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This is a retrospective chart review of participants in raltegravir expanded access program and will compare virologic response in regimens not containing a protease inhibitor in the antiretroviral background regimen to regimens containing a protease inhibitor in the background regimen.
HIV Infections
Drug: raltegravir
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
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|Outcomes of Early Raltegravir Experience: Comparison of Virologic Response in Regimens Not Containing a Protease Inhibitor in the Antiretroviral Background Regimen Versus a Protease Inhibitor in the Background Regimen
- Percentage of Participants With Viral Load < 400 Copies /mL at Week 12. [ Time Frame: 12 Weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The HIV RNA (viral load) was measured using standard of care testing via local laboratories.
- Percentage of Participants With Viral Load < 75 Copies/ mL at Week 12 [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The HIV RNA (viral load) was measured using standard of care testing via local laboratories.
- CD4 Cell Changes Among Participants in PI vs Non-PI Group [ Time Frame: baseline to 24 Weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]CD4 cell counts were measured using standard of care testing via local laboratories.
- Baseline Genotypic Sensitivity Score (GSS). The Minimal Value Was 0 and the Maximum Values Was 5.4. (0 = Minimal to no Activity in Regimen and 5.4 = High to Maximal Activity in Regimen) [ Time Frame: Baseline ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The baseline GSS is calculated by the sum of resistance scores for each drug in the regimen. For each drug in the regimen a resistance score of 0, 0.5 or 1 was assigned for high, low or no levels of resistance, respectfully. The resistance assignment was based on either the Stanford database interpretation or presence of primary IAS mutation levels of resistance. Inclusion of maraviroc or new use of enfuvirtide in the regimen was scored a 1.0. The sum of the scores of the active drugs, not including raltegravir, constituted the baseline GSS.
- Percentage of Participants Using Etravirine in Background Regimen [ Time Frame: Background regimen (no specific time frame) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]These results report the percent of participants using Etravirine in the background regimen.
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|March 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2009
|Assigned Interventions
Protease Inhibitor Group
Subjects who required a protease inhibitor in their new ART regimen
Drug: raltegravir
New combination ART incorporating raltegravir with other ARVs.
Non-protease Inhibitor
Subjects who did not take a protease inhibitor in their regimen
Drug: raltegravir
New combination ART incorporating raltegravir with other ARVs.
Detailed Description:
EAP charts from patients at the study sites who meet the inclusion criteria will be reviewed and data abstracted. A comparison of the response to treatment by viral load measurement with raltegravir will be compared in patients whose regimens contained a protease inhibitor (PI) with those that did not contain a PI. Other endpoints will also be assessed including percent of patients with viral loads less than 400 copies/ml, less than 50 copies/ ml, CD4 cell changes, consequences of failure of raltegravir and use of predictive parameters such as GSS and PSS.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
The study population consists of individuals who were previously enrolled in raltegravir expanded access program(EAP) and completed at least 8 weeks of treatment with raltegravir, whose chart from EAP program is available for review, and whose resistance testing prior to initiation of raltegravir is available.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients previously enrolled in the MK 0518 EAP are eligible
Patients not enrolled in the MK 0518 EAP (or other Raltegravir protocols) but who meet the specific EAP protocol entry criteria are eligible:
- Age >= 16 years
- Limited or no treatment options due to resistance or intolerance to multiple antiretroviral regimens, documented resistance to at least one drug in each of the 3 classes of oral ARTs (NRTI, NNRTI, PI) by genotype or phenotype testing, intolerance defined as having had a clinically significant adverse event which in the opinion of the clinician provides a contraindication to the use of any drug in that class iii. Patient did not achieve virologic suppression on ART regimen prior to receipt of raltegravir iv. Patient was clinically stable at time of initiation of raltegravir, eg. clinical status and all chronic medications (except ARTs) unchanged for >= 2 weeks prior to raltegravir receipt.
- Patient received raltegravir for at least 8 weeks
- Baseline and week 8 or later HIV viral load done and available for review
- Resistance test (either genotypic or phenotypic test) available prior to receipt of raltegravir
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient did not receive approved raltegravir dose of 400 mg BID for at least 8 weeks.
- Patient chart not available for review.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00751530
|United States, California
|AIDS Healthcare Foundation
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90028
|Light Source Medical
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 900036
|Synergy Hematology and Oncology
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90036
|Quest Clinical Research
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
|United States, Connecticut
|Connecticut Health Care Group
|Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States, 06033
|United States, District of Columbia
|Dupont Circle Physicians Group
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20009
|Capital Medical Associates PC
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20036
|United States, Florida
|Orlando Immunology Center
|Orlando, Florida, United States, 32803
|United States, Illinois
|Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
|United States, Massachusetts
|Community Research Initiative
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|Community Research Initiative - West
|Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 01107
|United States, New York
|Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine Immunodeficiency Clinic
|Buffalo, New York, United States, 14215
|Bellman, MD
|New York, New York, United States, 10003
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Mounzer, MD
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
|United States, Texas
|Dr. Nicholaos C. Bellos & Associates
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75204
|Principal Investigator:
|Daniel Skiest, MD
|Community Research Initiative
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Daniel Skiest, MD, Principal Investigator, Community Research Initiative of New England
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00751530 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 11, 2008
|Results First Received:
|July 22, 2010
|Last Updated:
|July 31, 2012
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by Community Research Initiative of New England:
protease inhibitor
treatment Experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Therapeutic Uses
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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The man behind the successful recall of former Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce is coming to Tucson. Ethnic Studies supporters want Randy Parraz to help them do the same thing in the Tucson Unified School District. The target of this potential recall is TUSD Board Member Michael Hicks.
"People don't wake up wanting to recall somebody," Parraz said. "You really have to do some serious damage to have the citizens think of a recall."
Anger has been building against Hicks for months. His vote to end the Mexican American Studies classes didn't help matters. Neither did the way he described the student takeover of a TUSD board meeting.
"I did not feel safe," Hicks said. "I find it funny others say they know how I feel."
What's really fueling the recall movement is an audio clip from an interview with Garrett Lewis on KNSR 97.1. In the interview, Hicks compares a teach-in at the University of Arizona to this past year's disconcerting events at Penn State University.
"No one's allowed in, I was like Penn State," Hicks said. "What's going on behind closed doors with our children?"
9OYS reporter Marcelino Benito asked Hicks if he regrets the Penn State reference. "I do regret it," Hicks said. "But what I was trying to get at is closing your eyes to something you know is wrong just isn't right."
Parraz will be in Tucson on Sunday. He's coming at the request of ethnic studies supporters who think a recall may be their best option. Parraz wants to gauge whether there is enough support or commitment to see a recall through.
"It's not something you do lightly," Parraz said. "It's very difficult to get done. The extent of it's success depends on the community's commitment."
9OYS found out exactly what it would take to run a successful recall against Hicks. State law says a recall requires twenty-five percent of the number of votes cast in the preceding general election divided by the number of offices that were being filled at that election. 9OYS did the math. It equals approximately 24,000 signatures.
Hicks isn't backing down. He says he's committed to the district and its students. The meeting with Parraz is scheduled for this Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Valenzuela Youth Center in South Tucson.
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Let's not make any of this personal, guys.
Let's keep it clean. Opinions are valid, but no personal remarks.
Wow...I really thought this board was done with ignorant ramblings like this thread.
So, you don't like Arnold because he's a "foreigner". What about his kids? They're the children of a foreigner. Can they hold office if they want? I mean, they're so closely related to a foreigner...maybe they don't love this country either. Please grow up.
Also, there is no law that says a naturalized citizen can't hold the presidency. It's actually in the Constitution. A president (even GWB) can't just change the law because he feels like it. An amendment requires a whole hell of a lot more than that.
The bottom line is: You don't, for whatever very narrow-minded reason, like foreigners or think that they can become as "American" as you to hold office. That's ignorant, but fine, your opinion. Don't vote for them. That's also your right. If they get elected, you can always move elsewhere.
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Let's not make any of this personal, guys.
Let's keep it clean. Opinions are valid, but no personal remarks.
A quote from a t-shirt I saw a long time ago.
"Before Columbus arrived, there were no taxes, no national debt, and women did all the work. And the white man thought he could improve on the system."
Personally it scares me that a man like Arnold who is not really known for his cunning politcal wit nor his political statements can become the head of one of the biggest economical entities in the world.
I dunno about you people, but Arnold and George scares me shitless.
[quote author=Lovechild link=board=14;threadid=8141;start=0#msg74074 date=1069167710]
Personally it scares me that a man like Arnold who is not really known for his cunning politcal wit nor his political statements can become the head of one of the biggest economical entities in the world.
I dunno about you people, but Arnold and George scares me shitless.
[/quote]If Arnie and George scare you, take a close look at Dick "heartbeat away from the presidency" Cheney; what a scary-looking pair of eyes he's got.
The United States has been referred to as a melting pot for a reason, I believe. Some of the best minds coming together and attempting to make the good better... certainly bad things happen along the way.
I mean, when you tell a friend the blunt truth did you mean to hurt their feelings? I think the foundation of such a concept is shared in politics. You have to give some to take some. Its all compromise. So no one, born citizen or not, is going to be absolutely perfect. But if they can do a real good job, I think they should be given a shot no matter who they are. If the people say the can have that shot that is...Seems California felt that Arnold deserved a shot.
I would also like to note I heard more about just the fact of Arnold being yet another celebrity in political office than him being originally not from this country. Just a curious observation, at least to me.
[quote author=FaeStars link=board=14;threadid=8141;start=0#msg74054 date=1069131300]
He has money, yes. His wife comes from money and a political family... this I am not sure of. I don't know but I will take your word on it.
Actually Maria Shriver is a relative to the Kennedy family. So, although I seriously disagree with GhostDawg's logic, that point is very accurate.
As for ignorant ramblings, I have found that now and in the past even if pointless things are brought up in any conversation some good comes out of it. We learn a little more about our fellow humans and how they think. We reflect upon ourselves and how we personally think so that we can convey our opinions in the manner we wish people to interpret them.
Its really a learning experience and if you can look at the situation from a distance and not take it personal you gain a lot more than you lose; if you lose at all. I find that even the most ignorant of statements can be one that stimulates you to think. To figure out why its ignorant, and how/why you oppose the point it makes. More fun and even more challenging is how to find out if you agree with it in the tiniest manner, even if you cant explain why you do. I like to think, and currently have lots of time on my hands so is a thing I feel I get something worthwhile out of my time.
My point? See if you can make a something useless useful or something like that.
Who cares? He's lived here a good while and is in more touch with the people than the man who got recalled IMHO.
I doubt a forigner could ever become president, the closest thing we had was Kenedy (Irish imigrants whose father wanted to rule the culturly elect).
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He's lived here a good while and is in more touch with the people than the man who got recalled IMHO.
Absolutely. That's the main point.
There are many so-called "foreigners" that hold high offices such as Secretary of States, Madaline Albright of Clinton Administration, to Henry Kissenger of Nixon Admin. They have all contributed to America's image and its policies and protected your freaking freedom.
I voted for Gray Davis, now the former Gov, just because I thought Bill Simon was total idiots for California even though he was born here ( and he messed up a lot more than he had given back ). Davis got elected only because people didn't like the other guy even though Davis's approval rating was only 42% at that time. When he got first elected, the business was good and people are happy so no one cared what he does ( or does not ) while at the office because all was good.
There comes the re-election and the dot-com bust was here. People are loosing jobs left and right. At that time, What he doesn't do was more apprent. He has no idea. People want change and he can't deliver that. VLF issue was just a scape-goat issue as well as driver license for illegals.
Now you hear? PEOPLE WANT CHANGE.
There comes Arnold. He is from Austria. Yes. But he deliver what people want. He is popular not just because he is action star but because what the says represents what people wanted to says. Even though he is a republican, his social policies are not too far from California's general politics. He is pro-choice. He is pro-gay-marriage. He is pro-religious-separation-with-state. He is pro-business.
There are a few things that I don't agree with Arnold but I think generally he would be a great governor.
1) VLF repeal - I don't agree
That was political move that we are gonna have to pay later on. VLF is what a lot of funding going to local governments when the state can't afford. People in their right mind knows that we need this. Even though I just bought a new 2004 Van and knowing that the fee would be sky-rocketed, I'm ready to support pulling VLF into its original level before the reduction a few years ago.
2) DL for illegals - I agree
You know Davis signed this bill just to buy votes. It would be law enforcement nightmare. Rewarding illegals will also undermine USA's longest policies of legal immigration efforts. Uncontrolled migration is bad for everybody.
3) Repealing of all executive orders issued by Davis - BAD BAD BAD
There goes a few years worth of the whole state's time down the drain.
Now, I like to see any native born delivering more than Arnold. Then we will talk. Other wise, shut your hole and do something for the country.
It's not what the country can do for you but what YOU can do for the country.


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Saturday, deputies with the Avery County Sheriff's Office found thirty nine year old Paul Brantley Lewis of Elk Park near the Mini Market in Elk Park, and aware of an outstanding misdemeanor warrant for Failure to Appear, they attempted to make the arrest. But officers report that Lewis resisted
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"The first definite hominids, Australopithecus, appeared about 5 million years ago in Africa. They lived on the ground, weighed less than 20 kilograms, and were less than 1.3 meters tall. They disappeared about 1.3 million years ago" (Raven and Johnson, 1989, p. 437). This quote is from a textbook I was assigned in a general biology class during my undergraduate studies. While the name Australopithecus may not be familiar, the name that evolutionists gave to the creature supposedly responsible for human bipedal locomotion probably is one you have heard: Lucy. Lucy's skeleton was discovered at Hadar, Ethiopia in 1974 by Donald C. Johanson, who at the time was the curator of physical anthropology at the Cleveland, Ohio Museum of Natural History. Described as "remarkably complete" in the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution (see Jones, et al., 1992, p. 237), the skeleton (that of a female creature) is approximately 40% complete. In 1981, Dr. Johanson wrote, and Simon & Schuster published, Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind. Johanson's claim was that Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) was a hominid on the road to becoming man. Johanson considered Lucy to have essentially the body of a human, but the head of an ape. One of the most interesting points regarding this find was that Lucy was assigned a date of about 3.5 million years. Of further interest is the fact that Johanson viewed Lucy as giving rise to both Australopithecus africanus and Australopithecus robustus (also known as A. boisei), which are evolutionary dead-ends, as well as to those creatures on the road to becoming human (Homo habilis and Homo erectus). Lucy's headlining days, however are all but over.
The branch of the evolutionary tree that designated Lucy as the single ancestor of Australopithecus afarenis and Australopithecus anamenis (which were commonly thought to belong to the lineage ancestral to all later hominids) recently "broke off " due to a recent fossil find. In the March 22, 2001 issue of Nature, a new hominid genus named Kenyanthropus platyops from eastern Africa was described (Leakey, et al., 2001). Using their new specimen to rework humanity's pedigree, paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey (wife of famed paleontologist Richard Leakey) and her colleagues at the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi argued that the small-brained creature is so unusual it belongs not just to a new species, but to an entirely new genus. This new species now is nestled firmly in the roots of the human family tree at a time when scientists thought only one ancestral species existed, leaving it unclear just which (if either!) was the direct forebear of modern humankind.
The authors named this new find Kenyanthropus platyops, which means flat-faced man of Kenya, "in recognition of Kenya's contribution to the understanding of human evolution through the many specimens recovered from its fossil sites" (p. 433). However, an exhaustive study of the article reveals a list of 36 craniodental fossils from this site, of which only 5 contain bone fragments. The remaining 31 are fragments of teeth. Only two of these specimens, the skull and a partial upper jaw, are intact enough to be assigned to this new taxon. The authors described their new finds as "a well-preserved temporal bone, two partial maxillae, isolated teeth, and most importantly a largely complete, although distorted, cranium" (p. 433). Distorted indeed! Even an untrained eye can look at the figures provided in the article and see the extensive damage to this newly found fossil.
Additionally, the authors provided a table in which the derived cranial features of this new species are compared to other finds (p. 434). Out of the 21 characteristics listed, Kenyanthropus platyops differs from Homo rudolfensis (considered the most primitive species in our own genus, which also includes Homo erectus and Homo habilis) in only one area: the upper molar size. H. rudolfensis is listed as having a moderate upper molar, whereas K. platyops is listed as small. So, as a result of a very fragmented and "distorted" cranium that possesses "small" upper molars, we now have been graced with a new genus.
Scattered throughout the text of the March 22 Nature article are hidden reminders that everything about this recent discovery is speculative and indefinite. Here are a few quotes that the authors used in describing this new find (also referred to as KNM-WT 40000):
"Most of the vault [cranial—BH/BT] is heavily distorted, both through post-mortem diploic expansion and compression from an inferposterior direction" (p. 434).
"The original shape of the severely distorted mastoids cannot be reconstructed, but other parts of the left temporal are well preserved" (p. 435).
"It is preserved in two main parts, the neurocranium with the superior and lateral orbital margins, but lacking most of the cranial base; and the face, lacking the premolar and anterior tooth crowns and the right incisor roots" (p. 433).
"Only the right M2 crown is sufficiently preserved to allow reliable metric dental comparisons. It is particularly small, falling below the known ranges of other early hominin species" (p. 434).
"Inability to distinguish between first and second molars makes meaningful intertaxon comparisons of these elements difficult" (p. 437).
"The sex of KNM-WT 40000 is difficult to infer. The small M2 crown size could suggest that the specimen is female" (p. 436).
One quick and easy way for a paleontologist to get the public's attention is to announce a find that is either: (1) very old; or (2) directly related to the ancestry of humans. With K. platyops, Leakey does both. And so the race for claim on the oldest "common" ancestor is on—again! In 1994, Tim White and colleagues described the new species Australopithecus ramidus (which they renamed in 1995 as Ardipithecus ramidus), dated at 4.4 million years old.
When first found (and still considered an australopithecine), morphologically this was the most ape-like australopithecine yet discovered (as well as the earliest), and seemed a good candidate for the most distant common ancestor of the hominids. A year later, Meave Leakey (author of the current Nature article) and colleagues described the 3.9-4.2 million year old Australopithecus anamensis. This taxon is slightly more similar to Ardipithecus and Pan (the chimpanzees) than the better known and slightly later A. afarensis, and stood for a while as the ancestor of the later hominids (or a close cousin to some unknown, ancestral taxon).
Some have argued that part or all of the material regarding K. platyops belongs more properly in the genus Australopithecus. If Leakey et al. are right in their assertion that facial flatness connects K. platyops and H. rudolfensis in a significant manner, then that implies that their lineage had an evolutionary history distinct from the australopithecines. Therefore, evolutionists would conclude that we are descended from Kenyanthropus by way of H. (or K.) rudolfensis, or that the latter species is completely distinct from us and does not belong in our genus at all.
Aside from the obvious concerns over the extrapolations made from this fossil find, there are two other issues with which the authors conveniently chose not to deal. (1) No remains have been recovered from the site in which the cranium was found, and as a result, we know nothing about K. platyops' locomotory adaptation, particularly its degree of bipedality. Was this creature even able to walk upright as humans do? (2) Leakey placed a tremendous amount of importance on the flatness of the facial features of this fossil, due to the widely acknowledged fact that more modern creatures would possess an admittedly flatter facial structure than their older, more ape-like alleged ancestors. This is no small problem, because creatures younger than K. platyops, and therefore closer to Homo sapiens, have much more pronounced, ape-like facial features. K. platyops was dated at 3.5 million years, and yet has a much flatter face than any other hominid that old. Thus, the evolutionary scenario seems to be moving in the wrong direction. As Tim White (anthropologist of the University of California at Berkeley) put it: "If you think of a family tree with a trunk, we're talking about two trunks, if they're right" (as quoted in McCall, 2001, p. 4-A).
In the "acknowledgments" section of her Nature article, Leakey thanked the National Geographic Society for funding fieldwork and laboratory studies. This simple "thank-you" likely indicates that the editors of National Geographic soon will be sending out a full-color, slick-paper, professionally produced, eye-catching magazine into our homes so that we, our children, and our grandchildren can read articles about this new species. National Geographic and others are quick to run cover stories featuring world-famous evolutionists such as Donald C. Johanson (discoverer of our alleged hominid ancestor, "Lucy") or the late Louis and Mary Leakey (in-laws of Meave, both of whom spent their entire professional careers on the African continent searching for the ever-elusive "missing link" between humans and ape-like ancestors). However, when the issue hits newsstands near you, remember what Greg Kirby, senior lecturer in population biology at Flinders University, Adelaide, said in an address on the case for evolution in South Australia in 1976: "…not being a paleontologist, I don't want to pour too much scorn on paleontologists, but if you were to spend your life picking up bones and finding little fragments of head and little fragments of jaw, there's a very strong desire to exaggerate the importance of those fragments…."
Jones, S., R. Martin, and D. Pilbeam, eds. (1992), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution (Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press).
Leakey, M.G., F. Spoor, F.H. Brown, P.N. Gathogo, C. Kiarie, L.N. Leakey, and I. McDougall (2001), "New Hominin Genus from Eastern Africa Shows Diverse Middle Pliocene Lineages," Nature, 410:433-440, March 22.
McCall, William (2001), "It's Old, Unusual—Is It Us?," Tallahassee Democrat, pp. 3A-4A, March 22.
Raven, P.H., and G.B. Johnson, eds. (1989), Biology (St. Louis, MO: Times Mirror/Mosby College Publishing), second edition.


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Tidal is still prominent on Instagram – Madonna and Nicki have been particularly vocal. I looked through the photos and noticed something: Nicki with Rihanna, Beyonce with Nicki, Madonna with Rihanna and Nicki, Alicia with Beyonce… but no Beyonce and Rihanna on social media (but there is an official photo Full Story
Halle Berry: Dusty rose at the Emmys
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This is Elie Saab. So it's not like you've never seen it before. There's a thigh slit and the dusty rose is gorgeous against her skin and she's gorgeous all over anyway because she's Halle Berry and it's never really a loss when it's Halle Berry but I'm not punching myself in the face over the shoes and, to be honest, I could do without that tacky jewel in the middle of the belt and still, that's kind of like saying you went to heaven and the marshmallows were too sweet so I'll just shut up now and let you admire this but not before I leave you with one question: If Julia Roberts had wanted to present the final award of the night instead of hanging out with the men of Best Actor, where would they have put Halle Berry? Full Story
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Halle Berry's Extant premieres tomorrow on CBS. She was at Letterman yesterday to promote it. For a star like Halle Berry to commit to a television series, beyond the pay day she was looking for, you know there are some expectations. Steven Spielberg is involved. Extant went to full season immediately. Full Story
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Check out Halle Berry at the premiere of Extant last night. The show premieres on July 9. Olivier Martinez joined her at the event. There were rumours recently that the two were done. So they're not done. She does however have to pay Gabriel Aubrey $16,000 a month in child support and $115,000 retroactively AND $300,000 for his legal fees. Full Story
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We had an argument about this during the etalk morning meeting today. Most of the men hated Halle Berry's pants. Me? Best pants ever. My drop-crotch Fidelity Galaxy jeans that Sasha told me to buy are probably the most worn item in my closet for the last 3 months. Full Story
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Jennifer Lawrence spent part of Easter Sunday with friends in Soho yesterday. X-Men: Days Of Future Past comes out in a month. And since she's among the most famous/celebrated/popular members of the cast, they'll want to see a lot of her in the press. If you check the movie on IMDB Full Story
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A final trailer for X-Men: Days Of Future Past has just been released. The movie opens May 23. I love this preview. Let me get to it: So Wolverine is tasked with bringing the mutants together. The dude who has to break Magneto Michael Fassbender out of his prison? HOT. Nicholas Hoult's Beast as the comic relief? Adorable. Full Story
Halle Berry's ring
There was a tabloid last week that reported that Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez have separated. It wasn't a reliable publication so I ignored it. Then the New York Daily News followed with their own story about them living apart. Something about work schedules. Full Story
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Halle Berry was honoured at the Acapulco Film Festival yesterday. It's one of the few red carpets she's been on since giving birth to son Maceo in October. Or is it the first red carpet she's been on since giving birth to son Maceo? I think it might be. Time to get back to work then. Full Story
Every October
It's that time of year again. It's the time of year when we all ask ourselves if there really is only one pumpkin patch in Los Angeles. Check out Olivier Martinez and Nahla at the pumpkin patch yesterday. Halle Berry wasn't there because, as you know, she gave birth to their son on Saturday. Full Story
Halle Berry got a TV show (and a baby)
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Halle Berry & Jennifer Garner vs the paparazzi
Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner appeared before the Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing in Sacramento yesterday to urge lawmakers to pass tougher legislation against paparazzi when they're taking pictures of celebrity children. Garner in particular became very emotional when discussing how her kids are harassed by photographers. Full Story
Halle Berry's wedding weekend
E! News is reporting that Halle Berry will marry Olivier Martinez this weekend. The two are expecting a child together. Here they are at LAX with daughter Nahla, presumably heading to their wedding destination… Paris? This would be Halle's third marriage after David Justice and Eric Benet. Full Story
Belly Cupping: Halle Berry edition
You know I hate the belly cupping. And I know many of you hate me for hating the belly cupping. Where we generally agree however is on the belly cupping by the baby father. It's gross. Here's Halle Berry having her belly cupped by her baby father Olivier Martinez in Paris yesterday. Full Story


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The Phantom of the Opera is a grand story of the power of art and the hunger for love. Andrew Lloyd Webber's devastating music has made it the most popular musical in the world. Its Finnish premiere is scheduled for autumn 2015.
Upcoming performance: Thu 15 Oct 2015 19:00 (sold)
Are you allowed to laugh in an opera performance? Yes, and with Don Pasquale it would be difficult not to.
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Saturday afternoon matinee in the main foyer of the Opera House offers a treat for the ear and a welcome moment of relaxation. Free entry!
Upcoming performance: Sat 17 Oct 2015 15:00 Main foyer
Pre-performance talks present the background of the performance scheduled for the evening. The talks take place in Finnish and attendance is open to everyone.
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If you liked The Snow Queen, you will love The Little Mermaid. Premiere on October 23rd.
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The distinguished PianoEspoo festival, held every two years, will culminate in a performance in the main auditorium of the FNO on 25 October. The star of this concluding recital will be world-famous Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.
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Volti Subito is a musical term that means "Turn suddenly". It is also the title of Virpi Pahkinen's newest work, with six dancers and music composed by Jonas Sjöblom and Gunnar Idenstam.
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The Orchestra of the FNO will again be performing a meditative concert for All Saints' Day at St John's Church in Helsinki.
Upcoming performance: Sat 31 Oct 2015 19:00 Helsinki, St. John's Church
The FNO invites senior citizens to put their best foot forward in the foyer.
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The Nose by Gogol is a whimsical satire of the Russia of its time.
Upcoming performance: Fri 20 Nov 2015 19:00 Main auditorium
Almi Hall will be bursting with excitement as enthusiasts in modern, jazz and contemporary dance from all over Finland come to the FNO to perform.
Upcoming performance: Sat 21 Nov 2015 18:30 The Almi Hall
It just wouldn't be Christmas without this classic ballet.
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The autumn term of the Ballet School will culminate in a joint performance where dance students of various ages present their work from the past months.
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A beautiful depiction of the conflict between religion and worldly love set in glowing colours.
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Set in fabled India, this is 19th-century Russian ballet at its best. It is a spectacularly handsome grand ballet with crowd scenes, sumptuous costumes and gorgeous sets - so much eye candy that it is ideal as a first introduction to ballet.
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Apocalyptica + fantasy + opera = Indigo.
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An enormous orchestra, a choir, soprano and contralto soloists, and 80 minutes' duration: Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony is huge both in scope and content.
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An excellent opportunity to gain an overview of the finest in contemporary dance in the 21st century.
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This is a performance like none you have ever seen, opera or theatre. In this celebrated production created at the Komische Opera in Berlin, The Magic Flute is recast as a fantastic tale from the golden era of silent cinema. Premiere on February 26th, 2016.
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Come enjoy outdoor dancing to live music in the magical atmosphere of the Opera House piazza!
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This masterpiece has been slow to return to the FNO, having been previously performed at the FNO 50 years ago. This new production will be directed by award-winning Russian director Dmitri Bertman.
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This awarded ballet was inspired by the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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As the holiday season draws nearer and the jubilee year draws to a close, the Finnish National Opera Orchestra leaves Helsinki behind and sets out on a festive Christmas music tour of the southern regions of Finland. Soloists and the children's choir of the Finnish National Opera join the orchestra in a heart-warming selection of holiday classics.


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The mailing contains incorrect information about their recent voting history.
The group behind the mailing is Americans for Limited Government.
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Like a lot of people, Indiana resident James Daily sees his share of political mail.
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He's not the only one unhappy about it.
"Very poor thought on their part," Vanderburgh County Clerk Susan Kirk said.
Kirk says she's fielded six or seven calls about the letter.
"Two of the people that did call, they say, 'well I did vote in 2010.' Well, I looked them up and yes, it's marked, 2010, so who knows," Kirk said.
Kirk says Vanderburgh County and the State of Indiana don't have anything to do with these mailers, but some voter information is public record and can be purchased for political purposes.
"The print out comes out, it gives the person's name and address and then it starts, it goes back 10 years. It will say when you voted," Kirk said.
Kirk says the letter Daily and others received may not be illegal, but still, she understands their concerns.
"I could care less what my neighbors did, but what I do care about is if you're going to print information about what I'm doing, it better be correct," Daily said.
The group Americans for Limited Government says their goal behind this mailing is to increase participation in the electoral process.
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In Case You Missed It: Latest MLB Hot Stove News & Rumors
The Braves have agreed to sign OF B.J. Upton to a multi-year deal (FOX Sports).
OF Chone Figgins is officially a free-agent (MLBTR).
So far, no team is interested in giving free-agent OF Josh Hamilton more than a three-year deal (Buster Olney, ESPN). Nevertheless, the Brewers, Rangers, Red Sox, Mariners and Orioles are seen as most likely to end up signing him.
Free-agent OF Ichiro Suzuki hopes to re-sign with the Yankees, who would like to have the outfielder return for 2013 (Jon Heyman, CBS).
There are enough teams interested to justify free-agent OF Nick Swisher getting a four-year deal (Heyman).
The Pirates, Yankees, Mariners and Rangers are all showing interest in free-agent C Russell Martin, who is looking for a four-year deal (Heyman).
The Phillies have traded prospects to the Astros for reliever Wilton Lopez.
The Yankees have re-signed LHP Andy Pettitte to a one-year, $12 million contract (Ken Davidoff, NY Post).
The Angels have agreed to sign reliever Ryan Madson to a one-year contract (Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com).
The Reds and Jonathan Broxton have reached agreement on a three-year deal.


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PORT ST. LUCIE -- Carmella, our personal pet, likes to play "momma" to all the Treasure Coast Humane Society kittens that we foster. Taken with a Sony DSC-S90.
VERO BEACH -- Kala is a 5-year-old dachshund who loves to play with toys and her mom, Audrey, at Pine Creek Condos.
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Sophie, on a busy day.
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The human colon, or large intestine, is a muscular, tube-shaped organ measuring about 4 feet long. It extends from the end of your small bowel to your anus. Typically the first or right portion of the colon which is called the ascending colon moves up from the lower right portion of the abdomen. The next portion, or transverse colon, moves across from the right to the left side of the upper abdomen. Next, the 3rd region or descending colon moves down the left side of your abdomen. Then an S shaped or sigmoid colon portion connects the rest of the colon to the rectum which ends at the anus. The colon has 3 main functions:
The right side of your colon plays a major role in absorbing water and electrolytes, while the left side is responsible for storage and evacuation of stool.
Cancer is the transformation of normal cells. The transformed cells grow and multiply abnormally.
In the United States, 1 in 17 people will develop colorectal cancer.
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Lake Success, N.Y., December 31, 2009 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, has appointed Chris Duca President of Virtual Imaging, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. Through Virtual Imaging's system integration capabilities, Canon U.S.A.'s Medical Systems Division delivers a full-range of complete medical X-ray imaging and healthcare system solutions. Virtual Imaging operations are based in Deerfield Beach, Fl.
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Duca began his career in the medial imaging field in 1984 and has focused on CT and MRI development and service. He established Integrated Technologies in 1993 and was appointed Vice President and COO of Virtual Imaging when the two companies merged in 2005. Prior to Integrated Technologies, Duca worked for several years as part of a management team that re-organized management structure and auditing processes for companies.
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READ: Oscar Lindberg Wants To Be An Offensive Player
At NYRangers.com, newly acquired center Oscar Lindberg is the focus of the latest "20 Prospects in 20 Days" feature.
The Rangers acquired Lindberg for Ethan Werek on May 8th.
Lindberg says that he hopes to have an expanded role this season playing in Sweden:
"I would say I'm a two-way center who likes to play in the offensive zone, but I have also developed my defensive game," Lindberg said when asked to describe himself. "Hopefully, I will have a bigger role on the Skelleftea team this year and hope to play on the power play and stuff like that. I would like to be more of an offensive player, but right now I'd call myself a two-way center."
Read what Anders Hedberg had to say about Lindberg, here.
He is a faceoff machine, which is awesome because the Rangers need someone who can win faceoffs. I like that he considers himself a two-way center and that is important and will help him succeed when he comes over the North America. He should get the chance to play in Sweden and develop on his own and then come over and see what kind of role he can take in the organization.


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Alex Levant - Ph.D. (Social and Political Thought - York University), M.A. (Theory, Culture, Politics - Trent University), B.A. (English Literature and Film Studies - Wilfrid Laurier University)
His areas of research include critical media theory (classical and contemporary theories of communication and consciousness formation), new media technologies (mobile communications, social media, robotics), cultural studies, globalization, social movements and social change.
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He heads the Activity Theory Project - a SSHRC-funded two-year inquiry that aims to trace the development of Activity Theory (AT), an interdisciplinary methodological approach to the study of the origin and development of the mind, identity, and the self. Its core proposition is that these are neither strictly biological nor discursive phenomena, but develop only in the context of specific social practices - activities in which individuals are embedded. The objective of the project is to produce an account of the development of this body of thought and to place it in dialogue with other methods for the study of subjectivity at the intersection of social and political thought and critical media theory.
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Levant, Alex and Vesa Oittinen, eds. (2014) Dialectics of the Ideal: Evald Ilyenkov and Creative Soviet Marxism. Leiden: Brill
In Dialectics of the Ideal: Evald Ilyenkov and Creative Soviet Marxism, Levant and Oittinen provide a window into the subterranean tradition of creative Soviet Marxism, which developed on the margins of the Soviet academe and remains largely outside the orbit of contemporary theory in the West. With his activity approach, E.V. Ilyenkov, its principal figure in the post-Stalin period, makes a substantial contribution toward an anti-reductionist theory of the subject, which should be of interest to contemporary theorists who seek to avoid economic and cultural reductionism as well as the malaise of postmodern relativism. This volume features Levants translation of Ilyenkovs Dialectics of the Ideal (2009), which remained unpublished until thirty years after the authors tragic suicide in 1979.
Levant, Alex (2008) The Soviet Union in Ruins. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag.
Contemporary scholarship tends to view the Soviet Union as a finished chapter in Russian and world history. However, the ruins of Soviet society continue to haunt the Russian body politic in profound ways. By examining parliamentary, street, and cultural politics, souvenirs, markets, and thinkers over a period of six months in Moscow, this book reflects on the significance of the ruins of the Soviet Union. These ruins include Soviet memorabilia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Lenin look-alikes in Red Square, the Soviet Anthem, the former speech writer for Yuri Andropov, May Day and Victory Day celebrations, as well as the work of Soviet philosophers, like Evald Ilyenkov and Merab Mamardashvili, literary theorists like Valentin Voloshinov, developmental psychologists like Lev Vygotsky, and many others. It analyzes the significance of these ruins using the work of the above Soviet thinkers and Western theorists, as well as contemporary Russian commentators, like Alexander Buzgalin and Vadim Mezhuev. This interdisciplinary analysis should be of interest to scholars in various fields, including Political Science, Cultural Studies, and Social Theory.
Selected Recent Publications:
Levant, Alex (2015) The Ideal and the Dream World - Evald Ilyenkov and Walter Benjamin on the Signifiance of Material Objects," in Vesa Oittinen ed. The Activity Approach in Soviet Philosophy. Leiden: Brill. (forth.)
Levant, Alex (2014) Emancipating Open Marxism: E.V. Ilyenkov's Post-Cartesian Anti-Dualism, in Dialectics of the Ideal: Evald Ilyenkov and Creative Soviet Marxism. (Ed. with Vesa Oittinen) Leiden: Brill.
Levant, Alex (2012) "Rethinking Spontaneity Beyond Classical Marxism: Re-reading Luxemburg through Benjamin, Gramsci, and Thompson," in Critique, Vol. 40 (No. 3), pp. 341-361.
Levant, Alex (2012) "E.V. Ilyenkov and Creative Soviet Theory: An Introduction to Dialectics of the Ideal," in Historical Materialism, Vol. 20 (No. 2), pp. 125-148.
Levant, Alex (2012) E.V. Ilyenkov, Dialektika Ideal'nogo [Dialectics of the Ideal], Historical Materialism, Vol. 20 (No. 2), pp. 149-193.
Levant, Alex (2011) "Soviet Pins: Souvenirs as Spoils in the Triumphal Procession," Studia Sociologia, thematic issue: Politics of memory, memory of politics. Communism outside the "anti-communist industry". Vol. 56, Issue 2, pp. 59-74.
Levant, Alex (2011) E.V. Ilyenkov, The Ideal in Human Activity (2009), in Marx and Philosophy Review of Books.
Levant, Alex (2011) From the History of Soviet Philosophy: Lukacs Vygotsky Ilyenkov (2008) by Sergey Mareev, in Historical Materialism, Vol. 19 (No. 3), pp. 176-189.
For a larger list of publications, please visit: https://wlu-ca.academia.edu/AlexLevant


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David (2011)
Drama, Family
Daud, a religious Muslim boy growing up in Brooklyn, New York, inadvertently develops a friendship with an orthodox Jewish boy who mistakes him for being Jewish. A coming of age story, "David" at heart is about identity and the many ways it can bring us together as well as break us apart.
Cast: Ayse Eldek, Marjorie Austrian, Gamze Ceylan, Akram Basuni, Muatasem Mishal
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Directed by: Joel Fendelman, Patrick Daly
Written by: Joel Fendelman, Patrick Daly
Running time: 1hr 20min
Opens: Feb 01, 2013 Limited
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