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State police continued interviewing people about the tragedy, which followed a Friday night party that investigators said was attended by five or six adult friends.
The man who hosted the party, identified only as a relative of the cabin's owner, discovered the bodies Saturday. He had slept in his truck outside the cabin, police said.
The adult victims were identified as Jacqueline R. Stackhouse, 23, of New Columbia, and Nathan L. Reece, 30, of Muncy. The child victims were Stackhouse's 3-year-old son and two girls, ages 9 and 4. The relationships among the victims remained unclear Sunday.
Trooper Angela Bieber, who is leading the investigation, said there was no indication the victims tried to escape and that all five apparently died in their sleep.
Lycoming County Coroner Chuck Kiessling said both of the adult victims had consumed alcohol, but that blood-alcohol tests were inconclusive. He said he ordered further toxicology tests, which could take several weeks to analyze.
Kiessling said the mother of the two girls left the 10-by-16-foot cabin with another woman at around 5 a.m. Saturday, before the tragedy was discovered.
State police were alerted by a 911 emergency call at 11:48 a.m. Saturday, said Bieber, who declined to discuss the girls' mother.
"It's just a tragic situation," Kiessling said. "It certainly would have been better if she'd taken the children with her. At this point, we don't believe there are any criminal charges to be filed."


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Get an overview of this hotel4-star Phoenix hotel in Downtown Phoenix, walk to Phoenix Convention Center and Venues
Popular property highlights
Located in Downtown Phoenix, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Arizona State University - Downtown Phoenix, Phoenix Convention Center and Venues, and Talking Stick Resort Arena. Chase Field and Arizona State Capitol are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness center. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a 24-hour business center, and WiFi in public areas.
Room Amenities
All 242 rooms feature comforts like pillowtop beds and Egyptian cotton sheets, while conveniences include refrigerators and coffee makers. IPod docks and 24-hour room service are standard, as are LCD TVs with cable channels.
Guest Highlights
- Spotless guestrooms
- Central location
- Helpful staff
- Guestroom size
- Comfy beds
- WiFi could've been better
The Westin Phoenix Downtown
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The Westin Phoenix Downtown features an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with wireless Internet access (surcharge).
Business amenities at this 4-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 435 square feet (40 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
The Westin Phoenix Downtown is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Outdoor pool
- 24-hour business center
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 242
- Number of floors - 9
- ATM/banking
- Bar/lounge
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tours/ticket assistance
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 2010
- Conference space size (feet) - 435
- Conference space size (meters) - 40
- Number of meeting rooms - 6
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( USD 14.95 per night )
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( USD 14.95 per night )
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Room service (24 hours)
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Rainfall showerhead
- Bathtub or shower
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Cable TV service
- WiFi (surcharge)
- iPod docking station
- Down comforter
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- First-run movies
- Pillowtop mattress
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays.
Province - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 20 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets stay free
- Dogs only
- Up to 40 kg
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 4 and USD 18 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 14.95 per night (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 14.95 per night (rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: USD 32.00 per day
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 20 per night
Hotel Name
- Phoenix Downtown Westin
- Westin Hotel Phoenix Downtown
- Westin Phoenix Downtown
- Westin Phoenix Downtown Hotel Phoenix
- Westin Phoenix Downtown Hotel
We should mention
Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.

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Vallejo Community Access Television (VCAT) airs the 19 winning videos from the Ursula Awards Film Festival today through Monday.
Comcast Ch. 27 and AT&T Ch. 99 air the festival winners from the Sept. 21 event at the USA World Classics Event Center.
The event was named after Ursula Morgan-Kane, a pioneer of VCAT.
Category winners include:
Short -- Robert Parham for "Buster Jones"
Feature -- Jacalyn Evonne for "Arc Angels"
Community -- Lois Brady for Autism Today TV
Documentary (Professional) -- Solano County Office of Education for Generation Text: An Evolution of Bullying.
Documentary (Short) -- Michael Pearce for "Occupy, San Francisco"
Documentary (Full length) -- Maurice Carter for "Bridge Between Two Cultures"
Education -- Solano County Office of Education for Career Technical Education
Spritual/Religious -- Michael Brown for "Transformation Vallejo"
Entertainment -- Maria Guevara for "Ubi-Move, Music Video"
Sports -- Tim Banks for "Vallejo Sports"
Arts -- Mira Salazar for "Mural Project"
Public Service Announcement -- Jacalyn Evonne for "VCAT PSA"
Lifestyle -- Romulo Carino for "Reunion"
Children/Youth -- Solano County Office of Education for Homeless Cardboard Brigade
Student Filmmaker -- Jalia Blue Norris for "Vallejo's Got Art"
Best of VCAT -- Miro Salazar for VCAT Station Identification
Special Recognition -- Jason Setla for "Reclaiming the Throne"
Producer of the Year -- Shaaron Fox-Bent


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Monday, September 25, 2017
Pulmonary Hypertension
When is right heart cath necessary?
I have a myopathy with associated respiratory muscle weakness, hypoventilation and increased CO2 at night (all documented by testing). I have been put on a CPAP but am unable to tolerate it.
I had a MUGA scan (Multi Gated Acquisition Scan) done in 06/07 and 07/08. The most recent one showed declining RVEF (Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction). My pulmonary doctor says the CPAP is needed but because I cannot tolerate it, closer monitoring is indicated.
He said in September that a right heart catheter was not indicated at this point. I also have restrictive lung disease d/t myopathy and a decreased DLCO (Diffusing Capacity of the Lung). At what point is a right heart catheter indicated? Could this potentially turn into PH? Thanks.
Low oxygen because of hypoventilation can lead to an increase in pulmonary artery pressures and strain on the right ventricle. A right heart catheterization is indicated to assess the pressures whenever we suspect pulmonary hypertension.
However, since the cause is obvious in your case, it would be prudent to treat the hypoventilation before measuring the pressures as they may improve with optimal use of CPAP.
Namita Sood, MD, FCCP
Associate Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Douglas W Haden, MD
Assistant Professor
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


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19% of churches consider themselves in excellent financial health, compared to 31 percent in 2000, according to Faith Communities Today's 2008 survey.
8.5 million is the number of clients served by Catholic charities in 2008, a 10.5 percent increase over 2007, according to Catholic Charities USA.
"Our attendance is staying the same and increasing a little bit. In this time of chaos, a community of faith can offer grounding and certainty amidst the turmoil." —Rev. Brandon Johnson, associate minister at the United Church of Santa Fe
Tales of woe are a popular facet of recession-era media coverage, and aspects of organized religion's story are no different.
The Faith Communities Today report—a product of several partnered congregations, researchers and the Hartford Seminary, released in September 2009—illustrates a dire future of "declining attendance at worship, eroding financial health, waning spiritual vitality and increasing uncertainty about their mission and purpose" for congregations nationwide.
But Santa Fe, it seems, is more or less resilient. Though the Archdiocese of Santa Fe has had a 6 percent decline in its Catholic Center administrative budget since 2008, according to Executive Director of Finance Tony Salgado, Sunday donations remain steady.
And Rev. Brandon Johnson, the associate minister at the United Church of Santa Fe, says that not only is attendance steady but, in other areas, his church is growing.
"What we're seeing right now is decreased giving in some areas, but people [are] more willing to volunteer," Johnson says. "[It's] people wanting to be around the faith community—realizing they financially can't make that commitment, but still wanting to give to the community."
And, he says, "oddly enough," some people are giving more.
"When this uncertainty is surrounding them, those who are able to give look at it and go, 'OK, it's time for me to step up and give resources where people need them,'" Johnson says. "If they can provide that financially, they do."
Maybe it's just human nature—or churchgoers' nature, anyway—to want to give more when times are tough.
"The reason is, the faithful continue to be generous," Salgado says.
If you can't see the reason in that, just believe it.


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It's that time of year—the season of butter and sweets. We can try to justify eating poorly and not exercising all we want, but why wait until January 1st to make healthy resolutions? There's already a brilliant tradition in place to help us tackle our holiday habits: the advent calendar. True, it traditionally includes eating chocolate every day leading up to Christmas, but we've revamped it a bit…
Join BU Student Health on Twitter this month for daily activities related to wellness. In advent calendar spirit, we'll post one activity every morning for you to focus on, starting December 1st and ending on December 25th.
Start fresh today!
It's never too early (or too late) to get healthy. Can't complete today's #AdvenTweet activity? Do yesterday's activity again!
Tweet pictures of your #AdvenTweet activities @BUStudentHealth to stay inspired!
SPREAD THE HEALTH: Taking it one day at a time, enlisting a buddy, and posting pics will help you stay inspired and on track to meet your fitness goals during the holiday season.


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KEXP Reviews
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This New York band continues to mature beautifully on their sixth album, an impeccably crafted set of widescreen indie-rock combining the anthemic power of classic U2 with occasional echoes of '50s doo wop, Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers and other vintage signifiers of early rock & roll at its most warm-hearted. Produced in Seattle by Phil Ek, the album has a lush, warm and muscular sound featuring ringing electric guitars and strummed acoustics, glimmering organ and Hamilton Leithauser's now-gentler Dylanesque croon on big, open-hearted songs with gorgeous melodies and lyrics brimming with optimism, though occasionally undercut with some darkness. Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold contributes backing vocals to a few songs. 5/17/2012 - Don Yates
Other Walkmen album reviews:
Lisbon - 8/12/2010
Bows + Arrows - 2/9/2004


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Compact, waterproof, and durable
Internal antenna for easy installation
Supports C-MAP 4D cartography
Bottom discrimination
Plastic transducer with transom-mount
The fully integrated GP1870F GPS/Chartplotter/Fishfinder is compact, waterproof and durable. The GP1870F Chartplotter features an internal antenna for ease of installation. Its dual-range display allows you to view both short and long ranges of your chart simultaneously in a split-screen presentation. Furuno's RotoKey interface allows for simple and stress-free operation. Turn the RotoKey for a finely stepped zoom control, or press the knob for full access to the GP1870F controls. The LCD screen allows for viewing from virtually any angle, even while wearing polarized sunglasses, plus the screen is bonded to ensure fog-free operation. The GP1870F supports C-MAP 4D by Jeppessen charts.
The GP1870F incorporates a powerful 600W/1kW Furuno Fishfinder with a host of advanced features. Post-Processing Gain Control allows you to view changes to the Gain setting immediately for all returns on the screen, making it easier than ever to dial in your fishfinder for local conditions. Furuno's Bottom Discrimination feature enables the unit to indicate if a major component of the bottom is mud, sand, gravel, or rocks. The Bottom Discrimination function provides you with valuable information to locate rich fishing grounds while boosting your catch of the day. Plus, in order to assess individual fish size, the echo strength from the fish can be computed and turned into fish size display on the screen.
GP1870F Chartplotter/Fishfinder Features:
• Bright 7" LCD gives excellent readability, even in direct sunlight
• LCD and AR glass are bonded together to ensure fog-free operation
• Clear visibility when wearing polarized sunglasses
• Internal GPS antenna for simple and easy installation
• Standard C-Map 4D chart available on SD card
• RotoKey revolving menu and familiar point-and-click operation
• Internal memory: Waypoint/Track 30,000 points, Route 1,000 routes
• Incorporates the legendary 600W/1kW fishfinder equipped with Furuno's latest digital fishfinder technology
• Post-processing Gain Control applied to all echoes displayed on the screen
• White Line function discriminates fish lying near the bottom
Transducer Features:
• Plastic Transom-Mount Multisensor
• 600 Watts
• 50/200 kHz
• 45/11 degree Beam Angles
• Plastic Transom Mount with Temperature and Removable Speed Assembly
• 30' Cable with 10-Pin Connector


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Gotham Arts Exchange Presents FOCAL POINT, 1/11-13
FOCUS 2013, a celebration of U.S.-based dance presented by Gotham Arts Exchange, introduces a new program and stage to its annual platform, FOCUS2013: FOCAL POINT, comprised of three programs each curated by a different dance artist. FOCAL POINT will be presented on Friday, January 11 at 8pm; Saturday, January 12 at 4pm; and Sunday, January 13 at 4pm at The Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 W. 55th Street, NYC. Tickets are $15 and are available by phone at 212-279-4200 or online at www.ticketcentral.com.
The goal of FOCAL POINT programming is to provide three dance programs that bring focus to areas in dance that warrant attention. The artists who curate FOCAL POINT decide what is missing from the other FOCUS 2013 programs, and use theFOCAL POINT to complete the overall picture. This year's programs will be curated by David Parker, Robert Moses and Trajal Harrell.
Friday, January 11 at 8pm
Michelle Dorrance Dance
Nicole Young
David Parker/The Bang Group
Saturday, January 12 at 4pm
Gallim Dance
Trajal Harrell
Sunday, January 13 at 4pm
Keith Johnson/Dancers
Northwest Dance Project
Robert Moses Kin
FOCAL POINT is a part of FOCUS 2013, the National Platform to promote American dance both abroad and nationally. The week-long platform presents performances of U.S.-based dance companies during the annual Arts Presenters Conference in New York City, and one of the largest gatherings of artists, dancers and dance professionals in the U.S. During the second week in January, four venues partner with Gotham Arts Exchange to present the artistic visions of five curators gathered to shape this year's edition:
* DANCE GOTHAM at NYU/Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, curator Martin Wechsler
* FOCUS DANCE at The Joyce Theater, curator Jodee Nimerichter
* FOCAL POINT (new this year), with curators David Parker, Robert Moses and Trajal Harrell, and artistic advisor Robert Battle.
* DANCE MEET and SHOW CASE at New York City Center


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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (December 06, 2013) —
Whenever Victor E. Clarke would meet with University of Miami Frost School of Music Dean Shelton "Shelly" Berg, he would always talk about his fascination with music technology.
"Victor was always curious about technology," said Berg, "and I think that's what drew him to music. He was somewhat of an amateur music technology buff."
Clarke, a UM trustee who grew his father's Coral Gables-based engineering firm into a worldwide leader in custom-made avionics control panels and audio systems, and donated funds to build a UM music recital hall that bears his name, passed away on November 27. He was 81.
"Innovative and inquisitive" is how Berg described Clarke, who earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from Cornell University. "Even when he was in poor health, Victor stayed very up on what was going on at the music school," recalled the dean. "I last saw him about a month ago, and we met for about an hour. We just had the greatest conversation, and he was still very excited about what we were doing."
A lifelong resident of Miami who graduated from Coral Gables High School, Clarke followed the philanthropic example set by his parents, Victor P. and Charlotte H. Clarke, who gave to many causes. Clarke's gift to UM's music school named the Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall, a 120-seat venue dedicated in April 1994 that continues to play a critical role in the Frost School's mission, serving as an ideal setting for solo performances and smaller concerts that wouldn't be held in the larger Gusman Concert Hall.
With the Frost School now in the midst of a major expansion phase that includes a new music studios building, 200-seat performance hall, and an experiential learning center, Clarke Recital Hall will be retrofitted with high-tech sound and lighting features to accommodate electronic classical music.
Among the other projects made possible by Clarke's generosity are the Victor E. Clarke Pavilion at Baptist Hospital in Kendall, the Baptist Cardiovascular Institute, and the Victor E. Clarke Education Center at South Miami Hospital.
Born on March 13, 1932, in Miami, Clarke served his country as an officer in the United States Air Force during the 1950s. Shortly after graduating from Cornell in 1956, he joined his father's avionics firm, Gables Engineering, later succeeding the elder Clarke at the helm as chairman, CEO, and principal owner.
Clarke was appointed a University of Miami trustee in 1982, and an emeritus trustee in 2000. He served on the Academic Affairs, Athletic Advisory, Finance and Audit, Student Affairs, Master Planning and Construction, and Development Affairs committees. He also chaired the visiting committees of the College of Engineering and Frost School of Music, and was a member of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Visiting Committee.
He was a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and in recognition of his contributions to engineering, Clarke was inducted into Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, in January 1986.
Clarke is survived by his daughters, Charlotte "Anne" Clarke and Patricia "Lynn" Clarke Cogan; granddaughters Erin, Colleen, Kerry, Kelly, Mary-Bridget, and Meghan-Ann; and five great-grandchildren, Luke, Hannah, Gabrielle, Ryan and Natalie.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to a charity of your choice.
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Topic: DSMO Treatment for Lymphoma?
Excuse this intrusion but my daughter asked me if I would post this as she cannot find anything on it. She has a friend who has Lymphoma and they just heard about this:
I have been doing some research for Blake and came across this, there is only one place to get this treatment and it's in Tulsa, and of course not covered by insurance. It is approved by the FDA but not for cancer treatment which is why insurance won't cover it for this purpose. The treatment is about $10,000 and must be paid upfront before treatment begins. It takes approximately 20 days to get the treatment and the facility that offers it is www.camelotcancercenter.com I find it unbelievable that no one knows about this, like not on TV or the news or anything.... Can you ask if anyone has heard of this or knows anything about it?
Dimethyl Sulfoxide othwise known as DMSO treatment
Perhaps those of you who love a research challenge.......I tried to get into the web site and could not!


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But all doesn't go as planned. The lobsters resolutely refuse to crawl out from under their rocks and into the traps she and her stern man (AKA, her father) have painstakingly set. Her fellow Islanders, an extraordinary collection of characters, draw her into their bizarre Island intrigues. Guys prove even more elusive than lobsters. And as mainlanders increasingly fish waters that are supposed to be reserved for Islanders, she realizes the that the Island might be heading for a "gear war," a series of attacks that had in the past escalated from sabotage of equipment to extreme violence.
Then, just when she thinks things couldn't get much worse, something happens that forces her to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about life, luck, and lobsters.
(P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"Was this narration sped up?"
Linda Greenlaw is an interesting person and a great writer with a dry sense of humor. I loved that she was narrating her own book. I got the feeling that this narration was sped up, for whatever reason. I wish that were not done.
"Interesting, Enjoyable and Light"
This is the second audio book by this author and narrator that I have listened to, and it was as enjoyable as the first. It's a fairly short "listen" and I always feel a little slighted for having to spend one credit on an audio book that is less than 8 hrs (in this case just less than 6); but on the flip side, having listened to many audio books that are much longer, it's really nice to find a story that is immediately engaging and well narrated. Granted, it is about her life (or a brief period thereof) as a lobster fisherman - and anecdotes of her life on a small island in Maine; if that doesn't sound like it will appeal to you, then this audio book probably won't. But I thought it was entertaining and a relaxing intermission (albeit brief) between stories that are often a fair bit little heavier.
"Delighted old Vet stationed at Bangor 1964."
I was poor 19 yr old soldier made $68/mo. I couldn't afford a lobster. I knew "downeasterners" were a different breed, as well as lobsterman, crabbers and clammers. French fisherman we had to shower them before drafting into Army. This fun book explained the mystery of lobstering and the fascinating people who bring them to our tables. I think Linda is a doll and she coulda trapped me but I never heard of Aus de Haut Island. A Widower 71 I was recently "trapped" again so never quit trying. Love is found in least likely places.
"A new look at a different kind of life"
I think they were both as good
I lived in Rhode Island for the first 12 years of my life and my Grandmother grew up in Easport ME so it was very touching to me. The complexity of the very small town and the relationships of the towns people were wonderful to read about and it made me want to go to the island to visit
I did not realize what the fishing industry had to do to provide us with the wonderful products of their labors
"Daydreaming of Lobster Fishing?"
The narrator has a great voice.
If you are daydreaming of quitting your job to trap lobster, or even live some place remote, listen to this first.
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Concept 25 Some viruses store genetic information in RNA.
David Baltimore and Howard Temin explain work on the Rous sarcoma virus.
Hi, I'm David Baltimore. And, I'm Howard Temin. In the '70s, we were working on the Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) and other viruses that can cause tumors. RSV is named after Peyton Rous. In 1911, he found that this virus causes tumors in chickens. Rous passed an extract from tumor cells over filters that excluded any material larger than a virus. This filtrate produced tumors when injected into healthy chickens. Since anything larger than a virus was filtered out, the implications were that viruses caused tumors. But no one knew how the viruses worked to cause cancer. In the early '70's, I proposed that, during infection, tumor viruses integrate their DNA into the host cell DNA. However, this would prove a problem for RSV, which stores its genetic information as RNA, not DNA. David and I both became interested in how RSV might use its RNA as a template to make DNA. To figure this all out, I stripped the virus of its outer coat and used the inner core in a cell-free system. I added all the nucleotides; thymine was the radioactive tracer. The viral components in this cell-free system produced radioactive DNA. I knew the radioactive product was DNA because it was not affected by RNase. But the product was destroyed by the enzyme DNase. I did a few more experiments. I incubated the viral cores with trypsin — an enzyme that digests protein. I then added nucleotides to the trypsin-digested viral cores. I did not get any DNA product. Similarly, if I added RNase at the beginning of the reaction ... ... and then added nucleotides ... ... there also was no DNA product. I concluded that RSV has a special enzyme that uses RNA as a template to make DNA. I initially named this enzyme "RNA-dependent DNA polymerase," but it later became known as reverse transcriptase. Howard Temin independently did a similar set of experiments. Crick's Central Dogma — where information flows from DNA to RNA to protein — does not apply to viruses like RSV. A reverse flow of information from RNA to DNA happens first, and these viruses thus became known as retroviruses. Our discovery of reverse transcriptase helped to clarify the life cycle of RSV and other retroviruses. Retroviruses consist of an outer envelope, an inner capsid, and a central core containing the RNA template and the reverse transcriptase enzyme. When the virus infects a cell, the viral envelope fuses with the host cell membrane and the capsid disassembles — releasing the RNA and reverse transcriptase into the cytoplasm of the host cell. The reverse transcriptase then synthesizes a complementary DNA strand using the viral RNA as a template. Then the enzyme degrades the RNA and synthesizes a second DNA strand. This DNA makes its way into the nucleus and integrates into a chromosome of the host cell. The typical retrovirus RNA looks like this: it has two ends called long terminal repeats (LTR), and only three genes — gag, pol, and env. The LTRs are sequences that help the virus integrate into the host genome. Once integrated,the virus uses the host replication machinery to produce RNA — containing the LTR's and genes between them — and the other viral proteins. pol codes for the reverse transcriptase. gag encodes the capsid and other core proteins. ...while env produces components of the outer viral envelope. The proteins are then assembled into a viral particle with the viral RNA inside. Once it leaves the cell, the virus is capable of infecting other cells. Tumor viruses, like RSV, have picked up an additional gene; called an oncogene, src contributes to malignancy.
Scientists are working on ways to use retroviruses as vectors in gene therapies. If done correctly, retroviruses can be engineered to carry genes into the body.
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WINCHESTER'S Chesil Theatre is once again inviting playwrights to submit ten minute scripts for its 10x10 Playwriting Competition.
Writers aged 16 and over have until midnight on Friday April 25 to send in a short play based on the theme of '150', chosen specifically to coincide with the theatre's 150th anniversary season.
The anniversary year will culminate in premiere performances of the ten winning plays.
Now in its fourth event, the producer, Deborah Edgington, is anticipating a big response.
She said: "What started out as a platform for just ten members of the Nuffield Theatre Writers' Group in 2008 has now turned into a national competition for aspiring and emerging playwrights. The aim of 10x10 is to discover, promote and produce the very best new writing of 10 minute plays.
"Each time we run this event, the number of scripts we receive grows and grows, demonstrating what a wealth of talented writers there are out there, eager for the opportunity to have and see their own work performed".
For details about 10x10 and to find out how to enter a script, click on the theatre's website www.chesiltheatre.org.uk for the competition rules and an entry form or email. email@example.com


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Behind the Mask
Antonio Banderas opens up on marriage, politics and his best roles.
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Banderas is a very male male—muy masculino in his native Spanish—but with a feminine side strong enough to routinely assume effeminate or gay roles convincing enough to earn him GLAAD awards and lust-object status among a number of gay websites.
His marriage to Griffith—his second, her fourth—has seen its share of tabloid press for everything from her time in rehab for prescription drug abuse (true) to his-and-hers affairs (both claim false) and trial separations (true). Still, they've been married nearly 10 years, are routinely touted in the press as the next Hollywood couple to go the distance and, in case anyone wants to know how Griffith keeps her rather press-shy man, she's glad to offer tips to the media and her fans via news bites and a website. Latest news bulletin? Pole dancing.
He is a citizen of Spain who knows more about American history and American politics than most of the people voting in November elections. He is an accomplished musician and singer who refuses to record an entire album and an actor who professes to be extraordinarily shy about filming love scenes but doesn't use a body double when it comes to nudity.
He admits to jealousy as a character trait even as he rails against it in a relationship. He has won 19 acting awards and been nominated for another 17 from prestigious organizations all over the world, but he refused the Spanish Academy's gold medal award the first time it was proffered because he felt he was too young in the industry to accept it.
It wasn't until 2004, and only following his Tony award nomination for Best Actor (Musical) for his stage performance in Nine that he accepted Spain's equivalent of an Oscar awarded "to recognize the actor's work in spreading Spanish culture throughout his prolific international career."
That Banderas' international career has been prolific can't be denied. For a man who turned 45 on August 10 ("Melanie says I'm not forty-five," he jokes, "I'm thirty-fifteen"), he has more than 70 acting projects on his resume. All in all, pretty impressive for a young man from Malaga, Spain, who, until age 14, dreamed only of a potential career playing his beloved soccer.
"I think I was too young to ever really think about playing professionally for the Federation...I played because I loved it. But it's also true that I wasn't all that bad," Banderas grins, "and I probably could have become a professional soccer player but I [was] injured while playing and I broke my left foot in several parts. Now? Now I am a spectator. I love soccer and I follow the matches and several teams that I like—the national team and Team Malaga, my hometown team that I am always behind—but I think that it would be impossible to find someone who doesn't like soccer."
That professional soccer just isn't as big in the U.S. as it is in Europe is a mystery to Banderas but then, as a boy, so was the lure of acting until he saw a performance of Hair in the year following the broken foot. Suddenly, the young Banderas had a new goal that didn't involve a ball; it involved a stage.
Born Jose Antonio Dominguez Bandera, the eldest son of a school- teacher and a police comisario, Banderas' interest in acting and the desire to attend Malaga's School of Dramatic Art came as a bit of a shock to the traditional Bandera household. He did the requisite classical training which resulted in tours throughout Spain in small productions until 1980, when, at age 19 and with almost no money in his pocket, he moved to Madrid with the intention of getting serious about his career. He joined the National Drama Center in Madrid, worked as a waiter and model to support himself, and anticipated being "the guy in the fifth row holding a sword" for many years to come.
While he did his stints in the fifth row, it wasn't for long; his first big break was to come in the form of an equally ambitious young director, 10 years Banderas' senior, by the name of Pedro Almódovar. Almódovar cast the young actor in Laberinto de Pasiones (Labyrinth of Passions) in 1982, and it was also Almódovar who allegedly convinced a young Antonio to add an "s" on to the last name of Bandera by suggesting "add the s, señor."
Banderas continued to work in small movies, stage productions and television but a future had been cemented with Almódovar; they went on to make a range of quirky, out-of-the-box films such as the 1988 comedy Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and, two years later, the controversial Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! It was an odd, chance-taking role for the young, unknown actor. The plot revolves around Ricky, a mental patient on release who tracks down a porn star he once slept with and tries to convince her to marry him. When she hesitates, Ricky (Banderas) tries to tie up the deal by tying her up in order to, well, you get the picture.
Apparently, so did European and American filmgoers. Banderas suddenly had people—filmmakers, casting agents and even pop star Madonna during the filming of her sexy Truth or DareM in 1990—wanting him in bed with them, both literally and figuratively.
The fact that he couldn't speak English didn't seem to deter those who felt that his on-screen presence made up for a certain deliberate delivery. Banderas learned the lines phonetically for The Mambo Kings, his 1992 break-through American movie opposite Armand Assante, with Banderas' still-heavy accent working in his favor. What also worked in his favor was that the guy can sing; his version of "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" helped earn the movie Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Song and scored Banderas a nomination from the Spanish Actors Union for Lead Performance.
Films with slightly bigger budgets began coming his way, including some with modest roles but opposite box office names that guaranteed a certain volume of ticket sales; The House of the Spirits with Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons and a 21-year-old Winona Ryder; Philadelphia opposite Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington and Interview with the Vampire opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt to name a few.
By 1995, Banderas had teamed up with yet another producer and director he was, it seems, destined to work with time and time again. Perhaps slightly less temperamental than Almódovar but no less out-of-the-box, Texan filmmaker Robert Rodriguez chose Banderas to reprise the role of El Mariachi, the tormented musician-cum-gunslinger who roams aimlessly, alternately shooting and strumming, until meeting and falling in love with Salma Hayek's shopkeeper.
The film, Desperado, was the second in Rodriguez' trilogy of films featuring El Mariachi and became a sort of cult classic with supporting actors Cheech Marin and Steve Buscemi spouting the kinds of snarky lines that had both teenagers and film critics quoting them. Eight years later, Rodriguez and Banderas—with the addition of Johnny Depp—would team up again for the even darker and more testosterone-driven Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
Banderas would go on to make yet three more movies with Robert Rodriguez, the box office and video-successful Spy Kids franchise. Banderas says that although he initially took some professional flack for doing "kids' movies," he's very proud of the films for both their content and their box office success.
The movies did "...well, very well," said Banderas. "I had a lot of fun making the movies, the kinds of movies that my daughter can see and enjoy, and I like Robert's creativity."
"Of course," Banderas shrugs, "if Robert Rodriguez asked me to go to hell with him, I'd go. There is a relationship there, a friendship, between him and me that makes any job that he'd call me to do something I'd do."
But Banderas was taking big risks at a time in his career when most wouldn't have. As a result, there were interesting choices with interesting results between his success with Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
In between the two Rodriguez films, Banderas—now a hot item in both Hollywood and European-produced films—felt he could afford to play with some experimental (and often forgettable) scripts such as 1995's Four Rooms (his second appearance in a film with both Madonna and Salma Hayek), Never Talk to Strangers (1995), a weakly erotic thriller and Assassins (1995), a violent shoot-'em-up opposite Sly Stallone and Julianne Moore.
And then there's 1995's Two Much, an uninspired movie about a man who falls in love with two sisters at the same time and pulls a con —he assumes the identity of twin brothers—to keep the love of both. As a plot it was lamentable, but it brought him face-to-face with actress Melanie Griffith, the woman who was later to become his wife.
Griffith was married at the time to actor Don Johnson (their second time around, actually) while Banderas was married to Spanish actress Ana Leza. Both parties divorced and, a year later, Banderas and Griffith married with their daughter, Stella, born not too long after. Banderas still had a home in Madrid, but he, Griffith, their daughter and Griffith's children by her former marriages—daughter Dakota Johnson from her marriage with Don Johnson and Alexander Bauer from her marriage to actor Steven Bauer—settled into a bi-continent family unit centered primarily in Los Angeles.
According to Banderas, it has been a mostly-blessed decade with his family of five. He is always careful to refer to himself as Dakota and Alexander's "parent," as opposed to father out of deference to their natural fathers but says that he loves and is proud of both his step-children.
He describes Dakota, now 16, as "...a handful who is at that point where you're never clear whether you should bring her home a toy, a doll, or whether she's going to come home bringing a boy! She's just discovered her power over boys and," Banderas sighs, "has discovered that she can snap her fingers and have guys in a millisecond."
Alexander, now 21, he describes differently, saying that they've evolved almost into friends who go to movies and ski together. "When I first met Melanie there was distance, surely," Banderas acknowledges. "I mean he was nine then, there was a distance in the beginning, a 'who is this guy who is going to bed with my momma?' thing, so I made sure that we went slowly at first. Now, now it's great. We go motorbiking together at the little house in Aspen."
The "little house" in Aspen is, in fact, a major villa that the family bought a few years ago primarily for winter skiing. The whole family skis, including Stella who, according to a beaming Banderas, "...skis better than I do sometimes, takes the same runs, the same black diamond runs."
Although Banderas says they used the Aspen house this summer for a couple of weeks, they really spend the majority of their time split between the home in Los Angeles and the home he's relaxing in right now, the oceanfront villa in Marbella. If the home's location is the worst-kept secret in all of Andalusia, gaining access to the house means running a gauntlet of paparazzi permanently camped out in front of the gates followed by an intimidating once-over by both security and household personnel.
And then there's Boots. One of five dogs and three cats that call the various Banderas homes home, Boots is a 75-lb. golden Labrador who bounds out of nowhere to confront the newcomer. After a thorough inspection of hands, pockets and briefcase, the Lab decides to show approval by standing on his hind legs and licking the guest's face to the point where there's a running joke about the lingering scent of "eau de Boots" for the remainder of the afternoon.
Although the scent of "dog lick" is one that has Banderas rolling his eyes and proffering apologies, he makes no apologies for the success of his men's fragrance line. Spirit Antonio Banderas, a fragrance for men created by Barcelona-based PUIG Beauty & Fashion Group, was introduced to the North American market last year and promptly won industry awards for both the packaging and the fragrance itself. The Banderas brand was earning in excess of $50 million in Europe and Latin America, and its move into the North American market—plus this fall's addition of a women's fragrance—is expected to double the product line's revenues.
Is Banderas reveling in the sweet smell of success that his popularity and name recognition has brought to a global business endeavor? Perhaps. But Banderas also has had to weather his share of jokes about taking on big screen stinkers alongside his more successful choices during the last decade.
In the year following his marriage to Griffith, Banderas was to have yet one more film encounter with The Material Girl. In 1996, Banderas filmed Evita opposite Madonna. Cast as Che Guevara, Banderas shined. Whether her performance was helped by her familiarity with Banderas at this point or simply the material itself, most critics believe this was Madonna's best acting role to date.
The part of the cigar-smoking, Spanish-speaking Guevara was a natural for Banderas, and earned him a Golden Globe nomination. Once again critics began paying positive attention to Banderas' acting skill. That continued through his next two projects, 1998's The Mask of Zorro,which had him playing opposite Anthony Hopkins and the then-unknown Catherine Zeta-Jones, and 1999's Crazy in Alabama, a drama that served as Banderas' directorial debut and also starred Griffith in the lead female role.
Both Banderas and Griffith scored well critically with Crazy in Alabama but the praise ended with Banderas' next choice, the Viking epic The 13th Warrior. Banderas pretty much carried the movie; he certainly carries the honor of holding the longest known character name in film history with his role as Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan Ibn Al Abbas Ibn Rashid Ibn Hamad and, for many years, he has taken most of the ribbing for the film's reputation as a...Boots, the Labrador. The movie was widely panned by critics and fellow actors alike—film great Omar Sharif, who had a tiny role in the beginning of the film, once said that the film was so bad that it threw him off making movies for years—but Banderas is very careful when asked to comment on some of his bigger hits and misses.
"I don't like to say things that may hurt other people's feelings [and] that stay in print for many years to come...people work hard on projects that sometimes don't work out as planned. The 13th Warrior was a big production, and it was practically at the beginning of my staying in America," says Banderas. "It was something that, under the advice of my agent, was impossible to reject and it was with a director who's very interesting to me. It was a bet, it didn't totally work but it's a movie that's become kind of a cult for some. And, hey, it's the nature of my profession. Not even Marlon Brando had all hits!"
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CHOWDER. A favorite dish in New England, made of fish, pork, onions, and biscuit stewed together. Cider and champagne are sometimes added. Pic-nic parties to the sea-shore generally have a dish of chowder, prepared by themselves in some grove near the beach, from fish caught at the same time. [John Russell Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1859]
The derogatory chowderhead (1819) is a corruption of cholter-head (16c.), from jolthead, which is of unknown origin.


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Video: Choosing a Home Theater Receiver
Tara W. has worked for Crutchfield since 2004. She writes about whole-house music and video gear, and works on Crutchfield's video team.
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
Dolly, Mac and Tara discuss the features available in home theater receivers, and the best way to choose one that's right for you.
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Tara: We're here on the Crutchfield campus with Dolly and Mac to talk about home theater receivers and how to choose one that's right for you. A lot of people aren't very familiar with receivers but it's the central component-kind of the brains and the muscle of a home theater system. So it'll take the audio and the picture from different sources and pass that on to your speakers as well as your TV. When you guys are helping people pick out a receiver what do you suggest for them?
Mac: Well usually what I look for is: try to match the receiver up with the speakers and the size of the room. The larger the speakers and the larger the room the more power you're gonna need from the receiver.
Dolly: It's also important to think about what kind of components you have. What are you actually hooking up to the home receiver? Do you have a Blu-ray player or a high definition cable box? Are you a gamer and have a gaming system? There are options now for satellite radio and iPods. Most of the new receivers now are gonna have the connections needed for this. If you're listening to vinyl there's even phono input options available for turntables.
Mac: Also another nice thing about most receivers these days is they'll allow you to plug all your inputs up to the receiver and then output the video through one HDMI cable up to the TV. This is gonna eliminate the need for all those excess cables we used to have all hooked up to our TVs.
Tara: And if you're interested in 3D TV you'll want a receiver that's 3D capable and that means that it can pass those 3D high-def signals up to your television.
Dolly: A lot of folks nowadays are looking to stream music and videos from their computer or the internet and there are plenty of options available.
Mac: A lot of receivers these days will have and on-screen display so you'll be able to set them up-calibrate your speakers from the TV instead of just looking at the little teeny screen on the receiver itself.
Dolly: And there's definitely some easy ways to calibrate your speakers nowadays. Some receivers have automatic speaker calibration so I consider this the no-brainer way to set up your home theater professionally. With an included microphone you set it in the room. It helps the receiver identify all the speakers and then send the best sound possible out to the speakers making a custom sound just for you.
Tara: And as you step up to higher end models in addition to getting higher quality and better performance you'll also get some kind of neat add-ons. One of the most popular is the ability to play two different things in two different rooms. So you could watch a movie in your living room listening to surround sound but also play music out on your deck through outdoor speakers.
Mac: And when you're looking to set everything up Crutchfield does also offer free lifetime tech support. Now this isn't just for malfunctions, but also if you have any questions about setting it up, getting the speakers calibrated, we're there for you.
Tara: So to learn more you can visit crutchfield.com, send us an e-mail, chat with us online, or call one of our advisors like Dolly and Mac.


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CROWDS are set to flock to Chipping Campden this weekend for a famous Cotswold event.
The Cotswold Olimpicks returns to Dover's Hill tomorrow (Friday) with all the usual favourites including races, games, music and entertainment.
Also known as Robert Dover's Games, the event starts at 7pmwith fairground activities at the top of the hill and a variety of entertainment before the games start with Robert Dover making his entrance on horseback to the castle in the lower arena.
People can look forward to the infamous shin-kicking contest and Tug o'War followed by a torch-lit procession into Campden and live music in the square.
Chairman Graham Greenall said they were hoping for some fine weather tomorrow and had even managed to enlist the help of more volunteers.
"The forecast appears to be getting better," he said. "I'm quietly confident. Everybody's been very co-operative and helpful. We've recruited not quite double figures but very close."
In the past, celebrities have queued up to take part in the infamous shin-kicking, including Rory McGrath and Patrick McGuinness and television presenter Ben Fogle who took part in 2012.
But Greenall said this year's event would be more local.
"This year, we're more or less home grown," he said. "But I would anticipate next year or the one after because it's an Olympic year events will revive and somebody will turn up and take advantage of that.
"The event is quite an important thing in terms of community that the traditions that have been with us for this long are treated with the same respect as other traditions are.
"It's got a great depth of history, it's relevant and acknowledged world wide. It's quite important to the history of the area."
Entry wristbands are £6 for adults and £3 for children under 16 and will be on sale in the main Square, Campden, on the day of the Games from 11am or at the gate on Dovers Hill from 6.30pm.
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- Be a United States Citizen
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- Must not have been convicted of a felony, or if you have, your full rights of citizenship have been restored (or you must have received a pardon)
In order to participate in an election, a qualified voter must be properly registered no later than thirty (30) days before the election. The election commission office will process any by-mail voter registration form that has been postmarked at least thirty (30) days before the election.
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A Safety Study Of A Single Vaginal Administration Of P2G12 Antibody In Healthy Female Subjects
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|Human Immunodeficiency Virus
|Drug: P2G12
|Phase 1
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
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|A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomised, Dose-Escalation Phase I Safety Study Of A Single Vaginal Administration Of P2G12 Antibody In Healthy Female Subjects
- Occurrence, intensity and relationship to P2G12 administration of local and general adverse events (AEs) throughout the study period after drug administration. [ Time Frame: 35 days. ]
- Changes in levels of P2G12 in blood and vaginal secretions as compared to baseline. [ Time Frame: 35 days ]
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|June 2011
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|November 2011
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|November 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Experimental: Up to 7mg P2G12
Drug: P2G12
A single intravaginal administration of 1ml P2G12/placebo.
|Experimental: Up to 14mg P2G12
Drug: P2G12
A single intravaginal administration of 1ml P2G12/placebo.
|Experimental: Up to 28mg P2G12
Drug: P2G12
A single intravaginal administration of 1ml P2G12/placebo.
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Drug: P2G12
A single intravaginal administration of 1ml P2G12/placebo.
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This is a phase I study in healthy women aged 18 to 50 years, which involves vaginal application of study drug P2G12 or placebo.
P2G12 is a monoclonal antibody (MAb) (a kind of protein), and belongs to a group of MAbs that can help to prevent and protect from HIV infection. Most of these MAbs have been produced using a system called Chinese Hamster Ovary cell (CHO-Cell) fermentation, e.g. C2G12. This method of production is very expensive and cannot produce enough MAbs on a scale required for the global market.
Unlike C2G12, P2G12 is manufactured from plants. It is hoped that plant manufacture of such MAbs may offer some solutions to the high cost and low output of CHO-cell fermentation.
This study is designed to confirm the safety of a vaginally delivered MAb (P2G12) derived from plants and manufactured to Good Manufacturing Practice (a quality standard used for the manufacture of medicinal products).
11 subjects will be enrolled consecutively in cohorts (groups); in each successive cohort a higher dose of study drug will be administered, as well as placebo. The dose range is from up to 7 to up to 28mg of P2G12 in saline.
Subjects attend 7 visits over 13 weeks. At visit 3 subjects receive a single administration of study drug/placebo. Study visits include the following procedures: physical exam, vital signs, blood and urine samples, cervical smear test and colposcopy (medical examination of the cervix).
The relationship of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) to P2G12 administration, and abnormal laboratory test results as compared to baseline (pre-dose) values, will determine the safety of P2G12 in the study.
Levels of P2G12 in vaginal and serum samples will be measured at particular time-points in order to understand how quickly P2G12 is broken down by the body (pharmacokinetics) and whether any P2G12 is absorbed into the systemic circulation.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- A female adult subject aged between 18 and 50 years old.
- They are in good health as determined by medical history, physical examination and clinical judgement before entering into the study.
- Subjects must agree to abstain from vaginal sexual intercourse for 72 hours before and after dosing.
- Subject must agree not to undertake any vaginal practices during study participation other than receptive intercourse with a male, or use of sanitary tampons during menses. Use of condoms without spermicidal agents is encouraged.
- Confirmation from the subject's GP that there is nothing in the subject's medical history that would prevent the subject from participating in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- They have a known or suspected ongoing vaginal disease, malignancy or abnormality (including non-menstrual vaginal discharge) discovered at time of screening.
- They have an abnormality, or non-menstrual discharge noted at screening colposcopy.
They present in the samples obtained at the screening visit:
- positive results for HIV 1 or 2 antibody.
- positive results for Hepatitis B sAg, anti-Hepatitis C antibody
- positive syphilis serology
- positive test for Neisseria gonorrhoea or Chlamydia trachomatis on urine or urethral swab sample
- abnormal cervical smear cytology
- A clinically significant amount of protein or haemoglobin in the urine sample, determined by urine dipstick.
- They have received any form of immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory (e.g. vaccines) therapy in the past 6 months.
- They are receiving any medications via vaginal route.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01403792
|United Kingdom
|Surrey Clinical Research Centre
|Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, GU2 7XP
|Principal Investigator:
|Hubert A Bland, MBChB
|University of Surrey
|Responsible Party:
|University of Surrey
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01403792 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 26, 2011
|Last Updated:
|December 21, 2011
Keywords provided by University of Surrey:
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Neutralising monoclonal antibody
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV Infections
Immune System Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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'"We let one go (last night vs. Philadelphia). I really think we ran out of patience in last night's game," Head Coach Lindy Ruff said following practice. "We were playing a good game and we gave them the Grade A opportunities. It wasn't that they created it themselves, we put pucks in a tough spot and overhandled pucks in tough areas that allowed them the rush opportunities that they don't miss on often. Now we've got an opportunity to play Carolina who's just above us. You call these four-point games."'
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The other day we shared with you the Rev. Stephen Sprinkle's "It Gets Better" YouTube message to LGBT youth. Sprinkle, a gay 58-year-old assistant professor at TCU's Brite Divinity School, may lack the celebrity appeal of some others who've recorded these messages in recent days, such as Chris Colfer, Tim Gunn or Ke$ha (also, $prinkle doesn't usually spell his name with a dollar sign). But out of more than 1,000 videos submitted to the "It Gets Better" YouTube channel, Sprinkle's is among a handful featured in a national story about the campaign from the Associated Press. That's because, according to AP, Sprinkle is like the gay Santa Claus. And after all, for the average LGBT youth who's not going to become a celebrity, a grandfather figure who's a man of the cloth probably has a lot more cred than Perez Hilton. At least we'd like to think so. Here's the excerpt about Sprinkle from the AP story:
It's been 40 years since Stephen Sprinkle was in high school. At 58, he rocks gently in an office chair, his trim gray beard and gentle smile offering a touch of Santa Claus in his video. He describes his Christian upbringing in rural North Carolina and his decision to deny himself an "affectional life" as a gay man when he received his call to the ministry in his 20s.
"It made me lonely for a lot of years," he tells his viewers, as he constantly looked over his shoulder and lived in fear he would slip up and reveal his secret.
It wasn't until he was hired as an assistant professor at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas, that he decided to come out "utterly, fully and completely," surviving attempts to have him fired and earning tenure, Sprinkle said in an interview.
Since posting the video, he's heard from several young people, including one so upset that Sprinkle tracked down professional help.
"He's 18. He's a closeted religious person and he told me he was afraid he was going to explode," Sprinkle said. "He kept asking over and over, `Does God hate me?' I said 'Heavens, no. God created you beautiful and complete. God makes no mistakes like that.'"


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San Francisco, Gap Inc. said Friday a laptop containing personal information of about 800,000 job applicants, including Social Security numbers, was stolen from a vendor's office, according to the Associated Press.
The stolen laptop contained personal data for people who applied online or by phone for jobs at Old Navy, Banana Republic, Gap and Outlet stores between July 2006 and June 2007 in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. The computer did not contain Canadian applicants' Social Insurance numbers, the report said.
The vendor, which a Gap spokeswoman declined to identify, failed to encrypt the personal data, though that was part of Gap's agreement with it.
Gap said it has no reason to believe the applicants' data were the target of the theft or that the information has been accessed or used improperly. Since the company uses more than one vendor to manage job-applicant data, not all of those who applied for work during the time frame are affected, according to the report.


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Simone Dinnerstein, Pamelia Kurstin and Alvin Epstein Set for Le Poisson Rouge, 11/19
Classical music and avant-garde cabaret merge when pianist Simone Dinnerstein, thereminist Pamelia Kurstin, and actor Alvin Epstein join forces for the first time on Monday, November 19 at 7:30pm at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, NYC). Together they journey through music by Bach, Mozart, and Chopin to Poulenc's The Story of Babar the Elephant for piano and narrator, weaving together disparate elements in an unusual evening of poetry, music, improvisation, and narration. The unorthodox trio will repeat their program the next evening, Tuesday, November 20 at 7pm, as part of Dinnerstein's Neighborhood Classics concert series at PS 321 (180 7th Avenue, Brooklyn), which raises funds for New York City public schools.
French composer Francis Poulenc's musical work The Story of Babar the Elephant from 1940 is based on the 1931 children's story of the same title by Jean de Brunhof. Poulenc initially improvised the piece while living outside of Paris to amuse the young family of his cousin, but eventually wrote it down when it proved to be very popular with many of the children in the neighborhood. Poulenc uses evocative colors to illustrate scenes in the narrated story, which is divided into distinct sections entitled "Lullaby," "Nocturne," "A Hymn," "A March," and more.
Having been identified as "an utterly distinctive voice in the forest of Bach interpretation" by The New York Times, American pianist Simone Dinnerstein performs in concert halls around the globe. Her recordings have shot to the top of multiple "Best of" lists and the Billboard Classical Chart. In addition to her busy performing schedule, Dinnerstein is dedicated to her community and can also be found sharing her music in schools, community centers, and prisons. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son; she is managed by IMG Artists and is a Sony Classical Artist.
American theremin player Pamelia Kurstin is known to cross all boundaries of music performance, demonstrating "how to squeeze soul from an instrument you can't even touch" (TED). Well-known for her work on the theremin as well as the bass, Kurstin is supremely versed in jazz to rock in venues that range from the concert hall to the movie theatre. Kurstin currently makes her home in Vienna, performing with eccentric rockers Barbez among several others. Her most recent solo album, Thinking Out Loud, was released on John Zorn's Tzadik label.
Actor Alvin Epstein has performed in front of audiences for more than 65 years, earning him the title "one of the great classical actors of his generation" by New York Magazine. As an actor and director, Epstein has worked on 150 productions in theaters around the globe, some of which have included King Lear, Waiting for Godot, and The Threepenny Opera. Following his service in World War II, his acting career began to manifest after studying dance with Martha Graham and mime with Marcel Marceau. Epstein currently resides in New York City, after spending several decades on the regional theatre circuit.
About Neighborhood Classics: Simone Dinnerstein founded the Neighborhood Classics series at PS 321, the school that her son attended and where her husband teaches, in 2009 in an effort to build relationships at a local level between neighborhoods and musicians. These one-hour, family-friendly performances, which are hosted by Dinnerstein and feature musicians she has admired and collaborated with during her career, are open to the public and raise funds for the schools. The musicians performing donate their time and talent to the program, and the concerts are organized and administered by parent volunteers and faculty members. At PS 321, proceeds benefit the school's PTA, which helps to fund art, chess, band, and chorus programs. For more information, visit www.neighborhoodclassics.com.
The concert will take place on Monday, November 19, 2012 at 7:30pm at Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC. Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 day of show at 212.505.FISH or www.lprnyc.com.
On Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 7pm, Neighborhood Classics at PS 321 (180 7th Avenue, Brooklyn) will host the trio. Tickets: $15 at www.neighborhoodclassics.com available beginning on October 15. All proceeds benefit the students of PS 321.
Simone Dinnerstein online: www.simonedinnerstein.com.
Pamelia Kurstin's TED Talk: www.ted.com/talks/pamelia_kurstin_plays_the_theremin.html


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STARKVILLE, Miss. - So much for the drawbacks of a short work week.
Earlier this week, LSU and Mississippi State were scrambling to get themselves ready to play Thursday night instead of on a customary Saturday, but the truncated schedule didn't seem to have any effect on the intensity or the physicalness of the game. The Tigers and Bulldogs slugged it out for 60 minutes before LSU prevailed 19-6.
"It didn't matter, because both teams came out and dominated, and both teams came out and played physical," Tigers defensive end Sam Montgomery said. "It goes for any team out there - if you play on Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, it doesn't matter.
"Big ballers come to work every day. They can play on any day of the week."
Both teams were hitting hard throughout, but it was the LSU defense that got in the most licks. The Tigers tackled the Bulldogs behind the line of scrimmage 15 times for losses of 60 yards.
"We knew that in order to be successful we could not allow them to establish the ground game," LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis said. "Our kids did a great job of focusing during a short week. That, along with the great effort and intensity, is really what made it happen."
The defensive line made much of it happen as tackles Bennie Logan and Michael Brockers had 3.5 and 3.0 tackles for loss, respectively, end Kendrick Adams and tackle Anthony Johnson had two each and end Lavar Edwards had one.
"It definitely started up front," said cornerback Tyrann Mathieu, who led LSU with 10 tackles, including one for loss.
State had just 76 of its 193 total yards (nearly 350 less than their average) in the second half, and all but 17 of those came on the final drive when the outcome was decided and LSU backed off.
"The whole defense turned it up, especially the line," Brockers said. "We were just trying to get penetration in the backfield. We weren't getting it in the first half, but that's what we did in the second half."
The Tigers were also physical on offense, which they needed to be against a Bulldogs defense that played much better than it had in the first two games. LSU eventually grinded out 148 rushing yards, after gaining 175 in each of the first two games, which was far less than the 299 State had given up on average in its first two games.
"We had to take what they gave us," halfback Spencer Ware said. "They landed some licks on us and one on me personally, but we kept fighting and fighting and pounding and pounding. My personality and mindset is that you're going to have to keep coming back, because I'm not going to stop.
"As long as I'm not coughing up the ball, that's all that matters. You can hit me as hard as you want, and I'm going to get back up and run right at you full speed."
Ware rushed 22 times for 107 yards. He was spelled periodically by Michael Ford, who carried 13 times for 50 yards. Ware had three of his longest runs of the game - nine, nine, and 23 yards - in the fourth quarter as the Bulldogs defense wore down.
"We could feel them getting worn down," guard T-Bob Hebert said. "It's like waves hitting against a rock and eroding and eroding and eroding, and then you pop a big one."
State started committing eight or nine players to stopping the run, figuring that gave it a better chance of stopping the Tigers run game and banking on the passing game not being able to make it pay. But LSU did make State pay by starting the most important possession of the game, at the start of the fourth quarter, with a 24-yard completion from Jarrett Lee to Rueben Randle. Lee added completions of eight, five and 11 yards to Odell Beckham before ending the drive with a 19-yard touchdown pass to Randle.
That was the only touchdown of the game and gave the Tigers their first breathing room with a 16-6 lead with 11:56 left.
"That was one of the key things that opened up the running game for us," Ware said. "We needed first downs, and we got them on the ground and then we hit the long ball in there. Teams watch that, and they have to respect the passing game now.
"We're not just a running team. They see that we're balanced. They know that we like to run the ball, but they have to take the pass into consideration now that we've opened it up."


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Lake Fairfield Tilapia Fishery Flourishing
Game-fish species still recovering from 2010 fish kill
ATHENS—An old saying—"It's an ill wind that blows no one good"—points out that there are two sides to almost everything. Bow fishers are finding that despite an extensive fish kill at Lake Fairfield in August, 2010, that devastated the largemouth bass, catfish and red drum fisheries, there are still recreational angling opportunities to be had.
Bow fishers on Lake Fairfield are taking advantage of an unexpected bonanza of tilapia. The lake is home to an abundant population of tilapia, which make excellent table fair. Tilapia have a rapid growth rate and can reproduce year around, which has allowed them to recover quickly from last August's fish kill.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Kills and Spills Team biologists reported an estimated 1,255,674 fish were killed due to low dissolved oxygen levels in the reservoir in August 2010. A majority of the fish killed were threadfin and gizzard shad, tilapia, sunfish and common carp, but a large number of red drum, largemouth bass and catfish were also killed in the event.
Sampling of the fish populations in fall and spring of 2011 by TPWD management biologists revealed that largemouth bass and red drum are still present in the lake, but most were below legal size. It may take several years for their populations to return to what they were before the kill.
TPWD is working to restore what has long been a popular fishery. In fall of 2010, 650 adult largemouth bass up to 16 inches in length were stocked into Lake Fairfield. These bass are descended from Toyota Sharelunker offspring that are part of the Operation World Record research program and were collected from a nearby research lake.
In addition, 103,000 Florida largemouth bass fingerlings were stocked in early May. Almost 108,000 bluegill fingerlings were stocked at Lake Fairfield in late April to help restore the prey base for game fishes. Stocking of 407,000 red drum fingerlings is scheduled later this spring.
Tilapia are a warm-water tropical species not native to Texas and are actually on the state's prohibited species list. Therefore, there is no minimum size or bag limit for tilapia in Texas. However, this also means it is unlawful to transport or possess the fish alive, and the fish are required to be partially cleaned before leaving Lake Fairfield State Park.
In addition to bow fishing, tilapia can be collected by seine or cast net and occasionally by rod and reel. Anglers have reported harvesting more than 100 fish per day while bow fishing for tilapia on Lake Fairfield.
It is not known how tilapia came to be in Lake Fairfield. The specific species of tilapia in Lake Fairfield is the blue tilapia, which has the highest cold tolerance of any tilapia species. They can survive in temperatures down to about 45 degrees Farenheit. Because Lake Fairfield is a power-plant cooling lake, the water is artificially heated year around. Tilapia often congregate at the hot-water outflow from the power plant in winter.
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So many great LSU basketball players have had famously catchy nicknames.
"Pistol" Pete Maravich. John "Hot Plate" Williams. Glen "Big Baby" Davis.
Shaquille O'Neal? Too many nicknames to mention.
If the first five games of his LSU career are an indication of what's to come, junior Shavon "Sugar" Coleman may soon put another fun-to-say moniker on the tip of everyone's tongue.
Coleman's mother, Michelle, began calling her son "Sugar" before he was old enough to dribble.
"It stuck with me my whole life, since I was a baby until now," Coleman said. "Everyone calls me 'Sugar.' If you go to my hometown, everybody just says, 'What up, Sugar?' Nobody called me by my real name. Even when I was in high school, the teachers never called me by my real name. They just called me 'Sugar.' "
A former Thibodaux High standout, Coleman waited two long years before getting his first taste of Division I basketball. He originally signed with Louisiana-Monroe, then spent two seasons at Howard College in Big Spring, Texas, honing his skills and getting his academics in order.
"I think I was ready for Division I basketball coming out of high school; it's just that I didn't make my ACT score, so I had to go to junior college," he said. "That allowed me to transition into an even better basketball player and better person. Now I'm taking all my talents that I brought from there and using them here."
The versatile Coleman, 6-foot-5 and 195 pounds, is one of the primary reasons LSU (5-0) will enter Tuesday night's game against Chattanooga off to its fastest start in four seasons.
No matter that he is playing inside rather than outside. No matter that he has come off the bench in four of the first five games.
Coleman leads LSU in scoring at 17.4 points and ranks second on the team with an average of 7.6 rebounds. He is shooting 56.5 percent from the field and 56.5 percent from 3-point range.
After helping LSU come from behind to beat Seton Hall, Coleman was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week. He had 18 points in that game, including 14 in the pivotal second half.
"It was just what the defense was giving me," he said. "We were just trying to force it out of them. I was open, and I would take a shot. I tried to always make a play for another player. I just came out there in the second half and executed well."
Although the Tigers recruited Coleman to play the wing, they have played him mostly in the post.
The list of returning players on LSU's interior consisted of standout big man Johnny O'Bryant, former walk-on Andrew Del Piero and converted small forwards Eddie Ludwig and Jalen Courtney.
Of the newcomers on the perimeter, Coleman was best suited to play down low. He has used his length and quickness — and heart — to excel there.
"The feeling I have in my heart is, I can do anything Coach needs me to do," Coleman said.
He has similar sentiments about serving as LSU's super sub. Jones compared Coleman's selflessness to that of former LSU standout Willie Sims, who was so good coming off the bench that coach Dale Brown had him introduced with the starters.
"He's about winning," Jones said of Coleman. "He said, 'Coach, I don't care where I am — inside, outside, starting or off the bench.' Just playing is important to him, and winning is important to him. I think, when you watch him play, you can appreciate that."
In the one start of his young Division I career, Coleman provided the best individual performance of LSU's season. He got the nod alongside Ludwig on Nov. 13 against McNeese State as O'Bryant watched from the sideline with a calf injury. Off he went, surging to 25 points to go with 10 rebounds, both game highs.
During a stretch late in the first half when Coleman scored 10 straight LSU points, he recalled passing O'Bryant as he ran back down court.
"Keep eating!" he recalled O'Bryant saying. "Go for 40!"
Few could have imagined such a scene when Coleman signed with LSU last spring — Jones included.
"I'll be the first to tell you, it would have been hard to say early on that he would excel the way he has," Jones said. "A lot of it is just because of his sheer hustle and desire to win."
Coleman has made a seamless transition to major-college basketball, picking up where he left off as a sophomore at Howard College who averaged 14.7 points and 6.6 rebounds.
If this keeps up, the "Sugar Sweet" posters and T-shirts may not be far behind.


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What does sustainability mean to you?
Sustainability, usually spoken of in terms of the environment, can be applied to all aspects of life. For me, sustainability can mean maintaining a healthy lifestyle, creating lasting friendships, in addition to recycling and using only what I need.
What are you doing to help UB become more sustainable?
Last year I participated in an internship through the Office of Sustainability, collecting data from University operations officials about our waste and recycling. The report that was generated from this data serves as a benchmark for UB's submission to AASHE STARS. Now I'm doing research in the Biology Department involving bioremediation of heavy metals from the environment.
How do you involve UB's faculty or staff in your sustainability work?
I worked directly with staff at my internship to help gather all the data I needed related to sustainability. I also accompanied UB staff to the Louisiana Bayou to work on an Alternative Winter Break trip to help protect the wetlands!
How has sustainability impacted your academic pursuits?
As an environmental engineering student, my academics revolve around sustainability to an extent. In courses we discuss topics such as how much energy/materials recycling actually saves, treating wastewater, and developing emissions models.
What is the one thing you would like people to know that you do in your personal life to further sustainability?
If I see a plastic bottle lying on the ground around campus, I like to throw it in the recycling bin so it doesn't end up being landfilled.
How could UB improve its sustainability efforts?
UB has already put a lot of effort into sustainability, especially in new LEED buildings. However, I think that insulating some of the dorms more effectively could save a lot of energy and money.