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MEMPHIS — Mike Conley had 21 points and 13 assists and the Memphis Grizzlies held off the Atlanta Hawks 108-101 on Sunday.
MEMPHIS — Mike Conley had 21 points and 13 assists and the Memphis Grizzlies held off the Atlanta Hawks 108-101 on Sunday.
Zach Randolph registered 18 points and 12 rebounds, while Courtney Lee and Mike Miller both netted 15 points for the Grizzlies, who have won three of their last four games.
Paul Millsap supplied 21 points, six boards and six assists, while Jeff Teague tallied 20 points and five helpers for Atlanta, which has lost four of its last six games.
Atlanta trailed by three, 93-90, with just under six minutes to play, but the Grizzlies answered with a 9-2 swing capped by two free throws from Conley to grab a 102-92 lead with 2:46 to play.
The Hawks got within five on Millsap's 3-pointer with 21.6 seconds left, but Randolph went 4-of-4 from the charity stripe to seal the outcome.
Memphis led 77-64 late in the third quarter, but the Hawks scored the game's next 16 points, capped by back-to-back triples from DeMarre Carroll that gave the visitors an 80-77 edge early in the fourth.
However, Conley capped a 10-2 Memphis swing with a pull-up jumper to give the Grizzlies an 89-84 lead with 7 1/2 minutes remaining.
Neither team created much separation in the early going until Memphis closed the second quarter on an 8-2 swing to take a 48-41 lead into halftime.
Teague's jumper with just over four minutes left in the third found the Hawks within 67-64, but Memphis reeled off 10 straight points to push the margin to 13 with just under two minutes left in the third.
Game Notes
Memphis scored 25 points off 15 Atlanta turnovers … Atlanta's Kyle Korver went 1-of-2 from 3-point range and has hit a 3 in an NBA-record 107 straight games … The Hawks fell to 6-13 on the road this season … Carroll finished with 15 points.


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The Reds know firsthand what Travis Wood can do when he's on his game. This time, they got to see it from the other side of the field.
The left-hander beat Cincinnati for the first time in his career, repeatedly pitching out of threats for seven innings, and the Chicago Cubs stalled the Reds' week-long surge with a 2-0 victory Monday night.
Wood (9-11) finally beat the team that traded him after the 2011 season. He was 0-4 in his career, including three losses this season. He allowed six hits and fanned seven.
"He's an All-Star," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "He was able to make his pitches when he needed to. We had men in scoring position seven times in the game, we just couldn't get that hit tonight. "
Kevin Gregg gave up a double in the ninth while earning his 31st save in 35 chances.
Ryan Sweeney and Luis Valbuena homered off Bronson Arroyo (13-11), who had won his last four starts against the Cubs. Arroyo was good, but not quite as good as his former teammate.
"We've been rolling and winning some ballgames," Arroyo said. "It was just a hard-fought game where you don't feel you pitched that bad, the guy on the other side just does a little better job than you."
The Reds were coming off a refreshing week - six wins in seven games against the rival Cardinals and the NL West-leading Dodgers, leaving Cincinnati only 1 1/2 games out in the NL Central. And with St. Louis idle Monday, the Reds had a chance to gain a half-game on first place.
Cincinnati hasn't been within a game of first place since May 25. The Reds have won a lot of close games and made up a lot of ground since falling a season-high 7 games out on Aug. 8.
Facing a team they have dominated, they wasted a chance to move closer.
"We had a good run against the Cardinals and the Dodgers," Arroyo said. "It would have been nice to continue it tonight, but that's what good pitching does."
Cincinnati is 13-4 against the Cubs this season. Overall, Cincinnati has won 12 of its last 15 and 22 of its last 27 against Chicago.
The last-place Cubs started their longest trip since the 2004 season, 11 games in 11 days. They also go to Pittsburgh and Milwaukee.
Sweeney hit his sixth homer in the second inning and Valbuena hit his 11th in the third. Valbuena's homer left him 6 for 12 career against Arroyo with two homers - one of the few Chicago hitters with good results against the right-hander.
Arroyo allowed seven hits over seven innings, striking out six.
Wood was traded to the Cubs for left-handed reliever Sean Marshall after the 2011 season. He had pitched well against the Reds, allowing only two runs in three of his four starts against them this season. The problem was a lack of offense.
Didn't need it this time.
Wood forced Cincinnati to strand a runner at second base in the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. After Shin-Soo Choo doubled with one out in the fifth, Wood got Brandon Phillips and Joey Votto on called third strikes.
The Reds stranded seven runners in scoring position in seven innings.
"It's the first time I've ever beaten them. That's really nice," Wood said. "I've pitched some good games against them, and they've gotten me a few times, too, so this one was nice."
Choo was hit in the back with a pitch in the third inning, the 25th time the leadoff hitter has been plunked this season. With that, Choo surpassed Jason LaRue for the club record.
Notes: It was the Cubs' sixth shutout this season. ... Reds SS Zack Cozart had two doubles, extending his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games. ... RHP Johnny Cueto continues to throw without pain. Cueto is on the DL for the third time this season with shoulder problems. The Reds haven't decided when he could pitch in a game or what role he might have. "You don't want to force him in there and end up hurting his shoulder," Baker said. "It's great to have him as a possibility." ... LHP Tony Cingrani (7-3) starts for the Reds on Tuesday, his second appearance since returning from back spasms. The Cubs go with Edwin Jackson (7-15), who leads the NL in losses.
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ASADA denies tabling ban deal with AFL
AFL CEO denies knowledge of ASADA offer
ASADA denies it has tabled an offer with AFL boss Gillon McLachlan to reduce bans for Essendon players caught up in the AFL club's controversial supplements program.
Media reports on Friday claimed the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority had proposed a deal to McLachlan that would allow players to have sanctions cut to six months on condition they accepted taking performance-enhancing substances in 2011-2012.
There was also a suggestion that the anti-doping authority would withdraw the offer if the Bombers waited until the Federal Court handed down its decision on the legality of ASADA's joint investigation with the AFL.
McLachlan denied any knowledge of such an offer in two separate radio interviews on Friday morning, which was later backed by ASADA.
"At no time has ASADA put forward a sanction proposal to Essendon players, or their legal representatives, linked to the timing of the Federal Court decision," it said in a statement on Friday.
"ASADA can also confirm that it has not 'tabled' a sanction proposal with the AFL chief executive regarding Essendon football players."
McLachlan, however, said ASADA boss Ben McDevitt indicated earlier this year - after players were issued with show-cause notices - that the ASADA Act had provisions to reduce sanctions for "substantial assistance" or "no significant fault".
"So I think that six-month thing has been around and broadly well-known, but I haven't had a deal put on my desk," he told Fairfax Radio in Melbourne.
Asked whether there was an existing offer on the table to the Bombers players for reduced sanctions, the CEO said he didn't know "specifically" and didn't want to comment any further.
Interim Bombers coach Mark Thompson was later asked if Essendon should consider a deal, to which he replied: "That's a hypothetical question. I don't want to even answer because I hope it doesn't happen."
McLachlan admitted the situation had been complicated by the suggestion that 17 current and former Cronulla NRL players could have their bans reduced and backdated because of the "inordinate delay" in ASADA's investigation.
"If it's true what ... the offer to the Cronulla players is, that the (ban) gets backdated, it may be that they serve a minimum of three months," he said.
The chief executive said he hoped things would be resolved in time for next season, but noted that everything had essentially been "frozen" while Essendon's Federal Court case was in progress.
"I certainly hope that we go into 2015 with resolution and clarity," he said.
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From its founding in 1866 as the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, the state's flagship public university has proudly pursued its founders' goal of "fostering an educated citizenry" in New Hampshire.
First situated in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, New Hampshire College moved to Durham in 1893 after Benjamin Thompson, a prosperous farmer, bequeathed land and money to further the development of the college.
In 1893, Thompson Hall was completed, built with native granite and state-manufactured brick. That fall, with 37-year-old, former minister Charles S. Murkland at its helm, the College opened its doors in Durham. In his inaugural address, President Murkland spoke of the "full freedom of the highest intellectual fellowship," committing the College to also embrace the liberal arts.
For more than a century thereafter, UNH grew exponentially as the GI Bill, the growth in academic fields of study, and expanding regional reputation brought waves of new students to the University's campuses.
Today, UNH is not only a land-grant institution but also a designated sea- and space-grant University, and ranks among the top-tier research institutions nationally. The University comprises dozens of academic departments, interdisciplinary institutes, and research centers that attract students and faculty from around the world. As state-of-the-art facilities are built to support academic growth, and new residence and dining halls are built to meet the growing popularity of campus life, the University continues to rest lightly on old Ben Thompson's farm, where some 13,000 students and hundreds of faculty and staff live and work amid the rolling hills and riverbeds of one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation.
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Hi everyone,
One of the fantastic things about this forum is that it is a place where patients can both share their experiences and learn from others. Unfortunately, it can often be challenging to get at the information you want.
To make patient experiences more accessible, I have been playing around with a patient experience wiki. Please note, this is just a proof of concept. It is far from a complete! Having said that, please feel free to add any information you think would improve the wiki (lots of pages are currently "red links" meaning those pages haven't been created yet).
The proof of concept wiki is currently hosted on Wikia. However, if people think it is worthwhile, it would be fairly easy to move it anywhere (including the CCF website).
The main wiki page is http://cholangiocarcinoma.wikia.com/wik … inoma_Wiki
A blue link has some information, and the red links currently are empty.
To give you more of a feel for what it could be like, I added a bit more information to areas that either I had more experience with (e.g. the gemcis wiki page here: http://cholangiocarcinoma.wikia.com/wiki/GemCis)
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Emotional or verbal abuse of athletes can take many forms such as: (1) when a coach excessively, in comparison to treatment of other athletes, singles out an athlete through negative interactions; (2) when a coach routinely uses profanity or degrading language; (3) when a coach personalizes error correction; (4) when a coach devalues a player's role on the team, potential for success, or value as a person; (5) when a coach constantly blames the team or groups of players for failures; and (6) when a coach isolates a player by ignoring him or her. Coaches must make every effort to avoid such conduct. Coaches should immediately call a halt to any bullying or emotional verbal abuse undertaken by any athlete toward another while in the coach's presence. Coaches should refrain from and disallow their athletes from engaging in verbal discourse that denigrates others.
What is considered to be emotionally or verbally abusive coach behavior towards athletes?
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The Obama Administration rejected the Keystone XL pipeline on Wednesday, saying the deadline imposed by Congress did not leave sufficient time to conduct the necessary review.
"This announcement is not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of a deadline that prevented the State Department from gathering the information necessary to approve the project and protect the American people," President Obama said in a statement. "I'm disappointed that Republicans in Congress forced this decision."
TransCanada Corp's proposal to build a 1,700-mile Canada-to-Texas pipeline may not be dead, however. The State Department said the denial does not "preclude any subsequent applications."
TransCanada's CEO Russ Girling said in a statement, "TransCanada remains fully committed to construction of Keystone XL. Plans are already underway on a number of fronts to largely maintain the construction schedule of the project."
Last November the Obama Administration delayed a decision on a presidential permit for the project until 2013. But lawmakers that support the project attached a measure to a tax-cut law passed at the end of last year that set a February deadline for a decision.
The Keystone XL pipeline has been a controversial issue. Environmental groups are concerned about carbon emissions from oil sands production and possible leaks along the pipeline.
Supporters of the project, including the oil industry, some unions and many Republican lawmakers, say it's an important job creator that will lessen America's dependence on oil imported from the Middle East.
Environmental groups called Wednesday's announcement a victory.
"President Obama put the health and safety of the American people and our air, lands and water – our national interest – above the interests of the oil industry," Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement. "His decision represents a triumph of truth over Big Oil's bullying tactics and its disinformation campaign with wildly exaggerated jobs claims."
Those who support the pipeline, however, were unhappy.
House Speaker John Boehner says President Obama is breaking his promise to create jobs by rejecting a plan to build the pipeline.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Thomas Donohue said in a statement, "This political decision offers hard evidence that creating jobs is not a high priority for this administration. The President's decision sends a strong message to the business community and to investors: keep your money on the sidelines, America is not open for business."


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AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market has agreed to purchase six leases from Johnnie's Foodmaster, a family-owned grocery chain based in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The transaction is expected to close Nov. 30. Johnnie's Foodmaster will close all six locations prior to the closing date.
The six leases include South Weymouth, Arlington, Charlestown, Brookline, Melrose and Somerville and average 31,000 square feet in size. Whole Foods Market intends to remodel each location, with the goal of reopening all six stores before the end of its 2013 fiscal year. Whole Foods Market does not expect the transaction to be material to sales or earnings for fiscal year 2013.
"To have the opportunity to sell to a company like Whole Foods Market has made a tough decision much easier," said John DeJesus, president of Johnnie's Foodmaster. "I know that my employees and our loyal customers are in the best hands, and that the communities will benefit greatly from the product selection and shopping experience that Whole Foods Market offers."
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Nicki Minaj Offers Her Take on 'Passive-Aggressive' Mariah Carey Feud on Episode 2 of 'My Truth'
Nicki Minaj's diva antics continued on full, unapologetic display in the second episode of her three-part 'My Truth' mini-series on E! But while the first episode didn't exactly paint the 'Starships' singer in the most flattering light, the second ep shows her better side. In addition to filming videos and recording with Lil Wayne, she also gives her side of the story and her take on her now infamous feud with Mariah Carey on the set of 'American Idol.'
She addresses her battle with Carey to Mack Maine, president of Young Money. "I had reached my boiling point, 20 minutes before that happened," Minaj said. "She egged me on." Minaj left the production to avoid a dustup. When she came back, there was "another jab" from Carey and she lost her you-know-what, and it made national news.
Minaj contends that Carey did not want another female doing the show and stealing her shine, and that the diva nitpicked her, likely because she was threatened by another strong woman's presence. "I don't do well with that passive-aggressive s—," she admits. While the rapper wonders throughout the ep if her diva attitude makes her come off like a b—-, she declares she is no gangsta.
The rapper was also blindsided by Carey going to Barbara Walters, and saying she increased her security detail due to the rapper's threats. Her side of the story is that Carey was attacking her in passive-aggressive fashion. She seems to have put the fracas behind her, espousing her love for the producers and declaring that she will keep moving forward and that no one will run her off the show. End o' story.
We also watch her interact with Laurieann Gibson, former creative director of the Haus of Gaga. Minaj also lets us see her first rehearsal of new choreography, and she is hesitant to slide down a stripper pole. She doesn't feel graceful or athletic while doing so, but she conquers that fear quickly.
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Red Blood Cell (RBC) Survival Following Transfusion in Infants
This study has been completed.
University of Iowa
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Thrasher Research Fund
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University of Iowa
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First received: August 5, 2008
Last updated: December 23, 2014
Last verified: December 2014
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OUR OVERALL HYPOTHESIS is that post-transfusion survival of allogeneic and autologous RBCs can be accurately quantified in anemic human infants using biotin-labeled RBCs combined with mathematical modeling that adjusts for confounding factors commonly encountered in neonates. These confounding factors include 1) dilution of labeled RBC as a result of growth stimulated erythropoiesis, anemia stimulated erythropoiesis, and blood transfusion; 2) loss of labeled RBC due to laboratory phlebotomy; and 3) variable RBC life spans resulting from RBCs having been produced at different developmental periods and under varying rates of erythropoiesis. In contrast to infants, adjustment for these factors is not necessary in healthy adults under conditions of steady state erythropoiesis. Instead in adults, RBC survival is typified by a linear decline in concentration of labeled RBCs over time. When this line is extrapolated to zero concentration, the intercept with the time axis represents the mean potential lifespan (MPL) of RBCs. (<7 d) and stored (>21 d) allogeneic adult RBCs transfused in the same infant.
|Neonatal Anemia
|Biological: Transfused Biotin RBCs - Adults Phase I Biological: Transfused Biotin RBCs - Infants Phase II Biological: Transfused Biotin RBCs - Infants Phase III
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|Red Blood Cell Survival Following Transfusion in Infants
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MedlinePlus related topics: Anemia Blood Transfusion and Donation
Drug Information available for: BiotinU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by University of Iowa:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Measurement of biotinylated RBCs at up to 5 discrete densities by flow cytometry. [ Time Frame: from date of transfusion to disappearance of biotinylated RBCs in blood samples, typically 4 months. ]
- RBC survival in days of multiple, distinct populations of transfused RBCs in premature infants. [ Time Frame: 20 minutes - 4 months ]
- Long-term survival of transfused adult donor and fetal/placental RBCs in days in anemic newborn infants. [ Time Frame: 20 min - 6 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Positive antibody screen in response to biotin-labeled RBCs. [ Time Frame: 5 min - 6 mo post transfusion of biotin RBCs ]
- Survival of RBCs in days as measured by the differential agglutination, antigenic method [ Time Frame: 5 min to 5 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: PPG1A - Adults
Phase I completed: Healthy male and post-menopausal female volunteers between the ages of 18 and 65. Volunteers must not have donated blood in the previous 8 weeks.
Biological: Transfused Biotin RBCs - Adults Phase I
A 3 mL venous blood sample is obtained. 250 mL of blood will be drawn to a blood collection bag containing the anticoagulant CPD. Separate equal volumes of RBCs are labeled with up to five different densities of biotin. The biotinylated RBCs are resuspended in autologous plasma to achieve a 60 to 70% hematocrit. An IV is inserted for the reinfusion of the biotinylated RBCs. Three mL aliquots of blood are sampled at 5, 10, 20, and 60 minutes after infusion. The subject returns ~24 hours and 3 days after the RBC infusion to obtain a 3 mL venous blood sample. Subjects return for weekly 3 mL blood sampling.
Experimental: PPG1B - Infants
Phase II in progress: Newborns >= 24 weeks gestation who are patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics that are being treated with the expectation of survival.
Biological: Transfused Biotin RBCs - Infants Phase II
After the infant's clinical care team decides that a RBC transfusion is needed, a 15mL/kilogram of body weight is ordered. Transfusion will be given in 2 parts: 1) approximately 80% of the total transfusion to be transfused over 3-4 hours and 2) approximately 20% of the total transfusion will be marked with biotin to be transfused upon completion of the first part. The bedside nurse maintains constant observation of the infant as appropriate for the infant's condition, assessing for signs and symptoms of a transfusion reaction.Biological: Transfused Biotin RBCs - Infants Phase III
Phase III (infants) to be determined upon completion of Phase II (infants).
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 6 Months (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Adult Study:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males or post-menopausal females
- 18-65 years of age.
- Weight >110 lbs.
- Healthy- the subject feels well and can perform normal activities.
Hemoglobin at or above 12.5 g/dL or hematocrit at or above 38%.
- Note: Members of the research team that are not supervised or under the employee of the PI may participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Presence of chronic illness unless the subject is being treated and the condition is under control.
- Consumption of biotin supplements or raw eggs.
- Premenopausal women.
- Blood donation in the previous 8 weeks (single donation) or 16 weeks (double red cell donation).
- Blood loss in the previous 8 weeks due to epistaxis, gastrointestinal blood loss, trauma, significant diagnostic phlebotomy loss (i.e., > 30 mL total), or other significant bleeding
Treatment with antibiotics within the last 7 days. Antibiotics for prevention of an infection or treatment of acne are not exclusion criteria.
- Note: If study subjects experience any of these conditions associated with blood loss or donate any blood products, they will not be included in the primary analysis but will be replaced.
Infant Study:
Inclusion Criteria:
- >/= 24 weeks gestation
- mothers who deliver through the birthcanal or by c-section can be included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant with fetus with major congenital anomaly.
- Clinically suspected or documented maternal chorioamnionitis (This only applies to infant study subjects receiving autologous RBCs from the placenta).
- Viral or bacterial infection (e.g. HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Primary Herpes, Tuberculosis) based on clinically available prenatal or postnatal test results in the mother's medical record. (This only applies to infant study subjects receiving autologous RBCs from the placenta.)
- minor mothers (<18 years old) are excluded from the study.
Inclusion Criteria:
Newborns >/=24 weeks gestation who are patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at UIHC that:
1) Are being treated with the expectation of survival.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Difference of more than 5% in the percentage of HbF cells (measured by flow cytometry in the Widness lab) between blood harvested from the placenta and that from discarded neonatal blood in the first day of life and before the first neonatal blood transfusion. This is done to exclude the rare possibility of transfusing newborns with blood that is contaminated with a significant proportion of their mother's blood if a maternal-to-placenta bleed occurs after umbilical cord clamping is done. (This only applies to infant study subjects receiving autologous RBCs from the placenta.)
- Need of emergent blood transfusion as determined by the subject's medical care team.
- Hematological diseases (except for anemia associated with phlebotomy loss and prematurity)
- Alloimmune hemolytic anemia, diffuse intravascular coagulation, and thrombosis.
- Major congenital anomaly.
- Sepsis with positive blood or spinal fluid culture.
- Receiving treatment with erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) or cardiorespiratory bypass support (ECMO).
- Overt clinical bleeding.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00731588
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00731588
|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
|University of Iowa
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Iowa
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Thrasher Research Fund
|Principal Investigator:
|John A Widness, MD
|University of Iowa
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
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Mock DM, Matthews NI, Strauss RG, Burmeister LF, Schmidt R, Widness JA. Red blood cell volume can be independently determined in vitro using sheep and human red blood cells labeled at different densities of biotin. Transfusion. 2009 Jun;49(6):1178-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02095.x. Epub 2009 Feb 10.
Mock DM, Matthews NI, Zhu S, Burmeister LF, Zimmerman MB, Strauss RG, Schmidt RL, Nalbant D, Cress GA, Widness JA. Red blood cell (RBC) volume can be independently determined in vivo in humans using RBCs labeled at different densities of biotin. Transfusion. 2011 Jan;51(1):148-57. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02770.x.
Mock DM, Matthews NI, Zhu S, Strauss RG, Schmidt RL, Nalbant D, Cress GA, Widness JA. Red blood cell (RBC) survival determined in humans using RBCs labeled at multiple biotin densities. Transfusion. 2011 May;51(5):1047-57. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02926.x. Epub 2010 Nov 9.
Mock DM, Lankford GL, Matthews NI, Burmeister LF, Kahn D, Widness JA, Strauss RG. Accelerated removal of antibody-coated red blood cells from the circulation is accurately tracked by a biotin label. Transfusion. 2012 May;52(5):1097-105. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03397.x. Epub 2011 Oct 24.
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Widness JA, Kuruvilla DJ, Mock DM, Matthews NI, Nalbant D, Cress GA, Schmidt RL, Strauss RG, Zimmerman MB, Veng-Pedersen P. Autologous Infant and Allogeneic Adult Red Cells Demonstrate Similar Concurrent Post-Transfusion Survival in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates. J Pediatr. 2015 Nov;167(5):1001-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.08.028. Epub 2015 Sep 9.
|Responsible Party:
|University of Iowa
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00731588 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2P01HL046925 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|August 5, 2008
|Last Updated:
|December 23, 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anemia, Neonatal
Hematologic Diseases
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Vitamin B Complex
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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I remember travelling from Vermont to High Point, North Carolina exactly 5 years ago to meet with Gerry Cooklin of South Cone Furniture, Susan Inglis of "From The Mountain" (who is now the Executive Director of the Sustainable Furnishings Council, SFC) and a handful of visionaries. Our mission was to promote forest conservation in the furniture industry. That was Year 1 for Vermont Woods Studios Sustainable Furniture and the trip was instrumental in charting a course for our company.
I had read alot about Gerry and Susan before I attended the meeting. To me they were larger than life– and they still are. Five years ago though, they were the first in the industry to talk about the fact that Americans were unwittingly contributing to the decimation of endangered species of the forest (including all the big cats and great apes) by purchasing cheap imported furniture made from timber that was being clear cut from the worlds rainforests. Their pitch was for the formation of a furniture industry group that would promote healthy, sustainable practices particularly with regard to the use of responsibly harvested wood.
Since that meeting 5 years ago, Susan and Gerry have been successful in recruiting some 400 companies to join the SFC. There is much work left to be done, but these two champions of the forest are inspirational leaders in the green furniture movement and we are grateful for their relentless pursuit of sustainability in our industry.
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i didn't see a place for me to post a warning to other people that this dvd is a waste of money. very VERY little actual footage... and when there is the camera work is crap (though, they're using nice cameras). some of the interviews are interesting... some aren't. overall there just isn't much there.
i just ordered the two marshall street disc golf dvds based on your reviews... and the fact there's 4 hours of footage on each one i can't wait to see a real disc golf dvd.


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Here's a must-read book on the American filmmaker Spike Lee.
As the website for the book notes, "Spike Lee has directed, written, produced, and acted in dozens of films that present an expansive, nuanced, proudly opinionated, and richly multifaceted portrait of American society. As the only African-American filmmaker ever to establish a world-class career, Lee has paid acute attention to the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities. But white men and women also play important roles in his movies, and his interest in class, race, and urban life hasn't prevented his films from ranging over broad swaths of the American scene in stories as diverse as the audiences who view them. His defining trait is a willingness to raise hard questions about contemporary America without pretending to have easy answers; his pictures are designed to challenge and provoke us, not ease our minds or pacify our emotions. The opening words of his 1989 masterpiece Do the Right Thing present his core message in two emphatic syllables: 'Wake up!'" Spike Lee's America is a vibrant and provocative engagement not only with the work of a great filmmaker, but also with American society and politics."
The book's author, David Sterritt, is Chair of the National Society of Film Critics and Professor at Columbia University and the Maryland Institute College of Art. Here are some early reviews: "Writing perceptively about class, race and recent US history (as well as the movies) Sterritt steers refreshingly far from the academic waffle that can plague this kind of book, and builds a reasoned portrait of one of America's punchiest commentators." — Total Film
"My admiration for Spike Lee has always been substantial, but thanks to this book I now admire him even more. Although David Sterritt does not blink at the many dilemmas the films present, he has greatly enriched our appreciation as well as our understanding of Spike Lee's cinema." — Krin Gabbard, Stony Brook University
"Since his filmmaking debut in the mid-eighties, Spike Lee has become one of the most influential African American directors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Through clear and cogent prose, David Sterritt also illustrates what makes Lee one of the finest American filmmakers working today." — Paula Massood, Brooklyn College
This is essential reading from a major American film critic; my highest recommendation.


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These Marble Brownies ($4) are made for sharing. I try to finish them alone, and inevitably fail. They're huge, each slice at least five inches across. It's a fudgy brownie, perhaps too sweet, but brownies can handle that sort of thing. The cream cheese marbling is the best part; Grey Dog swirls it deep into the brownie, not just on the crust. It's all crunchy on top, but once you bite in you're rewarded with a rich, chocolatey mess. A glass of ice cold milk is the best pairing, but iced coffee also does the trick.
The Grey Dog
Multiple Locations in the East Village and NoLita
About the author: Originally from Honolulu, Kathy YL Chan blogs at Kathy YL Chan, where she chronicles her eats and travel adventures between Hawai'i, New York and beyond. She firmly believes that there is always room for dessert.


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Napa Valley is the most famous wine-growing area in the U.S. It begins at the base of Mount St. Helena in the north and tapers off some 30 miles to the south into the floodplain where the Napa River enters San Francisco Bay. From Mount St. Helena to the city of Napa, the valley is defined by two north-south ridgelines of the Coast Range Mountains.
The bulk of grape growing for Napa wines takes place on the valley floor and on the gentle slopes adjoining the floor, the best-known example probably being the Oakville Grade. The floor ranges from less than a mile in width in the north to about 3 to 4 miles across in the south. The hills to the west of the valley floor are part of the Mayacamas Range; they contain key appellations such as Mount Veeder, Spring Mountain, and Diamond Mountain District. With the exception of Howell Mountain, the hills on the eastern side of the valley are not nearly as important or as well known.
From its earliest days, Napa Valley has been the home of some of California's most famous wine estates. Today, the valley boasts upward of 36,000 acres planted to Napa wine grapes and some 250 wineries, most of which offer high-caliber, often expensive Napa Valley wines. With some notable exceptions, the best California Chardonnays, Cabernets, and Merlots come from Napa; these varieties make up two-thirds of the vines in the region.
Because of its huge size, Napa Valley is home to varied microclimates that support many different kinds of wine grapes. For example, the cool Carneros region by San Francisco Bay yields good Chardonnay and Pinot Noir; and at the other end of the valley, the warmer Calistoga area can produce perfectly ripe Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, and monster Cabernets, but it usually overcooks Pinot Noir and other heat-sensitive varieties. On wine labels, the term ""Napa Valley"" has included all but the most outlying and inhospitable lands of Napa County.
It is remarkable that an industry essentially less than a half-century old could capture the attention of the American wine-buying public to the degree that California has. Powerful consumer interest in California wine is driven by two major factors. The more obvious reason is that California's best wines, which come from grapes grown in a benign climate featuring endless sunshine, very warm summer days, and generally dry harvests, and wonderfully fruity, full, and satisfying, and rarely too austere or tannic to be enjoyed from day one.
California is blessed with an extraordinary range of soils and microclimates, allowing for the successful cultivation of many varieties. In at least three out of four years, the best sites produce healthy, ripe fruits that are the envy of European producers in more marginal climates. The other reason Americans buy so much California wine is that California is the home team. Clearly, a high percentage of domestic wine drinkers are more comfortable buying American wines (and not just wines of California) than imports. Then, too, foreign bottles are generally identified by place name, rather than by the more familiar varieties that American wine drinkers have come to know and enjoy.
Moreover, in much of North America, outside the top 15 or 20 largest metropolitan markets, consumers have limited access to imported wines even if they wanted to buy them.
For many, Napa Valley is California wine, and Cabernet is king in Napa Valley. Meanwhile, the Burgundy varieties Chardonnay and Pinot Noir have gravitated to cooler areas, generally closer to the Pacific, such as the western stretches of Sonoma County, the Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, and the Santa Maria and Santa Ynez valleys within Santa Barbara County. Syrah vines have yielded interesting wines in a range of styles all over the state, in regions as disparate as Mendocino County, the Sonoma coast, Carneros, Paso Robles, and Santa Maria Valley. Very good Zinfandel similarly comes from multiple growing areas, although to date the age-of-vines variable has been almost as important as geography. Zinfandel, though its roots are in Europe, is a true California original and the only California wine imitated abroad. It's also a variety of which there are still significant plantings of very old vines, in some cases dating back to the end of the 19th century.
The Loire Valley's most renowned red wines, Bourgueil and Chinon, are made from Cabernet Franc, as are the mostly lighter, friendlier wines of Anjou and the somewhat more serious wines of Saumur-Champigny. Until recently, the aroma and flavor profile of Cabernet Franc had been decidedly out of step with the tastes of modern wine drinkers: herbal and peppery, with notes of tobacco leaf, menthol, and licorice, and often rather dry-edged tannins. But thanks to a recent string of favorable growing seasons , and to considerable work in the vineyards to reduce vine yields and promote greater ripeness of the grapes, today's Loire Valley Cabernet Francs possess more flesh and sweetness of fruit than ever before. These Cabernet Francs are also wonderfully flexible at the table. (Incidentally, when it was discovered that a compound called resveratrol, which is found in the skins of many red grapes, offers cardiovascular and anticarcinogenic benefits, the Cabernet Franc variety was found to be particularly high in this substance.)
There are also ample plantings of Cabernet Franc in the New World where the grape is used as it is in Bordeaux, in blends with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. In the Napa Valley, there are excellent examples, particularly in the cooler mountain settings where Cabernet Sauvignon struggles to reach optimum ripeness. Some worthwhile single varietal bottlings are being produced by Pride Mountain, Chappellet, and La Jota, among other producers.
Surprisingly, Cabernet Franc is also showing some success elsewhere in North America, including in Virginia, near Monticello, where Thomas Jefferson first attempted to produce fine wine. Pay attention to current efforts, as these are proving more successful than Jefferson's early endeavors.
2009 was an excellent year, with 22 regions scored 95 or above.
The highest scores went to St. Julien / Paulliac / St. Estephe (Right Bank Bordeaux) at 99, Cote Rotie (Northern Rhône) at 98, Pomerol (Right Bank Bordeaux) at 98, and Graves (Bordeaux) at 98.
Other regions that scored 95 points or higher were Pomerol, Beaujolais, Côte de Nuits, Margaux, Medoc, Sauternes, Sonoma, Tuscany, Napa, Port, Right Bank, Alsace, Barolo (Piedmont), Brunello di Montalcino (Tuscany), Chablis, Côte de Beaune, Mâconnais, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, and Paso Robles.
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I think i'm comfortable enough with this disc now to say it really was a great addition to the line. I got to thinking about it while on the course last night, throwing it along side my strikers/visions/rivers, and I realized something; It's the champion sidewinder of latitudes line up. I was reminded of a time when I was infatuated with Teebirds. I had just learned them fluently, enamored by their stability and ability to fly a frozen rope for a very long distance while still feeling wonderfully comfortable in my grip. Then I tried the Sidewinder in champion plastic and while initially frustrated, I endeavored to learn to throw the disc and in doing so opened my eyes to all varieties of turnover and hyzer flip shots (for corners, etc...). Between the two I felt unstoppable. Teebirds were accurate and predictable. Sidewinders taught me the dogleg left (RHBH) hyzer flip and carry shot and netted me some of the easiest distance in calm conditions I'd ever seen. It had been stated to me that if you couldn't throw a Sidewinder, you didn't know how to truly throw a disc, and I whole heartedly believe that statement.
Fast forward to my L64 days: Strikers remain the king of fairway workability in the latitude line up, Saints jump into that spot where you may want a big hyzer flip or loooooong turnover shot. Initially I wanted a new Teebird, but that's definitely not what this disc is - and that's a good thing. My only frustration is that in practical applications I would probably just reach for a River instead. I really feel like its a faster River, and that... I'm not sure is such a good thing. There is overlap for sure and you could make a case there is room to carry both, but in a minimalist setting you don't need to.
Bottom line is, it's another option and options are good things. They allow you to construct your bag to your likings. As for me, i'll carry one but I don't know if i'll keep reaching for it once the novelty wears off. Also, there's definitely still room for a Gazelle/Teebird-ish disc in latitudes line up so we've still got something to look forward to. Here's to hoping for slower drivers.


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Here is Jacob Tucker's youtube video:
Thought I would go around posting this since I play in the same conference as him and he is a pretty nice guy (His facebook group page picture is him trying to dunk over a few of my teamates. He missed ).
Now to respond to some of the common criticisms of the video:
- He states in the description his running verticle is 50", not his standing, so don't go claiming that is an exageration. In his video from his sophmore year he listed his standing vertical at 45", which may have been an exageration back then but is probably accurate now.
- He is not taller than 5' 11", not even by an inch. That is more than likely his measurement with shoes on. He probably is about 5' 9" without shoes.
- No he is not going to the NBA, while he can jump reeaallyy high and throw down some impressive dunks, the rest of his game is not even close to the NBA level. That isn't to say he is a bad player, he lit my team up for 32 points one game, it's just that he is not an NBA quality player.
- Yes he can dunk like this in games, and has.... many, many times.
Anyways, it would be cool if you guys reading this could help spread the video around and make it go viral. He has a legitimate chance at making the contest, and he really does deserve it. At the time of this posting the video had 50k views in less that a day, so it is already started the process. Apparently he has been contacted by Sportsnation for an interview, so that means that at least some people are taking notice.


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MT. BALDY – Free tickets are being offered to hear country and Western artist Grant Langston perform Oct. 20 at the Top of the Notch restaurant.
Langston will perform at 8 p.m. at the restaurant at the top of the Mt. Baldy chairlift.
Free tickets are available by downloading a voucher at http://www.GetFreeTicketsHere.com/shop.
Tickets, regularly $26, include round trip ride on the Sugar Pine Chairlift required to reach the Notch and admission to the show.
In addition, the last Mt. Baldy Moonlight Hike and barbecue of the season will be Oct. 26.
Those attending will have a choice among several hikes. The chairlift will be operating for one way or round trip rides.
Information: http://www.MtBaldySkiLifts.com or 909-982-0800


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Innovative Weather
UI design; active areas that rebrand via GPS.
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Information architecture, color, and interface design.
UWM Mobile
Designed UI, UX and interactions along with in app prototyping.
Brain Brawn & Body
Designed, prototyped and programmed swipe menu interactions.
DK Handbook
Designed and programmed UI navigation and content interactions.
Visit Milwaukee
Programmed gradient plugin for navigation, menus and lists.
U.S. Census Data Viwer
Interactive infographic to U.S. census API in HTML, CSS & JS.
Mesmer Interactive Degree Builder
Interactive, drag and drop, web-app providing students real-time data manipulation.
Mesmer Infographic
Information gathering on the viability and need for interactive degree tracking software.
TC Industries
Responsive web site for multi-platform user experience.
Text & Texture
This book was an exercise in Typography. Attention was given to font family, size, leading and how text is laid out on the page via single and multi column paragraphs, with and without justified text. I took this book as an opportunity to see what a professionally printed, print on demand, book would look like. […]
Oak Leaf Trail Accordion Book
The goal: use type and image to direct the viewer via narrative, hierarchy and organized elements of factual and contextual information. A map of Milwaukee was chosen as the backdrop to contain the Oak Leaf Trail spanning the book front to back. Elements contained within the accordion book relate to activities on the trail or […]
Axiom Equippers
Custom WordPress backend for client data entry and interaction.
ISEA 2012 Drupal Site
Custom forms for artist submission entries.
Energy Life Cycle of Coal
Visualizing the movement and consumption of coal reserves.
Energy Life Cycle Icons
Energy icons differentiated by hats.
Chief's Choice eCommerce Website
Custom themed WordPress blog and shopping cart.
Man's Modern Muscle
The heart's symbolism as an essential life organ combined with the recognizable tips of a gas nozzle were chosen because of their simple and immediately identifiable qualities. The reverse style of dark ground with white figure and text adds a feeling of "shock" to the message, while red replaces black to call on the symbolic […]
First, Albrecht & Blondis
Custom WordPress theme.
Demographics Supersized Infographic
City demographics in Milwaukee vs McDonald's spatial density.
Personal Timeline Infographic
Income and expense vs hours worked and credits enrolled.
UW-Milwaukee Interactive Schedule
User experience and information architecture prototype.
Tik Typeface
The objective was to explore the use of primary shapes and how they relate to the letter form's positive and negative area. Each letter and number is featured in the pangram poster along with descriptive content about the type face, designer and the letters o, x, & b. Instructor: Bethany Armstrong
William Morris Horror Vacui
Bringing William Morris into the present was achieved by utilizing modern color imagery that was desaturated along with a modern nineteenth century layout. To update the designers original fifteenth century inspired work, varying tones, not color, were add to give the strictly woodblock black patters a wider visual verity, common in contemporary design.
William Morris Contemporary Spread
Focus was placed on bringing the work of a designer from the nineteenth century, who recreated the style of the fifteenth century, into contemporary twenty-first century magazine design.
North American Bioindustries
WordPress shopping cart.
Optima Olive
This typographic poster in the Optima typeface features a background glyph in Optima, in addition to a golden section grid system. The grid determines title positioning as it contains a long, straight, diagonal to serve as a baseline. From the title, body copy and the subheadings branch off in loose respect to the glyph, which […]
Optima Blue Grid
The font family Optima was chosen as the basis for a type specimen poster featuring historical information about the typeface, its creator and other related facts. Exploration of multiple grid systems were used along with experimentation of information hierarchy. Along with adding color came a decision to have the background reflect the grid structure used, […]
Little Red Cap
The story of Little Red Cap is based on the morbid interactions between a girl a and a wolf. A dark background which the girl fades into was conceived to invoke mystery in the unknown, while a howling wolf was placed directly behind the girl as if to be ever present. After choosing a red […]
Optima Cosmetics
Research into the typeface Optima found its heavy use in the cosmetic industry as the display face of choice. This common use within an industry lead to the appropriation and parody of the Maybelline slogan "Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's Maybelline" and influenced the pink only color scheme. The font can also be […]
Optima's Glyphs
New glyphs were created from Optima's existing glyphs. Focus on Optima's typographic properties such as terminals, counters, contrast and weight were carefully considered when combining multiple glyphs into one, new glyphs, which maintains the typeface's original characteristics. Instructor: Bethany Armstrong
Microscopic in Rockwell
The word microscopic was combined with the Rockwell typeface because of its turn of the century, typewriter like, technical feel. The first "O" is placed directly in the center of the typographic composition to place the word "scopic" front and center with an, under the microscope feel. "scopic" appears smaller than "micro" and is placed […]
Merge in Helvetica
The plainness of Helvetica lent itself well to the typography in the merge composition; its nearly uniform stroke allowed letterforms to overlap without irregular bulges or obtrusions. The blandness of the typeface also helps the composition to act as a corporate style logo, giving it a one size fits all message that does not attempt […]
Personal Logo
The flowing, curvilinear style of art nouveau as inspiration for a personal logo. Influenced by Alphonse Mucha designs, a circular, organic symbol was created in a floral fashion and placed in the upper left corner of the logo referencing a flower tucked behind the ear. Sweeping curves were then integrated with the leg of the […]
Letterform Studies
Special attention was given to corners and borders of the work space to enhance tension of the letterform. The positioning along a border or act of entering and exiting the work space was combined with the extreme cropping of legs, tails, eyes and counters to accentuate subtle curves and variation of line weight. Capturing delicate […]
PHP Demo
Exercise in PHP programming.
Communication Evolution Timeline
Data interaction via draggable events on a droppable time line.
CSS Zen Garden
Adventures in CSS via the infamous Zen Garden project.
Portfolio 2009
Skeuomorphic design with maximum ornamentation.
Playing Cards with Packaging
The playing card box was a class exercise in product packaging. I chose a card box and soon after decided to go beyond the assignment and create a deck of cards to go along with the packaging.
Go Green Brochure
A tri-fold brochure created with InDesign containing a quiz on how to make your house more energy efficient. Images created with Illustrator.
Aubrey Beardsley Newsletter
The Aubrey Beardsley newsletter was created for a graphic design class using InDesign and Photoshop. It features many of the artist's works alongside actual and simulated text.
Above & Beyond Poster
This poster advertises the details of an upcoming performance by the trio Above and Beyond. It was created in Illustrator and focuses on the use of text and shape.
Flash Interface Hawaii
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wednesday and thursday
InstrumentHead Grand Opening: 7 p.m., InstrumentHead Art Gallery, 2121 Chartres St., New Orleans, Jackprints presents InstrumentHead, a surrealist portrait series by photographer Michael Weintrob that captures iconic musicians without showing their faces. Live music. Twenty percent of proceeds benefit the Tipitina's Foundation and New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation. Free. http://www.michaelweintrob.com/instrumenthead.
opening reception: 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., New Orleans. Opening reception for the exhibit, "When You're Lost, Everything's A Sign: Self-Taught Art from The House of Blues." (504) 539-9600.
Michalopoulos Gallery Jazz Fest Reception: 6-9 p.m., 617 Bienville St., New Orleans. Artist James Michalopoulos will be present and new paintings and sculptures will be on exhibit. (504) 558-0505. http://www.michalopooulos.com.
Beneito's Art: 3618 Magazine St., New Orleans. Jazz, blues and Carnival-themed oil paintings by Bernard Beneito. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. (504) 891-9170.
Callan Contemporary: 518 Julia St., New Orleans. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "Systems" by James Kennedy, on view through May 25. For more information, contact gallery owner Borislava Callan at (504) 525-0518 or visit the website at http://www.callancontemporary.com.
Contemporary Arts Center: 900 Camp St., New Orleans. "A thousand threads" by Luba Zygarewicz, through June 2. Beyond "Beasts": The Art of Court 13, through June 16. Brilliant Disguise: Masks and Other Transformations, through June 16. After You've Been Burned by Hot Soup You Blow in Your Yogurt by Margot Herster, through August 18. (504) 528-3800.
Dutch Alley Artists' co-op: 912 N. Peters St., New Orleans. Representing 25 local artists working in fabric, glass, clay, photography, etc. Open daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (504) 412-9220 or http://dutchalleyartistsco-op.com.
InstrumentHead Art Gallery: 2121 Chartres St., New Orleans. Jackprints presents InstrumentHead, a fine art portrait series by photographer Michael Weintrob, capturing iconic musicians without showing their faces.
Open daily 7 p.m.-close during Jazz Fest, April 25-May 5. Twenty percent of the proceeds benefit the Tipitinas Foundation and New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation. http://www.michaelweintrob.com/instrumenthead.
Jean Bragg Gallery of Southern Art: 600 Julia St., New Orleans. "Painting on Site" by Steve Bourgeois, through April 30. (504) 895-7375 or http://www.jeanbragg.com. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.
LeMieux Galleries:332 Julia St., New Orleans. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. (504) 522-5988. Emily Wilson "Water Garden" and recent works by Baton Rouge artist Kathyrn Hunter on view through May 25.
Louisiana State Museum-Cabildo: 751 Chartres St., New Orleans. "The Palm, the Pine and the Cypress: Newcomb Pottery of New Orleans," major exhibition of Newcomb art pottery, through September. (504) 568-6968 or http://www.crt.state.la.us/museum/properties/cabildo.aspx.
The McKenna Museum: 2003 Carondelet St., New Orleans. Faces of Treme, photographs by Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun. (504) 586-7432.
M.S. Rau Antiques: 630 Royal St., New Orleans. Impressionism — Influences and Impact, paintings by Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh and Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot. (504) 523-5660.
New Orleans Museum of Art: 1 Collins Diboll Circle, City Park, New Orleans. "Reinventing Nature: Art from the School of Fontainebleau," through May 19. "Portrait of Faith: John Paul II in Life and Art," through June 16. (504) 658-4100 or http://noma.org.
Octavia Art Gallery: 4532 Magazine St., New Orleans. Recent oil paintings by Edward Bear Miller. "Cuba Connection," an exhibition featuring painting, photography, prints, and mixed media works by Cuban and Cuban-American artists. http://www.octaviaartgallery.com.
OFFstage Gallery: Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Dr., Slidell. A one man show of the works of Nolan Lefort titled "Eclectic Expressions," will be on view through May and throughout the Slidell Little Theatre's run of "Showboat" through May 12, as well as during the Ginny Awards May 25. (985) 326-6822.
Ogden Museum of Southern Art: 925 Camp St., New Orleans. The Art and Life of William R. Hollingsworth, Jr. and Eudora Welty: Photographs from the 1930s and '40s. When You're Lost, Everything's A Sign: Self-Taught Art from The House of Blues, April 25-July 21. Ongoing: Walter Inglis Anderson: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and Southern Regionalists from the Permanent Collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. http://www.ogdenmuseum.org or (504) 539-9600.
A STUDIO IN THE WOODS: Isabelle Hayeur's underwater photography exhibition, "Underworlds" will feature four photographs exhibited on billboards throughout the city of New Orleans through April 28. http://www.astudiointhewoods.org.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Just over 800 pets found new homes as part of a Home for the Holidays mega adoption event over the weekend.
There were plenty of dogs and cats to choose from because this was the largest adoption event in the country.
The hope is to lower euthanasia rates at community animal shelters, as well as bring attention to the need to adopt a pet rather than shop.
"Still in Duval County, we still having to euthanize perfectly adoptable animals," said Dianne Wiles, of First Coast No More Homeless Pets. "So the more people that adopt and don't shop, the more animals like this will have a second chance."
First Coast No More Homeless Pets, Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services, the Jacksonville Humane Society and many others teamed up to make this mega adoption event possible. Last July, they held a similar event in which 946 animals were placed into homes. The goal wass to beat that number and find families for more than 1,000 pets.
"We will have over 1,200 animals available for adoption, so we think we can beat it," Wiles said. "As long as the community comes out and saves a life, we can clear out the shelters."
Adoption fees start as low as $20 and will vary by group. All pets were spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.
Audrea Grant recently adopted two kittens for her children from Animal Care and Protective Services, which still has to euthanize animals when it is over capacity.
"It makes me very happy. Two won't be put down, and they'll have another brother and sister to come home to," Grant said.
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A former soldier who tore apart a teenager's life through repeated sex abuse deserved his five-year sentence, judges have ruled.
Chippenham man, James Robert Dargavel, who was once on the PTA at the John Bentley School in Calne, was jailed at Swindon Crown Court in June last year after he was convicted of indecently assaulting two teenagers.
Dargavel, now 70, attacked his first 14-year-old victim after inviting him and friends back to his flat for a drinking session, Mrs Justice Patterson told London's Appeal Court yesterday.
The horrified youngster woke to find that his friends had disappeared and that Dargavel was performing a sex act on him.
"He tried to resist, but Dargavel was far stronger and continued for some time before stopping," said the judge.
The boy said he had been subjected to similar acts of abuse on several other occasions.
He described how the attacks had "completely messed up his life," contributing to him giving up ambitions of going to college, instead becoming a heroin addict.
The boy's mother had given a moving description of her son's "mental devastation", said Mrs Justice Patterson.
Dargavel's second victim was exploited after being invited back to his flat for drinks, waking later to find that the older man had lowered his trousers and was groping him.
His victim - aged 17 or 18 - "kicked out at Dargavel" before fleeing from the flat and vomiting in the street.
Both victims were attacked by Dargavel during the 1990s, the court heard.
The case reached court as Dargavel, of Stockwood Road, Chippenham, challenged his sentence, claiming it was too long for his crimes.
His legal team claimed the judge had made too much of the traumatic impact of the offences on his victims. They also cited his good work record and former exemplary army career.
But Mrs Justice Patterson, sitting with Lord Justice Pitchford and Mr Justice Wilkie, said the judge had taken full account of all the mitigation available to Dargavel and there was nothing excessive or "wrong in principle" about the five-year term.


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A Comparison of Two Tests for Anti-HIV Drug Resistance
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The purpose of this study is to compare 2 different types of tests of the HIV virus to see which specific anti-HIV drugs would work the best.
Drug resistance is a major reason for therapy failure in HIV patients. Two types of tests can detect resistance to drugs: 1) genotyping (sequencing), which looks at the DNA sequence of a virus to see whether it has developed any genetic resistance; 2) phenotyping, which looks at the ability of different drugs to suppress virus growth in the laboratory. Genotyping and phenotyping can help doctors give patients the most effective drug therapy.
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The emergence of drug resistance is a major factor contributing to the failure of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients. Drug resistance can be detected by genotypic or phenotypic assays, both having distinct advantages and disadvantages. Results from genotypic and phenotypic testing are helpful in excluding from the subsequent regimen drugs to which the resistance is identified, and both tests predict virologic response to salvage therapy in patients who have failed a previous regimen. Resistance testing is likely to be beneficial as an aid in selecting a salvage regimen.
At entry, patients are randomized to Arm A (sequencing) or Arm B (phenotyping) and have a resistance test drawn while still receiving the current regimen even though regimen failure is suspected. The test results are available between Weeks 1 and 4, inclusive. There are weekly visits for the first 4 weeks after entry to monitor viral load and maintenance of the current failing (prestudy) regimen. If virologic failure is confirmed, a new regimen is chosen and prescribed at the first visit after resistance test results are available. [AS PER AMENDMENT 12/6/00: If the resistance assay fails to yield results, another regimen is chosen and prescribed based on the patient's medical and medication history.] If virologic failure is not confirmed, the current drug regimen is not changed. Otherwise, on-site study visits occur every 4 weeks until Week 24 and then every 8 weeks thereafter through Week 48. [AS PER AMENDMENT 12/6/00: on-site study visits occur every 4 weeks until Week 24 and then every 8 weeks thereafter]. Medical resource use is assessed at baseline and then every 8 weeks through Week 48. Quality of life is assessed at baseline and then every 16 weeks through Week 48.
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- Have failed 2 to 4 anti-HIV regimens containing 3 or more combinations of drugs. A patient has failed his/her current regimen if he/she has, within 30 days of study entry, either a viral load (level of HIV in the blood) of at least 10,000 copies/ml or 2 tests which show a viral load between 1,000 and 10,000 copies/ml.
- Have taken 3 or more anti-HIV drugs for 8 or more weeks before the study.
- Are at least 14 years old.
- Have consent of parent or guardian if less than 18 years old.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients will not be eligible for this study if they:
- Have failed only 1 anti-HIV drug combination.
- Have failed 5 or more anti-HIV drug combinations, each containing 3 to 5 drugs.
- Have had and received the results of prior resistance tests.
- Have had treatment with a combination of 6 or more anti-HIV drugs.
- Have problems absorbing food in the intestine.
- Have had HIV vaccines.
- Have taken drugs that affect the immune system or investigational drugs.
- Are taking medications not allowed with protease inhibitors (PIs) if PIs would be part of their anti-HIV treatment during the study.
- Have failed anti-HIV therapy due to nonadherence to medication.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006490
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|NCT00006490 History of Changes
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|November 8, 2000
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|September 24, 2008
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Anti-HIV Agents
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
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Bethesda Green Hosting Small Business Forum
Bethesda Green will host the second part of a workshop series for small businesses looking to expand in the green economy on Jan. 31 at its headquarters. The "What Investors Are Looking For and How To Pitch," workshop will include advice on the key things investors hope to see in startup companies hoping for funding. The event is the second of six workshops and forums over the next half-year that Bethesda Green hopes can help some local green businesses succeed. The green nonprofit has a business incubator program and last fall hosted pitches at the Startup Maryland tour. The fee is $15 per workshop and calls networking and light refreshments at 8 a.m. The program runs from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Bethesda Green is located above the Capital One Bank at 4825 Cordell Ave. in Suite 200. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the event website.


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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be holding a combination Project WILD/Growing Up WILD workshop in Spanish for the first time in the program's 24-year history.
The workshop, which is free and open to the public, will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 8 at Eisenhower Park in San Antonio. Previously, Project WILD volunteers have conducted the workshops in English and provided a written supplement of some of the activities in Spanish to educators who were interested.
This workshop in Spanish will be the first of what Kiki Corry, TPWD Project WILD coordinator, said she hopes will become a regular offering from the program.
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Corry said bilingual volunteers who conduct the Project WILD workshops can offer the workshops in either English or Spanish. She said volunteers in East Texas and in the Valley have also expressed interest in providing Project WILD workshops in Spanish.
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- July 15 – July 30, 2013
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Make Informed Benefits Choices: Annual Enrollment Website Available July 13, 2013
Details about Annual Enrollment will be available on the OEB website beginning July 13, 2013. Use the website to learn about your benefits plan options, view brief and informative presentations by the insurance vendors, and keep up with the latest reminders for Annual Enrollment which occurs between July 15 and July 31, 2013.
Your UT Benefits Enrollment Options Letter: Delivery by July 15, 2013
By July 15, 2013, employees will receive a letter titled "Your UT Benefits Enrollment Options" via email or US Mail. The letter lists your current coverage as well as the options that are available for you to elect that will become effective September 1, 2013.
Annual Enrollment Period: July 15 – July 31, 2013
Annual Enrollment for benefits for the 2013-2014 plan year begins on Monday, July 15, 2013, and ends on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. During this period, you can:
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Make your Coverage Elections with My UT Benefits: July 15 – July 31, 2013
Use the secure My UT Benefits website to make your declaration as a tobacco user or non-tobacco user, make your coverage elections, change your benefits, upload dependent documentation, submit an EOI Application, designate your beneficiaries for life insurance, and enroll in the UT FLEX Health Care Reimbursement Account or Dependent Day Care Reimbursement Account.
You can connect to My UT Benefits with your internet browser by following the link in your Enrollment Options Letter. You can login by using the PIN number listed in the letter and either your Benefits ID, Campus ID or social security number. At some UT institutions, you can also login with your UT EID and password or where Single Sign On (SSO) is available, by using your local Campus ID and password.
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Complete Evidence of Insurability (if required): Deadline August 15, 2013
Evidence of Insurability (EOI) is not required for enrollment in the UT SELECT Medical plan or for employees (only) to enroll in Long Term Care insurance during the July 2013 Annual Enrollment period. During Annual Enrollment, EOI is required to enroll in certain insurance coverage, including: Voluntary Group Term Life, Long Term Care (eligible family members), and Long and Short Term Disability insurance.
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It has taken years upon years for minorities to be where they are thanks to hard work and dedication by so many who spent their lives and sometimes even lost their lives to fight for equality around the world.
If this sort of racist behavior is still going on, it's spit in the face and stomp on the grave to all of those people mentioned above. It sickens me there are people like Donald Sterling out there who have these views and try to enforce them upon others.
So yes, if someone doesn't agree with me, then there is something wrong because racism is wrong and anyone else who dares to disagree should be considered in a negative connotation. But that is just my opinion and view on the matter.


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Posted on: 10 January, 2013
Eleven teachers were recently honored during East Central University's Marvin Stokes Endowed Lecture, hosted by East Central University's College of Education and Psychology. Oklahoma State Teacher of the Year for 2012, Elaine Hutchison, delivered the lecture.
Posted on: 24 December, 2012
East Central University nursing instructor Jeff Jordan has been inducted as a Fellow into the prestigious Academy of Emergency Nurses, it was recently announced in Des Plaines, Ill.
The AEN fellowship is an honor recognizing emergency nurses for their contributions to patient care in and out of the emergency department.
Posted on: 24 December, 2012
Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby will address candidates for bachelor's and master's degrees during fall Commencement ceremonies at East Central University on Saturday, Dec. 15.
The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the Kerr Activities Center for 242 candidates for bachelor's degrees and 102 candidates for master's degrees.
Anoatubby has served as governor of the Chickasaw Nation since 1987. His effective leadership has led to ongoing growth within the tribe.
Posted on: 24 December, 2012
East Central University is all about second chances.
ECU and Oklahoma's Adult Degree Completion Program, called Reach Higher, make it possible to return to college while working and raising a family.
"With the new year coming, it's a perfect opportunity to get a fresh start or second chance toward obtaining your bachelor's degree in a flexible format that's very convenient," said Dr. Shirley Mixon, Professor of Business and Director of the Oklahoma Degree Completion Program.
Posted on: 24 December, 2012
One-hundred and one East Central University students were inducted into the Oklahoma Gamma Chapter of Alpha Chi, a national college honor society, in a Dec. 4 induction ceremony.
Membership in Alpha Chi is limited to no more than 10 percent of the junior and senior classes. At ECU, students must have a least a 3.5 grade-point average to be eligible to join.
Posted on: 24 December, 2012
An act of generosity by Richard Kirabira and Charles Mugabi came full circle at East Central University's fall graduation on Saturday, Dec. 15.
Their life-changing act in March of 2010 has led to the two Ugandan men obtaining their master's degrees during ceremonies at ECU's Kerr Activities Center.
Posted on: 19 December, 2012
East Central University student Morgan Harper (center) is the recipient of the new Bob Bennett Fine Arts Scholarship. The scholarship is named in memory of ECU alum Bob Bennett, who practiced law for 50 years and was an avid guitarist. Harper is a junior sacred music major from Comanche. The centennial scholarship comes from donations made by friends and family of Bennett. Also pictured are: Phyllis Danley (left), executive director of the East Central University Foundation, and Sally Bennett, widow of Bob Bennett.
Posted on: 15 December, 2012
A three-day class on Photovoltaic Systems Technology will be offered Tuesday through Thursday [DEC. 20-22] at East Central University. There is no charge for the free class which is sponsored by The Southern Oklahoma Green Jobs Training Consortium.


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On Earth Day, Beware of Tobacco Giant's Green Claims
Despite eco-friendly claims, American Spirit cigarettes harm people, environment
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What is "greenwashing?" It's a deceptive marketing practice in which a company attempts to make itself or its products appear environmentally-friendly in order to distract from an undesirable aspect of its business.
On Earth Day, you need look no further than the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, a subsidiary of Reynolds American, and its Natural American Spirit cigarettes for a particularly deplorable example of this strategy.
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Attorneys for a class of dairy farmers are seeking final court approval of a $158.6 million settlement, with about a third of the amount going to themselves.
In court papers filed on Wednesday in a case over control of the milk market in the American Southeast, the attorneys for the class tried to deflect concerns raised about the $52.8 million in fees they are seeking as part of the class action settlement reached in January.
Since the settlement, two class members wrote letters to the court in Greeneville, Tenn., asking for a reduction in the attorneys' fees, which will come out of the settlement. One of the class members called the fees "obscenely excessive."
Lawyers at Baker & Hostetler, which served as lead counsel for the class, countered that the letters offered no legal basis for a reduction in the fees. They also noted that their side had invested $53 million in attorney time plus $8 million in out-of-pocket expenses, "with no guaranty of any recovery much less a return."
Defendants in the underlying settlement included the Dairy Farmers of America and former CEO Gary Hanman, National Dairy Holdings LP, Dairy Marketing Services LLC and Mid-Am Capital LLC.
The lawsuit alleged that the defendants conspired to control the milk market in 14 states in the Southeast by excluding competition from independent milk farmers and cooperatives.
In January, Dairy Farmers of America agreed to a settlement for $140 million, with an additional $18.6 milllon to be put into a fund over the next two years to guarantee a stronger Class I utilization rate in federal orders 5 and 7. That adds up to the $158.6 million reported here. Read more.
Thousands of dairy farmers in southeastern and mid-Atlantic states are eligible for the payouts.
The plaintiffs had previously obtained $145 million in settlements from milk bottler Dean Foods Co, the Southern Marketing Agency and one of its managers.
The total amount obtained from all of the defendants, $303.6 million, represents the largest antitrust settlement in the Eastern District of Tennessee, according to lawyers for the plaintiffs.
U.S. District Judge Ronnie Greer has set an April 3 fairness hearing to consider whether to approve the latest settlement and fees sought by class counsel.
Even if the court approves the fees, there is some uncertainty about where those fees will end up. That is because when the case started more than six years ago, Robert Abrams of Baker & Hostetler, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, was a partner at Howrey, the defunct law firm that filed for bankruptcy in 2011.
The Howrey trustee, Allan Diamond of Diamond McCarthy, who is seeking to recover assets for the estate, has indicated in court papers that he considers fees recovered by Abrams in the dairy litigation as significant assets belonging to the estate.
Diamond did not return a call seeking comment.
Abrams declined to comment.