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SPRING, Texas - A Spring ISD music teacher is under investigation after allegedly encouraging a 12-year-old boy to send nude images of himself through Facebook, according to officials.
Investigators conducted an investigation regarding a the operator of a Facebook profile sending nude pictures to the 12-year-old.
The profile was allegedly operated and engineered so the boy believed he was chatting with a young girl that he knew.
Investigators interviewed the young girl and discovered she was being impersonated and that the operator of the Facebook page was Derrick Allan Gossett.
Nude images of young boys were found in Gossett's home.
Gossett confessed to using Facebook to converse with boys.
Officials said he would allegedly send porn to the boys and pass it off as the young girl. He would then encourage the boys to send pictures of them in return.
Gossett has pending charges of one count of online solicitation of a minor, one count of promotion of child pornography, one count of impersonation and three counts of possession of child pornography.
The former music teacher's neighbors are stunned.
"I was looking at the news and I see his picture come up and I was like, wow Derick!?" said Louis Sidney.
"That makes me feel angry, heated and I'm a God fearing man. That's some sick individual thing," said Randolph Wallace.
According to court documents, Gossett posted bond Tuesday evening.
Anyone with information or who believes their child has had online contact with Gossett should call the Harris County Tech Crimes Unit at 281-401-6228.
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IRS tells agents it can snoop on emails without warrant, internal documents show
The Internal Revenue Service believes it doesn't need permission to root through emails, texts or other forms of electronic correspondence, according to recently released internal agency documents.
The documents, which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the American Civil Liberties Union, reveal that tax department agents have been operating under the assumption that they can bypass warrants. The ACLU claims this would in turn violate the Fourth Amendment.
According to a 2009 IRS employee handbook, though, the tax agency said the Fourth Amendment does not protect emails because Internet users don't "have a reasonable expectation of privacy in such communications."
A lawyer for the agency reiterated the policy in 2010. And the current online version of the IRS manual says that no warrant is required for emails that are stored by an Internet storage provider for more than 180 days.
"This is an affront not only to our system of checks and balances, but also to our fundamental right to privacy," Colorado Democratic Sen. Mark Udall said in a statement Thursday, adding that he wants Congress to overhaul the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
"In the meantime, I urge the IRS to reconsider its overreach," he said.
The ECPA is the federal law that governs law enforcement access to emails, and draws on what some say is an outdated distinction between email stored on a server for 180 days or less and email that has been opened.
Opened emailed and email older than six months does not require a warrant. Email that hasn't been opened or is less than six months old does.
Last year, the ACLU looked into allegations that the IRS was reading people's emails and checking their Facebook postings without permission. Privacy advocate groups, like the ACLU, say the government must obtain a search warrant based on probable cause but the IRS told agents in its criminal division they didn't need to.
"This question is too important for the IRS not to be completely forthright with the American public," ACLU lawyer Nathan Wessler said. "The IRS should tell the public whether it always gets a warrant to access email and other private communications in the course of criminal investigations. And if the agency does not get a warrant, it should change its policy to always require one."
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My contributions to the party were as follows: sliced heirloom tomatoes with thyme; kale salad with citrus, fennel, grape tomatoes, avocado, and cilantro pepita dressing; Manke macarons; and mint juleps (which have nothing to do with the aforementioned awesomeness. Items I actually purchased for all this? Thyme, 2 oranges, mint, and bourbon. Some stuff I just had in the house already. Like homemade cilantro pesto.
Really wish I had a close-up of the kale salad. Alas. I thinned out some cilantro pepita pesto I made recently with lemon juice and olive oil, and tossed the kale with that. Then I added shaved fennel, grape tomatoes, orange slices, and avocado. It was delish. And so pretty. You can see it at about 10 o'clock in this photo.
Here's a nice porn-y pic of my 'maters.
Somehow I forgot that I also made little single serving fruit pies. Not sure how that slipped my mind. They were kind of a pain in the ass. Oh, I know why. I didn't take any pictures. I'm so old and senile now that I only remember things if I photograph them. Or maybe I'm like the guy in Memento.
I made a couple dozen: raspberry; blueberry; mixed peach, plum, apricot, nectarine. I had a hell of a time with the crust though. I'm not sure what the problem was, but I suspect it was the butter. I followed a recipe. A recipe I had just used the other night, no less! The only thing wrong when I used it before was that it was perhaps too tough, too strong. My first batch this time just wouldn't hold together at all. Now I would blame the almond flour (I subbed in a little for the GF all-purpose), but my second batch, where I followed the recipe to the letter, was not much better. Anybody know anything about making pie crust with Plugra butter? Thank goodness it's "when all the berries and stone fruit are ripe and cheap" season, so the fruit was sweet and delicious enough to make up for the shortcomings of the crust. Because really, all I did was put fruit in the pie shells and bake 'em. No sugar, no lemon juice, no nothin'.
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Here's a series of my attempts to take a selfie with a baby eating crackers.
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"Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May" is a poem by Robert Herrick. This poem portrays our existence on earth, and that people age as life goes on, and everything becomes boundless. Herrick here urges people to take advantage of youth and energy while they may! The poem is in the genre of carpe diem, to seize the day.
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Today's trading: It was not a pretty close. A wave of sell orders dropped us to the lows of the day right at the close.
Anxiety on fiscal cliff remains, but worry is not off the charts.
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Sectors thought to be negatively affected by an Obama second term (defense, coal, dividend payers) were down again today, but not as much as yesterday and on not as much volume.
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Much has changed with the 76ers since their 2009-10 season ended with a loss at the Orlando Magic. For some people, it probably hasn't been as much change as they wanted, for others it was probably the perfect amount. One thing is definite heading into the 2010-11 season: the Sixers have some exciting young players. And they'll look very different than they did during last year's disastrous season. That, we can universally agree, is a good thing.
This blog has been (mostly) dormant this summer. But that's about to change. The Sixers are only two weeks from opening training camp at St. Joe's, and about three weeks from their first preseason game. That means it's time again to start analyzing all things Sixers. It's time to try to understand what all these changes might mean for this season and for seasons to come. In short, Deep Sixer is back up and running. And if you want to follow on Twitter, click here: DeepSixer3. No more World Cup soccer, no more vacation, all Sixers.
Since we still have some vacant days between now and Sept. 28 (the first day of camp), let's take this analysis one player, one change at a time. In the days to come, we'll get to the swap in the paint: Spencer Hawes for Samuel Dalembert. We'll get to the change in coach: Doug Collins for Eddie Jordan. We'll get to all the other new pieces: Evan Turner as (starting?) shooting guard, Andres Nocioni as hustler off the bench, and Rod Thorn overshadowing Ed Stefanski.
Today, though, we have Andre Iguodala.
Last season was not good to Iguodala. As the losses mounted, so too did Iguodala's frustration. There were questions about leadership and his ability to be the go-to guy on a team. To put it bluntly, he lost a lot of fans in Philadelphia, a place where he had never been fully embraced to begin with. But this summer with Team USA, Iguodala seemed to regain his rhythm, even if it was in a complementary role. The USA team won the World Championships, which inspired this quote from ESPN's Bill Simmons:
"One of the frustrating things about this tournament: Iguodala has been a revelation as a fourth banana/swing defender/energy guy/uber-athlete, which really should have been his NBA destiny -- mega-glue guy on a great team, like a much more devastating version of Trevor Ariza on the 2008-09 Lakers -- only we don't have nearly enough quality players to fill 30 NBA teams, so instead he's forced to carry a lottery team, take terrible shots, play with inferior teammates and do everything that the basketball gods never meant for him to do. He's like Roger Sterling in "Mad Men" -- you don't want him carrying the show, but in short doses, harnessed correctly, he can be a weapon. I had given up on Iguodala as a meaningful basketball player; now I think he'll be reincarnated on a contender within the next two seasons. He's one trade away."
Okay, so we're most definitely not trying to start Iguodala trade talk right now. Let's focus on the bulk of Simmons' quote; he's saying Iguodala is effective as a complementary weapon. That sounds quite similar to what every Sixers' fan has been saying for the last two seasons. Even more important to Sixers' fans is this question: Do the Sixers even have the offensive weapons to allow Iguodala to focus on these other parts of the game? Or do they need him taking 15-20 shots a game? If you allow yourself to dream, you could envision a world where Doug Collins creates an offensive system where Jason Kapono is open for three pointers in the corner, Evan Turner is hitting pull-up jumpshots, Jrue Holiday is creating transition opportunities with his defense, and Elton Brand is effective as a block option. Within that world, Iguodala is doing exactly what he should be doing: slamming Holiday's alley-oop tosses, grabbing rebounds, running the lanes, and playing swarming on-ball defense.
So, since we have some time, let's go to the source himself: Iguodala. We talked to him this afternoon and tried to ask some of these questions. The first one was about Simmons' quote (Iguodala had not read it, sadly). I asked him if he agreed with the theory that he is best suited in a secondary role.
"Not really," Iguodala said. "If you play well in one setting peple think you need to do the exact same things in the next setting in order to succeed. But here [with Team USA] everyone had a role to fill. Only three guys played the same way they play for their NBA teams: Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, Tyson Chandler. My focus was on defense. If I didn't do my job, I would be letting down my team."
Okay, but if you look at last season, it didn't seem like you were as effective as you're capable ...
"I think Coach [Collins] is going to be able to do the job of putting me in a position to attack more, where I won't have to exert energy on the perimeter," Iguodala said. "Last year our offense had me outside the perimeter. I shot a lot of threes, but it wasn't my intention to do that. I'm going to attack the rim more this season."
Does he believe he's capable of being the go-to guy?
"That's something I can do. I never shy away from a role. I talked to [Sixers] teammates throughout the summer and said like, 'You have to help me lead the team, get the ball in the open court.' And vice versa. I have to help Jrue be a better point guard. I have to help Evan be the best rookie in the league. We have to pick each other up. I learned a lot from Team USA this summer, especially from Chauncey [Billups]. A lot of the things on the court, people don't see. There were times at practice Chauncey would get on me for something. He'd say, 'It may not be your fault, but it's your responsibility because you're the best defensive player out here.' I think I learned a lot how to lead from this summer."
How can he translate his success with Team USA to the Sixers?
"Every player has to have the mentality like we have to get off to that good start," Iguodala said. "I'm going to do everything I can do to make us successful. USA was great, but, mentally, I have to refocus again. It was great, it was all good, but 82 games is a lot different than 13 or 14 games."
From talking with Iguodala, it sounds like this summer has given him a new perspective on his abilities. He said he felt he was playing better than he ever has. For Sixers fans, perhaps this season will be a nice compromise: not so many three pointers (but still some), more attacking the rim, and improved leadership abilitites.
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From the pulsing life of the Amazon to the misty cloudforest and beyond to the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands, megadiverse Ecuador brings you closer to nature.
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Fly to Ecuador's capital, Quito. Most flights are daytime meaning you will arrive this evening. It is a long way from the airport to the city. Because you fly to the Amazon early in the morning, stay in a comfortable lodge relatively nearby to save unnecessary time in a car. You are at height here so you may well feel the effects of altitude as well as your long journey. Please note that international flights for this holiday are quoted separately.
Take a short morning flight into the Amazon basin. From the airstrip in town you will be collected to board the fast boat downriver. At a certain point you come off this boat to transfer to a dugout canoe which paddles you along a beautiful black water creek through the jungle. You are guided all the while so as you travel, you are being introduced to your surroundings.
Wake up to the sounds of the rainforest. Whilst at the lodge, your days are filled with a variety of rainforest walks, canoe excursions, wildlife viewing from the canopy tower and interaction with the local community. A guide will be assigned to small groups of guests, usually 4 - 6 at a time and activities will be built around your interests. You might like to see the nearby clay lick, popular with parrots and macaws at dawn.
Wake early to head out and visit a parrot clay lick, which is basically a river cliff where parrots and macaws congregate at dawn and dusk to literally lick the clay. In the afternoon you set off to an interpretation centre which gives you insights into the traditions, beliefs and way of life of your host community, the Añangu people.
Rise early to see and hear the rainforest come to life as you walk into the terra-firma forest looking for white-faced Capuchin monkeys and three-toed sloth or even a tapir. At the end of the day as night falls, you'll see a whole new cast of animals emerge.
Travel back along the river for the drive back to the airport at Coca to catch your flight back to Quito. On arrival you are collected for the two hour drive up to the cloudforest. This is high level, cool rainforest which is famously rich in birdlife. Stay in a very sustainably conceived and run lodge in the heart of the Mindo cloudforest area. From the lodge you can watch birds come and go, including species as the Golden-headed Quetzal and Choco Toucan.
Whilst at the lodge it is up to you how you spend your time, perhaps hiking, or simply relaxing. The atmosphere is very laid back and the emphasis is on nature, relaxation and peace and quiet. A normal day would start early with a walk to watch the birds coming noisily to life as the sun rises over the cloudforest canopy. These are more active pursuits such as tubing, riding or biking available (at additional cost, payable locally).
You may like to get up very early this morning and drive out to a nearby lick to see the brightly coloured Andean Cock of the Rock (additional payable locally). The noisy song and dance the males perform for the females at dawn is an incredible experience. Or you might like to go tubing downriver for something more silly. This afternoon, your guide will collect you for the drive back to Quito to relax in your first class hotel.
Our guide comes to find you this morning and lead you through Ecuador's capital and its surroundings. Quito is positioned on the flanks of the Pichincha Volcano, and is home to perhaps the best-preserved colonial centre in Latin America. Explore the historic centre to learn about the city's colonial past, perhaps dropping into the Government Palace en route. Whatever your particular interests though, the day will evolve to suit you.
The Galapagos are around 600 miles off mainland Ecuador so the flight takes a good couple of hours. Meet your guide who takes you to board your chosen boat. After lunch, set sail the short distance to North Plaza where you walk close to the fearless wildlife: Sally Lightfoot crabs, sea lions and land iguanas. Note that here we describe a representative week in the islands rather than a specific boat's itinerary. Different boats follow different routes.
Visit the Charles Darwin Research Station first thing today to learn about its amazing breeding, conservation and education programs. Given how long they live, breeding these tortoises is a lifetime's work! After lunch, drive to the highlands of Santa Cruz Island to an area where giant tortoises live. Walk amongst these lumbering giants to get an appreciation of how enormous they are.
Start today with a landing on 'sea lion beach', so called because, all along the sands are sea lions basking in the sun. Wander along the beach and enjoy watching them play in the surf, this is also your first chance to get into the water and have a swim alongside them. Return for lunch on board and an hour or so navigation to the next landing site on the west of the island which is famous for its wonderful marine birdlife.
Cross Floreana Island by foot to enjoy the somewhat incongruous sight of flamingoes feeding in a lagoon before coming to a sandy beach where you can spot rays and sea turtles. Return to the boat mid-morning to go snorkelling at the distinctive Devil's Crown crater offshore. This afternoon land at Post Office bay to hear how this informal sailors' postal system has worked for hundreds of years - it's still very effective!
Isabela island is the largest of the Galapagos, there is amazing species diversity. Today you will explore on foot, by boat and swimming in the water. You might see sea lions in a mangrove tree or penguins swimming alongside sea turtles. Marine iguanas sharing a rock with a blue-footed booby. These are things that you can experience nowhere else in the world so enjoy it.
Start today with a walk on Isabela Island to see if you can see giant tortoises. You will almost certainly see land iguanas along the way. Return to the beach to swim or snorkel directly offshore possibly with rays, sea turtles and sharks.For those of you less inclined to swim, you can take time to simply relax and read a book on the beach. This afternoon discover the marine iguanas and flightless cormorants of Fernandina Island.
Walk along the coastline of Santiago Island to see Galapagos fur seal basking in pools along the shoreline. There is time for snorkelling at the end of the walk, through a reef which has some of the best and most varied marine life of the week. This afternoon, sail to the lava mound of Bartolomé. Here you climb 365 wooden steps to the top of the island - for the views.
Get up early this morning to paddle through mangroves in the dawn light. Observe the delicate marine life in the sheltered cove before returning to the boat for breakfast. Disembark at around midday to fly back to the mainland – either to Guayaquil or back to Quito. Depending when your international flights leave, you may need to spend the night on the mainland. Please note: international flights not included.
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Overall, the trip was amazing and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it and Pura Aventura. Everything went like clockwork and I thank you all very much for all your help in organising such a memorable trip.
The whole experience was fantastic, thank you for organising the programme. Although I travelled alone I made some lovely friends.
From the pulsing life of the Amazon to the misty cloudforest and beyond to the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands, megadiverse Ecuador brings you closer to nature.
This is primarily a wildlife holiday so the focus is not on activity as such. Having said that, you spend most of your time out and about in the great outdoors so an Amazon rainforest tour is not a sedentary trip by any means.
In the Amazon you will tend to go out very early in the morning and at dusk to see the best of the wildlife. This leaves the middle parts of the day to relax. When out and about you will most likely be tramping through mud and occasionally climbing up observation towers to see the thick rainforest canopy. Some excursions are by boat, physically the easiest way to navigate the Amazon. The lodges we use in this part of the Amazon are the best available which means very comfortable but not luxurious by any means.
In the cloudforest, you will tend to walk into the surrounding areas on bird watching excursions, nothing too demanding. You can rent mountain bikes here or even ride an inflatable down the river in order to be more active. The lodge here is built entirely along sustainable lines but is very comfortable indeed.
In the Galapagos, wildlife viewing is the main activity. There is some gentle walking though the islands are volcanic which means that you are often walking on quite sharp lava. If you enjoy swimming and snorkeling then you will find some incredible wildlife underwater too.
Levels of comfort vary greatly depending on the boat you choose, if indeed you choose to explore the Galapagos by boat (land based is also an option). There is a wide range of boat accommodation, from small cabins with bunk beds on tourist class sail-boats to balcony suites on premium catamarans. In general, Galapagos boats carry 20 passengers or fewer, which means that cabins tend to be small.
Given the amount of time spent out and about exploring the islands or up on deck looking for wildlife, cabin size is rarely a critical element of your Galapagos holiday.
This standard itinerary is based on a first-class sailboat for 16 passengers with 8 small cabins, mostly bunk bedded, each with en suite bathroom. The deck space is ample making her feel pleasantly airy and spacious in general.
In terms of weather, Ecuador is just about as varied as its landscapes. Quito is at high altitude so tends to have warm days but cool to cold nights. This is broadly similar to the nearby cloudforest. February is a very rainy month so not a good time to visit but other than that, you can take this trip at any time of year.
The Amazon tends to be hot and humid year round. In the Galapagos, temperatures and weather conditions are generally warm and pleasant year round. Water temperatures and conditions do vary with colder, choppier waters from June through October giving way to warmer and calmer seas for the rest of the year.
In the Amazon people expect the wildlife but generally forget the human aspect of the rainforest. The lodges we use are very closely integrated with the communities in which they are based, usually owned in large part by those people. Your guides are indigenous to the area and are therefore able to interpret and translate an environment impenetrable to the average outsider.
Up in the cloudforest, the lodge we use is built entirely of materials sourced from the surroundings. It could hardly be more integrated into its surroundings, both physical and community. The staff, cooks, guides are all dedicated to this precious cloudforest ecosystem.
By the time you get back to Quito, you will have seen some of Ecuador's famous diversity. Your day with our guide in Quito should provide a welcome insight to the city and the country as a whole.
The Galapagos Islands are primarily about the wildlife, though the human history of the islands and the struggles of conservation create a fascinating context for the wildlife. Also, having a week in the company of Ecuadorian crew and an expert guide allows you time to also gain a wider understanding of your host country.
We have a detailed itinerary for this trip, as set out above. If you would like a copy, please get in touch and we can email it over to you.
Ultimately though, this is a tailor made trip so we would love to have time to talk to you in order to send the most appropriate proposal to you.
In the form set out above, the holiday price includes internal flights, high quality hotel and lodge accommodation, a week long Galapagos cruise on board Cachalote yacht as well as activities, excursions, transfers and entrances as per our detailed itinerary. Naturally, on each and every one of our holidays, we include Pura's expertise, local contacts, support and advice throughout, along with the reassurance of our financial protection and safety auditing.
Flights are quoted separately for this holiday. Best flight routings are to fly into Quito (airport code: UIO) and out of either Guayaquil (airport code: GYE) or Quito.
Departs on a date to suit you, March through January, exact departure will depend on Galapagos cruise schedule.
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In the ongoing saga of "Meatball" — the Glendale bear made famous by its eating preferences and determination to return to the area twice after having been drugged and relocated deep inside the forest — the final chapter appeared to be closing until bureaucracy insisted on dragging the story out.
Had this been any other bear, it likely would have been put down, but state fish and game officials decided to make an exception due in large part to his popularity, spurred by his Twitter persona "Glen Bearian" and the public fascination and adoration that followed. But what had seemed like a happy ending — his relocation to a "ClubMed" type animal sanctuary in Colorado — appears dashed after Colorado officials nixed the idea, citing regulations that prohibit the sheltering of wild animals in Rocky Mountain state.
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It seems an unnecessarily silly time to stick to a rule book when you have a sanctuary that actually wants the bear, but as Colorado Parks & Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton put it, the rules don't "have an exception for how many Twitter followers you may have."
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Tenofovir: FDA Hearing on Important New Antiretroviral
October 19, 2001
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The FDA's one-day public hearing on tenofovir (brand name VireadTM), a new antiretroviral being developed by Gilead Sciences, took place October 3 near Washington D.C. (see AIDS Treatment News # 370, August 24, 2001). This meeting of the Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee (a group of outside experts convened by the FDA) also included consultants selected for this particular meeting because of their special expertise.
Everyone who spoke agreed that tenofovir should be approved; the FDA had no issue with approval, which is expected shortly. In clinical trials the drug has shown a 0.6 log decrease sustained for the length of the trial (up to a year so far), when added to an antiretroviral regimen which was failing to suppress the virus -- a difficult test for a drug, and probably not the way tenofovir will generally be used. (Usually at least some of the other drugs in the regimen would be changed, often after resistance testing -- although it is too early to know for sure how tenofovir will be used in practice.) Resistance to tenofovir seems slow to develop, although resistant viruses do occur. The drug is easy to use (it is taken only once a day, with food), and so far has shown excellent safety in human tests, with side effects comparable to those reported by volunteers who received the placebo.
One major issue at the hearing was whether the FDA should recommend tenofovir for combination use in HIV treatment for any patient -- including those starting antiretrovirals for the first time -- or only recommend it for advanced patients, where there is currently more data. All activists who spoke wanted the general indication, but for a variety of reasons the committee tended toward the more restrictive one (there was no formal vote). Activists want to free doctors and patients from possible reimbursement hassles if they decide to use the drug in front-line therapy; they also wanted to make sure the company was not punished for testing tenofovir first in advanced patients, which activists and the FDA have urged companies to do, since these patients most need new options.
But committee members were concerned that less is known about first-line use and more will be known next year, when the indication could be changed. Some felt that the lack of complete information about first-regimen use changed the risk/benefit ratio of using a new combination vs. a standard one. Others noted that ADAPs (the AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, run separately by each state) are unlikely to micromanage patients, so they will not deny reimbursement if a physician uses the drug outside of the indications formally approved by the FDA. Some saw the drug's indication as mainly a marketing issue. (Doctors are free to prescribe an approved drug for any patient, without being bound by the indications.)
Some observers think the FDA may approve the general indication but with a note saying that studies in treatment-naive patients are not yet complete.
Long-Term Safety IssuesHuman safety data were very good -- in particular, there was none of the kidney toxicity that had been seen in adefovir when studied for HIV at doses of 60 and 120 mg daily. (Adefovir, a much less effective antiretroviral in the same drug class as tenofovir, is no longer being developed for HIV, but is a promising potential treatment for hepatitis B, in much smaller doses.)
But animal studies using tenofovir doses much higher than those given to people had found a bone problem, osteomalacia -- a lack of normal mineralization of the bone (this disease is called rickets in children, osteomalacia in adults). While the danger appears to be low -- the condition can be treated, and reversed completely in animals when the drug was stopped -- two bone experts brought by the FDA as consultants to the committee thought that certain steps should be taken now in order to head off possible problems in the future:
We left the hearing with the impression that this issue should not delay approval of tenofovir -- the drug is needed now, and the bone risks are not immediate if they exist at all. But the discussion pointed out the need for biochemical research on the mechanism of the bone changes in animals, and strongly suggested at least some baseline testing when the drug is started, for correction of relevant nutritional deficiencies if necessary.
(According to Gilead, much of this work had already been done but was not presented at the hearing because the FDA was already comfortable with the data. And bone markers are now being measured in study 903, a clinical trial of tenofovir in treatment-naive patients.)
Other PossibilitiesTenofovir may have other important uses than the HIV treatment for which it will be approved:
For More InformationA summary and a transcript will be on the FDA Web site, at: http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/acmenu.htm (click on '2001', then 'Anti-Viral Drugs Advisory Committee').
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The Great Mosque was a major victim of the 1982 destructions after the uprising that year. It has been restored to its former glory since. It was founded under the Ummayyads in the south part of a complex of a Roman temple from the third century AD, replacing a Christian church (probably sixth century, some remains are visible in the west wall of the prayer hall) that had been erected on that sacred spot. The prayer hall has three aisles, each topped with five domes. Like in the Ummayyad mosque in Damascus there is a treasury on reused columns, almost certainly from the Ummayyad period too. Of the two minarets the one near the main, north, entrance is Mamluk, the other one dates from 1153 and has bands in black and white.
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The Scripps Institution of Oceanography measured an average of 391.07ppm CO2 concentration at their Mauna Loa, Hawai'i's Observatory during September 2012.
391.07ppm is the highest value for September concentrations in recorded history. Last year's 388.95ppm was the previous highest value ever recorded. This September's reading is 2.12ppm higher than last year's. This increase is significant. Of course, more significant is the unending trend toward higher concentrations with time, no matter the month or specific year-over-year value, as seen in the graphs below.
The yearly maximum monthly value normally occurs during May. This year was no different: the 396.78ppm concentration in May 2012 was the highest value reported this year and in recorded history (I'm neglecting proxy data). If we extrapolate this year's value out in time, it will only be 2 years until Scripps reports 400ppm average concentration for a singular month (likely May 2014). Note that I previously wrote that this wouldn't occur until 2015. I've seen comments on other posts that CO2 measured at Mauna Loa should be higher than anywhere else because of its elevation and specific location. It is important to understand that this statement exists somewhere between confusing and an outright falsehood: CO2 is a well-mixed constituent of the atmosphere. That means that emissions of new CO2 are quickly and pretty evenly distributed in space. While point locations might vary between each other (differences between polar and tropical CO2 concentrations vary the most, for example), the observations at Mauna Loa are very representative of those found across the set of observation stations. In addition, as the graphs below will help demonstrate, the historical record is very clear: concentrations have done only one thing in the past 50+ years at Mauna Loa: increased. There has been no plateauing or decrease in that time period. Moreover, concentrations at all the individual recording sites show the same long-term trend: an increase.
That being said, it is worth noting here that stations measured 400ppm CO2 concentration for the first time in the Arctic earlier this year. The Mauna Loa observations represent more well-mixed (global) conditions while sites in the Arctic and elsewhere more accurately measure local and regional concentrations.
Judging by the year-over-year increases seen per month in the past 10 years, I predict 2012 will not see an average monthly concentration below 390ppm. Last year, I predicted that 2011′s minimum would be ~388ppm. I overestimated the minimum somewhat since both September's and October's measured concentrations were just under 389ppm. So far into 2012, my prediction is holding up. October's concentration could be slightly less than September's, so we will have to see next month how accurate this prediction is.
Figure 1 – Time series of CO2 concentrations measured at Scripp's Mauna Loa Observatory in September: from 1958 through 2012.
This time series chart shows concentrations for the month of September in the Scripps dataset going back to 1958. As I wrote above, concentrations are persistently and inexorably moving upward. Alternatively, we could take a 10,000 year view of CO2 concentrations from ice cores and compare that to the recent Mauna Loa observations:
Figure 2 – Historical (10,000 year) CO2 concentrations from ice core proxies (blue and green curves) and direct observations made at Mauna Loa, Hawai'i (red curve).
Or we could take a really, really long view into the past:
Figure 3 – Historical record of CO2 concentrations from ice core proxy data, 2008 observed CO2 concentration value, and 2 potential future concentration values resulting from lower and higher emissions scenarios used in the IPCC's AR4.
Note that this graph includes values from the past 800,000 years, 2008 observed values (~6-8ppm less than this year's average value will be) as well as the projected concentrations for 2100 derived from a lower emissions and higher emissions scenarios used by the IPCC. Has CO2 varied naturally in this time period? Of course it has. If our current emissions rate continues unabated, it looks like a tripling of average pre-industrial concentrations will be our reality by 2100 (278 *3 = 834). This graph clearly demonstrates how anomalous today's CO2 concentration values are (much higher than the average recorded over the past 800,000 years). It further shows how significant projected emission pathways are. I will point out that our actual emissions to date are greater than the higher emissions pathway shown above.
Given our historical emissions to date and the likelihood that they will continue to grow at an increasing rate in the next 25 years, we will pass a number of "safe" thresholds – for all intents and purposes permanently as far as concerns our species. It is time to start seriously investigating and discussing what kind of world will exist after CO2 concentrations peak at 850 and 1100ppm. I don't believe the IPCC or any other knowledgeable body has done this to date. To remain relevant, I think institutions who want a credible seat at the climate science-policy table will have to do so moving forward.
As the second and third graphs imply, efforts to pin any future concentration goal to a number like 350ppm or even 450ppm will be insanely difficult: 350ppm more so than 450ppm, obviously. Beyond an education tool, I don't see the utility in using 350ppm – we simply will not achieve it, or anything close to it, given our history and likelihood that economic growth goals will trump any effort to address CO2 concentrations in the near future. That is not to say that we should abandon hope or efforts to do something. On the contrary, this post series informs those who are most interested in doing something. With a solid basis in the science, we become well equipped to discuss policy options. I join those who encourage efforts to tie emissions reductions to economic growth through scientific and technological research and innovation.


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Lady Gaga Wants to Recreate 'Expensive Hooker' Scent for New Perfume
Lady Gaga tweeted that she is shooting her perfume campaign this weekend, posting: "Looking forward to this weekend. Shooting my parfum campaign and commercial with Steven Klein. Will be edited to a special song." We already know the campaign ads will be visual spectacles, since this is Gaga we're talking about. We can't wait until she leaks photos from the big shoot. But the billion dollar question remains: What will her signature scent smell like? Turns out it will have notes of "expensive hooker" in the recipe.
Mama Monster had previously said that she had wanted a "blood and semen" smell for Eau de Gaga, and planned to incorporate her own DNA into the scent via samples of her own blood. Now, she's upgraded her standards a little, hoping to recreate the scent of an "expensive hooker." A high-priced escort is better than a cheap one, no?
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The Public-i Connect Player enables viewers to navigate through live and archived webcasts using index points and access supporting information in the form of web links, documents and presentations whilst watching the webcast.
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The Connect homepage shows an overview of any live, future and the last few recent webcasts.
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Live webcasts display only the information being sent out during the webcast, and it is not possible to skip backwards to an earlier part of a meeting when it is being streamed live.
Archived webcasts enable the viewer to navigate to any point of the webcast using index points or the scroll bar displayed below the video window. Information regarding the individuals who participated during the meeting (speaker profiles) are only displayed for archived webcasts.
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There are two main ways in which a viewer can skip to a different part of a webcast. The scroll bar displayed beneath the video can be used to fast forward or rewind to a particular time in the webcast.
More usefully most webcasts are captured with agenda point and / or speaker name index points which enable the viewer to jump directly to a point or person in a webcast of particular interest to them.
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Any feedback given in the Feedback Form is sent directly to the organisation providing the webcast from where it will be forwarded to the appropriate person to deal with the enquiry. Public-i monitor feedback for technical issues.
It's possible to share pages, widgets and individual Agenda Points via email, URL link and various social networks.
Entire Agenda Points or items within them can be shared by using the share button. Choosing to share an Agenda Point will automatically set the video start point accordingly. It's possible to override and amend this if required.
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The information provided is currently anonymous and will be collated by the authority providing the webcast.
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If a webcast has a discussion forum associated to it, then the Forum tab will appear with the choice of two forums: a standard moderated discussion forum supplied by Disqus, users can enter comments which will be passed through to the administrators to approve.
UserVoice is an agenda setting forum to invite ideas for discussion. UserVoice also allows other users to vote and comment on any suggestions.
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The tag cloud shows the tags assigned to any webcast, with the most popular tags appearing proportionally larger. Clicking on any of tag will filter the webcast listing according to these tags. To remove the filter, click the 'Remove Filter' link at top of the page.
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The most common reason for a lack of audio on a webcast is that the person speaking has not turned on their microphone. Otherwise it is important to make sure that the computer that you are using has a means of conveying sound from the sound card through either speakers or headphones. The volume of the webcast can be turned up via the volume control built into the player which is displayed beneath the video, and the user experiencing problems should make sure that this is turned up and not muted. Finally the settings on the computer should be checked to ensure that the volume is turned up on both the computer and speakers. Due to the audio systems used by many of our clients the audio may be a little quieter than the viewer expects.
- Why can't I see the webcast?
Possible causes for issues with viewing the webcast, may be due to:
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- The webcast which is being accessed is not yet available.
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- Why is the webcast picture blurred or frozen?
This is normally caused by a slow internet connection. Although Public-i webcasts have been encoded to enable them to be viewed by users of any speed of internet connection, some buffering is to be expected when watching video using a slow connection. To minimise the problem close any other applications which may be using the internet connection.
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Webcasts have been encoded to be viewed with any speed of internet connection, however, buffering is frequently caused by a slow internet connection. Those using ADSL connections may also experience some buffering, as all ADSL lines are shared across multiple users. This means connection speeds drop at busy times. To minimise the problem close, any other application which may be using the internet connection.
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The size of the video window in the Player has been selected to provide the optimum balance between ease of use and picture quality. The video can be put into full-screen mode, either by selecting the enlarge icon or pressing the 'f' key.
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