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Author Notes: Every year we hold an annual Latkesplash party, full of all sorts of potato pancakes and Manischewitz spritzers and good cheer. Recently we've been trying to extend Hanukkah's greasy tradition of eating fried foods beyond the potato pancake, and rounded out the party spread with these zeppole. They're a holiday food themselves (the feast of San Giuseppe), but have since become a street food of Southern Italy, ranging from cruller-type rings topped with pastry cream to savory balls stuffed with anchovies. Here, I filled the fried pate a choux pastry (!) with a mix of creamy mascarpone studded with chopped chocolate and orange zest, then rolled them in a dusting of sugar. As a warning: the choux batter rises and swells in unexpected ways, so your zeppole may not end up as neat little balls. But oh man will they be delicious. Happy Hanukkah! —deensiebat
Food52 Review: Who doesn't love fried dough? And these sweet delights are a perfect opportunity to fry up something deliciously new for the Festival of Lights. Try forming quenelles of dough with two spoons to help regularize the final form of your zeppole. The filling is sweet but not overly so (play around with the proportions if the consistency doesn't seem conducive to squeezing through a pastry bag). The acidic citrus and bitter chocolate are wonderful counterpoints to the fried flavor of the dough. Fry some up for a sugar boost to get those dreidel fingers working! —Rebecca Vitale
Makes: ~3 dozen zeppole
cup milk
pound unsalted butter (1 stick)
tablespoons sugar
teaspoon salt
cup flour
high heat oil, such as canola or peanut, for frying (the exact amount required depends on the pan you use)
pound mascarpone cheese
teaspoons vanilla extract
cup sugar, plus more for finishing the zeppole
zest of 1 orange
cup chopped chocolate (you want it chopped into relatively smallish bits, no larger than pea-sized)
- To make the dough: Place the milk, butter, sugar and salt in a pot or large saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring to combine as the butter melts.
- When the mixture is simmering add the flour all at once, and continue to stir over medium heat until the mixture sticks slightly and browns at the bottom of the pan, 2~5 minutes (during this process the mixture will loose some of its moisture, and come together in a cohesive mass).
- When the dough is ready, transfer the dough to a mixer and add the eggs, one by one, stirring until well-combined after each addition (scrape down the sides as needed),
- To cook the zeppole: Line a plate or tray with a cut-open brown paper bag to be ready for the finished zeppole, or place a rack over a tray to catch the drips. Heat a few inches of oil in a large, heavy pot over a medium-high heat, until a bit of zeppole batter bubbles and browns when you drop it in.
- When the oil is hot, about 375°F, add the zeppole batter in heaping, rounded tablespoons, using either an ice-cream scoop or two spoons. The batter will swell dramatically, so don't overcrowd! Cook the zeppole, turning occasionally, until they are well-browned (NOTE: The zeppole must be fully cooked, or they'll deflate upon cooling, so make sure they fry until they're a nice deep brown). When the zeppole have browned, fish them out with a slotted spoon and transfer to your prepared surface. Repeat with remaining batter.
- To finish the zeppole: In a small bowl, mix together the mascarpone, vanilla, 1/3 cup sugar, and orange zest, then stir in the chopped chocolate.Transfer to a pastry bag (or freezer bag with the corner snipped off). Place additional sugar in a plate or a bowl for coating the zeppole.
- Take one of the zeppole, poke the pastry bag into it, and squeeze some of the filling inside (if you're using a plastic bag, poke a hole in each zeppole with the tip of a knife, then nudge the tip of the bag inside and fill). Place the filled zeppole onto the sugar-lined bowl, toss around to dust the surface with sugar, then transfer to another plate/bowl for serving. Repeat with the remaining zeppole, and serve.
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This week we are doing a cooperative game called team juggling. This comes on the heals of our underhand throwing unit for all grades. This is a great unit that helps students work together and realize the importance of a team. It differs from regular juggling because 10-12 students are placed in a circle and given one ball to start. They proceed to underhand toss it to the person across from them, then that student tosses it to a different person across from them, this continues until all players on the team have caught and thrown the ball. The pattern stays the same for the rest of the game. It continues to get harder because different equipment is added to the pattern so as many as 4 objects are going at once. When they have practiced for some time, then I time each team to see who has the least amount of drops in 1 minute. Last year we only had two teams in the whole school that didn't drop a ball for the whole minute. I also include a 5 minute session where teams can give suggestions on what they can do better and come up with strategies to help them be successful. The standard I am looking to meet is New Mexico State Standard # 5 (Check out all our standards under the Great PE Links section).
Week 9: Team Juggling!
Week 8 :Bowling
This week in PE we are turning the gym into a bowling alley. All students will get the opportunity to bowl at Tiger Lanes. Before we get to rolling we will warm up with jump rope to get our heart rates up as we jump for 10 minutes.
After our warm-up I will be explaining the importance of a proper grip, stepping with the opposite foot, and releasing the ball low in order to get a nice roll. This will be building on our previous unit in which we covered underhand throwing. The rolling technique is very similar and we even use the same cues of facing your target, stepping in opposition, and "tick tock." Older students will keep track of their games and have their own score card while the younger students will just be introduced to the basics. We have different size bowling balls and equipment in order to modify for all ages and skill levels. It's going to be a great week!!
Week 7: Throwing and catching
This week in PE we are working on throwing and catching. For the younger grades we will focus on the underhand throw and catching with two hands. The main cues for the under hand throw are "Tick Tock." We will start by throwing to a target and move on to partners and then put it into a small game called Oscar's garbage can. During this game students must use an underhand throw to the garbage can (mats that are standing up) while two students are in the garbage can throwing is back out.
For the older grades we will be outside if the weather permits and working on the overhand throw. We will have all different kinds of equipment to throw, things ranging from a football to a yarn ball. The main cues for the overhand throw are
1. Side to target
2. Step with the opposite foot
3. Make an L- Shape with the arm you are throwing with
4. Follow through
After throwing to one another for a while we will work on throwing to a moving target and then put it all into a game called ultimate football. I am more focused on the throwing this week and less concerned about the catching however next week we will primarily focus on the catch side of things.

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text: On Monday, July 12th, I will return to Lake Austin Spa in Austin, Texas to give a Cooking Session for registered guests as part of the spa's Culinary Experience. The demonstration will feature recipes from my upcoming cookbook which will be released in March of 2016. Here's a sneak preview of the menu: Southwestern Gazpacho with Homemade Tortilla Crisps, Seared Shrimp Salad with Spicy Watermelon Vinaigrette, and Cannoli Stuffed Strawberries. I hope to see you there! For more information on the event, go to Sara at Lake Austin or call 800-847-5637.


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Transferring / Re: GULC w/ 10k grant or NYU/Columbia w/o grant?« on: July 31, 2009, 03:42:18 AM »
I think you would be hard pressed to find much difference in student quali
fty. Socratic questioning is always a little lame from a pedagogical standpoint- I really wouldn't count on getting that much from it at any school.
I'd like to use this post as an example of how GULC students are constantly forgetting to use verbs and confusing their t's and f's.
(Just kidding! Don't ban me! )
For the record, I think that GULC with full ride might be a better call than CLS or NYU sticker. But not with 10k.


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Knowledge base Data Retention Directive
The The Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 specifies a duty that we, as an ISP, must log and retain certain communications data. We must then provide that data to a wide variety of people under the RIP Act.
Section 10(1) means that we do not have to start logging data until we given a notice in writing. We have not been given such a notice.
However, even if we are required to comply with the directive, it seems to us to be full of holes. Serious ones. The following is a summary of the holes we think exist. We're not lawyers, so we may have some of these wrong, but we intend to ask the questions if and when we get a notice.
Section 2(h): User ID
The directive defines this: "user ID" means a unique identifier allocated to persons when they subscribe to or register with an internet access service or internet communications service.
This is quite a specific definition, but it has some holes. For a start, in what context is the user ID unique? For our services it is relevant that we have user IDs - i.e. we have an identifier for a user for broadband and email. It is the login on the control pages (clueless). It is relevant that an email address is not a user ID. This is clear because it (a) is not necessarily unique to a user;(b) it may not be a valid one (think of all the spam); (c) We don't allocate it, it is picked by our customers; (d) it is not allocated or picked when subscribing to the service but later when the user picks a mailbox or creates forwarding rules.
Given requirements to log user ID in some cases we are wondering if those drafting the act thought an email address was a user ID?
Section 3: Only logging data processed/generated
Section 3 states These Regulations apply to communications data if, or to the extent that, the data are generated or processed in the United Kingdom by public communications providers in the process of supplying the communications services concerned
This is quite specific, and means that we don't have to look up or obtain anything that we are not already processing or generating. This is good news, and it could add a lot to the complexity of some services if we did so. However, it is not 100% clear. If, for example, or email servers do not process or generate the name and address of sender or recipient of the email, then does that mean we do not have to log that - I would say yes. However, one may argue that as a company we do process or generate the name and address as part of providing the service when we do the billing. It is not 100% clear. It could easily be solved by subcontracting the email services to a separate company that do not see any name or address details, which clears up any confusion on this point.
It is also clear this only applies where the data are generated or processed in the UK. It is a simple matter to provide some of these services in another country if we wanted to.
Section 4(5): No revealing content
Section 4(5) states No data revealing the content of a communication is to be retained in pursuance of these Regulations.
This leads to an interesting point about the definition of content. This is not defined. If I send an email, I would consider the whole of the email I send to be content with perhaps the SMTP data being communications data. However, the sender and recipient and even date/time are reproduced in that content. That means that any logging of the communications data (sender, recipient) are revealing content. Logically we would have to exclude from logging anything that also appears in the content of the communications to comply with this clause. This means one simple work around to legal logging would be for people to include name and address in the signature of their emails. That means that it would be a breach of section 4(5) if their name and address were logged as doing so reveals (some of) the content of the communications.
Section 10(1)
Section 10(1) states These Regulations do not apply to a public communications provider unless the provider is given a notice in writing by the Secretary of State in accordance with this regulation. We have not had such a notice.
However, if we received such a notice, which has to state by when we must comply, we could simply subcontract relevant services to a third party. That third party would not have had such a notice. When they get a notice we could wind that company up and subcontract to another. Even if we did comply with notices, there nothing to stop one dissolving a company that does the logging every month, thereby eliminating the need to store data any longer than that. The directive imposes no actual offences, just makes duties - duties that apply to a limited company in that case with no offences attached to the directors or shareholders.
Section 10(6)
These regulations state that the only way to enforce them is by a civil action by the Secretary of State against the communications provider. This is a pretty poor means of enforcement. Basically, if ISPs don't comply the Secretary of State can take action to get the court to insist the ISP complies. This means even more time taken. It would be a simple matter to wind up a company rather than comply. It makes a mockery of the whole concept.
Section 11
The directive allows for reimbursement of expenses. So if we, as an ISP, contract with a company to do the logging, and agree a price with them, we can then claim expenses to cover that. That sounds like an excellent money spinner, and well worth setting up a logging company.
Logging outgoing email
The regulations require very little to be logged for our outgoing email services.
- Only customers actually using our email services are affected anyway - anyone sending email directly do not use the service we provide for email and so nothing is logged in relation to email they send
- 11(1): Sender details: We have to log the user ID - but we don't generate or process that while sending email, so nothing to log
- 11(2): Sender details: We have to log the user ID and telephone number where the communication enters the telephone network - again, not something we process while sending email so nothing to log.
- 11(3): Sender details: The name and address of the subscriber or registered user to which the IP, user ID or telephone number was allocated at the time of the communication. Well, we don't have user ID, or telephone number so it is down to IP. We process the IP, but not the associated name and address, so nothing to log. Note that we are not required to log the IP address itself!
- 12(2): Recipient details: The name and address of the subscriber or registered user to which the IP, user ID or telephone number was allocated at the time of the communication. We don't have any of that for outgoing email. Nothing to log. Note that this also relates to intended recipient - how would we know someones intention, we only know what they actually did and cannot read their mind.
- 13(2): The date and time of the log-in to and log-off from the internet e-mail. Our outgoing mail server does not require a log-in or log-off. So nothing to log.
In summary, our outgoing email services log NOTHING under this directive.
Logging outgoing email (authenticated)
We do have an authenticated outgoing email service which has a login using a mailbox ID. The mailbox ID is in fact an email address, and is picked by the user (not allocated) at a time when they like (after they subscribed, not at the time). As such there is nothing to log that relates to a user ID. Note that as there is a log-in and log-off for this, the date and time under section 13(2) need to be logged, but not who logged in our out, or what IP they came from, etc.
In summary, for authenticated outgoing email we log date and time that someone logged in and out, but not who or any other data - just a log file of date/times. Really useful.
Logging inbound email (smtp)
SMTP email delivery to end users means they get email directly and do not use our email servers - so we do not process or generate any communications data for this and nothing is logged.
Logging inbound email (pop3/imap)
- 11: We have sender email and sending server IP, but do not have any sender user ID or name/address associated with IP. So nothing to log
- 12(2): Again, we don't have a user ID, only target email address and derived from that a target mailbox ID. Neither are user ID. We don't process or generate any name and address information in providing the incoming mail service. So, again, nothing to log.
- 13(2): We have to log the date and time of log-in and log-out, but not who or what login or mailbox ID.
In summary, our incoming mail services have to log data and time of log-in and log-off but not anything else - just a file of dates and times.
Internet telephony
This refers to fixed network telephony. Our services use a login and work from anywhere in the world (both for making and receiving calls). As such they are nomadic and not fixed. So does any of this apply?
- 1(1): Source of call: The calling telephony number. We can log that. Though we allow presentation numbers.
- 1(2): Source of call: The name and address of the subscriber or registered user. We don't generate or process this as part of providing the telephone service, so nothing to log.
- 2(1): Destination of call: The telephone number dialled. We can't see this, all we can see is the called number as it comes to us - it may have been translated or redirected already and we have no way to tell. We can log the called number we get for the inbound call though.
- 2(2): Destination of call: The name and address of the subscriber or registered user. We don't generate or process this as part of providing the telephone service, so nothing to log. Of course the call could be a wrong number so have no subscriber anyway.
- 3(1): Date and time of start and end of call. Easy to log.
- 4(1): The telephone service used. Not sure what this even means.
In summary, we would log date/time of start/end of call and calling/called number. We log this for people's itemised bills anyway. We would have to keep it for 12 months under the directive. However, see note below on correlation of data.
This is very much like logging for calls though the wording refers to dialling which is not something you do when sending a text. Also, sending number could not only be a presentation number, but could be an alpha tag.
Internet access (broadband)
- 11(1): There is a user ID which we allocate to each internet access, but see below.
- 11(2): We do not process the telephone number when providing the broadband service.
- 11(3); We do not process the name and address of the user ID, IP or telephone number as part of providing the broadband service.
- 13(1)(a): The data and time of log-in and log-off.
- 13(1)(b): The IP address, whether dynamic or static, allocated by the internet access service provider to the communication. Says The IP address? Which one? Also, which communication is this reference to. A log-on does not itself cause a communication. What if other IP addresses are allocated at times other than log-on? What about tunnelled IPs? What about where we have IPs routed to more than one internet access? What of fall-back routes?
- 13(1)(c): The user ID.
- 14: The internet service used. Not sure what that means?
- 15(2): The digital subscriber line. We have to log "the digital subscriber line"? Not "the telephone number of...", not "the circuit ID of...", but we have to log the line itself?. What does that even mean?
This basically means our basic RADIUS logs. Looks like the WAN IP address will be sufficient to log as an IP as we only have to log the IP.
However, we are considering changing our system to authenticate broadband logins solely on the line ID from BT. This means we would not process the user ID that we allocated. We also do not process the telephone number. If we do this, then we will only actually log date and time for broadband access.
Correlation of data
Nothing in the act seems to required that the data logged is in any way correlated together. So we could log user ID for internet access, in a file of user IDs, and rotate the log every few days. No date and time in that log. Separately we can log date and time of log-in in a file. Only dates and times in that log. As long as we can transmit the data without due delay then we are complying.
We appreciate that law enforcement requires access to some information. However, we are also well aware of the basic human right to privacy. We are very concerned that these new laws are the thin end of the wedge. At present these logs are only accessible under other laws and specifically when required. They are not centrally stored to allow data mining.
The logging is very simple to bypass and anyone who really does have anything to hide can take these simple steps
- Operating your own mail server means you bypass our services and so we log nothing about your emails
- Using email services in another country. Many free email services exist. Note, for example, if you have a hotmail account we would not log anything about your emails (though hotmail may!). Setting up your own email server is pretty simple, and we'll be happy to help you. Many can be accessed via https to be extra secure.
- Leaving your router on-line all of the time means that there are fewer logs of when you use the internet.
- Using tunnelled IP to somewhere, then we would not log the IP you are using.
We have received a few comments on this, including some from a lawyer. It seems that some of what we have said is right and some just highlights the confusion in the drafting. It may be that to avoid invading people's privacy too much we may have to take extra steps (separate companies for email maybe). We'll see. At the end of the day people with something to hide can do so easily, but everyone else - normal people with nothing to hide will find that their personal data is logged and available to all sorts of people unless we do take steps. That is, until the new ruling on the illegality of the whole directive...


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Test drivers needed
If you've always wanted to test drive a new ATV, utility vehicle or pickup truck, here's your chance. Farm Industry News is planning to run its popular ATV/UV and pickup truck rodeo this summer. Farmers will test drive and evaluate the vehicles, and we will report the results in the magazine.
We're looking for additional drivers from our farm readership to help test drive the new machines. If you are a full-time farm operator, you're eligible to enter the random drawing for drivers. We'll pay the expenses for the four to five days you spend in Minneapolis, MN, while testing the vehicles.
Let us know if you're interested. Write to us with your name, phone number and e-mail address at Farm Industry News, 7900 International Dr., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55425, call 800/722-5334, or send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
New EPA manure rules
EPA just announced new standards regulating manure handling at the nation's approximately 40,000 concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO). Previously regulated mainly by state rules, the CAFOs will now come under the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act, which will require discharge permits. The animal feeding industries estimate it will cost between $850 and $950 million for the livestock operations to comply with the new regulations. EPA also ruled that farmers don't need permits under the Clean Water Act to use herbicides in irrigation canals to maintain their irrigation systems.
GM offers rebate
If you're in the market for a new pickup truck, check out the models with the new flexible-fuel option. These models also come with a rebate. General Motors is offering a $500 rebate to farmers who buy either a Chevrolet Silverado or GMC Sierra 1500-series pickup truck that is E85-capable. The trucks will operate on either regular gasoline or E85, an alternative fuel made from 85% ethanol. Be sure you have updated your National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) membership, though, because only NCGA members will receive the rebate.
Monsanto, Pioneer call a truce
Two of the world's largest seed companies have called a truce over their 11 pending lawsuits against each other. DuPont and its subsidiary, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, and Monsanto Company have dismissed all the lawsuits, some of which dated as far back as 1996, and have agreed to several major patent and royalty issues. As a result, Pioneer can now use Monsanto's Roundup Ready and other biotechnology traits in its seed for a royalty fee. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the agreement.
Pioneer claims to be the world's largest seed company, selling seed for 40% of the domestic corn crop and 20% of the domestic soybean crop. Monsanto reports that 45% of North American corn seed and 35% of soybean seed planted last year was either a Monsanto brand or a Monsanto-licensed genetic trait or germ plasm.
Claas buys Lexion factory
Claas KgaA of Harsewinkel, Germany, now is the sole owner of the new Lexion combine factory in Omaha, NE. The company announced it has completed the purchase of Caterpillar's one-half ownership in the plant, which it will rename Claas Omaha LLC. Day-to-day operations will remain largely unchanged. The eight models of the Lexion combines will continue to carry the Cat brand name and Caterpillar components, including engines. Caterpillar dealers will continue to distribute the combines.
Number of biotech seed acres grows
Soybean seed varieties with genetically modified traits were the hot sellers in the seed market this year. A USDA report estimates that 74% of all the soybean seed sold for the 2002 crop was biotech seed. This is an increase from last year when growers planted 68% of the soybean crop with biotech seed. Based on the seed sales, biotech soybeans should cover 54 million acres. Genetically modified corn hybrids were not as popular, but still increased in amount sold. About 32% of the corn crop covering 25.3 million acres will be biotech, up from 26% in 2001.


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On Thursday, June 16 2011, International Business Machines (IBM), perhaps America's oldest tech company, will turn 100 years old. To test your knowledge of this iconic company, I've put together a quick TR Dojo Pop Quiz.
If you need a bit of a refresher before taking the quiz, check out this quick CBS News Sunday Morning video on IBM's history.
Note: Unfortunately, our poll tool, which I use to create each pop quiz, doesn't let me indicate a correct answer after each question. To keep from giving away the answers before everyone has a chance to test his/her knowledge, and ruining all the fun, I've published the answers on the last page of this blog post. I encourage everyone to answer all the questions before looking at the last page or using your favorite search engine to find the answers.
For more information on IBM and its history, check out the following resources:
- As centennial looms, IBM CEO succession talk perks up
- IBM Archives
- IBM Centennial Film: They Were There - People who changed the way the world works
- IBM Centennial Film: 100 X 100 - A century of achievements that have changed the world
For answers to the quiz, go to the next page.
Bill Detwiler has nothing to disclose. He doesn't hold investments in the technology companies he covers.
Full Bio
Bill Detwiler is Managing Editor of TechRepublic and Tech Pro Research and the host of Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Prior to joining TechRepublic in 2000, Bill was an IT manager, database administrator, and desktop support specialist in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.


text: I love the etymology of the word photography « drawing with the light »My vision in photography is to show the light in the heart of every living thing and with humility translating this message of love from nature as it is our best teacher.I grew up in Normandy and I started to draw at the age of 11 after drawing I started watercolour painting and as the weather was not always good for outdoor activities I choose to take pictures and reproduce painting from them at home. My favourites painters are Claude Monet and William Turner, I love the light which appears through all of their work.My focus is on Nature capturing landscapes, wildlife, all the outdoor photography as it is my best source of inspiration. I like to go hiking, to meditate and to have a healthy life. I have spent 4 years in Australia and 3 years in New Caledonia and I have visited 20 countries as I love to travel always looking for new discovery in nature. Now I am based on the French Riviera and from this year I will be with the love of my life six month in France and six month in New Zealand.My work has been published in many publications and books, including National Geographic. I was among the finalist in an international photo contest, my picture "Children of Tahiti" was exhibited in New York in 2008.I have been a self-taught photographer for many years and now I have enrolled in photography courses with the Photography Institute based in London and Paris.To me creating an image is touching the essence of harmony by showing all the beauty of this wonderful nature.I like using my cameras as paint brush, expressing all the serenity and fragility of our precious natural environment.


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$ date Tue Apr 6 20:40:38 BST 2010 $ perl -MPOSIX -le 'print "Week ", > POSIX::strftime("%V", gmtime(time))' Week 14
Perl Plack
First of all the plack links as that is what I am currently interested in. Note: Most of these links are not from the past few weeks, but they are the best articles that I have found so far on Plack.
I read Simon Cozens on PSGI and Plack several times. I don't think I get it as well as him yet though.
I'm a lumberjaph has an article on using Plack::Middleware::ConditionalGET Plack::Middleware::ETag to return a 304 Not Modified response when requesting the same ETag twice. I like the idea of getting the Plack infrastructure to do as much of the work as possible – less [personal] coding is better.
My own post on getting started with Plack/Twiggy shows that requesting the handler (with e.g.
install Plack::Handler::Twiggy) is the easiest way to get all of the dependencies. This works on Windows with Strawberry Perl. Digging a little deeper, there are a few windows specific issues I uncovered when looking into Plack Auto Restart but a few of these have been fixed since I posted.
Other Windows Web Posts
Windows really is the unloved ugly cousin in the perl world. Alias finds out that Dancer doesn't work at all on Windows. Alexis Sukrieh followed up with a note that this will be worked on for the Dancer 1.2 release.
afoolishmanifesto talks about using the catalyst dev server on Windows / Strawberry Perl due to problems with building mod_perl. Interestingly one of the commenters suggests a Plack engine.
Finally, I've added acidcycles.wordpress.com to my reader. Not only is he talking about Catalyst and templating engines such as HTML::Zoom but he also mentioned building an Emacs site with Catalyst which I will be following with interest – look curiousprogrammer is (or at least was at the time of writing) the emacs featured blog on wordpress!


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A Month Without Java: The Results
One month ago I proposed to go Java-free and see if it presented any problems. Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure had related a new wave of Java malware and asked whether having Java on your system was worth it. Seemed like a good question. I picked one computer, my main work system, and did the Java uninstall.
If you haven't looked in a while at the Add/Remove control panel (Programs and Features in Vista and Win7) you may see many instances of Java there, and this was a significant cause of the vulnerability in Java. Until fairly recently, new versions of Java didn't uninstall the old ones, so you could end up with quite a few. They did fix this.
Java likes it on your PC and really doesn't want to let go. Even after you uninstall all the versions listed in your Add/Remove you may find Java components installed in web browsers. Do about:plugins on Firefox or Google Chrome. Do you see Java entries there? I thought so. You may also see plugins from other programs you thought you uninstalled. Do the same for Tools-Manage Add-ons in Internet Explorer. I suppose the uninstallers don't necessarily bother with these browser components. After you disable them in Firefox and/or Chrome, you can delete these plugins by deleting their program files in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\ or wherever Firefox is installed.
I have to say that problems from the lack of Java have been few and far-between. The Wall Street Journal uses Java applets for its data charts. Every now and then you'll see a site use a Java applet for file transfer or something like that so they don't have to write both IE and Firefox add-on code, but it's pretty rare.
This seems like a no-brainer to me. Java as a client-side platform is pretty clearly a failure, and all that remains of it is a big fat attack surface on your computer. Before you go ahead and purge, go through your bookmarks and maybe the last week or so of history and look for sites you use that might use Java. Better to find out in advance, just in case there's something you really need.
In any event, if you choose to stay with Java, make sure to keep your version up to date.
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Lady Gaga's Use Of Free Music
from the don't-knock-it dept
In fact, much of Gaga's audience got her music for free, and legally. They have listened to free streams--by the hundreds of millions--on YouTube and the other online services that Gaga currently leads, according to research firm BigChampagne. On MySpace, Gaga has had 321.5 million plays. By contrast, singer Susan Boyle tallied only 133,000 plays, despite scoring the No. 2 selling album of 2009.And while she has been able to sell music, she's also making a ton of money from live gigs and corporate deals, including Polaroid and Estee Lauder -- which are examples of Gaga selling the attention of her fans, as well as some tangible goods (such as makeup, similar to Mariah Carey).
Again, nothing about this is revolutionary at all. But it again shows that even today's megastars are figuring out how that just selling music isn't the only way to make money these days, and, in fact, having the music available for free can often be quite helpful in getting even more attention in ways that aid the other parts of the business model.


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FORT MEADE, Maryland — A US military judge ordered prosecutors Monday to share more documents with WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning after defense lawyers accused them of hiding information that could help their client's case.
For months, Manning's defense team has demanded access to reports by government agencies, including the CIA, that assessed the effect of the leak of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.
Manning is accused of passing on a massive trove of files to WikiLeaks but his lawyers believe the reports will show the alleged disclosures had no major effect on the country's national security.
Judge Denise Lind ruled that government prosecutors must provide "damage assessment" reports from the CIA, the State Department, the FBI, the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (Oncix) and other documents that were relevant for the defense.
The judge, agreeing with a request from Manning's lawyers, also ordered the prosecution to give a detailed account showing it had met legal obligations to share all pertinent evidence with the defense.
In a statement of "due diligence," the prosecutors would have to show what documents they had obtained and why any files were not shared with the defense.
The judge imposed a deadline of July 25 on the prosecutors but indicated she would be willing to give the prosecution more time to produce the statement. Defense lawyers would also have a chance to request more time to review any new evidence that was passed on.
Manning's civilian lawyer, David Coombs, had argued earlier Monday that government prosecutors had displayed a "pattern" of obstruction on document requests that "should cause alarm to the court."
Activists for Manning who attended the hearing at Fort Meade, northeast of Washington, welcomed the decision.
"It's definitely heartening that David Coombs' arguments are resonating with the judge," said Zach Pesavento, a spokesman for the Bradley Manning support network.
"It appears they (prosecutors) may have been essentially lying to the court," about the availability of some documents requested by the defense, he said.
"We believe that truth is ultimately on Bradley's side," he added.
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London, Nov 20: Singer Florence Welch will spend her year off doing "normal things" to get inspiration for her next album.
"I've been on tour since I was 21. I need a break and to have the chance to do normal things, like go to the supermarket and hang out with my friends," contactmusic.com quoted Welch as saying.
"I've only just moved out of my mum's house, so I'd like to settle into my new place and start getting inspired again. If I started writing songs now, all they'd be about is tour buses and hotel rooms," she said.
She added she would like to spend some of her time out writing a musical, with the help of her friend Sophie Hart-Walsh.
"We always used to write songs about our lives and sing them to each other. We always said we should make them into a musical," she said.


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I have not been doing a lot of posting lately. Not because I have not been playing video games. I just have not really felt much like writing anything. I have however been fairly busy in video games.
In WoW, we have gotten a decent amount of stuff done. We have done Sha of Anger several times (my wife is the new raid master apparently), a few Heroics, and some leveling. We have a couple of our characters up to 89 and we have out Monks just about ready for Cata content.
We have also been running the holliday boss daily without even sniffing a mount. My wife however has gotten several of the toxic wastelings.
Last night we did something fun and unexpected. We went to Ulduar. It was a lot of fun and we piled up a ton of achievments. I got a pair of shoulders, a shield, and the mace that looks like a planet for transmog purposes. We didnt get started until a bit later, so we stopped after Mimiron and will take on Yogg and the other boss probably tonight.
Not being incredibly familiar with Ulduar, we ended up killing Algalon 4th out of all of the bosses or something like that.
I really enjoy running these raids for extra achievements. I got to over 9000 achievement points last night, but did not get that "Over 9000 achievement". I wonder if they took it out or turned it to a feat of strength for people who got it a while back.
I have also been playing a lot of BO2 and leveling up some of assault rifles to try and get gold on them. I am very close to getting gold on the Scorpion SMG and the Kap pistol as well.
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An analysis of trials including nearly a quarter of a million people confirmed that statins as a class are well tolerated, although safety profiles vary from agent to agent, researchers found.
Statin therapy was associated with increased odds of diabetes and elevations of liver enzymes compared with placebo, but there were no differences in development of myalgia or cancer, elevations in creatine kinase, or discontinuations because of adverse events, according to Huseyin Naci, MHS, of the London School of Economics and Political Science, and colleagues.
When comparing individual statins, simvastatin and pravastatin appeared to have the best safety profiles, and because of that they "should be favored in clinical practice," the investigators reported online in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
But, they wrote, "we acknowledge the complex nature of making prescribing decisions and urge prescribers to consider the findings of this analysis in light of the comparative benefit profiles of individual statins in preventing all-cause mortality in addition to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events."
The findings from the comparisons of individual statins should be interpreted with caution because they came from network meta-analyses, indicated Christie Ballantyne, MD, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
"I think you just get into some problems with this methodology where I personally don't believe the conclusions are more valid than the studies which have all been published of the direct comparisons between statins," he said in an interview.
Nevertheless, the study confirms the tolerability of statins as a class, he said.
"There is this risk of some diabetes and you have to check some liver function tests, which we've known about, but I think it's reassuring to physicians and patients that this is a safe class of drugs," he said. "That's an important message because lots of people are stopping their medications. They get worried if they see things in the press, in the news. They stop taking their medicines, and then they're increasing their risk for having a cardiovascular event."
The study included information from 135 randomized trials -- 55 with a placebo control and 80 with an active comparator -- that included a total of 246,955 participants with or without cardiovascular disease. The study initially included trials of atorvastatin, fluvastatin, simvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, and rosuvastatin (Crestor); trials of pitavastatin (Livalo) were added post hoc because the protocol was already being finalized at the time the drug was approved.
In a meta-analysis of trials comparing the statins versus placebo, there were no differences in rates of discontinuation because of adverse events (OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.83-1.08), myalgia (OR 1.07, 95% CI 0.89-1.29), creatine kinase elevations (OR 1.13, 95% CI 0.85-1.51), and cancer (OR 0.96, 95% CI 0.91-1.02).
Consistent with prior studies, statin users had higher rates of diabetes (OR 1.09, 95% CI 1.02-1.16) and transaminase elevations (OR 1.51, 95% CI 1.24-1.84) compared with those who received placebo.
The comparisons between individual statins generally showed better safety and tolerability with simvastatin and pravastatin.
For example, simvastatin was associated with a decreased likelihood of stopping treatment because of adverse events in head-to-head trials with atorvastatin (OR 0.61, 95% CI 0.42-0.89) and rosuvastatin (OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.27-0.88). And in drug-level network meta-analyses, the odds of discontinuation were lower with pravastatin (OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.52-0.91) and simvastatin (OR 0.75, 95% CI 0.59-0.95) compared with atorvastatin.
The researchers also examined the effects of different doses of statins and found that the likelihood of discontinuation due to adverse events increased with higher doses of atorvastatin, the likelihood of transaminase elevations increased with higher doses of atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, and simvastatin, and the likelihood of creatine kinase elevations rose with higher doses of lovastatin and simvastatin.
Although there was little information available regarding myopathy and rhabdomyolysis, available data did not suggest differences between the statins.
The authors acknowledged some limitations of their analysis, including the use of network meta-analyses, which assume that patient populations and trial characteristics are the same across studies, the lack of individual patient-level data, and the small amount of data available for some of the statins.
From the American Heart Association:
The study did not receive any outside funding.
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As long as you're reasonably careful about your sanitation, you'll be fine. It's not like your beers are being infected, are they? If you're yeast cake is infected, your brews would be too.
Your yeast probably has bacteria competing along side it in minute numbers. But given time they can grow if they have food. If the beer goes bad you'll know- but to be sure you need a microscope.
What's your experience with using washed yeast? Any problems?
Quote from: beerstache on December 10, 2011, 11:09:01 PMWhat's your experience with using washed yeast? Any problems?My experience is that it produces great beer and saves me money. However, I follow a fairly rigid aseptic technique. I autoclave bottles and flasks at work, and if I need something on short notice I use boiling water to sanitize before using. I work over a strong flame (torch flame) to create an area of uplifting air where bacteria cannot settle. My washing water has been autoclaved or at least boiled for 15 minutes, then cooled to the same temperature as the yeast before I wash it. The area where I work is clean and I have sprayed 70% ethanol over the area. Caps, threads, bottles tops - everything gets hit with ethanol before I transfer. Sometimes I just leave the yeast cake in beer and don't worry about washing it. It is a lot less work and there aren't as many opportunities to contaminate it. I find that yeast stored in beer stays viable longer than yeast washed 3-4 times then stored away. I believe this is due to introducing oxygen at multiple times and getting the yeast starting to wake up over and over. If you transfer from the carboy into a jar and put it in the fridge, then the yeast stay dormant and happy.
You can also use a water purifying tablet to wash the yeast and kill most of the bacteria present. I have never done that personally, but it is referenced in some peoples' processes.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Home builders turned optimistic this month, with a gauge of their confidence hitting the highest level in half a year, led by brighter views on upcoming and present sales of single-family homes, according to data released Wednesday.
The overall builder housing-market index rose four points to 53 in July, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo reported. Readings above 50 signal that builders, generally, are optimistic about sales trends. July's result follows five months of pessimistic readings.
Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected a July reading of 50, compared with 49 in June.
A strengthening labor market is perking up builders, said David Crowe, NAHB's chief economist.
"As employment increases and those with jobs feel more secure about their own economic situation, they are more likely to feel comfortable about buying a home," Crowe said.
Separate data show that employers are hiring more and announcing fewer layoffs, while workers are becoming increasingly confident. However, headwinds do remain for the housing market. Homes prices escalated over the past year, and some families have been priced out. In addition, it's still tough for many borrowers to pass lenders' strict standards and get a mortgage.
On Thursday, the government will provide its latest monthly snapshot of new residential construction, and economists polled by MarketWatch expect housing starts to tick up to an annual rate of 1.02 million for June, compared with a 1 million pace for May. For context, economists say about 1.7 million starts are needed each year to maintain current stock and meet demand for replacement and second homes.
Details of NAHB's report show that its gauge of home builders' views on upcoming sales of single-family homes rose six points to 64 in July, while a barometer of builders' views on present sales rose four points to 57. A gauge of prospective-buyer traffic increased three points to 39.
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Anderson Cooper Makes Time to Shame Twitter Trolls
What with nearly being exploded by bombs and all, you might think Anderson Cooper is a little too busy with not dying to take trolls to task. But that is simply not the case. Cooper was reporting from Gaza City on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a subject which gets a lot of people up in arms. Unfortunately for those angry people, if your arms are merely Twitter insults directed Cooper, you're about to get badly burned. One man was instructed to eat more Fritos, and (most brilliantly) to deal with another lady, he scrolled through her Twitter feed to call her a flan-cooking moron (our words). Here are those amazing exchanges for your enjoyment.
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Accession no: LL 6375
Object type: Ceramic
Name: Beaker
Materials: Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Place made: Jingdezhen, China
Date made: Qing Dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722 AD)
Measurements: H. 46.8 cm, D. 20.4 cm
Description: Beaker, which belongs to a set of five (with LL 6372, LL 6373, LL 6374 & LL 6375), lightly moulded, with leaf-shaped panels. Designs, the Eight Immortals, ladies with musical instruments and ladies in garden. Sprays of flowers in the spaces. Mark of the Jiajing period (1522-1566 AD), but the beaker is of Kangxi date.
Literature R. L. Hobson, Chinese Porcelain and Wedgwood Pottery with Other Works of Ceramic Art, London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1928, No. 31.
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Hurricane Sandy has wreaked her vengeance on the Northeast. The storm was devastating, leaving thousands homeless and shivering. The fires at Breezy Point, NY, fanned on by Sandy's winds, tore through the middle class neighborhood leaving behind nothing but a few chimney stacks and the ghostly impression of post-WWII Europe. The devastation was widespread and heartbreaking. Even the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk didn't survive the power of the sea. My thoughts and prayers are with those who are suffering, friends and family among them. But there's one thing I know about Northeasterners. They will get through this (granted, probably with a good deal of cursing), and they will come out of it stronger than before.
As usual, Al gore is out promoting global warming again, attempting to link Hurricane Sandy to the
church doctrine science he has been promoting for more than a decade. On a certain level, you really can't blame the guy for trying - if I stood to become a billionaire upon passage of certain climate change laws, I'd be pushing the theory every chance I got, too. But even so, the fact is people are hurting, and blowhards like Mr. Gore and Mayor Bloomberg expostulating on how we have brought this destruction down on our own heads somehow (and there's more - and worse - to come) does no good to the people who have lost everything and don't even know where their next hot meal is coming from.
The problem for Al is that, as bad as Sandy was, in the grand scheme she was really just par for the course, insofar as frequency and strengths of hurricanes striking the Northeast goes. That the damage is so severe is more a testament to an overpopulated coastline, our crumbling infrastructure, and an unfortunate tendency to brush off such approaching storms as non-events than to an excessively vengeful Mother Nature bent on extracting a pound of flesh.
In 1985, Hurricane Gloria bounced around the Atlantic basin for twelve days. It hit the coast of North Carolina first, but instead of moving inland, the storm was pushed back out into the Atlantic, whereupon it set it's sights on Long Island, NY. After cutting a devastating path across the island, it again made landfall for the third and final time in Connecticut. Eight people lost their lives, and the storm cost taxpayers about $2 billion in today's dollars.
In 1960. Hurricane Donna struck Marathon and Ft. Meyers, FL, coastal North Carolina and, finally, the eastern end of Long Island.
In 1954, New York was hit not once but twice. Hurricane Hazel tore through Battery Park with wind gusts up to 113 mph followed by Hurricane Carol, which struck eastern Long Island and produced gusts of 120 mph. The storm surge wiped out a portion of the Montaugh Highway, which cut off the eastern portion of the Island.
In 1944, the Great Atlantic Hurricane ripped through Long Island, killing six.
The New England Hurricane of 1938, also known as the "Long Island Express", caused massive property damage throughout New England and claimed more than six hundred lives.
The list goes on, back through time, all the way to the Great Storm of 1683, whose winds and storm surge created the Fire Island Cut.
And that's just New York. As for New Jersey, my home state has been relatively sheltered from major storms, but she, too has suffered the wrath of Mother Nature:
The Storm of October 1804 struck Atlantic City as a Category 2 hurricane.
The Great September Gale of 1815 did not technically make landfall in New Jersey, but still managed to wreak havoc as it made it's way up the coastline.
1821 brought the Norfolk and Long Island Hurricane that made landfall at Cape May, NJ. While the town was devastated by the winds and storm surge, the surrounding areas were, thankfully, sparsely populated, minimizing damage.
The Gale of 1878 caused eight deaths and significant damage to western New Jersey.
There is even geological evidence that a major storm struck the coastline as much as a hundred years before Europeans colonized the area in the 1500s.
My point being that the East Coast has long suffered hurricanes and tropical storms - predating even the Industrial Revolution. I was living on Long Island in 1985; Gloria's eye passed over my town. Power was out for weeks, but we were lucky because we hadn't lost water. In some areas along the eastern tip of the Island suffered without power and/or water for upwards of a month. It was a powerful storm. But it wasn't unusual.
As for global warming, recent studies have shown that there actually has been no warming since 1998.
When the Goracle and his acolytes point to warmer temperatures in the Atlantic Basin, he ignores the cooler temps in the Pacific, much like the Ross ice shelf's melting is constantly hyped by alarmists, but Arctic ice thickening is ignored.
Pointing to the high cost of disaster recovery as proof that storms are getting worse is fallacious. Did anyone really think a hurricane hitting some of the nation's largest city centers would be cheap? Did anyone really think few people would be impacted, when the region accounts for fully one-fifth of our population? Do those two things have anything at all to do with global warming?
Instead of rending garments over the unproved theory of global warming, perhaps our leaders would be better used by putting their energy into helping the people impacted by forces well beyond the control of mere mortals. The fact is, east coast hurricanes are not unheard of - in fact, we have quite a history of them - and we may well be entering a cycle that mirrors the very active 1950's.
The plight of those in New York and New Jersey and how they can be helped should be the only topic of discussion when it comes to this storm. Cheap attempts at furthering the global warming narrative give cold comfort to those who have lost loved ones and are suffering without shelter, clothing or food.


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TMC125-C203: Phase II Randomized (Patients Are Assigned Different Treatments Based on Chance), Placebo Controlled Dose Escalating Trial of TMC125 in HIV-1 Infected Patients
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First Posted : December 18, 2006
Last Update Posted : April 28, 2010
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|Anti-Retroviral Agents HIV-1
|Drug: TMC125
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Study TMC125-C203 is a phase II, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-escalating trial that will be conducted in 2 stages. In total approximately two-hundred and fifty HIV-1 positive patients will be included in 2 stages. Patients must be 3-class antiretroviral therapy (ART) experienced (i.e. have previously received at least one protease inhibitor (PI), one nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) and one non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI), each for at least 3 months) and must have a VirtualPhenotype™ showing sensitivity to at least 2 antiretroviral drugs used in the optimized underlying ART. Stage 1: approximately 180 patients. 60 patients will receive placebo, 60 patients TMC125 400 mg b.i.d. and 60 patients TMC125 800 mg b.i.d. Stage 2: approximately 70 patients. 10 patients will receive placebo, 20 patients TMC125 800 mg b.i.d. and 40 patients TMC125 1200 mg b.i.d. Screening for study TMC125-C203 will be performed up to six weeks prior to baseline. If a patient fulfills the eligibility criteria he/she will be instructed either not to change his/her current ART until the baseline visit or to continue his/her treatment interruption until baseline. At the baseline visit patients will begin dosing with TMC125 and their optimized ART (composed at the discretion of the investigator), including at least two sensitive antiretroviral drugs as indicated by the VirtualPhenotypeTM. The new optimized underlying ART started at baseline should not be changed until the end of the trial, except for tolerability reasons. Adverse events that begin after the start of study therapy and within 4 weeks after the last dose of study medication will be collected. All adverse events still ongoing at the end of the treatment with TMC125 will be followed until satisfactory resolution or stabilization. Upon completion of the initial 48-week treatment period, patients deriving clinical benefit, in the opinion of the investigator, will have the option to prolong their treatment, with a first optional 48-weeks extension period, followed by a second optional 48-weeks period (maximum treatment duration is 144 weeks). They will continue with the dose of study medication they were assigned to at randomization, in a blinded setting, in addition to their optimized ART initiated during the original treatment period of this study. Four weeks after 120 patients have started treatment in stage 1, all available data will be reviewed by a Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB). Stage 2 will only be opened after concurrence by the DSMB. The primary analysis will be performed once all patients in the two stages have been treated for 24 weeks or have dropped out earlier. The final analysis will be performed when all patients have completed the trial (up to a maximum of 144 weeks), including the follow-up visits, or dropped out earlier. A pharmacokinetic sub-study will be performed within the framework of this trial. The patients enrolled in this sub-study will have additional pharmacokinetic samples taken on top of the assessments described in this protocol to be able to generate a full pharmacokinetic profile of TMC125 and concomitantly administered PIs.The sponsor has the intention to have an open-label follow-up study available for patients who participated in this trial.
Doses of placebo, 400, 800 and 1200 mg TMC125, as twice daily regimens, have been selected for the present trial. The investigational medication will be taken orally every 12 hours and within 15 minutes after breakfast and dinner for 48 weeks (with optional extension period(s) up to a maximum of 144 weeks). All other used underlying antiretroviral drugs will be taken as prescribed by the investigator.
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|260 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Phase II Trial in HIV-1-infected, NRTI-, PI and NNRTI-experienced Subjects to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Different Doses of TMC125 b.i.d. on Top of an Individually Optimized Antiretroviral Therapy by Means of a 2-stage Dose-escalating Design
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|June 2002
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|November 2006
- To evaluate the safety and tolerability of different doses of TMC125 b.i.d. (taken twice daily) when added to an individually optimized antiretroviral regimen for 48 weeks.
- To evaluate the change in viral load; the proportion of patients with a certain plasma HIV-1 RNA level; the protocol defined virologic endpoints; the degree and duration of immunologic change and the number of patients attaining a virologic response
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Plasma viral load at screening visit is above 1,000 HIV-1 RNA copies/ml
- Prior use of NRTI, NNRTI and PI, each for at least 3 months
- Currently receiving a stable (for 8 weeks) ART consisting of at least 3 antiretroviral drugs or currently on a treatment interruption for at least 8 weeks
- Further treatment options as defined by sensitivity to at least 2 antiretroviral drugs based on VirtualPhenotype™
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active AIDS defining illnesses
- Patients with a history of severe allergy, hypersensitivity or dermatological manifestation that led to discontinuation while receiving any NNRTI or abacavir
- Pregnant or breast-feeding female
- Female of childbearing potential without the use of effective birth control methods
- Any toxicity above grade 2, except for lipids and glucose, according to the ACTG grading severity
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|April 28, 2010
|Last Verified:
|April 2010
Keywords provided by Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, Ireland:
Dose finding study
Treatment Experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
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Lost my "small" board at the lake on Sunday; no sign of it still farewell, Flyradical3 139x42, we barely knew you
So I'm looking for something to be my powered-up and playing around board...
Not going to unhook (sorry), won't be hitting sliders or cable parks, not doing anything more radical than simple old-school and some small loops...
Need a board that: jumps well - goes big and lands nice cos I like flying won't hammer my knees or ankles, can cope with lake chop and crappy ocean waves, has a good bottom end but goes well when the wind really blows, won't spray me in the face. And is tough, cos I'm a Clydesdale...
Oh, and is really brightly coloured so I can see the bloody thing!
It's hard to know what to choose when the reviews or manufacturer pages all say "goes upwind like a rocket! really comfortable in the chop! excellent pop! that's because it's stiff / flexible / has a lot of rocker / has no rocker"
Here's a list I compiled on my own.... can possibly get a demo on the Cabrinha, Naish or Slingshot boards - everything else will be order and pray. I was happy with the range of my Flyradical, and how it overlapped with the door.
* really interested in these boards...
Aboards Z-series 140x42.5 *
Axis Vanguard 138x43 *
Best Armada 138x42
Best Spark Plug 142x42
Cabrinha Xcaliber 139x43
Cabrinha Tronic Wide 140x42
Cabrinha Spectrum 140x42
CrazyFly Raptor Pro 137x43
CrazyFly Shox Custom 133x43
CrazyFly Allround 138x43
Epic Oxygen 135x47 (too wide?)
Flyboards Flyradical4 138x42 *
Fone NEXT 140x42
Fone TraxLW 140x45
LightWave CarbonKick 139x44
Liquid Force Element 139x42
Liquid Force Influence 141x43
Naish Hero 140x43
Naish Motion 138x41.5 *
Nobile 2HD 137x43
Nobile T5 140x44 *
Shinn Dundee 135x44
Shinn Red 138x44
Slingshot Asylum 141x43
Slingshot Darko 138x42
Slignshot Misfit 142x42
Switch MJComp 138x42 *
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I definetly think its in Oman.
Since the F6 has never gone beyond leg eight (though hey, if they could make a change with how far they took the F7, there's always a chance for a change here), I think this leg will be the F6 elimination leg.
I just can't get over the fact Nick and Vicki make it to the Top4...I really dislike them as racers, just terrible! Glad Oman is the destination, very varied places this season!
I can stand their bad racing for a reason I couldn't stand Andrew & Dan or Brian & Ericka's bad racing -- they're at least self-aware about how their skills pale in comparison to most of the other teams' and know they're not the best ones there, but still willing to try their best to beat them. Compared to the other two teams, who were truly deluded about their abilities (or lack thereof) and that they were the best teams of their seasons.So, so, so excited to hear about Oman! They haven't been there since season nine, correct?
Yes, that was the site of the famous Camel detour and B.J. and Tyler's frustration. That should be the Switchback if there is one.
BJ/Tyler got frustrated at that episode's RB. In a field with over 100 underground ovens, teams had to find an oven that had food buried inside (said food would become their dinner for the night ). BJ/Tyler arrived first or second, but departed in last, during which the food and stress of the task caused them to have a rare argument.I don't think it's notable enough for a Switchback, but I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a task in the desert again.
That was the leg with two tasks with camels. The camels were on the sidelines snarking at the teams during the roadblock. Speaking of which we are way overdue another camel cameo, we haven't had one of those in a few seasons.
So if Jill/Thomas weren't exaggerating to the guy in Muscat airport (they told him they'd lose if they couldn't get a flight to Bangladesh within 8 hours), does this mean they came in 2nd to last in the 2nd Russian leg? Or am I simplifying things?
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$98 a barrel Thursday, close to four-month highs, as traders waited for more economic indicators from the U.S.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for March delivery was down 29 cents to $97.65 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 37 cents to finish at $97.94 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday.
The U.S. economy unexpectedly contracted in the fourth quarter, which turned stock markets lower after a January rally that pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to near-record highs.
"Crude oil prices are on a consolidation mode Thursday with (Nymex) crude oil posting small losses due to some profit taking following the weak U.S. GDP figures that hurt market sentiment," said a report from Sucden Financial Research in London.
Meanwhile, increasing imports pushed U.S. crude oil supplies up by 5.9 million barrels last week, more than twice what analysts expected, the government said Wednesday.
Ample supplies have been a major factor in keeping oil prices from spiking, although prices have risen $6 per barrel since the start of the year. Still, oil hasn't seen the $100-per-barrel level since early May.
Weekly jobless claims will be released later in the day in Washington. Traders were also awaiting the release Friday of employment data and manufacturing for January, hoping to see signs of an improving U.S. economy.
An airstrike launched Wednesday by Israel inside Syria was not seen increasing the geopolitical risk premium on oil prices.
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Undies staple Jockey has made the "Mad Men" star a rather generous proposition after unsubstantiated reports surfaced that the actor had supposedly been asked to put on some skivvies after purportedly going commando while wearing the show's body-skimming '60s-era outfits.
And the underwear company wants to make sure that the 42-year-old actor will be amply covered for a long time to come.
Jon Hamm on the pop-culture obsession with his crotch: "They're called 'privates' for a reason"
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Hamm, for his part, has been anything but amused by the constant chatter over his junk: In the latest issue of Rolling Stone, the stars cops to being peeved by the invasive scrutiny.
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Taselaar Takes Over In Miami
5 March 2010
Miami, Fla. - To no big surprise, reigning World Champion Pieter Taselaar (New York, N.Y.) on Bliksemcommands the Melges 32 fleet at Premiere Racing's Miami Grand Prix by one swift point over yesterday's leader Jean-Francois Cruette (La Rochelle, France) on Teasing Machine, now in second. Seated in third is Joe Woods (Torquay, UK) on Red.
Two more incredible races took place under plentiful sunshine, crystal-clear-as-a-bell blue skies, cool temps and light breezes ranging 10-12 knots. Outfront quick was John Porter (Lake Geneva, Wisc.) on Full Throttle. Porter packed on the speed and played the shifts earning a minute and a half advantage over the fleet for the win. The real duel was for second place, where Ryan Devos (Holland, Mich.) on Volpe and Jeff Ecklund (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) on STAR played the last shifty downwind run chasing for second place. It was a photo finish as DeVos jibed with just enough momentum to put his Melges 32 across the line a nose in front of Ecklund. Woods kept the pace to finish fourth and in fifth was John Kilroy (Los Angeles, Calif.) on Samba Pa Ti.
The second and last race of the day brought on lighter breezes than the first, a Course 5 @ 345 with the usual 1.8nm distance and flat water. Ecklund got a great start placing him first around the mark, with Taselaar hot on his heels immediately jibing out for clean air and more pressure. Stuart Simpson (London, UK) on Team Barbarians and John Taylor (Jupiter Island, Fla.) on Ninkasi rounded fourth and fifth respectively. Taselaar progressively, but not easily overtook the lead from Ecklund passing through the bottom gate, then back around the final weathermark of the race. It was Ecklund's turn to fight back banging the right side of the course successfully regaining the lead from Taselaar. Ecklund took it to the finishline, with Taselaar finishing second. Taylor had a great day scoring third, Yukihiro Ishida (Tokyo, Japan) on Yasha Samarai was fourth. Kilroy was fifth.
Looking at the overall results, Taselaar leads by one very slim point heading into Saturday's racing. Three races are scheduled and to make things even more interesting, discards go into effect after six. The move of the day goes to Jeff Ecklund's STAR as a productive performance on the water moved them up from tenth overall to fourth. Porter made a nice stride as well moving from ninth to sixth.
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1.) Bliksem, Pieter Taselaar; 1-2-14-6-2 = 25
2.) Teasing Machine, Jean-Francois Cruette; 5-1-1-10-9 = 26
3.) Red, Joe Woods; 2-10-4-4-10 = 30
4.) STAR, Jeff Ecklund; 4-4-19-3-1 = 31
5.) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy; 3-6-12-5-5 = 31
6.) Full Throttle, John Porter; 12-5-5-1-12 = 35
7.) Ninkasi, John Taylor; 7-11-8-7-3 = 36
8.) Fantastica, Lanfranco Cirillo; 10-7-6-14-7 = 44
9.) Calvi Network, Carlo Aberini; 6-8-9-13-8= 44
10.) Yasha Samurai, Yukihiro Ishida; 17-15-13-8-4 = 57
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Instead of sneaking out the back, the Lucite Goddess left Dr. Frank Ryan's office in Bev Hills out the front door -- even showing off an ice pack on her face with the dude's name on it!
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Back to a Medieval theme, MacLean frescoes the arches of BG091 with the performers' names, and the popularity of the billing can be read in the relocation of the concerts to the Winterland arena to accommodate the Friday and Saturday crowds. The stillness of the maidens belies the raucous dance-party atmosphere of the concerts.
About Bonnie MacLean
During the early days of the Fillmore, MacLean was the most "present" member of the staff. She collected tickets, passed out handbills, blew up balloons and counted money for Fillmore productions. Impressed with her lettering skill on the upcoming attractions chalkboards, Bill Graham surprised her with an easel and art supplies for Christmas, 1967, and MacLean's poster artist career was launched. Untrained in graphic arts, MacLean's early style evolved into ornate, Medieval-Gothic designs. Faces in her posters wore trance-like stares, steady and serene, and evoke the detached spirituality of the sixties.


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Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Each and every Friday we deliver songs by local artists. Today's selection, featured on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is "Shark's Tooth" by Archie Bronson Outfit from the 2010 album Coconut on Domino Records.
Nearly four years have passed since the London-based Archie Bronson Outfit released their critically acclaimed album Derdang Derdang, whose post-punk meets garage rock sound seemed at the time entirely new. Hits like "Dart for My Sweetheart," "Dead Funny" and "Cherry Lips" were dark, tribal, and cathartic songs that helped pave the way for other acts like These New Puritans, The Big Pink, The Horrors and many others who found inspiration in The Fall, dance music, and the 4AD back catalog.
While others continue down that same path, the Archie Bronson Outfit has found other avenues to explore. Coconut, their third full-length release, doesn't exactly head toward the light, but it does trade the muscular guitar riffs for crazed electronic melodies and beats and psychedelic washes of distortion. Guiding them this time around is DFA co-owner and producer Tim Goldsworthy, who helps turn Coconut into what the band describes themselves as "bursting with warped inventiveness and sonic intent." Another word is used by many reviewers of the album: "terrifying," of which the two-parter "You Have A Right To Mountain Life/One Up On Yourself" is a perfect example. But for every psych freakout, there's either a catchy dance number like "Hoola" or a mellow melody like "Hunt You Down."
Today's Song of the Day, "Shark's Tooth," is an easy standout, beginning immediately with a bouncy rhythm of what sounds like distorted steel drums and melody of New Order-esque keys and bass. Where Sam Windett's vocals were previously a plaintive wail, they're now equally distorted and buried a bit more in the mix, but certainly no less recognizable than they've ever been, as he sings of a lost love and blown opportunity: "We chased the whole sea/I'd rather be with you." It's perhaps the most danceable cacophony you're likely to find!
Currently, Archie Bronson Outfit has no U.S. dates scheduled, but keep checking their website and MySpace page for a possible tour after they hit Europe this Spring.
The band recorded videos for each song on Coconut, all available on a limited edition CD/DVD combo. You can watch those videos on Domino Records' YouTube channel. But here's the "official" version of "Shark's Tooth":