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Following an internal review of government IT procurement, the Cabinet Office has announced that it has scrapped plans to use some existing ICT frameworks.
It has said that government departments will only be able to establish framework agreements in future if they can show it will "explicitly deliver against key strategic needs" and if suppliers "of all sizes" are given a "reasonable chance" of winning work through the system.
Framework agreements allow buyers to obtain services they want from a select list of "pre-approved" suppliers without "excessive procurement procedures and the need for extensive tendering" to occur, the Cabinet Office said.
"Framework agreements only work if they deliver what they set out to deliver and drive the greatest competition from a wider range of suppliers, including SMEs – that's why we're strengthening procurement by ensuring they align with what Government needs as well as working for suppliers," Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary Chloe Smith said in a statement.
In October last year the Cabinet Office announced that David Shields, managing director of the Government Procurement Service, was to lead an internal review of the way Government procures IT services. Following this review the department has now announced that some existing framework agreements have been scrapped.
"Bold action is necessary if we are to find greater efficiencies whilst attracting more innovative suppliers and supporting growth," Bill Crothers, the government's chief procurement officer, said.
"After looking at the current frameworks in use, we've decided to cease the Application Development, Delivery and Support Service (ADDSS) and Hosting Services procurements from today and Service Integration & Management Services (SIAM) will not be progressed through the framework route," he added. "Frameworks which are already operating effectively and delivering significant change such as the Public Services Network (PSN) and G-Cloud provide a model for success and will continue."
IT procurement law specialist Simon Colvin of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that it is right for procurement processes to be stopped "where they are not going to achieve objectives".
"It makes sense to scale back to make sure Government departments use frameworks appropriately for procuring services from suppliers," Colvin said. "However where that approach isn't aligned to the key strategic objectives it is likely that other frameworks may be appropriate or more bespoke procurement arrangements will be needed, as frameworks have a more rigid tie-in of terms at the outset."
"The revised approach set out by the Cabinet Office will not stop procurement through frameworks but will ensure that they are used for the right reasons. That has got to be a good thing both for departments and suppliers, particularly SMEs, given likely bid costs involved," the expert added. "It will be interesting to see whether the Cabinet Office provides any further guidance as to the best way to procure services targeted by the withdrawn framework agreements. Guidance could help provide better alignment across government departments."
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Muscle cell therapy to treat a range of degenerative diseases including Muscular Dystrophy could be a more realistic clinical possibility, now that scientists have found a way to isolate muscle cells from embryonic tissue.
PhD Student Bianca Borchin and Associate Professor Tiziano Barberi from the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute at Monash University and a team of researchers have developed a method to generate skeletal muscle cells, paving the way for future applications in regenerative medicine.
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Ms Borchin said there were existing clinical trials based on the use of specialised cells derived from pluripotent stem cells in the treatment of some degenerative diseases but deriving muscle cells from pluripotent stem cells proved to be challenging.
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Way back in July 2010, I started a series of posts about the Ocean whisky lineage. This is the third part of that series and deals with the top-left tributary illustrated in the graphic above: the Daikoku Budoshu/Ocean story from the early Meiji period to 1960. It is a pretty difficult history to try to follow but the author of the Japanese-language Malt Whisky Blog has done a fantastic job of untying the knots and it is definitely worth looking into. The post below reveals a long-lost malt distillery called Shiojiri in Nagano and deals with the start of distilling at Karuizawa. I hope it will be of some interest.
This part of the Ocean story has its source in the late 1870s, with the founding of one of the pioneering wineries of the early Meiji Period, the Kaitakushi Budo Jozojo in Sapporo. That name is quite significant in the early history of Japanese wine, but we can skip ahead to the early 1920s, by which time a successor firm was controlled by Kotaro Miyazaki (the first), was selling products under the "Daikoku ten" brand (since 1892), and had started to experiment with whisky production.
The first whisky we know to be connected to the company was called "K.M. Sweet Home Whisky" and came out in 1922. According to the company's publicity, the then Crown Prince Hirohito suggested, while visiting the Yamanashi distillery, that it would be a good idea to make a port wine. A port wine, a champagne and a whisky were distributed on the back of the suggestion. The "K.M" brand may have been based on Miyazaki's initials.
In 1934, the firm officially changed its name to "Daikoku Budoshu." It was still basically a wine firm, with brandy and fortified wines in its catalogue but no whisky in that year. Miyazaki has a central place in the popularizing of wine in Japan (that you can read a little about it in "Drinking Japan," if you want) and was strident in his championing of the benefits of fruit rather than grain-based alcohol. In 1935, he wrote a column in a newspaper: "The ingredients for alcohol should never be the rice and grains that are our people's daily food. I am not saying sake is wrong or beer is wrong, but what country would waste the nation's staple for anything other than eating... I hope you understand the national benefit of using fruit alcohol instead of grain and support us in our humble business."
The push into whisky came after WWII, when the firm was controlled by Miyazaki's grandson (through his first daughter), also called Kotaro Miyazaki. I will call him Miyazaki Jr.. He took over the firm in 1947, when the older Miyazaki died and it was under his stewardship that Daikoku Budoshu began to establish itself as a significant producer of whisky.
Ocean was initially produced from Daikoku Budoshu's site at Shimo Ochiai in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and it is unclear what exactly was in those first bottles. By the early 1950s, however, Miyazaki Jr. had developed a strategy of marketing cheap, mass-market whisky with a good amount of proper malt in it. At first, Ocean whisky was using malt bought from Nikka Whisky's distillery at Yoichi, Hokkaido, as well as malt from other makers like the Takara, Tokyo and Toyo distilling companies. However, in 1952, Daikoku Budoshu started trying to produce its own malt whisky at its Shiojiri site in Nagano prefecture. Shiojiri, one of Japan's lost distilleries (I have never seen any whisky containing its malt on the modern market), continued operating until 1955.
Akira Sekine, who worked at there from its first year, has left a candid account of the firm's struggles to get its production going. The first problem was getting a government licence to produce whisky. Although Shiojiri could produce brandy and wine, it did not have the documentation to produce whisky, and the authorities were extremely restrictive about granting new permissions. It was only after a major lobbying effort that the go-ahead was given in 1952.
There was only one pot still and Sekine said the initial spirit produced was not, in his opinion, worth maturing. There were a series of further technical problems: the well on which the distillery was relying for water ran out and a new, deeper one had to be dug. However, the water from that deep did not work well with the yeast they were using, forcing Shiojiri to start filtering the water before use. In the end, only about 250 kiloliters of 65 percent abv spirit were ever produced at Shiojiri. Sekine said its spirit was never satisfactory, but that it was used in Ocean's blends.
Ocean whisky moved to Karuizawa distillery in 1955-56 after a lobbying campaign by Sekine and some colleagues, who felt Shiojiri was not suitable for whisky making. The Karuizawa site, also in Nagano, had been used for grape cultivation since 1939 and Sekine was familiar with it because of his additional duties as a winemaker. Tests suggested that the mountain water there was ideally suited for whisky production and the spaciousness of the site made a move feasible. At first, there was no response to the proposal from the management, but Sekine and two colleagues then went directly to the firm's top bosses and managed to push their idea through. The new Karuizawa distillery had four pot stills (2-5 to 4 kl) and did not start producing spirit until mid-February 1956, although there had been experimental production on the site before that.
The next part of the jigsaw fell into place in 1958, when Ocean at last started to be able to source enough malted barley to sustain a substantial whisky output. Before 1958, the importing of malted barley was banned. Japan had a significant malting industry, with major maltsters including Nihon Bakuga Kabushiki Gaisha and Jinda Seibaku Gaisha, and some of the established whisky companies also did their own malting.
Ocean had problems getting enough malt to feed its stills because, as a relative newcomer to the whisky market, its domestic supply networks were weaker than the other makers and its in-house malting expertise was nascent. It was trying to develop its that malting capacity, while relying on the big maltsters to keep it going, when new regulations in 1958 suddenly opened the door to importing malted barley. The initial reform tied the amount a firm could import the the quantity of domestic barley it also bought (more domestic barley, more imports). Karuizawa could therefore significantly boost production, with about 50 percent of its malt coming from abroad. Later, with the decline of domestic malt production, almost all of the malt for Karuizawa, and indeed all Japanese whisky distillers, began to be sourced abroad. (It still is.) By 1960, Karuizawa was producing a steady supply of high-quality malt whisky.
Which brings us to the end of this first part of the Ocean story, except to mention that very soon I think Japanese whisky fans will being tempted by some Karuizawa 52-year-old whisky. By my calculations, that dates it to about 1960, exactly the point we have reached in the Ocean narrative. Someone in the know has told me the whisky in that bottling, which is due to be released very soon, is superb.
Karuizawa distillery in winter
The comprehensive research published in Japanese by the author of Malt Whisky Blog is the main source for this post, as well as the Akira Sekine accounts referred to in that research.
"Carving out a niche (Karuizawa)" by Dave Broom in Whisky Magazine, Issue 51, October 2005, confirmed the history of Karuizawa as a winery.
Yoshiba Katsuo, Budoshu to Wain no Hakubutsukan (Kankando, 1983), p. 151, is the source for the Miyazaki quote about the strategic advantages of fruit alcohol. My book, Drinking Japan, talks about Miyazaki's place in wine history.
I created the river graphic. The image of Karuizawa in snow was taken from the distillery's promotional material.


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The controversy is strange, because the commission has never been known as an aggressive prosecutor of big political wrongdoers; to the contrary, the commission has long been accused of being toothless and focused on minor clerical oversights and other small crimes, while letting California's biggest political players do as they wish.
The real question is whether Ravel is changing that.
From my perspective, it's too soon to know. Ravel was appointed just last year. She has tried to focus more on big violations and on disclosure of independent expenditures and superPAC-style committees. Time will tell if these changes are effective.
But it's a cheap shot at worst, and premature at best, to suggest that the FPPC is stepping away from enforcement; it's merely shifting emphasis.
The controversy also obscures the bigger questions about the entire regime of campaign regulation in California.
This regime is badly outdated, having been designed well before the Internet or social media. And this regime has never been good at keeping big money out of California politics.
The state needs a big debate about campaign regulation, and about politics in general.
I, for one, think California would be wise to deregulate some aspects of its system -- and free political parties in particular to do more things and take on a central role in state political life, primarily as a way to engage more citizens in politics and policymaking. California's political history is one of anti-politics, where we reduce the role of parties, and citizens, in decisionmaking; that has produced a broken governing and budget system. If we want to change that, how should we change the way we police campaigns?
That's a big question and a big discussion. This controversy over the FPPC and its enforcement emphasis is small and almost meaningless, given the challenges the state faces.
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The red-flowered hibiscus shrub is a widely cultivated ornamental, and because of its pleasant, tangy taste it is a common constituent of herbal beverage teas. Medicinally, hibiscus has been taken internally for the treatment of various forms of digestive upset, along with scurvy, anxiety, and fevers. It is said to have an antiseptic and astringent effect when used topically.
What Is Hibiscus Used for Today?
Animal studies have suggested that hibiscus might have a blood pressure–lowering effect . 1,2 Based on this, preliminary human studies have been conducted. Unfortunately, all of these suffered from marked scientific flaws.
In one study, 54 people with hypertension were given either hibiscus tea or no extra treatment for 2 weeks. 3 By the end of the study, people in the hibiscus group had significantly improved blood pressure as compared to those in the group receiving no extra treatment. Unfortunately, these results mean little; for a variety of reasons, people who are enrolled in a study and given a treatment tend to improve, regardless of whether the treatment itself actually works. In order to actually show that a treatment works, it must be compared against a placebo .
Another flawed study enrolled 90 people with hypertension and compared the effectiveness of hibiscus (10 grams dried hibiscus calyx in water daily) against the standard drug captopril (25 mg twice daily). 4 The results showed equal benefit. Unfortunately, once more the study is less meaningful than it sounds. This study also failed to use a placebo group. In addition, it was not conducted in a double-blind manner. (For detailed information on why double-blind, placebo-controlled studies are essential, see Why Does This Database Rely on Double-blind Studies? )
In one double-blind study of hibiscus for hypertension, 171 people were given either hibiscus extract (250 mg anthocyanins daily) or the standard drug lisinopril (10 mg daily). 16 The results showed that hibiscus was less effective than the standard drug. Properly speaking, this is the only conclusion that can be drawn from the study. The researchers take pains to emphasize that people taking hibiscus showed blood pressure improvements. However, as noted above, in the absence of a placebo to compare these improvements against, they cannot be taken as indicating any specific effect of hibiscus itself. Thus, at present, there is no reliable evidence that hibiscus exerts any anti-hypertensive effect.
In another double-blind trial, hibiscus was compared to black tea among 60 diabetic patients with mild hypertension. 17 While subjects taking hibiscus significantly lowered their systolic (higher number) blood pressure over one month, those taking black tea significantly raised their systolic blood pressure over the same period. Again, without directly comparing hibiscus with a placebo, it is difficult to determine whether or not hibiscus effectively lowers blood pressure.
Finally, in a 2010 review of 4 trials involving 390 adults, investigators summarized the available research on Hibiscus sabdariffa for hypertension by concluded that there is insufficient evidence to support it effectiveness . 18
Hibiscus contains substances called anthocyanins, antioxidants similar to those found in bilberry , cranberry , and red wine. Very weak evidence, too weak to be relied upon at all, hints that hibiscus or its anthocyanin constituents may have anti-cancer5-10 and liver-protective11,12 effects, and might also improve cholesterol profile. 13,14
A typical adult dosage of hibiscus is 10 grams of dried calyx (part of the flower), or an extract that provides 250 mg of anthocyanins daily.
Safety Issues
As a widely used beverage tea, hibiscus is presumed to have a high degree of safety. However, comprehensive safety testing has not been performed. Maximum safe doses in pregnant or nursing women, young children, or individuals with severe liver or kidney disease have not been established.
Some evidence suggests that hibiscus might slightly alter the metabolism of the drug acetaminophen, though the effect is probably not large enough to be very important. 15
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A double major in Business Management and Sociology, Missy received a Comegys Bight Fellowship to study our culture's interest in the paranormal. The fellowships support research on various topics connected to the American experience—and in Missy's case, it's our nation's fascination with ghosts.
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Her hands-on research includes interviewing some people who run ghost tour businesses and those take ghost tours—and even taking a few tours as well. When she takes the tours, she hands out surveys to the participants, who range from the ghost-obsessed to those dragged along by family or friends.
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The business major doesn't plan on entering the ghost tour industry after graduation, though.
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She hopes to find full-time employment at a similar organization after graduation.
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A Comparison of the Effectiveness, Safety, and Tolerability of Two Different Hepatitis C Treatments in Patients Infected With Both HIV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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First received: January 9, 2001
Last updated: June 7, 2013
Last Verified: June 2013
History of Changes
The purpose of this study is to see if treatment with PEG-interferon-alfa-2a (PEG-IFN) plus
ribavirin is a more effective treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) than interferon-alfa-2a
(IFN) plus ribavirin for patients infected with both HCV and HIV. The study will also compare
the 2 regimens to see which has fewer side effects.
HCV infection is common in patients infected with HIV. Patients infected with both HIV and HCV viruses seem to have more severe hepatitis C. A combination of IFN and ribavirin has been shown to lessen the severity of HCV. PEG-IFN is a modified form of IFN that stays in the blood longer, which means that patients would not have to take the treatment as often. This study will compare the safety and effectiveness of PEG-IFN to IFN when each is combined with ribavirin.
HIV Infections
Hepatitis C
Drug : Ribavirin
Drug : Interferon alfa-2a
Drug : Peginterferon alfa-2a
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Prospective, Multicenter, Phase II/III, Open-Label, Controlled, Randomized Trial Evaluating the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Interferon-alfa-2a Plus Ribavirin Versus PEG-interferon-alfa-2a Plus Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection in Individuals Co-Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1)
Further study details as provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
|Study Start Date:
|November 2000
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2006
Detailed Description:
Infection with HCV is common in patients infected with HIV owing to similar routes of
transmission. The cellular immunosuppression caused by HIV infection appears to lead to an
increased HCV plasma load, more progressive liver disease, and, in patients with chronic
hepatitis C, increased mortality. Ribavirin treatment combined with IFN has shown improved
sustained virologic response rates over IFN monotherapy. PEG-IFN, a chemically modified
formulation of IFN, circulates for a much longer time in the blood than the parent compound.
Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data suggest that PEG-IFN injected weekly would have the
potential for superior efficacy as compared with IFN injected 3 times per week. The efficacy
and safety profiles of combination therapy with PEG-IFN and ribavirin are not well known.
This study will compare combination therapy consisting of PEG-IFN and ribavirin with that of
IFN and ribavirin.
Patients are stratified according to HCV genotype and CD4 count and viral load, then randomized to either Arm A (IFN plus ribavirin) or Arm B (PEG-IFN plus ribavirin). Patients receive up to 48 weeks of treatment. Virologic response is assessed at Week 24 and a decision to continue or discontinue treatment is made. If a virologic response is shown at Week 24, the patient continues treatment for an additional 24 weeks. If no virologic response is observed, then the histologic response is assessed by a liver biopsy. If biopsy shows a histologic response is present, treatment is continued for 24 weeks. If biopsy shows no histologic response, treatment is discontinued. [AS PER AMENDMENT 07/20/01: Patients with virologic response who discontinue after Week 24 will have liver biopsy at time of discontinuation. Patients with no virologic response continuing study treatment after having a liver biopsy within 2 weeks of Week 24, who also demonstrate histologic response and decide to discontinue after Week 24, are strongly encouraged to have a 2nd liver biopsy at the end of treatment. Patients with no virologic response who discontinue after Week 24 will not have liver biopsy at time of discontinuation.] Physical examinations are done regularly and blood samples collected for routine laboratory tests, confidential genetic testing, and to measure HCV and HIV-1 plasma viral loads. Women able to become pregnant have regular pregnancy tests. All patients are followed for an additional 24 weeks after treatment discontinuation.
Patients may enroll in 1 or none of the following substudies: A5091s, Hepatic C Viral Kinetics in Subjects Co-infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) and Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1 (HCV-1); [AS PER AMENDMENT 07/20/01: The following text has been deleted: or A5092s, Evaluation of the Effects of Ribavirin on Zidovudine (ZDV) or Stavudine (d4T) Triphosphate Formation] [AS PER AMENDMENT 07/20/01: Substudy A5092s, Evaluation of the Effects of Ribavirin on Zidovudine (ZDV) or Stavudine (d4T) Triphosphate Formation is now a stand-alone study.]
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Patients may be eligible for this study if they:
- Are HIV-positive.
- Have chronic liver disease consistent with chronic hepatitis C.
- Have evidence of hepatitis C within the 48 weeks prior to entry.
- Are 18 to 65 years old.
- Agree to use 2 barrier methods of birth control during the study and for 6 months after stopping the medications.
- Meet 1 of the following sets of guidelines: 1) have a CD4 count of more than 100 cells/mm3 and have a viral load (level of HIV in the blood) of less than 10,000 copies/ml within 35 days prior to study entry, and have taken stable anti-HIV drugs for at least 12 weeks prior to study entry and plan to remain on the same treatment for the first 24 weeks of the study; or 2) have a CD4 count of more than 300 cells/mm3 within 35 days prior to study entry and have not taken any anti-HIV drugs in the 12 weeks prior to entry, and do not plan to start anti-HIV treatment within the first 24 weeks of study entry.
- Have a positive test for hepatitis B.
- Show evidence of medical conditions associated with long-term liver disease other than HCV.
- Have severe mental illness, especially depression, or have been hospitalized for mental illness within the previous 24 weeks.
- Are allergic to any of the study products.
- Have uncontrolled seizures.
- Have had or currently have any immune diseases.
- Have lung disease such that function is limited.
- Have had evidence of heart disease or certain heart problems within 24 weeks of study entry.
- Have severe retinopathy (eye disease).
- Have had a major organ transplant and still have the graft.
- Have any other severe disease or cancer that would interfere with the study.
- Have had anti-cancer or immune-regulating drugs or radiation treatment within 24 weeks of study entry or expect to need such treatment during the study.
- Have received rifampin, rifabutin, pyrazinamide, isoniazid, ganciclovir, hydroxyurea, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) within 6 weeks of study entry.
- Abuse drugs or alcohol. Patients in methadone programs may participate.
- Have a blood disorder such as thalassemia.
- Have received interferon or oral ribavirin therapy.
- Have taken an experimental drug that affects HCV, within 6 weeks of study entry.
- Need to use during the study any of the drugs prohibited by the study.
- Have had an opportunistic (AIDS-related) infection within 4 weeks of study entry.
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients will not be eligible for this study if they:
Contacts and LocationsChoosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision.Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00008463
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|United States, California
|Ucsd, Avrc Crs
|San Diego, California, United States, 92103
|Ucsf Aids Crs
|San Francisco, California, United States, 941104206
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|University of Colorado Hospital CRS
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80262
|United States, Florida
|Univ. of Miami AIDS CRS
|Miami, Florida, United States, 331361013
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|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30308
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|Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96816
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|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 462025250
|Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, Wishard Memorial
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|Methodist Hosp. of Indiana
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
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|New York, New York, United States, 10016
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|New York, New York, United States, 10029
|HIV Prevention & Treatment CRS
|New York, New York, United States
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|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
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|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
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|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 452670405
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia Veterans Admin. Med. Ctr. A6205 CRS
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|United States, Texas
|Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr., Amelia Court Continuity Clinic
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390
Sponsors and CollaboratorsNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|Study Chair:
|Raymond Chung, MD
|Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital
|Study Chair:
|Paul Volberding, MD
|San Francisco General Hospital
More Information
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00008463 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Substudy AACTG A5091s
|Study First Received:
|January 9, 2001
|Last Updated:
|June 7, 2013
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):Ribavirin
Polyethylene Glycols
Interferon Alfa-2a
Antiviral Agents
Hepatitis C, Chronic
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis C
Interferon alpha-2
Peginterferon alfa-2a
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Pakistani fighter jets pounded suspected militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Thursday in response to a spate of attacks around the country, the army said, in the first aerial operation against Taliban insurgents in two months.
The operation came despite efforts by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government to engage the Taliban in talks to end years of fighting with an insurgency seeking to topple the democratically elected government in the capital Islamabad.
"Terrorist hideouts were engaged by fighter jets in Khyber agency early (in the) morning today," the army's press wing said in a text message sent to media. It said it was a response to a number of recent attacks against police and civilians in Islamabad and Peshawar, a volatile Pakistani city near the Khyber tribal agency. A senior military official in Peshawar said the operation, which started early today, was still under way.
"After the jets, Pakistan army ground forces also launched operations in the area," he said. Another military official said at least 15 militants were killed, but there was no official confirmation.
Last week the Pakistani Taliban - a loose alliance of militant groups separate from but allied to the Afghan Taliban - formally ended a 40-day ceasefire but attempts to resume talks have continued nonetheless. Representatives of both sides met in Islamabad on Wednesday, agreeing to pave the way for the next round of negotiations aimed at finding a compromise that would convince the Taliban to lay down their weapons.


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Oregon Potters Association is a community of talented individuals who display a vast aesthetic in clay, glaze, forming and firing methods- traditional original and experimental.
Portland has long been a magnet for creative clay work. OPA's mission is the inclusion of all who possess a passion for the ceramic process, a love of the handmade object, and a wish to share their work through exhibitions With over 300 members -- amateurs and professionals alike -- we've coalesced from different regions and varied educational backgrounds to build a national identity around mutual encouragement of the imagination and appreciation of the resulting art and craft.
This curated exhibit of clay-works from OPA members residing in Oregon and Southwest Washington displays a rich variety of traditional as well as contemporary functional and sculptural ceramics.
Located at Skutt Ceramics, 6441 SE Johnson Creek Blvd, Portland OR 97206
March 21-25, Tuesday-Saturday, 9am-5:30pm
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The summer capital of Europe during the belle époque and a rendezvous for the rich and the beautiful, Baden-Baden today is famous worldwide as a spa town with a cultural tradition and a top-class reputation for healthcare. Glittering festivals and unrivalled elegance make it a byword for exclusivity, elegance and luxury living. Baden-Baden excels in everything it does, whether it's cures or culture.
Situated in beautiful countryside on the fringes of the Black Forest, Baden-Baden provides the most stylish setting imaginable for a cultural or health-related break. Baden-Baden's hot springs well up from a depth of 2,000 metres, supplying the town's twelve thermal spas, for example the modern Caracalla Theme and the historical Roman-Irish Friedrichsbad. The water, which reaches temperatures of up to 68°C, is used to treat a wide range of conditions, including cardiovascular problems, rheumatism, joint complaints, metabolic disorders and respiratory ailments. But even if you're fighting fit, Baden-Baden's waters will work wonders for your health and wellbeing. The same can be said of the deluxe hotels and the magnificent Lichtentaler Allee park with its 3km tree-lined avenue. The alabaster-white Kurhaus is a Baden-Baden landmark and one of the world's most beautiful casinos, while the Festspielhaus – Europe's second largest opera house and concert hall – provides a splendid venue for the festival held in honour of Herbert von Karajan every Whitsun. Lichtentaler Allee park is also home to the fascinating Frieder Burda Museum, which was designed by Richard Meier and opened in 2004. Regarded as one of the best collections of modern art in the world, the permanent exhibition includes such well-known names as Georg Baselitz, Max Beckmann, Anselm Kiefer, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Willem de Kooning, Markus Lüpertz, Pablo Picasso, Sigmar Polke, Jackson Pollock and Gerhard Richter. Other notable institutions are the Baden-Baden Museum, Fabergé Museum and Baden-Baden State Art Gallery as well as the theatre and philharmonic orchestra. Attracting people from all over the world, the famous horse races at the Iffezheim racecourse have been annual society events since 1858. Whatever the time of year, the beautiful old quarter is ideal for a leisurely shopping spree. Award-winning restaurants offer international specialities and refined local cuisine. Wine lovers will also appreciate the nearby wine region where, against a sweeping backdrop of vineyards, cosy inns and exquisite restaurants offer a culinary voyage of great distinction. And it must be clear by now that Baden-Baden is a destination of great distinction.
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BY SETH BORENSTEIN – AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking for a job? NASA is hiring astronauts. You can even apply online at a giant government jobs website.
There's only one hitch: NASA doesn't have its own spaceship anymore and is sending fewer fliers into orbit right now.
"The experience is well worth the wait," promised NASA flight crew operations director Janet Kavandi as the space agency started a public search Tuesday for new astronauts.
There will be flights, but not many, with the space shuttle fleet retired. A handful of astronauts each year are launching on a Russian Soyuz spaceship to the International Space Station for six-month stays.
In about three to five years, NASA hopes to purchase trips for astronauts headed to the space station on American-built commercial rockets instead. And eventually, NASA hopes to fly astronauts in a government owned Orion capsule to an asteroid or even Mars, but those pioneering trips are more than a decade away.
With veteran astronauts leaving the space agency, Kavandi said NASA is afraid it will not have enough astronauts, something a National Research Council report pointed out in September.
NASA needs about 55 astronauts, and with a new class of nine graduating earlier this month, the astronaut roster is up to 58. One of those new astronauts will get to fly to the space station as early as 2013, Kavandi said.
"We're ready to serve, we're ready to get going," new astronaut Serena Aunon said Tuesday at NASA headquarters.
So to find candidates, NASA on Tuesday unveiled what its personnel chief called its biggest ever push to hire new astronauts — with dozens of cheering elementary school students there to ask questions.
In the past — when NASA had a space shuttle — the space agency didn't make such a big deal of searching for astronauts, and they were inundated with applications. This new drive comes with a YouTube recruitment video complete with flashy images and driving techno-beat background music.
"We need you to help plan for this future of exploration," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says in the video. "Join NASA. Get your application in now for the 2013 astronaut candidate class. Your spaceflight experience begins right now."
But before you polish up your resume, NASA isn't loosening its standards. You must have at least a bachelor's degree — most astronauts have a master's or a doctorate — in engineering, biological science, physical science or math. You must learn Russian, but be a U.S. citizen. You must know basic physics. Being a medical doctor or a teacher helps. You must have vision that can be corrected to 20/20, no high blood pressure and be between 5 foot 2 inches and 6 foot 3 inches.
Given these tight requirements, NASA will still probably get 3,000 qualified applicants, Kavandi said. The job pays between $64,700 and $141,700.
And if you are hired expect to lots of travel to foreign countries, Kavandi said. And oh yes, maybe into space.
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U.S. Women's National Team Weekly Update for Nov. 3
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 3, 2008) - The latest edition of the U.S. Women's National Team Weekly Update includes briefs on the national team players' experiences in their overseas professional leagues, trivia questions and 2008 reviews. The full eight-page PDF can be downloaded by click here.
Below is a portion of the Update.
HANEEF-PARK SCORES BIG: Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.), who won an Olympic Games silver medal with the 2008 U.S. Women's Indoor Volleyball Team, played in a Japan V-League match on Nov. 1 for the first time since the 2004 season when she competed for Takefuji Bamboo. Now competing for Pioneer, she scored 23 points in a 25-21, 19-25, 25-21, 25-17 loss to Denso. Haneef-Park provided 22 kills on 53 attempts, along with one ace.
TOM IMPRESSIVE IN V-LEAGUE DEBUT: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a member of the U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team that earned a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, made her Japan V-League debut on Nov. 1 in impressive fashion with Hisamitsu. She collected 20 points with 17 kills on 39 swings (43.6 kill percent), two aces and a block in a 25-17, 19-25, 25-19, 25-17 victory over Hitachi Sawa. In addition, Tom provided an 85 percent (17 of 20) success rate on service receptions.
BOWN, WILLOUGHBY ON OPPOSITE SIDES: Middle blocker Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and outside hitter Kim Willoughby (Napoleonville, La.) won silver medals at the 2008 Olympic Games playing for the U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team. Now, the two are on different professional teams in the Italian Serie A League and faced each other for the first time in the 2008-2009 season on Nov. 2. Bown and her team, Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi, came back from a first-set loss to win 23-25, 25-16, 25-12, 25-13 over Willoughby's Despar Perugia squad. Bown contributed six kills on 13 swings and six blocks in the victory as Jesi improved to 3-1 on the season. Willoughby turned in seven kills, one block and one ace in the loss, Perugia's fourth in as many matches. Jesi faces Asystel Volley Novara on Nov. 9 in a battle of 3-1 teams, while Perugia attempts to get in the win column on Nov. 8 against Riso Scotti Pavia (2-2).
SCOTT-ARRUDA BIG NIGHT: Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.), a middle blocker on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Team that won a silver medal at the Beijing Olympic Games, scored a match-high 16 points in leading CGF Recycle Florens Castellana Grotte to a 25-19, 25-20, 25-18 victory over Minetti Vicenza on Nov. 2. Scott-Arruda hammered 12 kills on 17 errorless attacks for a 71 percent efficiency. She added three blocks and an ace in the victory. Her team is tied for third with a 3-1 record. Scott-Arruda's team will attempt to improve its record on Nov. 9 as it faces Zoppas Industries Conegliano (2-2).
JOINES, RICHARDS PART OF FAKEL: Jennifer Joines (Milpitas, Calif.), a silver medalist for Team USA at the 2008 Olympic Games, and Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah), a preliminary U.S. selection to the 2008 Olympic Games roster, are competing for Fakel in Russia's Super League. Both started Nov. 2 in a three-set loss to Dinamo Moscow. Richards contributed 10 kills on 19 swings and a block versus Dinamo Moscow, while Joines added four kills and two aces. In her previous match, Joines tallied eight kills on 18 swings, four blocks and an ace in a four-set loss to Dinamo Yantar on Oct. 29. Richards did not play in the contest.
GLASS PACING RUSSIAN TEAM: Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.), a silver medalist with the U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team in 2008, has put up back-to-back big matches in her Russia Super League debut season with University Bilogirya. She tallied 11 kills with only one error on 27 attacks to go with three blocks and four aces in a 25-14, 26-24, 25-27, 25-11 victory on Nov. 2. Glass tallied a team-high 14 points in a 25-20, 25-19, 25-21 victory on Oct. 29 in which she scored 12 kills and two blocks.
BERG ON THE RADIO DIAL: Lindsey Berg (Honolulu), who helped the U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team to a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, will assist the Minnesota Sports Broadcast Network this week by providing color commentary for the Minnesota State High School Volleyball Championships. The Minnesota State High School Volleyball Championships take place Nov. 6-8 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. For more information on the broadcasts, visit http://www.mnsportsnetwork.com/.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS: USA Volleyball has processed eight transfers of U.S. Women's National Team members to compete for foreign volleyball clubs during the 2008-2009 season. Setter Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (Honolulu) will return to VBC Volero in Switzerland. Middle blockers Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.) will compete in Italy's Serie A League. Bown competes for Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi, while Scott-Arruda plays for CGF Recycle Florens Castellana Grotte. Japan's V-League has secured the talents of outside hitter Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) and opposite Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.). Tom competes for Hisamitsu Seiyaku Springs, while Haneef-Park is on the Pioneer Red Wings roster playing for former U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Toshi Yoshida. Middle blocker Jennifer Joines (Milpitas, Calif.) and outside hitter Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah) play for Russia's Fakel Novyi Urengoi club, while outside hitter Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) also will compete in Russia with Universitet Belogorie.
OLYMPIC COMMEMORATIVE APPRAREL ON SALE: USA Volleyball has unveiled five commemorative logo designs to appear on apparel saluting USA Volleyball's medal successes at the recent Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing. Apparel can be purchased by clicking on the commemorative apparel link on http://www.usavolleyball2008.com/store. Men's and ladies' T-shirt designs are $15, while the youth T-shirt size is $13. Long sleeve t-shirts are $18, crew sweatshirts are $23 and hoodies are $30. Sizes XXL and larger have a slightly higher price. USA Volleyball's success on the Olympic grand stage in Beijing has never been achieved by any other nation since volleyball was added to the Olympics in 1964. The U.S. Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team, which was named the United States Olympic Committee Team of the Month for August 2008, captured the gold medal at the Olympic Games without losing a single match. Women's Beach Volleyball (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh) and Men's Beach Volleyball (Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers) both came back from Beijing with Olympic Games gold medals. The U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team captured the silver medal in Beijing, as did the U.S. Women's Sitting Team during the Paralympic Games. No other country has ever participated in the gold-medal match of all four Olympic Games volleyball disciplines during the same year. Team USA added a fifth gold-medal appearance at the Paralympic Games.
2009 PAN AMERICAN CUP COMING TO MIAMI: USA Volleyball will host the Eighth Annual Women's Pan American Cup June 26-July 4 in conjunction with the USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championship in the Miami area. The nine-day Pan American Cup, which will tentatively have three of the four 2008 Olympic Games semifinalists (Brazil, USA and Cuba), will be played on the campuses of the University of Miami and Florida International University. "USA Volleyball is extremely excited about the opportunity to host one of the largest international volleyball events in Miami and to pair it with the 2009 USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships," USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer Doug Beal said. "It will provide a unique opportunity for our developing young volleyball players to be exposed to elite international volleyball teams from North America, South America and the Caribbean. The two events will also generate terrific excitement in the community and lead to greater popularity for the sport." USA Volleyball is hosting its first-ever Women's Pan American Cup, which serves as a qualifying event into the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. The event is the largest international volleyball event hosted by USA Volleyball in terms of country participation. Team USA has not hosted a women's senior-level international tournament since the 1998 FIVB World Championship Qualifier tournament in 1998. Due to international scheduling and professional league commitments, matches on domestic soil have become a rarity with only seven contests against foreign teams in the most recent Olympic quadrennial (2005-2008).


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Marie Nouvelle. The colors, the emotion, the energy
I knew Maria only from her online presence until one day, my friend Bianca introduced us. I'm gonna be honest, I was expecting to see a shy artist and a daydreamer, but Maria is much more than that. She is energy, she is determination, she is power and she is color.
I like to ask people about their color- I strongly believe that everyone has his own color, you know, like our way of being is related to a color; for example I think I'm yellow- I'm happy, optimistic, energized, solar . So I asked her as well, and she said she is purple, or turquoise. Which makes sense, but I think she is more like orange or red, cause she has this fire inside her, the fire of creation and the fire of succeeding. And it's contagious!
We've met over a cup of tea to plan a video for her brand and we did this exercise to write down every word that's coming to our mind when thinking of Maria's art (and, of course, at her business of applied art). And you know what, it was so natural and organic that we kept and used them all. One is missing though. It was so obvious that we took it for granted, we did not mention it; nevertheless is everywhere, is the core of her business and what she transmits the most. It's energy! Good energy.
I find it fascinating how everything starts with a white canvas and a brush, an emotion, and a thought and become a mix of feelings, energy, and good vibes. Enough talking, let's watch the video and enter in the art mood. Don't forget to visit her page and be prepared to be inspired every day, all the way.