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As if Hype Williams weren't evasive enough, naming themselves after Busta Rhymes' video director, they've now become even more shadowy by going under their real names - their real stage names, that is. They're easy to tell apart in reality: 'Dean Blunt' is the sage ex-boxer, currently sought on charges of robbing sixteen taxidermists (no really), and 'Inga Copeland' is his feisty devotchka who's just done a trial for Arsenal girls. Side by side, you could be looking at the Ting Tings of bass music. But the lore they've created as Hype Williams is so tangled it's conceivable the whole act's a joke, which goes some way to explaining this rather bitty album for Hyperdub, 39 minutes long and made of 15 tracks (only one of which has been granted a name).
Picking up where Hype Williams' One Nation left off, Black is Beautiful makes you wonder why they bothered with the name change: this is still very much the synth drenched hip-hop signatures that feel like Mr T meditating. Buskers do a Boards of Canada set on 'Venice Dreamway', and Copeland lurches into trancy pop on '2', after which the album slides through UK Funky, as bleary and seductive as Tycho in a tracksuit. '7' flirts with Eighties slasher soundtrack. '13' blasts fuzz like airing Loveless in a jazz club. Otherwise things point to a colourful and enticing sound: think 'Je T'aime' written in Tottenham.
Somewhere, though, the duo decided to hijack that plan, and went from pimped-up Porn Sword Tobacco sounds to as many mad ideas as they could handle. Tracks suddenly fade, or end in 15 seconds of silence, or in the case of the impenetrable '10' take up a quarter of the album's running time and contain nothing but Star Trek samples. '9' forces a computer to say "Never look back" over and over, possibly a token of Blunt's love for Oasis (he apparently listens to [What's The Story] on repeat all day, every day), and '12' sets woodpeckers into a sci-fi background, like Blade Runner with hail instead of rain. It's so deliberately obtuse it's as if they want you to give up, the accessible moments suddenly very thin on the ground - '3's piercing funk, or the billowing synths of '8'.
For each of these accessible moments, you can't get past the whiff of Harry Enfield's 'I Saw You Coming' sketches, coupled with an ego the size of Crystal Castles. There are some brilliant tailpieces on Black is Beautiful and some wonderful impressions of a travel sick Alan Clavier, but they're hampered by too many dead ends and retreaded ground, like Copeland and Blunt are just picking up their coke money (you can hear them snort it on '6'). Compared to recent Hyperdub releases it feels shabby and uninspiring, as though the highs of Burial and DVA have temporarily blinded the label. The fact it's Blunt/Copeland's fourth collaboration is even more frustrating - these two were the kings of their niche, but on this LP struggle to match the video game muzak Ikonika can deliver in a heartbeat.
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''I have found that contemplating the spare beauty and silence of the desert region east of my home in Los Angeles seems to empty the mind of the trivial, with the poetic taking its place. These vast, abandoned landscapes inspire a state of creative reverie and, as featured in my work, are evocative of the profound mystery of the mind. Verisimilitude is crucial to the effectiveness of the work. The high degree of detailed pictorial realism engages the viewer in a resonant illusion meant to convey stillness and timelessness-- as well as a sensation of subtle, inward intensity. The painstaking technique is employed to produce a compelling equivalence of observed appearances and a restrained surface quality appropriate to the works' quiet, meditative expression. The dry, elemental properties of pastel, charcoal, and chalk feel particularly well-suited to describing features of an arid environment. The city-dweller must travel ever increasing distances to find the rewards of relative solitude. The automobile, although a product of advanced technology, can privately convey us away from civilization and its material distractions. In the West, it is the largely undeveloped desert where we may find a renewed connection with what often remains elusive: our essential self.''
Sharon Allicotti
''Sharon Allicotti's paintings represent an evocative, lyrical relationship between the lone figure in repose--or objects suggesting the human presence--and the starkly beautiful desert landscapes east of the Los Angeles metropolis where she lives. It is not only the unique features of the sitter and environment she portrays, but she creates an image that is expansive and resonantly psychological. Although the works are characterized by great specificity they remain as with poetryopen to individual interpretation.''
MFA, California State University, Long Beach, 1987
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•Residency Fellowship, The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of Taos, New Mexico, 2003
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So, I already do like Arch and it's community! And want to say everybody hello! (From Russia)..
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Hello from Norway. New to arch but liking what I see so far. Had some difficulties with the install, but nothing this forum or the wiki could not solve. Starting to really like pacman for managing packages Only thing I am missing is an actual pacman eating a bar when the installing
Only thing I am missing is an actual pacman eating a bar when the installing
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wow it is fast. I have been using Ubunti sinse 2005 as primary linux, but as they switched to unity and made to much change to gnome and other software I looked for some more clean and pure OS - I went by fedora and also tryed Arch. And Arch is fast, clean and simpel and moore well documented then Ubuntu and Fedora.
So i think i stick to Arch - also loike the roling release instead of running betas half the time on Ubuntu and Fedora.
Hello, finally plucking up the courage to register on the forums. Have Arch installed on my desktop (KDE) and laptop (LXDE) and am really loving it. It's not easy, but I actually thinking I'm learning a lot about Linux (which has helped me using other distros as well), which is all for the good. And I've got two computers that work more or less the way I want them - which is fab. Thanks, Arch!
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hello all new to arch and new to kde been using linux for a couple years. Just wanted to say hello. I am a network security student and hoping arch linux works for me.
you cant fix something till its broken... so hurry up and break it.
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Greetings from cold'n'gray [at this time o'year] Poland!
I've been here awhile and haven't said Hello yet.
So here goes: printf ("Hello World\n\r");
I may have to CONSOLE you about your usage of ridiculously easy graphical interfaces...
Look ma, no mouse.
Hi there! I'm an old arch user! From Italy with love!
Hello everyone. I've recently installed Arch for the learning experience. You know you've found the right distro for you when you can't imagine ever going back to anything else. So I'm here to stay and loving it.
Hello all! Look forward to learning, and talking with everyone! I've dabbled with linux a little from time to time. I've always wanted to try Arch, and though I'm still some what new at the game, I'm looking foward to it. I've dabbled with Ubuntu, Mint, PCLinuxOS, Debian, Bodhi, and some others, just trying to find what I like. Bare with me, I'm a fast learner.
Thanks and looking foward to seeing everyone!
Bare with me, I'm a fast learner.
Welcome bigcountryva! I hope you enjoy Arch. But I personally will not bare with you, as this form of bare would mean that we would be nude together.
That's actually not a bad pickup line ;P
Hello, from Enschede Holland, i have tried many distributions over the years. (Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSuse, Pclinux, Saboyon, Fedora, Mint) And for me Arch is the one.
As a user you must figure out a lot, but there is a large documentation and a that is a good opportunity to really learn about Linux.
Also Arch is a Rolling release, wich i like a lot.
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I'm a new and happy Arch Linux user.
Thanks for all the documentation and community help.
Started my linux years with SuSe 5.0. Moved to debian and others trying to find the right distro for me. Settled for Gentoo (love gentoo) for about 4-5 yrs, then tried Arch a year ago and never looked back.
What can I say ... Arch is awesome.
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Hello everyone!
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In a dynamic network, the quickest path problem asks for a path minimizing the time needed to send a given amount of flow from source to sink along this path. In practical settings, for example in evacuation or transportation planning, the reliability of network arcs depends on the specific scenario of interest. In this circumstance, the question of finding a quickest path among all those having at least a desired path reliability arises. In this article, this reliable quickest path problem is solved by transforming it to the restricted quickest path problem. In the latter, each arc is associated a nonnegative cost value and the goal is to find a quickest path among those not exceeding a predefined budget with respect to the overall (additive) cost value. For both, the restricted and reliable quickest path problem, pseudopolynomial exact algorithms and fully polynomial-time approximation schemes are proposed.
We consider a variant of a knapsack problem with a fixed cardinality constraint. There are three objective functions to be optimized: one real-valued and two integer-valued objectives. We show that this problem can be solved efficiently by a local search. The algorithm utilizes connectedness of a subset of feasible solutions and has optimal run-time.


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New blog post at the Mises blog.
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Here's What They're Saying About the Clean Water Act Proposed Rule
Release Date: 03/26/2014
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WASHINGTON -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule to clarify protection under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands, benefitting families who rely on safe places to swim and healthy fish to eat, farmers who need reliable sources of water to grow their crops, hunters and fishermen who depend on healthy waters for recreation and work, and businesses that need a steady supply of water for operations. Streams and wetlands provide many benefits to communities, including trapping floodwaters, recharging groundwater supplies, removing pollution, and increasing economic vitality because of their role in fishing, hunting, agriculture, recreation, energy, and manufacturing.
Here's what folks are saying about the proposed rule:
American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) | Richard Eidlin, Co-founder and Policy Director
"American business has always depended on the availability of clean water for its success, and EPA's regulation in this area historically has been a prime example of the vital partnership between business and government. Whether a company is a food producer, a high tech manufacturer of silicon wafers, outdoor recreation guide or a beer manufacturer, businesses rely on clean water to produce high quality and safe products. Ever since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, the EPA has been charged with ensuring that our water supply remains safe. Today, we applaud the EPA for taking steps to clarify that small streams, wetlands and other tributaries are protected by the Act. Degradation and loss of wetlands or small streams can increase the risk of floods there by threatening businesses."
ASBC member businesses and partners also commented on the proposed new rule.
"On behalf of the employee owners at New Belgium Brewing and our Alternatively Empowered culture, we offer a toast to 40 great years of the Clean Water Act and to the EPA and Obama Administration's leadership to make sure our water -- and our beer -- continues to be of the highest quality. We are thrilled for these incremental protections announced today that will help improve whole system watershed health," said Andrew Lemley, Government Relations Director for New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO.
"As a small business owner who personally experienced the negative economic impact of a recent chemical spill in West Virginia's Elk River, I know how crucial it is for strengthening EPA regulations to protect our waterways," said Nancy Ward, CEO, Cornucopia, Charleston, WV.
"Water is quite literally the main ingredient for the foods we eat, and it is also central to the daily operations of our business. Clean and protected water thus couldn't be more important to King Arthur Flour and our commitment to healthy foods and a healthy planet," said Suzanne McDowell, VP of Human Resources, King Arthur Flour Company, Norwich, VT.
"Protection of small streams and wetlands is critical for maintaining the health of our food supply, communities, and businesses dependent on clean water. Used for livestock and crop irrigation upstream, and in food production, breweries, home kitchens and restaurants further down, the incalculable economic and social value of unpolluted water requires more than adequate safeguards and protections for a strong economy," said Hilary Baum, Director, Chefs for the Marcellus, a campaign of food producers and businesses dedicated to protecting NYC's regional foodshed. [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
National Farmers Union | Chandler Goule, National Farmers Union (NFU) senior vice president of programs
"NFU has long advocated for increased certainty surrounding Clean Water Act requirements for family farmers and ranchers in the wake of complicating Supreme Court decisions. Today's draft rule clarifies Clean Water Act jurisdiction, maintains existing agricultural exemptions and adds new exemptions, and encourages enrollment in U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation programs. In addition, farmers and ranchers who are voluntarily enacting certain conservation practices on their farms will be exempt from Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting requirements. Today's ag-friendly announcement clearly indicates that NFU and other agricultural stakeholders made their voices heard, and EPA took notice." [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
Natural Resources Defense Council | Peter Lehner, Executive Director
"This is good news for boaters, anglers, swimmers and families who rely on clean drinking water. EPA took an important step to finally rescue these waters from legal limbo. Even though these are common-sense protections, the polluters are sure to attack them. People who care about clean water need to make their voices heard in the comment period." [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
NRDC Blogs by Peter Lehner, Karen Hobbs & Jon Devine
North Carolina Wildlife Federation | Tim Gestwicki, CEO
"This is a huge step forward for protecting our waters and wildlife. We simply cannot protect our rivers, lakes, and bays without protecting the many small streams and wetlands that feed into them. The proposal clarifies which waters are—and which are not—protected by the Clean Water Act. It will protect many streams and wetlands that are currently in legal limbo. The rule also specifically excludes many man-made ditches, ponds, and irrigation systems and honors the law's current exemptions for normal farming, ranching, and forestry practices." From mountain trout anglers, to piedmont bass enthusiasts and duck hunters in eastern NC, this is a critical step towards protecting our sporting heritage and our outdoor future." [Press Release, 3/24/2014]
Center for Rural Affairs| John Crabtree, CEO
"The proposed rule is a commonsense effort to clear the regulatory waters, protect the quality of the nation's surface waters, and provide an environment in which economically vital activities such as hunting, fishing and birding as well as farming and ranching can both thrive and contribute to a better quality of life and safer drinking water for those of us that live here, and also for our neighbors downstream." [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
Izaak Walton League | Scott Kovarovics, Executive Director
"The Corps and EPA are proposing balanced, science-based policy to restore essential protections for streams, wetlands, and other waters. The proposal will better protect streams that provide drinking water to 117 million people and help conserve streams and wetlands that are vital to a vibrant outdoor recreation economy." [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
Ducks Unlimited | Dale Hall, CEO
"The release of the draft rule gets us one step closer to better defining Clean Water Act regulations in regard to wetlands. We are also pleased with the open process EPA has adopted, which invites the public, Congress and all interested parties to participate in the discussion. EPA's draft science report last year showed many categories of wetlands, including prairie potholes, may be geographically isolated but are still connected to, and have a significant impact on, downstream waters."[Press Release, 3/25/2014]
Trout Unlimited| Chris Wood, President and CEO
"Today's proposal speaks to the heart of the Clean Water Act—making rivers more fishable and swimmable. The waters affected by today's proposal provide vital spawning and rearing habitat for trout and salmon. Simply stated, the proposal will make fishing better, and anglers should support it. Restoring protections to these waters ensures healthy habitat for fish and a bright future for anglers."[Press Release, Blog, 3/25/2014]
Environment America| Margie Alt, Executive Director
"Whether we look back to the recent spill in West Virginia that left 300,000 people without drinking water or ahead to the dead zones that will blight Lake Erie and the Chesapeake Bay this summer, it's obvious that our waterways are not as clean or safe as we need them to be – for our drinking water, for recreation, or for the health of our ecosystems and wildlife. Today's action by the EPA will help ensure that all our waterways get the protection they need so we can enjoy them for years to come. When finalized, this rule will be the biggest step forward for clean water in more than a decade." [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
American Rivers | Bob Irvin, President of American Rivers
"What happens in small streams and wetlands upstream affects the health of our rivers and the communities that depend upon them downstream. The proposed rule released today by the Environmental Protection Agency relies on sound science to clarify the scope of protections under the Clean Water Act for these critical upstream waters that contribute to our drinking water supplies and protect us from flooding. This is an important step forward to better protect and restore our nation's rivers." [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
Clean Water Action| Bob Wendelgass, Clean Water Action President and CEO
"These small streams are critical to the health of drinking water sources for nearly one third of all Americans. The rule proposed today is clear, concise, and well supported by both the law and science. It's long overdue - Congress protected these vital resources when the landmark Clean Water Act passed in 1972 and these protections were wrongly revoked 12 years ago. This proposal, when finalized, will go a long way toward restoring protections and reflecting the way that water works in the real world."
[Press Release, 3/25/2014]
League of Conservation Voters | President Gene Karpinski, CEO
"This is an important step forward for restoring the true scope of the Clean Water Act and protecting our nation's waterways. This rule will protect vital streams and wetlands that provide drinking water for over 117 million Americans, filter pollution, and reduce the impacts of flooding and erosion." [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership | Whit Fosburgh TRCP President and CEO
"Several leading sportsmen's organizations – the American Fly Fishing Trade Association, Berkley Conservation Institute, Izaak Walton League of America, National Wildlife Federation, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Trout Unlimited and Wildlife Management Institute – applauded the release of the proposed rule, saying that it would better protect important habitats for fish and wildlife. We are pleased the administration has taken this crucial step to provide clarity and certainty to landowners, conservationists and businesses regarding waters of the United States. Long overdue, this action restores some – but not all – Clean Water Act protections to these critical resources, conserving healthy habitat, upholding water quality and supporting the sporting traditions that tens of millions of Americans enjoy." [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
Clean Water Action | Minnesota Center For Environmental Advocacy Minnesota Conservation Federation | Minnesota Trout Unlimited | Izaak Walton League | Minnesota Environmental Partnership
"State conservation groups strongly support a new federal rule, announced today by the Obama Administration, which aims to better protect U.S. waters from pollution and destruction, including those in Minnesota. This rule will benefit millions of people across the country and in Minnesota. The rule removes confusion over which streams and wetlands are covered by the Clean Water Act due to polluter friendly court decisions and subsequent Bush administration policies. It's good for our environment, economy, and quality of life." [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
Conservation Federation of Missouri/National Wildlife Federation | Larry Schweiger, the National Wildlife Federation's President and Chief Executive Officer
"This is a huge step forward for protecting America's waters and wildlife. You cannot tear out a tree's fine roots and expect it to survive. The streams and wetlands protected by this rule supply drinking water to more than one-third of all Americans. Our rivers, lakes, and bays will be cleaner and healthier once this rule becomes the law of the land. "This proposal clarifies which waters are-and which are not-protected by the Clean Water Act. It will protect streams and wetlands that are currently in legal limbo. The rule also specifically excludes many man-made ditches, ponds, and irrigation systems and honors the law's current exemptions for normal farming, ranching, and forestry practices. "Our only disappointment is that the proposal stops short of restoring full protections for many wetlands important for wildlife, such as prairie potholes, Carolina bays, vernal pools, and playa lakes. We look forward to making the legal and scientific case for protecting these waters during the comment period to come." [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
Outdoor Alliance member American Whitewater | National Stewardship Director Kevin Colburn
"The recreational, ecological, and economic benefits of clarifying Clean Water Act protection for headwater streams are enormous. The new rule will protect the quality of water in our taps, flowing through our communities, and under our boats. The nation's headwater rivers and streams are particularly important in providing clean cold drinking water for millions of Americans. These same streams offer world-class recreation opportunities that improve the quality of life and economic viability for countless communities."
[Press Release, 3/25/2014]
Evangelical Environmental Network | Rev. Mitch Hescox President & CEO
"We are thankful that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA have worked together to propose a new rule that clarifies the protection needed to ensure pure water, defend our children's health, and codify exemptions that have long applied to farmers. There are simply too many stories like a crude oil spill in Texas that fouled drinking water, 5000 gallons of oil spilled into a stream in Denver, or livestock waste in Georgia polluting a local lake. Each of the above and many more were never enforced because of confusion created." [Press Release, 3/25/2014]
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Fox News' Megyn Kelly
proved CNN's Campbell Brown has nothing on her. Taking on John McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds Monday, Kelley asked the pertinent questions and didn't let go. Specifically, why is the McCain camp lying about Barack Obama's tax plan?
"You guys have suggested he's going to raise taxes on the middle class and virtually every independent analyst who took a look at that claim said that's not true." (Obama's plan is to raise taxes on those making $250,000+).
"Has your candidate gone too far?" she asked. See the video here.
Kelly, a former Washington lawyer, now co-anchor of "America's Newsroom," is a rising star at Fox News.


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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01620801
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Hemophilia B is a bleeding disease in males due to very low levels of coagulation factor IX (FIX) in the blood. The major effect on health is joint disease caused by repeated bleeds into joints like the knee, hip, ankles and elbows. Rarely, the disease causes death due to bleeding into the brain or other important organs. The current treatment is intravenous injection of FIX clotting factor concentrates, in response to bleeding. This study will focus on the severe, most common type of hemophilia B.
This study plans to use a virus called adeno-associated virus (AAV), which in nature causes no disease, and can be engineered to deliver the human FIX gene (AAV8-hFIX19 vector) to liver cells, where FIX is normally made. Medical researchers in the United States and England have recently used an AAV vector similar to the one planned for this study, and found that after a single intravenous injection of the vector, blood levels of FIX reached levels greater than 1%, high enough to change the course of disease from severe to moderate. This means that the need to take FIX clotting factor concentrates has decreased, or even stopped. While these are important results, it needs to be noted that two of the six subjects who received the vector at higher doses developed inflammation of the liver. These subjects were treated with a steroid medication called Prednisolone, which is commonly used for serious types of inflammation. Prednisolone seemed to decrease the liver inflammation, as measured by a decrease in blood levels of elevated liver enzymes, and stability of FIX levels at greater than 1% of normal.
This study will use the AAV8-hFIX19 vector. The vector will be injected once into a peripheral vein of each subject, while the subject is in the hospital. If everything is fine, the subject will be discharged from the hospital the next day. Three doses of vector (low, middle, and high) will be tested in up to 15 different subjects, depending on safety outcome (as determined by blood and urine tests) and results of FIX levels. If some subjects develop liver inflammation, a short, tapering course of corticosteroids will be used.
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|A Phase 1 Safety Study in Subjects With Severe Hemophilia B (Factor IX Deficiency) Using a Single-Stranded, Adeno-Associated Pseudotype 8 Viral Vector to Deliver the Gene for Human Factor IX
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|October 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
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|March 2016
Experimental: Low dose
Biological: AAV8-hFIX19
One-time IV vector administration.
Experimental: Middle dose
Biological: AAV8-hFIX19
One-time IV vector administration.
Experimental: High dose
Biological: AAV8-hFIX19
One-time IV vector administration.
- Number of subjects with adverse events related to investigational product [ Time Frame: One year (with 15-year follow-up) ]Physical exams; clinical labs, including evaluation of FIX inhibitor; and adverse event reporting.
- Circulating plasma factor IX levels [ Time Frame: One year (with 15-year follow-up) ]Factor IX activity and antigen; PT; and aPTT.
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- No history of inhibitor against FIX
- No history of an allergic reaction or anaphylaxis to FIX products
- Greater than 20 exposure days of treatment with FIX protein
- Anti-AAV8 neutralizing titer measured at < 1:5
- Acceptable laboratory values: hemoglobin ≥ 11% gm; WBC ≥ 3,500/μL; platelets ≥ 100,000/μL; AST, ALT, alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2x ULN; bilirubin ≤ 1.2 gm/dL; and creatinine ≤ 1.5 gm/dL
- Subject agrees to use barrier contraception until at least two consecutive semen samples after vector administration are negative for vector sequences (may be for up to several months)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects with active hepatitis B or C, and HBsAg or HCV RNA viral load positivity, respectively. Negative viral assays in two samples, collected at least six months apart, will be required to be considered negative. Both natural clearers and those who have cleared HCV on antiviral therapy are eligible.
- Subjects currently on antiviral therapy for hepatitis B or C
- Subjects with significant underlying liver disease, as defined by presence of portal hypertension, splenomegaly, varices, ascites, edema, gastrointestinal bleeding, encephalopathy, reduction below normal limits of serum albumin, or prior liver biopsy demonstrating significant fibrosis, specifically ≥ Metavir 3 fibrosis
- Subjects with serological evidence of HIV who have CD4 counts ≤ 200/mm3. Subjects who are HIV-positive and stable, with an adequate CD4 count (> 200/mm3) and undetectable viral load (< 50 gc/mL) measured twice in the six months prior to enrollment, on an antiretroviral drug regimen are eligible to enroll.
- History of inhibitor against FIX
- Anti-AAV8 antibody titers ≥ 1:5
- History of chronic infection or other chronic diseases which the investigators consider to constitute an unacceptable risk
- Subjects who have participated in a previous gene therapy research trial within one year of enrollment
- Subjects who have participated in a clinical study with an investigational drug within six months of enrollment
- Any other condition that would not allow the potential subject to complete follow-up examinations during the course of the study or, in the opinion of the investigator, makes the potential subject unsuitable for the study
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01620801
|United States, Pennsylvania
|The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|University of Pittsburgh
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
|Australia, New South Wales
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|Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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|March 12, 2019
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Bighorns and mountain goats and hantavirus, oh my
Bighorn sheep and mountain goats mobbed the Mount Evans highway this summer. On a recent visit, I'd estimate we saw 150 or so, all within a mile of the summit, near the road, walking beside the road, blocking traffic on the road. It was an amazing sight, and like everyone else around me, I was clicking away madly with my camera. I'd never seen so many before.
The sheep and goat show is great for visitors, maybe not so great for the animals. Some of the bighorns boldly walked up to our car window, expecting to be fed. Obviously they had been, and often enough to develop a begging habit.
That can be a fatal habit, a forest ranger once told me, especially for the newborns. They hang around the road, feeding from cars all summer, then starve in the winter when the cars go away.
The highway was closed at Summit Lake this month, five miles from the mountaintop, so seeing them now may require some high-altitude walking. Here's hoping the little ones have time to learn how to live on a tundra diet.


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It was a much quieter scene at practice than quarterback Joe Flacco is accustomed to as the Ravens launched their first day of training camp.
With legendary linebacker Ray Lewis retired, Flacco no longer has the defensive icon glowering and barking trash talk at him across the line of scrimmage.
"Yeah, you'd know that he was in there," Flacco said with a smile. "He'd jaw back and forth with you, acting like he's Superman. Believe me, he brought a lot of fun to the practice field. That's never going to be replaced.
"A lot of the guys that we lost, they were a lot of fun to be out here with. We'll miss that part a little bit, but everybody has a little bit of that. He just happened to be a little bit extra special. The guys that we have, we're focused on being good and having a team of our own, so you don't really think about that too much."
Without Lewis, a two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Ravens coach John Harbaugh was asked who will be the new face of the franchise.
"I've given it no thought whatsoever," Harbaugh said. "It's a pretty general question. Who was the voice and face of the franchise?"
"Ray Lewis," the reporter replied.
"Oh, OK, well that's your interpretation," Harbaugh said.
It's a new day in Baltimore, one without Lewis or former NFL Defensive Player of the Year free safety Ed Reed, who signed a three-year, $15 million contract with the Houston Texans.
And there's a different feeling around the defense, a revamped unit that now includes newcomers Elvis Dumervil, Matt Elam, Arthur Brown, Chris Canty, Marcus Spears and Michael Huff.
"It's not really as loud in the locker room," cornerback Jimmy Smith said. "It's not too different except in the meetings without Ed there. It's a bigger learning curve for everybody because we don't have Ed back there directing everything. We have new guys trying to step into that leadership role."


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Terraria review: game builds on a complex and interactive world
If Minecraft, Little Big Planet and Final Fantasy got together and had a child, Terraria would be the outcome.
A rich, elaborate and fun game, Terraria contains multiple worlds and many items with which to build, and connects you with your friends in one small but interactive package. The game is 2-D, but almost identical in nature to Minecraft. It allows players to build their own worlds, evolve supplies and tools, and fight many monsters along the way.
Controls are simple — building and placing with the four main buttons on the PlayStation 3, and moving the joystick to dig and move around the worlds. Knowing what items to use to build resources along the way wasn't easy to figure out, but I rather enjoyed the other simplistic qualities of this game.


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My five-year-old daughter and I go regularly to Shelby Farms Park to run and ramble with our pup, Lambchop. While people and their pets repeat rituals like these every day at off-leash parks around the country, this park has a unique characteristic, the stuff of dog-lovers' dreams: size.
Bigger than NYC's Central Park and SF's Golden Gate Park combined, Shelby Farms ranks as one of the largest urban parks in the U.S. And within its 4,500 acres, a whopping 150 acres are officially off-leash. Golden fields undulate as far as the eye can see, and to the south, there's a large pond, smooth mud beaches and a wooded trail. This bucolic spot might just be the nation's largest municipal off-leash park as well. Moreover, it's a public park without entrance fees.
The multilayered history of Shelby Farms Park is as varied as its users. Originally Chickasaw tribal lands, between 1825 and 1828, Frances Wright's Nashoba, one of America's most well-known communes, was in operation here, with the goal of educating and liberating slaves. During the first half of the 20th century, it was a penal colony, with a truck farm and Jersey dairy herd. In the 1970s, as the use of prison labor for farming declined, the first 270 acres were opened to the public.
In December 2006, the Shelby County commission approved a 50-year conservation easement that will protect all of Shelby Farms for "natural, scenic and recreational" purposes. Next on the agenda is a management partnership between local government and a private nonprofit, possibly the Shelby Farms Park Alliance. Finally, a park master plan is slated for 2008. If done right, it will solidly plant the park in a special place within the hearts of area residents—the most permanent of protections. For Lambchop and the other dogs at yappy hour, that's already happened.


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U.S. stocks head higher Thursday
NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The blue chip Dow stock index rebounded Thursday.
The Labor Department provided encouraging news. First-time unemployment benefit claims for the week ending Saturday fell by 37,000 to 335,000, the lowest figure since November 2007.
The Commerce Department said housing starts rose sharply in 2012, climbing 28.1 percent over 2011.
Housing starts are a leading index, as a home sale is often followed by purchase of furniture, appliances, lawn mowers and other household necessities.
In afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average added 112.97 points or 0.84 percent to 13,625.20. The Nasdaq composite index added 24.01 points or 0.77 percent to 3,141.56. The Standard and Poor's 500 gained 11.57 points or 0.79 percent to 1,484.20.
The 10-year treasury note fell 18/32 to yield 1.888 percent.
Against the dollar, the euro rose to $1.3384 from Wednesday's $1.3289. The dollar gained against the yen, hitting 89.84 yen from 88.38 yen.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index gained 0.09 percent, 9.20 points, to 10,609.64.
In London, the FTSE 100 index added 0.46 percent, 28.38 points, to 6,132.36.
Foreclosure activity declined in 2012
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The number of U.S. homes in the process of foreclosure dropped 3 percent in 2012 from the previous year, online marketplace RealtyTrac said Thursday.
The decline is modest compared with the decline from 2010. From the 2.9 million properties involved in foreclosures in 2010, filings have dropped by 36 percent, the firm said.
Including default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, there were a total of 2,304,941 foreclosure filings reported on 1,836,634 U.S. properties in 2012, RealtyTrac said.
With those numbers, 1.39 percent of all housing units -- one out of every 72 -- were involved in a foreclosure filing in the year, a drop from 1.45 percent in 2011 and from 2.23 percent in 2010.
With many filings derailed by the foreclosure mills controversy that surfaced in 2010, states that require a judicial review for a bank repossession were still catching up with a backlog of foreclosures. As such, in 2012, foreclosure activity increased in 25 states from 2011 -- 20 of which require judicial reviews. In New Jersey, foreclosures increased by 55 percent in the year. In Florida, they rose by 53 percent.
The foreclosure mills controversy involved banks subcontracting foreclosure reviews to firms that were labeled "foreclosure mills," because they processed them so quickly it was judged the banks were cheating homeowners on due process. Several major banks pulled back from proceeding with foreclosures until agreements were reached with prosecutors on how to repay mortgage owners.
In April 2012, five major banks reached a $26 billion deal with prosecutors to settle charges of foreclosure abuses. More recently, 10 U.S. banks reached an $8.5 billion deal and Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs on Wednesday struck a $557 million deal to settle foreclosure abuse charges.
The increase in foreclosures in judicial review states was offset by declines in states where foreclosures are handled out of court.
Foreclosure activity dropped in 25 states, 19 of which do not require judicial reviews. In Nevada, foreclosure activity dropped 57 percent. In Utah, foreclosures declined by 40 percent, RealtyTrac said.
Kodak's bankruptcy bills piling up
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Storied New York firm Eastman Kodak has spent $125 million on attorneys and accountants after one year in bankruptcy, court papers indicate.
The (Rochester) Democrat and Chronicle reported Thursday medical benefits and insurance coverage for the company's employees came to a halt at the start of the new year, but legal fees continue to pile up.
Kodak has spent almost $22 million on the services of one law firm alone, the newspaper said.
The firm, Sullivan & Cromwell, is charging $1,150 per hour for attorney services and up to $850 per hour for non-attorney services, racking up 900 billable hours and 4,000 billable hours, respectively, records show.
Accounting giant Ernst & Young has earned $13 million in the first year of Kodak's bankruptcy. Corporate restructuring specialist Jim Mesterharm of consulting firm AlixPartners has earned $1.5 million.
On top of its own expenses, Kodak is responsible for paying the bills for legal services provided to creditor committees, a line-item that has cost $3.2 million so far.
In spite of the big numbers, "That doesn't shock me. Bankruptcy's expensive," Martha Salzman, assistant professor of accounting and law at the State University of New York at Buffalo told the newspaper.
"A modern Chapter 11 case is just hugely expensive. It goes in proportion to the size of the company and the complexity of the debt structure," said bankruptcy attorney Robert Rock.
Further, the company is duty-bound to seek outside help.
"You can't have the internal management do it. Theoretically, that's how Kodak got where it is today," said MaryAnn Monforte, clinical assistant professor of accounting at Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management.
New U.S. jobless claims fall sharply
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Labor Department said first-time jobless benefits claims dropped to a pre-recession level in the week ending Saturday.
Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 37,000 in the week to 335,000, a weekly toll unseen since November 2007, just before the Great Recession became official.
The four-week rolling average for the week was 359,250, a decrease of 6,750 from the previous week's revised average of 366,000.
In the current week, the unadjusted advance number of first-time unemployment benefits claims under state programs totaled 555,708 for the week, an increase of 2,360 from the previous week, the Labor Department said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A mixed batch of earnings reports from some of Corporate America's biggest names kept the stock market treading water in early trading Friday. General Electric and Morgan Stanley rose after turning in better report cards, while a 27 percent drop in earnings sank Intel's stock.
The Dow Jones industrial average edged down two points to 13,593 as of 10:33 a.m. EST.
GE led the 30 stocks in the Dow after the conglomerate reported stronger quarterly earnings, helped by orders from Brazil, Angola and other developing countries. Profits increased at all seven of its industrial segments, including oil and gas, energy management, aviation and transportation. GE rose 55 cents to $21.85.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell one point to 1,479 and the Nasdaq composite fell seven to 3,129.
The Dow and the S&P 500, a widely used benchmark for investment funds, are headed for their third straight week of gains. The Dow is up 0.8 percent and the S&P 0.5 percent.
Morgan Stanley's earnings surged across its many business lines, as more companies hired the investment bank to help it raise money and line up mergers. Morgan Stanley jumped 6 percent, rising $1.16 to $21.91.
Intel fell 6 percent, the biggest drop in the Dow. The world's biggest chipmaker said late Thursday that fourth-quarter net income fell 27 percent. A growing preference for smartphones and tablets, instead of personal computers and laptops powered by Intel chips, have made investors wary of the company's stock. It dropped $1.44 to $21.24.
American Express fell $1.73 to $59.01. Hefty charges tied to the credit card issuer's plan to cut jobs and reorganize some business lines hurt results, and revenue fell short of estimates.
Analysts forecast that companies in the S&P 500 will report a 3.2 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings over the same period the year before. They expect banks and other financial firms along with consumer-discretionary companies to have the strongest profit growth of any industry, according to S&P Capital IQ.


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This Omaha World-Herald database contains every football recruit that signed with a Big Ten school from 2002 to 2011.
Each player is represented on the map with a colored dot representing his college team. Click the dots to see more information about each player.
Areas with higher concentrations of recruits show clusters. Clicking each cluster will zoom the map to that area.
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The Terra Inca powder is a nice bronzy powder with slight shimmer, it's not really a bronzer more of an illuminator or blush for lighter skintones. The compact feels like wood, but it's not very heavy, so not too sure what it's made of. Instead of hinges it's held together with 3 magnets, so when you open it, the lid comes straight off. It has a nice big mirror in the lid. The powder weighs 14.5 g, so it's pretty big.
The eyeshadow compact contains 4 shades: orange, chocolate brown, dark brown, blue and some gold overspray. You get 9 g which is pretty good, it's even more than the 6 colour palettes Guerlain released last year (and those cost £52.50!).
I apologise but there won't be any swatches in this post as I haven't managed to test these yet, they are both so pretty, I don't want to ruin the lovely designs. You know me. I will be brave and use them some day, and will let you know what I think. For now, there are a lot of pictures below.
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I need your help with something.
I got a comment on my blog a few days ago that has troubled me ever since. It's from a woman named Sally who challenged the very foundation of our year-long, every-member mission trip. As I've said repeatedly, Richmond's First Baptist Church is on a mission to bring the Kingdom of Heaven to Richmond, Virginia, but Sally says that's not what Jesus would do, and suggests very strongly that it's not what Jesus would want the church to do.
Here's where I need your help.
Is she right about that? Because if she is, we're wasting our time and energy. We should probably give up on this mission trip, turn the bus around, and head back home. I'm going to paste her comment below, and then ask you to comment on the comment. Let's have a conversation about what Jesus did and what he wants us to do.
In response to an article about the future of the church Sally said: "I, too, worry about the future of those churches in America that follow the 'emergent church' path described in this article. While I do not deny biblical instruction to help the less fortunate, that is not why Jesus said he came into this world. Jesus said he came to seek and to save the lost who are headed for eternal Hell. That's why he died on the cross. He didn't come to fix our world, to eliminate poverty, to put an end to slavery. Jesus didn't even try to fix the world he lived in. A social agenda was not his focus. We should never take our eyes off heaven or the theology of sin, righteousness and judgment. Jesus did not ask us to bring heaven to earth. He asked us to believe in him, to join him in heaven for eternity and to bring as many fellow believers with us as we can."
Is that the church's mission? Click on "Leave a Comment" below and join the conversation.