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Flame Rectifier Pilot with a 0.025 in. dia. Orifice and I tip style (Honeywell)
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Flame Rectifier Pilot with a 0.025 in. dia. Orifice and I tip style (Honeywell)
Q179A,B Gas Pilot Burner Assemblies use the flame rectification principle to prove the flame. Q179A,B are used in conjunction with a suitable electronic flame safeguard control on industrial or commercial gas and gas pilot ignited oil burners.
• Q179A is a gas pilot assembly with a flame electrode rod) and ignition electrode, making it suitable for applications requiring an interrupted or intermittent electrically ignited gas pilot burner.
• Q179B has only the flame electrode and is suitable for use in continuous pilot applications.
• Primary aerated type burner is equipped with stainless steel fins that provide the proper flame rod area to ground area ratio for maximum flame signal and flame stabilization.
• Stainless steel electrode(s) are mounted in ceramic insulators, which permit electrode adjustment.
• Rajah connectors facilitate disconnecting.
• Bracket permits side or end mounting.
Product Specifications
Description Flame Rectifier Pilot with a 0.025 in. dia. Orifice and I tip style
Application For Intermittent or Interrupted Ignition
Type of Gas Natural
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Port and Burner Tip Style I
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Gas Fitting 1/4 in. compression coupling;6.4 mm compression coupling
Gas Consumption 2.0 cfh (0.06 m3/hr)
Aeration Primary
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Dimensions (mm) 118 mm high x 43 mm wide x 76 mm deep
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American Cinematheque at the
Egyptian Theatre Presents...
Making Movie History for Over 80
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All guests are subject to
availability. The Cinematheque will offer a refund due to guest cancellations only IF the
refund transaction is complete PRIOR to the start of the show.
There will be a waiting line for Sold Out screenings. Tickets often become available at
the door the night of an event.
Sold out programs will be indicated
here if sold out 24 hours in advance of screening date.
<<< December 2010 >>>
These events are Egyptian Theatre exclusives!
Sunday, December 5 7:30 PM
35th Anniversary! BARRY LYNDON, 1975, Warner Bros., 183 min. Winner of four
Academy Awards, including one for John Alcotts marvelous cinematography (the
all-candlelit interiors must be seen to be believed), BARRY LYNDON stars Ryan ONeal
as Thackerays flawed 18th-century soldier of fortune, struggling to find his place
in a rigidly structured social hierarchy. Kubrick re-creates a bygone romantic era with a
bittersweet wistfulness and a wealth of nuance and realistic detail. With Marisa Berenson,
Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger. [35mm] Trailer | Buy Tickets
Thursday, December 9 7:30 PM
ATTACK OF THE 50-FOOT REELS, approx. 70
min. The 10th annual Attack of the 50-Foot Reels returns with a Super-8 special
adieu to KODACHROME film. Fifteen filmmakers will shoot a Super-8 film on one cartridge of
Kodachrome Super 8 film, which was discontinued by Kodak in 2005. Now the last lab in the
world that processes it will discontinue its service at the end of this year. Films in
this showcase are shot and edited in camera on one cartridge of Super-8 film. The
filmmakers and the audience see them for the first time the night of the screening. Official Website. Filmmakers
will introduce each short. Reception to follow the screening. Buy Tickets
Friday, December 10 7:30 PM
Double Feature: PLAY IT AS IT LAYS, 1972, Universal, 99 min. Director
Frank Perry (DAVID AND LISA) delivered many edgy psychological classics, and none is more
deserving of rediscovery than this rarely screened adaptation of Joan Didions
bestseller, with a screenplay by Didion and her late husband, John Gregory Dunne. Tuesday
Weld is at her best as fiercely intelligent Maria, an ex-model on the verge of a nervous
breakdown. In-the-closet producer Anthony Perkins is her only friend and Adam Roarke is
her estranged director-husband trying to jumpstart his career out of the biker-film
ghetto. A scathing portrait of Hollywood in the early 1970s. [35mm]
THE SWIMMER, 1968, Sony Repertory, 94 min. One of the
most unjustly neglected figures of the New Hollywood generation, director Frank Perry made
10 low-key, razor-sharp dissections of modern morals and relationships between 1962 and
1975. Based on John Cheevers acclaimed novel, THE SWIMMER follows vigorous,
middle-aged, upper-middle-class Burt Lancaster on a metaphoric journey swimming
from backyard pool to backyard pool in his lush, upscale suburban neighborhood, headed
toward a "home" that may no longer exist. A nostalgic portrait of regret and
despair lying beneath the gemlike surface of suburbia - here represented by the sprawling,
outlying suburbs of Connecticut - featuring one of Lancasters finest performances. [35mm]
Trailer | Buy Tickets
Saturday, December 11 7:30 PM
[SPIELBERG] Retroformat's First Anniversary Screening! RETRO
FORMAT THE DARKENING TRAIL, 54 min.
Before Blu-ray, before even VHS, there was 8mm film. William S. Harts
directorial debut from 1915 demonstrates the directors intuitive grasp of the new
medium with its deeply nuanced characterizations and shadowy compositions. A departure
from Harts signature Westerns, this moody melodrama of unrequited love, infidelity
and revenge takes place in frontier Alaska. With shorts including Pacific Electric's
1915 training film on trolley car safety and D.W. Griffith's "Oil and
Water" (1913) with Blanche Sweet. Buy Tickets
Sunday, December 12 7:30 PM
Double Feature: DIE HARD,
1988, 20th Century Fox, 131 min. Dir. John McTiernan. Bruce Willis plays wisecracking cop
John McClane, an endearing everyman who becomes an unlikely hero when a group of
professional thieves take his wifes office building hostage at Christmastime. One of
the most purely entertaining movies ever made, this fast, funny and visually elegant
thriller set the template for the Hollywood action flicks that followed it, and made
Willis a movie star. [35mm] Trailer
DIE HARD 2, 1990, 20th Century Fox. 124 min. Dir. Renny
Harlin. John McClane returns to battle terrorists who have taken control of Dulles Airport
on the holiday evening that his wife is flying into town. Director Renny Harlin infuses
the action with high style to create a sequel that's every bit as rousing as the original,
with a terrific performance by William Sadler as the main bad guy. John Amos, Dennis Franz
and Fred Dalton Thompson add support. [35mm] Discussion
between films with director Renny Harlin and screenwriter Steven de Souza. Trailer | Buy Tickets
Wednesday, December 15 7:30 PM
[SPIELBERG] BIG WORLD FOR LITTLE MOVIES: THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR SHORT FILM CONTENT, 180 min. Whether the renewed vitality of
short film content is based on the rise of consumer pod casts, the content-crazed appetite
of the internet or the internets short-content offspring - Webseries - there's no
denying it's a BIG world out there for "little movies." Uncover a wealth of
information on short filmmaking trends, current channels of distribution and the future of
short film exposure from a panel of short film business and programming leaders. $12 Members, $15 Students/Seniors, $20 General. Buy Tickets | Buy Tickets
Whether the renewed vitality of the short film content is
based on the rise of consumer "pod casts", the content crazed appetite of the
internet or the internets short content offspring Webseries -- there's no
denying it's a BIG world out there for "little movies." Uncover a wealth of
information on short filmmaking trends, current channels of distribution and the future of
short film exposure from a panel of short film business and programming leaders.
The world of short film content has changed dramatically in recent years.
In fact, not since the ".com era" of the 1990s, have we seen such rethinking
of how the short film figures into overall landscape of the entertainment industry.
Today there are literally thousands of film festivals for you to consider as you move
your short film out to festival audiences. With cable television exposure for short films
part of the distant dream of the 1990s, short filmmakers now find themselves contending
with the options of new virtual wild west -- The Internet, Video-On-Demand (VOD) and pod
casts -- for greater content exposure than festival world could ever dream of or deliver.
But don't stop there! With the 1000s of internet sites available to you to post your
film on, which site is best for your film? Is it more advantageous for your extended
career to "YouTube" or "Vimeo" your short or for you to post your
short on your own website and use your favorite social networking site to drive attention
to your film? What is a "torrent site" and how can it figure into the
distribution of your short? How do short film distributors (like Quat Media, SND Films,
Shorts International) figure into todays short film landscape?
Now consider this: With the incredible expansion of the methods of distribution and
exhibition open to your short film, there has EVEN been a revolution in the very
definition of what artistically comprises a short film.
What is a "festival" short? What is the difference between a "Sundance
short," a "Cannes short," an "internet short" and a "Short
Film Festival short"? What does the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences look for in a
short film? What is the definition of the most desirable form of content for a short film
Finally, and most provocatively, is it more advantageous for a short filmmaker today to
make a single short (festival) film or to develop and produce a webseries?
For our November seminar, BIG WORLD FOR LITTLE MOVIES: THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR SHORT
FILM CONTENT, we turn our total attention to unraveling the whole, overwhelming and
complex world that today's short filmmaker must deal with to take good care of their work.
THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR SHORT CONTENT begins with a focus on issues surrounding film
festivals, film festival release strategies for short films, a list of the World's Best
Short Film Festivals (and some not very good ones!) and establishing some definitions for
the various forms or identities the short film artistically embodies today.
The second part of our evening's seminar will be dedicated to an in depth discussion of
short film distribution and exhibition. Not only will we open the door to a greater
understanding of overall design of the content favored by distributors, but we will
examine rights and clearances issues AND help to sort out the vast offerings of the
internet and the potential of having your very own webseries.
Panelists Include:
Kim Adelman, Author, Making It Big In Shorts, The Ultimate Filmmakers Guide To
Short Films, Indiewire Short Film Columnist
Kimberley Browning, Executive Director/Filmmaker, HOLLYWOOD SHORTS
Andrew Crane, Short Film Programming, AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE
Moderated By Thomas Ethan Harris, Producer, AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE FILM SEMINARS
Friday, December 17 7:30 PM
70mm Print! 45th Anniversary! LORD JIM, 1965, Sony Repertory, 154 min. This vast, atmospheric
adaptation of Joseph Conrads classic novel was aimed at recapturing the magic of
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, pairing actor Peter OToole with a gifted director in Richard
Brooks (IN COLD BLOOD) and prestigious literary material. OToole is perfectly cast
as an idealistic sailor who is branded a coward for abandoning an apparently sinking ship
during a storm - then given a chance to redeem his conscience and his soul by aiding in a
native revolution in the South Pacific jungle. Equally mesmerizing are Eli Wallach as a
sadistic warlord, James Mason as an avaricious mercenary and Daliah Lavi as a courageous
native girl. [70mm] Buy
Saturday, December 18
Egyptian Theatre
Historic Tour & FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Behind The Scenes Tour
the total Old Hollywood experience take a docent-led tour of the legendary
1922 Egyptian Theatre. See what it would have been like to be in a Grauman stage show with
a visit to the dressing rooms and singers' boxes. Check out our state-of-the-art
projection booth and more! Discover the painstaking restoration work and the marriage of
modern technology with a landmark of Hollywood history. Add the Hollywood history film FOREVER HOLLYWOOD (55 min.)
following the tour.
Tours will start promptly at
10:30 AM at the box office. Tours are approximately 60 min. Wear your walking shoes!
You will see the old dressing rooms, the singer's boxes and the projection booth (not
normally included on our tours). Reservations are not required, we have room for everyone.
Tours will be held rain or shine. Tickets: $5. Buy
Sunday, December 19 7:30 PM
BEN-HUR, 1959, Warner Bros., 212 min. Director William
Wylers grand epic, adapted from the novel by Lew Wallace, tells the timeless saga of
two boyhood comrades (Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd), who grow up to be fierce enemies
in the time of Christ. The grueling chariot race alone is worth the price of admission.
Winner of 11 Oscars including Best Picture. Originally premiered at the Egyptian Theatre
and reportedly ran for two years! [35mm] Trailer | Buy Tickets
Wednesday, December 29 7:30 PM
Double Feature: LAURA,
1944, 20th Century Fox, 88 min. Dir. Otto Preminger. Investigating a murder, chain-smoking
Detective McPherson (Dana Andrews) falls in love with the dead woman - only to find out
that it wasn't she who was murdered. Even in a genre known for its convoluted twists,
LAURA is a one-of-a-kind film noir. The brilliant cast includes Gene Tierney as the
gorgeous Laura, Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker and Vincent Price as Laura's fianc�,
Shelby Carpenter. The famous haunting and nostalgic musical theme by David Raskin is
unforgettable. The film is said to have been an inspiration for David Lynchs
"Twin Peaks." [35mm] Trailer
70th Anniversary! REBECCA, 1940, Walt Disney Co., 130 min. Director Alfred
Hitchcocks Gothic romance asks the question: Did guilt-ridden, rich widower Laurence
Olivier do away with his notorious wife Rebecca or not? And what secret does sinister,
manipulating housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson) hold that may unlock the mystery?
As the widowers second wife, a young Joan Fontaine attempts to unravel the mystery. [35mm]
Buy Tickets
Thursday, December 30 7:30 PM
Digitally Restored! THE GODFATHER, 1972, Paramount, 175 min. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola.
Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire and Robert Duvall join Marlon Brando, who
gives an unforgettable, career-reviving performance as Don Vito Corleone. When a mob war
breaks out and Don Vito is seriously wounded, returning veteran Michael (Pacino),
previously uninvolved in the family "business," is the only one cool and
collected enough to pull the irons out of the fire. [DCP] Trailer | Buy Tickets
Saturday, January 1 7:30 PM
Restored Version! THE GODFATHER PART II, 1974, Paramount, 200 min. Francis Ford
Coppola expands upon and deepens the themes of THE GODFATHER with this ambitious sequel.
The film follows two stories of gangsters rising to power: a young Don Vito Corleone
(Robert De Niro), and his son Michael (Al Pacino) decades later. Coppolas parallel
structure allows him to compare and contrast two American eras and consider the political
and cultural changes of the 20th century; its an approach that makes THE GODFATHER
PART II an epic work of art as well as one of the most entertaining crime movies ever
made. [35mm] Trailer
| Buy Tickets
Sunday, January 2 3:00 PM
Triple Feature: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, 1981, Paramount, 115
min. Archaeologist Harrison Ford battles occult-obsessed Nazis and former girlfriend Karen
Allen as he attempts to save the Ark of the Covenant. Brilliant, non-stop adventure from
director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas. [35mm] Trailer
Paramount, 118 min. Dir. Steven Spielberg. This time we find Jones fleeing Shanghai and
attempting to help free a villages children from indentured servitude to a maniacal
cult. Before the last reel unspools, Jones will fight for survival in the nefarious Temple
of Doom. [35mm] Trailer
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, 1989, Paramount,
127 min. Director Steven Spielberg returns for the third entry in the series with Indiana
(Harrison Ford) searching for his father (Sean Connery), a brilliant archaeologist who has
been kidnapped by the Nazis. [35mm] Trailer | Buy Tickets


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Understanding HIV-Related Lab Tests II: Viral Load, Resistance and Tropism
October 26, 2015
Table of Contents
Lab Tests Are Important Tools
Having regular lab tests is a necessary part of caring for your health. If you are living with HIV (HIV+), lab tests are especially important tools that help you and your health care provider keep track of how you are doing in the following areas:
Immune System Status
Overall Health
HIV Illness
Viral Load Test
Viral load is the amount (number of copies) of HIV in your bloodstream. There are several different types of lab tests that measure viral load. All these tests are accurate, but each has a different way to measure the amount of virus. It is best to stick with the same kind of test and not switch among them or it will be difficult to compare results over time.
Viral load results are reported as copies of HIV in one milliliter of blood. The lower the number, the less virus there is in your blood. Numbers can range from about one million copies to as few as 50 copies. If you have fewer than 50 copies, your health care provider may tell you that your results are "undetectable."
Being undetectable is a great result because it means your virus is under control. However, undetectable does not mean that you have been cured of HIV or that you cannot pass it to others. The good news is that studies have shown that having an undetectable viral load can greatly reduce the changes of passing HIV on to others (e.g., being virally suppressed can decrease HIV transmission by 93 percent or more).
Having an undetectable viral load means that there is not enough HIV in your bloodstream for the test to measure. It is also important to know that labs that test viral load have different cut-offs below which they cannot detect HIV. For example: you could have 35 copies of HIV in your blood, and in lab #1, which cannot detect any HIV below 50 copies, your viral load would be considered 'undetectable.' However, in lab #2, which cannot detect any HIV below 20 copies, your viral load would be considered detectable and would report that you have a viral load of 35.
Viral load tests are an important tool to:
One goal of HIV treatment is to keep viral load levels as low as possible for as long as possible. This gives you the best chance of staying healthy. With effective HIV treatment regimens, viral load can be reduced to undetectable in many people. This is a great result. It means that your HIV drugs are working and you are doing a great job taking them. However, HIV is still in your body, hiding in an inactive state and not reproducing. If you stop taking your HIV drugs, the virus usually comes out of hiding and starts reproducing; then your viral load will go up.
When Should You Get a Viral Load Test?
If your drug regimen is working, your viral load should become undetectable within six months of starting treatment. If this does not happen, if your viral load stays detectable on stable therapy, or if your viral load keeps increasing, it can signal that your drug regimen is not controlling HIV as well as it should. It is important that you and your health care provider discuss all possible reasons (e.g., problems with your body's ability to absorb the drug, problems sticking to your regimen or drug resistance) and take steps to correct the problem. These steps may include additional testing and changing your HIV drugs.
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Who Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For?
November 13, 2012
The 2012 election is over. President Obama will return to the White House. A Republican majority -- slightly smaller majority, but majority nonetheless -- will return to the House of Representatives. And a slightly more Democratic majority will return to the United States' Senate. So what has changed?
Four years ago, the theme of President Obama's campaign was "Yes, we can!" The message was about hope and change. I don't know what happened, but somewhere along the line what started out in Iowa as "Yes, we can!" turned into "Yes, he can!" the day after Inauguration, in Washington, D.C. and across the country. Like Elvis, we left the building.
This amazing experiment called America is a democracy -- not a monarchy or a dictatorship -- a democracy. And, the funny thing about our democracy is we get the kind of government we deserve and work for, not necessarily the kind of government we want.
Four years later, the President is much, much older and the campaign theme was "forward". But he still will not be able to bring about "a change we can believe in," alone. We are a critical component of this proposition. It cannot happen without us.
The election may be over, but we are still very much a country divided. People are still in a tremendous amount of pain and there is a ton of work to be don. America can and should be the first country in the world to end the AIDS epidemic. We have a President who has made a commitment to help us do that.
The President fought to make the Affordable Health Care Act the law of the land. Now we need to make it work for people with HIV/AIDS by expanding Medicaid and making sure the Essential Health Benefits meet the needs of the people living with HIV/AIDS.
The President promised and delivered a National HIV/AIDS strategy. Now we need to implement it.
We have treatments that can help people with HIV have a normal life expectancy. Now we need to build demand for treatment so we have an infrastructure and the capacity to provide it to everyone who needs it.
We have new biomedical prevention tools. Now we need to make sure people understand how they work and when it is appropriate to use them.
On many fronts we've had a President who's had our back. But too few of us stood up for our own interests. During the last four years we allowed the obstructionist to frame the discussion. We cannot allow history to repeat itself during the next four years. We have the tools to end the AIDS epidemic. The promise of ending the AIDS epidemic in America does not reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It resides on your street and mine. It will only happen if we are engaged every step of the way. It will only happen if we make sure that our friends, loved ones, neighbors, and acquaintances understand what's at stake.
The operative word in "Yes, we can" is we.
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- Year
- 1776
Congress prepares instructions for negotiating treaty with France
On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress prepares instructions and guidance for the agents appointed to negotiate a treaty between the United States and France. The agents were also instructed to request immediate assistance in securing arms.
Covert French aid began filtering into the colonies soon after the outbreak of hostilities between Britain and America in 1775. Silas Deane, a Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress, left for France on a secret mission on March 3, 1776. The Committee of Congress for Secret Correspondence, consisting of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Harrison, John Dickinson, John Hay and Robert Morris, instructed Deane to meet with French Foreign Minister Charles Gravier, Count de Vergennes, to stress America's need for military stores and assure the French that the colonies were moving toward "total separation" from Great Britain.
Deane managed to negotiate unofficial assistance from France, in the form of ships containing military supplies, and recruited the Marquis de Lafayette to share his military expertise with the Continental Army's officer corps. However, it was not until the arrival of the suave Benjamin Franklin and the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 that the French became convinced that it was worth backing the Americans in a formal treaty.
On February 6, 1778, the Treaties of Amity and Commerce and Alliance were signed; they were ratified by the Continental Congress in May 1778. One month later, war between Britain and France formally began when a British squadron fired on two French ships. During the American Revolution, French naval fleets proved critical in the defeat of the British, which was assured at the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781.


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Lessons From GRACE: A U.S. Study Focused on Women Living With HIV
September 8, 2015
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The Need for Studies of Women Living With HIV (HIV+)
The proportion of HIV and AIDS cases among women in the US more than tripled from seven percent in 1985 to an alarming 23 percent in 2011. That means that about one in four Americans living with HIV is a woman. Rates of HIV are especially high among women of color -- almost eight out of ten women living with HIV in the US are African American or Latina.
Globally, the World Health Organization reported that women made up about half of all people living with HIV in 2013. In some areas, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, almost six out of ten people living with HIV are women.
Despite growing numbers of women living with HIV, studies of HIV prevention and treatment (clinical trials) have traditionally included very small numbers of women. In many HIV studies, only one in ten of the people being studied is a woman. As a result, most information on the effectiveness and safety of HIV drugs is based on research done in men.
Because HIV and some HIV drugs may act differently in women's bodies, there is a strong need to conduct studies that are specifically designed to answer questions for women. More information is needed on specific drug doses for women, possible differences in lab tests (such as CD4 cells and viral load), how infections and gynecological conditions affect women living with HIV, and what side effects are likely to affect women. The only way to find out this information is for more women living with HIV to participate in clinical trials.
Why Have There Been so Few Women Participating in Trials?
For many years, community advocates, including Dawn Averitt, the founder of The Well Project, have been calling for trials to include more women and people of color. There are many reasons why this has been hard to do.
Historically, women were kept out of many types of clinical trials (not just HIV studies). This was out of concern that they might become pregnant while on a trial of an experimental drug that could turn out to harm the baby. In 1993, US regulations were changed and women were encouraged to participate in clinical trials, but progress has been very slow and the number of women in HIV studies has remained low.
There are many reasons women have not participated in clinical trials. Some are concerned that a trial may be unsafe or that they will not be allowed to drop out if it is not right for them. In some African-American and Latino communities, there may be distrust of the medical establishment in general and/or clinical researchers in particular because of trials that were conducted before the US government established strong guidelines to protect people who participate in clinical trials.
In addition, stigma, lack of support, lack of child care, lack of information about the studies, and lack of transportation often prevent women and people of color from participating in HIV trials.
Enter GRACE
An HIV clinical trial needed to be designed in a way that could overcome some of the barriers for women and people of color. In order to do this, health care providers and community advocates worked with Tibotec (now Janssen), the company that makes the protease inhibitor Prezista (darunavir).
The result was the GRACE study. GRACE stands for Gender, Race, And Clinical Experience. The study was designed to see if there were differences in drug effectiveness, safety, and side effects between men and women who took Prezista for 48 weeks.
GRACE began in 2006. It was the largest treatment trial to focus on women living with HIV in the US and the first to focus on women who had experience taking HIV drugs. GRACE was specifically designed to enroll women and people of color.
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Ubuntu Popularity: Blessing or Curse?
InstallationAccording to the 2007 DesktopLinux.com survey, Ubuntu is the distribution of choice for 30% of GNU/Linux users. The exact figure is questionable, but Ubuntu's dominance is not. For an increasing number of people, Ubuntu is GNU/Linux. Yet, looking at the pre-releases of Gutsy Gibbon, Ubuntu 7.10, I found myself becoming disturbed by the degree to which this popularity has translated into uncritical acceptance.
Make no mistake--due to the energy that the Ubuntu community and Canonical, its corporate arm, have put into improving the desktop, this popularity is well-deserved. Yet, at the same time, I find myself wondering whether user-friendliness must inevitably mean discouraging users from exploring their systems or taking firm control over them. This question keep nagging me each time I installed, went through the selection of preloaded software, explored the desktop, installed new software, or examined security. Only once or twice did I find a balance between accessibility to newcomers and a feature set for advanced users. At times, too, I wondered whether the popularity might be preventing Ubuntu from finishing some rough edges.
Little has changed in the Gutsy Gibbon release. The installer opens with a warning that you are using a pre-release version that installation of might mean over-writing existing files, then leads you through an eight-step wizard.
To its credit, the installer makes adding an operating system to your hard drive as easy as it can probably be. However, while even novices are unlikely to have much trouble if they accept the defaults, straying beyond them is difficult. For instance, in the keyboard selection step, the only way to know the differences between two U.S. English International layouts or the classical, left hand, or right hand versions of the Dvorak keyboard is to know them beforehand, to research them on another computer, or to try each systematically in the field provided for the purpose.
Similarly, at the partitioner, if you choose the Guided option, you quickly discover that it's a misnomer. "Guided" really means automatic, and gives you no choice whatsoever. I can't help comparing this lack of choice unfavorably to Debian 4.0's presentation of different partitioning schemes that you can either accept or modify as you want.
The installer does a better job with Advanced options on the final screen, tucking away controls for choosing where to install the bootloader or participate in the package Popularity Contest a button-click away from the top level screen.
Yet, for all its convenience, what most characterizes the Ubuntu installer is the lack of choice it presents. Users cannot even choose the initial software to install. This lack is not only frustrating, but violates a main principle of security. After all, you can hardly secure a system if you do not know what is going on it.
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Civil wedding service
From left, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Camille Marie Kelly Gottlieb, Princess Caroline of Hanover, Louis Ducruet, Pauline Ducruet and Princess Stephanie of Monaco attend the civil ceremony of the royal wedding of Prince Albert II of Monaco to Charlene Wittstock at the Prince's Palace on July 1, 2011, in Monaco. The ceremony took place in the Throne Room of the Prince's Palace of Monaco, followed by a religious ceremony in the main courtyard of the palace on July 2. With her marriage to the head of state of the Principality of Monaco, Charlene Wittstock has become Princess consort of Monaco and gained the title Princess Charlene of Monaco.
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The Alan Turing Building
The School of Mathematics accommodation consists of two east-west wings of three floors each, separated by a spacious atrium and connected at either end by open bridges to encourage circulation.
The building is named after Alan Turing, who was a Reader in Mathematics at Manchester, and is regarded as one of the founders of computer science.
The building also houses the Photon Science Institute and the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.
Student Common Room
The Undergraduate Common Room comprises of a large portion of the main atrium in the School's Alan Turing Building. Light and spacious, the Common Room offers a comfortable space in which students can relax between lectures, socialise, and even do a little mathematics.
Postgraduate Facilities
Alongside all of the undergraduate spaces, postgraduate students have access to designated facilities on the first floor of the Alan Turing Building. PhD students are assigned offices in which to conduct their research, whilst Masters students have access to the MSc Study Room, which houses a number of Linux based systems on which to conduct their research as well as a small library of mathematical texts.
Postgraduate students are also able to utilise shared study spaces outside of the research seminar rooms. These spaces contain a number of blackboards, which students can use to work on problems with their peers and lecturers.
Student Study Room
The School houses two large study rooms that are available to students throughout the year. The Quiet Study Room is designated for those students who wish to work in a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. Located next to the Student Common Room, the room has full-length windows to maximise natural light and create the perfect ambience for the reflective study of mathematics.
The Group Study Room comprises of three distinct spaces in one large study room and has been designed for the collaborative study of mathematics. The main study area in this room is available for students to work on group projects, discuss the latest information from their lectures or for those who prefer working in a more informal fashion. Two smaller spaces within this room are used for the teaching of supervision classes throughout the academic year.
A number of notice boards are placed around the Group Study Room, where students can find information on job vacancies, the careers service, student societies and a variety of social activities taking place around campus.


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On August 8th, Umi ga Kikoeru, literally I Can Hear the Ocean (Ocean Waves Stateside) is set to be one of the last films in Studio Ghibli's canon to see a DVD release (the only film left after Umi ga Kikoeru is Nausicaa). Umi ga Kikoeru is a touching drama, with the subtle, quiet charm that Studio Ghibli is known for. The film, which is based on a novel by Himuro Saeko, premiered on Japanese TV on December of 1993.
While there are several elements that Umi ga Kikoeru shares with other Studio Ghibli films, Umi is rather unique. It was directed by an outsider, Tomomi Mochizuki, who also directed the Kimagure Orange Road movies. The film was meant as a project for Ghibli's younger staff members, in their 20s and 30s (Mochizuki was 37 when directed it), though Ghibli veteran Isao Takahata was the film's producer. The age of the staff seems to have had a major impact on the film, as Umi is, at its heart, a teen drama. Don't get the wrong impression, however. This is not a clichéd look at teenage life through the lens of corporate bigwigs. The overriding theme of Ghibli films is, for the most part, nostalgia, either for an age in a person's life or a time in our shared past. In this respect, Umi is no different from its Ghibli brethren. However, the age it focuses on is very unique and, unlike other Studio Ghibli films that have had Takahata or Hayoa Miyazaki at the helm, Umi forgoes the supernatural to tell of a teenage love triangle. Indeed, it's easy to see the simple and charming film as the work of adults approaching midlife, nostalgically looking back at their joy and ambiguity of their teenage years. Indeed, Umi is an ode to secret crushes, classroom friendships, and a time that irrevocably ends at graduation.
The film opens with the main character, Taku, standing at train station. He sees an attractive girl, but almost as soon as he notices her, she is gone. After the title screen, the film moves to Taku's room in Tokyo. He gets ready to board a plane to his hometown of Kochi, when he notices a picture that has fallen out of his bag. It is of the girl he saw at the train station, in an orange bathing suit. Taku studies the photo for a moment before leaving for his flight at Tokyo's Haneda airport. As the flight takes off, Taku begins to narrate a series of flashbacks. "The first time Matsuno and I met Rikako was on a scorching summer like this. Two years ago when we were second year high school students..."
From there, Umi begins to tell the tale of a love triangle between Taku, his best friend Matsuno, and the new girl in town, Rikako. Taku and Matsuno meet in middle school, when they both protest the school's cancellation of their middle school trip, and become good friends. But a new transfer student, from glitzy Tokyo threatens to break up their friendship. However, as the film progresses, it is apparent that Rikako has problems all her own. Her parents are divorced, and her mother has brought her from Tokyo to Kochi. Rikako hates the little city and longs to move back to Tokyo with her father. Unfortunately for her, things can't go back to the way they were. If it's all begining to sound a bit like a grown up The Wonder Years, you might not be far off the mark. Both Taku and Matsuno have to understand their relationship with Rikako, while she must learn to grow up.
If you're familiar with the other Studio Ghibli films, you may be waiting for the magical punch, the bizarre conceit thrown into a normal world. There is none in Umi. There are no Japanese gods, floating islands, cat barons, or magical powers. The film's drama comes from the conflict the three main characters face (and a definite sense of awe at what crazy stunt the conceited Rikako will pull next).
The animation is really gorgeous. Though there is nothing supernatural in the film, the blue skies, castles, and other scenery are extremely well drawn. The animation is fluid and the character design is realistic, with a slight bend towards the trademark Ghibli look. The voice acting is superb, and while the music is not as great as Joe Hisashi's work for the studio, it is charming and simple, and fits in well with the film.
Umi ga Kikoeru was originally broadcast on TV in Japan in 1993. Since then, it has seen a 1999 VHS release and will be on DVD this September. Outside of Japan, the film has been released in the Chinese bootleg Studio Ghibli DVD box set and is available fansubbed. However, there has yet to be a legitimate release of Umi in the U.S. The film is not included in the world wide distribution deal between Disney and Tokuma. One the one hand, inclusion in the deal means that the film may have seen the light of day in the U.S., but it is impossible to say how Disney would have handled this film dealing with teenage life. While Spirited Away's Oscar win may be the catalyst for Disney to re-examine the Ghibli films, it doesn't seem likely that Umi ga Kikoeru will see release in the U.S.


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How God Provides and Why He Loves Providing
The first time I prayed in faith for God to provide was when I was a teenager. I'd heard of an organisation that sent mission teams to exotic places to do building work in needy communities. I was ready for an adventure with God!
I started fund-raising. After a charity dinner and a raffle I was still £500 short, and only had a week to raise it. I didn't know anything about christian dogma, but I knew God could do the impossible.
"Dear Lord, if you want me to go on this trip, please provide me with the money, as soon as possible!" I prayed.
In my heart I heard these good bible verses:
"Ask and it will be given to you…For everyone who asks receives." (NIV Matt 7v7-8)
Later that day, a man who knew my dad gave him an envelope with £500 in for my trip. He also offered to drive me the 100 miles to the preparatory weekend, and back!
"But how did he know I needed exactly £500?" I asked my Dad.
"Well…God probably told him!"
That totally blew my mind. Not only did God care for me, hear and answer my prayers, he also told other people how they could be an answer to my prayer. I was now hooked on praying and wanted to know more about this incredibly generous, involved God.
Before I left on the trip a friend gave me a card with this verse in:
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, with prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God of… will guard your hearts and minds." (NIV Phil 4v6)
I remembered these verses, and they became my strategy of handling being away from home for the first time and discovering another culture. Through them I became more aware of and dependent upon God as a Father, less anxious in general and more joyful when prayers were answered!
Since then I have read, meditated on, breathed in, declared and prayed this inspirational bible verse until it became part of me. It has become one of those quotes to live by.
I have been in need many times, and have seen many answers to prayer. When we gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, God's provision truly blessed us! We were given a cot, pre-loved toys and baby clothes. My heart was stretching with joy and gratitude.
But the other day, I went to a mom and baby group. The only other mom there was immaculate, she looked like she had walked out of a magazine. I tried not to be intimidated and smiled.
In one glance she dismissed me, and turned away. I hadn't even noticed the scuffs on the stroller till now.
"How dare she judge me for my appearance!" I told myself.
"Love is the most importance thing." I consoled myself.
But I kept imagining her in her perfect world, choosing whatever stroller or baby clothes she wanted She had more than enough money, and she had choice. Envy niggled in my heart.
"We're so grateful you provide for us, Lord. But how does she get such an easy life?"
"Blessed are those who are poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (NIV Mat 3v5)
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom." (NIV Mat 19v24)
Suddenly I realised. The true pearl in my life is my relationship with Father God, which began and is sustained by my dependence upon him.
The rich mom doesn't need God's provision, so God may never get a chance to father and care for her.
I felt such sadness in God's heart for those who don't think they need him. He loves providing for us because we're his children, and he is our Daddy. Now, every time I see a rich mom I pray:
"Father, every good and perfect gift is from above (NIV Jam1v17), find a way to reach into this woman's life and fill her up with your love, so she may meet her Father God."
May you enjoy an adventure with God as you grow in faith and see many amazing answers to prayer!
You can find other testimonies of God's amazing provision at www.howgodprovides.com.
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