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HIV-1 Vaccine Test in Uninfected Adult Volunteers
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00045838
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First Posted : September 11, 2002
Last Update Posted : October 2, 2015
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This study will test the safety of an experimental vaccine against HIV and examine whether it induces an immune response to HIV. A vaccine is a substance given to try to create resistance or immunity to a disease or infection. The vaccine in this study is made from DNA (genetic material) of four HIV proteins called gag, pol, Nef, and Env. Injected into a human, the viral DNA instructs the body to make small amounts of some HIV proteins. This study will see if the body then creates an immune response to these proteins. Study participants cannot catch HIV or AIDS from the DNA vaccine or any proteins made from it.
Healthy normal volunteers between 18 and 60 years of age may be eligible for this study. Candidates will provide a medical history, including information on sexual behaviors and drug use. They will have a physical examination and blood and urine tests. Women will also have a pregnancy test. Women enrolled in the study must either be infertile (e.g., due to menopause or hysterectomy) or must agree either to abstain from heterosexual sex or to practice birth control for at least 21 days before beginning the study and throughout its duration.
Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the experimental vaccine or a placebo (a control substance made up of an inactive salt solution) and will be divided into three groups, based on their entry into the study. Of the first seven people enrolled (Group 1), five will receive a 2-mg dose of vaccine and two will receive placebo. If the vaccine is safe at this dose, then in Group 2, five people will receive a 4-mg dose of vaccine and two will receive placebo. If this dose is safe, then in Group 3, thirty people will receive an 8-mg dose of vaccine and six will receive placebo.
All participants will receive three injections in an upper arm muscle-one injection a month for three months-with a needle-less device called a Biojector 2000® (Registered Trademark). At the time of each injection, participants will be observed for at least 1 hour after immunization. At home, they will record their temperature and any symptoms they may experience, including any effects at the injection site, for at least 2 days, or as long as the symptoms remain. If symptoms occur, participants will report them immediately to the clinic staff and, if necessary, come to the clinic for an examination.
Participants will have about 10 clinic visits during the study. Most visits will last about 2 hours; those on vaccination days will last about 4 hours. At each visit, participants will be checked for health changes or problems and will be asked about medications they are taking. Blood will be drawn for immune system testing. Additional laboratory tests may be requested between visits. Participants will be tested several times for HIV, will be questioned about their sexual behavior and drug use, and about social effects they may have experienced from their participation in the study.
Some of the blood drawn for this study will be used to test for HLA type-a genetic test of immune system markers. For research, HLA testing is sometimes used to try to identify factors associated with the progression of HIV disease or related conditions.
|Condition or disease
|Drug: VCR-HIVDNA006-00-VP
|Phase 1
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
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|0 participants
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase I Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Multiclade HIV-1 DNA Plasmid Vaccine, VRC-HIVDNA006-00-VP, In Uninfected Adult Volunteers
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|August 2002
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|April 2003
|Actual Study Completion Date :
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Older Adult
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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A participant must meet all of the following criteria:
- 18 to 60 years old.
- Available for follow-up for the duration of the study (12 months).
- Complete an Assessment of Understanding prior to enrollment and verbalize understanding of all questions answered incorrectly.
- Able and willing to sign the informed consent form.
- Willing to receive HIV test results and willing to abide by NIH guidelines for partner notification of positive HIV results.
- Willing to have blood samples used for future research.
- Willing to complete questionnaire to identify HIV infection risks and amendable to risk reduction counseling.
- In good general health without clinically significant medical history.
Physical examination and laboratory results without clinically significant findings within the 28 days prior to enrollment.
Laboratory Criteria within 28 days prior to enrollment:
- Hematocrit greater than or equal to 34% for women; greater than or equal to 38% for men
- WBC count: Non-African Americans equals 3,300-12,000 cells/mm(3); African-Americans equals 2,500-12,000 cells/mm(3) (in absence of clinical or pathological etiology)
- Differential either within institutional normal range or accompanied by site physician approval
- Total lymphocyte count: Non-African Americans greater than or equal to 800 cells/mm(3); African Americans greater than or equal to 650 cells/mm(3) (in the absence of clinical or pathological etiology)
- Platelets equals 125,000-550,000/mm(3)
- ALT (SGPT) less than or equal to 1.5 X upper limit of normal
- Serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.4 mg/dL
- Normal urinalysis defined as negative glucose, negative or trace protein, and negative or trace hemoglobin.
- Negative FDA-approved HIV blood test
- Negative Hepatitis B surface antigen
Negative anti-HCV or negative HCV PCR if the anti-HCV is positive
Female-Specific Criteria:
- Negative beta-HCG pregnancy test for women presumed to be of reproductive potential.
- A female participant must meet one of the following criteria:
No reproductive potential because of menopause (one year without menses) or because of a hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, or tubal ligation.,
Participant agrees to be heterosexually inactive at least 21 days prior to enrollment and throughout the duration of the study,
Participant agrees to consistently practice contraception at least 21 days prior to enrollment and throughout the duration of the study by one of the following methods:
condoms, male or female, with or without a spermicide
diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide
intrauterine device
contraceptive pills, Norplant, or Depo-Provera
male partner has previously undergone a vasectomy for which there is documentation.
A volunteer will be excluded if one or more of the following is true.
Woman who is breast-feeding.
Volunteer has received any of the following substances:
- HIV vaccines in a prior clinical trial
- Immunosuppressive or cytotoxic medications within the past six months with the exception of corticosteroid nasal spray for allergic rhinitis or topical corticosteriods for an acute uncomplicated dermatitis
- Blood products within 120 days prior to HIV screening
- Immunoglobulin within 60 days prior to HIV screening
- Live attenuated vaccines within 30 days prior to initial study vaccine administration
- Investigational research agents within 30 days prior to initial study vaccine administration
- Medically indicated subunit or killed vaccines, e.g. influenza, pneumococcal, or allergy treatment with antigen injections, within 14 days of study vaccine administration
Current anti-TB prophylaxis or therapy
Volunteer has a history of any of the following clinically significant conditions:
- Serious adverse reactions of vaccines such as anaphylaxis, hives, respiratory difficulty, angioedema, or abdominal pain
- Autoimmune disease or immunodeficiency
- Asthma that is unstable or required emergent care, urgent care, hospitalization or intubation during the past two years or that requires the use of oral or intravenous corticosteriods.
- Diabetes mellitus (type I or II), with the exception of gestational diabetes.
- Thyroid disease including history of thyroidectomy and diagnoses that required medication within the past 12 months.
- Serious angioedema episodes within the previous 3 years or requiring medication in the previous two years.
- Hypertension that is not well controlled by medication or is more than 150/100 at enrollment.
- Bleeding disorder diagnosed by a doctor (e.g. factor deficiency, coagulopathy, or platelet disorder requiring special precautions) or significant bruising or bleeding difficulties with IM injections or blood draws.
- Syphilis infection that is active or positive serology due to a syphilis infection treated less than six months ago.
- Malignancy that is active or treated malignancy for which there is not reasonable assurance of sustained cure or malignancy that is likely to recur during the period of the study is eligible.
- Seizure disorder other than: 1) febrile seizures under the age of two, 2) seizures secondary to alcohol withdrawal more than 3 years ago, or 3) a singular seizure not requiring prolonged treatment more than 3 years ago.
- Asplenia or any condition resulting in the absence or removal of the spleen.
- Psychiatric condition that precludes compliance with the protocol; past or present psychoses; past or present bipolar disorder requiring therapy that has not been well controlled on medication for the past two years; disorder requiring lithium; or suicidal ideation occurring within five years prior to enrollment.
- Any medical, psychiatric, or social condition, or occupational or other responsibility that, in the judgement of the investigator, would interfere with or serve as a contraindication to protocol adherence or a volunteer's ability to give informed consent.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00045838
|United States, Maryland
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
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|First Posted:
|September 11, 2002 Key Record Dates
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|October 2, 2015
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Effective mentoring is the key to a successful and rewarding experience for both the student and the faculty mentor. The role of the faculty mentor is to provide the student with guidance and support, and to act as a role model, to facilitate the development of the student's skills and ethical behavior.
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A reader of the blog wrote to me yesterday to tell me that the British arm of Ancestry.com is offering free access to immigration records from today up until the 5th September.
You can search and view all of the immigration records for free.
I will be checking my Barclay, and Hitchens names to see if there is anything new.
Thank you Craig for passing along the word.
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MURRAY, Ky. – The Tennessee State women's golf team kicked off tournament play for the spring season on Saturday at the Time Warner Racer Classic. Due to potential inclement weather the tournament moved from Monday and Tuesday to Saturday and Sunday. But that was only the first change, as the teams decided to play both rounds on Saturday to avoid the weather that was predicted to move in sooner than expected.
The six team field played 36 holes at the Par-72, 6,017 yard Miller Memorial Golf Course under mild to cool conditions. Tennessee State fell off the pace in the second round as they finished with a two-round 677. The host squad, Murray State, walked away with the team title with a 600.
Freshman Natalie Spicer led the way for the Tigers shooting a 165 (82-83). Kelly Merkel (85-84=169), Erica Edwards (84-86=170) and Amelia Dap (85-88) scored for TSU in both rounds. Sarah Needleman (192) posted non-scoring marks of 96 in each round, while Laura Bremer competed as an individual and shot an 83 in the first round, followed by an 85 for a 168.
Spicer highlighted the first round on the par-4, 3rd. The freshman hit a 7-iron to within eight feet of the hole, setting up her lone birdie of the day. Spicer picked up nine pars in each round and registered 19 fairways and 16 greens on the day.
Bremer carded the second lowest score for the Tigers on the day behind consistent play. Bremer found 18 of 28 fairways and averaged fewer than two putts a hole. The sophomore-transfer totaled 14 greens in one of her better outings as a Tiger.
Dap picked up a pair of birdies on the day via the long putt. The Murfreesboro native used a lengthy putt on the par-4, 10th to get things going and followed with a 50-foot putt on the par-5, 12th, that found the bottom of the cup for birdies. On the day, Dap hit 14 fairways and found 11 greens.
Needleman struggled a bit on the day, but found some success on the greens averaging less than two putts a hole. On the par-4, 14th, Needleman hit her second shot to within six feet of the flag and knocked down the putt for birdie. The sophomore found 20 fairways over two rounds and picked up three up-and-down pars.
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What is 'anabasis'?
a | a word for seeking to obtain a gift by false premises
b | the term for a fear of prolonged waiting
c | the name for a journey leading upwards; the first phase of an illness
d| a warning shouted before throwing water from above
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- PELVIS To find a healthy, neutral position for your spine (many of us walk around with a slight arch), tip your pelvis forward and back as far as it can go, then settle it in the middle.
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Get a bigger dose of bliss from your let-off-steam cardio routine with these proven mind-body exercises.
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Take longer, slower exhales than inhales as you stride, suggests David Coppel, PhD, a sports psychologist in Kirkland, Washington. Breathing techniques soothe by shifting your focus away from anxiety-producing "what if" thoughts about the future and into the present.
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A walk in nature lowers stress levels significantly more than pounding the pavement around town, reports a recent study in the journal Environment and Behavior. Head to the park whenever you need added relief.
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In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned.
Inscription: "Še dus izdzisusi zvaigznīte" (Here sleeps an extinguished star – though poetically speaking, probably "fallen star" works better)
Name: Lilija Margareta Bērziņa, born May 6, 1917, died August 1, 1919.
Location: Meža kapi ("Forest Cemetery"), Rīga.
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Racing Metro 20-26 Cardiff Blues, Heineken Cup, November 11, 2011
Blues not getting carried away
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Cardiff Blues coach Justin Burnell refused to get carried away with his side's superb away win over big-spending French outfit Racing Metro in their Heineken Cup opener on the outskirts of Paris.
The Blues recorded a significant 26-20 victory, with tries by prop Tau Filise and young wing Alex Cuthbert, to put them in pole position for qualification from a pool which also includes London Irish and Edinburgh. Scotland fly-half Dan Parks also kicked 16 points, including two conversions and four penalties, for Cardiff at the Stade Yves Du Manoir.
"We won't be getting carried away with this win," said Burnell. "We deserved the win and we really fronted up against a formidable Racing Metro side. We more than matched them physically and proved we are a good side and I cannot fault the commitment and attitude of any of our players.
"Xavier Rush, Tau Filise, Bradley Davies, Gethin Jenkins and Michael Paterson were all exceptional for us and not many sides will come to France and achieve what we have done here. We will enjoy this win but it now makes our next game against London Irish, who we all know are a very good side indeed, more important. We have to get something out of that game but this win away in France should give us some real confidence for the rest of our European campaign."
Burnell revealed that Wales centre Jamie Roberts, who limped off after only 11 minutes of the game with a groin injury, should be back in action soon. "Jamie picked up a groin strain but it doesn't look serious," said Burnell.
But the horrific leg injury to young Blues lock James Down in the second minute, which saw him carried off the field, will rule him out for probably the rest of the season. "James looks like he had dislocated or broken his ankle which is such a shame because he was selected for this game on merit and he will be out for a while."
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Excitement is building for the 3rd Annual End of the Year (EOY)
West Coast Tournament*
4 Ways to Qualify:
(1) Players who have won their respective season playoffs in any West Coast championship in 2017 or 2018.
(2) Any player that has played 40+ league matches in 2018.
(3) Any player that has played 200+ matches in their Tennis League Network career.
(4) Players who attended any of the past tournaments but needs to play 10+ matches in the current year.
When And Where:
Long Weekend Program:
A couple of the Championship matches could be played on Center Court!
Skill Levels:
Elite 4.5, Advanced 4.0, Advanced 3.75, Competitive 3.5, Competitive 3.25 / Skilled 3.0, we are not projecting a Women's Division for the West Coast Tournament
Tournament Format:
The Friday and Saturday results will be used to determine the qualifiers for the Championship Draw and Consolation Draws. Players will get 2 points for a win and 1 point for a loss, which will help benefit the players who do play Friday. We will guarantee a 1.5 hour break between the Saturday matches. The number of players who qualify for Championship Sunday depends on the number of player's in the division. ALL players will qualify for Sunday. There's no consolation draw for non-qualifiers.
*Winners will be crowned 2018 West Coast National Champions.
Number of Participants:
Due to court limitation we are capped at 50 participants for the tournament. With our passionate TennisLosAngeles and TennisOC communities we expect to be over-subscribed for this Tournament.
$79 for Champions & Non-Champions. We project the league will need to subsidize part of the cost of the tournament not including time spent to run it. The courts are actually 3x more expensive than the Miami tennis courts. We're offering an early sign-up special price of $79 if you sign up thru July. Players will fly in from all over the country for this Tournament.
Current projections are $100 gift card to the Winners and $50 gift card to the division runner-ups. Prizes can be influenced by any sponsors that come on board.
Travel Arrangements:
Travel arrangements will NO be covered by Tennis League Network, LLC.
Tournament Sign-up deadline is Tuesday, Sept. 28th.
Ultimate Goal:
The tennis should be quite exciting, the players should be amp'd up for the tournament.
Hotel for Out-of-Towners: Hilton Los Angeles North/Glendale
Right down the street from the facility.
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Ms. Bisgaier, chair of the Ann's Choice Community Relations Committee (CRC), a member of the Maris Grove CRC and community boards, retired from her position as Managing Director of Public Financial Management, Inc. with more than 40 years of experience in local government and public finance. She is a member of the Board of Directors of National Senior Campuses and serves as chair of the NSC Audit Committee and as vice chair of the NSC Budget and Finance Committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors of WHYY, Philadelphia's public radio and television stations where she is a member of the Executive Committee, chair of the Governance Committee and a member of the Finance Committee. Ms. Bisgaier is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and received a master of city and regional planning degree from Rutgers University.
Ms. Bohreer serves as the Chair of the Board of National Senior Campuses, Inc. Additionally, Ms. Bohreer chairs the Board of Eagle's Trace, Inc., an NSC Supported Community in Houston, Texas. She serves on the NSC Governance and Internal Affairs Committee, Operations and Risk Management Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. Ms. Bohreer is a partner in the law firm of Bohreer & Zucker LLP focused on employment law defense and commercial litigation, and is a licensed CPA. Ms. Bohreer grew up in Houston and graduated with high honors from University of Houston and UH Law Center. She serves on a number of non-profit boards and held key volunteer leadership roles with the American Cancer Society and the H.E.A.R.T. Program. Ms. Bohreer will serve as Governor of Rotary International District 5890 in 2021-2022, when Houston hosts the Rotary International Convention. Ms. Bohreer served as the first woman chair of a National College Football Award, chairing the Rotary Lombardi Award. Ms. Bohreer has served on Supported Community Boards since 2011 and on the NSC Board since 2014.
Judge Colins was appointed to the National Senior Campuses, Inc Board of Directors effective April 1, 2018. In October of 2010, she became a member of the PA/NJ regional community boards of Ann's Choice, Maris Grove, Seabrook Village, and Cedar Crest Village. In 2016 she was appointed to the Lantern Hill Board of Directors. Additionally, she serves as Chair of the Governance and Internal Affairs Committee and is a member of the Diversity, Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility and Operations & Risk Management Advisory Committees of NSC. Judge Colins is law trained. She served as a Senior Trial Judge in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. She also served as the Chairman and a founding member of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Judge Colins has taught Trial Advocacy and Gaming and Casino Law at numerous law schools and universities. She has lectured and taught at American Bar Association and International Association of Gaming Attorneys and Regulators conferences throughout the country as well as continuing legal education programs.
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Mr. Haas joined the PA/NJ community Boards in 2007, serving as their treasurer until 2011. During that period, he also served on the NSC Budget and Finance committee and the NSC Investment committee. In 2011, he became Board Chair of the two New Jersey communities, which lead to his appointment to the NSC Board in 2012. In 2015, he became Board Chair of the two Pennsylvania communities; in 2016 the two Massachusetts communities; and ultimately the seven community Northeast region, all of which Fred chaired until March of 2018. In his professional career, Fred was a tax partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, from 1978 until 2001, when he retired. From 1972 until 1982, he served in various positions on the professional staff at Coopers & Lybrand. After graduating from Penn State with a degree in accounting in 1966, Fred served as an aircraft maintenance officer in the USAF until 1971.
Reverend Jacque was appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Senior Campuses in 2017, and as the chair of the Diversity Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility Advisory Committee in 2018, Rev. Dr. Zina Jacque comes to the work of senior living and wellness from a community engagement background. She is the senior pastor at the Community Church of Barrington, Illinois. Previously she served on the staffs of multicultural, urban, and suburban churches and has done extensive work in the areas of higher education, counseling, and faith based not for profits. Dr. Jacque sits on the Board of Directors of the American Baptist Churches USA, JourneyCare Palliative Care and Hospice Center and the Samaritan Counseling Center of the Northwest Suburbs. Additionally, she served as a western regional director of NSC, beginning in 2009. Dr. Jacque holds a doctorate of theology and a master of divinity degree (Summa Cum Laude) from Boston University, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a B.A from Northwestern University.
Ms. Reel is a Director on the National Senior Campuses Board and serves on the NSC Operations and Risk Management Committee. She is also a member of the Community Relations Committee of Oak Crest Village. Dr. Reel is the Chief Information Officer for all divisions of the Johns Hopkins University and Health System. She was appointed Vice Provost for Information Technology and CIO for the Johns Hopkins University in January 1999. She is also Vice President for Information Services for Johns Hopkins Medicine, a post she has held since 1994. Ms. Reel is a member of HIMSS, CHIME, the Healthcare Advisory Council, the American College of Medical Informatics, and EDUCAUSE. Ms. Reel graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in information systems management and holds a M.B.A. from Loyola College in Maryland.
Mr. Roskiewicz has served as a regional board member for National Senior Campuses since 2007. He currently serves a member of NSC's Audit, Budget and Finance, and Communications Committees and as a member of the Community Relations Committee for the Fox Run community in Novi, Michigan. Mr. Roskiewicz is a lawyer by training with extensive experience in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He is a founding member of WestCongress Insurance Services, where he serves as executive vice president and general counsel with responsibility for human resources, claims, regulatory compliance, M&A, corporate governance, litigation management, and contract matters. Mr. Roskiewicz was previously the general counsel of First Mercury Financial Corporation (NYSE: FMR) and a partner in the Michigan law firm of Dickinson Wright. Mr. Roskiewicz received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.
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No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, health care under the Affordable Care Act is going to change in the next few years. The Republican-led Congress has vowed to "repeal and replace" the health law known as Obamacare.
That has left many people anxious and confused about what will happen and when. So NPR's Morning Edition asked listeners to post questions on Twitter and Facebook, and we will be answering some of them here and on the radio in the weeks ahead.
Many of the questions so far have to do with timing.
For example, Steva Stowell-Hardcastle of Lewisburg, Penn., says: "I'm confused about what parts of the ACA have been repealed and when those changes take place."
First, despite social media headlines, nothing substantive has been changed in 2017. That's because making these changes is harder than it looks.
In January, Republicans in Congress passed a budget resolution that called for major changes to the law to be made in a subsequent bill.
Even though that process would allow them to pass a bill without Democratic votes, they haven't been able to agree on what those reforms should look like.
And there are several other obstacles.
First of all, they won't be able to repeal everything in one go, which counters a lot of the rhetoric coming out of the election. And they would be limited in what parts of the law they can replace.
That said, the Trump Administration has taken some action, but no concrete changes – yet. In January, Trump signed an executive order calling for federal agencies to "waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of any provision or requirement of the act" that would "impose a fiscal burden" on states, individuals, healthcare providers, and others in the health industry.
While that could be widely interpreted, so far the only federal action in response to that order has come from the IRS. The IRS says it will not strictly enforce the "individual mandate" that requires most Americans to have health insurance. The agency noted, however, the requirement is still law.
A related question comes from Kathryn Henry of Iowa City, Iowa. She asks "if it is repealed, what happens to people like me who currently have insurance through it and when?"
Both President Trump and GOP congressional leaders have insisted that they want a smooth transition from the current system to a new one, particularly for the 11 million or so people who purchased coverage on the federal or state health insurance exchanges since the law took effect.
"We don't want to pull the rug out from under people while we're replacing this law," said House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., in January. Trump has insisted that repealing the law and replacing it be done "essentially simultaneously," so as not to leave people without insurance.
Unless something unexpected happens, people who purchased insurance for 2017 should be covered through the remainder of the year.
The bigger question is what happens in 2018. The uncertainty alone is prompting some insurers to pull out of the individual insurance market — the market in which people don't get insurance through their employer. The individual market is the most affected by the health law.
For example, the insurance company Humana has already said it won't participate in the health insurance exchanges next year, and the CEO of Aetna told reporters that his company might drop out, too. If Congress deadlocks over how to overhaul the health law, more insurance companies could follow suit.
Insurers were supposed to tell the federal government if they planned to participate in the insurance exchanges by May 3, but the Trump Administration has now given them until the end of June.
Got more questions about what's happening to the ACA? I'll be back next week with answers. Just tweet @MorningEdition using the hashtag #ACAchat.
Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
The Republican Congress is working to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare. Many of us are confused about what's exactly going on. We asked you to post your questions on Twitter and Facebook, and this morning, we're going to answer a couple of them. We've got Julie Rovner of our partner, Kaiser Health News, in the studio to help us out. Hi, Julie.
JULIE ROVNER, BYLINE: Hi, Rachel.
MARTIN: All right, let's start with a question many listeners posed about the Affordable Care Act. This is listener Steva Stowell-Hardcastle from Lewisburg, Pa.
STEVA STOWELL-HARDCASTLE: I'm confused about what parts of the ACA have been repealed and when those changes take place.
MARTIN: All right. So, Julie, has anything changed yet?
ROVNER: Not in 2017. There have been some small changes that were made to the law over the previous seven years but nothing big...
MARTIN: The big repeal hasn't happened.
ROVNER: The big repeal has not happened yet, despite what your social media might say or what some headlines have intimated. What has happened is that the Republican Congress has taken the first step to enable a repeal of part of the law. So they passed a budget resolution that said that there will be legislation down the line. We haven't seen that legislation yet. And also, Congress can't repeal the entire law because of the way the budget rules work. So whatever they're going to do, they can't make the entire thing go away unless they had 60 votes in the Senate, which they don't have.
MARTIN: All right. So let's get to our next question, which is really the big one - several listeners posed this. Listener Kathryn Henry from Iowa City, Iowa, has this question.
KATHRYN HENRY: If the ACA is repealed, what will happen to people like me who have purchased health insurance for 2017 through healthcare.gov and when?
MARTIN: Kathryn has Obamacare, and she's not sure what's going to happen - a lot of people in this situation.
ROVNER: That's right, and no one is really sure what's going to happen. But people who purchased coverage for this year, for 2017, are probably fine. Republicans say that they want to have what they call a smooth transition so that people will not have, you know, what Speaker Paul Ryan called, you know, have the rug pulled out from under them.
MARTIN: Even Donald Trump has said he doesn't want there to be a gap in care.
ROVNER: That's correct. The problem with that is that insurers are already reacting to we don't know what the rules are going to be for 2018, and they're already announcing that they're not going to offer coverage in 2018 in the individual market. We're only talking about 5 percent of the population here. But they're talking about dropping out because they don't know what the rules are going to be and because they have to tell the government whether they're going to participate in May. So Congress really only has until May or - unless they want to extend that deadline. That's the confusion. So the uncertainty means that we don't know really what it's going to look like in 2018. Unless something dramatic happens, people should be OK for 2017.
MARTIN: So people like Kathryn literally have to just wait and see. They can't do any planning for years ahead.
ROVNER: No, that's right, and the insurers can't do any planning for years ahead, which is one of the insurers' issues. They want Congress to act fast so they at least know what the rules are going to be for next year. And no one knows yet.
MARTIN: Julie Rovner of our partner Kaiser Health News, she will be back next week to answer more of your questions about the ACA. You can tweet those questions - @MorningEdition. Use the hashtag #ACAchat. Hey, Julie, thank you so much.
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Kelsey Grammer pulled out of a TV interview with Piers Morgan at the last minute on Wednesday after spotting a photo of his ex-wife in the opening titles, according to the show host.
The star was billed as a guest on "Piers Morgan Tonight," but he allegedly bolted after producers included a photo of his third wife, Camille Grammer, in the CNN series' opening sequence.
Morgan was baffled by the no-show and took to Twitter.com to explain his guest's absence, telling followers, "Kelsey Grammer was supposed to be on my show now but ran out of the building. Strange."
Moments later, he updated fans by writing, "So, Kelsey Grammer saw a photo of his ex-wife Camille in the open to our show and legged it (left). Extraordinary. Never had this happen before… I had a very friendly chat with Kelsey backstage (earlier), he said he was really looking forward to the interview. Weird…
"I like Kelsey Grammer personally, but this was a shockingly unprofessional thing to do. I wasn't even going to mention his ex-wife!"
A representative for Grammer says in a statement, "Piers needs to take responsibility for what he did to Kelsey. It's called accountability."
Last month, Grammer refused to utter Camille's name during a chat with TV host Oprah Winfrey, simply referring to the reality TV star as "that person."
The couple endured a bitter divorce and custody battle after splitting in 2010, and the actor went on to marry Kayte Walsh in February.


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When Will Rogers was being taken to the White House to meet President Calvin Coolidge, he was cautioned not to try to be funny because the President had no sense of humor. The undaunted Rogers bet that he could have Coolidge laughing within 20 seconds. When the formal introduction was made, "Mr. President, may I introduce my friend, Mr. Will Rogers," Rogers held out his hand with a questioning look and said, "Pardon me, I didn't quite get the name." Coolidge roared with laughter, and Rogers won the wager.


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Bronze Age treasures in our museums are testament to our heritage and skill for making some seriously shiny stuff out of metal
Visit the Ór, Ireland's Gold exhibition in the National Museum Dublin, and get versed on Ireland's rich history of jewellery design. Once you start shopping, you'll then be amazed at how the Celtic era continues to provide inspiration for modern jewellery designers across the island.
"The Celts were passionate and renowned internationally as exceptional artists in metal and jewellery," according to top Irish designer Melissa Curry. "The Torc [a traditional necklace] was socially versatile, often prestigious and held strong ritual association. It was thought they acted like a talisman offering the wearer mystical forms of protection. Jewellery was very much a part of a way of life in Celtic culture."
Jewellery is still very much part of modern design in Ireland with many designers drawing inspiration from their surroundings and sometimes even their customers. Fiona Kerr can be found rustling up simple but rather brilliant and quirky collections in her County Antrim workshop. "Some of the most interesting pieces of jewellery I have made were specially commissioned items from local people," Fiona says of her creations.
Ali Nash, meanwhile, bases a lot of the work displayed in her Dublin workshop on the colours, textures and shapes that surround her: "Ireland's sea and mountainous landscape inspire my creative design process. I use a lot of rough cut stones and Aqua Marine in my work. For me, this is what makes Ireland so beautiful. Ireland is a contrasting space, hard and soft and both large and small in scale."
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If it's diversity you're after, there's no shortage on this little island: The Steensons in Belfast sell their own beautiful bespoke designs, as well as those of Northern Ireland jeweller, Jill Graham. Her influences stem from organic structures and elements of plant life. And Merle O'Grady's futuristic style obsession has decked out women in statement pieces, including R&B stars Beyoncé and Rihanna.
So where do they look to for inspiration? Ali Nash says Leitrim-based Erika Marks "has always been a great source of inspiration". She also loves "the design point of view that Laragh McMonagle and Ruzica Ruane bring to the table".
To admire (and perhaps purchase) a plethora of jewellery at once, stores such as the Designworks Studio in Cork city or Dublin's Designyard both stock a great variation of designers. Fiona Kerr, though, likes to pop into Space Craft in Belfast as "it's full of lovely handmade craft, there is always something new and interesting to look at".
Ali Nash adds: "The National Art Gallery in Dublin is one of my favourite places. The direct correlation between art and design has always been very important to me and I feel that the National Art Gallery presents this balance extremely well."
Inspiration, it's everywhere, it seems. But wouldn't it be nice if it found its way to decorating your wrist, ear or neck?
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HitmanPro is a commercial antivirus tool with some handy free features, which could make a useful addition to your existing antivirus package.
There's no need to install anything; just launch the program, click Next > Next and it will begin to scan your PC. This process only takes a few minutes, after which any suspicious files are uploaded to the HitmanPro servers, and analysed by multiple antivirus tools (Bitdefender, Emsisoft, G Data, IKARUS), before a final report is produced.
All this happens for free (for home users), too, but if you want to remove something then you can only do so within the program's trial period.
While this may not sound too enticing, HitmanPro does have another very important feature in the new KickStart. This allows you to prepare a USB flash drive with its own recovery tool. And if your system is ever infected by ransomware or something similar (malware which is demanding payment to "unlock" your computer), you can boot from the USB drive instead. This boots your own system - not another operating system - in a way which should bypass the ransomware, then helps you to remove it with the minimum of hassle (without having to pay).
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CrossFit affiliate owners are changing the game for personal trainers, says Greg Glassman, founder of CrossFit, Washington, DC. Instead of club owners paying personal trainers an hourly rate or a percentage of what members pay for a session, personal trainers now are becoming owners of CrossFit gyms.
Being a CrossFit affiliate owner (the term the company uses for its licensees) is different from being a franchisee of other fitness brands. CrossFit's affiliates are not told what equipment to buy, how to design their club or what uniforms trainers must wear.
Affiliates pay a $3,000 annual licensing fee, and their trainers must successfully complete CrossFit's $1,000 level one course to get certified. The company offers additional specialty certifications in gymnastics, Olympic lifting, endurance and mobility. Each of these certifications costs between $300 and $1,000, says Steve Paul, owner of CrossFit Denver, which opened in April 2009 and has 200 members.
CrossFit receives 30 to 50 applications each week from potential affiliates, 70 percent of which become affiliates within two years, Glassman says.
Most affiliates charge between $150 to $200 per month for a single membership, Glassman says. Membership numbers vary widely from one gym to the next, but most CrossFit gyms average between 100 and 150 members, Glassman estimates.
Within a few years of opening, a single CrossFit gym owner could make a low six-figure income, Paul says.
The main initial expense is equipment, including squat racks, benches, sleds, Kettlebells, medicine balls, Olympic rings and weightlifting bars.
"Equipment for a CrossFit gym is a huge expense," Paul says. "Most gyms invest $50,000 or more in equipment during their first couple of years, so it's fairly lean times until you can get that equipment paid off and get some members in the door."


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Imagine this scene: During a job interview, you are asked "Are you planning on starting a family soon, or do you already have children?"
You think this question is illegal so you strategically answer, "If you're wondering if I'll be calling in sick or taking more personal days than other employees, I can assure you that won't be the case."
A week later, you get a rejection letter, and you wonder, "Have I been discriminated against?"
The reality is, it's possible, but it's hard to prove, says Lauren Milligan, founder of ResuMAYDAY, a service company that teaches interviewing techniques to employers and job seekers.
"There is virtually no chance of you ever finding out the reason why you were passed over for this job," she told us. "It's certainly within your right to call the interviewer and ask if there were certain skills that you were lacking, but not only do they have no obligation to tell you this, they probably aren't even allowed to do so.
If you decide that you have been discriminated against and want to take action, visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Web site and complete the assessment form to file your claim. The EEOC will contact the employer and they'll have to provide substantial responses to your allegations. If the EEOC decides the answers aren't legitimate, the result could be a settlement or litigation.
But all of this can take a lot of time and effort, warns Milligan, and you probably still won't have a job during this time period, so consider this option carefully.
"One other thing to consider is that lawsuits are public information. Any employer from now until they turn off the internet will be conducting an online search of you before they interview you. Is it possible that a company would think twice before interviewing a candidate who has established a history of suing potential employers? Of course. Even if you come out ahead in your claim, you might be creating new obstacles to further hinder your search."
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La Suède autorise le cannabis thérapeutique
TheLocal, February 12 2012
Medicinal cannabis is now available as a prescription medicine in Sweden after the Medical Products Agency (Läkemedelsverket) approved a cannabis-based mouth spray for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).
"This is great news for those who can't get any relief from the most common drugs," said Jan Hillert, an MS researcher at Karolinska Institutet, to the Dagens Nyheter daily.
The agency has said that it plans to closely monitor the prescription of the new drug to ensure against abuse.
According to the agency however, the spray does not give any sort of "kick" as the cannabis content is in such small doses and common side effects include dizziness, nausea and drowsiness.
People suffering from MS, which damages the brain and the central nervous system, often experience problems with stiffness and muscle cramps.
The spray, which is used under the tongue, has been proved to be successful in alleviating MS symptoms by a series of medical studies.
The cannabis spray is already available in the UK and Spain. Earlier this year it was approved by agencies in Germany and Denmark.
It is not strictly illegal today to prescribe medicinal cannabis in Sweden but it is a lengthy and complicated process.
The doctor has to apply for a special permit from the Medical Products Agency and if approved the closest pharmacy has to arrange a special import.
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We are in Jun1808 PBEM.
For the last 8 months France, Turkey and Spain have the log notifying the player that most (all?) def work requests have been unsuccessful.
This occurs "every" turn.
I have checked the loyalty factors in the requested provinces and know the log messages are accurate (i.e. log says def work request unsuccessful and loyalty level does not change.
These unsuccessful result did not occur earlier in the game.
Can anyone suggest what is wrong and why it affects some players and not others?
Also how do we fix it?
As it now stands for the players concerned def work cards are now a pointless request to play.
Log screenshot and hst file are attached.


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The purpose of interlibrary and intercollege loans is to expand the range of materials available to library users. It should be in addition to, not a substitute for, a collection development program that is based on the needs of the library's service area. When resources within the library have been exhausted and requests for loans have been made, the following guidelines shall be enforced. These guidelines are based upon the National Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States, 2001, which is endorsed by the American Library Association and the AMIGOS Interlibrary Loan Code.
An interlibrary/intercollege loan is a transaction in which library material, or a copy of the material, is made available by one library to another upon request.
Lending Library: Colleges of Dallas County Community College DistrictA. Qualified BorrowersOur libraries will lend material to the following types of libraries:
Requests for materials will be accepted electronically, via mail, or in person through hand-carried interlibrary loan forms completed by the requesting library.
B. Types of Materials
The libraries will lend any item which normally circulates, with the following exceptions:
Copies of portions of reference materials and periodicals may also be provided.
Each library reserves the right to determine whether a particular item should or should not be loaned, and whether the original or a copy should be provided.
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"Real Housewives of New York City" star Kelly Bensimon is setting the record straight on her reality television-portrayed meltdown in the tropics, which aired last week on Bravo.
"I was asked by Bravo to go, I didn't want to go," she told Access on Wednesday.
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"These women are not for me. Clearly, Ramona does not like me," she continued, referring to co-star Ramona Singer, who organized the trip with her co-stars in St. John to celebrate the renewing of her vows. "I went against my will and the minute I got there, it was everything I hate."
When asked about her seemingly erratic behavior on last week's episode, Kelly attributed it to a lack of sleep and nerves.
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"I wasn't sleeping a lot, I had a lot of anxiety," she explained, saying that she does not consider herself close with her co-stars. "They're [were] being mean to me…In all honesty, we're not friends."
According to Kelly, her fellow "Real Housewives" are engaging in a harmful social blood sport.
"They're playing a game. We're playing two different games. I'm playing basketball and they're playing hockey," Kelly told Access. "And they want blood."
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I need to set a calendar reminder to come here more often
Ah sorry Reed, being a dumb brit myself I can't fathom a world outside my town ;p hope you enjoyed your trip, bet its a distant memory now!
I'm still playing WOW with Lords of England (old daoc guild!) mainly on the character 'Sanshou' on Mazigosa or whatever that servers called. Haven't watched any anime since Fate Zero (which rocked). Any recommendations are welcome, its a bit daunting to think theres 3 years of anime I haven't seen/touched.
Still reading manga, a fan of Legendary Moonlight Sculptor and pretty much anything like it (tate no yuusha no nariagari).
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An expert panel report has shown that past efforts to protect the koala, which is Queensland's official animal emblem, have failed. Up to 80% of the koala population in Southeast Queensland has been lost in just 20 years due to destruction of woodland habitat, traffic issues and domestic dog attacks
The koala now faces the prospect of extinction in the wild in Southeast Queensland.
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NEWBERRY: Jack Twyman and a life worth remembering
One of the greats is gone.
And, no, we're not referring to anything Hall of Famer Jack Twyman did on a basketball court.
Twyman ignored the ugly racial times that were the 1950s and '60s to dole out perhaps the greatest assist in NBA history.
He stood up when many wouldn't, becoming the legal guardian and the best of friends to Maurice Stokes when his stricken African-American teammate needed him most.
It's a life everyone should know about.
It's a story worth telling again and again.
"Maybe this is a little learning opportunity for everyone who plays professional sports," said John Doleva, president and CEO of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. "Jack didn't look for accolades. It was just the right thing to do. That's what made him a very, very special man."
Twyman, who died Wednesday night at age 78 from an aggressive form of blood cancer, was a largely forgotten relic from that quaint era before professional hoops became a truly national sport. Never mind he was a six-time All-Star, who along with Wilt Chamberlain became the first player to average more than 30 points in an NBA season.
None of those glitzy numbers was more important than the lasting bond he carved out with Stokes, who passed away more than four decades ago but remained a part of Twyman until his last breath.
The NBA could do its part to keep their legacy alive by establishing the Twyman-Stokes award, honoring the best teammate in the league.
The recipient wouldn't have to go as far as Twyman did -- stepping in as Stokes' legal guardian after he was stricken with a debilitating brain injury and essentially watching over him for the last 12 years of his life. But that would be the template. Someone who fit the description on and off the court, who would be willing to put aside his own wants and needs if something so tragic happened to another in the same uniform.
"I knew the story," Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said Thursday during a break in the Eastern Conference final, "but, honestly, I don't know it as well as I probably should."
Well, here's a refresher.
Stokes was one of the NBA's budding stars in the '50s, a power forward who could do a bit of everything. Rebound. Shoot. Dribble. Block shots. Run the court. In a documentary that aired on NBA TV, legendary coach Red Auerbach remembered Stokes as "Magic without flair."
Stokes scored 32 points in his first NBA game for the Rochester Royals. He went on to average 16.8 points, 16.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists in his rookie season, was chosen Rookie of the Year and earned the first of three straight trips to the All-Star game.
"Probably next to Michael Jordan, he was the greatest ballplayer to hit the NBA," Ed Kalafat, who played during that era, said in the same documentary. "This guy, for as big as he was, he could do everything Michael could."
Twyman, who was 11 months younger than Stokes, entered the league with Rochester during the same 1955-56 season and had the look of a budding star, though he wasn't as dominant as his teammate. The Royals moved to Cincinnati in 1957 and made the playoffs for the first time in three seasons, with Stokes ranking third in the league in both rebounds and assists.
But Stokes -- and Twyman -- would be forever changed by what happened in the last game of the regular season at Minneapolis.
Stokes fell over the back of another player and slammed his head on the court. He was knocked cold but, in the crude medical treatment of the times, some smelling salts brought him back to consciousness and he finished the game. He also played in the opening playoff game, a loss at Detroit. On the flight back to Cincinnati, Stokes suddenly became ill.
"He sweated profusely," Twyman would remember years later. "It was if someone grabbed him by the head and dunked him in a swimming pool."
An ambulance was waiting when the plane landed, and Stokes was rushed to a nearby hospital. But nothing could be done. He fell into a coma and was totally paralyzed when he came out of it. He was suffering from post-traumatic encephalopathy, which ravaged the part of his brain that controlled motor skills. He would never walk again, much less play basketball.
That's where Twyman stepped in.
He was one of the few Royals who lived in Cincinnati during the offseason. His teammate was confined to a hospital bed -- scared, all alone, with bills to pay and no way to do it.
"How would you like to be one of the premier athletes in the world on a Saturday?" Twyman once said. "Then, on Sunday, you go into a coma and wake up, totally paralyzed, except for the use of (your) eyes and brain. I mean, can you imagine anything worse?"
Twyman took over as Stokes' legal guardian, organized what became an annual exhibition game to raise money, and made sure his buddy was cared for the rest of his all-too-short life. That Twyman was white and Stokes was black made no difference, even during an era when race relations had become the nation's defining struggle.
"To do what he did in the late '50s when, frankly, racial relationships were what they were, it wasn't a normal thing to do -- a white man to basically adopt and become the legal guardian for Maurice," said Doleva, who oversees the hall where both men are rightfully enshrined. "It's an extraordinary story, but it speaks to his heart. Jack left his heart on the basketball court every time he played, but he had a much bigger heart when it came to his teammates."
Physically, Stokes never came close to being the man he once was. Mentally, he was stronger than ever, never feeling sorry for himself, never griping "Why me?" His heart finally gave out in 1970. He was just 36, having never realized anything close to his potential as a player, but having lived a full life as a man.
Later, when explaining why he did what he did, Twyman said simply, "That's what friends are for." Besides, he always felt he and his family got far more out of his relationship with Stokes than they ever gave back.
"He taught us a lot. We learned a lot from him," Twyman said in the documentary. "We're honored to have had the opportunity to be associated with him."
Right back at you, Jack Twyman.
The human race was honored to have been associated with you.
Paul Newberry is a national writer for The Associated Press. Write to him at pnewberry(at)ap.org or at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963


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It's a NAME so it can mean nothing or many things.
Are you sure you don't mean Do-Wop?
Student or Learner
Guys, please, explain what DO-UP could mean. It's the name of a music band.
It's a NAME so it can mean nothing or many things.
Are you sure you don't mean Do-Wop?
It can also mean 'fasten'- seatbelts, shoelaces, etc.
Thank you for your replies ! Now it's clear for me that when a band is choosing a name like DO-UP, the meaning of it depends on what they want to imply in it, right? It's always so tricky with names.
"To do up" could also mean to do something to a positive extreme. "We want to have fun tonight, so we're really going to do it up. First, we're having dinner at the finest restaurant in town and then we'll go to the most popular night spot. We'll be driving in my brother's new convertible."
In my opinion, a band named Do-Up probably was referencing this sort of a meaning...


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Prosecutor: Dad was sane when he killed girls
Prosecutors say a Wisconsin man who has admitted he killed his three young daughters was in control of his actions and decided that a "selfish desire for revenge" was worth more than his girls' lives.
Jurors are weighing whether Aaron Schaffhausen was legally sane when he killed 11-year-old Amara, 8-year-old Sophie and 5-year-old Cecilia in their River Falls home last July.
During closing arguments Tuesday, prosecutor Gary Freyberg told jurors that Schaffhausen was in control of his actions, and that he is a mean, callous person — but not legally insane.
Defense attorney John Kucinski said earlier that Schaffhausen has a rare mental disorder, rooted in a deep dependency on his wife.
Schaffhausen has pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree intentional homicide, but he maintains he's not responsible.