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Sean Duggan – Much More Than a Photo Tour
Iceland is a top destination for photographers and for good reason. The landscape palette in this small and welcoming country includes rugged coasts, beautiful waterfalls, intricate textures and patterns, majestic snowy peaks, volcanic highlands, surreal moss-covered lava fields that go on for miles and miles, the largest ice cap in Europe, and glacial lakes filled with sculptural icebergs that float to sea to then wash back up on a black sand beach. The golden light at the beginning and end of the day lasts for hours, ensuring plenty of time to enjoy the magic illumination at these times. And in certain seasons, including during my Autumn & Aurora Discoveries workshop this October, there is the possibility of experiencing and photographing the aurora borealis dancing in the night sky.
But since you've found your way to the Focus on Nature site, you probably have done your research and you already know why Iceland is such a great destination for photographers. So what distinguishes my Focus on Nature workshop from all the other photo tours in Iceland?
First and foremost are the people: Experienced locals, photographers themselves, who have been doing this for years. They take care of everything from picking you up at the airport to taking you back for your return flight. And in the time between arrival and departure, no detail is overlooked in the goal of making your time with them an incredible, fun, and memorable experience. I know this firsthand because I have traveled with them on a workshop trip so I could get a sense of what it was like. And the experience far exceeded my high expectations. It was one of the best trips I've ever taken!
Once we leave Reykjavik, we base ourselves at comfortable hotels in key locations that allow for daylong excursions to some of the most beautiful scenery the country has to offer. We travel in style, too. In the deluxe 4WD excursion van, every participant has two seats to themselves, 220v electrical power and a WI-FI connection. That extra seat you have is not just for spreading out and having a place for some of your gear; it also allows me the opportunity for casual one-on-one instruction as we travel to locations. This time is perfect for talking about photographic technique, composition, digital processing, and the many ways to enhance your creative seeing and image interpretation. Having that extra space in a deluxe vehicle is one of the little touches that elevate a Focus on Nature trip to a different level than most photo tours.
Another thing that's different is the focus on creative growth. We do much more than just transport you to beautiful places to take photographs: the goal is also to create a supportive environment for learning and improving your craft so you can take your art to a new level. When we're not out photographing, we take time to review the images that we're making during the week and discuss how they are working or not working. We explore ways to make your images better, whether that's through a different camera method, or processing techniques in Lightroom, Photoshop and other software. But the learning experience in this workshop doesn't stop when you leave Iceland. After you've arrived back home and had a chance to settle in with some of your images, I provide every participant with a complimentary online session for further review of your photographs and ways you might choose to improve and enhance them with post processing technique.
Some of the times that I've felt the most alive and excited as a photographer are when I've traveled to a place I've always wanted to go to, for the sole purpose of seeing, exploring, and making images. By stepping outside your normal routine and traveling to those "bucket list" places so you can immerse yourself in your photography, your creative awareness is heightened and enhanced. You see things with a new eye because the primary purpose of the journey is to see. You're energized by the experience and that energy and creative inspiration infuses your photography.
On my Autumn and Aurora Discoveries in Iceland workshop, all the ingredients are there for a fantastic and memorable trip: Enthusiastic photographers with excellent guides in a place with stunning landscapes, beautiful light and possibilities for creative image making everywhere we turn. I hope you'll join us for this incredible experience!
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An adventure is only such as long as it is safe. Otherwise it is a dissaster.
Coastguards at Dover will aid your safe crossing if you ask them to. Ask for the level of shipping activity for the area you intend to cross and if there is a window through which you could cross. Tidal and weather information is available or you may wish to lodge a Transit Report; pass your vessels name, callsign, point of departure, where you are bound, your ETA and the number of persons on board. If then something untoward should occur during your passage then at least we would have something to initiate a search for you. There is also a small boat safety scheme (CG66). Your vessel details and contacts are kept on a Coastguard database. The information is available to all Coastguard stations and it is proven that the information you provide helps when a search and rescue operation is required. You can get a CG66 form from a number of places; The form is available on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency web site or you could telephone your local Coastguard station and ask for the CG66 form to be sent to you by mail.
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… As told through a series of pictures.
At first I was playing a lot of Star Wars: The Old Republic.
I also spent a lot of time putting items into void storage in WoW.
Then it was time to go visit the folks for a week and a half over the holidays.
Then Christmas happened.
I may have gotten a kindle.
Then I made some more Star Wars characters.
Xena demanded pettings.
We drove back home because the holidays were over and it was time to go back to work! Boo!
I then caught a nasty flu and was sick for about 2 weeks.
As I found out, you shouldn't transmog outfits while sick:
Right when I was getting better I remembered I needed to draw comics for the student newspaper ASAP (my second 'job')
After the comics were drawn I went back to
playing making more characters in SW:TOR.
Xena wanted more attention.
I visited my folks for a weekend — at least 3 of them had contagious colds.
Back again, just in time for more Roleplaying, both in WoW and SW:TOR!
Xena demanded even more petting.
Yup, that about sums it up. There's definitely more that happened the past two months (like the Secret Santa Art Trade!) but I think this summary if adequate.
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Keane could be Celtic candidate
Celtic insist they are considering "a number of excellent candidates" after Martin O'Neill claimed his Republic of Ireland assistant Roy Keane has held informal talks with the Scottish champions.
The Hoops are searching for Neil Lennon's replacement and Ireland boss O'Neill, who spent five years in charge at Parkhead, confirmed on Thursday that Keane had spoken to Celtic owner and majority shareholder Dermot Desmond.
But while O'Neill is bracing himself for the possible departure of his 42-year-old assistant, Celtic made it clear the recruitment process is still ongoing.
A statement released on Thursday said: "Following speculation concerning the manager's position at Celtic, the club can confirm that it is currently continuing its discussions with a number of excellent candidates.
"We will continue this process and select who we regard as the best appointment for Celtic. We will update our supporters as soon as this process is complete."
Another former Celtic player, Swedish striker Henrik Larsson, had preceded Keane as the bookmakers' favourite, alongside Owen Coyle.
Speaking ahead of Ireland's international friendly against Italy, O'Neill had said: "I had a call the other day from Dermot Desmond wanting to speak to Roy if it was at all possible, and I mentioned it to Roy, of course.
"I am sure he was wanting to have chat anyway because a club like Celtic might not come around too often.
"It was just a really informal chat, I think, but if you are asking me would I be really disappointed? Of course, if Roy was to leave us."
Keane, who played 10 times for Celtic before retiring in June 2006, linked up with O'Neill last November when the 62-year-old Ulsterman accepted the challenge of replacing Giovanni Trapattoni.
O'Neill added: "I only reiterate what I said right at the beginning, which I think has been enhanced over this last period of time.
"Roy has been, selfishly, he's been great for me. I've genuinely enjoyed working with him.
"He's sometimes a totally different character to the one that you see on the TV. He's been excellent, the players have enjoyed him immensely.
"I can only say that naturally I'd be disappointed if he left because I really think that he's been terrific.
"We have only had four games with the squad, but he's been excellent and I don't think that he'd give that up lightly."
Questioned as to whether or not the former Sunderland and Ipswich boss was ready for the task of managing the Scottish champions, O'Neill replied: "I think Roy's ready for anything. I think he's always been ready for anything."
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The Wyoming, MI, service center of Lee Steel Corp., Southfield, MI, will soon install a new precision multiblanking line equipped with a stretcher-leveler. The line, from Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, IL, will be capable of processing material to 0.135 in. thick by 72 in. wide, in coil weights to 70,000 lb. The adjustable stretcher-leveler will result in ultra-flat material well-suited for laser-cutting applications. Also included in the line is a CNC programmable slitter, automatic part diverter and part sorter and a slit stack separator, among a slew of other equipment. Maximum part length is 144 in.
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Oscar nomineeMo'Nique made headlines this week, not for her work in "Precious," which has earned her several awards already this year — but for her open marriage.
And now, the stars are weighing on Mo'Nique's openness about allowing her husband, Sidney Hicks, to stray, if he wants. She can too, but has said she doesn't.
"I think each person should be able to live their life according to what they believe in," Common told Access Hollywood at the third annual Essence Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon on Thursday. "If that's what she chooses for her relationship then you got to support that, you got to respect that… So whatever choices and whatever things they agree to should be held in honor and respect."
Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique's "Precious" co-star only learned about it when Access asked on Thursday on the red carpet at the Essence event.
"She has an open marriage? OK… I imagine that with any marriage, you should be able to tell the truth," Gabby said. "It's not really news to have an open marriage and open communication marriage."
But "View" co-host Sherri Shepherd said an open marriage isn't something she personally, could handle.
"Do you think you could do it?" Access asked on Thursday.
"Heck no! What?" Sherri exclaimed. "Apparently you don't know why I got divorced."
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Professor receives funding to craft biography of Mount Fuji
December 05, 2013
Associate Professor of History Andrew Bernstein has received a Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The funding rate for this highly competitive program averages just 8 percent each year.
Bernstein plans to use the NEH support to finish his latest book, Fuji: A Mountain in the Making, during his upcoming sabbatical.
"The book will be a comprehensive 'environmental biography' of Mount Fuji that crosses conventional boundaries between the humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences," Bernstein said. "It will explore Fuji as both a physical place and as an imagined object beginning in neolithic times and continuing into the modern period."
Supported jointly by the NEH and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, the fellowship program supports research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan's international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. It encourages innovative research that puts these subjects in wider regional and global contexts and is comparative and contemporary in nature.


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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The Santa Clara men's tennis team was swept 7-0 by conference rival University of San Francisco. The Broncos fell in straight sets in both doubles and singles. Sophomore Jay Wong lost his second singles match of the season at the No.1 position to the Dons Thong Tu, 6-4, 6-0.
Santa Clara looks to bounce back this Sunday March 2, at 12:00 p.m. versus fellow conference foe Saint Mary's, at the Degheri Tennis Center.
No.1 USF Falko Huettenberger/Asaf Cohen d. SCU Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong/Jay Wong 8-3
No. 2 USF Rainer Nachbauer/Thong Tu d. SCU Charlie Burke/Senthil Chidambaram 8-1
No. 3 USF Torin Ching/Mitch Del Rosario d. SCU John Iwanski/Justin Wong 8-2
No. 1 USF Thong Tu d. SCU Jay Wong 6-4, 6-0
No. 2 USF Asaf Cohen d. SCU Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong 6-4, 6-0
No. 3 USF Rainer Nachbauer d. SCU Senthil Chidambaram 6-4, 7-5
No. 4 USF Einar Hart d. SCU Justin Wong 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 USF Mitch Del Rosario d. SCU Charlie Burke 6-3, 6-3
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One effective remedy for elementary schoolers who present to your office troubled by bullying at school or other negative experiences may be the presence of a best friend to vent to. Not the Facebook kind, but the physical presence of a peer.
In a study published in the November 2011 edition of the journal Developmental Psychology, 103 fifth- and sixth-graders enrolled in Montreal elementary schools kept a journal on their feelings and experiences over the course of 4 days and underwent regular saliva testing that measured cortisol levels. The 55 boys and 48 girls were asked to write about a negative experience that occurred 20 minutes previously and how they felt about themselves at the moment. They also submitted several saliva samples over the course of each day.
The researchers found that when a best friend was not present during an unpleasant event, children experienced a significant increased in cortisol levels and a significant decrease in feelings of global self-worth. When a best friend was present, there was less of a change in the cortisol levels and feelings of global self-worth from the negativity of the experience.
Study coauthor William M. Bukoswki, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Concordia University, Montreal, said the findings have long-term implications. "Our physiological and psychological reactions to negative experiences as children impact us in later life," he explained in a press release. "Excessive secretion of cortisol can lead to significant physiological changes, including immune suppression and decreased bone formation. Increased stress can really slow down a children's development."
Persistent feelings of low self-worth can also adversely affect development. "If we build up feelings of low self-esteem during childhood, this will translate directly into how we see ourselves as adults," Dr. Bukowski said.
— Doug Brunk (on Twitter@dougbrunk)
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Procter & Gamble Co (P&G) is bringing back its former CEO, as the world's largest consumer products maker tries to spur global growth.
In a surprise move, P&G said on Thursday that former chief executive Alan George "A.G." Lafley, a 33-year industry veteran, is returning to the US company's helm.
Lafley, 65, replaces CEO Bob McDonald, effective immediately. McDonald, who will retire on June 30 after a transition period, has served as CEO since 2009. Lafley, who also is taking the president and chairman titles, previously held the role from 2000 to 2009.
The change at the helm comes as the 175-year-old company whose Tide detergent, Crest toothpaste and other products that can be found in 98 percent of US households, struggles to grow under increased competition and global economic challenges.
Lafley helped right an ailing P&G in June 2000, emphasizing innovation and a "consumer is boss" focus. That included spending more time in personal observation and interviews with consumers.
He also pulled off the blockbuster US$57 million acquisition of the Gillette Co in 2005, expanding P&G's reach into male-oriented products with Gillette's shavers and razors. Industry watchers say the company is looking for Lafley to work his magic once again.
"A.G.'s track record and his depth of experience at P&G make him uniquely qualified to lead the company forward at this important time," board director Jim McNerney said in a statement.
P&G's growth has slowed in developed markets like North America and Europe, and the company has faced tough competition from already entrenched smaller rivals such as Dutch consumer product maker Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive in emerging markets such as Latin America, India and Russia.
To spur growth, P&G has been cutting costs and rolling out new products. The company is in the middle of a belt-tightening plan aimed at saving US$10 billion by 2016. And it has introduced new products or brand expansions including Tide Pods single-use laundry pellets, Downy Unstopables, a washer sheet that adds scent to clothes, and a stronger version of Secret deodorant called Clinical Strength.
However, investors have continued to be frustrated by the company's slow revenue growth and stagnant market share gains globally. The pressure stepped up in July last year, when activist investor William Ackman, took a 1 percent stake. He has been vocal about the company's need to streamline operations and improve results.
P&G last year acknowledged that it had made missteps in some emerging markets — which make up nearly 40 percent of its sales — when it expanded in some product areas too quickly. And it introduced a plan to focus on its 20 biggest new products and its 10 most-profitable emerging markets, which has led to improving market share.
The moves seemed to be working.
In P&G's most recent January-to-March quarter, net income rose 6 percent to US$2.57 billion, as revenue inched up 2 percent to US$20.6 billion. However, that fell slightly short of analysts' expectations of US$20.72 billion. It had also begun to gain market share in North America, although fourth-quarter guidance was below expectations as the company spent more to market new products.
Lafley said the board approached him "very recently" after McDonald decided to retire and asked him to reclaim the top spot.


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Richard Keller to appear in federal court
The former medical director of an exclusive Massachusetts prep school has pleaded not guilty in federal court to child pornography charges.
Fifty-six-year-old Richard Keller of Andover entered the pleas at his arraignment Tuesday.
Keller was indicted last week on two counts of receiving child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. The indictment says Keller obtained depictions of minors in sexually explicit conduct, including boys from about 7 to 16 years old.
His lawyer declined to comment outside court.
Authorities alleged Keller had child porn delivered to him at Phillips Academy campus before his 2011 resignation.
Keller was arrested in September on a charge of receiving child pornography. He's been jailed since after voluntarily agreeing to detention.
Keller worked at Boston Children's Hospital and taught at Harvard Medical School.


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At: 9am
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It is a 2k run for juniors only (4-14 year olds). If you are not a junior please try one of our weekly Saturday parkrun events instead.
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This is what I call basic computer hygiene: firewall, antivirus and anti-spyware programs are the computer world's equivalent of toothbrush, soap and deodorant. I know some people don't use deodorants and I know some people do not use a firewall, and I think both of them stink and are offensive to their fellow citizens. Most of the spam and viruses of the world are spread by bots – tiny programs that infiltrate these people's computers and spread unsolicited emails or viruses.
Here are three free programs to get you started on being a decent human being: ZoneAlarm Firewall, AVG AntiVirus, Lavasoft Ad-Aware.


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image = sprite sheet image
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public class main extends japplet { ... public void paint(Graphics g) { g.drawImage(image, x, y, x+width, y+height, 0, 0, 40, 40 ,sprite_sheet.m1); } }
so on spreet sheet i have a image of player, and its background color is blue. when i drawImage it create image background blue. now i cloud remove the color by using photoshop but i really dont want to do this. bc it will remove part of my player.
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2011-12 (Senior):
Earned All-Ivy League second team honors, finishing tied for 10th (86-82-76-244) ... Named as a 2011-12 NGCA All-American Scholar ... Received Harvard's Warren Smith Sportsmanship Award ... Shot 80-83-79-242 at NCAA Central Regional ... Finished with a three round score of 79-79-77-235 at the Yale Intercollegiate ... Captured a score of 80-80-160 at the Penn State Invitational ... Placed 24th at the Harvard Invitational, capturing a score of 84-87-171 ... Shot a total of 240 (75-84-81) during the three-day Rebel Intercollegiate ... Finished second (75-70-145) and +1, helping Harvard win Roar-EE Invitational.
2010-11 (Junior):
Named as a 2010-11 NGCA All-American Scholar ... Placed fourth on the Crimson in scoring average with a 79.94 mark ... Had two top-10 finishes including a second place finish in a dual match against Rollins.
2009-10 (Sophomore):
Competed for the Crimson at the Princeton Women's Invitational and the Yale Fall Intercollegiate ... Placed 10th at the Dartmouth Spring Invitational (80-80-160) as Harvard won the tournament by 38 shots ... Tied for fourth overall at the ROAR-EE Invitational (76-74-150) as Harvard won the 14-team event by 10 shots ... NGCA Academic All-America.
High School:
Four-year letterwinner in golf at Monte Vista High School ... Two-time captain of the team ... Four-time All East Bay Athletic League selection ... Two-time Contra Costa Times Prep Athlete of the Year ... Two-time Tri-Valley Herald Prep Award ... Member of four-time league champion and three-time North Coast Sectional champions ... Team won the Northern California Championship twice ... National Merit finalist ... California Scholarship Federation club member.


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"Architecture is always dream and function, expression of a utopia and instrument of a convenience."
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Amir Mortazavi and David Kasprzak are pleased to present the opening of Highlight Gallery's first project space, 3020 Laguna Street, a collection of site-specific installations created in a residence in San Francisco's Cow Hollow District, on Saturday January 28, 2012. Featuring a set of works formed solely from the materials of a residence sharing the same address as the title, the exhibition takes its inspiration from the works of artist Gordan Matta Clark. Matta Clark's investigations into unused or forgotten residential spaces—calling them "nonsites," a term he adopted from his mentor Robert Smithson. These liminal spaces included alleyways, median strips, and small portions of commercial and residential architecture. Matta Clark purchased these sites to become the medium of many of his works and as exhibition spaces for projects from his peers.
Working in this tradition, artists Jeremiah Barber, Randy Colosky, Chris Fraser, Christine M. Peterson, Yulia Pinkusevich, Jonathan Runcio, Jesse Schlesinger, Gareth Spor, and Andy Vogt were invited to inhabit a modest residential space built in the 1800s. This site has been home to a number of residents over the last 150 years—fulfilling the dualistic role as both a practical shelter and a symbol of dreams and ideologies, as written about by Roland Barthes. Now slated for demolition due to structural instability, the artists were invited to enter the space, to set entropy in motion with perhaps a more sensitive hand and a "tool belt conceptualism."
The artists have responded to this specific history of the building through many forms, excavating the literal scars contained within its walls, investigating the history of the site's residents and the craftsmen who create residential structures, projecting their own histories and identities into the space, and enacting these investigations through the purely cathartic act of destruction. Please join us on Saturday, January 28th, for the opening of the exhibition—or perhaps more accurately, the wake of this site.
Jeremiah Barber is inspired by the spartan and religious environment of his childhood. His work revolves around the quest for/questioning of transcendence, of achieving the impossible. Head sculptures made out of plastic, tree branches, and rice paper explore where the spirit transcends the boundaries between the world and the body, while performative work such as balancing on free-standing ladders and tree trunks investigates the meditative state following duress and toil. Working in public spaces at times for an audience of none, humor and failure are constants in his script. Jeremiah Barber's Dreamburn is partially funded by an emergency grant awarded from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in New York.
Randy Colosky's practice is both conceptual and material-driven. Informed by theories from the domains of science and philosophy, Colosky probes the hidden properties of utilitarian and cast-off materials. He has had recent solo exhibitions in San Francisco at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art and Ampersand International Arts and well as group exhibitions at Southern Exposure, The Lab and Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago.
Chris Fraser is a Bay Area artist whose immersive installations and performances approach a direct experience of our optical environment. He received his BA in history from the University of California, Davis and his MFA in studio art from Mills College. Chris was a recipient of the Jay DeFeo Prize and was a graduate fellow at the Headlands Center for the Arts. His work was featured in Bay Area Now 6 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Christine M. Peterson attributes her interest in absence, context, and periphery to a specific pattern of de-centered perception and a memory that defers to the sensory. Her work considers ambivalence and negative, indeterminate, and open space. She has exhibited in Tennessee, Wisconsin, New York, and San Francisco. She received a BFA in studio art from Middle Tennessee State University in 2008 and will receive an MFA from California College of the Arts in May 2012. She is the recipient of the Murphy and the Cadogan Fellowship in the Fine Arts.
Yulia Pinkusevich is an interdisciplinary visual artist. Born in Kharkov, Ukraine (former USSR) she holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Rutgers University and is currently a Masters of Fine Arts candidate at Stanford University. She has been awarded residency grants from Redux, Goldwell Open Air Museum and The Wurlitzer Foundation. She received the Murphy and the Cadogan Fellowship in the Fine Arts as well as Stanford University SiCA's Spark and ASSU Grant. She has exhibited primarily in New York, Santa Fe, and San Francisco.
Jonathan Runcio presents arrangements of objects in a variety of forms and mediums that explore the steady and inevitable deterioration of man-made landscapes. He currently lives and works in San Francisco and earned his MFA from California College of the Arts in 2011. He is a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant and has exhibited regularly with Ratio 3 in San Francisco.
Jesse Schlesinger is a visual and social practice artist residing in San Francisco. He works in a variety of media, including sculptural installation, photography, and drawing. In his buildings, and installations, Schlesinger works creating sculptural dwellings with foraged urban materials and found objects. Both private and public, these dwellings explore how we inhabit and contemplate space.
Gareth Spor was born in 1977 in Oxford, United Kingdom. He now lives and works in San Francisco. Spor holds an MFA from California College of the Arts, 2008 and he also earned a Ph.D from University of California, Berkeley in Neurobiology, 2006. He has exhibited in California, New York, Oregon and Florida.
Andy Vogt works in sculpture, installation, and time-based media. His site-specific, sculptural work focuses on the structural shorthand of our built environment and utilizes reclaimed building materials scavenged from the dumpster-rich San Francisco city streets. Andy holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University. He was a 2011 Artist-In-Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts. He has had solo shows at Southern Exposure, the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, Electric Works Gallery, and Ampersand International Arts.
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Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 2nd T20
Match Start Time: 05:00 PM Bangladesh Time | 11:00 GMT – Sunday Nov 15, 2015
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Bangladesh Players List for 2nd T20 (BD vs ZIM)
Bangladesh retained the same 3rd ODI squad for the 2nd T20 and, barring injuries, the likes of Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Anamul Haque and Jubair Hossain are unlikely to get off the bench. Bangladesh are not a team keen on experimentation, even in dead rubbers.
Bangladesh (probable): 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Anamul Haque, 3 Liton Das, 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Sabbir Rahman, 7 Nasir Hossain, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 9 Al-Amin Hossain, 10 Jubair Hossain, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
Zimbabwe Players List 2nd T20 (ZIM vs BAN)
After losing the ODI series 3-0, some changes are expected in Zimbabwe team.
Zimbabwe (probable): 1 Sikandar Raza, 2 Regis Chakabva (wk), 3 Craig Ervine, 4 Sean Williams, 5 Elton Chigumbura (capt), 6 Malcolm Waller, 7 Graeme Cremer, 8 Tendai Chisoro, 9 Tinashe Panyangara, 10 Luke Jongwe, 11 Neville Madziva
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 2nd T20 Preview
The BAN vs ZIM 1st T20 on Friday is reason enough to believe that the 2nd T20 game on Sunday would be another close one. Zimbabwe presented a strong defence after registering a below-par score, reducing Bangladesh to 80 for five, but ultimately 131 was never a great challenge for the hosts. At the end of the game, Malcolm Waller said Zimbabwe had to make a bigger total should they bat first again.
The home side also have a few worries of their own. Bangladesh started very well with the ball and although they copped some hammering from Waller in the middle overs, they also fought back well. Mashrafe Mortaza, Mustafizur Rahman and Al-Amin Hossain were disciplined and effective.
But the batting line-up must be looked into, again. Anamul Haque was run-out, Sabbir Rahman's promotion was a talking point while the fact that Mahmudullah and Liton Das had to deal with a late chase was a question-mark. Sabbir is a natural striker of the ball so possibly the management wanted him to take advantage of the fielding restrictions of the first six overs, but given that he is also a good runner between the wickets and has a knack of finding gaps he remains a handy option down the order. Liton and Mahmudullah couldn't finish the job together as Mashrafe had to strike a couple of big hits to ensure the win.
Zimbabwe still remain a team with iffy batting form, despite promoting Sikandar Raza up the order. But it is a positive move, one that might pay off in the second game, their last chance to redeem themselves on the tour.
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 2nd T20 Pitch & Weather conditions
Malcolm Waller said the ball kept low at times on the Shere Bangla surface. It remains a 150-160 pitch for teams batting first, but there was evidence that if a batsman wanted to target the shortened boundaries it was hard to stop. The weather has been pleasant with cooler temperatures.


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FM synthesis has a reputation for being a bit of a tough nut to crack, but FMMF is designed to make it as easy and user-friendly as possible.
To this end, the waveforms, algorithms and envelopes are all shown graphically, while you also have a low-pass filter, multimode distortion, a delay and an arpeggiator to work with.
There's something especially satisfying about using a free synth that used to cost money, and daHornet is just such a thing. It's based on the Electronic Dream Plant Wasp, a cult hardware favourite, and offers warm and squelchy filters, unusual envelopes and an authentic analogue sound.
Although it certainly falls into the 'quirky' category, there's more to daHornet than first meets the eye, which explains why it continues to create a buzz (sorry).
A tube preamp for guitarists that offers three separate channels. These are labelled Clean, Rhythm and Lead.
The plug-in is modelled on the analogue circuitry of the hardware preamp of the same name, and its controls can be automated.
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If you want to learn a lesson about not judging a book by its cover, check this guitar amp/effect collection out. The interfaces may be pretty much non-existent, but the sound's impressive – good enough, even, to help you emulate the guitar tone of one Jimi Hendrix.
The Guitar Suite actually began life as an academic research project, and features two amps and five stompboxes. It might just turn out to be all the virtual rig you need.
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As you'll discover by the time you've finished reading this countdown, it's not uncommon for commercial plug-in developers to give away free cutdown versions of their products, but Independence Free still stands out because of the sheer size of its sample library. 2GB worth of sounds come included, making this expandable instrument pretty weighty right off the bat.
You can import up to 25 of your own audio files, too, and processing tools include timestretching and pitch shifting. There's even support for third party VST plug-ins.
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It's been around a while, but it's testament to Ambience's quality that when people ask for a good quality free reverb, this is still the plug-in that frequently gets recommended.
This, unsurprisingly, is because Ambience sounds pretty fine, and there's a good selection of presets, too. You've got plenty of control, and a useful Hold feature. Give it a go.
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UVI Workstation is ostensibly designed as the player for UltimateSoundBank's sound libraries, but the fact that it comes with a range of presets and supports WAV, REX and Apple Loops files means that it's worth looking at even if you don't plan on buying any expansion packs.
Sporting sophisticated editing features, effects and an arpeggiator, this is an excellent sample playback device.
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A digital stereo levelling amplifier that's said to have "truly analogue qualities". The input-level-driven two knob design is familiar, though you do also get individual Attack and Release controls.
When it comes to sound, we're promised "sophisticated and deep gain riding full of musical character and attitude but with virtually no inter-modulation (IM) distortion artifacts".
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Sound Magic has plenty of chargeable pianos on its roster, but this is one that you don't have to pay for.
It's based on the sound of the Yamaha C7 concert grand and uses the company's Hybrid Modeling Engine. Additional pianos can be purchased via the Sound Magic Add-on Store.
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We're guessing that a lot of you might have reservations about putting your faith in a freeware bus compressor, but both aesthetically and sonically, Density is a serious contender.
Recently upgraded to version III with improvements targeted at mastering engineers, Windows users would be foolish not to give this a try.
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Rough Rider is described as a "modern compressor with a bit of 'vintage' style bite and a uniquely warm sound". It's said to be suitable for use on your drum buss, and also on synth bass, clean guitar and backing vocals.
What this isn't is a general-purpose compressor, though: Audio Damage stresses that its forte lies in adding pump to rhythmic tracks. It sports Ratio, Attack, Release, Sensitivity and Makeup controls.
Despite the fact that there are many paid-for alternatives, this ageing but excellent low-pass filter plug-in still has many fans in pro production circles.
There are 15 additional bands, each of which has delay on it for phasing-like effects, plus a distortion stage for those moments when you want some added crunch.
With its Commodore 64-style looks, it shouldn't surprise you to learn that Bleep is a chiptune synth that's inspired by (but not a straight emulation of) the SID chip that was contained in said computer.
There are three oscillators, a multimode LFO, a modulator envelope generator, a pseudo arpeggiator and an overall multimode filter
Rather than just offering subtractive synthesis, Crystal goes the extra mile by incorporating FM, granular synthesis, sample playback and even SoundFonts. And thanks to its wave sequencing functionality, it excels at producing complex and evolving textural sounds.
Yes, it's been around for a while and isn't as pretty as some other plug-ins, but if you want a free synth with real depth, Crystal is hard to beat.
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We received so many nominations for different TAL effects that we've decided to lump them all together and simply recommend that you go and explore the range for yourself. It's testament to Togu Audio Line's consistency that you're unlikely to be too disappointed with anything that you find.
Highlights include the vocoder, dub delay and bitcrusher, while the line also includes a reverb, flanger, phaser and filter.
Download Togu Audio Line TAL effects
E-MU's hardware sound modules were big favourites among producers in the '90s, but these days you can have many of the presets from the Proteus 2000 in a free piece of software.
Covering a wide range of sonic bases, Proteus VX's patches can be tweaked using 16 controls, and you can also load sounds from E-MU's Emulator X library.
A wide selection of guitar-orientated plug-ins – there are loads of amps here for the tech-friendly player to explore. Some are original designs while others are emulations of classic hardware.
Bear in mind that while everything works on the PC, not all the plug-ins have Mac compatibility as well.
Download LePou guitar plug-ins
TAL-NoiseMaker is an improved version of TAL-Elek7ro, a Togu Audio Line's hugely popular synth freebie.
A 3-oscillator instrument, NoiseMaker comes with a new synth engine, more filter types, a ring modulator, an improved amp ADSR and effects. In short, it's the best synth that Togu Audio Line has produced yet, and consequently, one of the best free synths there is.
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This synth has a strange history. Tyrell was originally the name of a project by German online magazine Amazona.de which saw readers suggesting features for a low-cost hardware synth, but once the design was completed, it became obvious that it wasn't going to be practical to go ahead and build it.
Fortunately, Urs Heckman stepped in to create a freeware software version. There are similarities with Roland's Juno-60, but a few more features have been added to the mix, too.
Span doesn't produce any noise or make your existing audio sound any different: it's a spectrum analyser plug-in. It's also one of the most useful freebies around; Span displays a channel's frequency content visually in order to reveal undesirable low-end frequencies or peaks and enable you to examine the content of a signal.
This makes it a great mixing tool, giving you a good idea of the EQ tweaks you need to make.
Its interface doesn't give you much of a clue, but Synth1 is actually based on Clavia's Nord Lead 2 hardware, and it remains one of the best free virtual analogue instruments you can lay your hands on.
There are two oscillators, the first of which has an FM knob, and these can be ring modulated and hard-synced. Other features include unison detune (great for supersaw-style sounds), an arpeggiator and effects. Oh, and despite its juicy sound, Synth1 is impressively light on CPU usage.
A simple but highly effective plug-in that you can use to 'colour' your sound. There are two different distortion tones, plus a low-pass filter and a compressor that sports a dedicated Phat mode.
Drum and guitar parts are said to be the most receptive to Camel Crusher's charms, but you can use it on much more than that.
If you haven't yet tasted the delights of u-he's Zebra 2, this is the perfect hors d'oeuvre. As a simple, single-oscillator version of the famous synth it's a great way to experience some of what it has to offer for free, but it's actually pretty capable in its own right.
Two LFOs, a multi-stage envelope, spectral effects and chorus, EQ and delay processors are part of the package, so there's plenty to work with.
Glitch has evolved over the years into an all-singing, all-dancing sequencer-based glitch effect with the potential to turn your tracks into unrecognisable shells of their former selves with its nine built-in effects and filter section. Audio is broken down into slices, and then different effects can be applied to each slice.
Glitch is known to have been favoured by breakcore fiend Shitmat, so it's definitely worth checking out.
When IK Multimedia opened its Custom Shop, which enables you to buy bits for your virtual guitar rig piece by piece, one of the immediate benefits for users was that it also released a free version for AmpliTube 3 so that everyone can access their goodies.
This means that you can get your hands on a digital chromatic tuner, nine stomps, four amps, five cabs, three mics and two rack effects without spending a penny: not a bad deal, when you think about it.
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During the Inside Out 2014 festival, an event commemorating artistic work, a large white hare appeared across a remote hillside on the South Dorset Ridgeway in Southern England. The hare, drawn with chalk, became one of the most iconic images of the festival. Artist Sarah Butterworth came up with the original idea, and over the course of a couple days, she chalked the hare on the hill with a team of helpers.
Photographer Alastair Nisbet loved Sarah's idea. He decided to document the process by using iStopMotion to create a timelapse animation. As an iStopMotion connoisseur – he'd used the program to film the 2012 Olympics with students, results that were seen by thousands on the big screen – Alastair knew it would be the perfect tool.
"Because the hare was on a hillside, I had to film it from a few hundred meters away to get a good angle," he says. "I wanted to be able to change the shot throughout the shoot for added interest, and the solution was to use iStopMotion with an HD video camera recording into my MacBook."
It took Alastair two days to film. He shot one frame every five seconds to record two minutes of action per second, so after editing, the timelapse contained just over two hours of action.
"Within a few weeks, of course, the Hare had completely disappeared," Alastair says. "You would never know it was there."
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Aquarion to seek 16.8 percent rate hike over three years
The price of water is poised to rise sharply during the next three years for Aquarion Water Co. customers if the utility's rate hike proposal is approved by state regulators.
Aquarion is seeking a 16.8 percent rate increase over that period from the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, an application process that is expected to take up to six months.
"My own friends will come to me and say, `Water is free.' I say, `We're providing a service,' " said George Logan, director of engineering and planning for Aquarion.
Serving 625,000 people in 47 Connecticut communities, the utility said it has invested $143 million in improvements to its infrastructure since the last rate hike three years ago.
Aquarion is also eyeing rate increases of 2 percent four and five years from now.
Logan's comments came during a recent presentation on the rate hike proposal to the Greenwich Board of Selectmen at Town Hall.
First Selectman Peter Tesei pressed Aquarion representatives to justify the increase.
"What's going to matter most to the residents is what are they getting for it?" Tesei said.
The water company's management characterized Aquarion as a solid corporate citizen, contributing to a host of local organizations such as the Cos Cob Fire Police Patrol and Kids in Crisis.
The utility recently embarked on $2 million worth of upgrades to its underground pipe network centered around Binney Lane in Old Greenwich, prioritizing a neighborhood where a fire ravaged three homes during Superstorm Sandy and firefighters reported less-than-optimum water pressure.
"How much of this is in reaction to the fire?" Selectman Drew Marzullo asked Aquarion reps. "It shouldn't take that to replace pipes that are this old."
Firefighters endured 80 mph winds off Long Island Sound while they battled the Oct. 29, 2012, inferno, but could not save the three multimillion-dollar homes and a stand-alone garage in the private enclave.
Their efforts were somewhat hampered by what they considered to be weak pressure at the nearest fire hydrant, which forced them to transport water to the scene by tanker truck from outlying hydrants.


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The Hialeah Campus became MDC's seventh campus, accorded official campus status by the Florida State Board of Education in 2005. The Campus serves the Greater Hialeah-Miami Lakes area, offering day and evening classes six days a week. Courses leading to an Associate in Arts or Associate in Science degree are offered. Educational opportunities are also available through Vocational Credit Certificate Programs, as well as through courses providing career entry in Computer Technology, Office Technology, Electronics and Early Childhood Development. The Hialeah Campus houses a large and comprehensive English language training program for speakers of other languages in various instructional formats.
In 1990, Homestead became the fifth campus of Miami Dade College. It was opened in the historic downtown district of the City of Homestead with the mission to deliver a full range of higher education programs for the Homestead/ Florida City communities. In fulfilling its mission, the campus enhances the community's capacity to meet cultural and social needs, in turn fostering a stronger sense of community. This togetherness was very important following the devastation of Hurricane Andrew and the closing of the Homestead Air Force Base.
The Kendall Campus, situated on a 185-acre tract of trees and lakes, opened in 1967. It is home to a wide variety of academic programs and specialized institutes. The campus features 13 buildings equipped with the latest technologies, a wellness center, athletic fields and an Olympic-sized pool. The Kendall Campus offers a comprehensive range of learning opportunities. Kendall provides students with transfer programs designed to facilitate the move to four-year institutions, programs that enhance and modernize professional and technical skills, and preparatory programs for licensing or certification.
In 1977, Miami Dade College opened its Medical Campus on 4.3 acres within the city's medical/ civic center complex. Along with the other members of this complex, the University of Miami School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Veterans Administration Hospital and Miami- Dade County Public Health Service, the Medical Campus forms the backbone of Miami's health care community. The campus offers specialty disciplines in nursing and allied health, and state-of-the-art technologies help to ensure that students are prepared in these and other challenging medical careers.
Located on 245 acres in northern Miami-Dade County, this beautifully landscaped campus was the College's first. It was built in 1960, on land that once hosted a World War II Naval air station. The main academic buildings of the Campus surround a serene lake and lush walking paths. The North Campus is a gateway for students wishing to upgrade skills and complete one-year certificate programs, prepare for licensing exams or start working on a bachelor's degree.
Eduardo J. Padrón Campus (formerly InterAmerican Campus) is located at the western entrance to the colorful and lively neighborhood of Little Havana and conveniently accessible from the Brickell Financial District, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Westchester, and Miami International Airport. The Campus is home for the School of Education, the Dual Language Honors College, and Translation and Interpretation Studies program. Padrón Campus offers comprehensive academic programs in business, accounting, computer information technology, transfer degrees, pre-nursing classes, and credit and non-credit opportunities to learn English or upgrade professional skills. Our campus community is proud to serve traditional and non-traditional students alike with day, evening, and virtual classes seven days a week.
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10 Famous R&B Diva Feuds
When it comes to the art of throwing shade, these ladies could teach a course on it. From diss songs to sub tweets, you'll never know what to expect from R&Beef. Flip through to see which R&B divas are not afraid to bring the claws out if necessary. — Terry Carter Jr. (@KINGBeysus)
Michelle Williams vs Keyshia Cole
How It Started: Keyshia Cole seemed to be enjoying Beyoncé's Super Bowl halftime performance until Michelle Williams showed up. "Michell [sic] sung and woke my ass up from my daze! She always fuckN the groove up" Keyshia tweeted. The singer was attacked on Twitter by fans and celebrities alike for her off handed comments.
Where It Stands: During a radio interview, Michelle addressed the alleged "beef" with Keyshia, saying, "It's all good. People make mistakes. I don't hold that against nobody. I wish everybody the best. I want everybody to win!" Keyshia has since apologized to Michelle for her harsh comments and the two women have started following each other on Twitter. There's hope for a reconciliation after all.
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Sometimes life won't let you make good decisions
Nader (Peyman Moadi: About Elly) and Simin (Leila Hatami: Aseman-e mahboob) are in the middle of a bitter divorce and custody battle, made more bitter by the fact that neither wants to end the marriage.
After years of paperwork and expense, the Iranian government has granted the couple visas so that they can emigrate. Simin has been dreaming of this day so that she can move her daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi in her screen debut) to a country that offers more opportunities for young women.
At this crucial point, Nader's father is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and needs constant care. Nader sees his responsibility to his father as more important than relocating. Simin sees only what is best for their daughter and insists they go, putting Nader's father in a care facility.
To make a point, Simin files for divorce and leaves. Imagine her surprise when Nader takes her up on the offer.
It's not that Nader wants a divorce; he thinks calling his wife's bluff will get her to return home. Simin, of course, believes that his consent to a divorce is a slap in the face and resolves to leave. Stuck in the middle is 12-year-old Termeh, who refuses to abandon her dad but needs her mother.
Sound complicated? It gets worse.
Since Nader wishes his bright daughter to focus on school and suddenly has no wife to help him with his father, he must hire a care worker. He asks his wife for a recommendation and hires Razieh (Sareh Bayat: The Devil's Take).
Razieh is desperate for the job, as the sole breadwinner while her husband bounces in and out of debtors' prison. But she might not be the best fit. She's pregnant and deeply religious, thus forbidden on pain of sin to work in a home where she is alone with a man, let alone to touch her patient.
After one particularly disastrous day, Simin, Nader, Razieh and their families are dragged before the court, with Nader charged with murder. What follows is a Rashomon-like web of testimonies that forces the audience to decide what happened.
What sets A Separation apart from other he-said-she-said tales is the people who populate this story. No one here is a bad guy. It's the story of decent people making questionable decisions in terrible situations. You can't fault Simin for wanting her daughter to grow up in a less oppressive environment. And Nader is nothing but honorable in his wish to take care of his sick father.
The movie presents no easy answers on life in Iran, either. Director Asghar Farhadi (About Elly) takes you on a journey through the complex religious, social and legislative bodies of his native country without condemning or praising them. He simply shows you what life is like: Jurists are overworked, caretakers are underpaid and people are slaves to pride and emotion.
In so doing, Farhadi challenges many western misconceptions. Simin is far from a subservient wife, challenging her husband at every turn and demanding a better life for her daughter. Nader is a devoted son and father who doesn't want his family torn apart but is sick of fighting.
The best recommendation the film could have is its Foreign Film Oscar victory a few weeks ago. But keep in mind, the film was also nominated for its screenplay, which deftly weaves together the lives of three ordinary people whose choices force them into extraordinary circumstances.
Yes, the film requires reading, which is a shame, since subtitles take your eyes off the expressive faces of the actors. But it's worth a bit of brainwork to experience this dramatic and absorbing tale.


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The son of rapper and actor LL Cool J was arrested on trespassing charges in Manhattan early Tuesday, authorities say.
Najee Smith was cuffed after an altercation at a restaurant on Ninth Avenue near West 13th Street in the Meatpacking District at about 3:15 a.m., police say.
Authorities say that they were called to the scene after Smith, 26, refused to leave and was combative with workers who tried to escort him out.
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Study Confirms that Combination Treatment Using a Protease Inhibitor Can Delay HIV Disease Progression and Death
Research supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has demonstrated that in patients with advanced HIV disease the combination of a protease inhibitor plus two nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs) is significantly more effective in reducing the occurrence of AIDS-defining illnesses or death than two RTIs alone. The study, known as ACTG 320, was designed to determine the efficacy and safety of the protease inhibitor indinavir when given in combination with zidovudine (ZDV) [or stavudine (d4T)] and lamivudine (3TC), as compared to ZDV (or d4T) plus 3TC.
As a result of recent data showing the dramatic effectiveness of protease inhibitors in lowering viral burden, strategies using protease inhibitors in combination with other drugs are being widely used. "The results of ACTG 320 confirm the importance of including protease inhibitors in treatment strategies for patients with advanced HIV disease," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIAID director. "Significantly, the current study provides additional evidence that combination approaches using protease inhibitors can reduce the risk of death."
Preliminary results of the study were reviewed Feb. 18, 1997, by an independent data and safety monitoring board, which recommended early termination of enrollment and closure of the study. They based this recommendation on the significant benefit of the triple combination including indinavir in delaying disease progression and death.
The further, significant reduction in disease progression conferred by indinavir when given as part of a three-drug combination illustrates the rapid progress that the field of HIV therapeutics has made in the last two years and suggests that further benefits can be achieved with regimens of ever-increasing potency," commented Scott Hammer, M.D., protocol chair of ACTG 320.
Volunteers in the study had CD4+ T cell counts below 200 per cubic millimeter (mm3) of blood at study entry and had taken ZDV for at least three months, but had received less than one week of 3TC and no protease inhibitors. The mean baseline CD4+ T cell count of the participants was 86 cells/mm.3 They were randomized to receive either the combination of ZDV (600 mg/day), 3TC (300 mg/day) and indinavir (2400 mg/day), or ZDV plus 3TC plus placebo. Participants intolerant to ZDV could use stavudine (d4T), and those developing toxicities or experiencing mild disease progression were allowed to change to other approved nucleoside analogues. The majority of participants received ZDV and 3TC for the duration of the study.
A total of 1,156 HIV-infected volunteers participated in ACTG 320. Participants were enrolled at 33 sites of the NIAID-supported AIDS Clinical Trials Group, and at seven sites of the National Hemophilia Foundation. They were followed for a median of 38 weeks, with some patients being followed for up to one year. Further studies are needed to understand the long-term impact of this triple combination. Sub-studies of ACTG 320 are currently being analyzed, including a study of how the various treatments affect the amount of virus in patients' blood and to characterize the development of drug resistance in the different treatment arms.
Survival and a delay in disease progression were significantly better in patients receiving triple combination therapy. In that group, AIDS-defining illnesses, including opportunistic infections and cancers, and deaths were decreased by approximately half. Sixty-three instances of disease progression (including AIDS-defining illnesses and deaths) occurred in volunteers on the ZDV/3TC arm versus 33 in volunteers on the triple combination arm.
The benefit was statistically significant for the subset of patients with CD4+ T cell counts less than 50/mm3 and there was a similar trend for patients with CD4 counts between 50 cells/mm3 and 200 cells/mm3. There were 18 deaths in the double therapy arm versus eight deaths in the triple therapy arm.
In addition, the safety of each treatment regimen was closely monitored. There were no major differences in the safety or toxicity of the two treatment regimens and the study medications were well-tolerated.
The drugs used in this study were provided by their manufacturers: Merck & Co., Inc. (indinavir/Crixivan), Glaxo Wellcome, Inc. (ZDV/Retrovir and 3TC/Epivir), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (d4T/Zerit and ddI/Videx). Merck also provided financial support for the study.
NIAID, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), supports scientists and scientific studies at universities, medical schools and research institutions in the United States and abroad. As part of its efforts to improve the quality and duration of life of HIV-infected individuals, the Institute supports four diverse AIDS clinical trials programs: the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group, the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (PACTG), the Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA), and the Division of Intramural Research clinical trials program on the NIH campus. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
NIAID press releases, fact sheets and other materials are available on the Internet via the NIAID home page at http://www.niaid.nih.gov.


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Bob Johnson: New Clinton Acolyte's Slur
Come to think of it, Clinton's husband, former president Bill Clinton also admitted to smoking marijuana, although he disingenuously claimed he "never inhaled.� Might the Republicans also not want to know if he too was once a drug dealer?
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Message to Hillary Clinton; be careful with your selection of friends.
This time, another Clinton acolyte, who is Black, but is not generally identified with Black causes, delivered another slur to help advance the Clinton agenda.
Clearly, Clinton must believe the only way she can win the nomination is by shooting down Obama.
Obama hasn't sufficiently fired back. Yet, every vile Clinton attack must be met by immediate retaliation. Otherwise the Clintons will do a swift boat on Senator Obama.
Today, while introducing Clinton in Columbia, South Carolina, acolyte, BET founder Bob Johnson said "I am frankly insulted that the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton who have been deeply and emotionally involved in Black issues when Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood that I won't say what he was doing but he said it in his book."
The slur was clearly reference to Senator Obama having admitted in his book that in his youth he had experimented with drugs. It's not Obama who insults people's intelligence--it is Senator Clinton. This evening her campaign forwarded this newspaper the following press release from Johnson:
"My comments today were referring to Barack Obama's time spent as a community organizer, and nothing else. Any other suggestion is simply irresponsible and incorrect.
When Hillary Clinton was in her twenties she worked to provide protections for abused and battered children and helped ensure that children with disabilities could attend public school. That results oriented leadership -- even as a young person -- is the reason I am supporting Hillary Clinton."
We are so stupid that we are expected to believe that the above is what Johnson meant when he said Obama "was doing something in the neighborhood that I won't say what he was doing but he said it in his book"?
We wonder whether the Clinton's helped him produce this newspeak. It's sad that Johnson would allow himself to be exploited in such a manner; the Clinton's use him to be insulated against charges of racism since Johnson is African American.
Johnson's attack line is the same as the one used by Clinton acolytes prior to the New Hampshire primary, when former Clinton co-campaign head there Bob Shaheen made similar reference to Obama's admitted past drug use. He had also speculated that Republicans would want to know whether he had been a drug dealer. On that occasion Shaheen, who is white, subsequently resigned.
(Come to think of it, Clinton's husband, former president Bill Clinton also admitted to smoking marijuana, although he disingenuously claimed he "never inhaled." Might the Republicans also not want to know if he too was a drug dealer? After all, Clinton did come from a background of poverty as well).
Clinton selected the wrong person for today's slur. Although a billionaire, Johnson's enduring legacy is perhaps as toxic, if not more so, than drug abuse: he created BET and became famous for peddling almost-pornographic music videos of gyrating scantily clad women to the Black community.
Bob Johnson is no Oprah Winfrey.
While they were at it, did Senator Clinton ask her friend about those videos and the rappers promoted by Johnson's BET who denigrated Black women as "byetches" and "hos"?
Unless that's all fine with Senator Clinton. It was all fine with Johnson.
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Few months back, Google introduced a chrome extension which allows Adsense publishers to monitor their Google Adsense earnings directly from Google Chrome, without having to login to their account every now and then. The extension makes it very easy to quickly monitor the following:
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The biggest advantage of using the Adsense publisher toolbar is real time monitoring of ad units. You can precisely monitor the performance of an individual ad unit and wont have to find that specific channel assigned to it on your Google Adsense account. Publishers who have multiple sites and have set up a large number of channels for tracking ad performance, should find this feature saving them hours.
Going forward, Google has added more features to the publisher toolbar and now allows Adsense publishers to block an ad, directly from the publisher toolbar interface. When you see an annoying ad on your website which you think is irrelevant and doesn't add value to your visitors, you can block it right away. Earlier, you had to note down the URL of the target site and then block it manually from Google Adsense > Allow and block ads.
Here is how you can block Adsense ads directly from the Google Publisher toolbar interface:
1. Once you have installed the Chrome extension, navigate to your site and you should see Ad overlays, an example is shown below:
2. Please note that these Ad overlays are clickable and won't generate invalid clicks. To be precise, clicking the overlay of a specific ad unit will open a new browser window where you can see a detailed performance report. Following is an example:
3. Once you have opened the "Ad details" window, you can block an ad from the right bottom section of the window by choosing "Block this ad". The changes will be reflected in your Adsense account automatically.
There are two advantage of using the publisher toolbar over manual blocking. First, you don't have to worry about the destination and display URL of the ad. Secondly, you can quickly check the performance metrics and then arrive at a conclusion.
Broadly speaking, if you want to increase your adsense revenue, you should not use the "block" feature at all. When you block an advertisement, it reduces advertiser competition for your ad space. Lesser the number of advertisers bidding over a specific ad space, lesser will be earnings (a general principle, exceptions are possible which depends on so many other factors).
For example, if only one advertiser has placed bids for a specific ad unit on your site, do you think he would want to pay more, considering there aren't any opponents who also want a share of that ad space?
"But I think these are low paying ads and I want to block them forever" – Wrong!. A costly misconception.
If your website stands the test of time, competition over bidding is going to happen sooner than later. Filtering ads because you want to "grow your revenue" is a really bad idea. However, if you think a specific advertisement is annoying, obscene, causes distraction or sounds and not suitable for your audience, there is no harm in blocking it.