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Correlation of symptoms of infertile patients with endometriosis with the classification of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine
L.L.G. Cunha, B.E.S. Canto, R. de Oliveira*, M.B. Magalhães, C.P. Barbosa and F.L. Vilarino.
Human Reproduction and Genetics Center – Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André/SP, Brazil
Renato de Oliveira,
Faculdade de Medicina do ABC,
Av. Príncipe de Gales, 821 – Santo André/SP,
CEP 09060-650, Brazil.
Tel/Fax: +55 11 4993-5464
Article Type: Review Article
Recieved: January 27, 2015; Accepted: March 12, 2015; Published: March 14, 2015
Citation: R. de Oliveira, et al., (2015) Correlation of symptoms of infertile patients with endometriosis with the classification of the AmericanSociety for Reproductive Medicine. Int J Reprod Fertil Sex Health, 2(2) 41-45. doi: dx.doi.org/10.19070/2377-1887-150008
Copyright: R. de Oliveira© 2015. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Background: Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease associated with pelvic pain and infertility. There are discrepancies between the clinical presentation and the degree of the disease, suggesting the necessity of a better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of endometriosis, besides highlighting the lack of a classification that considers the clinical picture of this disease. So, profiling the infertile patients with endometriosis in relation to their symptomatology becomes fundamental in the advancement of knowledge.
Methodology: Retrospective cross-sectional study of 450 medical records of infertile women with endometriosis. Symptoms were correlated with the degree of endometriosis and it with personal and obstetric history.
Results: The prevalence of dysmenorrhea was higher in more severe forms of the disease. Being in grades I, II, III and IV, respectively, 101 (74.3%), 56 (81.2%), 82 (87%) and 140 (92.7%), with P = 0.001. The intestinal disorders were more common with increasing grades of the disease: the grades I, II, III and IV, respectively, 60 (44.1%), 32 (46.4%), 56 (59.6%) and 97 (64.2%) P = 0.002. Family history of endometriosis was associated with grade III (P = 0.017), while depression, with grade I (P = 0.032).
Conclusion: Dysmenorrhea, intestinal disorders and the presence of a family history of endometriosis were associated with higher degrees of endometriosis. In contrast, depression interestingly presented significant correlation with the grade I. Understanding the correlation of infertility with endometriosis and the impact on the symptoms of these patients could help in designing a new and more comprehensive classification for endometriosis
8. Authors’ contribution
Depression; Pain; Endometriosis; Family History; Grades.
Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease that affects 6-10% of women of reproductive age, which 30-50% are infertile. In addition, endometriosis induces a chronic inflammatory reaction that can distort the female pelvis, justifying the association with infertility and pain [1, 2].
It affects in general, ovaries, fallopian tubes and uterine ligaments, peritoneum and vaginal septum; and less common, bladder, kidney, herniation sacs and intestine [3, 4]. It affects rarely pericardium, pleura and central nervous system. However, it is worth noting that 16% of patients are asymptomatic .
Being that 40% of symptomatic women cases are related with pelvic pain . While 40 to 60% of affected women have dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia [7, 8].
A study with Brazilian patients identified an average time between onset symptoms and diagnosis of 3.5 years, which was lower when compared to international data . Even so, the delay in diagnosis seems to stem from a false idea of a physiological dysmenorrhea, especially when there is a family history. This could retard the diagnosis by some professionals that minimize such complains. Consequently, psychological losses can occur, such as depression and decreased wellness .
The grade of endometriosis is established through surgery, as recommended by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) . Although being the most widely used classification,this presents limitations because didn’t correlate with the severity of symptoms and have limited value in prognosis infertility and medical management [12, 13]. Even with the establishment of a relation between the depth of the lesions and pelvic pain, the ability of classification and symptoms correlation is smaller when endometriosis is correlated to infertility [14, 15].
That way, endometriosis seems to be a gynecological manifestation of a systemic disease, possibly associated with a number of other health problems . And among the associations, stands out infertility.
A proper understanding of the correlation of symptoms and associated diseases of infertile women with endometriosis considering its extension cannot be put aside.
The impact of infertility in women's life is undeniable. When it is associated with endometriosis, another important factor limiting the quality of life of these patients, it’s essential to understand the aspects of this relationship in order to increase the possibilities for therapeutic strategies that can benefit these women.
This is a retrospective cross-sectional study of 450 medical records of infertile patients cared for at the Human Reproduction Service, in the city of Santo André, Brazil, from October 2006 to May 2012.
We considered the age, duration of infertility, the presence of dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, acyclic pain, changes in intestinal functions and urinary habits, in addition to obstetric history of pregnancy, childbirth, spontaneus abortion, and ectopic pregnancy.
Regarding family history, it was considered first grade relatives who had endometriosis, depression, rheumatic disease, lupus and fibromyalgia.
The grade of endometriosis was established from the reports of laparoscopy, with histopathologic confirmation, as recommended by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) , classifying them into grades I, II, III and IV, respectively, minimal, mild, moderate and severe.
Dysmenorrhea intensity was assessed by a visual analogue scale and pain intensity followed categorized standardization: 0 no pain; 1-3 as mild pain; 4 to 6, moderate pain; 7-9, severe pain and 10, disable pain .
Quantitative data were analyzed based on median, 25th percentile and 75th. The comparison of age and duration of infertility was performed by Kruskal-Wallis test. In the qualitative variables, was used absolute and relative frequency and the association was estimated using the chi-square test. The software used was Stata 11.0.
The sample was based on medical records of 450 patients with endometriosis and infertility of endometriosis outpatient clinic of the Faculty of Medicine of ABC. Patients were classified as having endometriosis grade I (30.2%), grade II (15.3%), grade III (20.9%) and grade IV (33.6%).
The median age was 34 years for grades I, II and III; however the grade IV was 33 years old (P = 0.447), showing that there was no change in age in relation to disease severity. The same was observed for the duration of infertility, whose median was four years in all stages of the disease (Table 1).
Table 1. Correlation between median age and duration of infertility with the grade of endometriosis.
p25 and p75 = 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively.
As for symptoms, it is realized that the prevalence of dysmenorrhea was higher in the more severe stages of the disease. In grade I, 101 (74.3%) had dysmenorrhea, grade II 56 (81.2%), grade III 82 (87%) and grade IV 140 (92.7%), with P = 0.001.
Dyspareunia was more frequent in grade IV with 67 (44.4%) than in patients on grade I with 40 (29.4%), II 27 (39.1%) and III 32 (34%). However, no significant progression of the percentage of prevalence of minimal to severe grades (P = 0.061) was observed.
The report of acyclic pain and urinary disorders also showed no statistical significance, respectively, P = 0.220 and P = 0.078.
Nevertheless the intestinal disorders were more frequent and statistically significant with the increase of the grades of the disease, 60 grade I (44.1%), grade II 32 (46.4%), grade III 56 (59.6%) and grade IV 97 (64.2 %), with P = 0.002 (table 2).
About dysmenorrhea, 147 patients had this complain which was evaluated according to visual analogue scale, with the following distribution: mild, moderate, severe and disabling. It is noteworthy that of the 140 patients with stage IV endometriosis with dysmenorrhea, 70 reported severe intensity (scale score 7-9). The graphical distribution of pain intensity according to the degree of endometriosis can be observed in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Distribution of the intensity of dysmenorrhea in infertile women studied in relation to the grades of endometriosis.
Considering obstetric history: pregnancy (P = 0.399), term labor (P = 0.103) and spontaneous abortion (P = 0.546), no statistically significant difference between groups was found. About a history of ectopic pregnancy revealed a statistically significant relationship with the severity of disease, but its validity is questionable due to the small sample of women in this group, total of 8 women, distributed as grade I 6 (4.4%), grade II 1 (1.4%) grade III 0 (0) and grade IV 1 (0.7%) (Table 3).
Analyzing family history, endometriosis was found more frequently in stages III and IV and depression was found more frequently in stage I. Both with statistical significance, respectively, P = 0.017 and P = 0.032. About family history of rheumatic diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus and fibromyalgia, there was no statistical significance (Table 4).
Endometriosis, in approximately 20% of cases, is diagnosed in women undergoing laparoscopy for infertility with no other symptoms associated . If the subject of laparoscopy is investigation of pelvic pain, endometriosis is found in 24% of cases .
It is estimated that the prevalence among asymptomatic patients is 10%, while several studies have observed increased presence of endometriosis in patients with symptoms compatible with the disease, such as infertility, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, acyclic pain, urinary and intestinal disorders [9, 10].
We found in our study, a median age of 34 years, consistent with the literature18. The period of infertility was 4 years, with no variations for the different degrees of endometriosis. This time is compatible with studies that suggest a period of 3.5 years from symptoms until disease diagnosis .
Vercellini et al  evaluated 1054 women with endometriosis, which presented a higher prevalence of this disease in the age range 25-35 years and were classified in grades I and II 43.5% of patients, and 56.5%, grade III and IV. These data were similar to those found in our study.
One of the symptoms of important clinical relevance in patients with endometriosis is dysmenorrhea [9, 16, 18]. This symptom was previously referenced without a significant association with the types of peritoneal implants, volume, number and depth of lesions and even with the degrees of the disease . However, in this study we found a progressively increased prevalence according to the degree of endometriosis, in other words, women with grade I and II complained less about dysmenorrhea when compared to those with grade III and IV. We highlight the peculiarity that it was a group of infertile patients exclusively. Marana et al  also outlined this relationship. However, they found a difference in the prevalence of dysmenorrhea between grade I and III without showing a tendency to increase the severity of symptoms with disease progression.
Deep endometriosis is characterized by infiltrative lesions and is more localized in posterior fornix lesions, probably involving the retrocervical region or the rectovaginal fascia. There is a strict relationship between deep endometriosis and the highest prevalence of dyspareunia due to this anatomic distribution of lesions [7, 16, 18]. Although this study do not include a discussion about the exact location of the lesions, the ASRM classification considers as grade IV the most severe cases with multiple superficial and deep implants, endometriomas, dense and firm adhesions and posterior fornix commitment. In this study, dyspareunia was found more frequently in grade IV 67 (44.4%), corroborating such relation.
The same reasoning may be used for intestinal endometriosis which also revealed an increased prevalence proportionally to the severity of grade (P=0.002). Dyspareunia for example, is related to depth injuries that affect the large intestine, correlating with more severe grades of the disease. It is stipulated that intestinal involvement occurs in 6% to 30% of women with deep endometriosis. Bellellis et al , on an epidemiological study of patients with severe and disabling symptoms of endometriosis, found intestinal complaints in 48.3% of the women studied.
The relationship between pelvic pain and endometriosis is more complex than a simple comparison between the disease extension and referred pain. To support this assertion, animal trials suggest that the location and innervation of ectopic endometrium are more important for nociception than the extent of disease visually described . Also, deep endometriosis lesions can be neurotrophic and more associated with nerve growth factors than compared to peritoneal and ovarian implants, therefore the greater association with pain .
Urinary disorder revealed no statistically significant difference between groups. One explanation would be the interpretation of women of this symptom as secondary. In the literature, the prevalence of urinary disorder is 11.7% of patients with endometriosis, and appointed it as the primary complaint in only 0.1% .
The correlation between disease severity with obstetric history is relevant, since many women with grades I, II, II and IV endometriosis who have difficulty in the conception and pregnancy maintenance, have some anatomic obstruction [21, 22]. There is also an association of endometriosis with infertility by cellular and molecular mechanisms affecting ovarian function, oocyte quality, embryo development, implantation and uterine function . However, in the present study, we found no association between women who came to term labor and abortion with the extension of disease. The history of ectopic pregnancy revealed a significant association; however, its validity is questionable due to low sample of women in this group.
As for family history of endometriosis, there is more significant association with the higher grades of disease. One possible explanation to this fact is that it is a polygenic and multifactorial disease caused by the interaction between multiple genes and the environment . It is known that there is an increased risk for disease development , even with progression to more advanced stages, in patients with 1st degree relatives with endometriosis . This fact is observed in the present study.
Depression, another characteristic of these patients is known to be associated with infertility  and interestingly showed statistically significant association with the group of patients with endometriosis grade I, could be the result of not having previous knowledge about endometriosis. This way, in addition to deal with the frustration of not having achieved pregnancy, discover the presence of a proliferative disease, chronic and recurrent as endometriosis, it occurs in an emotionally exhausting period experienced by the infertile patient. Lawson et al  compared female fertility preservation patients with infertile patients in prospective study and related that the first group reported more anxiety and depression than infertile patients at enrollment in treatment, with more than one-third of fertility preservation patients reporting clinically significant depressive symptoms. However, infertile patients' anxiety and depressive symptoms increased across treatment. Besides, the authors suggest provided psychologic consultation before treatment to identify mood and anxiety symptoms and to refer patients for counseling as needed to prevent worsening of symptoms. Recognize the importance of this association would provide for women with endometriosis the benefit of strategies that help to reduce stress and develop confrontation mechanisms, contributing to break the vicious cycle of inflammation, sickness behavior and depression .
A limitation of this study is the lack of comparison of the group of infertile patients with endometriosis with a group of fertile patients with the same disease. However, considering that its realization occurred from the evaluation of women who sought a center for human reproduction, place where there is no demand for fertile patients is justified its realization.
Also, we demonstrate some statistically significant associations in this group of only infertile patients that are not a consensus in the literature when evaluating patients with endometriosis in general. We believe that this would justify the need to improve the classification proposed by the ASRM, so that other criteria such as fertility, symptomatology, in addition to personal and obstetric history were considered in order to advance in knowledge and in the best individualization of treatments. Careful meta-analysis would benefit the construction of a new classification for endometriosis. Thus, this study brings the benefit to help in this process, although further studies will be necessary to help building a new classification for endometriosis and fertility treatment.
The group of this study that consisted exclusively of infertile patients with endometriosis, dysmenorrhea, intestinal disorders and the presence of a family history of endometriosis are associated with greater grades of this disease. In contrast, depressionwas significantly correlated with the grade I. Understanding the correlation of infertility with endometriosis and the impact on the symptoms of this patient could help to develop a new wide classification and individualization of advances in treatments for women with endometriosis.
We thank the students Mariana Prince Santiago Fontes Ferreira and Deborah dos Santos Musich the important contribution in data collection. Professional of Instituto Idéia Fértil for customer service and follow-up of these patients. To Professor Fernando Adami by statistical evaluation.
Laís Lourenção Garcia da Cunha, Bàrbara Elza Silveira Canto and Marina Brandã o Magalhã es make substancial contributions to acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of data, Renato de Oliveira make contributions to acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, Caio Parente Barbosa give final approval of the version to be submitted and any revised version and Fãbia Lima Vilarino make substantial contributions to conception and design, in drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and give final approval of the version to be submitted and any revised version.
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The government has been called upon to strongly support Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) at the local level so that local authorities and their staff can become more focused on their core mandate of providing essential services to the public as the private sector complements these efforts by helping to reduce the financial and technical resource gap needed for socio-economic development.
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Broadway actress was married for over 7 decades to actor Lowell Harris and she had two children. Let’s meet her husband and son.
Inga Swenson was a seasoned American actress and singer.
She appeared in multiple Broadway productions and was nominated twice for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performances as Lizzie Curry in 110 in the Shade and Irene Adler in Baker Street.
On July 23, 2023, the world learned about her death. Inga Swenson died of natural causes while staying at a board-and-care facility in Los Angeles. She was 90.
Following her death, many want to know more about her bereaved husband and children. So, who was she married to, and how many kids did she have before she died? Read for more about her personal life.
Who was Inga Swenson married to?
Inga Swenson was an American by nationality and was born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 29, 1932.
She was born to Geneva Pauline Seeger (mother) and Axel Carl Richard “A.C.R.” Swenson (father). Her father died in a car accident when she was 15.
She was not an only child to her parents as she had two older siblings.
Swenson graduated from Omaha Central High School in 1950. While attending OCHS as a junior, Swenson won the state title in the National Forensic League’s speech contest and later won the NFL’s national contest. As a high school senior, she was considered the school’s best vocalist and she was also the president of the Central High Players. She studied drama at Northwestern University under Alvina Krause, among others, and was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority.
Her career in the entertainment industry spans close to 50 years from 1949 to 1998.
Four years into her acting career, she found a companion.
Who is Inga Swenson’s husband? The Broadway actress was known to have been married once in her lifetime. On 21 February 1953 (when she was at the age of 23), Inga Swenson married actor and sound engineer Lowell Harris. The two stayed together until her death on July 23, 2023. They have been married for over 70 years.
Following her death, Lowell Harris shared that he was by Swenson’s side when she died — around six months after her health began to decline.
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Lowell Harris was an actor and a sound engineer. He is the longtime partner of the late actress Inga Swenson.
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When Swenson died, her death was first reported by her son Mark who told TMZ the sad news.

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text: Learn how to cook great Grilled kingfish . navel oranges, cranberries, lemon, water, sugar. A fleshy fish that can be bought cut into steak size. Remove the fish from the frying pan, stir in the thyme, garlic and stock cube and cook for 1 minute. In a wide bowl, mix together the olive oil, chili powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder, lemon juice and salt, until a smooth paste. I was able to find a recipe that called for grilling the kingfish steaks, after they have been marinated in a chile-turmeric oil. This recipe calls for fillet of kingfish. ½ tsp chili powder. Get one of our Grilled kingfish recipe and prepare delicious and healthy treat for your family or friends. 3 roma tomatoes, diced. Explore. 2 cups bread crumbs. Seafood. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/25871/grilled-fish-steaks 1 teaspoon salt. Tanigue Fish Steak ala Bistek is the fish version of Filipino Bistek Tagalog. 7 sprigs thyme. Good appetite! 3 Tablespoons water. 2 teaspoons of red chile powder. Crecipe.com deliver fine selection of quality Grilled kingfish recipes equipped with ratings, reviews and mixing tips. Explore. DUCK A LA ORANGE. Serve it with some beans or rice or both! Then place the slices (I used 4) in a bowl and squeeze the juice of a lime or lemon over it and cover with cool water. Arrange the Kingfish pieces in the hot oil and sear for 2 minutes. Serve with stir fry vegetables. CHICKEN MEATBALLS IN RED PEPPER SAUCE. A firm, succulent and meaty fish whose texture can be compared to that of tuna. Recipe adapted from The Indian Claypot. GRILLED KINGFISH STEAKS. Thai-style BBQ Kingfish. https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a25239929/salmon-steak-recipe STEAK AND MUSHROOM PIE. A fleshy fish that can be bought cut into steak size. It was later cooked in soy sauce, lemon, and lots of onions similar to how bistek is prepared. When make it right, you will get hooked to the taste. But it is such a big task to hold fresh fish daily in UAE when compared to my native place Kerala, India. ½ tsp ground cumin. Ingredients: • 2 slices king fish steak or other preferred fleshy fish • 2 tablespoon olive oil • 1 garlic clove, chopped […] Stir for a minute then add peppers and sauté for 3-4 minutes. Homemade Citrus Cranberry Sauce Yummly. Mackerel Recipes. ¼ tsp turmeric. Pan Fried King Fish. 3 Tablespoons butter. Cod, haddock and hake are all round, saltwater fish with a mild - medium flavour. Get the people at the fish market to cut the King fish into 3/4 inch steaks for you, but ask them to use the part closer to the tail (than the belly) so you get full slices and not slices with the belly part missing. Turn over and cook for 3 minutes on the reverse side, or until Kingfish is cooked medium-well. The sauce made of butter and oyster sauce tastes One pack contains two steaks; delicious and sustainable; What a fab name for a fish! Skip. A very simple fish recipe that is done in a jiffy! Pressure King Pro cooking time: 20 minutes Serves 4. 'King Fish Steaks' - 1 Recipe Result(s) Tawa Surmai. Ingredients: 900 g kingfish . The fish, which are fish steaks, were rubbed with salt and then fried until golden brown. No doubt Ernest Hemingway caught a few (but he called it kingfish). Tuna steak recipes. In the same pan add onions and garlic. Add the splash of red wine, diced tomatoes, red chili flakes and Italian seasoning. Last week, i got some fresh king fish steaks and so i decided to share you that spicy treat with you. Salt and pepper steaks on both sides. And just in case, Kingfish Recipes on Pinterest. Step 2. The sauce made of butter and oyster sauce tastes Following are some of my ways: Marinate cut up fillets in lemon juice and Louisiana Hot Sauce for 2 to 24 hours (use a lot of hot sauce as when fried will not taste hot). Set aside and cover. 1 tbsp butter. King Fish Stew. Tuna steaks with cucumber relish. It is very simple and heavenly delicious to have some fresh fish curry paired with steamed rice. 1 clove garlic, grated or 1 teaspoon minced garlic. ½ cup sweet chilli sauce.

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Here's a page I made with one of the newest patterns at LSHD, Floppy Bear. Tricia offered this pattern for a free a couple of days ago with one catch, you needed to create something with it in the next 48 hours.
I started my whole process different then I normally do. I started with the pattern since that was what I needed to use. Then I went through my papers. I found a beautiful paper kit that I had completely forgotten about. It is called Kaisercraft Needle & Thread. When I saw that I knew I wanted to make a patchwork bear. I was picturing a little bear that looked like he had been made out of Grandma's old quilt. I always wanted to do that with my Grandma's old bedspreads. It's still on the long list, lol. After I decided all that I decided to use a baby picture. I wanted to use a picture of one of my three granddaughters, so I got out my printed photos and started looking. I found these two of Jellybean right away & decided they were perfect for this project.
I love this page & I love this little bear. He will be used quite often in my projects!
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Are you a new player to League of Legends? We have a special gift just for you! Introducing the LoL Newcomer Growth Bundle – an exclusive package filled with goodies to help you get started on your journey. Read on to find out more!
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With the LoL Newcomer Growth Bundle, you will receive 3 different champions to add to your collection. These champions can be used in game to battle against other players and monsters. Each champion has unique abilities, so experiment and find which ones fit your play-style the best.
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It was a frightening ordeal for an 8-year-old Maryland boy. His dad’s ex-girlfriend is accused of hiding in a closet for 12 hours and attacking the boy when his dad went to work.
Police are investigating a dog attack in Baltimore County. Police say a girl was dragged by a dog in Owings Mills.
Two dogs killed in one week by the same pack of loose pit bulls in a Park Heights neighborhood.
A gun charge has been dropped against a man who used an unregistered handgun to shoot a dog attacking a boy.
Maryland prison officials say four correctional officers at the North Branch Correctional Institution were injured when an inmate attacked one officer and three other officers came to his aid.
A Glen Burnie couple attacked by a pit bull June 21 is being evicted from their Highland Drive apartment at the end of this month.
A man and a woman are at Shock Trauma, recovering from surgery after being badly mauled by a pit bull. It happened outside a Glen Burnie apartment complex.
An Orioles game turns violent, leaving one man in serious condition.
Police are searching for more than a dozen people involved in a brutal assault. The victims say they feared for their lives and they want their attackers caught.
A man is brutally beaten outside a local restaurant. And now the shocking video seen on WJZ is sparking a major Baltimore County police investigation.
Baltimore County Police are looking for a group of people involved in a beating in Windsor Mill. Police got a new lead in the case. A WJZ viewer sent us video of the attack and we shared it with investigators.
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Young people today in the UK may never own their own home, says think tank
Generations of young people in the UK face never being able to own their own home and instead renting a property for the whole of their lives, according to a think tank report.
The research from the Resolution Foundation says that up to a third of millennials will not be home owners and radical reform is needed in the private rental sector to accommodate them.
It suggests the introduction of new tax reforms to discourage multiple home ownership and better support home ownership among the young, along with support for councils to get more affordable homes built.
The Foundation argues that more should be done to build homes and support young people’s home ownership aspirations. However, it also warns that policy makers cannot afford to neglect a crucial part of the current situation relating to poor quality and insecurity in the private rented sector.
It sets out how private renting has grown rapidly in recent decades. At age 30, four in 10 millennials rent, double the rate for generation X and four times that for baby boomers at the same age. At the same time access to social housing has fallen as fast as home ownership rates.
As more millennials reach their child rearing years, the Foundation notes that policy has failed to catch up with the fact that bringing up children in the private rented sector has now become mainstream. In 2003, the number of children in owner occupied housing outnumbered those in the PRS by eight to one. That ratio has now fallen to two to one as a record 1.8 million families with children rent privately, up from just 600,000 15 years ago.
It described the PRS as the least secure and lowest quality tenure where two month notice periods are standard and one in four properties fail the decent homes standard. The fact that many tenants are on six or 12 month fixed term contracts also means that the prospect of large rent rises at short notice are a big concern.
The report argues that the sector will continue to be a major feature of housing in Britain for many years to come. Even if home ownership accelerates rapidly millennials will never experience levels the baby boomers have seen.
More pessimistically, if home ownership growth follows the weak pattern of the 2000s, up to half of millennials could be renting either privately or in the social rented sector in their 40s, and a third could still be renting by the time they claim their pensions.
In order to improve the housing offer for renters, the Foundation is calling for the introduction of indeterminate tenancies as the sole form of contract in England and Wales, following Scotland’s lead and the practice in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.
It also says there needs to be a fair balance of the needs of tenants with the rights of landlords. It points out that landlord could remove a tenant that fails to pay the rent or treat the property well, or if they wish to sell or reoccupy the home, but cannot simply end the tenancy at short notice without good cause.
It also calls for ‘light touch’ rent stabilisation that limits in tenancy rent rises to CPI inflation for three year periods and a new housing tribunal to ensure landlords and tenants can have disputes resolved swiftly.
Lindsay Judge, senior policy analyst at the Resolution Foundation, said:
‘Britain’s housing problems have developed into a full blown crisis over recent decades and young people are bearing the brunt, paying a record share of their income on housing in return for living in smaller, rented accommodation.
‘While there have been some steps recently to support housebuilding and first time buyers, up to a third of millennials still face the prospect of renting from cradle to grave. If we want to tackle Britain’s here and now housing crisis we have to improve conditions for the millions of families living in private rented accommodation. That means raising standards and reducing the risks associating with renting through tenancy reform and light touch rent stabilisation.
‘For any housing strategy to be relevant and effective for people of all ages, it must include this combination of support for renters, first time buyers and ultimately a level of housebuilding that matches what the country needs.’
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Okay, let me preface this by saying I'm in no way butt hurt you decided to take a stab at the One Down piece as well, I love seeing that kind of stuff. That being said, I do believe that this is far beneath your capabilities. Maybe it's cause you're out of practice, maybe you felt restricted by the line art that wasn't yours, but I can't quite understand how you came to make some of the decisions that you made while coloring this.
I think the turquoise amidst all that red is definitely a cool choice, but you could have pushed it. If you're gonna go with a color scheme that other wordly, go all out. Azure looks a little dead to me, her skin tone is quite unhealthy - I don't know if that was intentional, but it seems off, to me. And where are all those pretty hues you're so good at incorporating?
The smoke in the background is basically the only piece here that can clearly be attributed to you, in terms of painting. But the soft blurry smoke clashes with the really crisp texture you added on the background. The smoke, which is closer to us, is more blurry than the texture, which is actually covering the sky and would be further away and that kind of throws off the depth.
The mound of flesh on the bottom looks nicely wet and squishy, but the specular highlights seem a little all over the place and only when I squint my eyes can I make out some solid shapes there - try bringing that over into the final as well, really push those forms.
I'm really not trying to be an ass here. I keep looking back at that teenage vigilante poster, or every single illustration in your first post of this thread, and those all look so sick I'm a little baffled why you didn't give Igo's lines a similar treatment. Not in the sense of painting over the lines and transforming this into a typical Murdoch piece - I understand you want to respect the lines. But you could have done that kind of painting underneath the lines for example, maybe color the lines, partially, if they pop out too much. I mean I'm just guessing at what happened here, but I think if you had cut loose a little more, incorporated more of yourself in there, it would have yielded a better result. But I still love you.

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If Ann Marie Auricchio does her job right, you won’t even know she was there.
A door that fades into the wall around it. A concrete wall that looks as it though it’s been there for decades. A column seemingly carved from stone — and all of it’s fake.
What is real, though, is the work and love that goes into making everything Auricchio’s brush touches come to life in an entirely new way.
“A lot of times, the things I do, people don’t see it,” Auricchio said. “It is a weird thing, you know? And I, in a very sick way, really that love part of it because it is weird.”
A change of pace and career
A New Orleans resident for nearly five years, Auricchio landed in the city after visiting multiple times since college. The New York native finally moved here full-time when more than two decades spent doing design, art direction and scenic construction for film, television and theater, in addition to decorative work prompted the artist to look for a change of pace.
Now, Auricchio said she is “retired” from the entertainment industry but continues to do the home and commercial work that often has her painting for New Orleans’ residents and business owners, quietly creating iconic looks throughout the city. One project she worked on– the Hotel Peter and Paul– has been photographed and featured by some of the country’s top publications.
I’ve only been here (in New Orleans) for four and a half years, so I feel like that’s really not that long,” Auricchio said. “I think that I’ve created a pretty cool business for myself to make a living and be who I am. Unapologetically say, ‘This is it. I can make these things. I can do all these things,’ and I love the dynamic of that.”
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As she was preparing to graduate from the Maryland Institute College of Art in the mid-1990s, Aurrichio got the question most college students do around that time: So, what are you actually going to do? Looking to be an artist but well-aware she needed to pay her bills, Auricchio said she went to the library and grabbed a phone book. She looked up companies that created scenic design for theater, and away she went.
“I needed a job, so I ended up in the entertainment industry,” Auricchio said.
The years she spent in that world were dotted with big-name productions– “Spider-Man,” “Daredevil,” “The Sopranos,” and “John Wick” — and they helped her fill up her “bag of tricks” with the ability to create faux finishes.
“I’m kind of like a little mad scientist when I do it,” she said. “And I have a lot of tricks.”
Homes & Hotels: Aurricchio is making a mark on New Orleans
Those tricks allow Auricchio to confidently create change. Consider, for example, an upcoming project she’ll tackle: A client’s home has a kitchen where all of the cabinets are a dark, ebony-like stained wood — but he wants them to look like pickled oak. Auricchio will take the client’s cabinetry from black to pale oak, saving the project from being a total gut job.
Outside local homes, Auricchio created trompe l’oiel looks at the Hotel Peter & Paul, including the tent-like mural of the tony little coffee shop inside, the faux marble-topped bar in its Elysian Bar and an upstairs mural hiding three doors. She’s crafted Venetian plaster at Emeril’s and the Magazine Street boutique Pilot & Powell, and she painted murals at The Governor.
But Auricchio does not only paint for local clients. Having spent the last few years getting settled in New Orleans, she’s lately had more opportunities to step into her studio to paint for herself, digging into a sense of freedom a little different than her day-to-day commissioned work.
“My personal artwork doesn’t have faux woodgrain and faux marble in it,” she laughed.
A look at that work, instead, uncovers paintings of lush movement and riots of brushstrokes. With a hope to bring some of that work to public spaces through potential mural projects in the city, exploring where it might go next is something she’s hoping to share.
“Since coming to New Orleans, I’ve been able to have that breathing space, and the projects I’ve been able to do have been different from things I’ve done in the past,” she said. “It has taken from a lot of my other experiences, and I think it’s creating a whole new thing. And now, I want to drive the train a little bit more.”

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Chatterjee & Lal
Work by emerging artists and historical material.
This Colaba gallery showcased exciting contemporary art.
The Social opened with bang in late 2014, thanks to its stellar cocktail list (most are just ₹300 or so; try the Longest Island Ice Tea)...
Euro-style Basilico does creative steaks and fresh pastas, but the real draw is for vegies: exquisite salads (from ₹250) like grilled...
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Semper – Tapatio
Deeplife Records Announces Release of Semper – Tapatio
Purchase Semper’s Tapatio at the following stores: Beatport, Itunes, Amazon, and all your favorite streaming media sites!
Semper, also known as DJ Faith, is no stranger to the decks or the production table. He has releases on multiple labels and has crossed genres in his Djing and production. Tapatio, another example of his ability to capture a genre’s niche and and express it well, is a tech-house jewel with flavor and funk. With a techno remix from Science Drop and a minimal remix from DJ Steve Wade, Tapatio has something for everyone.


Elon Musk Matte Black Cybertruck, Top 10 Features
Elon Musk Matte Black Cybertruck: Elon Musk Personal Cybertruck Features, Elon Musk Matte Black Top 10 Specifications
Elon Musk company just revealed Matte Black Edition cybertruck in monster mode. Maximum weight of this upcoming black edition car is 7000 LBS.
Tesla Cybertruck seen in Malibu with a matte black wrap. Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen Spotted Driving the 1st Stealth Matte Black Cybertruck.
Elon Musk to deliver Tesla Silver cybertruck to costumers from 30th November 2023.
Here are 4 Cybertruck wrap?
a.) Dark camo
b.) Blue camo
c.) Snow camo
d.) Matte black
Tesla cybertruck is futuristic pick-up electric truck.
Cybertruck comes with advanced features such as Autopilot and a spacious interior with modern technology.
It’s a long range pick-up truck cum car which is made up of Ultra-Hard 30X Cold-Rolled stainless-steelArmor glass.
Joe Rogan's arrow-shattering demonstration illustrates the incredible durability of this innovative vehicle. It's a testament to the strength and safety features that make it stand out in the world of electric cars.


The bad guys from Star Wars, like Darth Vader and Kylo Ren, can be pretty intimidating!
These villains definitely give off a scary aura. Watching Darth Vader prowl around can be pretty frightening, but this t-shirt that we found online makes one of the Galactic Empire’s most dangerous weapons a lot less intimidating.
The Death Star is the battle station operated by the Imperial military that has the ability to destroy planets — pretty frightening, huh? Well, this shirt we spotted online makes the Death Star seem just a little less scary…
That’s right, the Death Star is now a GIANT PIZZA! With all those toppings and melty cheese, we almost want to try it!
This kids’ t-shirt puts a funny and lighthearted spin on a traditionally daunting Star Wars icon! It costs $21.99.
We love to see the different ways that Disney gets creative and adds variety to their merch, and we’ll be sure to let you know about it. Check back with us for more Disney merchandise updates!
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Billions pledged for schools, but full funding call goes unanswered
Labor and the Coalition have made election promises totalling $5.3 billion on education but ignored a key request from lobby group Parents Victoria to fully fund Victorian government schools.
The group’s big-ticket request, to fund government schools to 100 per cent of the student resourcing standard, has not been answered by either major party, despite the combined $5.3 billion in election promises, according to figures compiled by the Parliamentary Budget Office.
Victorian Education Minister Natalie Hutchins said if re-elected Labor would continue its “phenomenal” investment in building and upgrading schools.Credit:Darrian Traynor
The additional cost of fully funding state schools from next year to 100 per cent of the standard is an extra $1.46 billion, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office.
“At the moment, we don’t see our lunch order being fulfilled, but hopefully it’s going to be taken seriously because it impacts everything,” Parents Victoria executive officer Gail McHardy said.
“All the things that everyone is crying out about, if that [school funding] was just fixed, it would solve a whole lot of problems.”
The schooling resource standard is an estimate of how much public funding a school requires to meet educational needs. Currently, government schools are funded to less than 90 per cent of that standard, with the state government having agreed to increase its share to 75 per cent by 2028, and the Commonwealth to 20 per cent.
There is no agreement on the 5 per cent gap. Negotiations on the next agreement will begin next year.
Natalie Hutchins, Victoria’s education minister, would not be drawn on whether Labor would commit to reaching 100 per cent of the standard if it forms the next government.
“I want to see Victorian schools obviously brought up to the 100 per cent mark, and we’ll keep fighting for that funding,” she said.
“There’s no doubt that we are committed to being and remaining the education state, and that, I think, is evident through the investment we’ve made to date in the eight years we’ve been in; it is phenomenal what we have invested in education.”
Labor’s costliest education promises centre on school builds and upgrades. There is $1.6 billion pledged for capital works at government schools (for building 25 new schools, upgrading 89 existing schools and building and upgrading 180 kindergartens), and $717 million to build and upgrade low-fee Catholic and independent schools and kindergartens.
Some schools in poor condition are still waiting for funding, such as a secondary school campus in Sunshine that is literally falling down.
Amid a nationwide teacher shortage, Labor has also committed $779 million to recruit more than 1900 new teachers, so it can staff its new and expanded schools, a problem for which Hutchins concedes there is “no silver bullet”.
Labor has also committed $200 million to employ a mental health practitioner in every public and low-fee private primary school.
“The important thing is getting young people that assistance at the earliest point possible because that can change their trajectory of spiralling down with their mental health in their teens and even later in life,” Hutchins said.
The Coalition, for its part, has also promised to deliver more than $1 billion in government school upgrades, many of them in Melbourne’s south and east, where the party is most competitive, although all 88 electorates have been accounted for. It has also pledged $700 million towards capital works for non-government schools.
But where the Coalition has sought to distinguish itself from Labor in this campaign is in what would happen inside classrooms.
It has promised to spend $200 million to simplify the Victorian curriculum, and put more focus on maths, science and literacy.
Coalition education spokesman David Hodgett declined to say which parts of the curriculum would be removed, only that an expert panel would be appointed to make recommendations, in a process similar to what recently occurred in NSW.
Hodgett said the current curriculum is overstuffed.
“Cyber safety, water safety, stranger danger … resilience training, mental health, alcohol and drugs, it’s all important stuff, but we can’t continue to fit it all into that 9 to 3 timeslot,” he said.
It has also promised to spend $220 million on changing the way young students are taught to read, introducing systematic synthetic phonics in every school, along with a bank of lesson plans for teachers.
Hodgett said that while Victoria’s overall NAPLAN data were solid, reading results were not improving among the bottom performers.
“I’ve lost count of the number of times when I’m talking to secondary school teachers that tell me by the time kids start secondary school, many can’t read,” he said.
Separately, the Coalition has pledged $300 million for a two-year pilot providing free nutritious lunches to schoolchildren, though experts have warned the pledge is under-costed, and promised to wind back recent changes to the Equal Opportunity Act that prohibit faith-based schools from hiring staff based on faith.
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Star Wars: Battlefront 2
As far as I know the only way to play as a jedi is to have one as the hero on that map, unless it's an addon map. Some addon maps will have jedi/sith units.
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When Radio 2 makes your debut UK album their Album of the Week and start playing your debut single on steady primetime rotation, you know it's going well. Southern hemisphere folk pop superstar Brooke Fraser has already made quite an impression in her native New Zealand and now it's our turn.
The UK debut record, 'Flags', is in fact Fraser's third. Her first - 'What to Do With Daylight' - debuted in New Zealand at number one, remaining in her native top ten for a year, and eventually went eight times platinum. Fraser was still just 19.
Her success reached US shores following stints supporting David Bowie and John Mayer. Fraser's second album, 'Albertine', made the Billboard Top 100 chart and reached No 5 on the digital album chart. The new single, 'Betty', the second taken from the UK debut record, is released in July and an autumn headline tour follows, Fraser having played to full houses at London's Union Chapel and Cadogan Hall earlier in 2011.
The first of five dates will be in Brighton 4th October, followed by London (Shepherd's Bush), Birmingham and Manchester, before ending in Glasgow on Tuesday 11th October.
Tickets are on sale Friday 13th May at 9AM, prices starting at £15 (£18.50 for London).


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Minnetonka Theatre is excited to announce auditions for our holiday musical Little Women. All roles are open to teen (ages 14+) and adult actors. Twin Cities locals only.
What to Submit: Please complete the audition form and submit a video of yourself performing 16-32 bars of a song in the style of the show. Please slate with your name and desired role(s). Live or recorded accompaniment is strongly encouraged.
How to Submit: Fill out an audition intake form HERE. Upload your headshot and resume, along with your audition video(s). Be sure to slate and label the video file with your first and last name.
Deadline to submit your audition form and video is Monday, August 8 at 5pm.
Callbacks if needed, will be held the week of August 15.
Rehearsals begin October 17. Download calendar below for the complete schedule.
Performances December 9-18, 2022
Rehearsals and performances will be held at the Arts Center on 7 Studio Theatre at Minnetonka High School, 18285 Highway 7, Minnetonka, MN 55345.
COVID-19 SAFETY We require that all actors have up-to-date vaccinations against COVID-19. In addition, we will following the latest City, State, and Federal guidelines as well as guidelines set forth by Actors' Equity Association.
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On this course you will be informed about the various design roles and careers which now exist in the computer games industry for artists, animators, musicians, sound designers and programmers. Working in teams you will develop skills in these areas.
You will create and fully integrate original audio and visual components within a fully working computer game using a variety of industry standard digital platforms including: UNITY, Pro Tools, Adobe FUSE, Wwise and Outlook Suite.
The course will culminate in Ayrshire’s first” Game Jam” festival to celebrate the success of your games and promote your skills to a wider audience, with sponsored prizes for winning groups. Throughout the year, there will be training on how to start your own digital enterprise company.
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Chocolate Bar Recipe Report
Chocolate Bar Recipe
Created by Ellie on September 18, 2017
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Uses 1 cream, 1 sugar, and 1 cocoa to make 10 chocolate bars. The base value of the recipe ingredients are equal to the base value of 9 chocolate bars.


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The media agency network has revised its 2012 ad expenditure growth forecast to 3.2%, down from the 3.7% it had predicted in December.
Ad spend in magazines is expected to drop 1.9% year on year to £822m, while newspaper expenditure is predicted to fall 1.7% to £2.5bn.
The shortfall is largely due to supermarkets – traditionally among the biggest spenders on newspaper and magazine ads – decreasing their spend in press by 25% year on year, as retail sales remain flat.
Banks are expected to spend 36% less on press this year.
Jonathan Barnard, head of forecasting at ZenithOptimedia, says while banks spent “a huge amount” on brand campaigns in a bid to boost their images in the wake of the financial crisis, spend has now shifted to smaller, more product-specific campaigns.
Elsewhere, the TV sector has performed above expectations in the first quarter of the year and is sitting just 1% below quarter one of 2011, despite many predicting landslide declines, as the finance and motor sectors increased spend on the channel. The sector is expected to grow 1% to £3.3bn in 2012.
Internet ad spend is set to be the biggest growth area, with expenditure predicted to increase 9.3% year on year to £4.1bn in 2012.

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“Now I see how you really are. You're no good.”
Now I see how you really are. You're no good.
Time to purge the ol' bitterness reserves and move the hell on.
Meet Dee Dee, sister of Dionne, neice of Cissy Houston and cousin of Whitney Houston. Produced by Leiber and Stoller in '63, this is the original recording.


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The development Ørestad City II consists of an 8,300 square meter office building combined with a 6,000 square meter hotel, in addition to 340 underground parking spaces with public access.
The hotel is leased to the hotel operator Borealis Hotel Group with a 25-year lease agreement and 180 parking spaces has been leased to By&Havn with a 30-year lease.
The second phase starts in November 2019 in cooperation with the contractor KPC København A/S and will be completed 2022.
The project comprises 22,800 square meters in total and will be certified according to DGNB Gold. The first phase was completed 2018 and is fully leased to Sweco Danmark.
In addition, Skanska has in a separate deal purchased two land plots in Ørestad City, next to the Ørestad metro station, with a total building right of approximately 22,000 square meters for commercial and residential development. The seller is By&Havn.


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We are pleased to announce that we are now registered as a veteran friendly GP practice.
This means that, as part of the health commitments of the Armed Forces Covenant, we have a dedicated clinician who has a specialist knowledge of military related health conditions and veteran specific health services. This is important in helping ex-forces to get the best care and treatment.
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This research took the DN50 butterfly valve as the research object and studied the flow situation of butterfly valves with different shafts. The resistance characteristics, flow state, characteristics, and flow instability of butterfly valves with different structures were studied by experiments and numerical simulations. Research shows that the flow separation occurs at the edge of the valve disk, and the drag of the valve disk fluctuates nonperiodically with time. Under different opening degrees, the velocity distribution downstream of the valve varies, and the effect of the shaft on the velocity fluctuation is different. Finally, the unstable region of flow downstream of the valve is determined. This study provides a reference for the use and optimization of butterfly valves.


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Q21. - (Topic 2)
Which parameter or parameters are used to calculate OSPF cost in Cisco routers?
B. Bandwidth and Delay
C. Bandwidth, Delay, and MTU
D. Bandwidth, MTU, Reliability, Delay, and Load
The cost (also called metric) of an interface in OSPF is an indication of the overhead required to send packets across a certain interface. The cost of an interface is inversely proportional to the bandwidth of that interface. A higher bandwidth indicates a lower cost. There is more overhead (higher cost) and time delays involved in crossing a 56k serial line than crossing a 10M Ethernet line. The formula used to calculate the cost is: Cost= 10000 0000/bandwidth in bps
For example, it will cost 10 EXP8/10 EXP7 = 10 to cross a 10M Ethernet line and will cost 10 EXP8/1544000 =64 to cross a T1 line. By default, the cost of an interface is calculated based on the bandwidth; you can force the cost of an interface with the ip ospf cost <value> interface sub configuration mode command.
Q22. - (Topic 3)
A network administrator needs to configure a serial link between the main office and a remote location. The router at the remote office is a non-Cisco router. How should the network administrator configure the serial interface of the main office router to make the connection?
A. Main(config)# interface serial 0/0 Main(config-if)# ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.252 Main(config-if)# no shut
B. Main(config)# interface serial 0/0 Main(config-if)# ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.252 Main(config-if)# encapsulation ppp Main(config-if)# no shut
C. Main(config)# interface serial 0/0 Main(config-if)# ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.252 Main(config-if)# encapsulation frame-relay Main(config-if)# authentication chap Main(config-if)# no shut
D. Main(config)# interface serial 0/0 Main(config-if)#ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.252 Main(config-if)#encapsulation ietf Main(config-if)# no shut
Cisco High-Level Data Link Controller (HDLC) is the Cisco proprietary protocol for sending data over synchronous serial links using HDLC. So HDLC runs only in Cisco router. PPP is not proprietary protocol it's a open source every cisco router and non-cisco router understand the PPP protocol.So we need to configure the PPP protocol if connection is between cisco and non-cisco router.
Q23. - (Topic 3)
What is the advantage of using a multipoint interface instead of point-to-point subinterfaces when configuring a Frame Relay hub in a hub-and-spoke topology?
A. It avoids split-horizon issues with distance vector routing protocols.
B. IP addresses can be conserved if VLSM is not being used for subnetting.
C. A multipoint interface offers greater security compared to point-to-point subinterface configurations.
D. The multiple IP network addresses required for a multipoint interface provide greater addressing flexibility over point-to-point configurations.
You do not have to assign a separate subnet per sub-interface .if you're using a Class A network (10.x.x.x/8), you blow the whole network on a few connections (if you used VLSM, you could use a better mask, limit the addresses used). if you used 10.0.0.0/8, you would not be assigning the entire /8 to a single network. You would select a subnet mask for the network and then, you would have to use that mask with all subnets of the network. So if you chose a /24 mask, that would mean that you would have to use a /24 mask for even point-to-point links.
Q24. - (Topic 2)
What information does a router running a link-state protocol use to build and maintain its topological database? (Choose two.)
A. hello packets
B. SAP messages sent by other routers
C. LSAs from other routers
D. beacons received on point-to-point links
E. routing tables received from other link-state routers
F. TTL packets from designated routers
Link State Routing Protocols http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=24090&seqNum=4
Link state protocols, sometimes called shortest path first or distributed database protocols, are built around a well-known algorithm from graph theory, E. W. Dijkstra'a shortest path algorithm. Examples of link state routing protocols are: Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) for IP The ISO's Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) for CLNS and IP DEC's DNA Phase V Novell's NetWare Link Services Protocol (NLSP) Although link state protocols are rightly considered more complex than distance vector protocols, the basic functionality is not complex at all:
1. Each router establishes a relationship—an adjacency—with each of its neighbors.
2. Each router sends link state advertisements (LSAs), some
3. Each router stores a copy of all the LSAs it has seen in a database. If all works well, the databases in all routers should be identical.
4. The completed topological database, also called the link state database, describes a graph of the internetwork. Using the Dijkstra algorithm, each router calculates the shortest path to each network and enters this information into the route table.
Q25. - (Topic 2)
Refer to the exhibit.
Assume that all router interfaces are operational and correctly configured. In addition, assume that OSPF has been correctly configured on router R2. How will the default route configured on R1 affect the operation of R2?
A. Any packet destined for a network that is not directly connected to router R1 will be dropped.
B. Any packet destined for a network that is not directly connected to router R2 will be dropped immediately.
C. Any packet destined for a network that is not directly connected to router R2 will be dropped immediately because of the lack of a gateway on R1.
D. The networks directly connected to router R2 will not be able to communicate with the 172.16.100.0, 172.16.100.128, and 172.16.100.64 subnetworks.
E. Any packet destined for a network that is not referenced in the routing table of router R2 will be directed to R1. R1 will then send that packet back to R2 and a routing loop will occur.
First, notice that the more-specific routes will always be favored over less-specific routes regardless of the administrative distance set for a protocol. In this case, because we use OSPF for three networks (172.16.100.0 0.0.0.3, 172.16.100.64 0.0.0.63, 172.16.100.128 0.0.0.31) so the packets destined for these networks will not be affected by the default route. The default route configured on R1 "ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 serial0/0 will send any packet whose destination network is not referenced in the routing table of router R1 to R2, it doesn't drop anything so answers A, B and C are not correct. D is not correct too because these routes are declared in R1 and the question says that "OSPF has been correctly configured on router R2, so network directly connected to router R2 can communicate with those three subnetworks. As said above, the default route configured on R1 will send any packet destined for a network that is not referenced in its routing table to
R2; R2 in turn sends it to R1 because it is the only way and a routing loop will occur.
Q26. - (Topic 3)
The output of the show frame-relay pvc command shows "PVC STATUS = INACTIVE". What does this mean?
A. The PVC is configured correctly and is operating normally, but no data packets have been detected for more than five minutes.
B. The PVC is configured correctly, is operating normally, and is no longer actively seeking the address of the remote router.
C. The PVC is configured correctly, is operating normally, and is waiting for interesting traffic to trigger a call to the remote router.
D. The PVC is configured correctly on the local switch, but there is a problem on the remote end of the PVC.
E. The PVC is not configured on the local switch.
Explanation: The PVC STATUS displays the status of the PVC. The DCE device creates and sends the report to the DTE devices. There are 4 statuses: ACTIVE: the PVC is operational and can transmit dataINACTIVE: the connection from the local router to the switch is working, but the connection to the remote router is not availableDELETED: the PVC is not present and no LMI information is being received from the Frame Relay switch STATIC: the Local Management Interface (LMI) mechanism on the interface is disabled (by using the “no keepalive” command). This status is rarely seen.
Q27. - (Topic 2)
Refer to the exhibit.
Based on the exhibited routing table, how will packets from a host within the 192.168.10.192/26 LAN be forwarded to 192.168.10.1?
A. The router will forward packets from R3 to R2 to R1.
B. The router will forward packets from R3 to R1 to R2.
C. The router will forward packets from R3 to R2 to R1 AND from R3 to R1.
D. The router will forward packets from R3 to R1.
From the routing table we learn that network 192.168.10.0/30 is learned via 2 equal- cost paths (192.168.10.9 &192.168.10.5) - traffic to this network will be load-balanced.
Q28. - (Topic 1)
Which term describes a spanning-tree network that has all switch ports in either the blocking or fowarding state?
Spanning Tree Protocol convergence (Layer 2 convergence) happens when bridges and switches have transitioned to either the forwarding or blocking state. When layer 2 is converged, root bridge is elected and all port roles (Root, Designated and Non-Designated) in all switches are selected.
Q29. - (Topic 3)
What is the purpose of Inverse ARP?
A. to map a known IP address to a MAC address
B. to map a known DLCI to a MAC address
C. to map a known MAC address to an IP address
D. to map a known DLCI to an IP address
E. to map a known IP address to a SPID
F. to map a known SPID to a MAC address
Frame-Relay (a Layer 2 protocol) uses Inverse-Arp to map a know Layer 2 Address (DLCI) to a unknow Layer 3 Address. Dynamic Mapping Dynamic address mapping relies on the Frame Relay Inverse Address Resolution Protocol (Inverse ARP), defined by RFC 1293, to resolve a next hop network protocol address to a local DLCI value. The Frame Relay router sends out Inverse ARP requests on its Frame Relay PVC to discover the protocol address of the remote device connected to the Frame Relay network. The responses to the Inverse ARP requests are used to populate an address-to-DLCI mapping table on the Frame Relay router or access server. The router builds and maintains this address-to-DLCI mapping table, which contains all resolved Inverse ARP requests, including both dynamic and static mapping entries. When data needs to be transmitted to a remote destination address, the router performs a lookup on its routing table to determine whether a route to that destination address exists and the next hop address or directly connected interface to use in order to reach that destination. Subsequently, the router consults its address-to-DLCI mapping table for the local DLCI that corresponds to the next hop address. Finally, the router places the frames targeted to the remote destination on its identified outgoing local DLCI. On Cisco routers, dynamic Inverse ARP is enabled by default for all network layer protocols enabled on the physical interface. Packets are not sent out for network layer protocols that are not enabled on the physical interface. For example, no dynamic Inverse ARP resolution is performed for IPX if ipx routing is not enabled globally and there is no active IPX address assigned to the interface. Because dynamic Inverse ARP is enabled by default, no additional Cisco IOS command is required to enable it on an interface. Example 4-16 shows the output of the show frame-relay map privileged EXEC mode command. The addressto-DLCI mapping table displays useful information. The output of the command shows that the next hop address 172.16.1.2 is dynamically mapped to the local DLCI 102, broadcast is enabled on the interface, and the interface's status is currently active.
NOTE After enabling Frame Relay on the interface, the Cisco router does not perform Inverse ARP until IP routing is enabled on the router. By default, IP routing is enabled on a Cisco router. If IP routing has been turned off, enable IP routing with the ip routing command in the global configuration mode. After IP routing is enabled, the router performs Inverse ARP and begins populating the address-to-DLCI mapping table with resolved entries.
Q30. - (Topic 2)
What is the default administrative distance of OSPF?
Default Distance Value Table This table lists the administrative distance default values of the protocols that Cisco supports:


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Yeah…. I realize that the headline of this blog isn’t making you want to watch this trailer any quicker but WOW am I ever excited to see this movie. In a “I’m totally going to crap my pants out of terror but it will still be amazing” kind of way.
The latest trailer for one of Stephen King’s most interring books “IT” was released yesterday. Pennywise the Clown is featured quite heavily in this new trailer. Like, you see his face AND you hear him talk as well.
If you dare, watch the trailer below. And catch the movie in theatres September 8.


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Primary pituitary gland cancer is extremely rare. The current study presents the case of a patient diagnosed with pituitary cancer three months after completing surgery and post-operative chemoradiotherapy for hypopharyngeal cancer. In this report we discuss 57-year-old patient who presented with diplopia and ptosis four months following the completion of treatment for hypopharyngeal cancer. A poorly-differentiated pituitary carcinoma was located. Despite aggressive treatment and surgical excision with postoperative chemoradiotherapy, the disease progressed rapidly and the patient succumbed due to multiple metastases and organ failure. This case report indicates a possible correlation between irradiation and the development of pituitary cancer.
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Does anybody know of a library that might have directories
for Washigton D.C. Covering the years 1916 to 1960?
I am trying to locate my Great-grandfather Edward Joseph
McGee. I know on the WW one draft registration and 1920 census he was living with my great-grandmother at 451 H
street northwest Washington D.C.. They split up between the 1920 and 1930 census. And i am having a hard time locating him. My great-grandmothers name was Elizabeth G. McGee in 1930 census she was on Varnum street northwest D.C..
I found her in the 1940 census she was living in Colmar Manor, Maryland and had lived in Colmar Manor since 1935.
Anybody that would know could you please let me know.

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18 May Rita LaPorte & ‘Sex Week’: Reno’s Lesbian Literary Legacy
The Daughters of Bilitis was the first lesbian civil rights organization in America. It was formed in San Francisco in 1955 and went on to produce The Ladder, the first nationally distributed lesbian magazine in October 1956.
In the Fall of 1969 at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) a group of women in the Associated Women’s Society (AWS) hosted “Sex Week”. This event highlighted issues relating to women’s sexuality including lesbianism. The President of Daughter of Bilitis, Rita LaPorte, came to UNR’s Sex Week event to give a series of talks on lesbianism. The talks were hits with hundreds of students attending each one. Sex Week became an international media sensation and Rita LaPorte herself brought the cause of lesbian activism to Northern Nevada and was featured in all the major papers and was even interviewed on the nightly news.
Shortly after “Sex Week”, a schism appeared within the Daughters of Bilitis organization. Rita LaPorte ended up taking the Daughters of Bilitis mailing list used for mailing The Ladder from the national office in San Francisco and came to Sparks, Nevada. It was from Sparks that The Ladder proceeded to be published from 1970 to 1972. Due to lack of financing the publication ultimately folded.
Through the events of “Sex Week”, and by moving The Ladder‘s production to Northern Nevada, LaPorte with the other women of UNR and the Reno/Sparks community ended up establishing an unprecedented movement in feminism and lesbian literature which is still prevalent in the Silver State today.

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Dreaming of an unforgettable Renaissance evening? Step into the beautiful Palazzo Borghese, and enjoy a sumptuous dinner accompanied by great wine, while harps and flutes play music of the Renaissance, and dances from the past whirl past you. The waiters, musicians, and dancers are all in Renaissance costumes. And if you want, you can wear the traditional costumes and learn dance steps of the 1400's!
Terminal: Palazzo Borghese - Via Ghibellina n° 110 (1st floor) Departure: 19:45 Price: € 59.00
Tours do not operate on 25 December and 1 January from April to October- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - from November to March - Wednesday Includes: show, four-course dinner, water, wine and coffee Tour is available in English and Italian. ATTENTION: reservation in waiting lst, subject to reconfirmation 1 day before Guided walking tour. Palazzo Borghese - Via Ghibellina n° 110 (1st floor) Please let us know if you have kids with you. Excursions are free for children under the age of two, if accompanied by an adult (one for each child); from age two to eight, a 50% reduction will be applied to the fare. Tour operator can only confirm an excursion when minimum number of persons required is reached. If tour is not confirmed, cost of the visit will be entirely refunded. Weekend a Firenze is not responsible for eventual changes or cancellations to the programs offered. Please send us by e-mail the name and fax number of your hotel in Florence so we can send you the confirmation there one working day prior to the tour date. Cancellation policy: There will be no penalty for cancellations of excursion bookings comunicated at least eight days prior to the booked excursion date. Between eight and two days prior to the excursion, we will refund 90% of paid import; less than two days prior to the excursion payment of the entire amount will be due and no reimbursement will be granted.

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Nintendo, Gameboy, Xbox, PSP and others are types of video-capable consoles you can find out in the stores .
One to be considered as one of the most famous game in the history is Lego Star Wars Video . The innovative, cartoony, action adventure feature of Lego Star Wars Video took advantage of the childrenâ€™s attention .
The cute little Lego people had acted out some memorable acts from Star wars movies in the Lego Star Wars Video Game.
The Lego Star Wars Video game is a mixture of solving puzzle, action staging and the ability to swap between 2 or more controllable characters to get around an obstacle .
Lego Star Wars video has employed backdrops from the scenes of Star Wars movies . And there are many characters to be unlocked both during play, and have a collection in game items and exchanging them like a currency for characters, outfits etc .
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The Lego Star Wars Video made its debut with PS3 and Xbox 360 playable over the Internet . To be able for your child to jump from his to yours, it was flexibly adapted.
The present releases of Lego Star Wars Video had a few more, less important changes and upgrades . New Lego Star Wars Video releases may have harder passkey on the levels but it is still the same concept in compare with the previous versions.
Several new levels were added plus improved visuals to keep up with the latest consoles.
The improvisations over Lego Star Wars Video may be appealing and could be a good package for those fans new to the video game series but not quite as attractive to the veterans of it .