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Sanghamitta wrote:Ajahn Sundara is one of the most inspiring people I have ever met.
Although this is in the Discovering Theravada forum, i am open to all traditions. Who is your favorite teacher to listen to?
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You can find a full list of all his talks here: http://www.audiodharma.org/talks-gil.html
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Wireframing ahoy!
Wireframes are the foundation of a design before it even starts to formulate with colors, shapes and forms. And even if some of us find them ugly, or a waste of time – yeah, I've heard that too – there is always the greater part among us that find them extraordinarily useful, amazingly beautiful, and somewhat sexy.
Here's a short list of my favorite wireframing resources, which apart from keeping me informed about how others do it, I am also inspired and lead to new directions.
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Just as you'd expect form a site with a name like that, they serve great wireframing content
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I ♥ wireframes
This is more of a "Flickr pool meets twitter with a blog" kinda resource, but it still remains on my RSS Reader because it keeps serving top quality content.
Visit I ♥ wireframes
Flickr is also a great source for inspiration
Images always talk better than words, so here's what a really quick Flickr search comes up with. Great inspiration minus all the jabber …
Check these Flickr groups for instant inspiration:
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If you're looking for software to get started on wireframing, the following will probably suite your needs.
Axure for PC
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Protoshare for online access
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I recommend MockFlow by Produle. At the moment this is a cloud based product but Produle have recently announced a desktop version will be released in 2010. In addition to the basic setup you also have access to loads of free templates in the mock store including iPhone, facebook and many other GUI elements.
I definitely vote for Protoshare. Been using it about a month after trying many tools listed about. The biggest difference in these tools web or desktop is whether they see the review team as just an internal design group or can incorporate client review and feedback.
I love some of these other tools but I need to be able to assign different team members as well as let the clients see only their specific projects.
Thank you for mentioning ProtoShare in your post! We have come a long way since May to make online, collaborative prototyping even better.
Users are able to create simple, yet interactive, grey-box wireframes and even complex prototypes within the same application. We also offer the ability for users to create custom components for their needs.
We will also have another release out before the end of the year. Feel free to share your feedback.
Another great wireframing tool is Pencils - A free Firefox Add On:
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Just wanted to share a link concerning using Visio as wireframing tool that I stumbled upon recently:
Here you can find stencils for wireframing and a description of how to use multiple backgrounds, export HTML etc.
Great post. Don't forget MS Visio which is actually quite amazing as wireframing tool: You can define your own backgrounds, you can have several layers of backgrounds (e.g. one for global elements like navigation, one for section specific elements etc.) and it is incredibly easy to define your own stencils (i.e. symbol libraries that can then be dragged and dropped onto your pages).
In my daily work, I use Visio for wireframing during workshops with customers and displaying the result immediately on a projector; great for discussing content and layout : )
Finally, it is easy to export an HTML-version that can then be used as a rough prototype (in pretty much the same way as Axure can export an HTML prototype). In the export process, you can choose to include e.g. zoom navigation or other interactive tools to be used when displaying and demoing the prototype.
I cannot say that I'm usually too much of a fan of MS' products - but Visio shines on its own IMHO : )
Another wireframing tool is WireframeSketcher: http://wireframesketcher.com . It's an Eclipse plugin but also work in Aptana and Zend Studio. Runs on Mac, Linux and Windows. It has some distinctive features like storyboards and master components
I'd like to share the article I bookmarked a week ago. I've found it quite interesting. :)
I'll add another vote for Balsamiq Mockups as a wire-framing tool. It's actually faster than sketching, and then you can bind the exported images in a faux-interactive clickable PDF deck.
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The legal reviews would probably be a lot less painful if the only thing to avoid would be giving out hardware-specific information about AMD proprietary IP. As it stands, DRM and IP and patents owned by other companies are littered all throughout AMD's ASICs. So it's like a legal minefield, and AMD's lawyers have to navigate through it.
I wish a company could make a competitive 3d chipset that isn't patent-encumbered; doesn't contain IP licensed from other companies; and contains no DRM. And on top of that the company is open-source friendly. They would probably release enough information to make a fully functional driver for all components of the hardware in these circumstances, and just hide enough information so their competitors couldn't (easily) use information in the driver to create better hardware that outpaces the company that released the driver (as that would be counterproductive).
And yes, that does mean I'd be willing to live without hardware video encoding/decoding by the chipset, in particular all the MPEG crap standards. I do want WebM and Theora in hardware, but the CPU in my box is plenty powerful for decoding 1080p in virtually any format, proprietary or no. I just don't see what value video encoding/decoding brings, when you can easily do so in hardware using shaders, or entirely in software (and in both those cases, people who do want to use proprietary codecs can purchase legally licensed software implementations of them, or hardware-based implementations that run as a shader, which is still software).
I also think that said company should refuse to implement any display/audio standards that require DRM, and refuse to implement the DRM component if it's optional. This will send a strong message to the media cartels that their encumbered technology is not wanted.
Since AMD is the underdog (they only control ~27% of the desktop graphics market from the recent Steam hardware survey, and even less of the CPU market), you'd think they'd be the company to take on this kind of liberal strategy, to differentiate themselves from Big Green and Big Blue who tend to out-pace them at every turn, both in terms of sales and top-end performance. But AMD only has one foot in the freedom pool; the other foot is standing on proprietary quicksand, which is quickly pulling the entire company down.


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does anyone have a good link how to implement this nobarrier option referenced in the article.
I'm guessing is through fstab, but i've not found a good guide yet.
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does anyone have a good link how to implement this nobarrier option referenced in the article.
I'm guessing is through fstab, but i've not found a good guide yet.
Please could you update the title, you've benchmarked the beta not the final product like it suggests
Thanks for the review. But when the review articles always claim something like "the performance loss of the new distro is due to the EXT4 vs EXT3 file system", could you add the same test on the same distro with EXT3 then? There might be an article to compare different file systems, but putting the same test/distro with different FS would be much clear and better than words.
My $0.02.
I know this doesn't respond to your request for addition of multiple FS in the cross-distribution reviews, but it should give you an idea about the relative performance of current filesystems:
Why is it that whenever Phoronix sees a massive performance regression, they immediately speculate on what is causing it rather than redoing the benchmarks with their speculated cause fixed so people can see whether or not Phoronix's speculation is the case?
The regressions in Apache Bench merit adding benchmarks for the RHEL 6.0 and Fedora where the file systems are ext4 with nobarrier and ext3 with/without nobarrier so we can see to what extent things are being affected by changes in the file systems and to what extent things are helped/harmed by attempting to undo them. Despite that, Phoronix never does this.
I used few options from here and I put them into fstab and they're working.
ext4 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
And from here:
http://lwn.net/Articles/203915/- When comparing performance with other filesystems, remember that
ext3/4 by default offers higher data integrity guarantees than most. So
when comparing with a metadata-only journalling filesystem, use `mount -o
data=writeback'. And you might as well use `mount -o nobh' too along
with it. Making the journal larger than the mke2fs default often helps
performance with metadata-intensive workloads.
cheers for the replies guys. I really do appreciate the help.
Unfortunately enabling this option didn't improve a serious performance problem i'm having with disk access slowing my system to the point of uselessness.


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Ironic but this is my 2nd fav design from the derby. In for 1 again.
...or not... ;-)
i like but the big M on it
hahah cool shirt! gotta slam big business, ya just gotta. though the shirt has a loud message.... i personally wish the main color of the shirt wasn't so loud.
Kind of a cool design... I can bet there'll be a lot of double-takes coming at this one... "wait, what does that say?!?"
In for this. Two nights in a row. Go me. And to top it off, I just got a pay raise at work. More woots to come...
Meh.... Liked last night's derby winner better.
I like it, first in a long time. Sold!
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Why aren't they telling us the amount of votes it received? Weird.....
Nice.. Very Nice
Very cool! Got myself 1!
What a GOOD shirt!
2 woot shirt buys in 2 nights....go go corporation slams!
Crap, I cant for the life of me tell what the font of "waste" is from.. looks like yahoo but i cant tell
It looks a lot different when It's actually on the shirt, grats on winning. It's a good thing this one is a blatent parody, it would suck to have that many companies against you in some sort of lawsuit :D Let's see how quickly the wooters consume this shirt, last nights was an epic display of consumption.
Woot is throwing caution to the wind! I'm tempted to buy one just to help them pay the bills on their eventual lawsuit. Seriously, though, thatrobert made a heck of a shirt and I'm glad it got printed. Looks great on that shade of red.
I wish I knew all the logos they're parodying. Actually, the fact that I don't know them makes me feel good. So nevermind.
nice, in for 1! I hope the color is not as pink as it shows on my monitor... oh well
Consume - Coca Cola Dissipate - Disney More - McDonalds Buy - IBM Upgrade, waste and squander? Got me. Any insight?
I like . Bought! Someone give me a list of what each of those font stands for. Besides the Disney, Coco-cola, and McDonald's logo.
attackingmoose wrote:Consume - Coca Cola Dissipate - Disney More - McDonalds Buy - IBM Upgrade, waste and squander? Got me. Any insight?
That's exactly where they lost me.
Waste, Yahoo Sqaunder, Compaq Upgrade just looks like a normal font...
squander = compaq
great shirt but so ironic that we have to buy it...
You're all commies!! If it weren't for big business how would we exploit the rest of the world? Right?
pg5of16 wrote:Waste, Yahoo Sqaunder, Compaq Upgrade just looks like a normal font...
http://nadav.harel.org.il/cola/image/CokeClassic.jpg Makes me think that Upgrade is part of the Coca Cola logo. But I could be wrong.
So there's seven companies represented here. What's the maximum number I can do business with and still wear the shirt?
pretty nice, and the first red woot shoot I've seen worth buying. in for one
blandzilla wrote:That's exactly where they lost me.
I'm thinking Squander is Compaq. Upgrade is Apple. (magazine ads etc) http://lowendmac.com/newsrev/mnr07/dr0817/mac-ad.jpg
Nice shirt. Not as cool as yesterday's, but still really nice. I don't know if I want such a statement on my shirt though. I wish I hadn't missed Fivebucks!!
very appropriate for the current state
hmm I'm guessing... Waste = Yahoo (?) Squander = Compaq (oop someone above corrected me) Upgrade = Apple
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An existing FreeBSD 10.x installation can be easily converted to either a PC-BSD® desktop or server. This can happen through the installation of a package which is available from the PC-BSD® package repository. The converted desktop will contain all of the graphical utilities that come with PC-BSD®. The converted server will contain all of their command line equivalents.
[edit] Switching to the PC-BSD® pkgng Repository
This section demonstrates how to configure a FreeBSD 10.x system to use the PC-BSD® pkgng repository. Once this configuration is complete, you can then convert that FreeBSD system to either a PC-BSD® desktop or a TrueOS® server as described in the next two sections.
Before switching to the PC-BSD® repository, make sure that pkg is installed on the FreeBSD system! If it is not yet installed, you will see the following when you type pkg. Type in y to install it.
The package management tool is not yet installed on your system.
Do you want to fetch and install it now? [y/N]: yIf pkg is already installed, you will instead get the error message "not enough arguments" if you just type pkg.
Next, make sure that pkgng is bootstrapped:
Then, disable the FreeBSD package repository:
Now create this directory:
Then, create the file /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pcbsd.conf with the following contents. When the repository is used, it will automatically grab the correct package set to match the operating system version.
Next, create the following directories:
Then, download the repository's fingerprint file:
Finally, update the package database and any installed packages using the following command:
Depending upon what is already installed, you may have to resolve some error messages in order to successfully upgrade all packages. To install and delete packages, use the pkg command as described in Section 5.4.3 of the FreeBSD Handbook[1].
[edit] Converting FreeBSD to a PC-BSD® Desktop
Once the repository configuration is complete, it is now easy to convert a FreeBSD system into a PC-BSD® desktop using the following commands as the superuser:
freebsd-update fetch freebsd-update install pkg install -fy pcbsd-base rehash pbreg set /PC-BSD/SysType PCBSD pc-extractoverlay ports
pc-extractoverlay desktopNext, reboot the system. The PC-BSD® login manager will start, allowing you to login to the desktop. If you want to set the PC-BSD® display wizard and first boot wizards to run first, run these commands before rebooting:
[edit] Converting FreeBSD to a TrueOS® Server
If you wish to convert a FreeBSD server to TrueOS®, install the server package instead, then extract the installed utilities:
rehash pbreg set /PC-BSD/SysType TRUEOS pc-extractoverlay ports
pc-extractoverlay serverThese steps will install the following: PBI Manager, the command line version of Warden®, and the command line versions of most of the Control Panel utilities. You will find those utilities in /usr/local/bin/pc-*.


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Average Distance from the Sun:778.34 million km (5.202 AU)
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Another photograph of Jupiter taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, showing the Great Red Spot and the moons Io (left) and Europa.Source: Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.
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Liver Fibrosis in HIV-Infected Patients With Elevated Liver Enzymes on Antiretroviral Therapy
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This study will provide a basis for research on the impact of liver injury caused by antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients. Elevated liver enzymes called AST and ALT are common in HIV-infected patients taking antiretroviral medications and can indicate liver damage. Although there are a number of possible causes for these elevations, such as infections with a hepatitis virus, antiretroviral medications alone can lead to the elevations. The study will focus particularly on evidence of liver fibrosis, which is a sign of progressive liver damage.
HIV-infected patients 18 and older who 1) have been taking combination antiretroviral therapy for at least 12 months and have been on a stable regimen for at least 3 months, and 2) have had elevated AST or ALT levels for at least 6 months may be eligible for this study. Patients who have had liver biopsies performed in the past may be eligible for participation.
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- Oral glucose tolerance test: The patient drinks a glucose (sugar) drink. Blood samples are then drawn over 2 hours through an intravenous (IV) line in the patient's arm. This test measures how high the patient's blood sugar and insulin levels rise after drinking a standard glucose load.
- Transient elastography: This ultrasound test uses vibration (sound waves) to measure liver stiffness (fibrosis). Vibrations move faster through a fibrotic liver.
- Triple-phase CT scan and single slice CT scan of L4-5: Patients fast for 4 hours before the CT scan. A contrast material is injected through a catheter placed in an arm vein to improve the visibility of the liver in the specialized X-ray images obtained in the CT scanner.
- Liver biopsy: This test removes a small sample of liver tissue for microscopic examination, particularly for evidence of fibrosis. The skin over the biopsy site is numbed and a needle is passed through the skin and rapidly in and out of the liver. Patients may be given a sedative for the procedure.
- Follow-up visits. Patients return for follow-up visits 1 to 4 weeks after the liver biopsy and three more times over the course of the study for a medical history, physical examination and blood tests.
Patients may participate in an additional 4-year follow-up, during which they have visits every 3-12 months and are offered the opportunity to repeat the biopsy no sooner than 1 year after the first biopsy.
Condition |
Liver Disease Steatohepatitis HIV |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | A Pilot Study of Hepatic Fibrosis in HIV/AIDS Patients With Chronically Elevated Transaminases on Antiretroviral Therapy |
- Presence of hepatic fibrosis on liver biopsy as measured histologically by stage [ Time Frame: At study entry, potential for repeat liver biopsy staging during longitudinal follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Liver biopsy evidence of hepatic steatosis as measured by degree (0 to 4), character and location [ Time Frame: At study entry, potential for repeat liver biopsy staging during longitudinal follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Liver biopsy evidence of hepatic inflammation by type and severity [ Time Frame: At study entry, potential for repeat liver biopsy staging during longitudinal follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Correlation between histopathologic findings on liver biopsy and clinical, laboratory and radiologic parameters [ Time Frame: At study entry, longitudinally ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 180 |
Study Start Date: | May 2006 |
At present, there are no clear guidelines as to when antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection should be stopped in the setting of elevated liver enzymes. In large part, this is due to a limited understanding of the natural history of antiretroviral-related hepatotoxicity. Although several antiretrovirals have been reported to cause fatal acute hepatitis, more often they cause an asymptomatic elevation in transaminase levels, the optimal management of which is uncertain. This pilot study seeks to create a foundation for research on the impact of antiretroviral-induced liver injury by providing an estimate of the prevalence of hepatic fibrosis in a cohort of sixty HIV-infected patients who have chronically elevated transaminases while on antiretroviral therapy in the absence of chronic hepatitis B (HBV) or C (HCV) coinfection. Liver biopsy specimens will be evaluated for fibrosis by microscopic examination, the current gold standard for assessing the nature and severity of liver disease.[1] The presence of fibrosis, as well as other histopathology, will be described using a validated scoring system. Primarily, this will be a crosssectional study, but subjects will be offered the opportunity to participate in an extended follow-up period and undergo another liver biopsy. Individuals will not be excluded on the basis of alcohol abuse, insulin resistance, or lipodystrophy, but data will be collected on these potentially confounding variables. Noninvasive measures, such as triple-phase computed tomography and transient elastography (an ultrasonic technique), will be assessed for their ability to predict fibrosis. Correlations will also be sought with laboratory markers of fibrosis. The identification of fibrosis (and its precursors) in association with antiretroviral therapy may be very clinically relevant as it may slowly regress with cessation of the causal agent(s). If the causal agent is continued, however, cirrhosis may develop, the reversal of which is thought to be rare.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Age 18 years or older.
Ability to understand and willingness to provide written informed consent.
Willingness to undergo liver biopsy.
Willingness to comply with study requirements and procedures including storage of blood and liver tissue samples for use in future studies of HIV, AIDS, immune function, hepatic diseases, or other related diseases.
Established HIV diagnosis (documentation of HIV-1 infection by licensed ELISA testing and confirmed by Western Blot).
For the antiretroviral cohort on combination antiretroviral therapy for at least 12 months with stable regimen for at least 3 months prior to enrollment.
Chronically elevated transaminases for at least 6 months documented by an elevated AST and/or ALT on the following 3 occasions within the 12 months prior to enrollment:< TAB>
- Screening;
- Less than 6 months (24 weeks) prior to enrollment (distinct from screening);
More than 6 months prior to enrollment.
Note: Occasions must be at least 8 weeks apart.
Specific screening lab criteria:
- < TAB> AST and/or ALT greater than upper limit of normal;
- < TAB> Absolute neutrophil count greater than 750/mm(3);
- < TAB> PT/PTT within normal range;
- < TAB> Platelets greater than 50,000/uL;
- < TAB> Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 10 mg/dL;
- < TAB> Creatinine less than or equal to 2.0 mg/dL;
- < TAB> Negative serum or urine pregnancy test for females of childbearing potential.
Willingness to avoid medications that contain aspirin for 7 days PRIOR to liver biopsy and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for 3 days PRIOR to liver biopsy.
Willingness to avoid medications that contain aspirin for a week AFTER liver biopsy.
Willingness to avoid other medications or herbal supplements (e.g., gingko biloba) which may increase the risk of bleeding before and after liver biopsy, as directed by the study team.
Willingness to restrict activity for 72 hours after liver biopsy.
Have a primary care physician.
Individuals who have had a previous liver biopsy to evaluate chronically elevated transaminases on antiretroviral therapy may be allowed participation. (In such instances, investigators will attempt to access this tissue for review).
Chronic hepatitis B infection (defined as positive HBsAg or hepatitis B viral load greater than 10,000 copies/ml).
Hepatitis C infection (defined as positive HCV viral load) or history of treatment for chronic hepatitis C.
Acute Hepatitis A infection (defined as HAV IgM positive).
Suspected rhabdomyolysis (e.g., markedly elevated AST with elevated CPK).
Known or suspected autoimmune hepatitis (i.e., ASMA, anti-SLA, or anti-LKM-1 positive).
Known or suspected biliary diseases, such as primary biliary cirrhosis (i.e., positive AMA) and sclerosing cholangitis (i.e., positive p-ANCA).
Known or suspected Wilson's disease, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, celiac disease.
History of primary hemochromatosis, glycogen storage disease, amyloidosis, or cystic fibrosis.
Clinical evidence of decompensated liver disease (e.g., jaundice, ascites, esophageal varices, or hepatic encephalopathy).
Active clinical pancreatitis.
Chronic renal disease.
Morbid obesity (BMI greater than or equal to 40).
AFP greater than or equal to 100 ng/mL.
Hepatoma or hepatocellular carcinoma.
Active opportunistic infection (except oral thrush) or neoplasm (except Kaposi's sarcoma, skin cancer, or cancer of the cervix or anus, unless known or suspected liver metastasis).
Severe psychiatric disorder that would interfere with adherence to protocol requirements. Individuals who have a stable psychiatric condition may be eligible.
Decompensated cardiac or pulmonary disease limiting physical activity (e.g., New York Heart Association Heart Failure Class 2 or higher).
History of unexplained bleeding.
Allergy to lidocaine.
Current use or a history of treatment with interleukin-2, interferon-alpha or other investigational agent(s) within 6 months of protocol screening. However, antiretroviral medication obtained through expanded access programs are permitted.
Current use or a history of treatment with a systemic corticosteroid, immunosuppressive or cytotoxic agent within 90 days of protocol screening. However, volunteers receiving no more than one day of corticosteroid therapy in the 90 days prior to screening will be eligible.
Any medical condition for which an investigator believes liver biopsy may be contraindicated.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00326482
Contact: Mary McLaughlin, R.N. | (301) 435-8001 | firstname.lastname@example.com | |
Contact: Caryn G Morse, M.D. | (301) 496-9320 | firstname.lastname@example.com |
United States, Maryland | |
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike | Recruiting |
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892 | |
Contact: For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office (PRPL) 800-411-1222 ext TTY8664111010 firstname.lastname@example.com |
Principal Investigator: | Caryn G Morse, M.D. | National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) |
Additional Information:
Responsible Party: | National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00326482 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | 060153, 06-I-0153 |
Study First Received: | May 16, 2006 |
Last Updated: | April 24, 2015 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Drug Toxicity Steatohepatitis Hepatotoxicity Liver Biopsy |
Elevated transaminases HIV Liver Fibrosis |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Liver Diseases Digestive System Diseases |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 05, 2015


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Italian Grill is the ultimate handbook on Italian grilling and a must-have cookbook for home grillers from Mario Batali, superstar chef and bestselling author of Molto Batali, Molto Gusto, and Molto Italiano.
Easy to use and filled with simple recipes, Mario Batali's classic grilling handbook takes the mystery out of making tasty, earthy, smoky Italian food. In addition to the eighty recipes and the sixty full-color photographs, Italian Grill includes helpful information on different heat-source options, grilling techniques, and essential equipment. As in all his books, Batali's distinctive voice provides historical and cultural perspective as well.
Italian Grill features appetizers, pizza and flatbreads, fish and shellfish, poultry, meat, and vegetables. The delicious recipes include Fennel with Sambuca and Grapefruit, Guinea Hen Breasts with Rosemary and Pesto, Baby Octopus with Gigante Beans and Olive-Orange Vinaigrette, and Rosticciana (Ribs Italian-Style).
About the Author
Mario Batali is the James Beard Award-winning author of eight cookbooks, including Molto Gusto, Molto Italiano, Spain...A Culinary Road Trip, and Italian Grill, as well as the iPad app Mario Batali Cooks! With a host of television shows to his name, fifteen restaurants, and Eatalya 50,000-square-foot Italian marketplace in New York Citys Flatiron district, which he co-owns with his partner, Joe BastianichMario Batali is arguably one of the most recognized and respected chefs working in America today. Mario splits his time between New York Citys Greenwich Village and northern Michigan with his wife and their two sons.
Praise for Italian Grill…
"In his new cookbook, Italian Grill, the star chef steps up to the grate with amazing recipes that express his extroverted approach to flavor."
-Food & Wine
"Mario Batali is a madman/hero. Is there nothing he's not good at? Great chef, successful restaurateur, an author, an intellectual, host of a ridiculously informative and much-too-good-for-television TV show, afficianado of fine rock and roll, and a man of Falstaffian appetites."
-Anthony Bourdain
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Disclaimer: This thread isn't about how young is too young. I know there are some who wouldn't have an issue with a 40yo man dating a woman in her mid-twenties and would try to convince me that I need to expand my age range. It's too young for me and I'll leave it at that. This thread is about asking a stranger their age b/c I want to know if she is too young. Thank you.


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Matt [Webb, VBA], thanks for that kind introduction and for emceeing today's cake-cutting ceremony. Let me also acknowledge:
We are here to celebrate a 25th anniversary, but it could just as well be a 150th anniversary celebration. Our story, as an institution dedicated to caring for our Nation's Veterans, really begins at the end of the Civil War, the most devastating war in our history—by some estimates 750,000 killed, an average of over 500 deaths a day, every day, for four years. In his 2nd Inaugural Address on March 4, 1865, at war's end, President Abraham Lincoln called on all Americans to care for those "who shall have borne the battle" and for their survivors. These words became both mission and conscience for this agency. To this day, they adorn our buildings as a quiet reminder of a war that created so many widows and orphans and of a time of enormous sorrow and suffering.
After the Civil War, 11 soldiers' homes became the first of our VA hospitals. Now we have 151. Five of the originals remain in operation today. National cemeteries were also established to honor the fallen, and pensions were granted to the living. We still care for a child of a Civil War Veteran as one of our beneficiaries. The promises of President Lincoln are being kept by President Obama, a century and half later.
There is grandeur in what we do for this great Nation. No other department or agency of the federal government is as tied to both its past and the future as VA is, guaranteeing that the promises of the past will not be forgotten but be kept well into the future.
Over the early years, our predecessor agency, the Veterans Administration, made many outstanding contributions to healthcare in America—but the future needs of Veterans were often absent from deliberations at the highest levels of our government.
So, 25 years ago, in 1988, Congress legislated changing the Veterans Administration into the Department of Veterans Affairs. Upon signing the act into law, President Ronald Reagan said, "It gives those who have borne America's battles, who have defended the borders of freedom, who have protected our Nation's security in war and in peace—it gives them what they have deserved for so long: a seat at the table of our national affairs."
Thanks to those who worked hard to get Veterans their "seat at the table," Veterans are no longer forgotten in our deliberations over national affairs. They can have their say, not just on their own behalf, but on the behalf of all those who came before them and all those who will come after them in the next 150 years. Better advocacy, better oversight, more support, and more and better care and benefits—that's what a seat at the table has meant for Veterans, who now have the opportunity to live a better life in the country they fought to defend.
I wasn't here for the first 20 years of the Department, but some of you were, and in those first 20 years you made remarkable contributions to caring for Veterans—contributions that keep Lincoln's promise to those who have stood in the white heat of battle and sacrificed for all the rest of us:
You did all that and so much more, and used those accomplishments to move forward, when this 44th President of the United States described his vision for a 21st century VA. In the last five years—
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Washington, DC – Special Olympics International and the International Federation of Podiatrists/Fédération Internationale des Podologues (FIP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today. This MOU secures a partnership to expand the Special Olympics Fit Feet program and help Special Olympics Athletes correct gait problems, bone deformation, and other conditions that affect their health and well-being.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to totally engage our two international associations," said Janet McInnes, President of the FIP. "With more than 80,000 FIP members around the world, we have highly qualified people ready to participate in the Healthy Athletes Fit Feet Program wherever it is held. The FIP is especially proud to be associated with the Special Olympics program and delighted that our knowledge and expertise can be of benefit to so many wonderful athletes."
People with intellectual disabilities have health conditions of the lower extremities at much higher rates than the general population. Globally, 55.4% of Special Olympics athletes have gait abnormalities; 23.3% have bone deformations; and 48.7% have skin and nail conditions of the feet.
"We are extremely proud and honored to work with such an internationally well-known and highly regarded organization," said Dr. Timothy Shriver, President and CEO of Special Olympics. "Our movement's athletes represent the most medically underserved population in the world. With FIP's help, we can offer them the health screenings that they so badly need and deserve."
The MOU will increase the volunteer participation of member podiatrists at Special Olympics Healthy Athletes events worldwide, foster communication between the organization's respective memberships, encourage the development of programs and initiatives that further both organizations' missions, and allow Fit Feet to reach more athletes through additional events, such as a demonstration screening at FIP's World Congress.
About the International Federation of Podiatrists (FIP)The International Federation of Podiatry/Fédération Internationale des Podologues (FIP) is an international not-for-profit association representing podiatrists in member organizations in 28 countries on six continents around the world. The mission of the FIP is to advance podiatry worldwide through education, advocacy and strategic alliances for the benefit of the public's health and well being, through collaboration with national and international organizations of podiatrists and other organizations of healthcare professionals.
About Healthy AthletesHealthy Athletes is the primary health-related program for Special Olympics, providing free health screenings to athletes with intellectual disabilities in seven different areas -- (vision, hearing, oral health, healthy lifestyles, general fitness, podiatry, and sports physicals). The need for Healthy Athletes is great. Despite a mistaken belief that people with intellectual disabilities receive the same or better health care than others, they typically receive sub-standard care or virtually no health care at all. Special Olympics has shown that many health concerns are more common and significant for people with intellectual disabilities. Among Special Olympics athletes globally, 39% have obvious, untreated tooth decay; 26% fail hearing tests; 20% have low bone density; and 16.0% have eye disease.
About Special OlympicsSpecial Olympics is an international organization that changes lives by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect worldwide. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics movement has grown from a few hundred athletes to nearly 3.5 million athletes in over 170 countries in all regions of the world, providing year-round sports training, athletic competition and other related programs. Special Olympics now takes place every day, changing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities in places like China and from regions like the Middle East to the community playgrounds and ball fields in every small neighborhood's backyard. Special Olympics provides people with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship. Visit Special Olympics at www.specialolympics.org.
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Two very close friends that spend a lot of time together, and are rarely seen apart from each other.
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Team: Michael Waltrip Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: 11th, only two points out of the top 10. Stands first in the wild card standings with one win.
INDY RECORD: Finished eighth a year ago for his first top-10 finish at the famed Brickyard.
LOOKING AHEAD: Truex said, "Just going to Indy is cool. It has so much history around it. The prestige of winning there is incredible. It sure would be nice to kiss the bricks. I think we have a chance. We have had some really good runs there over the years including last year in the NAPA Toyota. You definitely need horsepower, aero and good handling. You need it all to be fast there."
LOOKING BACK: Truex finished 16th at Loudon.
ETC.: Truex spent the off week relaxing in the Bahamas. This included swimming with sharks. "It was something that I had never done before and it certainly wasn't scary or even crazy like you would expect it to be. They were only three to four feet long and we were given instructions as to what to do. By all means, we're not talking about great whites. They were nurse sharks so they were not aggressive. They just wanted you to pet them. We had a good time and my batteries got charged up in time for one of the biggest weeks in our sport."
24 JEFF GORDON, Chevrolet
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
WHERE HE STANDS: 12th, only two points out of the top 10. Stands third in the wild card standings.
INDY RECORD: Will be seeking his third straight top-five finish and sixth top-nine finish in the last seven races. Has won the famed Brickyard 400 four times. His 11 top-five finishes and 15 top-10 finishes rank first in those two categories as does 477 laps led.
LOOKING AHEAD: Gordon, who grew up in Pittsboro, Ind., only a few miles from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, said, "I never dreamed I would win one, let alone four there. Winning five would be unimaginable. This is just a special place. Flying in, I'm always excited and eager to look out the window and see the track. I think I was 11 the first time I flew over the track, and I thought that was the coolest thing. I just love this event (the Brickyard 400) and competing here. I think this track suits my driving style, and the team has given me great cars here over the years. I always come here with confidence."
LOOKING BACK: Gordon rallied from a late spin to finish 10th at Loudon to move up two spots in the standings and close to within only two points of the top 10.
ETC.: Gordon feels the team needs to "win a race or two, being tied for 11th isn't doing us a whole lot of good. We've got to be a little further up, but it's nice to be that close (to the top 10). We continue to have frustrating days and things not going quite our way, but yet we continue to hang in there (in his bid to make the Chase). Hopefully, we can get it turned around and have some things go our way when it matters most and get ourselves in this Chase."
14 TONY STEWART, Chevrolet
Team: Stewart-Haas Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: 13th, only five points out of the top 10. Stands second in the wild card standings with one win.
INDY RECORD: Will be seeking his fifth straight top-10 finish and tenth in the last 11 races. Included in this streak is two wins - 2005 and 2007.
LOOKING AHEAD: Stewart said, "This is an event that I definitely circle on my schedule, emotionally having a lot invested in it. To us it's definitely not just another stop that's on the calendar and on the schedule. You don't just pull in and say, 'We're going to go in and try to win the race,' then pull out of here. When you're here, you're amped up because you're at Indianapolis. It's definitely not just another victory to us. It's a big deal for us to win here."
LOOKING BACK: Stewart led 84 of the final 100 laps, but ran out of gas on the start of the green-white-checkered flag finish to end up 26th at Loudon.
ETC.: Stewart admits he wasn't a big fan of NASCAR racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when the idea first came up in the early 1990's. "The first time they came (in 1994), I'll be honest, I was 100 percent against it," said Stewart. "When you grow up in the state of Indiana, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the Holy Grail to you. I didn't want to see anything different come to it. To me, it was the Indy 500 and that's all it was supposed to be. But after the second year, I was kind of on the fence and by the third year I was a fan. Luckily my career path allowed me to come race here. Kissing the bricks (after his win in 2005) was everything to me. My whole life, since I was a kid, that's what I wanted to do. Not that I had some fascination with kissing bricks as a kid. But my fascination to do it here was pretty obsessive."
78 KURT BUSCH, Chevrolet
Team: Furniture Row Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: 14th, only seven points out of the top 10.
INDY RECORD: Four top-10 finishes in 12 starts.
LOOKING AHEAD: Busch said, "Indy has been a tough track for me. It's been frustrating there just to find the groove over the years. My first time at Indy I got a top-five and never gotten another one since. It might have been blind luck the first time out. When they diamonded out the surface that's when I started to (really) struggle - since that moment in 2005. It's like you're throwing a setup out in the middle of the track and you hope that it sticks for Sunday. We took a big hit in New Hampshire and need to get back into the top-10. We're right there, but need to avoid mistakes and being in the wrong place at the wrong time."