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Clinical Trials
Intervention Research to Reduce HIV Sexual Transmission Among HIV Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men
Ryerson University
University of Windsor
Simon Fraser University
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Information provided by (Responsible Party)
Trevor Hart, Ryerson University
First received: March 19, 2013
Last updated: March 9, 2020
Last Verified: March 2020
History of Changes
Gay Poz Sex (GPS) is a peer-facilitated holistic sexual health program for gay and bisexual
HIV-positive men. Groups of five to eight men attend eight weekly sessions which cover basic
sexual health information, review the current legal context surrounding HIV non-disclosure
and use motivational interviewing (MI) to support participants in setting and achieving
personal goals.
In this randomized control trial phase of the research, the investigators are assessing the efficacy of the group counseling intervention, GPS. Participants are randomized to receive GPS immediately or to a wait list/standard of care condition. Participants are followed for a 6 month period and are asked to complete baseline quantitative assessments, as well as two qualitative interviews.
Behavioral : Gay Poz Sex
Other : Wait List/Standard of Care
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|A Small Group Intervention to Reduce HIV Sexual Transmission Risk Behaviour Among HIV Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men: Gay Poz Sex (GPS)
Further study details as provided by Trevor Hart, Ryerson University:
Primary Outcome Measures
number of UAI acts with HIV-negative or status unknown partners
[ Time Frame: 2 months ]
The main outcome measure for the GPS study is number of UAI acts with HIV-negative or status unknown partners reported by HIV+ MSM participants within the past 2 months.
|Study Start Date:
|March 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2018
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
In the immediate arm, participants will begin the 8 session group motivational interviewing intervention, Gay Poz Sex, within 2 weeks of randomization.
Gay Poz Sex
Gay Poz Sex is a community-driven, peer-facilitated program for HIV+ gay and bisexual men. This eight week program is offered to small groups of 5-8 men and provides information about sexual health, the legal context of HIV non-disclosure and uses motivational interviewing to support each individual in setting and achieving a personal goal.
Active Comparator:
Wait List/Standard of Care
Participants in the wait list/standard of care group will be given active referrals to existing community resources available to HIV+ MSM. For ethical reasons, participants randomized to the control group will have the option to attend the Gay Poz Sex program after a 6-month wait period.
Wait List/Standard of Care
Participants are given referrals to existing resources in the community. Referrals and uptake will be tracked.
Detailed Description:
The randomized control trial (RCT) component will test the efficacy of GPS, an HIV prevention
intervention for HIV+ men who have sex with men (MSM). The present study is intended to be a
rigorous evaluation, with the ultimate aim of testing the scale-up of the GPS program using a
Phase IV effectiveness trial, per standard procedures for evaluating health interventions.
The study hypothesis is that the study intervention will result in reduced prevalence of
unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) acts among HIV+ MSM at 6-month follow-up with partners who
are negative or of unknown HIV status. The secondary hypotheses are that the intervention
will result in (1) reduced prevalence of UAI at 6-months follow-up with partners who are
HIV+, and (2) a reduction in the number of sexual partners.
This is a 2-site, 2-arm, randomized controlled trial that will randomize 180 participants to either a 8 session group motivational interviewing intervention (GPS) starting within 2 weeks after randomization, or to a wait-list control group. For ethical reasons, participants randomized to the control group will have the option to attend a GPS session after a 6-month wait period. Participants will complete 8 sessions of a small-group sexual health intervention to reduce sexual risk behaviour. Assessments will be conducted prior to the 8-session group, at the completion of the sessions and at 3-month and 6-month follow up post-intervention. The wait-list control group will complete 3- and 6-month follow-up assessments during their waiting period as well as after completing their GPS session. The 6 month follow-up assessment during their waiting period will be considered to be the baseline measure for their GPS session. Participants in both groups will complete interviews at the end of the 8 sessions and at the 6-month follow up.
GPS takes the form of a small counseling group, since this is one of the most common intervention forms for similar populations. Participants will be organized into 15 groups per arm of approximately 6 participants, each of which will be led by 2 facilitators who are HIV+ MSM. This study builds upon a one-armed open-label Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)-funded grant that demonstrated that GPS is feasible to administer and appears to result in significant risk reduction. The study also showed that GPS results in promising reductions in UAI, thus forming a solid foundation for moving toward an RCT. In preliminary GPS data (n=25), we found a reduction in UAI from 88% at baseline to 60% at 3-month follow-up. More importantly for HIV prevention, we found a reduction in UAI with partners of HIV-negative or unknown HIV status from 56% at baseline to 36% at 6 month follow-up. Participants reported high satisfaction with the GPS program and our initial study site has found GPS to be highly feasible in their community organization.
The proposed study will provide data on the efficacy of a motivational interviewing behavioural intervention for HIV+ MSM. Although research among primarily American samples documents moderate effect sizes for HIV prevention interventions among MSM, none have found a significant effect of an HIV prevention intervention for HIV+ MSM in Canada, nor have any studies examined the effect of a small-group based intervention using HIV+ MSM peers who are trained to administer motivational interviewing for HIV+ MSM. Armed with the data from the present study demonstrating the efficacy of the intervention, we will design and implement the next stage of the research program, which will be a Phase IV study to examine the effectiveness of the intervention in Toronto, Vancouver, and at least 2 other sites serving HIV+ MSM in Canada.
The intervention should result in a decreased likelihood of having risky sex versus being on a waitlist. Previous data from formative research with this same intervention indicates promising findings that indicate a decreased prevalence of risky sex amongst GPS participants.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Are an HIV-positive man who reports unprotected anal intercourse in the past two months
- Speak and understand English
- Anticipate that you will be able to attend all workshops
- Are willing to participate in program monitoring and evaluation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently participating in counseling using motivational interviewing
Contacts and LocationsChoosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision.Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01816828
Locations Show More
|Positive Living Society of British Columbia
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6A 1R8
|Ryerson University
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 2K3
Sponsors and CollaboratorsRyerson University
University of Windsor
Simon Fraser University
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
|Principal Investigator:
|Trevor A Hart, PhD
|Ryerson University
|Principal Investigator:
|Barry D Adam, PhD
|Windsor University
More Information
|Responsible Party:
|Trevor Hart, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01816828 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 19, 2013
|Last Updated:
|March 9, 2020
Keywords provided by Trevor Hart, Ryerson University:HIV, MSM, unprotected anal intercourse, sexual health
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Seropositivity
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on June 01, 2020
This information is provided by ClinicalTrials.gov.


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text: By Guest Contributor Richard Theiss, owner of RTSea Productions Great white sharks: one of the most magnificent and misunderstood of all the ocean's creations. Perhaps you already appreciate the vital role sharks play in maintaining balance in the marine ecosystem, but when it comes to the great white, that's where you draw the line. If so, come to the National Aquarium in Baltimore for a screening of Island of the Great White Shark on June 18th at 7 p.m. (For ticketing information, click here or call 410-727-3474.) As executive producer and cinematographer of Island of the Great White Shark, the Aquarium has honored me with the opportunity to kick off the Beyond the Boardwalk summer event series. Here is a chance to see an accurate and up-close portrait of these amazing animals and to learn about the vital research of marine scientists dedicated to protecting these sharks from possible extinction. And as we begin our summer fun, perhaps it's a perfect time to set matters straight. According to recent news reports, there would seem to be a heightened degree of shark activity from the California/Mexico coast to Martha's Vineyard. In the end, it might just be one of those unexplained anomalies. But will the media pick up on this and herald a new "Summer of Jaws?" Will people's fear and misunderstanding be reinforced by sensationalistic reporting? Well, as supporters of the National Aquarium and lovers of all things aquatic, that's where you come in. As I have held screening/lectures for Island of the Great White Shark at major aquariums across the country, I find myself typically "preaching to the choir," so I often pose this question: "Most of you here have probably never had or ever will have shark fin soup. So you may not be part of the problem, but how do we make you part of the solution?" That gets people scratching their heads. We must all become disciples to the cause. We need to enlighten those who are still in the dark regarding shark-human interaction and shark conservation. With Island of the Great White Shark, I hope as many people as possible see and hear a different perspective regarding the public's perceived "Darth Vader" of all sharks. Whether it's shark protection, marine conservation, or global warming, we need to make changes in our daily lives and we need to exercise our ability to influence others – our leaders, our nation, governments, and businesses – to move in the right direction. Act by example, vote by choice, influence by action. Tags: great-white-shark, guest-contributor, mlb-lecture Categories: Animals, Conservation Previous Post Next Post


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Saturday Night Live alum, Finesse Mitchell, a versatile actor and comedian, plays China Ann McClain's cop father on the hit Disney show, A.N.T. Farm, now in its third season. Mitchell also currently appears on SHOWTIME on the latest Shaq All-Star Comedy Jam special. His book, Your Girlfriends Only Know So Much: A Brother's Take on Dating and Mating for Sistas (2007) is an advice book for women. It was born out of his hip, hilarious and widely popular monthly advice column for ESSENCE Magazine.\n\nMitchell also had memorable performance on NBC's Today show, TBS Who Gets The Last Laugh, Fox dating show The Choice, VH-1's hit show Single Ladies as Jobari, B.E.T's Comic View, Tyra, Ricki Lake, The Jeff Probst Show, Comedy Central Presents, Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns, and feature films, Who's Your Caddy, The Comebacks, and Mad Money.\n\nBorn and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Finesse graduated from the University of Miami and is a distinguished member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated. He is also a former student-athlete who was a walk-on for the National Champion Hurricanes football team and played with such UM alumni as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Super Bowl champion, Warren Sapp.WIKIPEDIA


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USN-2149-1: librsvg vulnerability
17 March 2014
librsvg vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Librsvg could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description
- librsvg - renderer library for SVG files
It was discovered that librsvg would load XML external entities by default. If a user were tricked into viewing a specially crafted SVG file, an attacker could possibly obtain access to arbitrary files.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- librsvg2-2 - 2.36.4-2ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 12.10
- librsvg2-2 - 2.36.3-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- librsvg2-2 - 2.36.1-0ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.


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Three of the four surviving Doolittle Raiders shared their stories with an audience of about 600 people at the C.H. �Bull� Rigdon Fairgrounds and Recreation Complex as part of the 71st and final anniversary reunion of the raid on Japan.
FORT WALTON BEACH � When Staff Sgt. David Thatcher�s B-25 bomber tried to land in the surf off a strip of beach on an island after the famous Doolittle Raid, the wheel was still down.
The plane flipped over and four members of his crew went hurtling out the glass nose of the plane into the water.
Thatcher, the gunner, was alone in the back of the plane and was knocked unconscious.
�When I finally realized we were upside down, there was water coming in,� the now-92-year-old said Thursday.
Thatcher and two more of the four surviving Doolittle Raiders � 97-year-old Lt. Col. Richard Cole and 95-year-old Lt. Col. Ed Saylor � shared their stories with an audience of about 600 people at the C.H. �Bull� Rigdon Fairgrounds and Recreation Complex as part of the 71st and final anniversary reunion of the raid on Japan.
Watch a video of the event. >>
See a photo gallery of the event. >>
The Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce, which has organized the reunion, decorated the fairgrounds to look like a World War II-era mess hall. Chicken wire and camouflage netting covered the walls. A worn American flag from the era hung behind the stage.
On April 18, 1942 � 71 years ago Thursday � 16 crews took off in B-25s from the USS Hornet aircraft carrier hundreds of miles from Japan.
They had to take off about eight hours and 400 miles sooner than planned, and it was almost certain they would not have enough gas to make it to landing areas in China.
Most made emergency landings or had to bail out of their planes. All 16 planes were lost.
Thatcher said his plane�s nose was crushed all the way through the cockpit. If the other members of his crew hadn�t been thrown out, they wouldn�t have gotten out of the plane alive, he said.
Once Thatcher came to, he escaped from the plane by crawling out a hatch on its belly.
When he made it to shore he found the other four members of Crew 7, but they were all badly injured.
The pilot was the worst. He had large gashes on his legs and arms that exposed the bone and had lost most of his teeth.
The co-pilot had a gash on his leg, the navigator dislocated both shoulders and the bombardier who had gone head first through the glass was bleeding profusely.
Thatcher went back to the wreckage for a first aid kit, but found only a carton of cigarettes floating in the water in the plane.
�None of the four could walk the next day,� he said.
They could see the Japanese headed their way.
With help of some Chinese fishermen, Thatcher used ropes and bamboo to carry the men across the island to small boats, which they paddled to mainland China. Twenty-five miles later they reached the hospital.
Thatcher received the Silver Star for his efforts.
After the presentation, the Raiders signed autographs and met some of the visitors.
Todd Joyce, 44 who lives near Omaha, Neb., posed in front of a large poster of his father�s Raider Crew.
Dick Joyce died in 1983 of a heart attack, but Todd has continued to attend the reunions, as he has since he was a small child.
He remembers running around and crawling through the legs of the Raiders at their reunions when he was a young boy, and said then Gen. Jimmy Doolittle would give him piggyback rides.
The Raiders and their relatives and friends have become his extended family.
Although it�s the final official public reunion, Joyce said he expects it won�t be his last.
�Us kids will probably continue to have reunions,� he said. �All of us are a family just like the Raiders were.�
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Lauren Sage Reinlie at 850-315-4443 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @LaurenRnwfdn.


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Just ask Siegfried and Roy: When a tiger nearly severs its trainer's jugular vein, it's Nature 1, Man 0. But these vaudevillians – and Ringling Bros., and Walt Disney's Animal Kingdom, and every zoo in the world – earn their livings sustaining the illusion (in Roy's case, with varying success) that wild animals are friendly, safe, and fun. After all, any fan of "The Lion King" will attest that the hit single "Circle of Life" mightn't be so catchy if Elton John sang about the violent mating, vicious hunting, and senseless murder that fuel the life cycle of an actual lion.
Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas French's Zoo Story, a barbed investigation of financial malfeasance at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, has great fun with humans' paradoxical desire to tame wild things. "[Z]oos shake people into recognizing the manifold possibilities of existence," French writes, "what it's like to walk across the Earth, or swim in its oceans, or fly above its forests – even though most of the animals on display will never have the chance to do any of those things again." For French, a zoo is the ultimate ecological non sequitur, a "garden of captives" established in the name of conservation that removes rare species like the golden lion tamarin and the Panamanian golden frog from natural habitats ruined by human incursion and no longer able support them anyway. "Against all logic, some staff members still wished sometimes there was some way they could let the animals go," French writes. "For many of the species at Lowry Park, very little of the wild remained."
Still, stage-designing an imagined state of nature and charging admission is a viable business strategy; in "Zoo Story," French portrays Lowry's "hard-charging" CEO Lex Salisbury as a flimflam man obsessed with making it pay. Half Dr. Doolittle, half Bernie Madoff, Salisbury hatched a dubious plan in the 2000s to make Lowry Park the world's flagship zoo by importing African elephants – emotionally complex animals expensive to house and dangerous to care for – while opening Safari Wild, his own for-profit nature park that shared the zoo's animals and charged the city of Tampa to house them. "He seemed to view the zoo's animals and those on his ranch and at the game park as part of one big traveling collection," French writes, ably synthesizing six years of his own reporting for the St. Petersburg Times. When things go wrong – 15 patas monkeys stage a hilarious escape from Safari Wild and elude Florida authorities for months, spotlighting Salisbury's mismanagement as well as the incestuous finances of his two zoos – French deploys his favorite device: playing "field anthropologist" to write about humans as an exotic species roaming an urban savannah.
"Only a few months before the scandal, the rich and powerful had treated Lex like a prince of the city," French writes. "Now that he was wounded and trailing blood through the turpentine grass, the pride was ready to finish him off." Salisbury, a fallen "alpha" stripped of his animal kingdom, proves an easy takedown for the media when his wife is caught leaving the couple's dogs in their car on a hot Florida afternoon. "Here was a man allegedly incapable of protecting his own pets," French writes of the former zookeeper. "Lex is our prey, bleeding in the water."
As muckraking, "Zoo Story" is a blast; even an, ahem, cub reporter knows "Zoo Administrator Leaves Pooches Out to Roast" is a great headline. But French really shines when articulating the philosophical quandary presented by zoos' mere existence.
"That's my son," says Ed Schultz of Herman, Lowry's showcase chimpanzee. Schultz, who rescued Herman from Liberian hunters in 1966 and raised him in his own home, donated him to Tampa when the chimp reached adolescence. But if Herman – an aging primate who grew up in the company of humans and makes sexual overtures to Lowry's blonde female visitors in lieu of mating with a female of his own species – is Schultz's child, that paternity doesn't bode well for the future of chimpanzees. This wild animal has been rescued from his hostile native land, brought up in a human household, then separated from the humans he thought of as family, transported to yet another alien environment, and left to make tenuous peace with his keepers and fellow captives. "As much as the keepers liked the old man, they sometimes wished he wouldn't stop by so often," French writes. "Because every time Ed walked away, it seemed to leave the chimp shaken." When Herman is felled by a younger chimp who wants to be top ape, French can only highlight the Lowry staff's naiveté: "Everybody considered them buddies," French quotes a veterinarian who describes Herman's friendship with his animal assassin. "They were like two old gentleman, rolling around on the ground, laughing and tickling each other."
Such anthropomorphism, French makes clear, is absurd. But his greater point – if nature is disappearing, what better hope do animals have than that humans deign to imprison them and put them on display? – is chilling. Herman may have fallen into the clutches of incompetents, but would he have been better off as bushmeat? The ability of "Zoo Story" to pose such questions about an issue too often reduced to PETA v. profiteers is a testament to French's reportage and writing.
Justin Moyer is a freelance writer in Washington, D.C.


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Flights to Bermuda
Fly direct to the beautiful isles of Bermuda from London Gatwick (LGW) and arrive in this captivating place in just over seven hours. Flights to L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA) depart five times a week from London.
Enjoy the perfect tipple of a Dark 'N' Stormy, whilst you kick back on pristine beaches on holidays to Bermuda. Snorkel amongst the colourful marine life of Bermuda's coral reef, see the pastel colours of Hamilton or the sights of St George's. Your journey to a choice of hotels will never be too long – Bermuda is a small collaboration of islands, with plenty of character. Discover a destination created for diving, or hit the surface of the ocean and try paddle boarding, before exploring more of its island treasures.


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Current Issue Continues
Thursday February 14, 2013 - 09:35:00 AM
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Barack Obama dug in Tuesday on his demand that any bargain to avert the so-called fiscal cliff include an agreement to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, warning that a deal would not be reached before the Jan. 1 deadline unless Republicans dropped their opposition to the rate hike.
In his first interview since winning re-election last month, Obama said he was prepared to make painful unspecified cuts to government spending and social programs in order to rein in the deficit. But in order to forge a pact to sidestep austerity in the new year, Obama said, Republicans would have to accede to his demand that tax rates on the wealthiest 2% of Americans rise.
"The issue right now that's relevant is the acknowledgment that if we're going to raise revenues that are sufficient to balance with the very tough cuts that we've already made, and the further reforms in entitlements that I'm prepared to make, that we're going to have to see the rates on the top 2 percent go up," Obama told Bloomberg Television's Juliana Goldman. "And we're not going to be able to get a deal without it." The President has already vowed to veto a deal that doesn't include such a provision.
With less than a month before the U.S. faces a self-inflicted combination of sharp spending cuts and the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts, negotiators have adopted a bearish public tone about the prospects for a deal. The haggling has gone "nowhere," House Speaker John Boehner groused on Sunday. Both Boehner and the President have put forth opening bids, with Obama asking for $1.6 trillion in tax increases over the next decade in a deal that precludes Medicare and Social Security cuts to beneficiaries and the House Speaker proposing to cut $600 billion from federal health programs over 10 years while raising $800 billion in revenue by limiting deductions and closing loopholes in the tax code. As expected, these offers were swiftly rejected by the opposing side. They are public markers that reflect the two parties' long-established priorities.
Obama said Tuesday that Boehner's offer was "out of balance." He couched his objection not in ideological terms, but actuarial ones. "It's not me being stubborn. It's not me being partisan. It's just a matter of math," he said. "What I'm going to need, what the country needs, what the business community needs to get to where we need to be is the acknowledgement that folks like me can afford to pay a little higher rate."
Obama argued that raising revenue exclusively through closing tax loopholes would not yield sufficient savings. "When you look at how much revenue you can actually raise by closing loopholes and deductions, it's probably in the range of $300 billion to $400 billion," Obama said. "That's not enough to come up with a balanced plan that actually reduces the deficit and puts us on the path of long-term stability."
Many of the loopholes and deductions Republicans would need to target to achieve a higher level of revenue are important ones, he said, including charitable deductions that many institutions rely on to preserve giving. "If you eliminated charitable deductions, that means every hospital and university and not-for-profit agency across the country would suddenly find themselves on the verge of collapse. So that's not a realistic option."
While Obama's stance on taxes was insistent, he stressed that he was open to compromise in other areas, recognizing that "I'm not going to get 100%" of what Democrats want. The President can afford his tough line on taxes, however, because his position on the expiration of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts is strong. Without a deal, rates on all Americans would rise next year. A majority of Americans agree with Obama's contention that the top tax bracket can afford to fork over more, an idea on which he campaigned extensively. (Notably, Obama suggested he would be open to lowering rates somewhat in 2013 if other elements of a deal were agreeable.) Acknowledging Obama holds an advantage on the issue, Republican Congressman Tom Cole of Oklahoma, a staunch conservative, argued last week that the GOP should capitulate on taxes for the wealthy in an effort to avert the cliff and avoid dealing the economy a blow that could thrust it back into a recession — and avoid the political blowback that would accompany it.
Despite the despairing tone of some of the negotiators' public pronouncements, the contours of a deal are beginning to take shape, with revenues and federal spending cuts likely to fall somewhere between the markers laid by Obama and Boehner. In the Bloomberg interview, Obama indicated a deal to reduce the nation's long-term deficits would be a two-phase effort, with an initial pact to resolve the immediate crisis before Jan. 1, under which tax rates for the wealthy would increase.
Then next year negotiators would get down to the tricky business of cutting deals on entitlement and tax reform that would achieve a total of some $4 trillion in savings over the next decade. "When you look at what Ronald Reagan did, back in 1986, working with Bill Bradley and others, that was a year-and-a-half process," Obama said. "So what I've suggested is, let's essentially put a down payment. On taxes, let's let tax rates on the upper-income folks go up." For the President, a deal begins with that stipulation. Without it, he says he won't budge.


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Biofuels have attracted a lot of attention as a potentially carbon-neutral fuel source. The growth of plants pulls carbon out of the atmosphere, some of which is returned during the burning of the resulting biofuel, while the remainder can be sequestered. Best of all, their growth can leverage our existing agricultural expertise, and the products fit well in our existing energy infrastructure. Two papers being released online by Science today, however, sound cautionary notes on biofuels, suggesting that they're anything but carbon neutral.
The first paper does some straightforward calculations based on the assumption that new land would have to be cleared for the production of biofuels. It calculates the carbon debt caused by that clearing, both from the destruction of the plants that are currently growing there and from the disruption of the normal soil ecology. The authors picked a number of scenarios for these calculations, including sugarcane and soybeans in Brazil, palm oil in Indonesia, and corn in the US. Using these figures, they calculated how long it would take for biofuel production to replace enough fossil fuel to compensate for this carbon debt.
The numbers were grim. For palm oil, once the forest was cleared and the underlying peat decayed, it could take 840 years to offset the carbon debt. Soybeans in the Amazon clocked in at 320 years. Ethanol in the US is actually relatively good at about 100 years. Only sugarcane in Brazilian savannah came in with a figure that appears useful on the timescales most scientists think we need to act, with a carbon debt repaid in only 17 years.
The second study based its figures on similar calculations, and came up with similar conclusions. But the authors went a bit further by plugging the data into a global model of agricultural production. They modeled the results of having the US switch enough corn to the production of ethanol to generate 56 billion liters beyond what's currently expected for the next decade.
This had a number of global repercussions. For one, US exports of a variety of agricultural products dropped; pork and chickens dropped as foodstocks were diverted, while wheat and soybeans suffered from land being changed over to growing corn. Other nations compensated, but their less-efficient agricultural practices required far more land, producing a net clearance of nearly 11 million hectares of land globally. Again, all of that clearance sent excess carbon into the atmosphere.
These figures lend clear support to an argument that I've found compelling. Biofuels may provide a long-term energy solution, but the use of crops and/or land capable of supporting crops won't be part of that. Ultimately, the solution (if it comes in the form of biofuels) will need to be a single-celled organism—one that can grow in salt water—that does not compete with humanity for either water or arable land. Crop-based biofuels may play an essential role in the transition to this goal, but they have a questionable future beyond that.
Science, 2008. DOI: 10.1126/science.1152747, 10.1126/science.1151861


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The new report, issued Thursday by the state Auditors of Public Accounts, says procedures for investigating potential employees at existing day care centers seem to meet state law.
However, in the case of five day care centers licensed during the year of the audit, two opened even though three background checks were not completed.
"There are no policies and procedures regarding the criminal background check process," the audit said. "Without evaluating the results of background checks, children could be at risk."
"The Department of Public Health has had a good start, but when they're licensing new day care centers, we want to make sure they perform those criminal background checks," said John Geragosian, one of the two state auditors. "If you don't tie these things down, things can fall through the cracks."
In a phone interview, Geragosian said the audit goes back to 2009, adding that his office has disagreed with DPH officials, who listed background-check protocols that include the submission of fingerprints.
"Most programs have policies and questions on their employment application concerning convictions and child abuse histories, allowing for the immediate termination of a staff who falsifies information," the DPH said in response. "The Department of Public Health conducts the required criminal and abuse/neglect background checks to the extent possible within available appropriations."
Audit staff responded that their findings, among 17 released Thursday, focused on employment applicants for new day care facilities, not existing ones, to which the DPH referred.
"The Department of Public Health states that the day care center is notified when a state conviction or Department of Children and Families record is received," the audit says. "We found that, for three employees, no results were received three years after being requested. These were not discovered by the department, but through our review of the files. There is no statutory authority for the position that, as new staff is hired, employees can work with children before the results of the background check are received." Auditors also found potential abuse of sick-leave policy in the department, with a lack of medical certificates filed for two of 10 employees sampled in the audit who took in excess of five consecutive sick days.
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Growing up in the Southwest, the soon-to-be artist named Moises would gain a love for the Chicano cultural and scene at an early age. It helped a lot that his father used to work on cars and paint lowriders too. That in itself would give him the opportunity to look at lowriders up close and hands on. "I was influenced largely by the paint and pinstriping schemes that adorned lowriders. That influenced the 'folk art' part of me, as some of the first type of pinstriping I did was applied to many shapes of pottery I had made, and if you notice the striping on the cars that I painted, it resembles the style and looks I used on my pottery."
As a sixth grader, Moises used to sell pieces of his artwork to classmates for a few dollars so he could use that money to buy art supplies, as his family couldn't afford to buy it for him at that time. "I knew back then that I wanted to do this for the rest of my life, create art and share it. If I could sell it then that was cool too, but it's mostly about sharing this blessing and talent that I was given. Sometimes as artists we forget that not everyone can do what we do," he says.
His art is influenced by his surroundings. "My art is really a reflection of myself. Whether it's influenced by lowriders or food, it's something that is around or part of my upbringing."
One of Moises' greatest moments as an artist was being at the Peterson Museum with the late Gilbert "Magu" Lujan. "My art wasn't accepted by everyone or everywhere, and he was the one artist who told me it was OK for my art to be different, and that it was cool to be different." I looked up to him, and because of him I was able to break a lot of ground at that show." Another show that was a highlight for Moises was the Cruisin' Califas show in Oceanside, California, that was curated by Carlos and David C. de Baca. "That was the highlight of my life because I was able to showcase my work with many of the well-known Chicano artists."
Moises has recently moved to Taos, New Mexico, where there's a rich history and one of the nation's most prominent artist colonies. Moises has recently opened his own gallery called El Moises' Immaculate Heart Gallery. The high tourism in Taos has allowed Moises to sell his artwork everywhere, while living in the cultural area. He has also been getting involved in projects with the community by having the local kids come in and participate in coloring lowrider books and painting the popular Day of the Dead faces also. "I think I'm where I need to be as an artist. I try and stretch the envelope, so to speak. I draw to be different and that will get me along a lot farther to add to my style, flair, and paintings."
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When the solution came, it came, as always, through a back door of the mind, hesitating shyly, an announcing angel dazed by the immensity of its journey."
— from Kepler
In a brilliant illumination of the Renaissance mind, the acclaimed Irish novelist John Banville re-creates the life of Johannes Kepler and his incredible drive to chart the orbits of the planets and the geometry of the universe.
Wars, witchcraft, and disease rage throughout Europe. And for this court mathematician, vexed by domestic strife, appalled by the religious upheavals that have driven him from exile to exile, and vulnerable to the whims of his eccentric patrons, astronomy is a quest for some form of divine order. For all of the mathematical precision of his exploration, though, it is a seemingly elusive quest until he makes one glorious and profoundly human discovery.
"Narrative art…at a positively symphonic level."
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text: Richard Marsh (1857-1915) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. He is best known for his supernatural thriller The Beetle: A Mystery, published in the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula and initially even more popular. The Beetle remained in print until 1960, and was subsequently resurrected in 2004 and 2007. Heldman was educated at Eton and Oxford University. He… (more)


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Gmail doesn't follow the others with an Outlook- alike drag-and- drop multi-panel interface, adopting a list view instead of folders. The 'search, don't sort' approach works extremely efficiently.
Coupled with the quick message loading times, this makes Gmail the fastest of these Betas to use. Also, the advertising is far less distracting, being not only text based but relevant to the message you're reading. Google insists that this contextural advertising is machine driven and that no human ever reads your mail.
Pulling in the punters is the 2,742MB of online storage that allows for a decent email archive. Likewise, the automatic forwarding and POP3 access, antivirus and highly effective spam filtering, calendaring and contact integration, not to mention the built-in IM sharing contact information with email, makes that Gmail is hard to fault. Indeed, Beta or not, invitation only or not, it's the webmail service we recommend. Davey Winder


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This post was inspired by Dave Newman's post which listed his 4 favorite health IT bloggers. In his list, I'm in great company alongside Marsha Tatt, Shahid Shah and Ed Marx. What I loved about Dave's description of each is that you knew he actually read each of the sites regularly since he summed us each up very well.
Also to answer his question "Does he [John Lynn] ever sleep?" Yes, I do sleep. My favorite response is "Sleep is for the weak…and sometimes I'm weak."
I think the reason I loved Dave's post so much is that it hearkened me back to my early days of blogging where people would do posts like this all the time. This was pre social media. Twitter didn't exist and Facebook was for college campuses. The idea of a healthcare IT blogging "community" has kind of gone away in a lot of respects. There are a bunch of bloggers, but not much of a blogging community.
I miss those days, but I'm not sure it's an awful thing. The reason there was a blogging community before was that the blog was the only format people had to share their ideas and thoughts about what was happening. So, the blogs and the comments of blog posts was this amazing way to connect with people who had common interests. That blogging community has now moved to social media where we have Twitter communities. Many people who were blogging and who would blog are now just sharing their thoughts on Twitter and other social media. In many ways that's a lot easier than starting a blog. Plus, those communities are really strong.
What's clear to me is that people's desire to connect with other people in a community and people's desire to share their ideas and thoughts will never end. It's just the format that will change.
With all of that said, I still have a friendly affection for bloggers. Particularly bloggers that can slay the content beast and regularly publish thoughtful content. While I like many of you don't follow that many bloggers fanatically like I might have done before (I use social media to bubble up the interesting content), I still am fond of some really exceptional healthcare IT bloggers who I do read regularly. Here are 4 of the many I could highlight.
Life After Epic – Epic is the Apple of Healthcare IT. They have such tremendous fan following on each side. Plus, they are incredibly secretive about many of their business practices. Everyone likes to know a secret, so it's always fun to read some of the behind the scenes insights that Life After Epic provides. I hope he/she brings on some other former Epic people to contribute content to the site so that the site is always updated on the latest perspectives. In fact, they need a button that lets someone submit info to them to be published. They should continue to publish it anonymously, but not accept anonymous submissions.
EMR Advocate (Jim Tate) – If you care about meaningful use, then Jim is a must follow. He's deep in the meaningful use attestation and audit world. Plus, he's just a fantastic individual. While he doesn't post as regular as some, whenever he posts it's interesting.
HIStalk – When I first found HIStalk 10 years ago, it wasn't that interesting to me since I wasn't deeply entrenched in the industry. However, as I dug in and understood many of the inner workings of healthcare IT, I started to appreciate HIStalk so much more. I can't imagine the number of hours Mr. H spends and has spent creating all of the content he creates. He deserves a lot of credit for the work he's done. If you're entrenched in healthcare IT like me, you'll enjoy and appreciate the work they do on HIStalk.
HealthSystemCIO (Anthony Guerra) – Ever since Anthony and I first battled it out on a "Meet the Bloggers" panel at HIMSS (we have very different views on how to approach content), I've respected the work he's done. He has a very ardent view of how to approach content and I respect him for sticking with it all these years later. Although, his work I love the most is when he writes about his personal experiences. I always love a good story and Anthony's great at telling stories.
There you go. 4 great healthcare IT bloggers. Notice that I didn't say "favorite" since it's impossible for me to choose a favorite, or a top, or a greatest. Plus, the comparison doesn't matter to me. Variety is the spice of life, so I love mixing in a variety of great bloggers.
Which bloggers do you read regularly? Which bloggers are your favorite? Which social media personalities do you wish were blogging?


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As Stockton's crime problem flared like malaria over the years, and seemed just as incurable, I occasionally wondered - WWBD?
As Stockton's crime problem flared like malaria over the years, and seemed just as incurable, I occasionally wondered - WWBD?
What Would Bratton Do?
This week, I got to ask him.
William J. Bratton, the famous police chief who in the 1990s drastically reduced New York City's rampant crime, is now one of America's most sought-after police consultants. He's been working for Oakland. He visited Stockton this week.
"The situation here is very doable," Bratton said.
But he immediately zeroed in on the most obvious problem: not enough cops.
"You have - at 1.1 police per thousand residents - probably one of the smallest police departments in America for a large city," Bratton said.
This we do. According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reports, in the entire U.S., only Bakersfield and Santa Ana have a lower cop-to-citizen ratio.
Boston, where Bratton started out, has twice Stockton's population. But seven times the number of cops, 2,200. By Boston standards, Stockton would have 1,050-1,100 sworn officers. It has 344 (positions budgeted; 13 are open).
Of course, this city could never afford such an army. But it needs more cops.
But, "It's not only the number of cops that count," Bratton said, "but what they do and how they use them."
More cops would allow Stockton to snap out of reactive mode, careening from one 911 call to the next. Proactive policing is the essence of law enforcement, Bratton said.
"The whole role of policing - the creation of policing - was on the idea of prevention of crime," Bratton said. "In the '70s and '80s in America we got into a 911 response focus. ... That's totally wrong. The police are the key factor in the prevention of crime."
And not just major crime. Bratton advocates the Broken Window Theory. A city must police little crimes just as diligently as big crimes.
Graffiti, prostitution, street drug sales, vagrancy, aggressive panhandling, gangs on the street corner, all should get a stern copper's response.
Bratton likened this to a doctor who treats a car accident victim's major injuries, but does nothing about minor ones.
"Those other injuries are going kill you," he said. "It might take a little longer but they're going to kill you also."
Bratton supports Mayor Anthony Silva's tax plan to fund more cops in part because it locks funding into the fight against misdemeanor crimes as well as felonies.
But he also liked the Marshall Plan - as well he should, as its core component, Operation Ceasefire, an intense, sustained, carrot-and-stick approach to busting up gangs, originated in Boston.
"I was very pleased when I saw the Marshall Plan here that they were looking to embrace it ... but the concept of Ceasefire is partnership," he said. "A significant deficiency in the partnership is the size of your police force. You just don't have enough cops to implement a lot of what is outlined in that plan."
To recap: Bratton likes the mayor's tax/cops plan, which has an advocate/administrator, a paid consultant and a citizens advisory committee, because it expands the police force back into attack mode. He likes the Marshall Plan for Ceasefire and for its strategic partnerships with other law enforcement agencies and community groups.
Bratton doesn't know city politics, though. Beyond funding more cops, the mayor's plan has many serious flaws. Like creating revenue during the city's sensitive bankruptcy trial and negotiations.
Like the unelected "advocate/administrator" who would usurp the city manager's control over police funds.
City Manager Bob Deis said thanks, Mr. Bratton, but no thanks.
"I have a police chief that in my opinion is one of the better police chiefs in the country," Deis said. "I don't need additional advice about the Police Department."
That advocate/administrator - which some think is part of the mayor's attempt to build control of city government outside the council and city manager's office - is advised by a paid consultant under the mayor's plan, by the way.
The mayor's adviser, Allen Sawyer, said the mayor likes Bratton for the consultant job.
Contact columnist Michael Fitzgerald at (209) 546-8270 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/fitzgeraldblog.


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As a college student, the first mail you're likely to get in your mail box is an offer for a "Student Card" from a major credit card company. They will offer to give you a line of credit, even if you have no credit history, and even if you have no job. "Wow," you say," I can buy all the pizza I want and see all the movies I want!" Think again! It seems like a great deal, but it's not. It's insidious and you should be outraged. Think about it: Why would they give you credit when they KNOW you have no job?
Because they know several things about college students in general:
1. A lot of students have Mom and Dad paying the bill when they're in the college. So, you run wild with a card, they pay the bill and the bank makes out big time.
2. Students coming out of college and entering the job market for the first time are particularly vulnerable. Banks know this and they know that your parents know this. Even if Mom and Dad wouldn't pay your bills in college, they would probably take over the payments afterwards until you get a job.
3. A lot of expenses seem important in college and you are willing to pay it off later. But, banks know you don't do the math to see how much that debt grows before you can pay it back.
This is what the banks are doing when they offer you "student credit". They are taking advantage of your unique vulnerability to turn a fast buck. They know students get into lots of pinches and that—combined with a very tight budget—makes card use almost irresistible.
Too many students get into very hot water over credit cards. You may have to take on a heavy workload because of debt, with work schedules that interfere with your studies. If you're not careful, you can wreck your entire academic career. Don't let them do this to you! That warm and friendly bank turns very, very ugly indeed when you miss a payment or two. And, unlike student loans, the payments begin right away - job or no job.
Know what they are really offering when they come at you with that great credit card offer and politely say "no." Northern offers a great opportunity with Wells Fargo bank to link your NMU student ID to your bank account to use as a debit card. One less card to carry around using money you've got in the bank. And, best of all, you'll graduate with a clear credit rating and you won't be weighed down by massive debt.
(Information compliments of John H. Bickford at the University of Massachusetts and Alison Crowley at Northern Michigan University)


text: As any self-respecting ink aficionado knows, every tattoo tells a story. And based on the incredible array of tattoos on display at Tattoos In Flight, a website dedicated to aviation tats, plenty of those stories have their origins in the air. Ryan Keough, the site's founder, is both a professional pilot and an avid tattoo wearer. In fact, it was his own growing collection of aviation body art -- Keough's entire back is an homage to the sky, from a portrait of Icarus to soaring birds to "The Spirit of Propulsion" surrounded by clouds -- that inspired him to start an aviation tattoo hub online. When he launched the site in 2008, Keough didn't think he'd get many contributions, largely because the aviation community he knew was "very conservative." But Keough was wrong. "I think that aviation is more than just a career or hobby for people… it becomes a lifestyle that encompasses everything within a person's life," he tells Danger Room. "As a result, the imagery of aviation is a natural inspiration for enthusiasts." Since launching the website in 2008, Keough has collected hundreds of aviation tattoos, many of them military in theme. And from World War II bombers to ultra-sleek reconnaissance jets, Danger Room has dug through the archives of Tattoos in Flight to offer up the best, boldest and most bad-ass military aircraft tats. Helicopter Homage The UH-1 Iroqois, better known as "The Huey," played a vital role during the Vietnam War, when 7,000 of the helicopters saw service. Fifty years later, the helicopters are still used by American personnel in Afghanistan. This epic tat portrays four of The Hueys, flying in formation, as they did during Vietnam to get troops in and out of dense jungle. Above the helicopters is a quote from Leonardo da Vinci: "Once having tasted flight, you will walk this earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you long to return." Artist: Chris Walkin /Avalon TattooFamous Foes Two foes from World War II, facing off in the air: This tattoo depicts the B-17 Flying Fortress, an American bomber, atop Germany's Messerschmitt Bf 109. The B-17, of course, was a tough and rugged bomb-dropper. The Bf 109, first flown in 1935, and arguably the deadliest aircraft to take flight during World War II, was no doubt the B-17's most formidable foe. Artist: Marcelo MarzariF4U Corsair A powerful engine and savvy aerodynamics made the Vought F4U Corsair one of the fastest fighters in the U.S. military's arsenal during World War II. The slick-looking Corsair was even the first U.S. fighter craft to exceed 400 mph in the air. No wonder chicks love it. Artist: Cecil PorterAH-64 Apache Oh, hell yes. The AH-64 Apache, the Army's favorite attack helicopter, makes for one lethal tat. The tattoo wearer got the ink to commemorate his time in the Army. An homage whose features include 70-mm rockets and laser-guided Hellfire missiles? Not too shabby a tribute. Artist: Jason JonesThe A-4 Skyhawk The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk debuted in 1954, but the aircraft still serves in some militaries around the world. Notorious for its relative light weight and airborne agility, the turbojet -- nicknamed "Scooter" -- is illustrated here in some colorful, markedly realistic detail. Artist: Jesse Rix/Secret Lake TattooB-17 Flying Fortress What's manlier than chest hair? An enormous tattoo that depicts one of the military's most bad-ass bombers, running across your torso. This dude obviously got that memo, and he's got the B-17 Flying Fortress -- one of the Air Force's go-to bombers during World War II -- splayed across his body. The chest hair probably withered right off. Artist: Hayley Lakeman/Fu's Custom TattoosThe P-51 Mustang According to Keough, the P-51 Mustang, depicted above, is the most frequent aircraft tattoo he comes across. He credits the popularity to the P-51's iconic status after service in World War II: The fighter-bomber is estimated to have taken down nearly 5,000 enemy aircraft. This tattoo, inked by an aviation student who just happened to be a tattoo artist, offers a damn nice illustration of the plane ... and a more reasonably priced way to celebrate the icon of aviation: Buying a P-51 today will run you upward of $1 million. Artist: Konstantin NossatchevThe F-14 Tomcat Even if you're not an aviation geek, you've still gotta recognize this one: The F-14 Tomcat makes frequent appearances in, of course, the one and only Top Gun. The aircraft was officially retired in 2006, so this tattoo serves as a fitting, permanent tribute to Maverick's choice vessel. Artist: Shotsie GermanB-17 Babe The B-17 Flying Fortress, a heavy bomber developed in the 1930s, has attained near-mythical proportions. Resilient and deadly, the planes dropped more bombs during World War II than any other American aircraft. Just thinking about the hours it'd take to get this massive, colorful tattoo of the B-17 is enough to instill some serious fear. Resilient? This chick sure as hell must be. Artist: Mike Devries/Mike Devries TattoosSR-71 Blackbird The SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most famous aircraft to emerge from Lockheed Martin's sleuth-aircraft branch, formally titled Advanced Development Programs (ADP) but better known as "Skunk Works." This forearm tat offers an aerial view of the "Lady in Black" and her sleek shape, which was designed to dash through the air at supersonic speeds. Artist: Brendan Mudd/Inkfish StudiosP-51 Mustang The P-51 Mustang was fondly nicknamed "The Cadillac of the Skies." So it only makes sense that a tat of the aircraft be given plenty of room to show off. An entire back serves as a fantastic canvas for this tattoo, which is a tribute to the wearer's grandfather, who flew a P-51 Mustang during World War II. Artist: C.W./Royal Street TattooHelicopters At War Yet another portrait of the revolutionary UH-1 Huey. This time around, a swarm of the 'copters can be seen coming to the rescue of soldiers in rugged jungle. As a side note, we here at Danger Room are so obsessed with this tattoo, you just might see something similar adorning this reporter's torso in the near future. Artist: Cody Meyer/Aces High Tattoo ShopF8F Bearcat We're not sure whether the red stain seeping down this guy's shirt is blood or ink. Either way: Nice tat, dude. The Grunman F8F Bearcat, once used by as a fighter by American forces, still make it to the skies: They're popular in civilian air races. Artist: Mo Malone/Iron Age StudioF-117 Nighthawk The ultimate in stealth aircraft, the F-117 Nighthawk debuted in 1981 -- but its existence remained a secret until 1988. The aircraft's sleek shape was meant to be nearly invisible to radar. Artist: Smallz/E.C. TattooUH-1 Huey Her father's Vietnam service inspired this chick's tattoo. And what a tattoo it is. The first scene depicts the UH-1 Huey dropping troops into combat. The second illustrates the Huey performing an extraction of a downed soldier. She revealed the tat to her pops on Memorial Day of 2010. He, apparently, was not too pissed. Scotty Rich/Lady Luck Tattoo GalleryA Salute to the Navy Tattooed in honor of the 100th anniversary of Naval aviation -- the Navy debuted its first aircraft in May of 1911 -- this full arm sleeve shows off several of the most renowned Naval planes from World War II. From the wrist up: The PBY-5 Catalina Patrol Bomber, the Avenger torpedo bomber, the F6F Hellcat, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber, and the SBD Dauntless dive bomber. Artist: Matt GeiogamahP-40 Warhawk Pilots of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk were notorious for for their ace flying abilities. The expression "Hold Your Ground," as they did during aerial combat against Japan in World War II, inspired this tattoo. Artist: Chris Stans/Kapala TattooB-26 Marauder The B-26 Marauder, a twin-engine bomber used during World War II, is given an incredibly realistic, haunting portrayal in this tat. Maybe that's for a good reason: The planes were initially nicknamed "Widowmakers" because of their high accident rates. Artist: Pows One/Starlight Tattoo


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Investigating the Impact of Advertising on Customers' Behavioral Intentions A Case of Agriculture Bank
Advertising is one of the important communication tools in business. Success or failure in many organizations and companies is related to the quality of advertising activities. In a large complex industrial society, in addition to face to face communication, there is also a need for indirect communication. Therefore, advertising can meet the need of such a society. Due to the important role of advertising, its budget has been increasing in various Iranian organizations. In developed countries advertising is considered very important and costly, but in undeveloped ones such as Iran although it is vitally important for economic development, advertising is not scientifically regarded, it is not well-known, and little attention is paid to that. Every year, a lot of money is spent on advertising, and it is essential to make it efficient and effective. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of evaluative dimensions of advertising including relevant news, brand reinforcement, entertainment, empathy, familiarity, and confusion on customers' satisfaction and to examine the impact of customers' satisfaction on perceived value and behavioral intentions in Agriculture bank. The results showed that among evaluative dimensions of advertising, relevant news and familiarity leave effect on customers' satisfaction. Thus, it can be stated that satisfaction positively influences customers' perceived value and perceived value positively impacts on customers' behavioral intention.
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It is a unique and famous place, yes, but "Buckingham Palace" is actually the name of the building -- and the name does not include a definite article.
By comparison, "the White House" is always used with the definite article, partly because without it, it would be possible to mix it up with any house that was white.
Strangely, we usually use the definite article with names of ships: "the Queen Mary" (as opposed to Queen Mary, who was a person), "the Enterprise", "the Millennium Falcon". But usually, we don't do this with names, unless the definite article is part of the name.
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