Ken Levine is still a really smart dude. Get ready for real-life Booker verbally thrashing real-life Elizabeth until she cries, all for the sake of what looks to be an awesome game!


Dawnie started attending North Coast and got involved in Life Groups in 2015. She is volunteering in the Greeting and Singles Ministry. Dawnie is a Program Assistant for Palomar Health. Amy enjoys cooking and experimenting with new recipes, reading, swimming, walking, coaching and mentoring with cheer leading, and most importantly, loving on my granddaughters. Their hope is that members of the group would develop friendships that extend beyond the confines of Life Group and they would spend time together in other activities and would do life together.


When it comes to financial investing, the two biggest options are essentially real estate investing vs stock market. We discuss pros and cons of each one.
Real estate wholesaling is a great way for new investors to get their careers started, but is this strategy right for you? Find out by reviewing these pros and cons.
Any type of property, whether it's commercial or residential, can be a good investment opportunity. For your money, commercial properties typically offer more financial reward than residential properties, such as rental apartments or single-family homes, but there also can be more risks.


"What makes a perfect family activity holiday?" The answer to this question is as long as piece of string! Especially when you're looking for a holiday that will please everyone from your Barbie-obsessed 6 year old to your "I'm too cool to holiday with the parents" teenager!
The most difficult holiday choices for parents often arise when you have kids of mixed ages; how do you find activities that are fun for everyone? That you can all do together? And, that you won't have to tear your hair out trying to organise? Well, here at Undiscovered Mountains, we like a challenge! And as a result, we came up with our flexible yet organised Alpine Activity holiday – which has now become our best-selling holiday!
A holiday that is flexible and organised? Yes, perhaps it's a bit of a paradox but it seems to be a formula that works. You choose your activities and your accommodation to suit your family, your budget and your holiday aspirations, and then you leave the rest to us.
And with our unique points system, you have a number of activity points to "spend" as you wish, so the whole family can get involved from the outset to create the perfect activity holiday for your family.
To give you a few ideas of how to spend your points, here are our top activity suggestions for families with children of mixed ages!
One of our most popular activities for families with children of mixed ages has to be tree climbing. Secured by ropes and harnesses, you are safe to climb as high as you dare, monkey around in the forest canopy or just take in the peaceful calm of the woods surrounding you Suitable for all ages, this activities is definitely not just for the kids! And if you're feeling really adventurous, you can even opt for spending the night in forest and sleep in hammocks under the forest canopy!
And if you fancy a "day at the beach" as well whilst your here, no problem! The beautiful flat water lake at Serre Ponçon is a stone's throw from the Champsaur Valley offering activities such as kayaking – paddle across the turquoise waters with stunning mountain scenery all around you, drift gently in the warm sunshine, jump in for a swim... fun for all the family! Whilst, for older children (and parents too!) there is also waterskiing, wakeboarding, tubing and stand up stand up paddle to try!
A "must" for those adrenaline-seeking families is a white water descent on an Alpine river. You can choose whether you shoot the rapids on a raft or a "hot dog" (an inflatable 2 person canoe), but whichever way you choose to go down it'll be wet and wild and above all, great fun! For this activity, if you can swim, you can have a go!
Cross-country mountain biking. An unusual feature of our little corner of the Alps is that as well as 3000m+ mountains, we also have a landscape of rolling hills, open plains and lush meadows. Very different to what you will find in the Northern Alps! This makes for some fantastic family mountain biking – we'll give you maps, show you suitable routes and drop your bikes off at your accommodation or the start of your chosen trail. A great way to explore the area and get those leg muscles working!
For many of our families, one of the most memorable activities that we offer is the night in a remote mountain refuge. There are several walking routes into the refuge (the closest is a 1 ½ hour walk) and mean that this activity really is something that everyone can enjoy, from babies to grandparents! A perfect opportunity for wildlife spotting, star gazing, getting away from it all and spending some good old quality time together as family.
So there you have it, our pick of the top activities for families with children of mixed ages - don't just take our word for it, have a read of some of the reviews of families who have been here and done it!
If you want to find out more about our Alpine Activity holiday or any of our other holiday offers, please contact us.


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Long IslandTowns
Southampton seeks solution to tax cap
By Stacey Altherr July 21, 2011 10:25 AM
Southampton Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst said she hopes to avoid layoffs as she prepares the 2012 town budget to make up the $4 million to $5 million shortfall caused by the state's newly mandated 2 percent tax cap.
She expects to hold three community presentations before a tentative budget is due to the town clerk at the end of September.
"I implore my colleagues of all stripes to come to that table to work with me," she said. Last year, the majority Republican town board members voted against part of the budget.
The increase in 2011's tax levy was less than 1 percent. The town lost 70 staff positions through attrition, leaving less flexibility for cuts this year.
While not wanting to eliminate more staff positions, Throne-Holst said she will nonetheless meet with town labor leaders in the next few days to address the possibility.
A new state law limits municipalities and other taxing districts from raising the tax levy — the total amount of money raised in property taxes — by more than 2 percent each year.
Throne-Holst's budget presentations will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at Flanders Community Center on Sept. 4, Hampton Bays Community Center on Sept. 15, and Bridgehampton Community Center on Sept. 19.
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