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Taylor Swift's new Love Story debut is in Ryan Reynolds' Match ad with Satan
Leo Tolstoy Health
If you were given the task of finding the perfect match for Satan, what qualities would you look for in a potential partner? Dark, difficult and demonic can be a good start. Sounds a lot like … the year 2020.
And that's exactly who Satan is combined with in an amusing new Match ad called Match Made in Hell, written and directed by Deadpool star and Match board member Ryan Reynolds.
The ad opens with a red-hot Satan (no, literally he is red) sitting on his fiery throne in hell, looking lonely and flipping on his phone.
He is connected to someone and they meet each other. "Two zeros, two zeros?" he asks, confirming that he has identified the real woman. "Please, call me 2020," she replies.
The two (played by actors Aaron Reed and Natalie Roy) are related to the fact that they are both from hell, and we get a montage of them sharing all sorts of romantic 2020 moments, like practicing together in a closed gym, to enjoy a movie in an empty movie. theater, stealing rolls of toilet paper, and taking pictures in front of a trash can. This is according to Taylor Swift's recorded version of her song Love Story.
Okay so, while my new remakes are NOT finished, my friend @VancityReynolds asked me if he could use a grip of one for a LOLsome ad he wrote … here's a sneak peak of Love Story! Work hard to get the music to you soon !! https://t.co/0vBFXxaRXR
Taylor Swift (@ taylorswift13) 2 December 2020
"I do not want this year to end," Satan said, in a statement most of whom probably disagreed with.
Entertain your brain with the coolest news from streaming to superheroes, memes to video games.
The ad, which has been viewed millions of times, makes a hell of a year of joking and makes it clear that love finds – and happiness – is possible even during the most difficult times. "We just imagined what a '2020 game' would look like and this video was the natural, slightly skewed result," Reynolds said in a statement.
As part of the smart campaign, Match even made dating profiles for Satan and 2020, describing herself as 'more of a home'. What the scariest thing she's ever done, "I'm still working on it." Uh Oh.
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Pope Francis arrives to the altar to celebrate the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia Sept. 27, 2015.
Now one year after the event and people are apparently still feeling the spiritual effects of Pope Francis' visit to the United States. Certainly the enthusiasm of the local visit here in Philadelphia, the daily news coverage and the excitement of pope sightings and events has all but disappeared, yet many people still cling to the memories of the visit and the effect it had upon them as individuals, whether Catholic or not.
Being one such person, as a Catholic deacon, I had the honor and privilege to humbly assist at the Papal Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia along with hundreds of my fellow deacons. We distributed the Eucharist to the massive crowds assembled there.
Two such memories stand out from that day and still bring a certain joy when I recall them. The first was in the up close encounter with Pope Francis, being within 10 feet of the Holy Father, as he visited the prayer ribbon grotto at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. It was an awesome experience to see him that close, make eye contact, and have him offer his simple gesture of blessing. A moment in time that will forever impact my faith.
The second memorable experience was the distribution of the Eucharist on the Parkway. Never have I seen such enthusiasm among the faithful for Holy Communion as I experienced that day. From the hundreds that I encountered, I could feel their love and zeal as they clamored and reverently reached for the Body of Christ, embracing that sacred moment in a most ordinary place as a street in downtown Philadelphia. We Catholics call it "Communion" because we are all united in the Body of Christ. That day, one could feel the unity as they also felt a "oneness" with Pope Francis as the Vicar of Christ on Earth.
The papal visit was and still is a point in time that made the "Francis Effect" grow ever deeper in this region. More are being called into the service of the church, either as lay persons, religious sisters or ordained deacons and priests. The pope's visit has sparked a flame of faith that continues to burn brightly in South Jersey and throughout the Delaware Valley. His message of what it means to be a person of faith has resonated well among the people and will bear much fruit in the years to come.
Deacon Gerard J. Jablonowski is executive director of VITALity Catholic Healthcare Services.


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Pygmalion is a musical ensemble created in 2006 by Raphaël Pichon during his studies at the Paris Conservatoire. It consists of a choir and an instrumental ensemble. It specialises in baroque repertoire (played on period instruments).

Discography
Originally Pygmalion recorded for Alpha, a French early music label record label.
Since 2014 the ensemble has recorded for Harmonia Mundi.

As well as recording French repertory, Pygmalion has released notable versions of music by Johann Sebastian Bach:
mass compositions (Missæ Breves, BWV 234 and 235). Alpha 2008. Diapason d'Or (French award)
Köthener Trauermusik, BWV 244a (a "lost" Bach cantata). Harmonia Mundi 2014.
the Bach motets. Harmonia Mundi 2020. Opus Klassik (German award)

References

External links
 Official website

Musical groups established in 2006

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Art & Cultural Icons, may they R.I.P.
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#1 Art & Cultural Icons, may they R.I.P.
This thread is for members to talk and to post about all Art & Cultural Icons who past away recently. May they R.I.P.
I guess there just must be many many more famous and important people these days than there used to be, it seems every week someone of such stature is dying.
Patrick Moore's death recently probrably struck me more than most, you just get used to certain people always being on television.
Two who I have seen in concert that I enjoyed. They both were in the music business , one sang the other played many instruments , the piano primarily and composed his own Jazz scores.


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Departmental Away Day 2017
EDI Events
The Department decamped to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History for the first Away Day on 27 June 2017.
The Away Day was a celebration of the wealth of excellence we have in the Department and the passion and commitment to research and education that is shared across our community. The programme showcased the breadth of activity across the Department and featured cross-departmental and interdisciplinary partnerships supporting our research. The away day provided an opportunity to network and to spark new opportunities for partnerships.
The day comprised short science talks in layman's terms, a public engagement film, updates on key, Departmental activities as well as the chance to socialise and network during the coffee and lunch breaks. All this was set against the wonderful backdrop of the museum's collection, and on the very site where anatomy teaching at Oxford began!
View the programme for the day here
Staff enjoying their lunch break in the museum gallery.
The day had two, main aims:
1. To build a sense of community
provide the opportunity to network among our large staff body, opportunity to set up new collaborative partnerships
build a culture of collegiality and foster a sense of common purpose
promote inclusive values
2. To communicate Department successes and expertise
celebrate our achievements over the year in research and teaching
recognise and promote our outreach activity
provide a platform to highlight work of younger scientists, academic and support staff
The whole Department was invited to attend the day which was held during core hours (9.00am-3.30pm) with lunch provided.
Staff networking over coffee and pastries before the day kicks off and the Away Day's title slide.
A demonstration from 'Pint of Science' by Simon Butt, the Physiology & Anatomy class of 1833-4, current staff and a resident of the museum.
The day was very well received and a survey, which was circulated following the Away Day, revealed that the vast majority of staff found the day helpful (96% of survey respondents) and relevant (92% of survey respondents) and agreed that it had helped them to feel part of the Departmental community (93% of survey respondents).
Other positive feedback that was received related to staff reporting that they now had a better understanding of the Department (over 90% of survey respondents) and that the day had provided them with the opportunity to network (over 79% of survey respondents).
The hope is that the Away day will be an annual event which continues to bring staff together and highlight the wealth of talent which we have in the Department from all groups.
Strong performance for DPAG cardiac research at the Oxford BHF CRE Annual Symposium
Congratulations are in order for Kaitlyn Dennis, Dr Ni Li and Dr KC Park on their awards at this year's major showcase for Oxford's British Heart Foundation funded researchers.
Anne C. Ferguson-Smith FRS delivers 2022 Mabel FitzGerald Prize Lecture
The annual lecture is held in honour of pioneering physiologist and high altitude explorer, Mabel Purefoy FitzGerald.
Winners of the DPAG Student Poster Day 2022 announced
"A Year of Progress" was held in the Sherrington Library on Wednesday 9 November 2022.
DPAG hosts successful first Science in the Park event
More than 100 children, along with around 50 parents, grandparents and caregivers enjoyed an exciting variety of activities on the theme of 'How the Body Works' in University Parks on Tuesday 26 July. This 'Science in the Park' event was run by DPAG's Outreach and Public Engagement Working Group (OPEWG) and volunteers comprising research scientists, clinical anatomy teaching staff, and graduate and undergraduate students.
Sherrington Talks 2022 Prize Winners
The 2022 Sherrington talks were presented by graduate students in their third year of DPhil research study.

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Damernas 100 meter bröstsim vid världsmästerskapen i kortbanesimning 2022 avgjordes den 14 och 15 december 2022 i Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre i Melbourne i Australien.

Guldet togs av amerikanska Lilly King efter ett lopp på 1 minut och 2,67 sekunder. Silvret togs av nederländska Tes Schouten och bronset av tyska Anna Elendt.

Rekord
Inför tävlingens start fanns följande världs- och mästerskapsrekord:

Resultat

Försöksheat
Försöksheaten startade den 14 december klockan 12:30.

Semifinaler
Semifinalerna startade den 14 december klockan 20:45.

Final
Finalen startade den 15 december klockan 20:37.

Referenser

Världsmästerskapen i kortbanesimning 2022


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}

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    match x {
        Some(x) => { return x }, //~ ERROR mismatched types
        None => 10
    }
}

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fn c() {
    struct Foo {
        a: usize
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    struct Bar {
        a: usize,
        b: usize
    }

    let x = Foo { a: 10isize }; //~ ERROR mismatched types
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}

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Being manipulated by a man never felt so right.
About five years ago now I threw a 70th birthday party for my dad. For the first time, I'd created a huge power point presentation – more like a movie than a slideshow. As a result of the work I'd done on the computer for days straight prior to the occasion, my shoulders were a bit messed up. And I stressed up, too, because I was the lady in charge of the event.
The sunset where Dad lives.
When we arrived at the massage place, it was pretty much what I'd expected. From behind the counter we were greeted pleasantly by the woman who I immediately assumed would be delivering my massage treatment. She wore natural fibres and Birkenstocks, and smelled faintly of patchouli and recently- burned incense. I liked this earth mother type and couldn't wait for her to lay her healing hands on me.
Ken?! Is this what the Earth Mother sometimes called herself? Like I often refer to myself in the third person as Ms. K? I seriously doubted it. Ken isn't even one of those names like Lou or Tracey or Lee that could belong to a man or a woman. Ken is just Ken and is understood in every case to be a man's name.
Now, I have no problem being massaged by a man. But some clients would, so massage places usually give the client a choice upon making an appointment. Not this time.
A bighorn sheep in that mountain town.
After changing, I met Ken in the massage area. He stood about six feet, five inches tall, and had shoulder-length, steel-grey hair. He wore a tee shirt and faded jeans along with some kind of casual, well-worn leather shoes. Ken was about 55 years old and had hands as big as pie plates. I was simultaneously terrified and intrigued.
Ken was a really good massage therapist and an interesting guy. He told me about himself while pulling my limbs this way and that, stretching me out on the table like some sort of satisfied pizza dough.
He'd had other jobs, including being an artist. He knew a lot about the arts, about writers and photographers and music. He told me about blues and jazz, how he loved the music, but how it was too sad, too full of loneliness.
A flower basket hanging outside our motel door.
There I was with Ken, the bus driver, and only a thin sheet between us! Holy crow! This was just getting better and better.
So much for assumptions. If I'd known even some of this information BEFORE booking a massage, my rendezvous with huge-hand Ken (not his real name) may never have happened. Imagine calling up the massage place and being told, "You can get in immediately with former artist, now bus driver, Ken," I might have declined. But then again, maybe not.
Very entertaining recap of at least one of the highlights of your b-day party for dad extravaganza. My husband and I do couples massages once or twice a year at the local hot-tub spa. So far, it's always been a female duo who've done the "bodywork." Also,we have piped-in music,very Zen (and very relaxing), so no chance to converse with the people attached to the hands.
I especially enjoyed your admission that you were very aware at one point of the thin sheet between you. LOL. Boundaries, boundaries! Also, very nice cake for Dad.
I have a chi gong master (a man) in Taiwan that is very good.


Hello Castalonians and welcome to another explorious adventure in the world of Amps and Axes. In this installment we take a trip across the Pond to speak with a guitarist who is not only a solo artist with a style all his own, but also is fortunate enough to tour with a musical icon. He is an acoustic finger-style (at least that's the best description) player that has a fantastic solo show, but also tours along side Juston Hayward of The Moody Blues on Justin's solo tours. A unique player with an equally unique guitar setup, please prepare to have your acoustic perception turned upside down by Mr Mike Dawes. Enjoy!


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Track Of The Day: Tiny Ruins - "Me At The Museum, You In The Wintergardens"
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Hollie Fullbrook, the lead singer of Tiny Ruins, fills her words with overflowing meaning that elevates the impact of each breath to an emotional capsheaf line after line. Perhaps it's in my musical makeup, but I truly believe that folk music has the ability to excite on the same level of a great pop, rock, or dance tracks. When a song can perform an emotional autopsy on its listener, melody and lyrics passing over the scars and history of connection between consumer and artists, folk presents itself with its ultimate power...the ability to feel connected with someone not present.
I feel such a strong connection to Fullbrook's emotions on "Me At The Museum, You In The Wintergardens" that with every listen comes the peeling back of layers revealing my own feelings. The song plays within the boundaries of building sensory connection through emotional swings, but quickly transcends to an epic folk realm when Fullbrook hits, "Nobody feels old, at the museum. Nobody feels cold, in the Wintergarden". This line, accompanied by a nice tempo change, dramatically places warmth between the artist and listener, defining Tiny Ruins as a creator with control over their perspective and desires to deliver meaning. With sweeping and intelligently subtle orchestration flourishing through the gaps of a softly strummed acoustic guitar, Tiny Ruins lay out a majestic backdrop for Fullbrook to soar, expound, and ultimately connect with the listeners deepest feelings.
This is beautiful, Zach. Thank you for sharing.
This music has life inside it.
more than just lovely
David February 20, 2014 at 1:50 PM
Wow...this is just stunning.


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Mumbai blasts in pictures
Published: July 14, 2011 at 10:18 a.m. ET
People gather to watch as police clean up and search for evidence after a blast at a bus stop Wednesday evening in the crowded Dadar district of central Mumbai. A home-made bomb was believed to have been placed inside or near a taxi parked by the bus stop, according to witnesses and police reports.
Nick Godt/MarketWatch
The first blast occurred shortly before 7 p.m. local time and was followed by two others, including the one at Dadar, within minutes of each other. This confirmed to the authorities that these were coordinated terrorist attacks, according to Indian Home Minister Palaniappa Chidambaram.
The scene of the blast is captured in this broadcast from India's Zee TV shortly after one the explosions.
Police guard the area where a second blast occurred in the Opera House district of Mumbai, now used as a hub for wholesale diamond trading.
Police guard the area of the Opera House district explosion.
At the Opera House district blast, diamonds were said to have been found scattered on the ground amid human remains, according to witnesses and police reports.
According to initial estimates, at least 21 people died and 113 were injured in the three blasts Wednesday evening.
A senior official said Wednesday's incident marked the biggest attack on India's financial capital since 2008 assaults blamed on Pakistan-based militants. Seen here, police investigate at the site of the Opera House district explosion.See more MarketWatch coverage of the attack on India's financial capital.
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Q: Why is an exception thrown during JSON de-serialization of protobuf3 well-known types? Using Google.Protobuf Nuget package version 3.4.1
In its simplest form, I have a Google protocol-buffers message defined like this:
syntax = "proto3";
package tests;
option csharp_namespace = "MyTests";

import "wrappers.proto";

message Foo {
    .google.protobuf.Int32Value NullableInt = 1;
}

I compile it to C# code using Google's protoc tool from Google.Protobuf.Tools version 3.4.0.
When I instantiate an instance of Foo and serialize it to a string using the Google.Protobuf.JsonFormatter I get a sensible result, which is "{ "NullableInt": 5 }".  When I de-serialize this back into a Foo instance using Google.Protobuf.JsonParser, the parser throws a System.InvalidCastException stating "Unable to cast object of type 'System.Int32' to type 'Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes.Int32Value'."
Why is this exception being thrown?  Am I doing something stupid?
Here is the code that I am running:
[Test]
public void TestRoundTripInt32Value()
{
    var foramtter = new JsonFormatter(new JsonFormatter.Settings(false));
    var foo = new Foo { NullableInt = new Int32Value {Value = 5} };
    var str = foramtter.Format(foo);
    Console.WriteLine(str);
    var parser = new JsonParser(new JsonParser.Settings(100));
    var foo2 = parser.Parse<Foo>(str);  // <= Throws!
    Assert.That(foo2, Is.EqualTo(foo));
}

A: See:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/protobuf/w6RdxtSDswk
John Skeet demonstrated that the way the external proto-files were being imported was the cause of the issue.  The correct way to do it is not obvious or clearly documented.

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HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, THE: LIMITED EDITION
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La-La Land Records, Paramount Television, Amblin Television and Netflix present the original score to the Netflix horror series THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino and Henry Thomas and directed by Mike Flanagan. Renowned composers, The Newton Brothers (GERALD'S GAME, EXTINCTION, OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL), provide a pitch-perfect music score for this acclaimed horror/drama series – one that matches each terrifying jolt and every heart-breaking revelation of this thoughtful and suspenseful re-imagining of the famed original Shirley Jackson novel. Delicate, beautiful, shocking and creepy, yet always human, this rich musicscape proves to be a vital component to a uniquely special series that manages to both embrace and transcend the horror genre. Produced by The Newton Brothers and mastered by Patricia Sullivan at Bernie Grundman Mastering, this CD release is limited to 2000 units and features haunting art design by Dan Goldwasser.
1. The Haunting of Hill House (Main Titles) 1:06
2. Come Home 5:12
3. Larks and Katydids 4:34
4. Darkness and Chaos 1:46
5. That Night 1:48
6. Take Her Down 1:27
7. Whatever Walked There, Walked Alone 1:05
8. Hill House 1:11
9. Go Tomorrow 2:38
10. Science vs. Religion 0:54
11. What Did You Really See 1:20
12. The Red Room 1:11
13. Missing Things 1:06
14. I Believe You 1:43
15. 12:00 A.M. 1:45
16. In the Shadow of Ghosts 1:35
17. I Want to Wake up so Badly 3:17
18. Luke 1:28
19. Approaching the House 2:39
20. Haunted Past 1:52
21. You Remember 1:58
22. Feel Nothing 2:39
23. Beginning of the End Movement I 3:28
24. Beginning of the End Movement II (Tea Party) 2:44
25. Beginning of the End Movement III 2:29
26. Beginning of the End Movement IV 3:27
27. The End 2:48
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UCW DEMANDS FAIRNESS AND EQUITY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
danasmith on Friday, March 20 2020 - 2:28pm
*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***
UNITED CAMPUS WORKERS DEMANDS FAIRNESS AND EQUITY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
United Campus Workers, Tennessee's Higher Education Union, is concerned with the health and safety of our members, their colleagues, and the students and public they serve during the developing COVID-19 pandemic. Our goal is to ensure campuses provide the most comprehensive safety and prevention measures, and prioritize fairness and equity for campus employees via open and free communication without fear of reprisal or negative impacts on pay, paid leave or continued employment.
As the COVID-19 pandemic develops, we must ensure that all campus workers -- tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty, full-time and part-time staff, graduate workers, student workers, and contract workers -- are considered so that the most vulnerable do not bear the brunt of the crisis. UCW supports university actions taken so far to reduce exposure rates and aid in the containment of the virus, but we are concerned that these steps do not fully protect the most economically and physically vulnerable members of our community. While certain faculty, graduate students, and staff members will be able to work from home, others do not have that option. Additionally, with school districts across the state closing, employees who do not have access to child-care are left with few options but to take personal leave, if it is available. Similarly, staff who are immunocompromised but lack leave time will be forced to come to campus.
Workers should not have to choose between their livelihoods and their safety. As such, UCW urges campus administrations to act in the best interest of its employees' medical and economic well-being by implementing the following:
As soon as possible, hold a virtual open meeting with campus workers to respond to questions and concerns from frontline workers.
Allow all employees to work from home or remotely; if employees are unable to telecommute, provide them with administrative leave with full pay.
If any essential personnel are required to remain on campus, implement safety protocols, such as: providing adequate personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies; closing buildings to the public; and implementing split shifts.
Guarantee full pay for all employees, regardless of classification and status; provide hazard pay to any employee required to remain on campus.
Ensure that no employee loses earned sick or paid leave as a result of shutdown, self-quarantine, or exposure to COVID-19.
Work with contractors to ensure payment, healthcare access, safety, and continued employment for any contracted-out employees, and end contracts with companies that refuse.
Expand health insurance coverage to all campus employees, including part-time, temporary, and graduate workers, and guarantee that all employees' health insurance policies cover in full the cost of testing for COVID-19 and treatment.
Allow faculty to freeze or delay their tenure clock.
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PROJECTSCommunity Development
Resilience Centre - Main Entrance
Barry and Richard Sacks
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The Sderot Resilience Centre - Main Entrance
Who you will help
Over 700 rocket and mortar attacks fall in the city of Sderot every year, which has a devastating effect on the residents who live there - 80% of children living in Sderot suffer from PTSD. The Resilience Center provides much needed support for these children and their families, offering therapy and emotional support, a 24/7 hotline, courses for parents to deal with child anxiety, emergency services and more. The Resilience Centre is currently lacking important infrastructure to support the children and families - suffering from the trauma of repeated attacks - who rely on it. JNF Canada has begun work with the municipality to construct a new Trauma Resilience Center by adding a protective bomb shelter, expanding existing facilities and making the center accessible for those with disabilities. The new center will have 8 therapeutic rooms, providing 50,000 hours of treatments per year - 140 hours per day! This expansion will double the number of patients treated daily.
Your donation will fund
The main entrance to the Centre.
Located in Sderot, 2km from the Gaza border.
About The Sderot Resilience Centre
The Resilience Center in Sderot was established by the local government in 2008, to promote resilience, strengthen individuals and the community, and foster the development of partnerships.
STATUS: Fully Funded
DONATION LEVEL: $6,000.00 (min) - $110,000.00 (max)
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Autoimplantation
Article in PDF (115 KB)
Autoimplantation therapy for multiple warts
V Shivakumar, Rajendra Okade, V Rajkumar
Department of Dermatology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, India
Date of Web Publication 12-Nov-2009
V Shivakumar
No. 66, 11th cross, Indiranagar 1st stage, Bangalore - 560 038, Karnataka
Background: In the treatment of multiple warts, there is no single treatment that is 100% effective and different modalities of treatment need to be combined. Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of homologous autoimplantation therapy in the treatment of multiple warts. Methods: A total of 60 patients of multiple verruca vulgaris and palmo-plantar warts were enrolled. Homologous autoimplantation was done after harvesting full-depth wart tissue. Patients were followed upto a period of 6 months. Resolution of warts within a period of 3 months after procedure was considered successful. Results: All the 60 patients were available for follow-up. A total of 28 patients of verruca vulgaris (70%) and 16 patients of palmo-plantar warts (80%) showed resolution of warts within 3 months, accounting for a total clearance rate of 73.3%. Majority of the responders (91%) showed resolution of warts within 2 months. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that homologous autoimplantation could be an effective, simple modality of treatment for multiple warts.
Keywords: Autoimplantation, Resolution, Warts
Shivakumar V, Okade R, Rajkumar V. Autoimplantation therapy for multiple warts. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2009;75:593-5
Shivakumar V, Okade R, Rajkumar V. Autoimplantation therapy for multiple warts. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol [serial online] 2009 [cited 2021 Jan 20];75:593-5. Available from: https://www.ijdvl.com/text.asp?2009/75/6/593/57721
Warts are benign tumours that commonly involve the skin and other epithelial tissues, caused by human papilloma virus infection. [1] Treatment of warts is difficult, though several treatment modalities are available. There is no single treatment that is 100% effective and different types of treatment may be combined. Different types of warts and those at different sites may need differing treatments. In recalcitrant warts, the treatment modalities available are cryotherapy, lasers, intralesional bleomycin and 5% imiquimod, if the lesions are few in number. In multiple lesions, systemic retinoids, photodynamic therapy and topical sensitizers such as dinitriochlorobenzene (DNCB), squaric acid dibutylester (SADBE) and diphencyprone are reported to be effective .[2] In multiple warts, especially of palms and soles, destructive procedures are inappropriate and impractical.
Homologous autoimplantation is a simple technique, which helps in inducing a good cell-mediated immune response, essential for the clearance of warts. We evaluated the efficacy of homologous autoimplantation therapy in the treatment of multiple warts.
A total of 60 eligible patients with multiple verruca vulgaris and palmo-plantar warts (>5 in number) were enrolled in an open, non-randomized study done between May 2007 and October 2008. Patients with warts other than verruca vulgaris and palmo-plantar type, pregnant and lactating mothers, children, immunosuppressed patients and those with history of intake of immunomodulatory/ immunosuppressive drugs were excluded. Proper written consent was obtained after counseling. A treatment free washout period of 3 months was ensured. Institutional ethical committee clearance was obtained for the study.
Homologous autoimplantation was done as per the procedure described below.
A well developed verrucous papule was chosen as a donor wart. Under local anaesthesia and strict aseptic precautions, a full-depth nick was made upto the subcutis level with an 18G needle and a chunk of wart tissue was removed and placed on a sterile swab. An area on the flexor aspect of left forearm around 2 inches below antecubital crease was chosen as a recipient site for autoimplantation. Under local anaesthesia with aseptic precautions, a small nick was made on the skin using an 18G needle in accordance with resting skin tension lines (RSTL). The needle was then introduced subcutaneously and a pocket was created with to and fro motions of the needle. The harvested tissue was gently introduced into the subcutaneous pocket with the same 18G needle and secured tightly with a small micropore dressing or band-aid plaster. The donor area was similarly dressed. Systemic antibiotics were given for a period of 5 days. The dressings were removed after 5 days. Patients were followed up every 2 weeks for 1 month and monthly thereafter for 6 months. Resolution of warts within a period of 3 months after procedure was considered as successful treatment. Nonresponders and also resolution after 3 months were considered as failures.
All 60 patients were available for follow-up. The baseline characteristics are shown in [Table 1].
Out of 60 patients, 40 had verruca vulgaris [Figure 1] and the remaining 20 had palmo-plantar warts. Majority of the patients had warts persisting for more than 6 months.
A total of 28 patients of verruca vulgaris (70%) and 16 of palmo-plantar warts (80%) showed resolution [Figure 2] within 3 months [Table 2], accounting for a total clearance rate of 73.3%. Majority of the responders (91%) showed resolution of warts within 2 months.
Earliest resolution of warts was seen at the end of 3 rd week. In few patients, warts resolved with post-inflammatory hypopigmentation, which lasted upto 8 weeks. In some cases, an inflammatory nodule was formed at the site of autoimplantation during the 2 nd week and these patients showed an early resolution of warts.
Although some warts regress spontaneously, it can persist for years causing physical discomfort and psychological trauma. [1] There is no single treatment that is 100% effective. Hence, multiple modalities of treatment have been tried with an average of 60-70% clearance in 3 months. [2]
The ideal aims of the treatment of warts should be to remove the wart without recurrence, avoid aggressive (potentially scarring) procedures, and to assist the immune system in dealing more effectively with the virus and inducing life-long immunity to human papillomaviruses (HPVs). [2]
The presence of local as well as systemic immunity may be necessary to eradicate the clinical manifestations of HPV infection. [1] Warts in adults, in those with a long duration of infection and in immunosuppressed patients are less likely to resolve spontaneously and are more recalcitrant to treatment. The highest clearance rates for various treatments are observed usually in younger individuals who have a short duration of infection. [2]
Significant alterations occur in the immune status of patients during spontaneous wart regression or following successful wart therapy. [3] The most striking feature is the increase in viral-specific antibodies (both IgM and IgG type). Delayed hypersensitivity to HPV antigen also increases in regressing warts. [4] A significant booster in both antibody and delayed hypersensitivity response are noted after intradermal testing with HPV antigens and wart treatment. [5]
In a study of 22 patients with multiple or recurring warts, repeated intradermal skin tests using formalin-inactivated purified viral antigen administered at 3 weeks interval for 3 times, showed development of cell-mediated immunity and appearance of circulating IgG antibodies in patients in whom warts resolved. But in non-responders, warts persisted with either a weak or nonexistent immune response. [6]
Homologous autoimplantation is an easy, minimally invasive technique, wherein, the wart tissue is harvested aseptically with an 18G needle and placed subcutaneously. This could theoretically induce an adequate immune response leading to resolution of wart, more so in multiple warts involving distant sites. A double-blind, randomized study with a longer follow-up will help in determining accurately the effectiveness of the treatment.
1. Drake LA, Ceilley RI, Cornelison RL, Dobes WL, Dorner W, Goltz RW, et al. Guidelines of care for warts: Human papilloma viruses. J Am Acad Dermatol 1995; 32:98-103. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
2. Sterling JC, Handfield-Jones S, Hudson PM. Guidelines for management of cutaneous warts. Br J Dermatol 2001; 144:4-11.
3. Briggaman RA, Wheeler CE. Immunology of human warts. J Am Acad Dermatol 1979; 1:297-304.
4. Viac J, Thivolet J, Hegazy M, Chardonnet Y, Dambuyant C. Comparative study of delayed hypersensitivity skin reaction and antibodies to human papilloma virus(HPV). Clin Exp Immunol 1977; 29:240-6.
5. Morison W. In vitro assay of cell-mediated immunity to human wart antigen. Br J Dermatol 1974; 90:531-4.
6. Viac J, Thivolet J, Chardonnet Y. Specific immunity in patients suffering from recurring warts before and after repetitive intradermal tests with human papilloma virus. Br J Dermatol 1977; 97:365-70. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
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1 Autowart injection therapy for recalcitrant warts
Srivastava, P.K., Bajaj, A.K.
Indian Journal of Dermatology. 2010; 55(4): 367-369
2 Treating common warts: Options and evidence
Leung, L.
Australian Family Physician. 2010; 39(12): 933-937


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Q: data.table: Select row with maximum value by group with several grouping variables I am trying to subset the maximum (minimum / whatever) value by groups. They are defined by more than one grouping variable.
My working workaround is to unite the grouping columns first (see desired output), but is there a more direct data.table syntax?
This is not an immediate duplicate to the famous questions:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/24558696/7941188 - because asking for grouping by one variable.
How to select the rows with maximum values in each group with dplyr? - because only dplyr solutions offered.
Cheers
library(tidyverse)
library(data.table)

set.seed(1)
mydf <- expand.grid(list(A = 1:5, B = 1:5, C = 1:5))
mydf$value <- runif(nrow(mydf))

mydf %>%
  group_by(A, B) %>%
  filter(value == max(value)) %>%
  arrange(A, B, C)
#> # A tibble: 25 x 4
#> # Groups:   A, B [25]
#>        A     B     C value
#>    <int> <int> <int> <dbl>
#>  1     1     1     4 0.892
#>  2     1     2     1 0.898
#>  3     1     3     5 0.976
#>  4     1     4     2 0.821
#>  5     1     5     5 0.992
#>  6     2     1     4 0.864
#>  7     2     2     1 0.945
#>  8     2     3     2 0.794
#>  9     2     4     1 0.718
#> 10     2     5     3 0.839
#> # … with 15 more rows

Desired output - is there a way to get that without creating the united column first?
mydt <- mydf %>%
  arrange(A,B,C) %>%
  unite("A_B", A, B) %>%
  as.data.table()

mydt[mydt[, .I[value == max(value)], by = A_B]$V1] %>%
  separate(A_B, LETTERS[1:2]) %>%
  head(10)
#>     A B C     value
#>  1: 1 1 4 0.8921983
#>  2: 1 2 1 0.8983897
#>  3: 1 3 5 0.9761707
#>  4: 1 4 2 0.8209463
#>  5: 1 5 5 0.9918386
#>  6: 2 1 4 0.8643395
#>  7: 2 2 1 0.9446753
#>  8: 2 3 2 0.7942399
#>  9: 2 4 1 0.7176185
#> 10: 2 5 3 0.8394404

Created on 2020-04-21 by the reprex package (v0.3.0)

A: You can compare value with max value in  A and B, extract the logical vector and use it to subset data.table.
library(data.table)

setDT(mydf)
mydf[mydf[, value == max(value), .(A, B)]$V1, ]


These are the juniper thinning projects on public land that we are currently monitoring. As the projects are finished, we will report on them here. Click on the underlined projects to go to that project's page.
The measuring stick has six inch increments.
Old growth western juniper firewood cut on the Modoc National Forest.
Protected old growth juniper is being removed on our public lands at an alarming rate. Mismanaged or careless juniper thinning projects by the Forest Service, BLM, and free-roaming wood cutters on the Modoc National Forest are taking a steady, cumulative toll on our old juniper woodlands. New roads, updated September 2013, initiated by a single wood cutter into an old growth stand are then reused by others to continue dismantling the old woodland. Many illegal wood cutting sites were documented and brought to the attention of the MNF Forest Supervisor at the time. Nothing was done about them.
Pre-settlement old growth junipers, trees established around 1870 or before, are protected by the Sage Steppe Ecosystem Restoration Strategy. This strategy was incorporated into the Resource Management Plan of the Modoc National Forest. Through non-implementation and non-enforcement of important provisions, many old growth juniper are cut on the MNF each year by free-ranging wood cutters. Click here to learn more about wood cutting on the MNF.
See some great old growth juniper woodlands that are threatened by wood cutters and thinning projects.
Very old western juniper cut on the Modoc National Forest.
This project proposes to restore upland vegetation by "treating" approximately 1628 acres of western juniper. This juniper removal project is located on the Modoc National Forest adjacent to the Big Sage Allotment juniper removal project implemented in 2011. Both projects include areas of old growth juniper woodlands and the documentation from both projects stated that juniper exhibiting old growth characteristics would not be removed. Over 80% of the old growth juniper on the Big Sage Allotment was removed by the Forest Service. Time will tell regarding the Antelope Plains Project. The images below are all from within the proposed Antelope Plains juniper removal project. Click here for a before and after implementation look at some of the old growth juniper woodlands on the Antelope Plains Project.
There are predominately old growth juniper in this area of the Antelope Plains Project. Sending a contractor into this area with directions to "treat" the juniper will almost certainly result in many old juniper being cut. Areas of old juniper woodlands within the project should be flagged as exclusion areas to protect the old juniper communities. Flagged exclusion areas were not used by the Forest Service during the implementation of the Big Sage Allotment project resulting in over 500 documented old growth juniper cut down on just 50 acres of the over 1200 acre project.
Areas within the project such as those above exhibit no invasive juniper, yet these areas are included in the Antelope Plains Project for juniper "treatment". These areas, old growth juniper woodlands, have been in "pre-settlement condition" for hundreds of years and require no "treatment" or "Sage Steppe Restoration".
The proposed 49 Mountain juniper removal project, 711 acres, is located about 16 miles northeast of Cedarville, California and is in Washoe County, Nevada. The Decision Rationale states that implementing the 49 Mountain juniper removal project will "...reduce juniper cover, improve sage-grouse habitat and reduce hazardous fuels." The rationale also states that "Long term benefits will include improved watershed stability, wildlife habitat and increased vegetation diversity." The Standard Operating Procedures, SOPs, for this project state that no old growth juniper will be removed in the implementation of this project just as they did for the Corral Allotment at Home Camp, Nevada, a few miles to the south. The BLM cut down over 50% of the old growth juniper on the Corral Allotment at Home Camp in 2014.
There are many stands of old growth juniper throughout the 49 Mountain juniper removal project. The SOPs for this project includes the statement "In stands where more than 75% of trees exhibit old growth characteristics, no juniper will be cut." In order to ensure that no old growth juniper will be cut in these stands of old juniper the BLM should flag these stands as off limits so that the contractor will stay out. Typically the BLM does not do this.
Most of the juniper within the 49 Mountain juniper removal project is Utah Juniper. Utah Juniper often has multiple trunks or limbs instead of a single upright trunk and is close to the ground. Often very old multiple trunk Utah Juniper is cut down by the BLM during juniper removal projects because of this morphological difference with Western Juniper. Much of the old growth juniper at the Home Camp juniper removal project that the BLM cut down were similar to the old juniper above. Although size is not an indicator of age, small old growth is often also removed by the BLM. Compare these old growth Utah Juniper with the old growth Western Juniper below in the Antelope Plains juniper project.


New York City will never be the same. Dermatologist Dr. Zizmore, famed for his ubiquitous subway (and TV) ads, has retired and the Internet reactions proves we weren't ready.
Dr. Jonathan Zizmor, 70, who ran campy subway ads encouraging cosmetic procedures, has retired and shut down his Manhattan office, the Daily News has learned.
Zizmor began running the kitschy rainbow ads in the early 1980s.
Needless to say, tried and true New Yorkers are reacting to the news of Zizmor's decision to call it quits.
See some of the reactions, and Zizmor's ads, below and on the following pages.


This officially licensed Xena the Warrior Princess T-shirt features the title character on a background including the name of the show and her trademark chakram. Fans of the show will love getting to show off their powerful princess!
Available in women's sizes small (US size 4 -6) to extra-large (US size 16 - 18). Also available in youth sizes small to extra-large here.


George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: William Livingston to David Forman, October 9 . October 9, 1777. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mgw448519/.
(1777) George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: William Livingston to David Forman, October 9 . October 9. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mgw448519/.
George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: William Livingston to David Forman, October 9 . October 9, 1777. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mgw448519/>.


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Retelling the legend of the Three Wise Men who came to honor the baby Jesus is a Christmas tradition. Less known is the story of the Holy Family's escape into Egypt after the Magi departed.
Upon hearing a new Jewish king had been born, King Herod of Judea sent the men to find the baby and bring it to him. But each of the wise men had a dream, one that warned them to avoid Herod and take a different route home. Incensed, the king ordered the "slaughter of the innocents," in which every male child under the age of two was to be killed to eliminate the threat posed by his supposed rival for the crown, Jesus.
An angel also appeared to Joseph that night, warning him to flee to safety in Egypt with his wife and infant son, Jesus. Mary made the trip on a donkey with her baby in her arms and Joseph by her side, guided through the arid desert by a single star. The Holy Family found sanctuary in Egypt, returning home only after the death of King Herod.
It is possible to experience a remnant of the Holy Family's journey even now. According to tradition, donkeys were mute until that evening. Herod's soldiers approached as the family rested, and the donkey was unable to wake Joseph. It prayed for a loud voice to save the newborn king, and was granted the piercing bray donkeys are known for today.
Art director William Gicker, designer Greg Breeding, and artist Nancy Stahl worked together to create the artwork for this stamp, which pictures Joseph leading a donkey carrying Mary and baby Jesus under a shining star.


Marcel Bois studied history, sociology and art history at the Universities of Konstanz and Hamburg. He received his doctorate at the TU Berlin on the history of communism in the Weimar Republic. He is currently working on a postdoctoral project on the biography of the Austrian architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, which is sponsored by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The historian is a lecturer at the Ruhr University Bochum and an associate scholar at the Research Centre for Contemporary History in Hamburg.


Sojuzpatent takes part at a session "Counteraction to the production and distribution of counterfeit products" held in the frames of XI International Forum "Intellectual Property – XXI Century" / Company News / Sojuzpatent Ltd.
Sojuzpatent's Senior lawyer Maria A. Plotkina made a report "Problematic aspects of detection of counterfeit goods and protection of exclusive rights to a trademark while moving goods across the customs border" at the session "Counteraction to the production and distribution of counterfeit products" held in the frames of XI International Forum "Intellectual Property – XXI Century".
Maria highlighted specific difficulties that the right holders face in the process of protecting trademark rights via customs legislation. Among them are problems connected with recordation of the trademarks into the customs register, difficulties with the detection of the counterfeit goods on the customs border, court resolutions on the issue of confiscation of the goods, problematic aspects in the identification of parallel imports, in particular in connection with the introduction of a mandatory pre-trial order of dispute settlement.
The Seminar gathered about 200 attendees, including representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Federal Customs Service, industrial and trade companies, lawyers and patent attorneys.


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Home » national news » Bihar Assembly Floor Test: Nitish Kumar wins trust of votes comfortably
Bihar Assembly Floor Test: Nitish Kumar wins trust of votes comfortably
Speed News Desk | Updated on: 28 July 2017, 13:29 IST
Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar has won the crucial floor test in Bihar Assembly with 131 votes for and 108 against the motion.
Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) broke out in protests outside the Assembly in protest.
The Chief Minister was faced vote of confidence in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, to prove his majority to form the state government.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) had issued whip to their legislators to vote in favour of the trust vote.
The RJD and the Congress had also issued a similar whip to their legislators.
Nitish led JD (U)-NDA government had a support of 132 MLAs.
According to the communique issued from the Raj Bhawan, Nitish had claimed the support of 131 members, including the BJP, two independents and legislators of BJP allies Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM)-Secular and Rashtriya Lok Samata party (RLSP).
Opposition RJD has 80 MLAs, the Congress 27 and the CPI-ML 3.
Security arrangements were made in and around the assembly building ahead of the floor test.
Yesterday, Nitish and BJP leader Sushil Modi were sworn-in as Bihar Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively, and former has been asked to prove his majority on the floor by Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi.
Nitish, on July 26 resigned as Bihar Chief Minister citing political differences with former ally, Lalu Prasad Yadav led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), over corruption charges against the RJD supremo's son Tejashwi Yadav.
He, however, on Thursday, took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time, marking a historic transition of the state from a Grand Alliance government to an NDA regime.
-With ANI inputs.
First published: 28 July 2017, 13:25 IST
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Nestled in the Piper's Hole River Valley on the river estuary, leading to the headwaters of Placentia Bay, the Newfoundland chalet vacation of your dreams can become a reality at Kilmory Resort.
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Surrounded by water and mountains, Kilmory Resort has been carefully and lovingly crafted from its natural surroundings. Measures have been taken to enhance the privacy and pleasure of guests. All of our 21 pine log chalets and cottages are single buildings, located on treed lots for privacy, with their own driveway, waterfront view overlooking the river estuary and mountains and private deck with barbeque and picnic table.
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The summer of major new features wraps up today with several new features that we've been excited about for years and are happy to finally deliver. Today is the last major push of the summer, so these will be the last of the new features, but we'll have several small updates in the coming weeks that plug a few holes we know about and continue to solve problems as they come to our attention.
Since the first major release of Eli, the "Assignment" was one of the system's primary metaphors. The idea behind this choice was that offline assignments are often comprised of multiple pieces – with an essay, for example, an instructor might ask students to compose a thesis statement, followed by an outline, followed by a draft, followed by a revision. All of those things were considered deliverables (or "documents" or "writing products") of the assignment – an assignment was a container for many potential pieces of writing.
This was confusing for some students and teachers, though. You wanted a more streamlined approach.We listened! Now, the work students do in Eli comes down to three things:: writing tasks, review tasks, and revision tasks. We're very happy to permanently replace the "Assignment" with the "Writing Task," a much simpler interface.
We alluded to the rollout of this new type of Eli activity with our previous big update, and you could see where we were going with the release of the revision plan feature, but now they're officially here!
Teachers ask students to do two types of revision tasks: 1) make revision plans and 2) revise and resubmit a piece of writing. Each type can be added at different times, so you can add a "revise and resubmit" task after students have completed a revision plan, but not vice versa (because yeah, planning a revision after you've written it makes no sense).
Students can make a revision plan without instructors assigning one. If an instructor does assign a revision plan, students complete it and then can elect to share it with the instructor.
Teachers can leave feedback on the revision plan for a student to encourage any necessary changes before revising begins.
Revise and resubmit tasks work exactly like writing tasks, but when students submit revisions, Eli records the revision as a new version of the original, making it easy to compare before and after.
We'll have a couple more revision features coming in the near future, but for now, we're eager to get these into your hands and see how you'll use them.
Instructor's Student Portfolio – instructors now have access to a course portfolio of each of their students. Unlike the Student Portfolio, the Course Portfolio collects all of the writing a student has done in that specific course, giving the instructor a history view of that student but not allowing them to see across all of that student's courses.
Being able to see writing, review, and revision task history across a single course or across an entire writing career should give both writers and teachers a distinct understanding of their performance.
Adding co-instructors is a particularly powerful new feature. As co-instructors, they can create new tasks in your course, but they'll also be able to re-use your tasks in their own courses.
As always, we do a little housekeeping with each release, but this week there was only one: we fixed a bug that caused weird date range issues – courses could only last two weeks, assignments would come due at strange times, etc.
Release Notes – Friday, August 24 was published to the Eli Review Blog in the category Release Notes.


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Saint-Denis-en-Margeride () is a commune in the Lozère department in southern France.

See also
Communes of the Lozère department

References

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Anything But Straight: Let Sam Adams Get Back to Work
January 29, 2009 6:39 PM by Wayne Besen
Portland's openly gay mayor, Sam Adams, correctly decided to remain in office after acknowledging that three years ago he had a brief affair with an 18 year old man.
Calls for his resignation were politically motivated, homophobic and cheap shots dressed in the guise of morality. Sadly, many gay and lesbian leaders got sucked into the sexual hysteria and puritanical pandemonium and called for the mayor's resignation.
If Adams had exploited an innocent youth or abused his power in office to obtain sex, I would not be defending him. The affair with Beau Breedlove, however, was consensual and Breedlove told the Oregonian newspaper, "I do not see any relationship that I ever had with Sam as me being taken advantage of. I do not feel like I was ever a victim."
Given this reality, I am having a difficult time understanding exactly why this is a controversy. The hypocrisy, double standard and anti-gay undertones are unmistakable. If a 42-year-old male politician had hooked up with an 18-year-old Hooter's girl, he would get high fives. If he's gay, people with pitchforks want to hang him from a high tree. For the conquering straight male, the affair would be a sign of virility. For the gay man, it is the mark of vulgarity.
This all goes back to the despicable stereotype that evil homosexuals recruit children into the so-called "lifestyle." People have to realize that sacrificing Adams won't erase this insidious myth from the minds of ignorant people who choose to believe it.
As in most self-righteous inquisitions, the pious finger pointers say it is "not about the sex, it is because Adam's lied" to the media about the tryst. This is the same disingenuous nonsense that Ken "Porn" Starr and the GOP used to rationalize their attempted coup of Bill Clinton.
In my view, Adams is the victim of an overzealous media asking questions about a relationship that was none of their business. There were only two legitimate questions that should ever have been asked of Adams:
Was Breedlove of legal age?
Did Adams supervise him at work?
We know the answer to the first question (barely legal), and Breedlove was an intern in the state capitol, which had nothing to do with the city council, where Adams had served as a commissioner.
So, why is this a story?
When asked about this affair during his campaign, Adams had every right to mislead reporters. What detractors call lying, was really just personal discretion. What next, are we going to pass sunshine laws that mandate public officials must sign sexual disclosure forms listing all sexual liaisons and post their names on the Internet? Because, that is essentially what people want when they insist Adams had an obligation to discuss his private life with the media.
Like starving vultures, the press is now sensationalizing the issue. For example, ABC News' website published an Associated Press story headlined, "Gay Teen Sex Scandal Mayor Won't Resign." This is misleading and irresponsible journalism that makes Adams appear to be a letch who hangs around middle schools with lollipops.
To be fair, Adams did let down the GLBT community. When asked about the affair during his campaign, he should have either told the truth or said, "none of your business." Instead, he accused his primary opponent of gay baiting and complained, "This is one of the worst smears you can make against a gay guy. It preys on the homophobic stereotype that gay men cannot be trusted with young people."
Adams diminished the noble cause for equality when he hid behind it to conceal his relationship. He should have acted with more integrity and not made his personal saga about the larger GLBT community.
Still, Adams did apologize profusely and should be allowed to move on. Human beings are not perfect, especially politicians. Last week, hundreds of citizens rallied in front of City Hall in support of Adams, giving him the strength to fight on.
Finally, I'm not begrudging those who think that it is irresponsible and wrong for Adams to have had sex with someone half his age. Those who believe that Adams does not share their values, have every right to vote him out of office when he is up for reelection. But the notion that Adams should be recalled is nothing short of an ugly witch-hunt.
The political judgment of Sam Adams is certainly questionable. There is no question, however, that his actions do not warrant the harsh judgment of those who demand that he resign. One may not like the mayor's personal choices, but this so-called "scandal" is nothing more than a fake crime scene in search of a real crime.
Adams is no superman, as many supporters thought he once was, but he is also no scoundrel. It is time people stop taking potshots at the mayor, and let him return to work so he can repair the potholes his constituents elected him to fix.
Author: Wayne Besen


I've recently been nominated for a MAD Blog Award in the baby category, which amuses me, seeing as I don't have one anymore (Joseph says he's not a baby he's a big boy) and I'm not having anymore. But then I got to thinking maybe it is appropriate. I blog about babies often, but before they are even here.
In the coming weeks, after the Easter fun, I will be blogging for a week specifically about pregnancy complications and what we can do to help. I will be talking about incompetent cervix, stitches, pre eclampsia, placenta issues, all sorts of things, but importantly the latest research and what you can do personally to help not only yourself but other women.
To save babies lives there are many things we need. We need ongoing research such as that funded by Tommy's, we need empowered, educated parents to be, we need a responsive NHS who uses this research to change practice and improve outcomes. And most importantly, we need to talk about it.
The rates of stillbirth in this country of ours are a disgrace. Getting this down should be an absolute priority for the NHS, in my eyes, as well as the prematurity rate.
Yes, for a lot of women pregnancy and child birth is a normal life experience and not an illness, but for a lot of women, the path to motherhood is very difficult indeed. We can't keep sweeping this under the carpet. Other countries have much lower rates than us, and we need to work on this, all of us. Nothing will change if we, the mums and dads of Britain don't start demanding it.
This where you come in. There are three things I want you to do.
1. Sponsor me in the Bupa London 10k to raise money for Tommy's.
Some of what I write about is going to be hard to read, it's going to be sad. No one wants to talk about babies that pass away, but its reality and we're not helping those that it has happened to by sweeping it away.
When Joseph was born I was struck by the number of older women, ladies in their 70s and 80s who poured their hearts out to me about their babies born too soon or born still. They had never talked about it.
It shouldn't be this way. We should be loving and caring for all mothers.
Please help me put this right.
Please please please talk about GBS as part of this Kylie. You have such a huge audience and it's so important. You're welcome to point people to Adam's story on my blog if you wish.
Could you also feature obstetric cholestasis (OC) please? I am more than happy to be contacted. I suffered two stillbirths before I was finally diagnosed. We have a wonderful information film, great befrienders who are there to listen but just as importantly, we work closely with one of the world's top research groups helping to make a difference.
I wish I knew why my waters went the day I turned 26weeks. Doctors just told me that it happens sometimes. makes the thought of having another child pretty scary as it appears they wouldnt be able to tell me the chances of it happening again.
My son was delivered 11 days later by emergency c-section and is now a cheeky 16month old.
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How quiet is the Skylux unit?
The light is extremely quiet, but not totally silent. The sound is minimal and should not affect video recordings if the microphone is placed at a distance greater than 1' of the Skylux.


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Joan Lu, Nathan Cripps
In the era of information fusion, building knowledge and content management systems is necessary, particularly in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research. This paper discusses an overview about the impact of XML applications in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary applications. There are about 223 journals are accessed and 758 papers are reviewed, about four major areas in computing science, 16 applications in multidisci-pline, and about 45 tools/specifications are inter-linked with these applications. It is found that XML specifications are the most engaged research area currently, such as medicine including life science of which there is a large volume of data management systems. It suggested that research into security issues will be raised into a higher priority due to wide spread use of XML as data/document format.
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Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Plane crashes on Hertfordshire landing strip and ends up upside down
Emergency services rushed to the scene
Charlie ReynoldsMultimedia Journalist
Somehow no one was seriously injured (Image: Herts Fire and Rescue)
A plane crashed and overturned as it came in to a landing strip in Hertfordshire.
Miraculously, no one was left with any serious injuries.
The plane crashed shortly before 4.15pm on Monday (August 31) in Tower Hill Lane, Sandridge with emergency services rushing to the scene.
Three fire crews attended the incident and say it was very fortunate that no one was hurt.
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They said: "Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to Tower Hill Lane, Sandridge at 4.15pm on August 31 after a light aircraft crashed on a landing strip.
"Crews from Hatfield, Wheathampstead and Welwyn Garden City attended the incident which fortunately did not result in any serious injuries. The incident was closed at just after 5pm."
A dramatic photo of the scene was shared on social media by a firefighter on the scene.
The plane was located using 'what3words', a system which divides the world into three metre by three metre squares, each one coming with its own unique three-word address to locate scenes quickly.
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NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga, 17 February 2009 – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the One Laptop per Child Foundation Inc. (OLPC) today announced a new ICT development partnership to benefit the school age children in the poorest countries of the Asia Pacific.
On the occasion of the Pacific ICT Ministerial Forum: Connecting the Unconnected held from 17-20 February 2009 in Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga, Mr Sami Al-Basheer, Director of the ITU's Telecommunication Development Bureau and Mr Michael Hutak, OLPC Regional Director, Oceania, announced a new joint effort to bring laptops to school children in least developed countries in the Asia-Pacific region, in particular the Pacific Island countries.
This new collaboration will contribute to ITU's new global flagship initiative, Connecting Children. As part of Connecting Children, ITU is reaching out to partners active in the low cost laptop field to launch innovative public-private partnerships to serve the needs of school children in least developed countries, recognizing that traditional market models are not adequate to reach these children.
Through Connecting Children, ITU aims to build upon existing efforts in technical development, manufacturing, distribution and marketing as well as teacher, student and institutional training, and join forces with various partners under a common banner. ITU plans to announce additional partnerships with other industry players in the coming weeks and months.
OLPC is a global non-for-profit association, committed to the research and development of technologies to revolutionize the education of children. OLPC's goal is to provide elementary and secondary school-age children around the world with connected laptop computers and enabling software to empower them to learn, explore, experiment and express themselves in new, creative and productive ways. OLPC is further dedicated to bringing this technology first to the world's Least Developed Nations.
As part of a shared ITU-OLPC effort in Asia-Pacific, ITU will identify potential partner countries and coordinate with Governments and relevant agencies to identify requirements and will handle administrative requirements, including facilitating shipping of equipment.
OLPC will supply laptops to participating countries, with the support of donors, and will work with all partners to realize sustainable programs through cohesive deployment in schools, sufficient capacity-building and effective technical support.