text: Local UNCW Terrorism Specialist Says Banning Refugees Isn't The Answer By Isabelle Shepherd • Dec 28, 2015 Wikimedia Leaders across the country – including North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory – are calling for a hold on accepting Syrian refugees. But WHQR's Isabelle Shepherd reports that a terrorism specialist from UNCW says this move won't decrease the threat of terror. In fact, it may increase it. Listen Listening... / 1:04 Listen to the audio version here. Professor Daniel Masters teaches Terrorism & Counterterrorism at UNCW. He says banning refugees is playing into a terrorist strategy: "What terrorists want countries to do is to default on their brand. So, as a country, the United States is perceived as this liberal, Democratic country. We've always been a very open, immigrant-based country. So, if you can create a situation where you show the United States starting to act like, say, the Soviet Union during the Cold War, where we're throwing up walls, we are trying to limit the movement of people. Well, then that just takes the entire image we have of our country and just throwing it out the window." Masters says that creates a propaganda victory for the terrorists. His proposed solution? Welcome the immigrants and make them feel accepted, so they develop an affinity for the United States. Governor McCrory has stated that North Carolina should not receive any additional refugees until he is satisfied with the thoroughness and effectiveness of federal background and security checks. Congress extends Charitable IRA Rollover By Cleve Callison • Dec 22, 2015 Happy Holidays! Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, 2015 has been a very good year for WHQR and our listeners. Here's information on a provision of the law that may be beneficial to some donors: Congress has passed a tax extenders package that would make permanent the Charitable IRA Rollover provision, and President Obama is expected to sign it very soon if not already. Proposed Sale Notice for Offshore Wind in Development; Right Whale Migration in Flux By Rachel Lewis Hilburn • Dec 20, 2015 Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources / NOAA Fisheries Offshore wind is working its way to the mid-Atlantic – and specifically to areas off the North Carolina coast. Broadly supported by environmental advocates, this form of energy exploration faces some resistance by coastal communities concerned about visual impacts on tourism and real estate values. Now that the Environmental Assessment is complete, the next step in the development of offshore wind is the publication of a proposed sale notice. Fear of Discrimination can Cause LGBT Seniors to Isolate More, Fail to get Medical Care By Rachel Lewis Hilburn • Dec 16, 2015 Chalmers Butterfield Health disparities between white America and racial and ethnic minorities are well-documented. The American Psychological Association says those disparities continue into the senior years – with minorities less likely to get medical help – and more likely to face chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes. But race isn't the only determining factor for seniors who struggle with access to adequate health care. CoastLine: Aging in Place, Facing Practical and Psychological Challenges as a Senior By Rachel Lewis Hilburn • Dec 16, 2015 Kaiser Family Foundation In the United States, 14.5 % of the population is 65 or older. That's according to the most recent census. In North Carolina, the number of elderly people is a fraction of a percentage higher at 14.7%. In New Hanover County, nearly 16% of residents are 65 or over. And that number shoots to almost a third of the population in neighboring Brunswick County. According to the American Psychological Association, the number of Americans over age 85 is increasing faster than any other group. Since 1900, the proportion of Americans age 65 and older has more than tripled. New Hanover County Commissioners Disagree Over Comprehensive Plan's Exceptional Resource Areas Map By Isabelle Shepherd • Dec 15, 2015 New Hanover County Planning Department At this week's New Hanover County Commissioners meeting, the planning department presented the final version of the future land use map. That's the fourth chapter of the County's Comprehensive Plan. But the discussion turned contentious over a complementary map that outlines environmental resources. CoastLine: For All The World To See at the Cape Fear Museum By Cleve Callison • Dec 15, 2015 E. G. Shempf The exhibit For All the World to See is now on display at the Cape Fear Museum. 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Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) has never sent retired soldiers to take part in secret military operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as reported by one English tabloid last month.
The clarification issued in Dar es Salaam on Saturday by the Tanzania Information Services, MAELEZO, was in response to an article published by 'The East African' Issue No. 1030 that appeared on July 26, this year with the title; 'Ex-soldiers want $3m for covert Congo operation.'
According to the statement, the paper reported that more than 400 retired soldiers from Tanzania had threatened to sue the government of Tanzania for failing to pay them allowances amounting to US Dollar 3 million (approximately 6bn/) after serving in the DRC under the alleged clandestine military operation between 2000 and 2003.
"The paper further reported that the ex-soldiers were deployed to the DRC to provide military training to the government troops but upon arrival, the soldiers were dispatched for military combat in South Kivu and Katanga to fight Interahamwe rebels from Rwanda and Burundi insurgents (FDD).
"The report is untrue and based on unfounded allegations with the intention to mislead the public. The government or army officials were not responsible in sending to the DRC any of the retired soldiers who were already out of service," the statement reads in part, quoting the newspaper article.
The statement stated that the ex-soldiers might have made secret arrangements with people known to themselves and covertly entered Congo, and if not paid for the job as reported by the paper, they should complain to their associates and not the government even-if they are Tanzanian citizens.
"What the ex-soldiers did was absolutely wrong and against the law. The accusations against the government are unwarranted. However, authorities in the DRC were alerted about it," concludes the statement issued by the Director of Information.
The government assured all Tanzanians that there was no soldier sent officially to peace keeping mission and those serving or previously served in different parts of the world do so under the coordination and auspices of the international community, the UN in particular.

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America's famed "containment policy" vis-à-vis the Soviet Union didn't just contain that superpower -- it contained us, too. With the Soviet Union gone, the U.S. military was freed from containment. There was nowhere it couldn't go and nothing it couldn't do -- or so the top officials of the Bush administration came into power thinking, even before 9/11.
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Posted on October 30, 2007
Managing all the stuff contributed by the public
In a widespread breaking-news situation such as the recent fires in California, a lot of news organizations would like the public to send in photos, video and reports from the ground. A post at the Veeker blog describes how the Veeker platform made it easy for KNSD-TV (NBC San Diego) to manage 1,704 viewer-contributed pictures and videos (as of midday Oct. 24):
- 1,324 (78% of the total) were e-mailed pictures
- 363 (21% of the total) were pictures sent directly from mobile phones
- 11 (less than 1 percent) were video sent from phones
- 6 (less than 1 percent) were videos via e-mail
What's more interesting is an analysis of six factors that made it all possible. Two of these are essentially "Veeker is great," but I found it an interesting read nevertheless. And remember, we're talking about a TV news Web site here!
KNSD has put 37 of the photos into a slideshow. Each one includes the photographer's name (upper right corner). The captions leave a lot to be desired, and they're not geo-tagged.
I sort of prefer a search-generated Flickr slideshow, myself. I find it irresistible to search Flickr for every large-scale breaking news event.
(Link via Read/Write Web.)
Posted on October 28, 2007
Breaking news graphics: A comparison of fire maps
Xaquin Gonzalez Veira compared online news organizations' maps of the California fires last week. Gonzalez, the assistant art director at Newsweek who is responsible for the magazine's online interactive graphics, writes his blog in Spanish, so I have taken the liberty of translating and paraphrasing his post: California en llamas (California in flames).
Gonzalez had experience with massive fires like these from last year, when he was still at El Mundo, the Spanish newspaper known as one of the great powerhouses of news graphics. "Almost a million people evacuated and about 1,000 square kilometers burned," he wrote, with a link to Galicia en llamas from elmundo.es.
On Monday [Oct. 22], all the online mapping tools relative to the fires were either down or functioning horribly badly. I waited to download some data at night …
With the 2006 Galicia graphic in mind, Gonzalez knew the sources to go to and had a clear idea, more or less from the beginning, of how to structure the graphic.
The resulting online graphic uses satellite photos, population density, photos of the fires on the ground, and an interactive calculator to show the distance from one fire to another, or the distance from Los Angeles (this is very cool — look for it in the upper right corner of the map).
Indeed, unprecedented for a weekly — Newsweek, we posted it a few hours before the NYT: those who truly appreciate the work of Steve Duenes's team know that feeling.
Gonzalez praised The New York Times's fire graphic — "as always, excellent" — which shows the extent of the fires and their evolution over seven days, with the ability to zoom in on individual fires.
As I found out at the ONA conference in Toronto, I am not the only one who says, "I hate them," when they publish some jewel.
MSNBC.com used a map from Microsoft Virtual Earth. Rollover boxes provide a lot of detail about each fire, some with photos.
The Los Angeles Times used Google Maps for one of its many maps (some are static; others use the slideshow template).
USA Today points to the USDA Forest Service map, Gonazalez wrote — I liked their own map very much, and I think it might be the most complete coverage of the story, if not the most detailed (perhaps).
Ay! The APIs: "However good and bad, they still had to be done," or, "How easy it is to use Google Maps …"
I appreciate Gonzalez lifting the curtain and giving us a glimpse inside his world.
Posted on October 26, 2007
There is no shelf. (There is no Page One.)
Think about it.
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Posted on October 26, 2007
5 things to tell the students
How much time did you spend online yesterday and today? (Pause.) Compare that with how much time you spent reading a newspaper or a magazine.
Last night I spoke to about 40 journalism students at a meeting of the student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. My mission: To alert them to the role of online in their future career. (Your answer to the two questions might differ from theirs, but it was obvious from their facial expressions that the question makes sense to them.)
Why would you think you will have a career writing — only writing — for a newspaper, when you know what the habits of your peers are?
I'm not saying you won't work for a newspaper, but the current students are telling us that they hear this at the campus journalism job fairs: What are your online skills? What is your URL? Where are your links?
The magazine people are in the same boat — the students just don't realize it yet!
So here's what I told them:
- You don't have to be a programmer. But you need to have more than one skill. Another way to say that is, You need to have more than only print skills.
- If you have not taken any online skills courses at all, and spring is your final semester, and the intro online course conflicts with one of your required courses that you waited until now to take — sign up for the online course, and delay your graduation. Do you want to graduate? Or do you want a job?
- You can go home tonight and learn to make a Web page. For heaven's sake, there are only 10 tags to learn. Learn HTML and CSS here. Free.
- You should not even be thinking about Flash if you never made a Soundslides. Download Soundslides here. Free demo version. See what kind of story you can tell.
- Every journalist can learn to gather and edit audio for online. Start here. You probably already have a digital recorder. Buy an external microphone. Download Audacity. Get busy.
This collection of tools, tutorials and tips will also come in handy: Journalists' Toolkit.
Look at great online journalism work — here and here. Look often. Recognize the growing importance of video (like this one) in the newspaper newsrooms. Do you know how to shoot video? Do you know how to edit video? Realize that one person does NOT need to possess EVERY skill — look at the credits (top right) on this package from the Palm Beach (Fla.) Post.
Update (11:25 p.m.): See what a bunch of newspaper editors say about journalism jobs and what new hires need to know.
Posted on October 25, 2007
Video on the cheap
I've seen a couple of references recently to the Flip video camera ($119 – $149) from Pure Digital. Mark Hamilton (Notes from a Teacher) has written a couple of posts about this — he owns a Flip camera: (1) Point-and-shoot video: A review; (2) A Little Flip.
But if you see good-sounding video (Burma rally, for example) on his site — that was not shot with the Flip. Mark now has a Canon HV20, and in response to an e-mail from me, he e-mailed me this about the Burma rally video:
I used the external mic on the HV20 and did a bit of audio boosting on a couple of the clips. I always cover myself at events by keeping my digital voice recorder (Zoom H4) running as a back-up, but I'm fairly impressed by the built-in mic on the HV20.
Mark sent this example (video shot by his students) as a demonstration of Flip video quality. Or lack thereof.
Posted on October 24, 2007
More about the fires …
… at Clicked — a blog from MSNBC.com that's about breaking news online.
Clicked offers a wide-ranging look at who is covering the fires, and how they're doing it.
Update (10:32 a.m.): USA Today has two very cool fire features online — a continually updated fire map, and an explanatory graphic that shows how that map is evolving over time. The latter is great instructional material for multimedia journalists.
The embedding of the "Wildfire Primer" (button at top, far right) is very nice. USA Today understands that it's lousy UI to make package elements fly out into new windows. Hooray!
Posted on October 24, 2007
Covering a murder trial in Kansas
Someone shot a county sheriff to death on a January morning in 2005 while he was serving a warrant. Almost three years later, a capital murder trial is under way in Eureka, Kansas, a town about an hour's drive from Wichita. Wichita Eagle court reporter Ron Sylvester sits in the courtroom daily, recording the details provided by witnesses on the stand and uploading them "live" to the newspaper's Web site.
A methamphetamine lab in a ramshackle country house. A town with about 2,600 residents. Gunshots. A 23-year-old suspect. The scourge of meth addiction in the heartland of America.
The Wichita Eagle is hampered by the inflexible online templates inherited from Real Cities, a misguided Web strategy foisted upon the Knight Ridder newspapers. Making the best of what they've got, Web diva Katie Lohrenz senior Web producer Jeff Butts set up an index page for all the trial coverage, with a nice short URL: http://www.kansas.com/cheever/ (the defendant is Scott Cheever). There's an RSS feed for trial coverage, good clear audio of key testimony, and some dramatic courtroom photographs. Headlines are informative and to the point. The organization is simple, straightforward. And there are 49 pages of tributes to the sheriff who died.
In an e-mail, Ron told me some folks in the newsroom are saying his live reports are "not like a real story." But Nick Jungman, the Eagle's senior interactive editor, is standing up for innovation. Bravo! It may seem like a small step, compared with flashy efforts from larger newspapers — but by publishing straight to the Web, the Eagle is walking confidently toward the future.
I just hope they are promoting the online updates (and the exact URL) on Page One every morning.


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ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) - Fulton County authorities say a man suspected of kidnapping an eleven-year-old girl is in custody after he led officers on a high-speed chase that ended in Union City.
Police said the pursuit started Sunday evening after 32-year-old Mallory Parish abducted his estranged girlfriend's daughter.
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The girl was rescued after Parish surrendered to police at a storage facility in Union City. Officers also found the girl's mother locked inside an office at the site.
Parish is facing several criminal charges.
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The 38-year-old polio victim confined for most of his life to an iron lung portrayed in "The Sessions" is paralyzed, but his sexual machinery works fine. So does his heart.
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Montale's Blue Amber
Idole de Lubin
Gucci Envy
YSL pour Homme concentrate.
Guerlain's Mitsouko!
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Habanita by Molinard
Geir by Geir Ness
Grey, dark fragrances has been discussed in this forums before. What about fragrances that reminds you of light, fun days? I was wearing Bond No. 9's Nouveau Bowery and it reminded me of Lime...
Bond No.. 9 Nouveau Bowery today.
Gris Clair
Soleil de Capri by Montale
Noir Epices.
Maitre Parfumeur et Garnier's Parfum D' Habit today.
guerlain's Homme!
Czech and Speake No. 88!
Yatagan by Caron.
Interesting description of this scent. I have to try it again and close my eyes and see if it harkens south India. I've visited several temples in Tamil Nadu and now I'm excited to see if Czech and...
L'Artisan's DZING!
SOLO by Loewe!
Bond No. 9 Nouveau Bowery
Knize Ten
Creed's Feuille Verte w/ flacon.
GAROFANO By Lorenzo Villoresi
Noir Epices by FM
sotd is Borneo 1854 by Serge Lutens.
Usually a "Limited Edition" of a high end fragrance company like Creed. They are costly and once it's out of stock, they become very rare indeed. An example would be Creed's "Feuille Verte". It...
Dior Homme!
Red Aoud by Montale-- thanks to Vijay! I'm really liking this one.
Shiny Aoud by Montale. Thanks to Vijay!
Geir by Geir Ness
Bond No. 9's Bleeker Street
IDOLE de Lubin.
Terre de Hermes
Acqua Bvlgari pour Homme today.
Czech and Speake's CUBA!
Mugler's Angel for men!
I was inside a yoga class doing the floor "Bow" when the earthquake started. Luckily, I was wearing Jean Pascal pour Homme. So officially, that's my earthquake fragrance ala L.A. style!
Even if Black Aoud lasted on my skin for only five hours, it's still worth every penny of it. Luckily, Black Aoud stays longer than five hours. It's more like 10 hours!
JEAN PASCAL pour Homme!
I better start stocking up on my Angel refills! Thanks for the update.
Montale's RED VETIVER, thanks to Vijay!
Olivier Creed's FEUILLE VERTE!!
+1 and I'd like to add Balenciaga pour Homme.
IDOLE de Lubin
Annick Goutal has an amazing Vetiver. Not sweet at all.
Today Im trying/testing Ramon Molvizar's Gift pour Homme. Compliments of Vijay!
There are some pretty big spenders on the forum!
Thanks for the update!
Yes, FT is up there but Cuir Mauresque is defininitely one for my favorites. I guess it's not export line yet. Is Borneo in the export line now?
SOTD: Chanel pour Monsieur Concentree! Gimme mossy/wood chypre today.
I have the Number Two and Le Cercle from Carthusia. They are still in their original bottles before it was redesigned and it still smells pretty good. I think Carthusia may have discontinued Le...
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Serge Lutens' MIEL DU BOIS!!
Serge Luten's MIEL DU BOIS-- amazing honey scent.
Christian Dior's Eau Noire.
Xeryrus by Givenchy is definitely one of those 'walkthrough' fragrances . It's too potent to be sprayed directly on the skin or clothing.
Jil Sander for Men is an awesome scent. I'm sure her line is still popular in Hamburg and the rest of Germany.
Creed's BOIS DU PORTUGAL!!
Most Loved: Balenciaga pour Homme
Most Hated: Axel -- Yes, I smell it in locker rooms and I detest it.
Christian Dior's BOIS D' ARGENT!
For me, it would easily be Montale's BLACK AOUD and Serge Lutens' CUIR MAURESQUE! Those two never fails to get attention.
I was in an outdoor cafe last week ( in the evening ) and there was a...
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Your description reminds me when I visited Taormina and Siracusa in Sicily. It is amazing how fragrances will bring back memories, just like how Micael Edwards described it in my signature. When I...
Caron YATAGAN!
Depends on the crowd and area here in L.A. I'd say: Serge Lutens, L'Artisan Pafumeur and this may sound elitist, but Frederic Malle is now one of the top sellers at Barney's in BH. Montale is...
Only 25 percent of my wardrobe was pre-Basenotes. I'd say 75 percent of what's in my wardrobe would be in the upper 4 or lower 5 digits in USD, of course.
Not to worry, they are in their...
Bond No. 9's Nouveau Bowery is definitely lime. I think you will appreciate this fragrance if you're into lime. Very different from your Montale though.
I sampled natural musk oil at the Arabian Oud store in Paris off Champs Elysee and it's very potent. A drop on your wrist stays on your skin for days and it's a rather an unpleasant smell. Nothing...
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Frederic Malle's Carnal Flower does it for me. It stays on my shirt for days! I think it may be the tuberose concentrate, but it smells wonderful!
Edition de Parfums Frederic Malle: UNE ROSE!
Egoiste and Pour Monsieur are my Chanel favorites for men.
Montale has Aoud Lime. Very potent and one of my favorites!
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Fendi pour Homme
Vendetta pour Homme by Valentino
Balenciaga pour Homme
Caron's Yatagan
Sybaris by Puig
Edition de Parfum Frederic Malle: CARNAL FLOWER!
Edition de Parfum Frederic Malle: CARNAL FLOWER!
The Dior Homme bottle design is modern, powerful and also beautiful. My other choices would be the green leather flacon from Creed I got that came with my Feuille Verte and my Bell Jar bottles ...
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Editions de Parfum Frederic Malle NOIR EPICES.
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Editions de Parfum Frederic Malle VETIVER EXTRAORDINAIRE!
Montale's SOLEIL DI CAPRI!
I'll check out the local Barney's here and give it a 'test'. It would be worth a trip. Thanks!
SOLO by Loewe today!
"Equipage" by Hermes
Editions de Parfum Frederic Malle's BOIS D' ORAGE.
Bois d' Orage lasted an hour on my skin. I love the fragrance, but didn't go back to buy it for that reason. An hour isn't worth it.
ROMA by Laura Biagotti
Uomo by Lorenzo Villoresi
Uomo by Carthusia
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Christian Dior's Eau Sauvage all for the summer months.
Czech and Speake 'CUBA' limited edition.
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That's the estimated amount of money that grandparents in the U.S. spent on goods and services for their grandchildren in 2009, according to "The Grandparent Economy," a recent study from Grandparents.com, a website that focuses on family relationships.
That generosity, in part, reflects the fact that older Americans, in many cases, have paid off their mortgages and have reasonably healthy savings accounts. As such, the report states, grandparents "are in a relatively better position to spend than younger cohorts."
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PROPHESYS 3: Observational Study on Predictors of Response in Patients With Treatment-naïve Chronic Hepatitis C Initiated on Treatment With Pegasys (Peginterferon Alfa-2a) or Peginterferon-alfa-2b
This study has been completed.
Hoffmann-La Roche
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First received: February 9, 2010
Last updated: November 2, 2015
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This observational study will assess predictors of early on-treatment and sustained virological response in treatment-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis C initiated on treatment with Pegasys (peginterferon alfa-2a) or peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin. Data will be collected during the treatment period (24 or 48 weeks) and 12 and 24 weeks after the end of treatment. Target sample size is <2000.
Hepatitis C, Chronic
Drug: peginterferon alfa-2a [Pegasys]
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Prospective Observational Study on Predictors of Early On-treatment Response and Sustained Virological Response in a Cohort of Treatment naïve HCV-infected Patients Treated With Pegylated Interferons
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Hepatitis Hepatitis A Hepatitis C
Drug Information available for: Peginterferon Alfa-2aU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Hoffmann-La Roche:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Predictive values of virological response 4 and 12 weeks after treatment initiation on sustained virological response (SVR) by HCV genotype [ Time Frame: weeks 4 and 12, and 24 weeks after the end of treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Identification and confirmation of host-, virus- and treatment-related factors influencing viral response, SVR and relapse [ Time Frame: throughout treatment and 12 and 24 weeks after the end of treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Correlation between overall treatment duration/treatment duration after HCV RNA becomes negative and SVR by genotype [ Time Frame: assessed 12 and 24 weeks after the end of treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Correlation of cumulative ribavirin and peginterferon dose with SVR by genotype [ Time Frame: assessed 12 and 24 weeks after the end of treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Drug: peginterferon alfa-2a [Pegasys]
As prescribed by physician
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Study Population
Patients receiving peginterferon alfa treatment at a medical centre
Inclusion Criteria:
- adult patients, >/= 18 years of age
- chronic hepatitis C
- HIV HCV co-infection allowed
- informed consent to data collection
Exclusion Criteria:
- co-infection with HBV
- previous treatment with peginterferon and/or ribavirin
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Hoffmann-La Roche
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 28, 2016
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Ferenci P, Aires R, Ancuta I, Arohnson A, Cheinquer H, Delic D, Gschwantler M, Larrey D, Tallarico L, Schmitz M, Tatsch F, Ouzan D. A tool for selecting patients with a high probability of sustained virological response to peginterferon alfa-2a (40kD)/ribavirin. Liver Int. 2014 Nov;34(10):1550-9. doi: 10.1111/liv.12439. Epub 2014 Jan 9.
|Responsible Party:
|Hoffmann-La Roche
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01066819 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 9, 2010
|Last Updated:
|November 2, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C, Chronic
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Virus Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
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Fall/Spring Semester Hours
Sat. 5/10 and Sun. 5/11
Winter/Summer Hours
We will be closed 12/24- 1/1 for the holiday season.
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Busy Bodies Newsletter- SPRING 2016
The SMC Fitness Center offers a top of the line facility designed to meet the fitness needs of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Community members not affiliated with the University can now take advantage of our services and equipment. Offering a diverse selection of workout equipment which includes cardiovascular machines, weight training machines, and free weights. Also offered is a selection of group fitness classes.
Cardio Equipment
Free Weights
Open Rec Areas
Weight Machines
Class Schedule
Group Fitness Classes
– All Spin, Bike n' Core & Yoga classes require a ticket to reserve your spot. Tickets can be picked up 1 hour prior to the start of the class at the downstairs fitness center desk. Those using a marauder class pass – please go to the downstairs desk to get your card punched prior to the start of class.
Class Descriptions
Bike n' CoreWe will get your heart pumping with about 30 minutes ofspin then finish class with core work.
BootcampThis total body workout is designed to get your heart pumping! Builds endurance and strength with a variety of movements. Can be adapted to any fitness level or ability.
Power & PerformancePower performance is designed to teach the basics of power lifting and progress towards a better, stronger you! Our goal is to teach you how to lift with proper form and get stronger by progressively advancing through workouts at your pace. All fitness levels are welcome.
SpinThis is a high-intensity stationary bike workout that enhances cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength. The instructor will lead the group through rides with motivating music and challenging drills. Participants select their own intensity through varying bike positions and tension.
TabataUsing a variety of simple, yet intense exercises, each class will blast the calories and provide noticeable results in a short amount of time. Whether your goal is muscle tone, weight loss, or both, this class will provide what you are looking for.
Total Body BlastThis is a full body workout that involves cardio to increase the heart rate, and resistance training to sculpt both the upper and lower body. It is a great workout and you will leave feeling awesome!
Turbo KickBurn calories and blast fat! Turbo Kick® mixes kickboxing and simple dance moves with music that makes you want to move it!
YogaYoga is a great mental and physical workout- a great opportunity to tone your body and ease your mind. This class is great if you are a beginner and will challenge you even if you are a regular.
ZumbaZumba combines upbeat Latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a dynamic fitness program that will blow you away!!!!
Membership Payment Policy
Memberships are non-refundable and non-transferable. All membership fees except for part-time students can be paid at the main desk in the upper level of the SMC Fitness Center. We will be accepting ONLY credit cards for week, semester/summer and annual memberships. We will accept ONLY cash for day memberships. NOTE – A valid university I.D. card must be presented by all fitness center members upon entrance into the facility. Members who have forgotten their I.D. card and wish to enter the facility must pay the non-refundable $5.00 guest fee.
Students carrying less than 12 credits that want to purchase a semester membership will do so at the Bursar's Office located in the Dilworth building.
Guest & Group Rates
- Guest fee is $6.00 per day or $36.00 for a week pass. All guests must present a valid driver's license or state ID at the front desk. Guest must also sign in and sign out.
- Group Rate (at least 5 people)- Group discount available upon request
Fall/Spring Students
The number of credits a student is enrolled in determines the fee for using the Fitness Center and are as follows:
- 12+ Credits – full membership included in your tuition and fees
- 11 Credits – $17.50
- 10 Credits – $35.00
- 9 Credits – $52.50
- 8 Credits – $70.00
- 7 Credits – $87.50
- 6 Credits – $105.00
- 5 Credits – $122.50
- 4 Credits – $140.00
- 3 Credits – $157.50
- 2 Credit – $175.00
- 1 Credit – $192.50
Summer Sessions
- No charge if student is enrolled in classes for the upcoming fall semester.
- Regardless of the number of credits being taken, all summer students are automatic members during these sessions.
Winter Session
- No charge if student is enrolled in classes for the upcoming spring semester.
- Regardless of the number of credits being taken, all winter students are automatic members during this session.
MU Faculty/Staff, Retiree or Alumni Membership Options
Membership Options:
- Day Pass – $4.00
- Week Pass – $24.00
- Semester/Summer – $180.00
- Winter – $45.00
- Annual Membership – $360.00
- Marauder Class Pass* – $30.00
* This pass is for 15 group fitness classes with NO expiration date. No general gym attendance included.
Non-MU/Community Membership Options.
Must be at least 18 years of age.
Please Note: There is limited hour access for any Non-MU/Community Fitness Center member. The hours listed below are the open hours for any Non-MU/Community members:
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 6 AM – 2 PM 6 AM – 2 PM 6 AM – 2 PM 6 AM – 2 PM 6 AM – 7 PM 10 AM – 7 PM 10 AM – 12 AM
Gym Offerings:
- Day Pass- $6.00
- Week Pass- $36.00
- Semester/Summer- $235.00
- Summer – $60.00
- Annual Membership- $450.00
Pool Offerings:
- Day Pass- $3.00
- Week Pass- $10.00
- Semester/Summer- $80.00
- Annual Membership- $200.00
Pool memberships can be purchased at the SMC Fitness Center. Checks are the only form of payment that are accepted for pool memberships and can be made out to: Millersville University.
- ALL fitness center guests and members are to sign in at the reception desk. All members must present their own valid student, faculty, staff, or alumni I.D. card in order to use the facility. Aerobics students must sign in and need to present I.D.Appropriate exercise clothing is required: t-shirts, shorts, and/or sweatsuits.
- The Student Manager on duty is ultimately responsible for enforcing all rules, regulations, and procedures. If at any time a member or guest does not comply with the rules and/or the manager on duty, the patron will be asked to leave, or his/her fitness center privileges will be revoked. The Student Manager on duty has the right to recruit help of the Building Manager on duty and/or the University Police.
- The SMC Fitness Center is intended to give the Millersville campus community a clean, safe, and enjoyable place to work out for general fitness purposes. Bodybuilders and some highly conditioned athletes may find this facility inadequate for their workout goals, and it is therefore suggested that another facility may better suit the needs of this special population.
- Any formal problems, questions, or concerns regarding SMC Fitness Center policy should be submitted to the SMC Fitness Center Manager. Please clearly indicate the issue you are addressing, and be sure to include your name and phone number. All inquiries will be carefully reviewed.
- Athletic footwear which covers the entire foot is required by all members and guests.
- Weights may not be removed from the fitness center for any reason.
- Spotters and pinch-lock collars are required for free weights.
- Each individual is responsible for removing the weight plates that he/she has used on the plate-loaded machines; and returning all plates, dumbbells, barbells, and other equipment to the proper storage places.
- Hand chalk is not permitted.
- Food is permitted in the lobby area only; drinks are permitted but must be covered and/or sealed.
- Smoking and tobacco products are not permitted anywhere in the fitness wing.
- Radios and tape or CD players are not permitted. iPods, MP3 players, Walkmans and Discmans are permitted.
- Loud, profane, and/or abusive language is prohibited.
- Equipment set up in the Open Recreation Area or racquetball courts may not be moved by members or guests.
- Hanging from or grasping the basketball backboard or rim is not permitted.
- Patrons exercise at their own risk. Each individual is responsible for his/her own safety. All emergencies or injuries must be reported to the receptionist and/or manager on duty.
- All members and guests of the facility are expected to conduct themselves in a responsible, courteous, and safe manner in compliance with Student Memorial Center Building and fitness center rules and regulations.
- Disorderly conduct and horseplay will not be tolerated.
- All activities cease at closing time. All patrons must clear the facility.
- Disregard for any fitness center rule or failure to cooperate with fitness center staff will result in expulsion from the facility and/or loss of fitness center privileges.
- Do not attach weight plates to the weight stacks on the machines.
- Do not drop weights, dumbbells, or bars. Place everything down gently.
- Do not put weight plates under the flat bench to make it a decline bench. Instead, do bench dips for lower chest or triceps machine and lean forward.
- Do not step on any benches or machines. Use steps.
- No dips on the 45-degree back extension machine. Use dip/chin station.
- No standing on weight plates to do triceps at the lat pull-down station. Use steps.
- Keep dumbbells, weight plates, and barbells on the floor, not on the benches (as to not ruin the upholstery on the pads.)
- Loitering is not permitted in the fitness center. Any person or group of people who are in the fitness center and who are not exercising may be asked to leave, especially if the facility is crowded, and/or if the person or group of people is being loud and boisterous. The lobby area is not intended as a "hang-out."
- All exercises are to be performed in a safe and effective manner. The fitness center staff has the right to suggest correct form if a patron's safety is at risk while performing any exercise.
The Fitness Center does not offer family membership plans
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Ce commentaire fait référence ŕ cette édition : The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies (Format Kindle)
*A full executive summary of this book is available at newbooksinbrief dot com.
The main argument: In the first machine age--otherwise known as the Industrial Revolution--we humans managed to build technologies that allowed us to overcome the limitations of muscle power like never before. The result, which has reverberated these past 200 years, has been an increase in economic productivity unprecedented in human history. And the corollary of this increase in productive power has been an increase in material standard of living and social development equally as unprecedented.
In the past 30 years, with the rise of computers and other digital technologies, we have moved from overcoming our physical limitations, to overcoming our mental ones. This is the second machine age. Though we are still at the dawn of the second machine age, it already shows at least as much promise in boosting productivity (and quality of life) as the first. Indeed, by various measures--including the standard ones of GDP and corporate profits--we can see that the past 30 years has witnessed an impressive steepening in productivity.
And this is just the beginning. For digital technology continues to advance at an exponential pace; more digital information is being produced (and kept) all the time (all of which has enormous economic potential); and new ways of combining existing (and new) ideas into newer and better ones are ever being found.
Still, what is equally apparent is that the benefits of this steepening in productivity have gone to the few, rather than the many. Indeed, while the top 20% of earners have seen their pay increase since the early 1980s (and the closer you are to the top the more dramatically your pay has increased), the bottom 80% has actually seen their wealth decrease. And the spread is widening ever more as we go.
This is no random, or merely temporary outcome. Indeed, as Brynjolfsson and McAfee demonstrate, the unequal distribution of wealth in the second machine age is a natural corollary of how digital technology works and is used. Specifically, computer technology produces an economy that favors capital over labor; skilled labor over unskilled labor; and superstars (who are able to reach and corner entire global markets) over local players.
And not only does computer technology tend to play favorites, thereby increasing inequality. It also steadily erodes human employment outright. For as computer technology advances, more and more jobs that could once be carried out only by humans, becomes possible (and cheaper) for computers to accomplish. Nor is there any guarantee that new innovations and advancements will necessarily produce new jobs as fast as old ones are being lost (as was once thought inevitable). Indeed, we have already seen signs that this simply cannot be counted on.
The problem with all this is not just that extreme inequality is a political problem on its own. It's that as more and more people are driven out of the economy, the prospects for greater growth are themselves undermined.
Nevertheless, just as wise policies have helped us overcome many of the problems with the Industrial Revolution, Brynjolfsson and McAfee argue that the same can be done with the problems of the Digital Revolution. Specifically, more can be done to ensure that our education systems are geared to the realities and demands of the second machine age; more can be done to ignite and encourage entrepreneurship, which is needed to replace many of the jobs that will be lost; and more can be done to mitigate the inequality caused by the new technology, such as introducing a negative income tax--which preserves a minimal standard of living for all (and keeps people in the economy as consumers), while encouraging all who can to stay in the workforce.
The book is very well-researched, well-written and wisely argued. The authors have taken the facts and the data as they stand, without preconception or political coloring, and have delivered an honest and insightful analysis. Both the bounty and the spread of the second machine age are made apparent, and the proposed approach moving forward is well-measured and judicious. An important book for policy-makers, and the generally curious alike. A full executive summary of this book is available at newbooksinbrief dot com.
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The opening forecast for the 2014-15 season of $7 per kg of
milk solids was ahead of Federated Farmers' estimates and was
a pleasant surprise, he said.
''If it sticks, it will rank as the fourth-highest payout in
Fonterra's history. The upshot is that we are going from a
near record payout to a pretty good forecast.
''Where's the bad news in that? This payout and next season's
forecast is an economic bonanza,'' he said.
However, there were two dark clouds, one being a possible El
Nino drought later this year, which could ''whack'' New
Zealand and Californian production.
''This El Nino risk points to a second dark cloud and that's
the politicisation of water storage. It seems nuts that
rainwater storage, so beneficial to the primary industries,
regional economic development and even those in Grey Lynn, is
being painted as a bad thing.''
What seemed equally strange were proposed nitrate levels for
the Hawkes Bay Ruataniwha scheme being 14 times more
stringent than the international standards for drinking
water, Mr Leferink said.
If that proceeded unchecked, it meant ''farmergeddon'' not
only for dairy farmers but also horticulture, viticulture,
sheep, beef and goats - all industries bar apiculture,
fishing and forestry.
Dairy farmers were trying their best to use payouts to become
better employers, improve health and safety and invest in
their farm environment.
Good work took time and from Lake Rotorua to Otago's Shag
River, signs of improvement could be seen, he said.
''It's why we are upbeat on the payout and the forecast but
far less upbeat about where policy and politicians may be
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Unions miss the target again Rob. That won't help dairy
farmers because running a dairy farm on the minimum wage
workers you refer to doesn't work because staff turnover is
high and you spend the whole time training staff and fixing
mistakes. Like all industries there are some that don't pay
well but a smart worker will soon find a better farm to work
on - usually with free accommodation and $47,000 a year which
is really good going for previously unskilled (and often
young) people. Often meat and firewood is included. There are
also good career prospects and clear pathways to farm
Is this the "really good income" you are referring to sv3nn0?
A few points for TLAM:
- The Farmageddon novel you refer to is against soya fed
animals and advocates grass fed animals like we have in
- Employment is up in dairying areas and providing really
good income and usually free accommodation to previously
unskilled and uneducated people.
- Mr Leferink refers specifically to Ruataniwha standards as
being overzealous and out of line with other standards around
the country. Look locally at the Plan Change 6A and you will
see the farmers genuinely engaging. He also states something
that is not acknowledged enough - poor farmers can't afford
to look after the environment but the current farmers are
making money and reinvesting it in their property to increase
production and protect the environment. This is a fact often
overlooked by certain extremists who would have you believe
farmers don't care about their animals or environments.
- OIO statistics show that less than 1% of farms are foreign
owned. Even if you fudge the figures the most you can get is
3% which leaves the rest of the corporate ownership locally
based and farmer owned.
It's important to look at the full story before passing
It is interesting and highly ironic that Willy Leferink uses
the term Farmageddon. A new book out has exactly that
title, reviewed here by
Colin Tudge, an old visitor to Otago University.
However, the book talks of the Farmageddon of industrial
high-energy agriculture with its downward trending prices,
the loss of small farms & rural employment, the rise of
corporate politically powerful agribusiness, and the
pollution of our place for the profit of those that no longer
live there.
Willy's Farmageddon is the horror of not having the right to
pollute more - for free - at our expense - for their profit.
Terrible, isn't it.
Willy's drinking water comparison is ludicrous. No one
is talking about a potable water standard. That is just
Fed Farmers and Irrigation NZ spin. The Board of
Enquiry has effectively said 'go for your life with the dam,
just don't make the rivers any worse than they are now'.
And they are not as good now as they were when I swam
in them as a child in the 70s.
Willy is identifying the wrong Farmageddon. But yes, it
is political. People want their children to swim in our
rivers. Our rivers, Mr Leferink.
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Fight Hunger Bowl gameday glance: BYU vs. Washington, Dec. 27, 7:30 p.m.
BYU is 6-2 in bowl games under coach Bronco Mendenhall and will look to keep that impressive streak going as they take on a very good Washington team.
As good as the Huskies are, they could be vulnerable Friday night as head coach Steve Sarkisian left the program to take over the head coaching position at USC. Assistant Marques Tuiasosopo will coach the team during the bowl game. It will be interesting to see how the team responds under Tuiasosopo.
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BYU can beat UW it is all about desire.
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Even in the computer era, it takes time for an idea to get off the Walt Disney drawing boards and onto the screen. But few projects have been as long in the making - 17 years - as "Treasure Planet," the animated update of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island," which hit theaters this week.
"Ron originally proposed the idea right after 'The Little Mermaid' (began production), at a Gong Show," said John Musker of Ron Clements, his "Treasure Planet" directing, producing and writing partner.
"Gong Show" was the name Disney-ites gave the sessions where animation teams and executives brainstormed film concepts.
After "Mermaid" - the film that usually gets credit for the Great Disney Renaissance - animators Clements and Musker, who steered that film to success, were paid attention.
The pair went on to direct, write and produce six Disney films, including "Aladdin," the film that originally bumped "Treasure Planet" off the production schedule.
"It was really a simple idea," said Clements, deflecting the credit: "'Treasure Island' in space. Everybody was pretty positive about it. Then there was such a great response to 'Mermaid' that we got focused more on classic fables and fairy tales, so we put 'Treasure Planet' on the back burner to do 'Aladdin.' Also, with 'Mermaid,' we had tapped into the talent of (songwriter) Alan Menken, and that led to us making the musical version of 'Hercules."'
Musker picked up the story: "Then, a few years ago, people were bouncing around ideas for a science-fiction feature, which the animators were eager to do. At the same time, there had been this interest in doing something with pirates." (A feature based on the Disney theme park ride "Pirates of the Caribbean" is still in the pipeline.) "So we piped up: Hey, anybody around here remember 'Treasure Planet?"'
They did, and Musker and Clements went to work in earnest on their update of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson adventure story.
In their tale, Jim Hawkins (the voice of Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a fatherless loner who discovers, after his family inn is ransacked by interplanetary pirates, a holographic map to Treasure Planet, where booty from raids on hundreds of planets has been stowed away.
With guidance from astrophysicist Dr. Doppler (David Hyde Pierce), Jim gets himself hired as cabin boy on the solar galleon the RLS Legacy, under the command of Capt. Amelia (Emma Thompson).
There he is befriended by the cyborg cook John Silver (Brian Murray), whom Jim begins to suspect may not have his best interests at heart.
"After we reacquainted ourselves with the novel, we went back and looked at all the movie versions of 'Treasure Island,' including the (1950) live-action Disney version, which is really good," Clements said.
"The ones that work are the ones that emphasize the relationship between Jim and Long John, and that was what we wanted to do, too. We had seen a few animated science-fiction movies that looked great but had no heart. We wanted it to be a Disney film that emphasized the relationships."
With that in mind, they recruited Glen Keane, whom colleagues rank as one of the great animators, to reimagine Long John Silver as a cyborg, half-human and half-machine; the peg leg of the Stevenson novel is now robotic, as is a hand and half his face.
Keane, who reinvented Tarzan as a jungle vine surfer for the Disney remake, was persuaded to come aboard their pirate ship by Clements' and Musker's description of a scene in which Silver is forced to choose between the treasure he's spent a lifetime (and a couple of limbs) seeking and a surrogate son who trusts him.
"I grew up in Arizona, and I remember reading 'Treasure Island' as a kid and going out and digging in the desert because I was convinced there must be buried treasure there," Keane said. "So the idea was attractive to me. And then (Musker and Clements) told me their idea about the half-human and half-machine, and I thought that could be a great opportunity to work with (animator) Eric Daniels, who's kind of a bridge between the hand-drawn animation I do and the computer era."
Keane arrived at Disney in the early '80s, when the animation department was still overseen by the last of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men," supervising animators who were expected by Disney to take part in every step of the feature-film process. One of them, Oliver (Ollie) Johnston Jr., told Keane that his job was to "fight for your (animated) character, to be his champion from the beginning of the film to the end," Keane recalled.
"That's the way I was taught, and that's the way I work, much to the annoyance of some of the younger guys who didn't come up in that system and think everyone should just do their own jobs. I make myself a nuisance."
But nuisance wasn't the way Brian Murray, the voice of John Silver, saw Keane. Keane said he wanted Murray because of his "great stage presence, and John is a theatrical guy, but with this undercurrent of sincerity. I knew Brian could make you believe him."
"I felt as if Glen and I were collaborators," said Murray, a British stage veteran whose deep and mellifluous voice has served him well over a 40-year career. "He was always handy with a suggestion because he knew the character so well. He would say 'Larger, larger; over-act it!' It was the first time anyone had ever had to tell me to do that.
Clements said he now believes it was "the fortune of fate" that prevented "Treasure Planet" from being made 17 years ago.
"We never wanted to make a story that relied on special effects," he said. "We always wanted it to be a film about relationships in the classic Disney mode. But there were so many tools we have now that we didn't have 17 years ago that made this a better film.
"The way we are able to blend Glen's beautiful hand-drawn animation with Eric's CGI is just one example. For us, the pride is always in the stuff you don't notice, because it becomes part of the story."
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