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Immune Function of Infants With HIV
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|HIV Infections
|Study Type:
|Official Title:
|Killer Cells and Viral Load in Vertical HIV Infection
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|Study Start Date:
|July 2000
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2005
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
The role of HIV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTL) in controlling viremia and protecting against disease progression following vertical infection may be dependent upon CTL functional responses as well as on the timing of detection, magnitude, and breadth of the responses. Novel and sensitive assay systems (MHC-peptide tetramers, ELISPOT assays, intracellular cytokine assays) have enhanced the detection and characterization of virus-specific CTL responses in the peripheral blood. This study will use these novel methods to examine the timing of detection, magnitude, specificity, and in vitro functional properties of HIV-specific CTL in infants; to evaluate the effects of potent combination antiretroviral therapy on HIV-specific CTL in infants; and to evaluate the immunogenicity of recombinant pox-based vaccines in HIV infected infants with prolonged viral suppression following early potent combination antiretroviral therapy.
Blood samples from infants born to HIV infected women will be obtained from infants enrolled in other HIV trials. Generally, samples will be obtained at birth, Week 1, and Months 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 12.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 24 Months (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Infants and children born to HIV infected women
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00073229
|United States, Massachusetts
|University of Massachusetts Medical School
|Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01605
|Principal Investigator:
|Katherine Luzuriaga, MD
|University of Massachusetts, Worcester
|Responsible Party:
|Katherine Luzuriaga, MD, University of Massachusetts
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00073229 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
5R01AI032391-15 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
5R01AI032391-11 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
5R01AI032391-14 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|November 18, 2003
|Last Updated:
|September 25, 2008
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Vertical Transmission
Acute Infection
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
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The Basics
The Ohio Machine vs. Chesapeake Bayhawks
Saturday, May 5 at 7:00 p.m.
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
Watch Party
The Ohio Machine's first official watch party will be held at Park Street Patio (533 Park Street, Columbus, OH 43215) on Saturday, May 5, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Fans can watch the action live on ESPN3.com at 7:00 p.m. or on tape delay on SportsTime Ohio at 11:30 p.m. Or you can listen live via radio at www.herbfm.com.
Records (W-L)
The Ohio Machine (0-0)
Chesapeake Bayhawks (1-0)
Match Preview
The Ohio Machine begins its 2012 season on the road for two weeks starting off in Annapolis, Maryland, to play the Chesapeake Bayhawks in its first ever Major League Lacrosse game. The Machine is looking to become the second MLL expansion team in league history to win its first MLL contest.
Many Machine players will be returning to Annapolis to challenge their former team, including attackmen Buggs Combs and Chazz Woodson, midfielders Dan Groot and Jordan Levine and defensemen Kyle Hartzell and Ray Megill.
Player Notes
Attackman Buggs Combs will face his former team for the first time since joining the Machine in the offseason. Combs spent the last four years with the Bayhawks and has the fifth most goals in Bayhawks history with 83.
Along with current Machine players Buggs Combs and Ray Megill, defenseman Kyle Hartzell won the 2010 MLL Championship with the Bayhawks. Hartzell was also named the 2010 Championship Weekend MVP. Hartzell was traded from the Bayhawks to the Machine in the offseason for the Machine's seventh round MLL Expansion Draft pick (13th overall).
Saturday's game will be defenseman Brett Hughes' first MLL game since the 2009 season. Prior to 2009, Hughes played with Los Angeles and New Jersey and was named to the MLL All-Star game as a member of Los Angeles.
Faceoff specialist Anthony Kelly will begin his seventh MLL season and his fourth with a new team on Saturday. Kelly has been a dominant presence at the face-off X throughout his career. Kelly is currently second among active players in faceoff wins with 881, only trailing Chesapeake midfielder Alex Smith, who has 1029.
Goalkeeper Stefan Schroder will be making his first career MLL start this Saturday against the Bayhawks. Last season with the Rattlers, Schroder played in one game, allowing two goals and tallying four saves in 31 minutes of action.
Team Notes
Home Sweet Home - Eight players on the Machine's roster played collegiately in Maryland and seven will see action on Saturday. Buggs Combs, Dan Groot, Ray Megill and Max Schmidt played at the University of Maryland. Johnny Rodriguez and Kyle Hartzell played at Salisbury and Josh Porcell played at UMBC.
All-Star Studded Lineup– Eight current Machine players have been named to an MLL All-Star game in their career. Defenseman Greg Bice (2007, 2010 and 2011) and midfielder Anthony Kelly (2008, 2009 and 2011) have been named to the team three times throughout their careers. Attackman Chazz Woodson (2008), defenseman Brett Hughes (2008), defenseman Ray Megill (2009), midfielder Jordan Levine (2009, 2011), goalie Brian Phipps (2011) and defenseman Kyle Hartzell (2011) have also been named to previous MLL All-Star teams.
Coach's Thoughts
Coach Garber on team chemistry: "They have to be smart and willing to play together. We have strong leaders including Woodson, Bice, Kelly and Hughes who will be the leaders for the younger guys and able to help the guys when things go wrong and not get flustered when things don't work perfectly all the time."
Coach Garber on opening game: "Our guys are up to the challenge and looking forward to opening the season against Chesapeake. I want to see how we handle the initial reaction to an actual game. Until it's lights, camera, action, you don't know what will really happen and don't have a comfort zone set yet. But because we have a majority of veterans, they won't be intimidated by the situation and will use it to their advantage."
Scouting Chesapeake
The Bayhawks won their first game of the season when they defeated the Long Island Lizards, 13-11. Midfielder Ben Hunt had a team high six points (3G, 1 2ptG, 1A), and veteran midfielder Kyle Dixon scored a two-point goal to tie former Barrage midfielder Roy Colsey for the most two-point goals in MLL History.
Up Next
The Machine will play fellow expansion team, the Charlotte Hounds, on May 12th in Charlotte, NC, at 7 p.m. The Machine will then open up its season at home on May 19 with a bang against the Rochester Rattlers at 8 pm. The home opener will consist of the National Anthem sung by singer-songwriter Kate Voegele, OSU Sports Medicine Night with a commemorative rally towel giveaway and post-game fireworks presented by Bud Light. For ticket information call the Machine at (614) 754-1973 or visit www.theohiomachine.com/tickets.

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Location: Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research2010 Annual Report
1a. Objectives (from AD-416)
The objective will be to develop, expedite the evaluation and standardization of Rift Valley fever (RVF) diagnostic assays and vaccine control strategies.
1b. Approach (from AD-416)
This project will utilize the vector-borne disease expertise of the ARS, Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory (ABADRL) and the Rift Valley fever (RVF) diagnostic expertise of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases NICD to develop, evaluate, and standardize diagnostic assays and vaccines for RVF. The collaborative project will evaluate existing and newly developed diagnostic tests such as various viral genome amplification assays (real-time RT-PCR, RT-LAMP, and LATE-PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) based on recombinant antigens (RVF-N, -G2, and –NSs). This will be achieved by direct comparison of available assays in both field-deployable and diagnostic laboratory based formats. The goal is to provide recommendations for standardized diagnostics that can be universally applied by international disease outbreak response teams. The collaborative project will also evaluate existing and newly developed vaccines for RVF.
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This research supports NP103 Action Plan Components 1. Biodefense Research, and 3. Prevent and Control Zoonotic Diseases. ADODR is directly involved in performance of the research and also monitors activities to evaluate research progress through site visits, meeting at conferences and through email and phone calls.
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Daffodil day
GARDEN WORK: With spades and gloves in tow Gothenburg's Gardenaires donated and planted 100 daffodil bulbs at Stone Hearth Estates to celebrate National Daffodil Year. The nine women belonging to the club will be planting 1,000 daffodil bulbs throughout Gothenburg coinciding with clubs doing the same thing throughout the United States. Pictured are, front to back: Faye Kniss, Arlene Franzen, Elnora Brown, Tip Ronnekamp, Marge Block, Carol Gronewold and Nancy Fisher.


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quick question for curlies, do you part your hair with a comb or just apply your products and let your hair fall naturally? I found out that parting my hair with a comb after I combed it, makes it really flat on my head. Today I just combed it all back and flipped my head upside down for my products and let my hair fall naturally. Seems to be less flat on my head.


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Teatro Paraguas Presents TWO WAY MIRROR, Opening 1/25
Two-Way Mirror is a sexually charged, semi-autobiographical play about Miller's relationship with his one-time wife, the legendary Marilyn Monroe and consists of two parts - Elegy for a Lady and Some Kind of Love Story. Two compelling man-woman relationships presented in the unique style of one of America's greatest writers!
A private eye finds himself bound to the prostitute whom he believes holds the vital information he desperately requires to resolve the case that has preoccupied him for years.
A wealthy man wanders into a classy boutique, looking for a gift for his mistress, a woman with only a short time to live. Gradually the shop's proprietress assumes the persona of the dying woman.
Two Way Mirror is part of the Southwest Rural Theatre Project's second season: "A Season of Love". Southwest Rural Theatre Project is non-profit organization. A theatrical, performance based endeavor- dedicated to bringing the live theatre experience to rural areas of the American Southwest; educating and enriching lives by providing an outlet for creative community and professional involvement.


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From Jago and Sally Lloyd-Jones, the creators of the best-selling Jesus Storybook Bible, comes this gorgeous and innovative collection of 101 simple-yet- profound thoughts on faith. Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing shares profound spiritual truths from the Bible told in a conversational tone - drawing insights from creation, history, science, the writings of great thinkers and preachers and writers, and more - to turn the reader's eyes toward the God who loves them with a Never Stopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love.
Perfect for family devotions, bedtime, story time, or even as a companion to The Jesus Storybook Bible, this accessible yet theologically rich book reveals biblical truth in word and image-all working together and designed to do one thing: to make the listener's heart sing.
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"Best theology I've ever heard in a short book"
This book is an absolute gem. It presents the deepest mysteries of God in a way that any one can understand. I think the best age would be approximately 7 years old and up. I however will be playing this in my grand children's bedrooms at night as they go to sleep. I will buy dozens of copies of this book to give to new believers and to give to those who have been all messed up in church and religions
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I bought this for myself, after listening to the audio clip. God's love shines clearly through David Suchet's narration.
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Jaina Solo Debuts New Series...
Its been a long time coming, but Star Wars is now officially joining Kotobukiyas lineup of Bishoujo (Japanese for beautiful girl) statues. Get ready to see the lovely ladies of all eras of the ultimate science-fiction powerhouse reimagined like never before.
First up in the new Star Wars series is ace pilot/Jedi warrior/daughter of Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa, Jaina Solo. One of the most popular characters in the Expanded Universe, Jaina has appeared in numerous novels and comic books that take place after the events of Return of the Jedi and now comes to you as a sexy Bishoujo statue based on an illustration by master Japanese illustrator Shunya Yamashita.
Jaina Solo stands 9 inches tall (1/7 scale) on a special display base incorporating the Rogue Squadron emblem. Not only is Jaina the first Star Wars ARTFX Bishoujo Statue, shes also the first Extended Universe character brought to life by Kotobukiya. Look for her this December.
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Just want to get everyones opinion on if the city/state will get behind the pacers this season. The colts are rebuilding, and the pacers are primed for a great season. I loved the 90's and early 2000's when Indy was a pacer town. I want that vibe back. There is buzz around town, but I am not sure we have the whole city buying into the pacers yet.
What do you guys think? Will the masses get behind the pacers this season, or will it take an even better playoff run than last to make everyone believers again?


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By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer
At the 83rd Minnesota State FFA Convention Tuesday, Upsala High School 2011 graduate Marjorie Schleper was elected FFA state vice-president for the coming year.
Chosen by a nominating committee following two intense days of interviews and speaking, she was one of six team members chosen from 21 statewide candidates.
She will represent the community of Upsala and her local FFA chapter as she travels nearly 50,000 miles to several states and to Washington, D.C. throughout the coming year.
"Marjorie is the first FFA state officer from Upsala," said Upsala School Dean of Students Vern Capelle.
Schleper is currently enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, majoring in pre-veterinary medicine with a possible second major in agricultural education.
"I am so incredibly excited to serve Minnesota FFA this year," said Schleper. "At random times throughout the day it will sink in again and I just jump for joy."
"The FFA team will host three summer camps for FFA members at Deep Portage in Hackensack, do chapter visits and have professional development days with agricultural industry leaders," she said. "It will be very busy."
"It's a year of service, a chance for the team to give back to an organization that has helped each of us grow in ways we could not have imagined — a year of service, a year to learn and a year of fun," said Schleper.
"As a family, we are encouraging her to suspend her studies next year in order to focus on FFA events," said Marjorie's mom, Gretchen Schleper, Upsala FFA advisor.
"We are thinking of ourselves as her pit crew, and we are here to support her in any way she needs," she said.
At the same FFA state convention, the Upsala dairy cattle evaluation team did very well while short one person. Team members Renee Hebig, Brooke Westrich and Sara Herzog together earned a bronze rank, while Hebig earned a gold.
Member Audrey Schleper was 7th overall in FFA creed speaking, and earned a silver rank.
Member Sara Roerick tied for 14th place in dairy cattle handling and earned a gold rank.
The Upsala School's greenhouse will open Saturday, May 5, from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. The seventh graders have been busy and the plants are healthy. There is a new greenhouse Facebook page, so check that for updates. After May 5, the greenhouse will be open from 3:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. during the week and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. or until sales slow down.
The date for the FFA petting zoo is May 11 this year, open from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. "We've done it for over ten years, with attendance each of the last two years of more than 300 people," said Gretchen Schleper.
"We have goats, lambs, cows and calves, pigs, horses, chickens, geese and rabbits. The students are there to help viewers and to answer questions about the animals," she said.
"Gretchen has done an excellent job advising our FFA chapter over the years. We have consistently achieved success in FFA events due to the diligence of our FFA members and Gretchen's supervision," Capelle said.


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I've no idea why blogger has had a go at changing the design.
What this means is that it's similar to Jaipur, but brewed with 100% English ingredients, making it much closer to what the early nineteenth century IPAs would have been like. I haven't had chance to taste it yet, but it's dry-hopped, darker than many IPAs, and very hoppy, according to head brewer Stef. I can't wait to try it.
Why Seaforth? Well, it sounds like a good name for an IPA, doesn't it? BUt it has a very special place in IPA's history.
Anyone who's read J Stevenson Bushnan's 1853 book 'Burton and its Bitter Beer' will know that the two ships that transported the first cargo of Samuel Allsopp's India Ale from Liverpool to Calcutta were the Bencoolen and the Seaforth. The Seaforth arrived a few weeks after the Bencoolen, so what makes it special?
Well, when I was in the Indian National Library in Calcutta, I found the edition of the Calcutta Gazette from 1823, around the time these ships arrived. At that time, London brewer George Hodgson dominated the Indian market and was restricting supply to maximise his profit, refusing credit terms to everyone, and generally pissing off the most powerful corporation the world has ever known. The cargo of Allsopp's ale that arrived on the Bencoolen sold for about two thirds of what Hodgson's did, such was his reputation, and on that basis Allsopp would have failed - and that would have meant no Burton IPA. But one of the ads around the arrival of the Seaforth reveal an extraordinary stroke of luck:
To be sold by Public Auction, by Messrs Taylor & Co, on the CUSTOM HOUSE WHARF, by permission of the Collector of Sea Customs, at eleven o' Clock precisely, on Saturday next, the 28th Instant, 48 HOGSHEADS of Hodgson's BEER, and 17 empty HOGSHEADS, landed from the ship Timandra, and 30 hogsheads of Hodgson's BEER, landed from the ship Seaforth.
Hodgson had sent out a dodgy batch of beer on the same ship as Allsopp's second consignment, which had arrived in perfect condition. This allowed Allsopp to get into the market, and the consignment on the Seaforth sold for double that on the Bencoolen. People then tasted IPA brewed in Burton for the first time, realised how superior it was to London IPA, and the rest is history. You can read that history in Hops and Glory of course.
So what better name for an English IPA brewed just up the road from Burton?


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I'm very tired of writing about the fiscal cliff but there really is no choice. As the action today proves, it is the only thing that matters to this market. It sold off sharply this morning when Sen. Harry Reid said it was nearly impossible to do a fiscal-cliff deal this year, and then bounced very sharply when Speaker John Boehner scheduled the House to reconvene on Jan. 30 and a meeting with President Obama and key leaders was arranged. Suddenly the market went from despair to hope.
It was a very impressive intraday reversal but, overall, the indices didn't have much to show for it. They ended up with minor losses and breadth was about 2400 gainers to 3050 decliners. Of course, it was downright ugly about 2:30 p.m. EST when it looked like the politicians had given up.
The good news, or maybe bad news, is that we get to do it again tomorrow. The only thing that will matter, again, is any news or rumors about a fiscal-cliff deal. Normally, we would be talking about end-of-the-year window dressing, tax selling and positioning for the new year, but that takes a backseat to the fiscal cliff.
If you like playing slot machines, you are likely to enjoy the action tomorrow. Have a good evening. I'll see you in the morning.


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Faith Column: Rock hopper
One of my favorite things to do in Minnesota is walking on rocks, specifically, walking, jumping, and hopping on the boulder and talus fields of basalt along the North Shore of Lake Superior. From Duluth to Two Harbors, from the safe harbor in Silver Bay to Grand Marais, it is a delight to my soul. I also understand that it may be a bit of a Walden Pond experience. If you've never tried it, hop on. It is easy, you just follow the stones.
Psalm 85, a chapter in the book of Psalms, located in the Old Testament describes a simple concept, something that is no more difficult than rock hopping. The psalmist speaks of being revived. Specifically asking God to revive his people. Throughout the recent history of the Colonies and subsequently the United States, there have been revivals. The First Great Awakening ran roughly from 1720-1750, and it spawned among other things a passion for education, the result of which is places like Yale and Harvard. The Second Great Awakening from 1800 to 1835 came at a time when a people who had just won their independence faced great challenges. In 1858, the Prayer Revivals, started by business folk who got together to pray, saw hundreds of thousands come to faith on the eve of the Civil War. It also brought to light the life of a shoe salesman named Dwight Moody. In the 1970s and the 1990s, student revivals at various campuses in the United States saw students become passionate about the things of God.
It can be easy to wish these things would happen again. All of these were powerful works of God. People wanted to get right with God. All of these started with God working in the hearts and minds of individuals. Whether or not this happens on a national scale again is not for us to decide. But what we can decide is this: our need to get right with God.
It is a process that Psalm 85 describes. It is a process that involves forgiveness, restoration, love, faithfulness, righteousness and peace. It's a process that is God's but is initiated in the heart of the willing. A heart that cries out to God, "Revive me." It can be the cry of every person. It should be the cry of every disciple of Jesus. I might even argue it must be the daily attitude for a child of God. Revive me!
Sometimes the key to being revived is asking God for forgiveness. Sometimes it is offering forgiveness to others. But please understand, even this as a starting point involves a willing individual and the work of God. But also understand, it is not complex; you simply have to be willing to follow the stones. Revive me.


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If you are from America and follow the current race for president, you HAD to have seen the clues from John Cena's promo last Monday night. If you could get the hints, John Cena was indirectly blasting Barack Obama.
In this blog, i will break down exactly what John Cena said about our current president.
John Cena: (to CM Punk) "For 300 days, you have been champion. For
How many of you don't believe TNA could put on a PPV card better than WWE? I think they just did. Destination X is a stacked card that really puts the X division in the spotlight while keeping their main World Heavyweight Title storyline and AJ/Daniels storyline relevant and growing. TNA has been putting a lot of good material lately and has been receiving praise even from WWE marks. Lets see the
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I always wondered what John Cena does outside of wrestling. There is not much that i know about his life outside of wrestling. That was until my brother introduced me to 4 songs.
I'm a fan of hip-hop. That music is every kind of feeling i enjoy about music smashed into one genre. And imagine my brother telling me "John Cena is really good at rapping." My response would be the
It is infuriating to be watching a Raw match and then the commentary gets interrupted because Michael Cole has to tell us what is trending on Twitter. The WWE literally wants to interrupt a match so that we know that #FutureEndeavored is trending on a website. Wait wait, i want to know what is going on in the match...
The internet is hurting the business in so many ways. To start, WWE
I'm looking down at my phone and then i hear something come out of my TV during Raw. I go to my brother and simply say:
"What the fuck? Did i just hear Hulk Hogan come out of his mouth?"
At this point, i was likely to say that WWE just bought TNA and was allowed to mention their wrestlers by name. I knew that was stupid it was just a joke. But with all seriousness,
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Just to get this out of the way, i have two points to address in the beginning and one at the end:
1) I am new to blogging and would love any creative and constructing advice on what i should do for future blogs.
2) In this blog, I never will say that New York has the best wrestling crowds ever. The point of this blog is to show everybody that the crowd is so important in wrestling and
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This Christmas i was VERY excited to play WWE 12 because it was my first wrestling game in a while. Instead, what i got was a horrible thing called "predator engine" and a game where online users abuse 2 moves and win cheap. Also, the fact that no other mode in that game is playable is beyond me. That's when i realized how a perfect wrestling game would be.
BTW: This is not
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AR PARADE: Dudley Elementary students, grades K-6, marched downtown in their annual accelerated reading parade on May 21. With the theme "A Walk on the Wild Side," youngsters dressed in safari or camouflage clothing. Pictured is the third grade class whose mascot was the leopard. Second-grade teacher Justin Dowdy (left) sports a tropical hat for the parade. Accelerated reading is part of the curriculum in which students read books, according to their reading level, and take tests for comprehension.


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"The anthem is beautiful, the stadiums are sold out, and there is always a nice atmosphere," Christian Vieri tells UEFA.com about the UEFA Champions League in our latest quick-fire interview.
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Give the gift of a personal chef with this set of gourmet salts. Full of beautiful (and delicious) color and flavor, these are meant to transform simple dishes into signature favorites. Which sounds a lot like magic. And while your collection of five salts might not possess supernatural abilities, it comes pretty close. The handmade blends are packed in American-made tins, and labeled with recycled paper, displaying the batch number and master blender signature.
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Thank the Lord! Today has sucked even trying to look at the Rats
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Yeh, Rats was as bad as ever today.
It was down? Good timing by me, I guess. I've been away from PD since about 10:40 this morning, and just got in a little while ago. Sweet for me.
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Rosslyn Park head coach Jan Bonney will be without three key players when they return to action in National League One tomorrow (Saturday) at Cinderford.
Back row Hugo Ellis, an ever-present this season after moving to Priory Lane from Newport Gwent Dragons in the summer, is on holiday – with Bonney's blessing.
Tom Baldwin, also in the back row, has an ankle problem that will also keep him out of the Cinderford clash.
Despite the double set-back in the back row, Bonney has options with Harry Rowland, Luke Campbell and Will Bowley all available for selection.
Elsewhere, Dan Richmond suffered a broken arm in the draw with Ealing before the Christmas break and is a long-term absentee.
Craig McGrath is a likely replacement for Richmond after coming off the bench for the stricken hooker.
After the 16-16 draw with league leaders Ealing Trailfinders, where only a last-gasp penalty denied Park a fine victory, Bonney is confident ahead of the season's resumption and that the seven-point gap between them and the top is easily surmountable.
"I was disappointed that we could not hold on to the win against Ealing, but having looked back at the video there are plenty of positives to take from the game," he said.
"There were sloppy mistakes, but they were only small errors which can be rectified.
"We did not lose and we're still in touch with the top. Cinderford will be tough, but Ealing play Macclesfield - who are fighting for their lives at the bottom – and I think the conditions will be a real leveller.
"There is a long way to go yet, we're only just half way through the season so the gap to the top is not a major issue."
The absence of the influential Ellis, who will be back for the visit of Cambridge next weekend, is something Bonney had planned for well ahead of Saturday.
He said: "This is the only time his partner can get a holiday and, to be fair, Hugo deserves his break.
"He has been great for us and while this forces our hand we knew we could not play him every game - no one can play every game - and we have ideas of how to reshuffle around his absence."
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The next best thing to wearing your heart on your sleeve. This dainty silver cuff bracelet is decked out with an arrow-like formation of hearts. The sweetest part? You choose the number of hearts to represent the ones you love, to keep them close at hand.
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For novice cooks, roasting a chicken can feel like a daunting culinary feat. But put your fears away. Merrill Stubbs – co-founder of recipe mecca Food52 – is here to guarantee you pull it off without a hitch. All it takes? Six ingredients, a heavy roasting or cast iron pan, and a hint of patience. If you can swing that, The Best Roast Chicken will be golden brown and ready for carving before you know it.
Stubbs says, "Don't open the door for at least 45 minutes, when you can start to test it for doneness. (The chicken is cooked when you pierce the thickest part of the thigh with a sharp knife, and the juices run clear.) Let the chicken rest on a carving board while you make the pan sauce."
Trust yourself. When the juices run clear, pull the chicken out of the oven. The alternative is a dry dish, unsalvageable by even the tastiest of gravies. Once your bird is ready for plating, watch Food52's video tutorial, "How to Carve a Chicken."
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Assessment of the Effectiveness of New Clinical Guidelines for Differential Diagnosis and Management of Common HIV/AIDS-related Conditions in Mozambique
This study has been completed.
Vanderbilt University
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Troy Moon, Vanderbilt University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: August 30, 2012
Last updated: August 9, 2013
Last verified: April 2013
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Utilizing funding through the President´s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) this project seeks to assess the effectiveness of a subset of the new Mozambican clinical guidelines for the diagnosis, initial management, and follow-up ( >1 follow-up visit to determine response to initial and/or second-line therapy) of common signs and symptoms in HIV-infected adult patients as used under field conditions by Mozambique-based clinicians in MOH health facilities in Zambézia province, Mozambique. The operational feasibility of the new guidelines will be described; they will be compared to the previous standard of care for the problem(s) of interest, and the clinical importance of differences between guidelines designed for Mozambican non-physician clinicians and new guidelines (also issued in late 2009) for Mozambican physicians will be described. The subset of guidelines to be addressed in the current phase of this 2-year project includes algorithms for diagnosis and management of acute fever, persistent fever, and anemia.
|Anemia Fever HIV Positive
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Assessment of the Effectiveness of New Clinical Guidelines for Differential Diagnosis and Management of Common HIV/AIDS-related Conditions in Mozambique: A Country-specific Public Health Evaluation." (CDC)
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Anemia Fever HIV/AIDSU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Troy Moon, Vanderbilt University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- 1. What proportion of HIV-infected adult patients with common signs and symptoms can be assigned specific, potentially treatable diagnoses or syndromic classifications when evaluated in conformity with new Mozambican algorithms? [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- 2. What diagnoses or syndromic classifications are assigned to patients managed per protocol (in accordance with the new algorithms) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- 3. What are the confirmed or probable diagnoses of patients who improve when managed in accordance with the new algorithms? [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- What proportion of HIV-infected adult patients with common signs and symptoms improve clinically when evaluated and managed in conformity with new Mozambican algorithms for técnicos de medicina? [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- What is the relative prevalence of non-typhoidal salmonella (NTS) and other bacterial pathogens in febrile study subjects? [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- For each bacterial pathogen isolated in blood cultures, summarize the number and % susceptible to each antibiotic evaluated. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- What proportion of study subjects with laboratory-confirmed P. falciparum parasitemia are also bacteremic? [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Ambulatory, HIV-infected adult patients with hemoglobin <10 g/dL will be evaluated and managed in accordance with Mozambique's new anemia guideline for non-physician clinicians. The basic steps recommended by the guideline are: screen for danger signs and stabilize or admit if indicated; perform rapid malaria antigen test (and/or peripheral blood smear) and treat if indicated; evaluate for adverse drug reactions and manage per Mozambican national guidelines; consider nutritional deficiencies and intestinal parasites; evaluate response to therapy at <=1 month.
Fever or History of Fever
Ambulatory, HIV-infected adult patients with measured axillary temperature >=37.5 C or history of fever within the past 24 hours will be evaluated and managed in accordance with Mozambique's new fever guideline for non-physician clinicians. The basic steps of the fever guideline are: screen for danger signs and stabilize or admit if indicated; perform rapid malaria antigen test (and/or peripheral smear) and treat if indicated; treat any other cause of fever identified through history and physical examination; re-evaluate at next scheduled clinical visit (sooner if worse or if not improving within 48 hours of initiating treatment). Although blood cultures are seldom performed in Mozambican health centers, venipuncture specimens will also be cultured for bacterial pathogens at the first study visit.
Anemia and Fever/History of Fever
Patients who meet eligibility criteria for both the anemia and fever arms will be evaluated and managed using both the new Mozambican anemia guideline and the new Mozambican fever guideline, as above.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
The study population will consist of HIV-infected adult Mozambicans (age 18 years or over) who receive ambulatory care at the Centro de Saúde (Health Center) of the 3 participating health districts (Inhassunge, Namacurra and Maganja da Costa) in Zambézia Province. All 3 health centers have been providing ART for more than three years.
Inclusion Criteria:
- > 18 years old
- HIV-infected
- Fever > 37.5° C or history of fever
- Anemia with recorded hemoglobin level <10 mg/dL
Exclusion Criteria:
- Primary language/dialect is not spoken or understood by any member of the study team.
- Participants who meet algorithm-driven definitions of "danger signs" related to the condition of interest at the time of screening
- Pregnant women will be excluded only if they meet the following criteria (in labor, or in need of emergency Caesarean section or dilatation and curettage)
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01681914
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01681914
|Inhassunge District Health Facility
|Inhassunge, Mozambique
|Namacurra District Health Facility
|Namacurra, Mozambique
|Coalane Health Facility
|Quelimane, Mozambique
Sponsors and Collaborators
Vanderbilt University
|Principal Investigator:
|Paula E Brentlinger, MD, MPH
|Friends in Global Health
|Principal Investigator:
|Troy Moon, MD, MPH
|Vanderbilt University
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Troy Moon, Vanderbilt University:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Moon TD, Silva WP, Buene M, Morais L, Valverde E, Vermund SH, Brentlinger PE. Bacteremia as a cause of fever in ambulatory, HIV-infected Mozambican adults: results and policy implications from a prospective observational study. PLoS One. 2013 Dec 30;8(12):e83591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083591. eCollection 2013.
|Responsible Party:
|Troy Moon, Assistant Professor Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01681914 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
U2GPS000631-05 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|August 30, 2012
|Last Updated:
|August 9, 2013
Keywords provided by Troy Moon, Vanderbilt University:
adult HIV positive patients
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Seropositivity
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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yeah, PKM, but I didn't state that the religious right (or anybody) had sole claim to behaving self-righteously - - I merely gave them as one example of that type of behavior. Self-righteousness comes in all varieties, and yes, we all may act that way at times.
The trouble with feeling self-righteous is that it tends to close one's mind to other viewpoints.


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Protecting innovative business methods and services has presented unique challenges for decades, including new post-grant challenge provisions enacted in the America Invents Act and evolving case law after the Supreme Court's decision in Bilski v. Kappos. Finnegan is at the forefront of important developments in both of these areas. At the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), Finnegan filed the first successful petition for post-grant review of a covered business method patent. And at the Supreme Court, Finnegan briefed and argued the Bilski case, prevailing on both questions presented before the Court, including obtaining a ruling that business methods cannot be excluded from patenting per se.
For nearly half a century, Finnegan has been involved in the efforts to mold the law to accommodate advances in information processing and business-related innovation. We represented companies in the software area during the 1970s as the U.S. Supreme Court struggled with defining patent protection for software inventions. We then worked with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to fashion standards for examining applications in the software area after the Supreme Court's landmark 1981 decision in Diamond v. Diehr, which defined the appropriate scope of protection for computer-related inventions.
Finnegan has played a role in some of the seminal court cases involving the scope of patent protection. In 1980, we wrote an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Diamond v. Chakrabarty on the patentability of a living organism. We also drafted the application in In re Lowry, and prosecuted the case through the USPTO. That case established the patentability of claims to a machine-readable data structure in a computer. In the Federal Circuit, we represented one of the parties in AT&T Corp. v. Excel Communications, Inc., which dealt with the patentability of a method of determining telephone charges. We also filed an amicus brief in the Federal Circuit in In re Beauregard, which concerned claims to a computer program embodied in a tangible media, such as a floppy disk. More recently on the issue of patentable subject matter, we filed amicus briefs in the Supreme Court in Mayo v. Prometheus and in the Federal Circuit in ACLU v. Myriad.
Finnegan's involvement in the Bilski case began with an amicus brief for the AIPLA in In re Bilski before the case went en banc at the Federal Circuit, and continued with the filing of an amicus brief for Accenture to the en banc court. The Bilski applicant then turned to us to seek Supreme Court review, and when we succeeded, Finnegan partner Mike Jakes argued the case at the Supreme Court. In its decision, the Court agreed with our arguments that the Federal Circuit's mandatory machine-or-transformation test for patentable subject matter was too restrictive and that the Patent Act does not exclude business methods from patenting.
Post Bilski, innovations in e-commerce, financial services, and medical methods continue to develop and thrive. Finnegan advises companies on strategies consistent with the Supreme Court's directives in Bilski and the Mayo v. Prometheus decision. As the lower courts apply the Supreme Court's rulings, Finnegan has been there, representing several patent owners in cases before the Federal Circuit involving the patent eligibility of business methods and software. For example, we successfully represented Research Corporation Technologies before the Federal Circuit, where the court reversed summary judgment of invalidity of claims directed to methods for half-toning digital images, explaining that only "manifestly abstract" inventions are patent-ineligible.
Finnegan's interest and experience in business method patents and the issue of patentable subject matter can also be seen from our extensive writing and speaking on the topic. In the last 20 years, our attorneys have authored more than 60 articles on issues related to business method patents, including chapters in BNA's Electronic and Software Patents Law and Practice. In addition, in the last three years alone the firm has hosted a dozen seminars or webinars on the topic, and our attorneys have presented at conferences organized by legal associations, business organizations, and academic institutions.


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dzogchungpa wrote:Ivo wrote:dzogchungpa wrote:Well, did you or didn't you? I'm not asking you to prove it.
Well, I guess that saying that I have will still rank lower than the other things I do on my insanity certification card, so the answer is "yes".
OK, now we're getting somewhere. Can you tell us something about what life on these other planets is like?
More diverse than what most people can possibly imagine, but I don't think we are getting somewhere. Rather we are getting in a territory which is totally unproductive, because I do not have any kind of perceived authority. These questions should be asked to Norbu Rinpoche and others, who have made such statements, and whose word actually means something for Dharma practitioners. He knows a lot about this and I am sure he will share openly much information if he feels that the audience is mature enough. Arranging this second part may be tricky but probably not that impossible during one of his retreats.


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Case studies
Case Studies / Bolon
Bolon first came to Form Us With Love in 2009 with the ambitious challenge to develop a creative strategy capable of positioning the brand as the world's inonvative flooring company.
The research Form Us With Love undertook showed that the most logical audience to use as an agent of change was the architectural community. The thinking being that this sustainably-produced, incredibly versatile material was so relevant for the demands of architecture right across the board. It just had to be pitched right so they could see, as the studio did originally, the huge creative potential. The strategy entailed peeling back the surface layers of the company to expose its aura of innovation and passion shared across the brand from its founders to coworkers. Form Us With Love implemented the strategy annually through a range of concepts including a new communication platform, fair installations, POS assets and sales collateral.
Thanks to the studio's autocratic creative direction, it only took Bolon five years to doubled their revenues and more than secured a position as the most progressive flooring company in the world bar none. It has seen collaborations from influencers like the Campana Brothers, Jean Novel and Missoni, while its site-specific installations continue to grab column inches across the world.
Process / Explore
GODREJ, Exhibition
Punāh is an initiative by one of India's major manufacturing conglomerates,
Godrej and Boyce, focusing on re-thinking the use of industrial waste materials. This year, Form Us With Love was invited to Mumbai as curators, designing the first ever Punāh exhibition, shown at the London Design Festival Sept 2016.
IKEA – Kitchen
Our collaboration on the JANINGE collection had a profound impact on our understanding and admiration of the IKEA universe. We were therefore thrilled the day kitchen range manager, Gerry Dufresne, asked us to do an in-depth study of the kitchen. Together with product developer, Anna Granath, we began to unfold the complex world of the heart of the home.Read more
Process / Futurise
Warm Bench
Gottsunda is a civic concept created for a municipality of Uppsala, just to the north of Stockholm; and was part of Santa & Cole's range.
At a glance the piece seems harsh and unfriendlRe: FUWL books 160113, mail 1 of 2.y, yet there's a visual warmth and realism to using moulded concrete. It's a material we've all seen so it gives off a familiarity and durability of course, which a piece for public areas requires.
Form Us With Love undertook a lengthy process of research, holding workshops with residents of this specific municipality—one that some might describe as an impoverish neighbourhood. And the interactions from the meetings of the inhabitants of Gottsunda became the fuel for making the bench a piece that wants people to sit, talk and discover that there's more to folk than face value.
To make this happen, the studio set a series of heating loops within the bench, as they once did on the benches of Stockholm's more exposed subway stations, using the warmth created as a byproduct of the cooling process of making electricity in nearby power plants.
To sit down alongside someone you don't know and sharing a warmth instead of an uncertainty is something public architecture needs more of. Spaces that are inviting and generate a sense of shared pride and belonging should be encouraged on a wider level from those who plan such places.
Process / Concept
Greenhouse 2017
The advantage of curating a sequence of exhibitions is that you can learn from one exhibition and apply it to the next. Last year, Form Us With Love utilised their Greenhouse design at Stockholm Furniture & Light fair as a platform for dialogue. This resulted in an unpleasant discovery, unveiling that the perceived gap between […]Read more
Process / Prototype
Building a box should be easy. Four sides, a top perhaps. Corners. However, as a studio, we do tend to sweat the small stuff. As a result, it took many CAD drawings to find the quality we were looking for when designing Greenhouse 2016 and its simple box-like stands for the exhibitors.Read more
Process / Qualify
Qualifying the success of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair's 2016 Greenhouse is ambiguous. As it's not like anything else that's been before it.
Yes, the participants have a place to show their work that doesn't take away from the work itself. Yes, there is a sense that this is more of a unified concept from the perspective of the participating designers — they're a part of a collective. And, yes, the cafe is present as is the capture UNG Svensk Form show.
But the statistical element? Does the Millennial respond to numbers, fractions and percentages if they cannot flick through them at their own pace? Will the established design glitterati feel that they can contribute within this new meeting place? And is there safety in numbers — does the participant prefer being overwhelmed by a comedic installation full of garish colour and wacky design typography?
The views of Form Us With Love, in this particular case, don't matter. The installation is never predictable as an environment and critique is ever present in any design fair. But, this time, if that critique is constructive and geared towards progressing the ideas and, potentially, the careers of these young designers then that's enough. Because Greenhouse should be that place.
Thinking / Excursion
This month, Form Us With Love participated in an evening symposium, held at the beautiful Marmorsaal in Weissenburgpark, Stuttgart, Germany. In a series of talks, hosted by Liener büromöbel, design was tackled in three sub-sections; team, room and process. Speakers included Prof. Ulrich Weinberg from Hasso Plattner Institut in Potsdam, Markus Schiffer, Country Manager at Buzzi Space […]Read more
Prototypa – Milan
During Milan design week this April, Form Us With Love temporary moved their practice to engage in the second round of Prototypa—a four-day series of talks on the act of prototyping. Inhabiting a Milanese architect firm, located in the centre of the city, Prototypa brought four conversations in an honest setting, delivering actual and speculative design assessments to a […]Read more
Thinking / Problems
Water Faucet
You try to locate the sensors, looking for those dark coloured lenses usually placed in the stem of the faucets. But you can't see anything! It's 'minimalism'. You place your hands a wide as you can, moving frantically to try to maximise the chance for a reflection to hit the sensor—it still doesn't work.
You are patient and take a breather; since the sensor might need a few seconds. Still nothing. You realise you still have soap in your hands and begin to panic. Next, you move closer. Perhaps the sensor could not quite get the signal you were trying to prevail from a distance? Half your body is doubled under the faucet, like a large bird in a small box, which remains unresponsive. You see sense, and pull your hands away to try again rationally. Other people have washed and gone by now. Your frustration is apparent. And you've been staring at yourself in the mirror, soapy hands dripping, for a couple of minutes. You feel stupid. A master of nothing.
Automatic faucets have hidden lenses which are designed to look for different things, hence the confusion. Some sense how close you are, or by how much you move your hands, and others just require a really strong presence. Most of the time they are just not intuitive enough, bad design making your life difficult.
Thinking / Publications
Design Sweden is an independent organisation set up with the purpose to nurture and enable designers living and working in Sweden and those operating abroad. Celebrating 60 years this year, the organisation is continuing to engage in design from an industry as well as a public perspective. This years anniversary celebrations include an evening of talks around the theme of […]Read more
Svensk bokkonst
The I—X publication by Form Us With Love was awarded this March by the Swedish Book Art Association, 'to serve as a model of emulation.' As a chronological compilation, edited by Lia Forslund and designed by Hendrik Nygren Design, the book is a generously sized monograph filled with design process, insights and reflective thinking. 'The act to present extensive material […]Read more
Thinking / Mistakes
Comforty Living
In 2009, Comforty Living invited a number of renowned European designers to compete for a contract — Andersen & Voll from Norway, Philippe Negro from France, to name a few. We were invited to Warsaw to each design a sofa. The best piece was then picked by a jury and put in production.
Comforty Living is a brand divided in two parts; Comfort Living and Com40. The later being a manufacturer of sofas for IKEA. The challenge however, was not to make an IKEA sofa but quite the opposite. Comforty Living wanted us to present ideas for a premium sofa—working to virtually no restrictions.
We took the brief very literally and began researching the boundaries of a sofa and how to go beyond it. Our solution became something closer to art than a piece of furniture. We did not win the pitch, but cherished the fact that we had enabled our creativity to run past what was commercially viable, something which designers rarely get the chance to do. That 'behind every great product is a string of failed ones,' is a cliché. However, in the case of the 'sofa and beyond,' we actually aimed to fall short, which put us much closer to the target.
Studio / About
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Form Us With Love, is the international design studio founded in 2005. Since its conception, the studio has burned with a passion for design and its democratic potential. Its belief is that we all have a right to meaningful design.
At the studio's core lies a process that blends traditional creative practices with a lean, strategic application. The central intention is to evolve with the needs of each project, its place in the market and the ever-changing needs of real people.
Today, the work of Form Us With Love falls into three areas: Consultancy—an engagement in products, ranges, collaborations and spaces for clients around the world, Ventures—disciplined and holistic approaches to launch and build brands, Civic—based on knowledge transfers and sharing of experiences, actively contributing to the broader spectra of design.
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July 12th, 2013 02:03 AM #1
Character names! please help and hopefully have fun doing it :)
My main character for a story im writing is a sixteen year old girl who is half demon. She is supposed to be the princess of the world where she came from but due to her demonic personality she is sent to live on earth with a guardian who is an expert in paranormal research. She can read minds, see the future and communicate with the dead. She is half demon, half reaper. The reapers have he responsibilities of escorting people to heaven or hell, making sure people go at their proper time as well as fighting demons and protecting humans.
so tell me what you think of my names and please give all he suggestions you have
Main Character-i'm thinking a unisex name, so far im liking Asha, Spencer, Emmett and Cory
Mothers name/Queen Reaper-Isla "need middle name" "need last name"
Researcher/Adoptive Mothers name- I need a name which is used to be popular like Hannah or Anna
Adoptive sister (Werewolf/vampire hybrid)- Jael (Jael not Yael) "need middle name" "need last name"
Adoptive brother-So far im thinking Alec or possibly Emmett but I like that for the main girl too.
I suck at choosing last names, all I have is Grey but it seems too overused
July 13th, 2013 04:42 PM #3Senior Member
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You've given us a brief plot summary, but we still don't know much about your characters' personalities, something that I find a huge factor in naming them.
MC: Spencer, Emmett and Cory all say "male" to me. I like Asha, but be aware that it's a very deeply rooted Indian name. I didn't get the sense that your character had that background. I'd suggest Ashley or Aubrey for her, though I still don't have a feel for what kind of girl she is. If she's very feminine, I'd also consider Audrey.
Mother/Queen: Again, don't know much about her, but Isla doesn't sound very demonic. I'd suggest Lilit/Lilith (means "of the night") or Lamia (mythological figure with subtle monstrous roots). If I'm incorrect, and your characters are from Hindu descent, consider Usha, an actual Hindu demon princess. Aeronwen, Alecto, Dama, Damiana, Laverna, Medea, and Quinna all mean or associated with death and/or demons.
Mother/Researcher: Some bland "mom" names are Alyssa, Allison, Amber, Angela, Brittany, Chelsea, Danielle, Dawn, Erin, Erica, Heather, Jennifer, Jessica, Kelly, Kimberly, Lisa, Megan, Melissa, Shannon, Stacy, Stephanie, Tracy and Whitney. If she's an expert researcher, however, you might want to give her a more substantial, intelligent name.
Sister: The J spelling would bother me the entire novel. It's like naming your character Jessica, but spelling it Yessica yet still pronouncing the J. Other unusual Biblical names are: Tamar, Abra, Miriam, Naomi, Abigail, Dinah, Esther, and Delilah.
Brother: I like Emmett better for the bro. Alec/Alek/Alex is very much overdone in paranormal lit, and Emmett goes better with your other selection of names (it's very versatile).
July 19th, 2013 02:12 PM #5
For the MC's name, I like the unisex idea, but Emmett and Spencer sound too boyish to me. I would shoot for something like Avery, Skyler, Kelsey, Peyton, Lindsey, Reagan, Reese, Taylor, or Sam. These are all unisex, but sound more like a girls name. You don't want your reader to be confused about the gender of your MC.
The Mother/ Queen Reaper's name is good. I like Isla. If you were to change it, you should do something like Imogen. As for the middle name, Adelaide, Lucienne, Elanie, Juno, or Talullah would fit perfectly, imo. But, when you think about it, unless there is a certain situation, the reader probably will never know half the characters' middle names. As for the last name, I think Grey actually sounds good for your characters.
The Adoptive Mother's name could be something along the lines of Olivia, Sarah, Hannah, Emily, or Grace should work.
The Adoptive Sister's name Jael confuses me. I didn't know when I first saw it if it was pronounced Jael or Yael. Also Jael seems like a boy name to me. I would change her name to something like Zooey, Alizeh (A-lie-zah) , Emogen, Siobhan, or Tamerlaine. But, if you are going to stick to Jael, any of those would be fine as a middle name. The last name should be something common like Miller or Jones.
For the Adoptive Brother's name, Alec is too common in other books to use. Emmett actually sounds good, if you don't mind the Twilight reference. Sebastian, Max, Finley, or Jack would work.
Good luck with writing your book and coming up with names! The idea for your book is really interesting and I would want want to read it when it comes out