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Sleepiness is found among people who take Acetaminophen, especially for people who are female, 60+ old , have been taking the drug for < 1 month, also take medication Aspirin, and have Pain . We study 73,148 people who have side effects while taking Acetaminophen from FDA and social media. Among them, 1,395 have Sleepiness. Find out below who they are, when they have Sleepiness and more.
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Acetaminophen has active ingredients of acetaminophen. It is often used in pain. (latest outcomes from Acetaminophen 76,274 users)
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Louisville, KY – The National Weather Service reports a storm that left four people with minor injuries in Barren and Metcalfe Counties was a F-2 tornado.
The Friday afternoon twister formed a mile northeast of Temple Hill in Barren County and moved across Kentucky 90.
Forecasters say it lifted just north-northeast of Summer Shade in Metcalfe County. An F-2 tornado's wind speed ranges from 113 to 157 miles an hour.
In Tennessee, officials say a tornado that hit Sunmer county on Friday packed winds close to 170 miles an hour.
Torndoes were spotted in about ten Tennessee counties, the second wave of deadly storms to hit the state in less than a week.
The one that struck Sumner County killed seven people and damaged of destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses. It measured an F-3 with winds of 158 to 206 miles an hour.
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When his term is up moron.
Quitting cigarettes was the most difficult habit i've ever had to break. And i used to snort coke!@ lol
@zoidnight why do you always have to interject race into something that had nothing to do with it. Then complain when people look at right as being racist. Nowhere in today's strip and no one in the comments even remotely mentioned race, but you. Look in the mirror if you want to see what's wrong with the party
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I like this strip and have been reading it for years and i agree with night-gaunt.This storyline is not interesting or amusing. Please Mr. Stantis move on.
Welcome to the world of politics you political hacks. Everybody thinks their side is holy and pure while the other side is full of crooks and liars. When the truth is ALL politicians take money and vote from their pockets. Wake up. Idiots.
They'll never vote themselves out of a job. So forget about term limits, unless you can get a voter mandated way to make it happen. But of course their cronies in the supreme court would then find term limits, unconstitutional of course.


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English Idioms in Some Nigerian Print Media: of Norm and Deviation
The use of English idioms in news report is a common feature in Nigeria print media. In this paper, an attempt is made to examine the English idioms used in some Nigerian newspapers based on the concept of style as deviation from the norm. The paper evaluates the extent to which newspaper writers are faithful to the original idioms. In the data collected for comparison and analysis, it is discovered that the idioms have undergone modifications in the Nigerian press, breaking the rule of fixed collocation. The paper raises the question as to whether these deviant English idioms should be accepted or rejected. The paper posits that these deviations may become the norm if unchecked.
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Funny, I didn't think they used British money in the old West.
Reminds me of an anime program called 'Gun Frontier' … using Harlock as a Western gunfighter. There's a point where they're burying someone in the street outside a saloon … the owner rushes out … in the Japanese version, he says, 'You can't bury him there .. that's bad karma!' In the English dub, he says 'That's just bad luck!'
Maybe they are all extras from the old Carry On Cowboy film. Sid James as the Ringo Kid, Jim Dale as the hero, Charles Hawtry as the Apache Chief. I think they'd fit into the cast pretty well.
British version of the American West.
And for the author Wishful Thinking!
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Judge Brimmer Sides with State on Snowmbiles
Cheyenne, WY – Snowmobiling in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks is on again. Tuesday night, U-S District Judge Clarence Brimmer issued a temporary restraining order setting aside a ban on snowmobiles. Brimmer says without the order, companies that rely on park snowmobiling would suffer irreparable harm due to lost business. He ordered the Park Service to develop temporary rules for the remainder of the 2004 season. Brimmer's ruling apparently conflicts with an order by a US District Judge in Washington, DC. Emmet Sullivan struck down Bush Administration plans for snowmobiles and reinstated the Clinton-era ban. Following that order, the state of Wyoming asked Judge Brimmer to revive a case originally filed in 2000.


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Arrow Electronics ECS Unit Keeps Humming In Q3
Published: November 7, 2011
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Last week, we told you all about how the IT distribution business of master reseller Avnet did in the third quarter, and this week, it is time to take a gander at what is up with its rival Arrow Electronics, which is also a big distributor of IBM systems, storage, and software.
In the quarter ended in September, the Enterprise Computer Systems group at Arrow grew by 26 percent, to $1.54 billion, and it even managed to grow its operating income by 51.4 percent to $53.7 million. The electronics components distribution business, which is larger at $3.65 billion, grew a lot more slowly at 6.1 percent, but had an operating income of $194.2 million, down a smidgen from the year-ago period. Add it all up, and pay the taxes and other expenses, and Arrow had sales of $5.19 billion (up 11.4 percent) and net income of $132.2 million (up 11.6 percent).
Michael Long, who is president, CEO, and chairman at Arrow, said all of its system lines, including proprietary machines (mostly small IBM System z machines and Power Systems boxes running AIX and IBM i but also including X86 boxes and storage), drove ECS to the high-end of the revenue and profit guidance that Arrow had previously set for the third quarter.
In a conference call with Wall Street analysts, Long said that Arrow had just signed a distribution agreement with switch maker and IBM partner Juniper Networks, which would help bolster its sales into the data center. "We are focused on several growth opportunities including the addition of new suppliers, the penetration of new market segments, and the expansion of our services portfolio," explained Long." In particular, our midmarket initiative has seen great success as we've increased our market penetration in this segment and expanded our customer base."
Well, that is always good news. But the question is what platforms is Arrow peddling in the midrange? Hopefully the IBM i platform is getting some love and attention, not just Windows and Linux. Andy Bryant, who runs the ECS unit, said that proprietary server revenues were up 18.4 percent, compared to just 6 points of growth in "industry standard" servers, by which he meant X86 machinery. (I really don't like the term "industry standard" any more than IBM likes the term "proprietary.")
Long said that Arrow expected for enterprise IT spending to "remain solid" in the fourth quarter and Arrow was longing forward to a "seasonally strong" fourth quarter. Looking ahead, Arrow expects for ECS to bring in between $2 billion and $2.2 billion in revenues and total sales to come in at between $5.29 billion and $5.69 billion. Earnings per share should be between $1.25 to $1.37, which is anywhere from 3 to 15 cents per share better than what Arrow did in Q3.
Arrow was not about to make any solid predictions about how its business would do in 2012, but Long said that he was expecting IT spending to exhibit "mid-single digit type growth" and that it would not dip below that point.
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Kin Community Opens Branded Content Studio
Leading women's multichannel network connects creators with brands
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Kin Community is the latest digital video network to open a branded content arm, announcing the launch of Kin Studios this morning. Kin Studios will work with brands–Beiersdorf, P&G, and Wilton…
Kin Community Gets Fit for NewFronts
SoulCycle hosts leading women's lifestyle YouTube collective
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Kin Community gets the healthy living award at this year's NewFronts. Also, the earliest: 7:30 this morning at a SoulCycle in New York City. Kin is the No. 1 lifestyle destination…
Yoga Is Replacing Coffee and Happy Hour as the SXSW Meetup of Choice
Branded networking, now with namaste
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Forget a quick caffeinated meeting with your potential clients. This year more than ever, many brands are introducing themselves to South by Southwest Interactive attendees by way of yoga. "Yoga asks…
Cake Decorating Brand Bakes Up a Partnership With YouTube Star Rosanna Pansino
To reach young women, Wilton moves from classroom to Web
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The cake decorating company Wilton has always been about creators, inspiring everyday bakers with TV programs and in-store lessons. Now, the 85-year-old cake decorating brand is using online influencers to reach…
YouTube Network for Women Raises $12 Million
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The YouTube women's network Kin Community has raised $12 million through a Series C funding round, and it will use the cash to hire more talent, add sales staff and…
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Jerry Springer gets "a kick" out of hosting "The Price Is Right Live," but don't expect to see him playing many of the games.
Talk-show host Springer will act as master of ceremonies when the live version of the game show comes to Amarillo on Friday for a pair of performances in the Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium, 401 S. Buchanan St.
"I'd probably play 'Any Number.' That's a pure random selection of numbers. You don't need any knowledge," Springer said. "Actually pricing items I wouldn't really do well at."
Springer said he finds more enjoyment in interacting with the contestants, who'll come on down thanks to a random drawing of names of audience members and anyone else who wants to try to get on the show, said Civic Center manager Sherman Bass.
Registration begins three hours before showtime (1:30 p.m. for the matinee, 4:30 p.m. for the evening show).
Ticketed audience members will be surprised during the show when their name is called. Those without tickets who may be called onto stage will be allowed into the auditorium five minutes before showtime, Bass said.
"They get so excited," Springer said. "It's obviously real, obviously authentic, their excitement. All of the sudden, they forget what they do for a living.
"You can see the joy."
Springer said his love of live entertainment makes the show especially fun.
"You get to talk to regular people," he said. "The show itself, obviously, it's an iconic show, but that's almost like the background to do comedy.
"It's not scripted, so therefore you have a real opportunity to do comedy," he continued. "That's old-school entertainment. That's what I grew up with as a kid. I enjoy doing that on my (syndicated talk) show, where there's no script."
Audience members will be called up four at a time onto Contestants' Row. The winner of each round of price-guessing will get to go on stage to play a game, but unlike on the televised version, the other three won't get to stick around: They'll be replaced each round by four new players.
Games for the stage show include some of the TV show's most popular, such as Plinko, Cliffhanger and more.
Anticipation already appears high.
"We expected it to do very well, but everyone was pleasantly surprised when it sold out in a week," Bass said. "Then, we were again surprised when the promoters and the producers asked if they could ask a matinee."
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o What: "The Price Is Right Live"
o When: 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday
o Where: Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium, 401 S. Buchanan St.
o How much: $35 to $55, plus service fee; evening performance is sold out
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When mixing something, every time put it on the middle mixing level. This is the fastest and easiest way to mix with no mistakes and it works every time!
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While the negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement have been extended until this Friday, March 11, rosters are frozen. The league year has ended and teams can no longer cut, re-sign or trade for players until there is a new agreement. Teams and players can still negotiate, allowing for multiple plans regarding re-signing former players, approaching the draft and accounting for whenever free agency finally occurs.
The Seahawks' moves to this point for the 2011 season place the focus on special teams and depth, a strategy that was used by the team in free agency last season. However, major holes still remain.
Beyond player uncertainty for 2011, the coaching staff has undergone significant changes on both sides of the ball.
The few days gained will be a crucial time for all organizations to vigorously evaluate former players, as free agency could possibly start next week. However, a realistic outlook suggests that the process is a long way from over. No matter what, the Seahawks face some major concerns heading forward into the possible lockout.


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- Only US congress can save US from fiscal perdition; the Fed cannot
- Endlessly buying bonds to stoke recovery could encumber future central bankers with Hobson's choices
- Inflation and inflationary expectations are tame; nation beset by disproportionate unemployment
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Just three episodes into its premiere run, TNT's Dallas reboot has earned a second season order.
The Turner network has ordered 15 episodes from Warner Horizon Television, with plans to bow them sometime in 2013.
After debuting June 13 to 6.86 million viewers and 1.93 million adults 18-to-49, Dallas' deliveries in week two fell 30 percent, with an average draw of 4.76 million viewers. The demo was more stable, dropping 17 percent to 1.61 million adults 18-to-49.
Episode three also showed slippage, although the declines weren't as severe. On June 27, Dallas served up 4.08 million viewers and a 1.1 rating in the demo. In head-to-head competition at 9 p.m. Wednesday, USA Network's Royal Pains drew 4.18 million viewers and a 1.1 rating.
Dallas' reach is encouraging, but its demo deliveries are disproportionately low. Per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, members of the dollar demo accounted for just 28 percent of the premiere's overall audience. Meanwhile, adults 25-to-54 made up 36 percent of the first night's deliveries—that's a lot of empty calories compared to most primetime shows.
Three days of time-shifted viewing elevated the two-hour series opener's overall reach to some 7.8 million viewers.
Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and TCM, characterized Dallas as "a success for us on every level."
TNT on Friday also renewed its original drama Rizzoli & Isles for a fourth season. Through the first four episodes of season three, R&I has averaged 5.38 million viewers and 1.75 million adults 25-to-54.
Like Dallas, R&I is an older-skewing show. People between the age of 25 and 54 comprise only one-third of the series' L+SD deliveries.
While R&I's deliveries are down a bit (12 percent) versus the year-ago period, it's worth noting that the show no longer enjoys the lead-in audience once afforded by The Closer. This summer, repeats of earlier episodes of R&I are setting the table for the show's Tuesday 9 p.m. time slot.


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I know, I know - how much of a "brand" does Oculus have at this stage. They only have the Rift VR headset in development, not one consumer unit has been sold, nor will it for a while. True, but with Oculus Rift, I have been planning to plunk down my hard earned and try it out. Traditional transaction. Upon hearing that Facebook was acquiring them, my first thought was, "I am NOT going to let Facebook see what I do with a VR headset." Facebook is a company that monetizes me, not one that makes killer hardware. What do others think? Would you still buy an Oculus Rift with Facebook behind it?
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I loathe Facebook, so I wouldn't touch Oculus with a ten foot pole. And I'm sure there are plenty of other people who feel the same way. See my column about "Why you should delete your Facebook account" and you'll know why I detest Facebook. Ugh.
I'll buy one about as soon as I buy a Facebook phone. In other words, never. Yes, it will hurt the Oculus brand, in fact it already has. There are many, many people who supported the Oculus Rift kickstarter campaign that are not pleased to have funded a business for Facebook to acquire. In addition, one of the first follow ups to the announcement of Facebook's acquisition was the Tweeted announcement by Markus Persson that the Minecraft version for the Rift was cancelled. In his words, "We were in talks about bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out."
Developers have seen what working with Facebook is like, and most of them want no part of it. As for me...no thanks, Facebook Oculus, I will wait on the Sony VR headset to read production.


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I need a meaningful road trip. Or at least a mixtape by Cut Copy.
I know (to all you informed), this made a splash in the blog pond over a year ago (and there's no reason why it can't serve you well right now). Since then it has complimented most of the activities listed above (aside from sleeping and the flammable one). Seriously, So Cosmic is on the mind because I did P90-X to it last night (is this part of being a working professional in adult society?). What? It runs a perfect hour, practically tailored for exercise DVDs.
Most mixes have short lives. Their surprises wear off after a few listens and the collection usually fades from 'sequenced experience' to 'host of a few keepers.' That is unless the sequence is so masterfully thought out and constructed to the point that it takes new form, as one entity, of, in this case, bliss. From Italian disco, to Panda Bear, to decades old soul, So Cosmic has the ability to morph but not once lose the dance-crazed fingerprint of Cut Copy.
It's clear Dan Whitford knows what he's doing. If you haven't clicked download yet, may this excerpt help. Full tracklist with blurbs from Dan here.
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Redesign Jobs for Improved Performance
Stay on top of job redesign using five steps.
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Your Challenge
- Organizational change, such as consolidation, spillover, transformation, and reorganization is unavoidable in today's business environment and must be actively managed. One way to do this is to ensure jobs are redesigned effectively.
- Managing a job description often falls to the backburner; this causes managers to evaluate employees on undefined tasks and makes employees unclear about what is expected.
- Managers and organizational decision-makers often do not know how to do an effective job redesign, which results in roles that are not over or under-loaded. This leads to disengaged and unsatisfied employees.
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- Successful job redesign aligns priorities, increases productivity and agility, and boosts employee engagement and retention.
- Over 99% of McLean & Company survey respondents believe it is an essential management task, yet only 26% actually do it annually – the remainder avoid it because it's seen as tedious and time-consuming.
- Most organizations tackle job redesign due to overloaded employees, increased demand, or the need to improve productivity. Regardless of the trigger, job redesign is an effort best shared by HR and department managers.
Impact and Result
- McLean & Company's five-step job redesign framework and extensive examples help you create a useful job redesign repository that will save time and minimize future redesign efforts.
- The research and tools in this solution set will help to:
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So last weekend I went to the Fire Department Instructor�s Conference (FDIC) in Indianapolis, IN and just had me a bona fide blast. What a good time. I met so many new people, spoke with some amazing personalities, kissed a Canadian (Hey! So did Happy! It was not intentional! We were ambushed!) (and also got kissed by a well known male fire blogger who shall remain anonymous� creepy but anonymous), and learned so much about what it is we all are trying to do here. It was amazing.
First off, I didn�t get to take any classes. Our handlers here at the www.FireEMSblogs.com network were extremely nice to provide me with a free pass to the convention center floor and expo. I would have loved to have learned from the excellent fire service leaders that were teaching there, but my finances didn�t allow me to. Nonetheless, I learned a great deal by just walking around and talking to new people. I met hundreds of new faces, saw some of my blogger buddies, and had a great time. I consider the time I spent talking to the passionate people I met and hung out with to be some of the most valuable time I could have spent. If one wants to be passionate and positive, it is always a good policy to spend time with people who are passionate and positive. I needed a boost and I got it by going to this conference. Big thanks to Dave Iaonne (@coolDaveJ), Chris Hebert (@CHebert13), and Bill Carey http://www.twitter.com/ffbehavior from the www.FireEMSblogs.com network for getting me the pass and setting up an awesome event. It just plain rocked.
Speaking of the event, we held the FireEMSBlogs.com Meetup at the Rock Bottom Brewery in beautiful Down Town Indianapolis, IN. I had me a few of their famous Rescue Captain Ales and hung out with a great group of cool people. I�m sure that I�ll miss some, so please leave me a comment if I missed you and I�ll add ya, but here�s a list of some of the people I hung out with:
Justin �The Happy Medic� Schorr
Tiger �Yes, that�s the name he really uses� Schmittendorf
Art �Chief Reason� (last name redacted because I can�t remember it� Sorry Chief)
John �Not Trained but We Try Hard� Smith (@firecap5 � Anonymous Blogger)
Christopher �Command Safety� Naum
I�d also like to thank the people I met from EMS Magazine and from Fire Rescue Magazine as well as from www.EMS1.com. I look forward to working with you all and I�m excited about what we discussed.�
Look for lots of posts coming up about what was discussed and what I saw at the conference.� I�m refreshed, motivated, and ready to kick some EMS 2.0 butt in the coming weeks. There�s a LOT of heavy lifting ahead, and I�m rolling up my sleeves. If you ever have a chance to go to a Big National Conference, you need to do so. I�m going to EMS Expo in Dallas next, and I hope to see you all there. I am sure there�ll be a meetup there and you should 100% go, that�s an order.
Oh, and while at that conference, if The Happy Medic asks you to sit shotgun in your car to navigate you anywhere, make sure your tank is full of gas and that you have a pillow handy for him to drool into. Good thing the guy's not an Engineer.


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September 2001Afghanistan
The information contained in this report is the best available as of September 2001 and can change.
General Background
On December 19, 2000, the UN Security Council imposed additional sanctions against Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement (which controls around 95% of the country), including an arms embargo and a ban on the sale of chemicals used in making heroin. These sanctions (Resolution 1333) are aimed at pressuring Afghanistan to turn over Osama bin Laden, suspected in various terrorist attacks, including the August 1998 US Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. These latest sanctions are in addition to sanctions (Resolution 1267) imposed on Afghanistan in November 1999, which included a freeze on Taliban assets and a ban on international flights by Afghanistan's national airline, Ariana. The Taliban reacted sharply to the new sanctions, ordering a boycott of US and Russian goods, and pulling out of UN-mediated peace talks aimed at ending the country's civil war.
On November 29, 1999, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan issued a report on Afghanistan which listed the country's major problems as follows: civil war (which has caused many casualties and refugees, and which has devastated the country's economy), record opium production, wide-scale human rights violations, and food shortages caused in part by drought.
According to the 2001 CIA World Factbook, Afghanistan is an extremely poor, landlocked country, highly dependent on farming and livestock raising. Afghanistan has experienced over two decades of war, including the nearly 10-year Soviet military occupation (which ended in 1989). During that conflict one-third of the population fled the country, with Pakistan and Iran sheltering a combined peak of more than 6 million refugees. Large Afghan refugee populations remain in Pakistan and Iran. Gross domestic product has fallen substantially over the past 20 years because of the loss of labor and capital and the disruption of trade and transport. The severe drought of 1998-2000 added to these problems. The majority of the population continues to suffer from insufficient food, clothing, housing, and medical care. Inflation remains a serious problem throughout the country. International aid can deal with only a fraction of the humanitarian problem, let alone promote economic development. The economic situation did not improve in 1999-2000, as internal civil strife has continued, hampering both domestic economic policies and international aid efforts. Numerical data are likely to be either unavailable or unreliable. Afghanistan was by far the largest world producer of opium poppies in 2000, and narcotics trafficking is a major source of revenues.
Energy Overview
At its peak in the late 1970s, Afghanistan supplied 70%-90% of its natural gas output to the Soviet Union's natural gas grid via a link through Uzbekistan. In 1992, Afghan President Najibullah indicated that a new natural gas sales agreement with Russia was in progress. However, several former Soviet republics raised price and distribution issues and negotiations stalled. In the early 1990s, Afghanistan also discussed possible natural gas supply arrangements with Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and several Western European countries, but these talks never progressed further. Afghan natural gas fields include Jorqaduq, Khowaja Gogerdak, and Yatimtaq, all of which are located within 20 miles of the northern town of Sheberghan in Jowzjan province. Natural gas production and distribution is the responsibility of the Taliban-controlled Afghan Gas Enterprise. In 1999, work resumed on the repair of a distribution pipeline to Mazar-i-Sharif. Spur pipelines to a small power plant and fertilizer plant also were repaired and completed. Mazar-i-Sharif is now receiving natural gas from the pipeline, as well as some other surrounding areas. Rehabilitation of damaged natural gas wells has been undertaken at the Khowaja Gogerak field, which has increased natural gas production.
In February 1998, the Taliban announced plans to revive the Afghan National Oil Company, which was abolished by the Soviet Union after it invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Soviet estimates from the late 1970s placed Afghanistan's proven and probable oil and condensate reserves at 95 million barrels. Oil exploration and development work as well as plans to build a 10,000-bbl/d refinery were halted after the 1979 Soviet invasion. A very small amount of crude oil is produced at the Angot field in the northern Sar-i-Pol province. It is processed at a primitive topping plant in Sheberghan, and burned in central heating boilers in Sheberghan, Mazar-i-Sharif, and Kabul. Another small oilfield at Zomrad Sai near Sheberghan was reportedly undergoing repairs in mid-2001.
Petroleum products such as diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel are imported, mainly from Pakistan and Turkmenistan. A small storage and distribution facility exists in Jalalabad on the highway between Kabul and Peshawar, Pakistan. Turkmenistan also has a petroleum product storage and distribution facility at Tagtabazar near the Afghan border, which supplies northwestern Afghanistan.
Besides oil and natural gas, Afghanistan also is estimated to have 73 million tons of coal reserves, most of which is located in the region between Herat and Badashkan in the northern part of the country. Although Afghanistan produced over 100,000 short tons of coal annually as late as the early 1990s, as of 1999, the country was producing only around 1,000 short tons.
Afghanistan's power grid has been severely damaged by years of war. Currently, the ruling Taliban are concentrating on rebuilding damaged hydroelectric plants, power distribution lines, and high-voltage cables. Production of power by Afghanistan's hydroelectric dams was negatively affected by the drought of 1998-2000, resulting in blackouts in Kabul and other cities. Increased rainfall in 2001 has improved power production. The Kajaki Dam in Helmand province near Kandahar is undergoing the addition of another generating turbine with assistance from the Chinese Dongfeng Agricultural Machinery Company. This will add 16.5 megawatts (MW) to its generating capacity when completed. Transmission lines from the Kajaki Dam to Kandahar were repaired in early 2001, along with a substation in the city, restoring supplies of electricity. The Dahla Dam in Kandahar province also has been restored to operation, along with the Breshna-Kot Dam in Nangarhar province, which has a generating capacity of 11.5 MW. The 66-MW Mahipar hydro plant also is now operational.
Turkmenistan supplies electricity to much of northwestern Afghanistan. In October 1999, Afghanistan announced that it had reached agreement with Turkmenistan for electricity imports into northwestern Afghanistan, including power to the city of Herat and the Herat cement plant. Another transmission line has been built from Turkmenistan to the city of Andkhoy, and one was under construction in 2001 to Sheberghan. Electricity has previously been imported from Uzbekistan for Mazar-i-Sharif, but supplies were cut off during the winter of 1999 due to payment arrears.
Regional Pipeline Plans
On December 8, 1998, Unocal announced that it was withdrawing from the Centgas consortium, citing low oil prices and turmoil in Afghanistan as making the pipeline project uneconomical and too risky. Unocal's announcement followed an earlier statement -- in August 1998 -- that the company was suspending its role in the Afghanistan gas pipeline project in light of U.S. government military action in Afghanistan, and also due to intensified fighting between the Taliban and opposition groups. Unocal had previously stressed that the Centgas pipeline project would not proceed until an internationally recognized government was in place in Afghanistan. To date, however, only three countries -- Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates -- have recognized the Taliban government (note: in late September 2001, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates both cut ties with the Taliban).
Besides the gas pipeline, Unocal also had considered building a 1,000-mile, 1-million barrel-per-day (bbl/d) capacity oil pipeline that would link Chardzou, Turkmenistan to Pakistan's Arabian Sea Coast via Afghanistan. Since the Chardzou refinery is already linked to Russia's Western Siberian oil fields, this line could provide a possible alternative export route for regional oil production from the Caspian Sea. The $2.5-billion pipeline is known as the Central Asian Oil Pipeline Project. For a variety of reasons (i.e. war and political instability), however, this project remains highly doubtful for the time being.
In April 1999, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan agreed to reactivate the Turkmenistan-Pakistan gas pipeline project, and to ask the Centgas consortium, now led by Saudi Arabia's Delta Oil (following Unocal's withdrawal from the project), to proceed. Periodic meetings to discuss the project have continued. It remains unlikely, however, that this pipeline will be built.
Infrastructure at a Glance
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facilities which have been reported to be functional or under repair
have been included.
U.S. Geological Survey - Map of Afghanistan's Natural Resources
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|Jan 17 2012, 11:17 PM Post #1
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The stars keep aligning in Genoa City! TV Guide Magazine has learned that Tony award and two-time Emmy winner Ken Howard will appear on CBS' The Young and the Restless as George, the long-estranged dad of battling sibs Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) and Avery (Jessica Collins).
As of now, Howard is set for four episodes. He starts shooting at the number one sudser on January 19 and will hit the air February 23.
Howard was the star of the beloved '70s series The White Shadow and has appeared in a wide range of films from 1776 (he'll always be Thomas Jefferson to us!) and Rambo to Michael Clayton and HBO's Grey Gardens. It's a sure bet the stars of Y&R will be on their best behavior when Howard's on the set — he's also president of the Screen Actors Guild!
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|Jan 18 2012, 12:45 AM Post #2
:sleep: :sleep: :sleep: :sleep: ,
|MN's Nice
|Jan 18 2012, 09:30 AM Post #3
Hope it explains some of the angst between the sisters. Might end up siding with one or the other after it's all said and done.
Personally, I think Avery is naive. Phyllis has either seen it or done it.
We will soon see...
|Jan 18 2012, 09:51 AM Post #4
the Summers Family Secret storyline laid a rotten egg so they're going to bring in Daddy StoleStuff. :shame:
it's not enough that the stories suck. they have to suck AND blow. :censored:
|Jan 18 2012, 10:47 AM Post #5
|:soapbox: :soapbox: :frustration: :frustration: :shame: :shame:
|Jan 18 2012, 12:36 PM Post #6
|Are you kidding me? I thought this storyline was over. Goodness gracious this madness just won't end.
|Jan 18 2012, 02:52 PM Post #7
Why don't they just send Avery on her way, not to bring Mommy and or Daddy in to solve the problems of the sisters ~ Phyllis and freaky Avery??
I don't like Ken Howard, couldn't have they picked someone else other than this sleaze ball??
I am all for Phyllis :cheer: , Avery I could care less about :scared: she's nothing but trouble from the word go!!
Best think for Avery is to go home with Daddy dearest and stay the heck away from GC!!
|Jan 18 2012, 03:58 PM Post #8
it is a BIG deal that the SAG President is doing this "character" on Y & R. SAG is important to the actors and to have Ken Howard there for filming 4 episodes is something!
I remember the "other" George Summers bach when Phyllis's parent's visited, Abbey Dalton played Phyllis's mother, they were both snobs and treated their "only" child like crap, until MAB re-wrote Phyllis's history and gave her the sister from hell.
|Jan 18 2012, 07:26 PM Post #9
I am sorry I must have Ken Howard mixed up with somone else!!
The name is very familiar but I can't place him!!
Hopefully he will get the truth out in the open ~ Phyllis will be the good girl (Phyllis is my favorite) and Avery the brat and holy terror!! :censored: :sarcasm: :badmood: Can't stand Avery!!
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|Jan 18 2012, 07:48 PM Post #10
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^Here's a picture of the actor:
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|Jan 18 2012, 08:47 PM Post #11
Thank you for the picture of Ken Howard!!
Likeing him or not ~ I will watch the Y & R ~ I want or should I say I hope Daddy puts Avery in her place!!
Hope Phyllis turns out to be the good daughter (since she is my favorite) and Avery the bad daughter (don't like her she is such a snob) ~ Miss Goody-Goody two shoes!!
|Jan 18 2012, 11:55 PM Post #12
HBD-Nesta Robert Marley,February 6, 1945 BitchesBrew
WOW! Great Choice to play her dad, the resemblance is rather striking.
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|Sammie Jo
|Jan 19 2012, 12:30 AM Post #13
It's not a big deal at all, he's just another actor who happens to be prez of SAG at the moment, doesn't make him king of the world, he has to work too.
I never even heard of him. I thought Ken Howard was some skinny dark haired guy.
Edited by Sammie Jo, Jan 19 2012, 12:31 AM.
|Jan 19 2012, 03:50 AM Post #14
Indeed, they both have some big azz noses! LOL
|Jan 19 2012, 04:47 AM Post #15
|I remember him on Dynasty. I'd LOVE to see the original story with Phyllis' parents. I'ven ever enjoyed Avery or this connection with Phyllis.
|Jan 19 2012, 09:35 AM Post #16
he is not "just another actor" and evidently you do not know how important SAG is to "the actors"
he has worked on TV, on Broadway and on Film
he is very versatile in both comedy and drama
kudos to TPTB to get someone of this calibar for 4 guest shots and what I think will be the winning emmy reels for Michelle Stafford!
|MN's Nice
|Jan 19 2012, 09:40 AM Post #17
|I'm a Phyllis fan too! I hope he comes back and knock's Avery off her high horse. Granted, Phyllis isn't a saint, but at least she's honest and open on her feelings.
|Sammie Jo
|Jan 21 2012, 12:48 AM Post #18
That's really funny, seeing as how one of my uncles is an actor/author and I worked for Colombia pictures and William Morris Theatrical Agency.
It's nice that you're so impressed but I'm not, he's just another actor who happened to get elected to be the SAG prez.
|Jan 21 2012, 02:12 PM Post #19
It says a lot about the character of people who claim Phyllis is their favorite. Phyllis is a killer (some people have short memories), liar, manipulative, egotistical schemer, nymphomaniac, who has no moral values, no self respect, and no shame.
|Jan 21 2012, 03:33 PM Post #20
He hasn't even aired yet and you're already giving the emmy to Michelle Stafford :huh1:
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I think she looks mighty fine in that pic!!
I think she looks mighty fine in that pic!!
So I guess the guys saying too skinny like fat girls?....lol
Ozzy rules!!
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lol who thumbs this down? Have a sense of humor.
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For the last damn time...Just about every man on this forum would smash even if she is not their ideal woman.
Use the binary system she is either a 1 or 0. 1 you would 0 you wouldn't. Pretty sure most would vote 1
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Proof Reading
Proof reading is among the most essential parts of the jobs of writers and editors. And, as with the quality control aspect of any job, there is levels of daffiness. What? On proof reading this last sentence, I must re-write it: "And, as with the quality control aspect of any job, there are levels of difficulty."
These corrections were easy. Sometimes, though, quality control is more difficult. To exercise judgment and to insure meaningful quality in communication, writers and editors must look at the range of obvious possible interpretations of words by readers/viewers/listeners and choose whether they - as writers and editors -- intend readers/viewers/listners to use those interpretations. If not, then it's back to editing to narrow the range to what's intended to ensure that what's written lies within the common sense of meaning. Then, again, if the words convey what's intended, the job is done. Publish it.
Yesterday's papers, for example, had this report from Baghdad:
Three American troops were killed Saturday in fighting in the western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said. They were the first U.S. fatalities reported in Iraq in four days and only the eighth so far this month.
The use of the word 'only' was noticed -- but not initially by the writers or editors. Rather, by folks in the blogosphere across the political spectrum.
Interestlngly, when one now clicks on the link provided in the blog postings, the connection takes you to a re-written paragraph:
They were the first U.S. fatalities reported in Iraq since Tuesday, raising the number of U.S. personnel killed this month to eight. The average of one death a day is down sharply from a rate of more than two a day in recent months.
"Only' is a word whose range of meanings was simply too broad. 'Down sharply' has a narrower range.
It's hard work writing and editing in the daily -- even moment-to-moment -- cycle of news. Not every mistake of quality gets caught. One advantage of a blogosphere of readers and posters, however, is newspapers get the benefit of thousands, even tens or hundreds of thousands of readers who -- at zero direct monetary cost to those papers -- help with quality control.
Once the disrespect to human life contained in the plain meaning of the word 'only' was pointed out to writers and editors who may have chosen the word to convey some sense of progress in the Iraq war, they changed the wording to retain the sense of progress -- 'down sharply' -- while avoiding the hurt to those whose lives are at risk or have already been lost. They narrowed the range of meaning.
There is, of course, a political aspect to using words. It is unavoidable. In newspapers, that unavoidable aspect -- particularly in a culture so highly polarized -- also indicates it gets more and more difficult to avoid editorialization in what are supposed to be reported articles (and not op-ed pieces).
Consider, then, this choice of words in the headline of an article about the federal deficit in today's NY Times:
Surprising Jump in Tax Revenues Is Curbing Deficit
The article reports an expected increase of $250 billion in tax revenues compared to 2005 that will cause 2006's deficit to -- again: here's the word used -- "shrink" to $300 billion from 2005's deficit of $318 billion.
What range of meanings ought the writers and editors at the NY Times expect readers to impute to the words "curbing" and "shrink"?
My guess is that reasonable readers impute the following meaning: the annual deficit is significantly smaller as a consequence of the rise in tax revenues.
This, of course, takes us back to statistical meanings of words and how those affect political speech in the context of journalism. The blogosphere's rapid feedback mechanisms helped writers and editors around the country shift from writing 'only' 8 Americans have died in the first 8 days of July to writing that, in the first 8 days of July, the rate of American deaths for just one day more than one week is down from an average to 2 per day over 'recent months'. Put differently: sign of hope.
Maybe the blogosphere could also help the NY Times' writers and editors re-think whether 'curbing' and 'shrink' are the quality choice of words for a projected deficit drop of $18 billion on a base of $318 billion -- that is, a decrease of 5.67%.
"Curbing" might cover this. A smoker who curbs his or her habit of, say, two packs a day by 6% - or two fewer cigarettes per day (38 instead of 40) -- might -- be using words in some range of acceptable common meaning. Or, he or she might be in denial. But, once the smoker added, "My rate of smoking has shrunk", the question of delusion is settled: the smoker is not using langauge in any remotely acceptable common sense of the words themselves. Friends and family -- or co-workers -- might be sympathetic and supportive. But none would actually think the smoker had established any change in the underlying addiction.
Smokers, of course, are folks struggling against an addiction. Their demons are personal. They are not making, distributing and selling a product whose very essence -- whose quality -- is directly a function of the common sense of words.
But, smokers -- like executives and employees in any organization -- are creatures of habit. In news organizations, writers and editors are creatures of habit in how they weigh and balance the use of words and for what purposes. The best journalistic values -- behaviors and beliefs -- have always sought to keep reported articles as fact-based and free of opinion as possible. Among the many, complex challenges facing news organizations today is the much greater difficulty of avoiding editorialization in reported articles because of the traumatized politicization of our partisan culture. Finding a range of common sense meanings in articles with political content is flat out very hard to do.
Which means that quality control is even more critical than ever before. And, that the controls are as much directed at the habits, beliefs and behaviors of the writers and editors as they are the words. If predictable habit points in the direction of loose, politicized language -- e.g. using 'shrink' for a change of minor dimension -- the article-by-article corrections are both of heightened criticality and also not enough.
Changing the beliefs and behaviors of already employed people in any organization is among the world's toughest challenges. And while relying on the marketplace -- in this case the blogosphere -- to help is useful and important (think : customer feedback), it is rarely enough. Left too long -- or if the customer feedback mechanism is the only one used -- eventually the orgaizations in question -- along with the jobs of those who work there -- shrink.


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The Walnut Farm Toddler Community is a safe, secure, orderly environment. A Montessori toddler community is more than just a classroom; it is a home away from home for children ages 18 to 36 months. Our Toddler Community is an authentic Montessori environment that includes a nurturing social community where very young children can learn and grow as individuals or participate in cooperative groups with other children. The pervasive feeling of joy in the Toddler Community, as in all our Montessori environments, has its roots in "Freedom with limits", that is appropriate to a child's developmental abilities.
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The Montessori Primary program is an opportunity to nurture your child's individual development within the context of a group setting. He will emerge with a set of skills - social, emotional and academic - while, more importantly, knowing how to function within a group.
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The environment for the children ages 3-6 years has been designated to give the children the "keys to the world." The children learn to care for themselves and their environment in the activities of practical life. Their senses are refined by the work in the sensorial area. Language materials introduce them to the sounds of the alphabet and word building, so they "burst" into reading on their own. Math materials introduce the decimal system to children by familiarizing them with counting, concrete materials for units, tens, hundreds and thousands and the four basic arithmetic operations. Geography and peoples of the world are introduced through puzzle maps, flag work, picture cards and cultural items.
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Montessori saw the second plane (ages 6 through 12) as the time to open up the world to the child, and she was determined to do so in a way that did not reproduce the intellectual fragmentation of traditional curricula - the practical consequence of which she believed to be the obscuring of interdependencies and interconnectedness, leading to an inability to truly understand the political and cultural reality of the modern world. Instead, Cosmic Education presents the world as a beloved place, a place where the children through inspired academic work also come to appreciate the ongoing story of humanity because they can begin to orient themselves in it.
Building on her insight into the importance of imagination in the elementary years, Montessori proposed to "present the universe to the child" in the form of an epic story. All elements of the curriculum would then be related to this story of the universe. In practice, this narrative is told as a set of five stories, the Great Stories of Cosmic Education.
Rather than following the traditional "structure of knowledge" by presenting facts as belonging to biology, zoology, botany, history, geography, physics, chemistry, religion, etc., the Great Stories present a holistic vision of knowledge, drawing on material from the various disciplines as needed. Characteristically, Montessori takes the children from the whole to the parts and back to the whole again. In this way, each academic area emerges naturally from the whole narrative and continually refers back to it.
Above all, Cosmic Education does not present the universe as random and objectified -- as something that has "just happened." Instead, the Great Stories tell of how each particle, each substance, each species, each event has a purpose and a contribution to make to the development of all others. Montessori also wants the child to understand the debt of gratitude that human beings owe to all other parts of the universe; for without them and their special contributions to the interconnected whole, we could not live.
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The outdoor classroom provides a space for learning about nature and the practical life work of gardening, raking, weed pulling, and other outdoor tasks. With the direction of a credentialed Montessori guide, the outdoor classroom is rich in Science lessons such as bird watching and naming, insect and leaf investigations as well as rock classification. This outdoor prepared environment is available to our primary and elementary students. Each primary classroom has a back door which allows the children to flow in and out, making this a free choice throughout the morning work cycle. The elementary children have designated days and various responsibilities in the outdoor environment. In addition to their student roles, the elementary children serve as leaders of the school community and caretakers of the various gardens. The outdoor classroom is an exciting extension of our classroom environments.
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Correspondence to: Lynne M. Mofenson, MD, Pediatric, Adolescent and Maternal AIDS Branch, Center for Research for Mothers and Children, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 4B11, Rockville, MD 20852 (e-mail: email@example.com).
New perinatal HIV infections in resource-rich countries have nearly been eliminated with the combination of universal, opt-out antenatal HIV testing, antiretroviral prophylaxis of the mother and infant, elective cesarean delivery, and avoidance of breastfeeding.1 Although effective interventions are also available to reduce in utero and intrapartum transmission in resource-limited settings, postnatal transmission of HIV through breastfeeding has remained a significant problem.2 Acquisition of HIV through breast milk accounts for an estimated 40% of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 90% of perinatal infection occurs.3,4 Replacement feeding from birth is not feasible or safe in many resource-limited countries due to cost, lack of a safe water supply, the stigma of being associated with HIV infection, and the high risk of mortality and morbidity from diarrhea, pneumonia, and malnutrition in infants who are not breastfed, which can outweigh the risks associated with HIV itself.5-7 HIV-infected mothers in these settings have faced a difficult if not impossible choice-to breastfeed but risk transmitting HIV to their infant or to not breastfeed and risk their infant dying of other infectious diseases or malnutrition. Exclusive breastfeeding has been shown to lower the risk of postnatal HIV transmission compared with mixed feeding, but does not to eliminate risk.8,9
In the past year, exciting new results from observational studies and randomized clinical trials have become available that provide potential solutions to this difficult dilemma. In this issue of JAIDS, Kilewo et al10 present results of the observational Mitra-Plus study. In this study, highly active combination antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was provided to HIV-infected pregnant women starting at 34 weeks gestation and continued through up to 6 months of breastfeeding. The cumulative risk of HIV infection was 5% at 6 months and 6% at 18 months of age; the risk of postnatal infection between 6 weeks and 6 months was only 1%. This risk is significantly lower than observed in breastfeeding infants in the Petra trial arm A, in which zidovudine (AZT)/lamivudine (3TC) was provided starting at 36 weeks gestation, intrapartum, and for 1-week postpartum, with no further postnatal prophylaxis11; in this study, the risk of postnatal HIV infection between 6 weeks and 6 months was 6.5%, with cumulative transmission of 16.4% at 6 months and 17.7% at 18 months of age. Several other observational studies have also suggested that maternal HAART during breastfeeding reduces postnatal HIV transmission.12-14
An alternative intervention that has been evaluated to reduce postnatal infection is antiretroviral prophylaxis given to the infant. The Mitra study was an earlier observational study conducted by Kilewo et al in the same clinics in which they subsequently conducted Mitra-Plus. In Mitra, mothers were given AZT/3TC from 36 weeks gestation to 1-week postpartum, combined with 1-week AZT/3TC to the infant, followed by administration of daily 3TC to the infant during breastfeeding for a maximum of 6 months.15 The cumulative infection rate was 3.8% at 6 weeks and 4.9% at 6 months of age, with the risk of postnatal HIV infection between 6 weeks and 6 months 1.1%, remarkably similar to what is reported in the current study with maternal HAART prophylaxis.
Two randomized, controlled clinical trials were published last year that also demonstrated that infant prophylaxis with daily nevirapine (NVP) or NVP/AZT significantly reduced postnatal infection compared with short regimens without extended infant prophylaxis. The Six Week Extended Nevirapine (SWEN) study, a combined analysis of similar studies in Ethiopia, Uganda, and India, compared single-dose maternal/infant NVP alone to single-dose NVP plus extended daily infant NVP through age 6 weeks.16 The Post-Exposure Prophylaxis to the Infant (PEPI) trial in Malawi evaluated a somewhat longer regimen of infant prophylaxis, comparing a control regimen of single-dose maternal/infant NVP combined with 1 week of infant AZT to combining the control regimen with 14 weeks of extended daily infant NVP or 14 weeks of extended NVP/AZT.17 In both studies, a significant decrease in postnatal HIV infection compared with the control group was observed during the period of infant prophylaxis-in SWEN, there was a 46% decrease in postnatal HIV infection at age 6 weeks in infants uninfected at birth with extended NVP compared with the control arm, and in PEPI-Malawi there was a 66% decrease in postnatal infection at age 14 weeks with infant NVP compared with the control arm. In both studies, after discontinuation of prophylaxis, there was a continued risk of postnatal HIV transmission in infants who continued to be breastfed, which was seen at similar rates between study arms.
At the 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention held in Capetown, South Africa, in July 2009, results from several randomized clinical trials became available that confirmed the efficacy of both maternal HAART and infant antiretroviral prophylaxis in reducing postnatal infection. The Kesho Bora trial randomized HIV-infected pregnant women with CD4 counts 200-500 cells/μL to maternal HAART starting at 28-36 weeks gestation through 6-months postpartum compared with antepartum AZT starting at 28-36 weeks, with single-dose NVP at the onset of labor combined with 1 week of postnatal AZT/3TC to prevent NVP resistance (which will subsequently be referred to as "short-course AZT").18 All infants received single-dose NVP and 1 week of AZT. The rates of HIV infection at birth (reflecting the comparative efficacy of antepartum maternal HAART to short-course AZT in preventing in utero infection) were similar between study arms, 1.8% in the maternal HAART arm, and 2.2% in the short-course AZT arm. However, at age 6 months, cumulative HIV infection rates were 4.9% in the maternal HAART arm compared with 8.5% in the short-course arm, demonstrating that a maternal HAART regimen with extended maternal postnatal prophylaxis was significantly better than a short-course AZT regimen without an extended postnatal component in reducing breast milk infection. Between 6 weeks and 6 months of age, the postnatal infection rate was 1.6% in the maternal HAART arm compared with 3.7% in the short-course AZT arm without extended postnatal prophylaxis. Of note, as in the SWEN and PEPI-Malawi studies, the rate of infection after prophylaxis was discontinued, between 6 months and 12 months of age, was similar in the 2 arms, 0.6% in the maternal HAART arm, and 1.0% in the short-course AZT arm.
The Mma Bana trial randomized HIV-infected pregnant women with CD4 counts >200 cells/μL to 2 different HAART regimens, a triple nucleoside regimen or a protease inhibitor-containing regimen, initiated between 26 and 34 weeks gestation and given through 6 months of breastfeeding; infants received single-dose NVP and 4 weeks of AZT.19 The rates of viral suppression at delivery and during breastfeeding were >90% and similar between the 2 HAART regimens. The cumulative rate of infant HIV infection at age 6 months was 1.0% (95% CI, 0.5%-2.0%), with only 2 infections (0.4% transmission) observed in 553 infants during breastfeeding, without significant differences between the 2 HAART regimens.
Finally, the Breastfeeding, Antiretroviral and Nutrition (BAN) trial enrolled HIV-infected pregnant women with CD4 counts >250 cells/μL at the time of delivery (no antepartum antiretroviral drugs were received) and compared a control arm of maternal intrapartum single-dose NVP plus 1 week of AZT/3TC (all infants also received single-dose NVP and 1 week of AZT/3TC) with either the control arm regimen plus maternal HAART given from 1 week to 6 months postpartum or the control arm regimen plus daily infant NVP given from 1 week to 6 months of age.20 The cumulative probability of HIV infection at age 6 months in infants who were uninfected at birth was 6.4% in the control arm, 3.0% in the maternal HAART arm (P = 0.0032 vs control), and 1.8% in the infant NVP arm (P < 0.0001 vs control). Although the trial was not powered to detect differences between the 2 experimental arms, the rates were not statistically different between maternal HAART and infant NVP prophylaxis (P = 0.12).
There are major difficulties in comparing HIV transmission rates between the various maternal and infant postnatal prophylaxis studies. For example, antepartum antiretroviral drug administration and duration (if given) differs between studies, yet is clearly important in terms of prevention of in utero infection and for comparisons of cumulative infection risk; the duration of postnatal prophylaxis differs between studies; CD4 count at entry into the studies differs; rates of exclusive breastfeeding differ; the duration of breastfeeding, and hence the time at risk for postnatal infection, is not specified in several studies; some studies do not provide birth infection rates, making it difficult to compare incremental benefit of interventions during the breastfeeding period because the proportion of transmission occurring in utero cannot be determined. For example, in the Mma Bana trial, which reported the lowest rate of infant HIV transmission of all studies to date (cumulative HIV transmission 1% at age 6 months), median maternal CD4 at enrollment was 398-403 cells/μL, the median duration of antepartum HAART was 11 weeks, 93% of infants exclusively breastfed through age 6 months, and reported adherence to HAART was 93%. In contrast, in the maternal HAART arm in the Kesho Bora study, where 6-month cumulative HIV transmission was 4.9%, the median maternal CD4 at enrollment was 335 cell/μL, the median duration of antepartum HAART was 6 weeks, only 48% of infants exclusively breastfed through age 3 months, and adherence to HAART was not specified but was 89% in a Kesho Bora observational cohort of women on HAART with CD4 count <200 cells/μL.18,21
Given these caveats, the currently available data suggest that provision of antiretroviral drugs to the breastfeeding infant may have comparable efficacy to provision of HAART to the lactating mother. The Mitra study of infant prophylaxis and Mitra-Plus study of maternal prophylaxis were conducted sequentially in the same clinics, both provided some maternal antepartum antiretroviral prophylaxis, and both provided the same duration (6 months) of postnatal prophylaxis; the cumulative HIV transmission rates at 6 months were similar (4.9% with infant prophylaxis in MITRA and 5.0% with maternal prophylaxis in Mitra-Plus), and the risk of late transmission between 6 weeks and 6 months was similar (1.1% and 1.0%, respectively).10,15 Similarly, data from the randomized comparison of extended maternal and infant postnatal prophylaxis interventions in the BAN study showed similar efficacy between the 2 intervention (with a 72% decrease in postnatal HIV infection between birth and age 6 months compared with the control group with extended infant NVP and 53% decrease with maternal HAART).20
Thus, observational studies confirmed by randomized clinical trials have now identified 2 interventions that can significantly reduce postnatal HIV infection. One key issue in decisions related to what antiretroviral regimens to choose for an HIV-infected pregnant woman is whether the antiretroviral drugs are being provided for treatment (in which case HAART should be provided) or for solely for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (in which case shorter, less intensive regimens may be equally as effective). Women who require treatment for their own health (eg, clinical symptoms or CD4 count <350 cells/μL) are those at greatest risk of maternal morbidity and mortality and are also at greatest risk of postnatal transmission to their infant22; these women should clearly receive HAART for their own health starting as soon as possible during pregnancy and continuing after cessation of breastfeeding; this will both preserve maternal health and increase survival and also decrease postnatal HIV transmission. In both Mitra-Plus and Mma Bana, the duration of antepartum HAART therapy was significantly associated with the risk of transmission,10,19 demonstrating the importance of early identification HIV infection and rapid determination of the need for treatment to allow prompt initiation of HAART for HIV-infected pregnant women with clinical symptoms or CD4 count <350 cells/μL.
For women with CD4 count >350 cells/μL, either maternal HAART or infant prophylaxis seem acceptable interventions for prevention of postnatal infection. The Kesho Bora trial results suggest that for women with higher CD4 count, antepartum maternal HAART and antepartum short-course AZT/plus single-dose NVP have similar efficacy for preventing in utero infection,18 and the Mitra-Plus/Mitra studies and the BAN trial results suggest similar efficacy of maternal HAART and infant prophylaxis for preventing postnatal infection.10,15,20 In the trials reported to date, both interventions seem to be safe in the short-term for the mother and the infant. Both interventions are associated with the potential for the risk of drug resistance in infants who become infected despite maternal or infant prophylaxis.23,24
The maternal and infant antiretroviral prophylaxis interventions evaluated to date provide prophylaxis for a maximum of 6 months, counseling infant weaning at that time. However, increasing data suggest that shortening the duration of breastfeeding may be associated with increased risk of malnutrition and infant mortality due to infectious diseases.2,5-7,25-28 In the Zambia Exclusive Breastfeeding Study, early cessation of breastfeeding was particularly harmful for infants of women with higher CD4 cell count.28 In the PEPI-Malawi infant prophylaxis study, where weaning at 6 months of age was recommended, there was a higher incidence of gastroenteritis and infant mortality in the period immediately after breastfeeding cessation when compared with a historical control with continued breastfeeding.25 In the Mashi study, discontinuation of breastfeeding was the primary risk factor for infant morbidity.27
The choice of intervention for prevention of perinatal and postnatal HIV transmission in women who do not require treatment for their own health will involve weighing a number of considerations including the relative costs, feasibility, risks, and benefits of the interventions. The World Health Organization is having a meeting in the fall to review the available data and to modify their current guidelines for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission.
A number of important issues still remain to be addressed. The effect of prolonged HAART administration in women who do not require it for their own health followed by discontinuation after weaning needs further evaluation, as do the long-term effects of in utero exposure to multiple antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy. Given that the effects of prophylaxis are limited to the period prophylaxis is provided and that early weaning of infants even at age 6 months is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, the risks and benefits of using these strategies used long term for the duration of breastfeeding (without early weaning) needs to be directly compared in a rigorous scientific fashion. A number of studies are planned to address these questions.
It is important to note that although we have new tools added to our armamentarium for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, implementation of the existing proven effective interventions has been slow in resource-limited countries. Low rates of HIV testing among pregnant women, lack of availability and access to antenatal and prevention of mother-to-child transmission services, and difficulties integrating perinatal prevention interventions within existing antiretroviral treatment and maternal and child health services, compounded by human resource constraints, have contributed to the slow pace of expansion of prevention coverage. Additionally, prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission cannot be viewed in isolation from optimization of maternal health and survival. Maternal and infant health are inextricably linked; uninfected infants born to HIV-infected women have higher rates of mortality than infants born to uninfected women and infant mortality is associated with advanced maternal disease. Assuring HAART for HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women who require treatment for HIV disease (CD4 count <350 cells/μL or clinical symptoms) is essential to optimize maternal and child health and survival.
Implementation of postnatal antiretroviral prophylaxis, whether for infants or women, will be challenging, as it has been for implementation of perinatal prophylaxis. However, the cost of indecision and delay in program implementation is high. Each pediatric HIV infection that is not prevented increases the ultimate economic and social cost to each family, community, and country. We have proven interventions to prevent perinatal and breast milk HIV transmission in resource-limited countries-now we need to implement them.
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