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The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
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Third Place: "Courtney Chamberlain's memorial service". I can't even begin to tell you how happy I was to see this one make the podium. IKN doesn't normally get a lot of hits from Australia, it did last week.
Second Place: "Victoria Wood". The unexpected passing of a comedy genius, IKN salutes and others agree.
First Place: "Gwen Preston and Scott Gibson". It would seem that at least some of the people who trade the TSXV are getting wise to the way in which "independent analysis" on junior mining is served up to their eyeballs. The promotion of mining companies in Canada is a tired, shady and parasitical model, it's time to change things for the better and people such as these are part of the problem, not part of the solution.
The Friday OT: Prince and 3rdeyegirl: She's always in my hair
Had to be him. Impossible to choose just one. Had to choose just one:
So it's a recent performance, it's Prince playing live (on Arsenio Hall), it's an example of his supreme guitar artistry which for some reason tends to get overlooked, the guy was truly world class and up with the best of the best.
In Arsenio Hall's words: "That's Prince ladies and gentlemen, it doesn't get any better".
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Why IKN is hated by the people running the Canadian junior market community
Canada's stock market is populated by scam companies (see "the 900 zombies" post below) holding worthless properties that to a very high percentage (one in 5,000 is a typical figures bandied about) will never become an operating mine (let alone a profitable one). You don't need to be a rocket scientist to look at the history of the junior market, see all the failed companies, the rollbacks, the restructuring deals, the endless rounds of dilution, the broken promises and the lack of will by authorities to clean up the mining sector to know this.
These moose pasture peddlers can only get their shares to rise by BS pump methods and the officers of these sham fake companies want the cash for one thing only; their back pockets. So they run to the parasitical promoters, by which I mean brokerage firms, financial institutions, commentary media, newsletters, marketers etc, who make their money by charging what are basically legalized bribes of highly dubious morality to companies in return for coverage.
The same people front-run their own recommendations, buying shares in companies then selling when they release their reports, leaving retailers holding the bag when the pump stops. They may claim not to do so, but their excuses and sophisms that leave out key facts and allow themselves loopholes (in case one of these fine days somebody finally sues the merry hell out of their two-faced asses) make it plain they're up to no good and making quiet, under-the-table cash.
The recent rise in gold has seen these excuses for human beings come crawling back out of the woodwork and, their desperation to fill their bank accounts with your money after two long and barren years, has resulted in some of the shrillest and blatant examples of pumping I've witnessed. And when one simple, free-to-own and free access blogspot blog points out these plain facts, notes that for every success there are dozens of failures, explains how retail investors face an uphill struggle, a playing field tilted to their great disadvantage, layers of people who want to put themselves between them and a potential winning trade (each one getting their slice of the money first) and starts shining light on the whole sordid, back-scratching industry, they don't like that. Not one little bit.
UPDATE: Reader 'RR' mails in (main excerpt):
UPDATE: Reader 'RR' mails in (main excerpt):
"...the more IKN haters the better. Winston Churchill said "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.""
Goldman Sachs retains its Short Gold recommendation
Here below is the latest from Jeffrey Currie of Goldman Sachs. Do not kill the messenger. My thanks to reader 'N' this morning for sending it in.
Maintaining our short gold recommendationOur short gold recommendation (which we opened with 17% upside, in line with our $1000/toz 12-m forecast) is currently at a 3.3% loss, with a stop loss at 7%. The initial gold rally was driven by concerns regarding global growth and asset price volatility, and corresponding dovishness by the Fed, which saw gold outperform. More recently risky assets have rallied sharply, and gold has underperformed, as sentiment surrounding Chinese and global growth has improved, and as the market continues to price a dovish Fed.Going forward we expect that recent and upcoming US data, supported by easing financial conditions, will likely result in a more hawkish Fed, higher yields, a stronger US dollar, and the return of divergence. This in turn will likely put downward pressure on gold prices towards our near-term target of $1100/toz (current price is $1248/toz). Indeed, gold has very limited near-term upside in our view, reflecting a limited ability of the Fed to surprise on the dovish side - the market is now only pricing 22 bp of rate increases during 2016, and given very high levels of gold net speculative positioning and ETF holdings.
Do Not Feed The Animals, zombie research edition
As IKN has noted previously, this a subject on which John Kaiser (of Bottom Fish) has been vocal and persistent over the years. But today a different voice chimes in, that of Tony Simon, co-founder of the Venture Capital Markets Association who gets a Peter Koven piece in today's FP. It starts like this:
TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange is overrun with more than 900 "zombie" companies with negative working capital, according to a new study.The research comes from Tony Simon, co-founder of the Venture Capital Markets Association and a frequent thorn in the side of TMX Group Inc.'s management team. By Simon's calculations, there are 910 companies on the Venture that are not meeting capital requirements for listings. He said the combined working capital of these companies, which are nicknamed "zombies," is negative $4.2 billion."It's a real mess," he said in an interview. continues here
It continues in the same vein with more details and input from the TSXV as well and on reading, one cannot help but agree with Mr. Simon. 910 companies that don't meet the requirements and are allowed to play on by the market authorities? Complete madness.
However, perhaps more depressing is how the very same retail protesters who were calling for a cull and bloodletting at those Town Hall Meetings early year are the ones now buying up the moose pasture peddlers and allowing them to re-fund their hooker/blow lifestyles in private placements on magic dream stories about their asset potential. Seems to me that the main problem with the TSXV is the greed of Canadians, not the companies feeding off them.
You kinda wonder if Tony Makuch knows something...
...that we don't about Tahoe Resources (THO.to) (TAHO):
What that from the official SEDI site shows is basically the same as what's on Canadian Insider this morning, that Anthony Paul Makuch has dumped 718,960 of his own shares onto the market just weeks after becoming its Canadian country manager from the Lake Shore Gold merger. Even exercising some of his options to have more to dump just a couple of days ago.
Why so keen to sell, Tony? Know something we don't about the near-future of TAHO, Tony? Pethaps not expecting the quarter to come in magically, Tony? Perhaps expecting MacArthur to dilute shareholders even further, Tony?
Feeling a little defensive this week, Gwen?
Here's a section of the intro to this week's "Maven Letter", dated April 20th and sent over to your humble scribe by reader "L":
"The stocks I recommend are what I am buying. The Maven portfolio is my portfolio. I do not buy a stock before I recommend it and I do not sell before I say. I only participate in private placements of stocks that are already in the portfolio.
I rely on a few other people to help me with this endeavor. First, like any good professional I have a network of friends and peers off of whom I bounce ideas and questions when I come across something I don't understand (which happens with good regularity!). Second, researching and writing this letter, operating the business end of things, and corresponding with subscribers takes up all of my time. As such I have someone who helps me with marketing my letter and I work with a group of people to put on the Metals Investor Forum.
None of these people know in advance when I will recommend a stock. Certainly none of them have a say in which stocks I will buy. If some of them are invested in the same equities, great; that means we see similar opportunities. But their investment accounts are separate from mine."
The art of wordsmith includes being able to give the correct impression without mentioning the facts that aren't so convenient. No mention of Scott Gibson and how he boasts he's going to make Gwen Preston a millionaire, no mention of the utter coincidence that the person Gwen Preston works for (rather than with) just happens to have bought a major portion of a private placement in a thinly traded peddler of cast-off Timmins moose pasture and that Ms. Preston coincidentally started promoting the stock just days afterwards. Yup, those seven years at Northern Miner weren't completely wasted, Gwen.
I was dreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray
But when I woke up this morning could have sworn it was judgement day.
The Torex Gold (TXG.to) blockade is now over
As of late last night. To cut a long story short, TXG gave them money, they promised to be good.
Hasta la proxima...
Victoria Wood
A sad day.
UPDATE: An infinite number of things I could show you, Victoria Wood's genius shone so brightly. But instead of showing you acting or singing or in a monologue I've gone for this, in which she doesn't even appear.
One of the most famous sketches of the "Wood and Walters" TV show, Victoria Wood wrote the script, Julie Walters played the waitress. The mark of comedy greatness is being able to take a simple idea and do things like this.
Sixty-two is way too early.
PS: A very good obituary in the Graun, here.
PS: A very good obituary in the Graun, here.
It's so bullish out there...
...that Dynasty Metals & Mining (DMM.to) is catching a bid:
For those of you who requested the "Tell me when this massively overbought market is topping near-term, Otto" signal.
Chart of the day is...
...silver (SLV) versus gold (GLD), 12 months:
Pretty interesting, or at least I think so. Note how silver has covered the approx 10% gap between it and gold in just a few weeks. Also note that spike back in May 2015, because history may not repeat itself but does have a tendency to rhyme.
Anyway, food for thought. And due to the uptick in shouting idiots in the sector remind yourself to do yourself a big favour, don't swallow anyone else's extremist entrenched bullshit, be they bear or bull.
Courtney Chamberlain's memorial service
Today marks the anniversary of Courtney Chamberlain's untimely passing and, in traditional Peruvian style, his friends and Minera IRL colleagues held a memorial service in the local church. Here's the scene (not my best photo, the light was strange)...
...here are a few of the people present (it was a decent turn-out)...
...and here's another traditional touch, the memento (it was April 20th 2015 in Australia, but the 19th in Peru due to time zones).
Courtney Charles Chamberlain, R.I.P.
Torex (TXG.to) news
Hey, you remember that NR from Torex Gold (TXG.to) last week which tried to make it sound as though the protests by locals against the mine were all over? Not true, they're still going on, the mine is still blockaded. And if you look back at the Torex NR, you can see how it was carefully worded. Naughty naughty, Torex.
By the way, the problem is how TXG has been polluting the local water supply and killing the fish, which means the local catches have dropped by 80% (if you believe the people who used to make a living by supply the local markets with fresh fish). They want compensation from the company, the company says no, the bad blood with the community goes on.
Peru: Early polls for the run-off vote
On Sunday, pollster IPSOS called it 44% PPK, 40% Keiko.
This morning, pollster CPI called it 43.6% Keiko, 41.5% PPK.
Take your pick. For what it's worth, subscribers of The IKN Weekly know my opinion clearly and I'm pretty sure one of those polls is way too truthy for its own good.
A Flash update...
...has just been sent to subscribers, just before the opening bell on this grey and overcast Tuesday morning*. A new purchase in a junior exploreco.
UPDATE: Some music to accompany...
I see you baby...
UPDATE: Some music to accompany...
I see you baby...
*it is here, anyway.
Chart of the day is...
The constructive scenario we noted reported last Tuesday is confirmed.
There's good news for silver investors here (i.e. real people, rather than the propeller-headed silverbugs): At U$17/oz silver there's a decent chance that the mining company you decide to invest in can make money.
Tracking the political risk at Continental Gold (CNL.to) (from IKN362)
A small segment of this week's edition of The IKN Weekly:
Colombia: Government versus Paramilitary at BuriticáLast week we reported how the far-right wing "Urabeño" paramilitary group (also known as the "Úsuga Clan") had issued a formal death threat communique against personnel of Continental Gold (CNL.to). This week we note that the Colombian government has not been slow to respond: Firstly, in several actions against the paramilitary group the government claims to have arrested (9) 135 Úsuga members including the people responsible for the murder of three police officers at the end of last month (at the same time, a separate grande attack in Buriticá left four police officers seriously injured (10) (11). Secondly, President Santos has named the head of the Úsuga/Urabeños clan, one Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, as the country's most wanted man and doubled the reward for information leading to his capture to 3 billion pesos (U$1m and loose change).The Santos government is playing hardball with the threat posed by this paramilitary group and as part of the back-story, we're now getting another raft of "illegal gold trade now worth more to criminal groups than drugs trade" articles, a theme that comes round on occasion and is complete BS of course, but there's no doubt the criminal bands are behind at least some of the illegal gold mining activity and they're using it to help launder their ill-gotten gains. In sum it's a situation that may or may not turn out well for CNL.to and we certainly applaud the Santos government for not backing down. They're doing the right thing by confronting the Úsuga/Urabeños but the reality of today's situation must also be recognized; the political and social risk of working Buriticá continues to be off-scale high until the problems are resolved.Don't expect to read or hear about this in any of the CNL corporate presentations.
Gwen Preston and Scott Gibson
In last week's post "Understanding conflicts of interest, Gwen Preston and West Red Lake Gold Mines (RLG) edition" we uncovered the suspicious looking connection between the company in question, the self-titled "independent" mining analyst Gwen Preston and her apparent boss at "Kitco Gibson Capital" and "Beneath The Surface Capital", Scott Gibson. Since that post IKN has found out a lot more about this pairing of Gwen "Resource Maven" Preston and Scott Gibson. But we're going to keep it strictly business here.
Gibson has all the "Company XYZ Capital Inc" thing going on with his companies, but in fact he's nothing more or less than a penny stock promoter, true and classic Vancouver style. The way he bought 2m units of the recent ten cent RLG placement (and got another 261,000 papers in finder's fees) is typical for the way he operates.
Scott Gibson has now styled himself as the mentor of Gwen Preston. At PDAC 2016 he was very forward about the business relationship, telling trusted IKN sources that he was "going to make her (Gwen Preston) a millionaire". That's a direct quote.
On March 9th, the last day of PDAC 2016 the pair spent a long time in deep conversation, one-on-one, in the Intercontinental Hotel Toronto. Here's how another IKN source (who will also remain nameless) put it:
"I saw Gwen Preston and Scott Gibson staying there for hours as we were tired and chilling out for at least 2 hrs. They were not with anybody else. Only two of them apparently in serious discussion and planning. This I can say for sure as we were seated very close to them."
The timing of that is most interesting, of course. It came just days before Gwen Preston reco'd RLG to her subscribers and then started talking up the stock in all sorts of social media channels. It also came just before the aforementioned $575,000 placement closed, the biggest taker being Scott Gibson. Which is probably just coincidence, innit guv.
By the way, Gwen Preston likes to promote the fact that she learned her trade while a reporter at The Northern Miner, but the place she really found out about how to scam the retail world and get rich off their backs was the two years she spent working under Marin Katusa at Casey Research. Looking back it all fits the pattern, as nowadays her job consists of pumping penny stocks at the behest of a person who proudly proclaims will make her a millionaire.
There's your "independent analyst", Canada. Enjoy.
UPDATE: Reader "C" chimes in after visiting the Gwen Preston website:
UPDATE: Reader "C" chimes in after visiting the Gwen Preston website:
"What really makes me wonder: In Canada you really can say things like, "I do not accept money or shares from companies in exchange for coverage." (source) and then pumping a stock hard while a company you are working for does?"
Primero Mining (P.to) (PPP) 1q16 production numbers
We now know that under Conway's tenure as CEO, to end 2015, Primero didn't pay its tax in Mexico and used sub-standard health and safety practices at San Dimas, preferring production over the well being of its workforce. He's also the one who insisted on buying that awful dog of a mine Black Fox.
The lessons taught by history. NR here.
PS: Anyone else notice the lack of skin in the game at PPP? The directors of this company own very few shares.
PS: Anyone else notice the lack of skin in the game at PPP? The directors of this company own very few shares.
The IKN Weekly, out now
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When miners die in Guatemala, Goldcorp (GG) (G.to) versus Tahoe Resources (TAHO) (THO.to)
Mining is a dangerous way to make a living, always has been and always will be. However, you learn a lot about a company in the way it deals with a fatality at one of its mines.
If you're Goldcorp (GG) (G.to) and if an accident occurs at your Guatemala mine, you first issue a press release on the day of the accident and then issue a second one when the fatality is confirmed, including words such as, "I wish to extend my prayers and condolences to the worker's family, friends and to his co-workers at Marlin" from the company CEO.
If you're Tahoe Resources (TAHO) (THO.to) and if an accident occurs at your Guatemala mine, you pretend it didn't happen. You ignore calls to make the accident public, you sweep it under the table, you don't even mention it to the local press, you don't even have the basic common decency to offer condolences to the dead man's family.
It's now nearly six months since the accident at Tahoe's Escobal mine that claimed the life of one of its employees, but TAHO still refuses to tell anyone.
It's now nearly six months since the accident at Tahoe's Escobal mine that claimed the life of one of its employees, but TAHO still refuses to tell anyone.
Kevin MacArthur, CEO of TAHO, you should be ashamed of yourself.
First Mining Finance (FF.v) and Moneta Porcupine (ME.to)
GMO reports that Keith is after ME.to, right here. Nice "creating unemployment" quote, too.
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Dennis Reese is the mid-day host for Iowa Public Radio. He is also a producer for the talk shows Talk of Iowa and River to River. He is based in Iowa City. Dennis began his career in public radio at the University of Iowa's WSUI in 1981 as its Program Director, after several stints as News Director at a number of commercial radio stations in Iowa and after working his way through college as a disc jockey in formats including Top 40, Easy Listening and country & western.
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Fishbowl America Round-Up #11
Fishbowl America Round-Up for July 9th:
- 'Ha-pi-tu-mi-te-yu:' Beijing welcomes the Olympics – In the seven years since the Olympic movement anointed Beijing as host of the 2008 Summer Games, China's capital has undergone a transformation so thorough that "makeover" doesn't begin to describe the change.
- Senate Passes Controversial Foreign Intelligence Law – The Senate Wednesday passed controversial legislation meant to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
- Boulder DA: New DNA Clears Ramsey Family – KUSA – 9NEWS has learned that newly discovered DNA evidence in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case does not match any Ramsey family members or anyone in law enforcement DNA databases.
- Jesse Jackson Apologizes For Comments Critical Of Obama – The Rev. Jesse Jackson issued an apology to Barack Obama Wednesday for criticizing the Illinois senator's recent comments directed toward some members of the black community.
- Kennedy Returns To Senate – Sen. Ted Kennedy on Wednesday made his first appearance in Congress since having brain surgery, arriving on foot.
- Russian Official: 'Russian state killed former spy Alexander Litvinenko' – The Russian state was behind the killing of the former secret agent Alexander Litvinenko, a senior official has disclosed in private.


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Bayer CEO started Medical Apartheid: Denies its Cancer medicine to Indians
MNCs are only for ruthless profits regardless of any ethic, morality and human value. The recent statement made by Mr. Marijn Dekkers, CEO of agro-chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer precisely told that these Corporations are meant for extracting money and extortion at any cost.
"We did not develop this medicine (Nexavar) for Indians," ?Marijn Dekkers said at a little reported pharmaceutical forum last month, according to the January 21st edition of Businessweek.
"We developed it for western patients who can afford it," Dekkers said, and called the Indian regulator's action "essentially theft".
Being among the largest Chemical Company in the world and having huge business in India Bayer is into selling and manufacturing human and animal drugs, agro-chemicals (Pesticides) and material science. One of its products 'Nexavar' used to treat liver and kidney cancer is highly expensive and India's Controller General of Patents has allowed a local drug manufacturer to produce its generic copy in India. It is noteworthy that Bayer Corporation has obtained a patent in India in 2008 for Nexavar which cost Rs. 2.8 lakh for a month's dosage of pack of 120 tablets. On March 9, 2012, the Controller of Patents, Mumbai, granted the first-ever compulsory licence to local Drug Company Natco to make 'Sorofenib Tosylate', a generic version of Bayer's high-priced anti-cancer drug Nexavar. Natco was told to sell the pack at Rs. 8,800 which is almost 97% discount to the original selling price of the Bayer product in India. No MNC will like any court order disallowing them from making unethical profit of more than 30 times than what that drug can be made available for.
Now one can easily understand reason behind Mr. Dekkers irritation.
Making this statement Bayer is openly admitting the drugs they are developing are deliberately going to be rationed only to the wealthiest patients. It is clear-cut case of concentration of wealth, resources and services for Super-rich Class. It is the system which throws out those who can't afford to pay.
Now look at other Bayer businesses in India, its agro-chemical (Pesticides) division Bayer Crop Science India Ltd, is leading pesticide manufacturer roughly occupying 20% market share in total pesticide market of Indian agriculture. In Punjab they hold major market share in pesticide sale. One of the pesticides Bayer was selling until 2010 was Thiodan (Endosulfan) which they shelved off after years of global campaigning by the PAN Network, which is linked to autism, birth defects and male reproductive harm. Later on Bayer showcased as if the decision was taken as a responsibility to public safety while the truth is well understood.
Bayer is primary producer of "Imidacloprid" neonicotinoid group of pesticides used as foliar spray and seed treatment for controlling sucking insects in India and world over. Neonicotinoid group is considered to be the prime reason for honey bee colony collapse disorder (CCD) and facing 3 year ban in Europe beginning from Dec-2013 after a law suit filed by local bee keepers. In India Imidacloprid is a cash cow for Bayer's pesticide business generating huge revenues, so forget about Bayer issuing any self-imposed ban on similar ground to safeguard honey bees in India? Bees are a far away case when Mr. Dekker feels no different for humans.
Recently Yellow-rust outbreak alarm was waved off by Agri-Department of Punjab and Haryana (which has become an annual ritual of January month). "Tebuconazole" was one of the recommendations suggested by Agri-Scientists on wheat crop for managing Yellow-rust. Tebuconazole is a Bayer manufactured fungicide with brand name "Folicur" and Bayer being its prime producer. We don't know how sure recommending agencies are about the effectiveness of this fungicide on Yellow-rust but farmers do surely recognize one thing in common about skin sensitisation effect while they get exposed to Tebuconazole. Further inquiring on Tebuconazole popped up the fact that it is listed as a possible carcinogen(cancer-causing) in United States Environment Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs carcinogen list with a rating of C(possible carcinogen). We hope this not to be true and if so than Bayer should sue Wikipedia for flagging all this miss-information about Tebuconazole. But if it comes out to be true than this poses serious concerns and requires detailed studies by Agri-Scientists before bluntly recommending and exposing wheat crop to carcinogenic pesticides in state like Punjab which is already burdened under Cancer threat.
Here we should keep in mind that Tabuconazole is the same pesticide with different formulation used for wheat seed treatment under the brand name Raxil which got unwanted publicity when Former Managing Director of the Haryana Seeds Development Corporation (HSDC) Mr. Ashok Khemka questioned its efficacy and alleging the purchase was made at exaggerated rates. His demand of audit was rejected on misuse of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana funds to purchase the fungicide at rates much higher than which it was supplied to other government agencies by Bayer Crop Science Ltd.
Bayer plans to attain leadership position in pesticide market in populous countries like India while refusing the same population from cancer curing lifesaving drugs. Sufficient studies are done predicting food, air and water toxicity due to over pesticide usage being the prominent precursor of cancer. Here India should stand by the decision for allowing generic version of cancer curing therapy giving strong message to people like Mr Dekker so as to think before making such derogatory remarks on Indian population.
The question which is arising from this racist remark and colonial mind-set is, "should we allow these money minded Corporate to operate this way?"
Or reading between the lines Mr Dekker's is indirectly advising Indian agriculture community to stop using pesticides (one among the prime causes of cancer) because cancer curing drugs are not meant for people of India. Thank you Mr. Dekker for this statutory warning, now the decision lies with farmers of India.


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Lunch Recipes
Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps
This is a very tasty lettuce wrap that will rival any Chinese takeout or elegant Chinese restaurant. It makes a nice presentation for an appetizer, as well.
Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps
- 1/3 c water
- 3 tbsp organic almond/cashew butter
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 c shiitake mushroom caps, chopped
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 (8 ounces) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
- 1/3 c tamari
- ½ c green onions, optional
- 1 head lettuce, separated into leaves
- Cook turkey in skillet with almond butter and coconut oil for about 5 minutes, stirring until turkey crumbles and is no longer pink.
- Add mushrooms, and next 5 ingredients. Increase heat to medium-high, and cook, stirring constantly, 4 minutes.
- Add green onions if desired and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
- Spoon mixture evenly onto lettuce leaves; roll up.
- Serve with extra tamari sauce if desired.


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Persuasion (1995)
Directed by Roger MichellGenres - Drama, Romance | Sub-Genres - Period Film, Romantic Drama | Release Date - Sep 27, 1995 (USA - Limited) | Run Time - 117 min. | Countries - France , United Kingdom , United States | MPAA Rating - PG
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Adapted from what is arguably Jane Austen's most mature and subtlest novel, Persuasion is somewhat more nuanced and restrained than the more frequently adapted Emma and Pride and Prejudice. The protagonist, Anne (Amanda Root), is, by the conventions of society, considered an old maid when she remains unmarried at 27. However, a second chance arrives when her former love, Captain Wentworth (Ciaran Hinds), returns from the Napoleonic Wars. The pair, who hardly speak throughout, are surrounded by the usual assortment of family members, friends, acquaintances, and distant relations, many of them what pass for stock characters in Austen novels. There's the social-climbing parent, the dour upper aristocrat, the scatterbrained younger relatives, and, of course, the apparently suitable suitor who turns out to be all wrong. Of course, Austen's protagonists are never dumb, but Anne, being somewhat older, is also a good deal wiser, and the characters around her accordingly take on greater dimension and subtlety. Naturally, this being an Austen story, all ends well, but the path is somewhat less straightforward than in other films adapted from her work.
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Project helps African youth become haymaking entrepreneurs
Project helps African youth become haymaking entrepreneurs
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A project spearheaded by scientists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and Uganda's Makarere University is helping African youths establish businesses and generate income. And these young people, in turn, are providing services that can help farmers improve dairy nutrition and increase milk production.
This summer, Sjoerd Duiker, associate professor of soil management and applied soil physics, and Ephraim Govere, research support associate and manager of the college's Soil Research Cluster Laboratory, collaborated with a team of Kenyan youth and Ugandan scientists to provide a two-week workshop for unemployed youth and small-farm operators in hay mowing and baling technologies.
The training was part of the Youth Employment and Income Enhancement Project headed by the Africa Institute for Strategic Animal Resource Services and Development, which is housed at Makarere University. The project is supported by the Global Knowledge Initiative, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., and the National Agricultural Advisory Services of the government of Uganda.
Duiker said the workshop taught participants how to mow grass using scythes and how to construct an innovative manual hay baler originally designed by Tiller's International, a nongovernmental organization in Michigan.
"This equipment is a first step in improving the feeding of dairy cows, which often are undernourished in East Africa," he said. "Quality hay can feed cattle in the dry season when pasture is in short supply, but it also can be transported easily from feed-surplus to feed-deficit areas when packed in dense bales made with the help of the manual hay baler."
Duiker first introduced this technology in December 2011 in Nyeri, Kenya. He noted that it has enabled formerly destitute youth to create a hay-baling custom service for farmers in the Mount Kenya area.
"These young men also built several hay balers for farmers and made handles for scythes," he said. "Two of the Kenyan youth helped us and our partners from Makarere University to train Ugandans in the manufacture and operation of the haymaking equipment."
The hands-on workshop drew 63 participants, consisting of youth and representatives from interested farmer organizations and the Ugandan extension service. The participants were required to submit a business concept at the end of the training. Those who successfully launch a business will receive a diploma during an international colloquium to be held in Uganda in the spring of 2014.
Duiker explained that introducing these affordable but effective technologies can help reduce widespread hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. The World Bank estimates that nearly half of the population in the region lives below the poverty line of $1.25 per day.
"By improving feeds and feed technologies, the training contributes to the vision of the government of Uganda to increase milk production from 1.5 billion to 6 billion liters annually," Duiker said. "Using appropriate technology, growth in the dairy sector can lift millions out of poverty, as shown by the lives of the young Kenyan trainers."
In addition to the recent training, project staff this fall will carry out a soil-plant ecosystem assessment to identify available forage types for their potential in various Ugandan ecological zones and to measure soil and forage quality. Penn State's Govere also will assess the laboratory capabilities of Makerere University and the Africa Institute for Strategic Animal Resource Services and Development to ensure sustainable testing of forage quality and soil fertility.
Ugandan government officials praised the partnering universities for reaching out to introduce knowledge and technology that has a high potential to impact the livelihoods of the country's citizens in a practical, hands-on manner.
"(Our) government policy is to commercialize agriculture -- to transform subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture," Minister of Animal Industry Bright Rwamirama told participants at the conclusion of this summer's training. "This (project) will help create employment for our young people, produce more food for our people and other people of the world, and bring much needed foreign exchange and economic transformation of our country."
Duiker said besides teaching African youth to generate income and helping farmers to boost milk production, the project helps sustain itself by training participants to share their new-found knowledge. "If we really want to make an impact, we should empower youth so they can develop their own businesses, but also so they can train others to do the same thing."


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Let me start by introducing LHC itself. The LHC Haskell Compiler (LHC for short) was born out of JHC on a cold Tuesday morning, November 18th, 2008. Her birth was necessitated by a conflict of opinion between John Meacham (the author of JHC) and myself. We simply couldn't agree on which build system would be the most appropriate: make or cabal. Since then we've made many changes that are unlikely to be merged back into JHC.
As of this writing, LHC differs from JHC in the following ways:
- Cabalized build system instead of Make.
- Extensive use of Haskell libraries. We have six more dependencies than JHC.
- We use 'derive' instead of the unwieldy 'DrIFT' package. This, among other things, makes it possible to generate HPC information.
- We support both GHC-6.8.x and GHC-6.10.x.
- We're available on Hackage.
- We've eliminated some usage of unsafe IO. On a project of this magnitude, getting segfaults instead of type-errors isn't acceptable.
- We're very liberal in granting commit access. It's easier to undo bad patches than to make people contribute.
The issues with type-classes is purely due to bugs in our code, and hopefully we can resolve them without too much headache. It should be noted that since Monad is a type-class, there are very few programs that LHC can compile at this stage.
Exceptions and garbage collection are more fundamental problems, though. We simply cannot implement those feature efficiently in C. Using C-- is an obvious solution but unfortunately there are no usable C-- compilers. Using LLVM[1] is out of the question for the same reasons as C. We will probably end up writing our own native code generator.
All in all, our future plans are like this:
- Disable features until we can correctly compile Haskell98 programs.
- Extend our testsuite to cover most of the codebase.
- Address performance issues. We are about 5-10 times slower than GHC and there are no fundamental reasons for this.
- Write a code generator that supports exceptions and garbage collection.
[1]: On the surface it looks like LLVM has decent support for exceptions and garbage collecting. However, the documentation shows that it is essentially no better than in C.


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This thread is strictly for setting up PPP configs for USB-based SIERRA Wireless HSPA 3G Modem (FreeBSD 8.0) and onward...
I have tried to work this out via searching here, there and everywhere. All I can achieve is a ppp script that says:
# ppp Loading /lib/libalias_cuseeme.so Loading /lib/libalias_ftp.so Loading /lib/libalias_irc.so Loading /lib/libalias_nbt.so Loading /lib/libalias_pptp.so Loading /lib/libalias_skinny.so Loading /lib/libalias_smedia.so Working in interactive mode Using interface: tun0 ppp ON localhost> dial kpn ppp ON localhost> Warning: Chat script failed ppp ON localhost>
# PPP config for 3G modems # This is an example ppp configuration that allows connection to KPN # networks. # Good coverage but crap configuration. If you need help with other # providers # contact # for details. # Issues: # The destination IP address negotiated by PPP when using KPN as your # provider # is invalid. You need to set up the default route to the interface, not # the IP # address, hence the ppp.link* scripts. # KPN does not hand out DNS servers, or at least, not that I can see. # Add # entries from OpenDNS. ppp.conf: kpn: set device /dev/cuau0 set speed 115200 set timeout 0 set authname email@example.com set authkey MYPASSWORD set dial "ABORT BUSY TIMEOUT 2 \ \"\" \ AT OK-AT-OK \ AT+CFUN=1 OK-AT-OK \ AT+CMEE=2 OK-AT-OK \ AT+CSQ OK \ AT+CGDCONT=1,\\\"IP\\\",\\\"internet\\\" OK \ AT+CGACT? OK-AT-OK \ AT+CGATT? OK \ AT+CGCLASS? OK \ AT+COPS? OK \ ATD*99***1# CONNECT" ## Lower the MTU as this seems to make the link more stable for GPRS connections. #set mtu maximum 296 #set mru maximum 296 # set crtscts on # disable vjcomp # disable acfcomp # disable deflate # disable deflate24 # disable pred1 # disable protocomp # disable mppe # disable ipv6cp # disable lqr # disable echo nat enable yes enable dns resolv writable set dns 188.8.131.52 188.8.131.52 # openDNS set ifaddr 10.1.0.2/0 10.1.0.1/0 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0 #add default HISADDR # See ppp.link* ppp.linkup: kpn: shell route delete default shell route add default -interface INTERFACE ppp.linkdown: default: shell logger "LABEL down (up UPTIME): OCTETSIN received, OCTETSOUT sent" kpn: shell route delete default
set dial "ABORT BUSY TIMEOUT 2 \ \"\" \ AT OK-AT-OK \ AT+CFUN=1 OK-AT-OK \ AT+CMEE=2 OK-AT-OK \ AT+CSQ OK \ AT+CGDCONT=1,\\\"IP\\\",\\\"internet\\\" OK \ AT+CGACT? OK-AT-OK \ AT+CGATT? OK \ AT+CGCLASS? OK \ AT+COPS? OK \ ATD*99***1# CONNECT"
If anyone else has the USB-based SIERRA Wireless HSPA 3G Modem and actually managed to find a working chat script please upload your ppp.conf here.. THX.
If not don't worry, I'll work the b@st@rd out eventually >8-D.
Anyway,, it's great to be back here at Daemonforums with whats left of us FreeBSDForum heads,,, THX Everyone who actively revived most of the old archives (any that could be salvaged) and those who developed the Daemonforums >8-D.
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Why does this thread not show up in new posts ?¿?¿? weired...20 hrs old and still not in there... I really need this modem to work or it's throw out FreeBSD for another year or two until *BSD actually brings out a "real" (STABLE) version that has a working 3G chatscript provided.. anyone who knows anything about the 3G ppp.conf and or chatscript please help.
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"Quick links -> Today's posts" should show your posts.
Sorry, don't know anything about ppp and even less about 3g/HSDPA ... Just wanted to answer that.
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.
Thanks mate, I'll mark my new posts as read from now on ( I swear I never needed to do that back in FreeBSDForum days...although it's been quite some time >8-D.) Theres a lot to be learned about the SIERRA Wireless HSPA 3G Modem.... back to do some more testing..
Sierra Wireless AirCard® USB 306 Modem for HSPA+ networks.
where is:
etc in my FreeBSD 8.0 STABLE DVD install edition ?
The way I see it the Sierra Wireless AirCard® USB 306 Modem for HSPA+ networks is DooMed (superseeded) before FreeBSD will ever catch up...
how is someone like me supposed to update ports etc with only one computer ? I cannot connect via DCHP through a gateway,,, etc etc etc...
This is cutting edge wireless technology for FreeBSD and no one really cares..
I should have realized this when trying to install ISDN on FreeBSD a decade ago.
Why should you care anyway, you probably have a T5 connection..
In other words: Sorry, we simply don't know
You can try repeating your question on the "official" FreeBSD forums: forums.freebsd.org, you can also try sending a mail to the freebsd-questions@ maillist.
Good luck.
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.
Thanks Carpetsmoker.. I will continue using FreeBSD as my main machine.. although atm all I can do is rely on WinXP as my gateway.. I'll consider posting my question on the official FreeBSD forums aswell.. cheers..
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How To Pray
The Mysteries:
"How is it that you sought Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's
This is the answer that Jesus gave to His Mother when, after three days' search
she had the joy of finding Him in the Temple.
These are the first words coming from the lips of the Word Incarnate to be recorded in the
In these words Jesus sums up His whole person, His whole life, His whole mission. They
reveal His Divine Sonship; they testify to His supernatural mission. Christ's whole life will
only be a clarifying and magnificent exposition of the meaning of these words.
St. Luke goes on to tell us that Mary "did not understand the word that He spoke." But even
if Mary did not grasp the full significance of these words, she did not doubt that Jesus was
the Son of God. This is why she submitted in silence to that Divine Will which had demanded
such a sacrifice of her love.
"Mary kept these words of Jesus carefully in her heart." She kept them in her heart, for
there was the tabernacle in which she adored the mystery concealed in the words of her Son,
waiting until the full light of understanding would be granted her.
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Today is Pakistan's independence day. Figured it would be a good time to mention my favorite artists from the country. But first, some personal notes. I frequented Pakistan as a child, and spent most of my teenage years living there. It was a true learning experience, providing innumerable and valuable lessons in diplomacy. Besides, there was a certain unparalleled pride and joy in sporting a Sachin Tendulkar jersey in Karachi...I wouldn't recommend anyone try it (or a Pakistan jersey in India) outside of a controlled environment, e.g. after hours at school. Wait, those could get out of hand too. How else would I explain not going to school for a week after this? ;) That might have had as much to do with a trip to Calcutta (for the semi-final) than anything else, but you get the point.
My experience living in both countries for a combined 16 years, 10 of which I remember very, very clearly at 26, leads me to believe that the people of the two countries share much more in common than most will ever admit. The geo-political struggles in the region are beyond the scope of this blog (in my other life, I have been invited to deliver classroom lectures on the subject, and have gladly done so). Commonalities are to be celebrated and differences to be appreciated. In this spirit of hope for unity, here is a prayer for continued friendship, trust, and respect between the two communities. A note of thanks to the forces we do not have the capacity to understand, that guide this. Things are a lot, lot better today than they were in the relatively recent past, and one can only hope for that to continue.
To my two favorite Pakistani artists (both vocalists) of all time:
1. Nazia Hassan: The beautiful Nazia apa (apa is a term used of respect to an older sister -- that's who she was to kids who grew up admiring her) was very Bollywood-friendly from the outset. Through the 1980s and mid-1990s, Nazia (and to some extent, her brother Zoheb) ruled South Asian pop. And you probably know her already, given she won a Filmfare for singing this song in the film Qurbani (1980). Sadly, I attended a rather subdued Junaid Jamshed (see below) concert in 2001 in honor of Nazia, who passed in 2000. She was 35. More at the Nazia Hassan Foundation.
2. Junaid Jamshed: The lead vocalist for what was one of South Asia's first popular music groups -- the Vital Signs. Having met Junaid a few times, I can tell you his personality commands respect. He understands the youth of the country, and for over a decade, delivered quality music (some of which made its way to Bollywood). His understanding of the youth and identification of a void prompted him to give up his career in showbiz, and take up a daunting challenge.
Today, he is an outstanding ambassador of moderate Islam, and his lectures (many carried by the BBC in England) warn of the evils of extremist ideologies, regardless of religion. Based on the lectures I have listened to, he talks of one message we could all use reminders of: We all speak the same language (no, not the MTV slogan). Here is my favorite Junaid Jamshed song (he's behind the microphone) -- couldn't find a version with translation:
And here is its 'inspired' counterpart from across the border (it's a great song, but much like everything else in this category, we tend to like more the first one we listened to). The singer is Jojo, and the actor none other than our very own Jimmy Shergill. This was immensely popular back home in India, and if any of you really liked it, I can relate to you, thanks to Pritam Chakrobarty. :(
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1. Claim that there are 'things' out there that will kill you. Make mountains out of molehills...
2. Offer options to keep you from getting killed (that will cost you a lot). Make sure that you point out that other options won't work and why they won't work... and then repackage and sell it yourself!
3. Profit!
... is this article about Federal Gov't Surveillance Programs, or Food Babe?
Everyone that uses Facebook isn't getting their "fix" for free. Their content is being made available to their friends for a fixed cost of data mining, finding relationships in databases full of keywords and ads that are supposed to be relevant and individualized to them. That's like saying Facebook is getting content for free.
There is a value-balance that is being fulfilled between the user and FB. The user brings content and their friends to FB that takes their stories, puts it into a giant database (that can be mined in the background), and deliver's the users' content to the world (if you didn't set up your security settings correctly). I would argue there isn't any "free" going on between the user and FB. I would say that there is a tenuous symbiotic relationship between the user and FB. There is a balance of value between the two. If FB starts becoming parasitic and taking from the user (by devaluing privacy, having data breaches, making ads obnoxious and flashing all over the place (like MySpace)), then the user may not value the relationship as much and will move on to another service that allows communication between themselves and friends in a media-rich and convenient way on the internet.
... would the court order all of Facebook taken down because of this man's speech?
Boston College's own website describes both an unsecured and a secured WiFi network that is on campus. What legal ramifications does this mean? From http://www.bc.edu/offices/help/getstarted/network/wireless/about.html :
"BostonCollege is an open, unsecure wireless network that is an alternative for older laptops that do not meet the requirements for bcsecure (BC username and password required). This network does not encrypt data. Therefore, information sent across the wireless network using BostonCollege is "in the clear." Others might snoop or intercept data transmitted using the unsecured wireless service."
Twinkies and those hamburgers have low water activities, and without free water in those systems, microorganisms can't grow. Jerky and fruit leather also have low water activities and won't rot either, but those are "traditional" foods that we don't think about...
It'll be great for crowds, until they put into place "viewing rules" like the NFL has in which you can only play it on a screen up until a certain size, and then after that, it is considered a public showing and then you owe the movie company more....
In Seattle, we have to wash and dry all of our recyclables and can't just throw them into a bin after use like you.
A two bin solution for us doesn't happen. After washing and drying my garbage, THEN I'm allowed to recycle that waste stream... pain in the ass.
My recycling was much easier when I could just throw all recyclables in one bin and take it to the curb weekly. My recycling habits when I was in WI was probably 90% of recyclable products (I'd throw away beverage containers into the trash when in public since there weren't any recycling areas in the public spaces). Now, I throw pretty much everything away since I'm not going to clutter up my kitchen with washed and then dried garbage that was meant for a recycling stream.
It's not a matter of me being lazy, it is a matter of making it so obnoxious to recycle that I don't do it anymore out of spite...
Go to one bin of recyclables in which I don't have to wash them, and I'll be back around 90% compliance...
The scarcity comes at the end of all that coursework... it's called a degree.
The information may be free, but there's no degree associated with it. They need to do everything they can at the college to make sure that people value the degree at the end of the hard work.
HR at firms will be hiring to fill positions that require degrees, not just the learning of information. Colleges have to realize this and make their delivery more valuable than just a book or an online presentation. If they can't add value...
I went to look at the ACTA page set up by the USTR. The page really does its best to go into vague details (I know, oxymoron there) about the CTA and what the ACTA is supposed to do.
Take a look at the Fact Sheet from August 4, 2008. There is a Q&A section with the question, "Why has the ACTA been kept from the public?". Apparently, they're been getting this question for a long time and they answer by saying, "This process has not been kept from the public", and then cite the acceptance of public comments on the negotiations.
Receiving public comments on a subject is completely different from a transparency of the process to get the ACTA made...
Mr. Masnick,
I've been following this for a while... who should I contact in our government to try and get some answers?
From my point of view, the use of YouTube in an overall strategy to run a business is akin to a company having an R&D department. YouTube and R&D departments are cost centers for an organization. No products or services are ever produced and sold directly to the consumer from YouTube or R&D, but a lot of information is generated for a good manager and leader to take advantage of and figure out ways to sell it to the consumers. The learnings are passed on to those parts of the organization that are profit centers, and, hopefully, the profit centers make more than what the cost centers spend. Basic business.
Once one wraps their brains around the thought processes of utilizing a cost center for profit, and keep in mind that YouTube is a cost center, then one can see that this strategy makes a bit more sense.
When will Americans get sick of the litigation industry that has sprung up in our Legal System? There are lawyers out there who have the money to advertise on national television about suing for mesothelioma and other tragedies and the lawyer makes money referring you to a local lawyer so that you can get in on a lawsuit that will net you a very small percentage of that settlement but will put millions of dollars in their wallet. Until this is seen as a mis-use of our legal system, we'll just have to put up with it, I guess...


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I used the Prince Pro Tour for 4 years and since they stopped making it, I just replaced it with the Prince ex03 tour. I love the contol, feel touch and accuracy I do keep the string tension a little bit lower to help with the power.
Some of the racquets that just came out that I am very interested in trying out are the Volkl Organix 10 325G and the Yonex Vcore 95D
These 2 racquets actually were the most recent additons to the top 10 arm friendly racquets at http://tenniselbowracquet.com/tennis-racquets/
My main racquet is the new Head IG Prestige Pro 4-1/4 with Pro's Pro Hexatwist at 53 lbs. I have three of these.
I still have three of the 2012 Tecnifibre 325 VO2 Max 4-1/4 with either Solinco Tour Bite or Tecnifibre Red Code at 53 lbs.
I thought I already mentioned this here. Well, there ya go.
Just switched in the last month or so to the Yonex VCORE Tour 97 330g strung in RPM 50/54. Sweet racquet and yonex is certainly unique.
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Clinical Trials
Antigenic Competition in HIV Preventive Vaccines
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
First received: July 8, 2010
Last updated: August 13, 2018
Last Verified: August 2018
History of Changes
HIV vaccines are designed to create an immune response to certain components of the HIV virus called peptides. Previous research indicates that one peptide, called Gag, may be particularly important for stimulating an immune response to HIV. Many vaccines being studied combine multiple peptides, but including other peptides may weaken the body's response to Gag. This study will test whether a vaccine that targets Gag and another peptide called Env is better than a vaccine without Env at causing an immune response to Gag.
HIV Infections
Biological : rAd5 Gag-Pol Env A/B/C
Biological : rAd5 Gag-Pol
Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Care Provider)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double Blind Phase 1b Trial to Examine the Influence of Antigenic Competition on the Immunogenicity of HIV-1 Gag/Pol: A Comparison of rAd5 Gag/Pol Env A/B/C to rAd5 Gag/Pol
Further study details as provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Primary Outcome Measures
- Magnitude of Gag and/or Pol-specific T-cell responses, as measured by Enzyme-Linked Immunospot (ELISpot) [ Time Frame: Measured 4 weeks after immunization ]
- Number of Gag and/or Pol epitopes targeted by CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells, as measured by ELISpot [ Time Frame: Measured 4 weeks after immunization ]
- Number of individuals mounting T-cell responses to Gag and/or Pol, as assessed by ELISpot [ Time Frame: Measured 4 weeks after immunization ]
- Local and systemic reactogenicity signs and symptoms, laboratory measures of safety, adverse events (AEs), and AEs reported on an expedited basis to Division of AIDS (DAIDS) [ Time Frame: Measured over 6 months after immunization ]
- Magnitude of Gag and/or Pol-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses, as measured by intracellular cytokine staining (ICS) [ Time Frame: Measured 4 weeks after immunization ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|April 6, 2017
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Recombinant adenovirus serotype 5 (rAd5) Gag/Pol Env A/B/C
Participants will receive one intramuscular injection of rAd5 Gag/Pol Env A/B/C.
rAd5 Gag-Pol Env A/B/C
1×10^10 particle units (PU) rAd5 Gag-Pol, Env A/B/C (3:1:1:1 mixture) delivered via intramuscular injection
Active Comparator:
rAd5 gag/pol
Participants will receive one intramuscular injection of rAd5 gag/pol.
rAd5 Gag-Pol
5×10^9 PU rAd5 Gag-Pol delivered via intramuscular injection
Detailed Description:
HIV vaccines are designed to create an immune response to certain parts of the HIV virus
called peptides. Researchers believe that eliciting a response to a peptide called Gag is
particularly important. Most HIV vaccines in current clinical trials combine multiple
peptides, but including these other peptides may cause antigenic competition. Antigenic
competition occurs when the body's immune system reaction to one part of a vaccine weakens or
inhibits the response to another part of the vaccine. Specifically, this study is concerned
that having too many other peptides in a vaccine might weaken the specific immune response to
Gag. This study will test whether a vaccine which only includes the peptides Gag and Pol
elicits a stronger immune response to Gag and Pol than a vaccine that also includes the
peptides Env A, B, and C.
Participation in this study will last 6 months. The number of study visits will vary by study site. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive injections of one of two vaccines in their upper arm. One group of participants will receive rAd5 gag/pol, which contains only the Gag and Pol peptides, while the other group of participants will receive rAd5 gag/pol Env A/B/C, which contains the Gag, Pol, and Env A, B, and C peptides. For 3 days after injection, participants will need to record their temperature and any side effects, and they will be contacted by study staff 7 days after the injection for follow-up monitoring.
During study visits, participants will complete the following assessments: an HIV test; a physical exam; collection of blood samples; a pregnancy test; and an interview about health, medications, HIV risk behaviors, and experiences with the study.
Participants will be contacted by study staff once a year for 5 years after the vaccination for follow-up health and safety monitoring.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Access to a participating HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) Clinical Research Site (CRS) and willingness to be followed for the planned duration of the study
- Completes a questionnaire prior to vaccination that demonstrates an understanding of this study and that in a previous trial there was an association of increased HIV acquisition with receipt of that study vaccine
- Willingness to receive HIV test results
- Willingness to discuss HIV infection risks, amenable to HIV risk reduction counseling, and committed to maintaining behavior consistent with low risk of HIV exposure through the last required protocol clinic visit
- Willingness to continue annual follow-up contact after the last required protocol clinic visit, for a total of 5 years following enrollment
- Good general health as shown by medical history, physical exam, and screening laboratory tests
- Assessed by the clinic staff as being at low risk for HIV infection on the basis of sexual behaviors within the 12 months prior to enrollment
- Adenovirus 5 (Ad5) neutralizing antibody (nAb) titer less than 1:18
- Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 11.0 g/dL for volunteers who were born female, or greater than or equal to 13.0 g/dL for volunteers who were born male
- White blood cell (WBC) count between 3,300 and 12,000 cells/mm3
- Total lymphocyte count greater than or equal to 800 cells/mm3
- Remaining differential either within institutional normal range or with site physician approval
- Platelet count between 125,000 and 550,000/mm3
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) less than or equal to 1.25 times institutional upper limits of normal
- Negative HIV-1 and HIV-2 blood test: U.S. participants must have negative FDA-approved enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Non-U.S. sites may use locally available assays that have been approved by HVTN laboratory operations.
- Negative for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)
- Negative for anti-Hepatitis C virus antibodies (anti-HCV), or negative HCV polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test if the anti-HCV is positive
- Negative pregnancy test for female participants prior to vaccination on the day of vaccination
- Agreement to avoid pregnancy for female participants, either through abstinence or appropriate use of contraceptives
- If born male, must be fully circumcised (as documented at screening examination)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Within the 12 months prior to enrollment: excessive daily alcohol use, frequent binge drinking, chronic marijuana abuse, or any other use of illicit drugs
- Within the 12 months prior to enrollment: a history of newly acquired syphilis, gonorrhea, non-gonococcal urethritis, herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV2), Chlamydia, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), trichomonas, mucopurulent cervicitis, epididymitis, proctitis, lymphogranuloma venereum, chancroid, or hepatitis B virus
- Received non-HIV experimental vaccine(s) within the last 5 years in a prior vaccine trial. Exceptions may be made for vaccines that have subsequently undergone licensure by the FDA. For potential participants who have received the control or placebo in an experimental vaccine trial, the HVTN 084 PSRT will determine eligibility on a case-by-case basis.
- For potential participants who received the control or placebo in an HIV vaccine trial, documentation of the identity of the study control or placebo must be provided to the HVTN 084 protocol safety review team (PSRT), who will determine eligibility on a case-by-case basis.
- Serious adverse reactions to vaccines including anaphylaxis and related symptoms such as hives, respiratory difficulty, angioedema, or abdominal pain. A participant who had a nonanaphylactic adverse reaction to pertussis vaccine as a child will not be excluded.
- Immunosuppressive medications received within 168 days before first vaccination, except (1) corticosteroid nasal spray for allergic rhinitis, (2) topical corticosteroids for mild, uncomplicated dermatitis, or (3) oral or parenteral corticosteroids given for non-chronic conditions not expected to recur (length of therapy 10 days or less with completion at least 30 days prior to enrollment).
- Blood products received within 120 days before first vaccination
- Immunoglobulin received within 60 days before first vaccination
- Live attenuated vaccines other than influenza vaccine received within 30 days before vaccination or scheduled within 14 days after injection (e.g., measles, mumps, and rubella [MMR]; oral polio vaccine [OPV]; varicella; yellow fever)
- Influenza vaccines or any vaccines that are not live attenuated vaccines (e.g., tetanus, pneumococcal, hepatitis A or B), or allergy treatment with antigen injections that were received within 14 days prior to the vaccination
- Investigational research agents received within 30 days before first vaccination
- Intent to participate in another study of an investigational research agent during the planned duration of the study
- Current anti-tuberculosis (TB) prophylaxis or therapy
- Clinically significant medical condition, physical examination findings, abnormal laboratory results, or past medical history with implications for current health.
- Any medical, psychiatric, occupational, or other condition that, in the judgment of the investigator, would interfere with or serve as a contraindication to protocol adherence, assessment of safety or reactogenicity, or a participant's ability to give informed consent
- Angioedema (hereditary, acquired, or idiopathic) or idiopathic urticaria within the last 3 years if episodes are considered serious or have required medication within the last 2 years
- Autoimmune disease
- Immunodeficiency
- Untreated or incompletely treated syphilis infection
- Asthma other than mild, well-controlled asthma
- Diabetes mellitus type 1 or type 2, including cases controlled with diet alone. History of isolated gestational diabetes does not mandate exclusion.
- Thyroidectomy, or thyroid disease requiring medication during the last 12 months
- Body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 40
- Hypertension that is not well controlled
- Bleeding disorder diagnosed by a doctor (e.g., factor deficiency, coagulopathy, or platelet disorder requiring special precautions)
- Malignancy. Not excluded: a participant with a surgical excision and subsequent observation period that, in the investigator's estimation, has a reasonable assurance of sustained cure or is unlikely to recur during the period of the study.
- Seizure disorder. Not excluded: a participant with a history of seizures who has not required medications or had a seizure within the past 3 years.
- Asplenia, defined as any condition resulting in the absence of a functional spleen
- Psychiatric condition that precludes compliance with the protocol. Specifically excluded are persons with psychoses within the past 3 years, persons at ongoing risk for suicide, or persons with a history of suicide attempt or gesture within the past 3 years.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- Has been fully circumcised within 90 days prior to first vaccination or displays
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: NCT01159990
Locations Show More
|United States, Massachusetts
|Brigham and Women's Hospital Vaccine CRS (BWH VCRS)
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115-6110
|United States, New York
|Columbia P&S CRS
|New York, New York, United States, 10032-3732
|New York Blood Center CRS
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|Sao Paulo HVTU - CRT DST/AIDS CRS
|Sao Paulo, Brazil, 04121-000
|Iquitos, Maynas, Peru, 1
|Barranco CRS
|Lima, Peru, 04
|Lausanne Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center CRS
|Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, 1011
Sponsors and CollaboratorsNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|Study Chair:
|Esper Kallas, MD, PhD
|University of Sao Paulo
More Information
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01159990 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 8, 2010
|Last Updated:
|August 13, 2018
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):HIV Preventive Vaccine
HIV Seronegativity
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on July 12, 2020
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- "It's been a long journey," says Damon A. Thibodeaux
- He was sentenced to death in 1997 for the rape and murder of his 14-year-old step-cousin
- "This is a damn good day at the office," his lawyer says
A Louisiana man who spent 15 years on death row for a murder he did not commit was released Friday from prison in an exoneration brought about by the Innocence Project.
"It's been a long journey," Damon A. Thibodeaux, 38, said during a news conference with his lawyers. "It's people like y'all who give people like us a chance."
Thibodeaux, who was convicted after falsely confessing to having raped and murdered his 14-year-old step-cousin, said he hopes law enforcement will learn from his case.
"Make sure you have the right person before you start a process of executing someone," he said. "Because it costs a lot of money to go back and look at all of these cases again. If it's done right the first time, you shouldn't have to do that."
Thibodeaux described as "surreal" his walk earlier in the day out of Louisiana State Penitentiary. "It's not something you can prepare yourself for, because you've been living in those conditions for so long."
Asked how he felt, Thibodeaux did not hesitate. "Free," he said. "I feel free. I feel free."
Initially, he said, he felt like giving up, but resisted the temptation. "The minute you give up completely is the minute you die," he said. "Period."
Thibodeaux said that he was looking forward to "peace and quiet ... just concentrating on putting my life back together and moving forward."
His court-ordered release came after DNA and other evidence exonerated him. Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick Jr. agreed with Thibodeaux's lawyers that he had confessed to something he did not do.
Connick "joined the Innocence Project and Thibodeaux's other counsel in agreeing to overturn Thibodeaux's conviction and death sentence after his confession to police was determined to be false," the district attorney said in a statement.
"This is a damn good day at the office," said Denise LeBoeuf, director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project, who has represented Thibodeaux since 1998.
The case points to the need to abolish the death penalty, she said. "It doesn't make us safer; it makes the pain of murder worse; and if we can't figure out how to have a death penalty that doesn't put innocent men on death row and innocent women on death row across the country, then we don't deserve to have it. It is a human rights violation. We need to end it now."
Thibodeaux was convicted of killing his relative, Crystal Champagne, whose body was found on July 20, 1996, a day after she left her apartment to go to a nearby supermarket.
He was among a number of people who were interviewed by police. After some nine hours of interrogation, "he provided an apparent confession to raping and murdering the victim," the ACLU said in a news release. Primarily on that basis, Thibodeaux was convicted and sentenced to death in October 1997, it said.
A decade later, his legal team gave evidence to the district attorney of Thibodeaux's innocence and an investigation -- which wound up involving hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of DNA testing, forensic evidence and interviews -- got under way.
"The probe confirmed that Thibodeaux's confession was false in every significant aspect," the ACLU said.
Since 2000, six people have been released from Louisiana's death row after being exonerated; in that time, three people have been executed, it said.
"What we were doing was searching for the truth," said Barry Scheck, co-director of the Innocence Project, which is affiliated with New York's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. "We hope that justice is done and we find the person who really committed the crime."
He said Thibodeaux was the 300th person exonerated through DNA testing.
Asked what might have led Thibodeaux to confess, Scheck said, "That is something that we're studying and is part of the lessons to be learned here. That's not one of the things that I think is probably appropriate for us to discuss at the moment."
The case points to the need for police to videotape interrogations, according to Scheck. Had that been done in this case, "we wouldn't be sitting here today," Scheck said. "It's a simple thing to do and it's sweeping the country."


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Making it's Orange County debut at Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Center for the Arts, The Addams Family: the Musical has once again come to life.
Once it was a New Yorker cartoon series spanning six decades and made famous by Charles Addams; then it was a fun television adventure; it progressed to feature film and now it's a musical.
The upbeat music, made famous from the 60's television series, The Addams Family, flooded the amphitheatre as the audience, many of whom were familiar with the famed series, began tapping their feet and clicking their fingers in time to the beat as we were treated to an original story based on this family whose normality isn't exactly normal.
Since Gomez (Douglas Sills) loves nightmares, he was sure to love his adventure to come -- every father's nightmare as his daughter Wednesday (Cortney Wolfson) has decided to grow up and fall in love with a sweet young man from a respectable "normal" family. Confiding in her father, and begging him not to tell her mother, Morticia (Sara Gettelfinger), from whom he's never kept a secret, she starts a process that will change the family dynamics forever. Her brother, Pugsley (Patrick D Kennedy) is, of course, against the match because his sister will no longer torture him but Grandma (Pippa Pearthree) doesn't seem to mind so much and Lurch (Tom Corbeil) keeps counsel to himself.
When the boy Lucas (Curtis Holbrook) and his mother Alice (Gaelen Gilliland) and father Mal (Martin Vidnovic) come to visit, hell breaks loose as Pugsley's attempt at a spell backfires against Wednesday's desire to have a normal dinner.
Uncle Fester (Blake Hammond), complete with the lightblub, is our guide to the story as he encourages the spirits of the ancestors (Sara Andreas, Lauryn Ciardullo, Steve Geary, Victoria Huston-Elm, Megan Jimenez, Patrick Oliver Jones, Lizzie Klemperer, Michelle Marmolejo, Christy Morton, Brad Nacht, Jonathan Ritter, Murray Rundus, Roland Rusinek, Matthew Schmidt and Geo Seery) to help the young couple.
Comic timing was perfect and there were many laughs and many truisms. To fully appreciate the show, however, it helped if you were familiar with the show or film as many references are made to the events of the series. As a fan of the series, I gave it a "10." As Morticia says, "Who's to tell what is normal or not?"
The full orchestra greatly contributed to the enjoyment of the play. The production and set designs along with costumes are by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch while Sergio Trujillo did the fantastic choreography. The entire production is under the supervision of four time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks. The national tour features a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice with music lyrics by Andrew Lippa.
The production features excellent lighting design by Natasha Katz, while Acme Sound Partners did the sound design. Puppetry was done by Basil Twist while Mary Michell Campell and Ben Whiteley did the music supervision and direction. Orchestrations were done by Larry Hochman while August Eriksmoen did the marvelous dance arrangements. Hair was by Tom Watson. make up by Angelina Avallone and special effects by Greg Meeh.
Running from Dec 18-30th, 2012, tickets start at $20 and can be had by calling 714 556 2787 or going online to www.SCFTA.org. The 2 pm performance on Dec. 29th, will include audio description, open captioning and sign language interpretation. Shows are 7:30 pm T-F with a special matinee on Dec 28th and Sat shows are 2 pm and 7:30 while Sunday shows are 1 and 6:30 pm. There will be no Christmas Day performance The Segerstrom Center for the Arts is located at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa, Ca.
Future shows include War Horse and Wicked.