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The choices we make in life speak volumes about us!!! I received this e-mail from a friend in the Philippines. I can not stop smiling after reading it. I hope you can smile with me after reading this. Enjoy!
You can retire to Phoenix, Arizona where...
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away from your house because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
You can retire to California where...
1. You make over $450,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
3. You know how to eat an artichoke.
4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
5. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
6. The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought
You can retire to New York City where...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
3. You think Central Park is "nature."
4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
5. You've worn out a car horn. (If you have a car).
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.
You can retire to North Dakota where...
1. You only have three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
2. Halloween costumes have to fit over parkas.
3. You have seventeen recipes for casserole.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road repair.
6. The highest level of criticism is: He is different, she is different or It was different!
You can retire to the Deep South where...
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2. "Y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
3. "He needed killin" is a valid defense.
4. Everyone has 2 first names:> Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Joe Bob, Betty Jean, Mary Beth, etc.
5. Everywhere is either "in yonder," "over yonder" or "out yonder".
You can retire to Colorado where...
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and so he stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.
You can retire to the Nebraska where...
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is three cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at.
You can retire to Florida where...
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent cardiologist, dermatologist, proctologist, podiatrist, or orthopedist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people.
Finally, you can retire to Manila where...
1. You can have a full time sexy nurse or nurses at your side, over or under you.. 24/7
2. You will have more friends and relatives than you can dream of. Just get your wallet handy because you're going to be the Santa Clause all year round
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent cardiologist, dermatologist, proctologist, podiatrist, dentist or orthopedist....who also will try to sell you appliances on the side.
4. Your local congressman never works because he's either in the boxing ring or rehearsing for a movie or scheming how to con the tax payers.
5. Jeepneys will take you and drop you anywhere...just get the hang of walking with a hunchback.
6. Massage spa everywhere, 24 hours open for lotion, motion and sensation.
7. You friends will likely be called: Bing, Ting, Ping, King, Ding, Ging, Jing, Ling, Sing, or Bok ...easy to remember names for the Alzheimer's retirees.
8. Get ready for the unhealthiest food in the world, loaded with salt, sugar, vinegar and MSG and others.
9. Fly local domestic Spirit of Asia Airline....you will come back as a 'spirit'.
10. The only country with a Pawn Shop at every corner.
11. Typical golf outings, not with a caddy but with an armed body guard.
12. You will never suffer receiving traffic ticket violation, just say to the traffic police, "Pare, ito ang pang cafe"...(with a smile).
Posted by: Nelson Villamor
Postcript: OR you can retire in Marinduque, and enjoy the sunrise as seen in the photo above!


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DOE A to Z: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #
For Release: June 1, 2005
State Board Approves DOE Staff Changes
The New Jersey State Board of Education today approved the appointment of Assistant Commissioner for Finance Richard Rosenberg to the position of Deputy Commissioner, effective July 1.
Rosenberg, of Cranford, replaces Dr. Dwight R. Pfennig, who has announced he will be resigning effective June 30 to accept the position of Superintendent of the Pocono Mountain School District in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Before joining DOE in 2002, Rosenberg worked in the South Orange-Maplewood School District for 38 years. He began his career as a social studies teacher, and later served as the Assistant to the Superintendent, Business Administrator and Deputy Superintendent. He holds Masters degrees in Russian history and educational administration.
The State Board also approved two other changes among DOE senior staff:
Assistant to the Commissioner for the Central Region Penelope E. Lattimer, Ph.D., will assume Rosenbergs Assistant Commissioner title* and Yutse Thomas, currently the Director of School Funding, will be named Assistant to the Commissioner for Finance and will oversee that division within DOE.
Dr. Lattimer, who currently oversees DOE operations in the six central New Jersey counties, serves as Acting Mercer County Superintendent and leads DOEs high school "small learning communities" pilot project, joined the department in 2003.
A resident of New Brunswick, she was the New Brunswick Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction prior to accepting her current position. She had also served as Principal of the Gibbons School, a demonstration high school located on the campus of Rutgers University.
Thomas, who resides in Plainsboro, joined the department in 1991 as a planning associate. She became Director of the former Office of Fiscal Standards and Efficiencies in 1999 and was appointed to her current post in 2001. She holds a Masters degree in economics.
* Note: DOE is the only department in New Jersey state government in which the number of Assistant Commissioners is set by statute.


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You'd think that Rob Ford, Toronto's crack-smoking-oral-sex-denying-binge-drinking buffoon of a mayor, would be a tough dude to top in any screw-up contest for local politicians.
It's true that Ford's antics have provided an insane amount of ammunition recently for TV talk show comics and satirists. Still, Ford wouldn't necessarily be a stone-cold cinch for the title.
Connecticut, after all, has produced more than a few political idiots who might give Ford a run for his money in that sort of competition.
Right at the top of our home-team roster of municipal shame would have to be Phil Giordano, former Waterbury mayor, former Republican U.S. Senate candidate, and...


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The original term is eye candy. It means a person who is beautiful, someone who is a pleasure to look at, candy for the eyes. Arm candy is a beautiful person who goes to a party or an event with another person, usually an older person. The "piece of arm candy" is never in a romantic relationship with the other. They are just there to look beautiful for the reputation and pride of the other person. An example of how to use this term is "She turned up at the premiere as Mr. X's arm candy."


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BCS Bits – Revenue, Computers and More (Nov. 5, 2009) This week, we check the mailbag….
Question: I read in the "Bits" about how BCS revenue is distributed to the non-AQ conferences-nine percent, plus another nine percent if a non-AQ team plays in one of the games. I get that, but tell me this: What happens if they send two teams to BCS bowl games?
Answer: The non-AQ group would receive 18 percent of the net revenue, plus the $4.5 million that goes to any conference with a second team in one of the games.
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Question: How does the BCS select teams?
Answer: Actually, the BCS doesn't select teams. Remember that the BCS is an event, not an entity. Teams earn their way into the BCS games in one of two ways: they qualify automatically, or they earn a spot in the at-large pool and thus are available to be selected by one of the bowls.
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Question: How many at-large berths are available?
Answer: The maximum number of at-large berths available is four; the minimum is zero-but that's virtually impossible. Click here for full selection information.
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Question: Why don't the computer rankings include a factor for margin of victory?
Answer: As you know, computer rankings that include margin of victory cannot be a part of the BCS Standings.
From the heart, it's a matter of sportsmanship.
From the brain, victory margin can be misleading. For example, (1) a 63-0 victory over Ancient and Respected Rival isn't the same as a 63-0 victory over Hobart Junior High; (2) if a team comes from behind by using three pick-sixes and an 80-yard blocked-field goal return to score 28 points in the fourth quarter and win, 35-31, it's not the same as an old-fashioned 7-3 slugfest; (3) a 7-6 game played in the snow might have been 35-6 on dry land.
The 11 conference commissioners, who together manage the BCS, realize that no computer can analyze all of those factors plus dozens more. Real human beings, who constitute two-thirds of the BCS Standings through the coaches poll and the Harris poll, can. The commissioners believe the balance is appropriate.
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Question: Why not place a cap on margin of victory, by factoring in all margins up to 20 points?
Answer: From this non-mathematician, it's clear that the above problems would still exist. Here's the take from two guys who know; they're computer-rankings providers who have been a part of the BCS Standings for all 12 years:
Jeff Sagarin: "In a pure points system, if a team is about to play an opponent over which it is currently rated such that it would be favored by an amount more than the cap, then that team would automatically go down in rating by the very act of playing the game if the score were capped. Example, when Florida defeated Charleston Southern 62-3 earlier this season, if the margin were capped at 20, then Florida would have been hurt since in a pure points system, they'd be expected to win by more than 20."
Jeff Anderson: "Any consideration of margin of victory, even with a cap, would encourage teams to be unsportsmanlike and run up the score. In fact, it would punish teams for doing otherwise. If margin of victory were capped at 20 points, then a team with a 10-point lead in the final minute, deep in its opponents' territory with the game well in hand, would still be rewarded for managing the clock and setting up a final touchdown pass, pushing the margin to 17, rather than running out the clock and winning by 10. A cap is also rather arbitrary. Why is it more of an accomplishment to win two games by 20 than to win one game by 14 and another by 50? And, of course, it wouldn't reflect the object of the game, which isn't to win by 20, but to win."
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ADRIAN — After almost 18 years in the detailing business, Doug Southwell has learned how to deal with the whole gamut of automotive stains, whether a driver has spilled the morning's coffee on the carpet, parked under a maple tree and had sap shower down onto the exterior, or just about anything in between.
"In all my years of experience, I've seen a lot of things," he said, laughing.
Southwell first started learning his craft working for Bob Poucher's car dealership and Shine's Auto Clean. But he had another teacher as well — his father, Ken, who has owned K&TS Tire in Palmyra for some 30 years.
"My dad always told me to be honest with your customers," said Southwell, describing his father as "not just my dad, he's my best friend."
Southwell has brought all of that experience to bear with his own new business, Doug's Detailing, which opened at 2415 E. U.S. 223 — in the same location as Autos Unlimited — in early September.
He operates the shop with his wife, Cindy, serving as president. "Cindy was really supportive of me starting the business," he said. "My family has really tried to help me out. They've even been working on bringing in customers."
He also got some valuable support from Autos Unlimited's Eric Anderson and Anderson's mother, Cricket, in giving him a place to operate his business. "They're like a second family to me," he said.
Southwell offers a complete range of cleaning services for both exterior and interior, including several packages. Until the end of January, he is offering a special package that includes buffing, waxing, sweeping out the interior and cleaning the windows. The special costs $50 for cars, pickups and small SUVs, and $60 for full-sized vans and SUVs.
A basic package of services including washing the vehicle, cleaning the windows and dash, and sweeping the floor, is $25 or $30 depending on vehicle size.
Gift certificates are available. All business is cash-only.
Southwell can do anything from just a buff and wax job all the way up to a complete detailing, which includes not only the vehicle exterior and passenger compartment but the trunk and engine compartment as well.
Wherever possible, he tries to get vehicles done the same day customers bring them in. It takes about three hours to do a buffing and waxing and clean the interior, while a complete detailing job takes in the neighborhood of 31⁄2 to four hours.
No matter what the job is, "I make sure everything is perfect," he said. "I've told customers, 'Your car is mine now,'" and he works hard to make the vehicle look as good as it possibly can. "I make your car look like new," he said.
To that end, he does a lot of hand buffing. "It takes longer, but I get the job done," he said.
"My main goal is to be at the top (of the business), and to keep my customers coming back."
Doug's Detailing is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Appointments can be made by calling Southwell at 902-9628. The business is also on Facebook, or Southwell can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This article was written based on information provided by the business.
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New auto detailing business opens in Adrian
ADRIAN — After almost 18 years in the detailing business, Doug Southwell has learned how to deal with the whole gamut of automotive stains, whether a driver has spilled the morning's coffee on the carpet, parked under a maple tree and had sap shower down onto the exterior, or just about anything in between.


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When defending RBC Heritage champion Brandt Snedeker unleashes his first drive of the tournament's opening round Thursday, one of about 1,000 local volunteers will use a laser to pinpoint the ball's position.
The information will be relayed to a communications truck and, within seconds, appear on television screens around the world.
That volunteer's job is still a relatively new one for the RBC Heritage, the annual PGA Tour stop at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island. Changes in technology have led the tour to request a larger number of volunteers in recent years.
"The tour is adding more responsibilities every year," Heritage volunteer coordinator Ray Angell said. "Five or six years ago, we didn't have the lasers. We've had to add more volunteers as the tour has added responsibilities."
With the number of available volunteers on Hilton Head dwindling, Angell began venturing to Sun City two years ago to recruit extra help. It's paid off, as about 200 of this week's volunteers will hail from the community.
The move created the latest link between the Heritage, Sun City and Bluffton.
Economic impact
Though the tournament takes place on the other side of Mackay and Skull creeks, at Hilton Head's Sea Pines Resort, it provides an annual economic boon to Bluffton and the rest of Beaufort County.
Data specific to Bluffton is hard to come by, as Town Manager Anthony Barrett pointed out last week.
"While there have been studies about the impact on the area, there is not a specific dollar amount which can easily be pinpointed directly to the town of Bluffton," Barrett wrote in an email.
But Barrett acknowledged the Heritage's positive impact on the town, and noted that Bluffton business owners have said they see an uptick in the number of visitors when the tournament rolls around.
A 2010 study indicates that the Heritage boosts the whole Beaufort County economy each spring. The Heritage Classic Foundation commissioned the study by Clemson University and the University of South Carolina Beaufort, which measured the tournament's impact on the local economy.
In 2010, 25,980 spectators from outside Beaufort County attended the Heritage. They spent about $65.5 million that went to county businesses, according to the study.
Securing sponsors
Much of that revenue could have been lost, had the tournament not been able to secure sponsors Royal Bank of Canada and Boeing in June.
Last year's Heritage was held without a title sponsor after Verizon declined to renew its contract in 2010. RBC and Boeing swooped in, possibly saving the event, with five-year deals that run through 2016.
The Clemson and USCB study estimated a loss of $50-58 million to Beaufort County if the Heritage is ever discontinued. Visitor spending created about $26 million in local government revenues from 2001-2010, according to the study.
"It would have been very, very hard for our whole state if we would have lost that tournament," Bluffton Mayor Lisa Sulka said. "You can't put a price tag on the exposure we get all over the nation on television for those seven days - those aerial shots of the water and the lighthouse."
You can put a price tag on the Heritage's charitable contributions, however: More than $22 million since 1987, according to the foundation. It donated $1.25 million in scholarships and nonprofit funding in 2011.
Just last month, Bluffton High's Jacob George and Jason Guo were among 15 Beaufort County seniors who received college scholarships of $18,000 or more at the Heritage Scholars luncheon.
"One of the biggest things is what they do after the Heritage, with the scholarships and the nonprofits," Sulka said. "There are so many beneficiaries of the Heritage. It might not be in our town, but we all benefit greatly from it."
Bobcats help out
Some of George and Guo's fellow Bluffton High students will be on hand at Harbour Town this week, helping to keep the course clean.
Members of the Bluffton High football team will pick up litter and sort recyclables throughout the week as they raise money to buy new uniforms.
Bluffton head coach Ken Cribb said that he and assistants John Houpt and Tom Thompson will bring more than 25 to 30 players per day to work.
The students also get the chance to see a field of more than 100 professional athletes compete in a high-level tournament.
"Our kids do a great job with it. All the vendors recognize them, give them pats on the back and thank them," Cribb said. "They get to stop and watch the golfers as they play through, then they get back to work.
"They get to see something they wouldn't normally get to see. It's an exciting time for them."
Angell, the volunteer coordinator, said the Sun City volunteers are just as excited to work at the Heritage. Most of them have backgrounds in golf, which makes them ideal volunteers who jump at the chance to be involved with a PGA event, he said.
It's all part of an ongoing relationship between the Heritage and Bluffton, which is only strengthening as the tournament enters its 44th year.
"There's a wealth of good people out there," Angell said. "Once we made contact with them, they came forward and a lot of them started recruiting other people for us. Those people have been totally amazing."


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New York Red Bulls sign defender Ibrahim Sekagya
July 11, 2013
HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — The New York Red Bulls have signed defender Ibrahim Sekagya (ee-BRA-him seh-KAH-yah).
The Major League Soccer team announced the signing on Thursday, saying the 32-year-old Ugandan will be added to the roster upon receipt of his international transfer certificate.
Sekagya has played mostly as a central defender with Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Bundesliga from 2007 through the finish of the club's most recent season. He had six goals in 165 games for a team that won three titles during his stay. He began his professional career in Uganda and then went to Argentina in 2001.
Sekagya was a member of the Ugandan National Team and was part of the 2006 and 2010 World Cup qualifying campaigns.


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Small Business Champion Awards
SMALL business operators Nathan Dale and Glen King were named overnight as Australia's Young Small Business Champion Entrepreneur and Small Business Champion Entrepreneur.
The awards were made at the Australian Small Business Champion Awards in Sydney, attended by Minister for Small Business Brendan O'Connor.
"All small business operators are champions, but among a field of excellence these two winners really stand out," Mr O'Connor said.
"I am very impressed with the drive these two winners have shown.
"Nathan Dale has grown Intact Group, a Sydney-based property and facilities management business, from just three employees in 2007 to an operation with major clients in two states and offering Indigenous employment opportunities in regional Australia.
"Glen King has spent 18 years building King's Fibreglass from a backyard business to a modern and innovative business at Bayswater in Victoria."
Almost 1,000 small businesses attended last night's awards.
Mr Connor said it was important that the sector took time out to recognise and celebrate its champions.
"I'd like to congratulate Steve Loe of Precedent Productions for organising this magnificent small business event," Mr O'Connor said.
"Our two million small business owners work incredible hours with incredible focus. They provide jobs for around five million Australians and contribute over a third of the total industry value added that is generated in our economy.
"The Gillard Government recognises the importance of small business to our economy and is determined to create the environment in which it can thrive.
"That's why we are cutting the company tax rate for small business from 30 cents to 29 cents from July 1 and introducing instant asset tax write-offs for assets worth up to $6,500 each to free up cash flow for small operators.
"We are also establishing the first Australian Small Business Commissioner to give small business a louder voice in government, and we have a range of initiatives and programs to reduce red tape, boost cash flow and provide easy access to information."
Mr O'Connor spent three days meeting small businesses in Brisbane, Ipswich and the Northern Rivers region last week and said he looked forward to meeting more small business operators and organisations around the country.


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The British church leader sacked by the Pope openly boasted of his friendship with notorious pedophile and TV personality Jimmy Savile.
The Sun newspaper has revealed the close links between Cardinal Keith O'Brien and the child sex abuser.
The paper reports that Cardinal O'Brien had formed a 'close bond with the BBC child sex beast over many years' and paid a personal tribute to him after his death.
O'Brien, an outspoken opponent of gay rights, was ordered to resign by the Vatican after male priests came forward to say he behaved 'inappropriately' towards them in the 1980s.
One former priest has revealed that he needed long-term psychological counselling after O'Brien' actions.
The Cardinal, archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, denies the allegations and is understood to be consulting lawyers.
He did issue a statement confirming Pope Benedict's orders and apologising for 'failures' during his ministry.
The paper reports that Cardinal O'Brien paid tribute to his 'friend' Savile after his death in October, months before the DJ was unmasked as one of Britain's worst ever child sex predators.
He told the Scottish Catholic Observer: "My friendship with Jimmy Savile developed over many years since I was assistant priest in St Patrick's Parish, Kilsyth.
"We were always trying to fundraise, not only for the parish, but for a variety of local and national charities."
Savile was awarded the papal knighthood in 1990, a decision the Vatican later admitted regretting.
After O'Brien's sacking, Britain's Catholic church has been left without a representative at next month's meeting to select Pope Benedict's successor.
O'Brien had originally asked to retire on March 17 after suffering ill health.
But he said in a statement on Monday: "The Holy Father has now decided that my resignation will take effect today."
Antrim born O'Brien became archbishop in 1985 and was proclaimed a cardinal in 2003.
He vehemently opposed gay adoption and same-sex marriages and was named 'bigot of the year' by campaign group Stonewall last year.


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Pilot Study of Maraviroc/Raltegravir for Naive HIV-1 Patients (NNNB)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01291459
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified December 2015 by Dr Laurent COTTE, Association Pour la Recherche en Infectiologie.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : February 8, 2011
Last Update Posted : December 30, 2015
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Background and Rationale
Raltegravir and Maraviroc, the first in class of 2 new families of antiretroviral drugs have demonstrated a high potency in treatment experienced and naive patients. Both drugs appeared well tolerated with low metabolic toxicity. No data are currently available concerning the combination of these 2 drugs.
Maraviroc + Raltegravir should be potent enough to maintain virological efficacy in naive patients infected by CCR5 HIV-1 previously treated for 6 months with a Maraviroc-Raltegravir-Tenofovir-Emtricitabine combination.
|Condition or disease
|Drug: MVC/RAL/FTC/TDF followed by Maraviroc/Raltegravir
|Phase 2
- To establish the ability of a Maraviroc-Raltegravir combination to maintain HIV-1 viral load < 50 copies/ml at week 48 in naive patients infected by CCR5 HIV-1, following an initial 6 month phase of Maraviroc-Raltegravir-Tenofovir-Emtricitabine combination (Intent to treat and strategy analysis)
- To study CD4 progression from baseline to week 48
- To study the time to virological failure during the simplification phase of the study (from week 24 to week 48)
- To study the proportion of patients with HIV RNA < 50 copies/ml at each time point
- To study the kinetics of viral load decrease from baseline to week 12
- To study the kinetics of proviral DNA decrease from baseline to week 12, 24, 36 and 48
- To study the clinical and biological tolerance of Maraviroc-Raltegravir combination through week 48
Study Design/ Clinical Plan
Pilot, multicenter, national, uncontrolled study
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|40 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Phase II Pilot Study of Simplification to Maraviroc - Raltegravir Dual Therapy After 6 Months of Maraviroc - Raltegravir - Tenofovir - Emtricitabine Quadruple Therapy in ARV Treatment-naive, HIV-1-infected Patients With CCR5- Virus
|Study Start Date :
|September 2011
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|December 2015
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2015
Experimental: single arm
Maraviroc/raltegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir 24 weeks followed by Maraviroc/Raltegravir 24 weeks
Drug: MVC/RAL/FTC/TDF followed by Maraviroc/Raltegravir
MVC/RAL/FTC/TDF 24W followed by MVC/RAL until W48.
Other Names:
- HIV-1 viral load [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]measure of HIV viral load at 48 weeks of treatment for all patients
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years old at the run-in visit
- HIV-1 infection
- Antiretroviral treatment-naive
- CD4 ≥ 200 /mm3
- HIV- RNA ≥ 1000 copies/ml
- HIV-RNA ≤ 100,000 copies/ml
- Antiretroviral therapy is indicated according to current guidelines
- CCR5-tropic virus according to the Trofile ES® assayGeno2Pheno algorithm using a predefined false positive rate of 20%
- No significant NRTI, NNRTI or PI resistance mutation
- Freely-given, written, informed consent obtained; the patient and investigator have signed the consent form (by the latest on the day of the run-in visit and before performing any examinations required by the trial)
- Patient covered by a French national health insurance scheme
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women of child-bearing potential not using effective contraception (barrier method)
- Pregnant or breast-feeding women
- Patients under the age of 18 years
- Patients deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative, hospitalized patients without consent, patients admitted to a health or social purposes other than research
- Persons major subject of a measure of legal protection or unable to consent
- Previous antiretroviral therapy (with the exception of post-exposure prophylaxis if HIV serology is negative > 3 months after the last dose of antiretroviral drugs)
- CXCR4-tropic virus, dual/mixed-tropic virus or undetermined tropism on screening
- Presence of significant NRTI, NNRTI or PI resistance mutation(s)
- Infection or co-infection with HIV-2, or group O or N HIV-1
- Acute phase of an opportunistic infection
- Undergoing treatment for tuberculosis
- Undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy for neoplastic disease
- Decompensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh class B or C)
- HIV-HBV co-infection. Patients with HIV-HCV co-infection are permitted to participate in the absence of decompensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh class B or C), of hepatocytolysis > 3 times the upper limit of normal and if treatment for HCV during the ensuing 12 months is not indicated. PAtients with occult HBV are excluded.( positive AcHBc, negative AcHBs, negative AgHBs, positive HBV DNA)
- Co-administration of prohibited treatments (see the SPCs of each product) Laboratory parameters: Haemoglobin < 7g/dl, neutrophil count < 500/mm3, platelet count < 50,000/mm3, creatinine clearance < 50 ml/min, alkaline phosphatase, AST, ALT or bilirubin ≥ 3 times upper limit of normal
- Patient refuses to participate
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01291459
|Cannes hosipital
|CAnnes, France, 06400
|Clermont-Ferrand, France, 63003
|Frejus hospital
|Frejus, France, 83608
|Edourad Herriot hospital
|Lyon, France, 69003
|Croix Rousse hospital
|Lyon, France, 69004
|Ste MArguerite Hospital
|MArseille, France, 13009
|Conception hospital
|Marseille, France, 13385
|Hotel Dieu hospital
|Nantes, France, 44093
|Hopital l'Archet 1
|Nice, France, 06202
|St Louis Hospital
|Paris, France, 75010
|Pitie Salpetriere Hospital
|Paris, France, 75013
|Nord Hospital
|St Etienne, France, 42277
|Principal Investigator:
|Laurent COTTE, MD
|Responsible Party:
|Dr Laurent COTTE, MD, Association Pour la Recherche en Infectiologie
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01291459 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|February 8, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 30, 2015
|Last Verified:
|December 2015
Keywords provided by Dr Laurent COTTE, Association Pour la Recherche en Infectiologie:
naive patients
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Raltegravir Potassium
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
HIV Integrase Inhibitors
Integrase Inhibitors
CCR5 Receptor Antagonists


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At the annual Education Nation summit, President Obama and Mitt Romney described their plans for creating a better-educated country. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.
NEW YORK-- Mitt Romney softened his tone toward teachers unions and highlighted his record as governor of Massachusetts at NBC News' Education Nation summit Tuesday in New York.
The Republican presidential nominee offered one of the most detailed glimpses of his education policy at the forum this morning, laying off his often brusque language toward unions and playing up parents' role in the educational success of their children.
At the Education Nation Summit NBC's Brian Williams spoke with GOP contender Mitt Romney, who shared his positions on teachers unions, strikes and compensation.
Teachers' unions, long the villains in Romney's public remarks on education, received somewhat gentler handling from the GOP nominee today, who said he "understood" the unions had to look out for their members, and that they had a right to strike over grievances -- but that parents also had the prerogative to look out for their kids' educations.
"The teachers' union has every right to represent their members in the way they think is best for their members, but we have a every right to in fact say, 'No, this is what we want to do, which is in the best interest of our children,'" Romney said, before offering his prescription for improving the quality of teaching. "I believe the best interest of our children is to recognize that teaching is a profession, like your profession, like my profession, like lawyers, like doctors, and that the very best are more highly compensated and rewarded and measured."
President Obama delivers remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York City.
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The former Massachusetts governor spoke and took questions on topics relating to education for 45 minutes here today as part of NBC News' Education Nation summit, and gave some of his most nuanced views yet on the issues at the heart of the effort to improve America's faltering public education system.
Romney also softened his tone, but did not change his argument, on the issue of class sizes, an issue on which he's battled teachers unions before, both in Massachusetts and on the campaign trail. Romney has called the fight for smaller class sizes a union-driven issue designed to spur the hiring of more teachers. He regularly cites a study authored by the consulting group McKinsey & Co. which shows class sizes, within a reasonable margin, are not a leading indicator of successful schools.
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In the final push in the 2012 presidential election, candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama make their last appeals to voters.
Today, Romney said his experience in Massachusetts taught him that class sizes "turned out to be a factor, but not a big one," to successful students, but continued to push for higher standards and pay for the best teachers, and for more parental involvement in education.
"The involvement of parents, particularly two parents, its an enormous advantage for the child," Romney said after retelling a story he heard from a teacher in Massachusetts who told him the way to tell if a student would succeed in school was whether or not their parents came to parent-teacher conferences with regularity.
Related: Education Nation – starkly different visions from Obama, Romney
Education has been one of the top issues for Romney outside 2012's dominant theme, the economy. The former Massachusetts governor often turns to the topic of education in speeches before minority audiences.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke with NBC's Brian Williams on the importance of education, teachers compensation and early childhood education at Education Nation.
Romney held up several models for successful education reform; including his own tenure in Massachusetts, the reforms passed in Florida under Republican governor Jeb Bush, and the charter Harlem Children's Zone, some 100 blocks north of the site of today's event.
Romney even praised the current Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, mostly for his efforts to reward innovative schools and for opening options for more school choice, but stopped short of saying he would offer the Democrat a spot in his own cabinet.
"I'm not putting anybody on my cabinet right now, Brian," Romney laughed to moderator Brian Williams. "It's a little presumptuous of me, but just a little."
The Obama campaign wasn't laughing along.
"Mitt Romney's education rhetoric today may have sounded nice, but it doesn't square with his record or policies, which are informed by the mistaken belief that we can somehow improve our schools while cutting their budgets and laying off teachers," Obama campaign spokesperson Lis Smith said in a statement.
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Very well put. We sometimes wonder why HBO shows are better than most YouTube videos. Artists behind HBO shows get paid, while most creators of YouTube videos don't. Could that correlation be a coincidence?
SOPA may not be a good diplomatic move because people tend to generalize. It's easy to equate "regulation" to "censorship." It's harder to think about the specifics of Cinese censorship and the specifics of SOPA.
The negative effects of SOPA are blown out of proportion.
Oh, sorry about one slip: since the remedy is injunction, Warner won't consider whether or not you're broke.
I disagree with your second analysis. Of course, this is in no way a personal attack.
Under Warner and Lil' Wayne facts, the following can happen under SOPA:
(1) lose your ability to derive money from ads you accepted on the infringing PORTION of your website (of course your whole website will be devoid of advertising if all your pages are infringing),
(2) if you paid to appear as a sponsored ad, then the the infringing portion of your website won't appear in a search (so the internet advertising service like Google AdWords can't show a link to your infringing portion when others search for your site)
(3) you won't be able to receive payment through your site if you are selling something.
Moreover, Warner can do that ONLY IF your site is dedicated to theft of U.S. property. That means that if you happen to have an infringing song, but the rest of your site is dedicated to things other than ripping off songs, then Warner can't do anything to you.
Warner would have to send a notification to (say) Google and tell them Warner thinks you are infringing. Then Google sends you a message saying Warner thinks you are infringing.
Google can't interfere with your website if you answer that message through email saying in good faith that your site is not dedicated to theft of U.S. property. If you answer (send "counter notification"), then Warner will have to go to court and spend a bunch of money trying to get an injunction. You can sit back and not spend a dime unless you want to fight the injunction.
If you decide not to answer Google, only then is Google obligated and allowed to interfere with your site.
So (1) you will probably be able to keep your website and display all other songs even if you have one allegedly infringing song, (2) Warner has to make an investment to come after you, which means they may decide your infringing activity isn't worth paying their lawyers to take you to court (and they won't come after you if you're broke), and (3) your loss could only turn out to be taking down the song.
SOPA is very controversial and very complex. I attempted to give a primer on some of the players involved in this debate. Please watch it if you wish: http://tudorlawfirm.blogspot.com/2011/11/internet-piracy-who-are-players-and-how.html
I think Tim Cushing's article is very thoughtful and tries to get away from arguments that rely solely on superficial labeling.
However, the request for a metric of success presents the following problem: no matter what empirical data will come out, (1) the metric will be contested (i.e., whether it's a true measure of "success"), and (2) conclusions based on the data will also be contested (whether the data supports a conclusion of "success").
Why would that happen? Let's say the data shows that following adoption of SOPA into law results in (1) higher pay for content creators, (2) less profits for search engines, and (3) less websites for Regular Joe to access THE SAME content.
Content creators would consider SOPA a success, search engines would consider SOPA a failure, and Regular Joe wouldn't care because he can access the original content anyway (or maybe he would care because he erroneously thinks his free speech is somehow abridged, etc.).
Would SOPA be a success for society in general? I'm not really sure that question even makes sense because there are many conflicting interests within the U.S. society.
So how can a metric be judged as a success or failure? Well, if the purpose of SOPA is to make content creators more income, then I guess we can get data from the Census Bureau after passing the bill. If content creators wind up making more money, then SOPA is successful.
The problem here is that the content creators' raise in income may decrease the income of search engines. So, search engines will consider SOPA a failure (not in relationship to SOPA's stated purpose, but in relation to their own business interest).
The problem with stating SOPA's purpose as "making more money for content creators" is that it won't gain political traction.
So, a metric can state success or failure only in relationship to a clear and measurable goal. However, politicians will not state such a clear and measurable goal because their bill will never be adopted.
That means that it is perhaps a bit unrealistic to ask for a measure of success or failure.
For more in-depth explanation players in the SOPA debate, see http://tudorlawfirm.blogspot.com/2011/11/internet-piracy-who-are-players-and-how.html


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The botched executions of death row inmates in Oklahoma and Ohio this year show that there is no "clean" or dignified way to kill someone, according to several Catholic critics of the death penalty.
"To subject a person to this is just absurd. I can't even wrap my brain around it. Why are we doing this?" said Karen Clifton, executive director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty.
Death by lethal injection is becoming more problematic because several pharmaceutical companies in recent years have stopped producing or selling drugs that were traditionally used to carry out executions. As a result, states are scrambling for other sources, including compound pharmacies that are not regulated by the federal government.
The use of compound pharmacies has raised concerns about the quality of the drugs now used in executions and whether those drugs are responsible for inflicting excruciating pain and suffering on condemned inmates.
On April 29, Clayton Lockett, an Oklahoma man convicted of murder, rape and kidnapping, writhed in pain, clenched his teeth and strained to lift his head after being injected with a previously unused combination of three drugs. Officials halted the execution after about 20 minutes, but Lockett later died from a heart attack, according to several published reports.
Three months earlier, another Oklahoma inmate, Michael Lee Wilson, said he felt his "whole body burning" when he was executed by lethal injection in January. Meanwhile, an Ohio man, Dennis McGuire, gasped for breath for more than 10 minutes when he also was executed by lethal injection that same month.
"These things have come to light to show just how unsavory this whole process is. It's really pretty atrocious," said Rita Linhardt, a senior staff associate with the Missouri Catholic Conference.
"We've had lethal injection executions in this country for 32 years now, and they have only gotten worse. We've seen a level of human experimentation with lethal injection that we've never before seen," said Deborah W. Denno, a Fordham University law professor.
Scrutinizing the pharmacies and their products is difficult because at least a dozen states have passed laws to not only conceal the exact drugs used in executions, but also the pharmacies that supply them.
"A lack of transparency as to the source of lethal drugs used in state executions is, indeed, problematic, as it can weaken accountability for manufacturers and state officials," Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City told Our Sunday Visitor.
Charles C. Camosy, a Fordham University theology professor, told OSV that the secrecy clauses are emblematic of the many institutional and structural evils that are "hidden away" because society does not want to honestly face what is happening.
"We see this with abortion. We see this with violations of human dignity in the labor that produces many products in our consumer culture. And, not surprisingly, we now see this in the death penalty," he said.
The laws' secrecy clauses have prompted several legal challenges across the country. In Missouri, a consortium of media organizations has filed a lawsuit alleging that the state's Department of Corrections is violating the state Sunshine Law by refusing to release information about the "composition, concentration, source and quality of drugs" used to execute inmates.
"It's a very secretive process. Only the Department of Corrections really knows what's going on," Linhardt told OSV.
In Georgia, a death row inmate also challenged that state's law that shrouds lethal injection drugs in secrecy. On May 19, however, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's ruling that upheld the law's constitutionality. In its 5-2 vote, the state appeals court shrugged off concerns that the drugs could be tainted or cause unexpected side effects. The court also said that secrecy was necessary to protect the providing pharmacy and its workers from harassment and retaliation. However, one of the dissenting Georgia appellate judges said the law violated inmates' due process rights, and warned that it could put Georgia on a path to experiencing the same "macabre results" that occurred in Lockett's execution.
While individual state courts hear challenges to their respective laws, Denno told OSV that the U.S. Supreme Court may have to revisit the issue as to whether the current system of procuring lethal injection drugs violates the Constitution's 8th Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. In 2008, the high court said Kentucky's lethal injection protocols did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, but Denno noted that the death penalty landscape has shifted considerably in the past six years. Because of the ever-changing sources of the drugs, lethal injection protocols now differ from state to state, even from one execution to another in the same state.
"Because of the drug shortages, the states have to get ahold of whatever drugs they can get their hands on," Denno said.
The Connecticut Department of Corrections told the Associated Press in late May that it was having difficulty obtaining lethal drugs even while it had 11 inmates on death row. A few days earlier, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a law allowing the state to use the electric chair if it could not obtain drugs for lethal injection.
"This has really brought to the forefront that there isn't a clean way to kill anyone, nor should there ever be," Clifton said. "Killing is killing,"
Analyzing the recent lethal injection issues in light of the Catholic moral tradition, E. Christian Brugger, a moral theology professor at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, told OSV that he saw no ethical basis to require states to disclose the pharmacies that provide lethal drugs.
However, Brugger, the author of "Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition," said that drugs used in lethal injections should be revealed and that states must guarantee the public that the manufacturers and drugs meet certain standards for quality and efficacy.
"In principle, confidentiality is not problematic, but the regulation of the drugs should meet strict requirements to make sure they do what they are supposed to do," Brugger said.
The Catholic Church's developing teaching on capital punishment, though, would seem to make moot the question of whether today's lethal injection protocols are ethical or constitute cruel and unusual punishment. In past centuries, the Church affirmed the state's right to use the death penalty as the most severe form of retributive punishment.
But St. John Paul II recast the death penalty as a matter of self defense in that it should only be used when penal systems cannot protect society from violent individuals. Given today's advanced prisons and technology, the conditions for the death penalty ever being justly used would seem to be almost nonexistent according to the Church's new understanding.
"Certainly, we want to protect society from those who would break the law, but when it is possible to render someone who has committed a major crime incapable of inflicting further harm without resorting to lethal measures, state officials would be wise to pursue that option," said Archbishop Coakley, who added: "And truthfully, that possibility exists in more cases than not."
Brian Fraga writes from Massachusetts.
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Dainty by Design: Terrariums by Lítill
As much as I love the idea of a terrarium, I've never been able to keep one going past a single season. Once the dry winter months hit, I either overcompensate with too much water or underwater to avoid clouding up the glass. But these beautiful, desert-inspired terrariums by Lítill have convinced me to give it another try.
Reminiscent of New York artist Paula Hayes' terrariums, but on a smaller scale, Lítill creates biomorphic hand-blown glass vessels containing an array of sculptural, slow-growing plants suitable for arid environments.
Lítill terrariums are sold as kits ranging from $225-$500, which includes the container, sand, and a selection of air plants, succulents, and cacti. Of course, you could also take a cue from their use of color and form in designing your own tabletop desert scape.
- • How To: Make a Terrarium
• DIY Woodland Terrariums From Stephen Orr
• How to: Build a Kid-Friendly Terrarium
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Whatever is for lunch or for dinner, for most individuals, it comes from a to-go pack in Mooresville. The same applies to breakfast and dinner; a home-cooked meal is simply a rare luxury for many busy individuals in Mooresville.
When referring to food labelling requirements for meal delivery services in, prepackaged products are those that are packaged before being offered for sale in 35649. The package is created by a manufacturer in 35649, distributor, or retailer in AL and containing a exact number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a commodity in AL.
This must not be confused with food items that are offered for sale unpackaged and then packaged by the client in Alabama (e.g., food sold in bulk bins) are also not considered to be prepackaged products in Alabama.
The least expensive way to start your packaged food enterprise is to prepare goods in your own home kitchen. Until recently, many states in AL banned the sale of any food created at home.
But as the cottage food industry became hugely popular, state laws have evolved, permitting many more people to create foods for sale from their own kitchens.
Now that you think about it, try to imagine tumbling through the front door at 8 p.m. after a endless day at work, and the last thing you want to do is spend an hour creating a mess in the kitchen. In a perfect world, dinner would always be pre-planned and pre-prepped, and cooking and dining it would cure the day's stress, not cause it.
Meal kit delivery services are revamping the dinner ritual a very good way. Working couples, singles, and active families who care about feasting on fresh, home-cooked meals are flocking to the concept of a freshly prepped meal-in-a-box and the public is lighting up with a flurry of new offerings.
So who says healthy meals cannot come in a package?
And while we're at it, the more crucial question begs to be asked: what's for dinner? It's a recurrent question. For some, it's an excuse to dig into the newest cookbooks or blogs for inspiration. But for those of us who detest grocery shopping, don't feel comfortable with our cooking prowesses, or have zero time to plan (let alone cook!), the question causes a decent bit of anxiety and stress.
Luckily, more companies are entering the meal delivery business. From meal kits (complete with recipes and pre-portioned ingredients) to prepared meals and smoothie packages, companies want to make home-cooked, wholesome meals fast and convenient.
We pay more for produce we think comes straight from the supplier, but some of it is months old. So how do you sort the latest from the mould?
You're in your local supermarket, shopping basket in hand, conceptualizing what to cook for an informal group of friends. A chicken casserole, probably, or some fish, with seasonal vegetables on the side, fruit for afters and some nibbles to have first with a drink olives, perhaps. Whatever you choose, chances are you'll pay the extra it costs to buy fresh because it seems better, tastes better and is better for you. But is that correct?
In times of austerity, we become more closely connected to what we see as the most important things in our lives, such as friends and family, and our desire for fresh food along with our willingness to pay for it is closely related to that, and that's what food companies are tapping into.
Are you trying to ditch processed foods and put more authentic food on the table?
Across the globe exists two extremes of eating in Mooresville: the fast food, junk and convenience food plan, and the all home-grown, whole foods diet. Somewhere in the middle is probably where most people in Mooresville fall. However, that doesn't always mean healthy in Alabama.
Baby steps to homemade cooking in Alabama can make a immense difference. Many unnecessary chemicals can be avoided simply by cooking a few foods at home instead of buying packed convenience foods. And while most of us know this, we argue that we do not cook homemade because we don't know how or because it's too hard or we just don't have the time.
Where are you on your cooking adventure? Are you up-to-date to homemade?
Nowadays in 35649, it is becoming challenging to feed our families healthy meals without breaking the bank.
How do you plan a fun yet nutritious meal for your family on a budget?
If you're cooking on a budget, be sure to not scrimp on nutrition. You don't need a large fortune to enjoy tasty meals. Enjoy less stress with the time and money that you'll save as you learn to plan around your budget and your family's requirements and demand.
Which brings us to the this important matter: why is prepared meals delivered to your door in 35649 so important? Absolutely, it is more than the the fact that people need ---and like--- food.
The food service business is a lot more than junk food in AL. It includes restaurants of all levels and ethnicities, caterers, delis, food trucks and carts, meal delivery services in AL, in-home chefs, food vending mechanisms, cafeterias in big companies and organizations; food service in hotels, resorts, clubs, schools, sports and entertainment facilities, hospitals, airlines, trains, cruise ships, the armed forces, prisons, and much much more!
Any time you don't create your own food at home in Mooresville, you are a consumer of the food service industry.
Moreover, if you Google "how to lose weight" you get almost a million results. There are numerous simple ways you can cut calories, expend more energy, and drop pounds without spending a fortune. That's good news for both your wallet and your midsection.
Studies show that most individuals try to diet or lose weight at one point or another. But, focusing on long-term health and fitness is a superior approach. Try to make a habit of exercising and eating correctly not just to lose weight, but also to feel better and survive longer. It can be hard at first. But just keep at it, and if you fall off the wagon, pick yourself up and get back on, because it's well worth the attempt.


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The Hitcher Team
The Hitcher is still considered one of the creepiest movies of the 1980's and it is now available to own on DVD. To celebrat...
| The Hitcher is still considered one of the creepiest movies of the 1980's and thankfully it is now available to own on DVD. To celebrate the 14th July region two release, we have an exclusive interview with three of the primary people behind the making of the DVD. Recently we were lucky enough to interview Robert Harmon (the Director of The Hitcher and the upcoming Highwaymen), Eric Red (the screenwriter) and Jörg Bauer (the DVD Producer). Robert Harmon and Eric Red are probably familiar to you as they have worked on movies such as Near Dark, Nowhere to Run, and of course The Hitcher. Jörg, however probably needs an introduction, he started working as a DVD Producer for Kinowelt Home Entertainment, an independent DVD production company based in Munich, and has worked on such great DVD's as Angel Heart, Prince Of Darkness and They Live. He has recently started up his own business and is now working as a freelancing DVD producer. You will see some of his work in the future on titles such as MGM's Escape From New York Special Edition and many more.
Do you feel The Hitcher has aged since its original release?
Robert Harmon: Well, I'd like to think I'm a better director now, as "The Hitcher" was a first film for me. But we designed the movie to be somewhat 'lost in time,' without any clear references to dates -- and as the story takes place in a physical space that's also very hard to date, I think the film has aged pretty well.
Eric Red: I think it remains a textbook example of a taut, linear, convincing and efficient horror thriller. It's a well-oiled machine.
Jörg Bauer: I watched The Hitcher in 1988 when it came out. It instantly became one of my all time favourite movies. When I prepared the DVD I watched The Hitcher for the first time in over 15 years. And to my surprise it hasn't aged a bit. It is not an 80's movie like most of the other movies that were made at that time. It is an absolutely timeless classic.
I couldn't imagine anyone but Rutger playing the role of John Ryder. How did you go about choosing him for the role, and were you pleased with the end result?
Robert Harmon: The easiest question in the world. I agree: "The Hitcher" is unthinkable without Rutger Hauer. He brought a nobility and near "god-like" quality to the role which, considering who John Ryder is, was vitally important. And nobody can do that like Rutger!
Eric Red: I imagined other people playing the role, but he nailed it.
Nearly twenty years on I still find the opening scene between Jim Halsey and John Ryder to be very creepy. What do you think makes it so unnerving?
Robert Harmon : The silences, the ambiance, the combination of odd language causing some level of concern to the characters, followed by laughter and lightness. You don't really know which way it's going to go...
Eric Red: The fact that is just two guys in a car, the dialogue, looks and glances giving the slow reveal that one is a bloodthirsty psychopath and the other is going to get really really hurt. The claustrophobic confinement of the sequence and the visceral performances contributed to the effectiveness. There's no gore, just the potential of what can happen.
Jörg Bauer : I think it's a situation which really can happen to people like you and me. There's no spaceship with aliens or a bloodsucking monster who steals bodies. This is stuff which can happen everywhere, any time and to everybody for real. And, of course, Eric's clever writing and most of all Rutger as John Ryder are the reason you get hypnotized by this scene every time you watch it.
Have you had any input into The Hitcher 2?
Robert Harmon : None whatsoever. Didn't even know it was happening.
Eric Red: No, I passed on the project. I heard the film was lousy.
There is a worrying trend of remakes these days, do you think The Hitcher will ever get remade?
Robert Harmon : I have no idea. I'd guess that the mere existence of the above referenced "Hitcher II" wouldn't make this possibility any more likely.
Eric Red: There's no plans.
The movie is said to be inspired by the Doors song, "Riders on the Storm". Can you elaborate on that?
Robert Harmon : A question for Eric Red, I'd think.
Eric Red: I thought the elements of the song--a killer on the road in a storm plus the cinematic feel of the music--would make an terrific opening for a film. I started with that scene and went from there.
The DVD format has been around for a few years now, why has The Hitcher taken so long?
Jörg Bauer : Actually, it was released on DVD in Germany a couple of years ago, but it was from an old video master, in full screen presentation and with the German language track only. It was a really crappy DVD. Then, two years ago, Kinowelt made a big deal with Studio Canal who also owned the European rights for The Hitcher. I begged my boss to get these rights, too, but he didn't know the movie at that time. After watching it he immediately started to make phone calls to get these rights.
When putting together a DVD, how do you make decisions on what to include and what not to include, how hard do you work to get the best available features and commentaries?
Jörg Bauer : On the technical side it all depends on the budget. With The Hitcher it was maybe the largest amount of money a German company or even European company has spent to create exclusive special features for a European DVD release, but this doesn't mean it was really big bucks. Compared to US major companies we didn't even spend half of the money they would need for this DVD if they produced it in the States.
On the creative side it was an easy task. I am a big movie buff and I have watched and collected movies from a very early age. So I went from video tapes to laserdiscs to DVDs. As a fervent user of this format and a film fan I know exactly what I want to get from a DVD.
I wanted to do an audio commentary and a documentary from the very beginning. These are the most interesting features. Especially in the documentary you get the most interesting information and you also get to know the persons who created the movie. So I contacted Robert, Rutger, Eric and the others and when they told me they wanted to participate I was as happy as I can get. Then Rutger offered me the short movie he directed, Robert told me about his short movie and Eric sent me his script were I later found the different scenes.
From there. I went looking for what else could be interesting, what can I get and does it fit into my budget? Of course the budget never is as high as you need it to be, so I had to do almost everything myself. Editing the audio commentaries of the selected scenes on my own home computer or scanning all the screenplay pages on my scanner was only the beginning. This is one of my favourite movies and I had the chance to create the perfect DVD the Hitcher fans would enjoy. For me it wasn't just another DVD I was producing, this was a one time chance to honour this classic movie in the best way possible.
With the evolution of DVD, how much consideration is given to the DVD release when filming a movie?
Robert Harmon : For me, none. I'm just happy that I can continue to use the 2:35 format, which I love, without worrying so much about the "TV" version.
Were you excited by the challenge of bringing The Hitcher onto the DVD medium?
Jörg Bauer : You have no idea. It was a dream come true!
Given the massive fan base The Hitcher has, did you feel under any added pressure?
Jörg Bauer : No, not really. As I said I am one of the biggest Hitcher fans and I am also my own hardest critic. I knew exactly what I wanted, but of course you have to compromise here and there.
What are your favourite extras on this disc?
Jörg Bauer : The short films! Rutger's movie was so interesting because it was so different from the stuff you would expect from him. As a fan of The Hitcher you want to know how the movie was made, but you also want to know about the people who made that movie and what else they did, and what they are doing right now. You want to know what has changed 17 years after making The Hitcher. Someone mentioned that Rutger's short film has no relation to The Hitcher and they don't understand why it is on the DVD. Just look at it! You have a short movie directed by "John Ryder" and you can see what a fantastic director he is. What else do you need for a reason? A different story with Robert Harmon's China Lake. It all started with Eric's script and Robert's short movie. If you have watched the documentary you hear from every person that it was China Lake which convinced them to finally say yes to do this movie. Robert's short movie is a big part of the reason why The Hitcher turned out the way it did, and only after watching this short movie do you really understand what everybody was saying about it in my documentary.
Were there any extras which were talked about/planned, yet didn't make the final DVD?
Jörg Bauer : Well, I wish I had been lucky enough to get Jennifer Jason Leigh. I would have loved to hear her thoughts after all these years.
There is a growing trend to re-release DVDs as definitive editions. Are you contemplating releasing another edition with more features later down the line?
Jörg Bauer : No, I think you have got everything you can ask for on this DVD.
Eric Red: I look forward to seeing my picture "Body Parts" on DVD in the future. It would make a great special edition because there are some spectacular and horrific gore sequences that didn't make the final cut that that can put in the DVD. And the widescreen anamorphic photography is both dynamic and epic
What is the average length of time for DVD production from the initial planning stage up until the time of duplication? Which DVD that you have worked on has taken the most time up to now?
Jörg Bauer : It depends on the movie. On new movies you have to be finished in 3-4 months. You have to make a DVD street date after the theatrical release. On older movies there is less time pressure to get them out, and you will need this time because usually you have bad old material which can't be used for a DVD and then you have to search for something better. If you do a special edition with the participation of the filmmakers you need even more time because they are all very busy people. You also need patience and a lot of luck to get 2 hours from their schedule. The project that has taken the longest is - no surprise – The Hitcher. I spent over 2 years on the making of this DVD.
What is your favourite DVD and why?
Jörg Bauer : That's a trick question, right? I don't think I have a favourite DVD. It's always the next project I am working on.
What is next for you guys?
Eric Red: I am working on a horror picture called "Hex" I'll be directing from my own script. It's a thriller about an executed witch resurrected in the 20th century. Very bloody.
Jörg Bauer : I recently started my own business and am now working as a freelancing DVD producer on a couple of interesting projects for international companies. More and more US companies are releasing European movies in their country. I offer them my services in locating and producing the best master and, of course, producing the special features here in Europe, but I also do work in the USA to produce exclusive special features for German DVD distributors and American distributors too. I just started my business so I hope that many executives in the USA and Europe will take a look at The Hitcher DVD and see what this guy from Munich, Germany is able to do with their projects.
Thankyou to Robert, Eric and Jörg for taking time out of their busy schedules and agreeing to the above interview. If you haven't already purchased the Hitcher on DVD, then you might be interested in reading our recent review of the disc which can be found here. The disc has been available in the UK since the 14th July this year and should set you back around £19.99. We thoroughly recommend it!
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This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck.... —1 Timothy 1:18-19
Yet the ministry is one of the most perilous of professions. The devil hates the Spirit-filled minister with an intensity second only to that which he feels for Christ Himself. The source of this hatred is not difficult to discover. An effective, Christ-like minister is a constant embarrassment to the devil, a threat to his dominion, a rebuttal of his best arguments and a dogged reminder of his coming overthrow. No wonder he hates him.
Satan knows that the downfall of a prophet of God is a strategic victory for him, so he rests not day or night devising hidden snares and deadfalls for the ministry. Perhaps a better figure would be the poison dart that only paralyzes its victim, for I think that Satan has little interest in killing the preacher outright. An ineffective, half-alive minister is a better advertisement for hell than a good man dead. So the preacher's dangers are likely to be spiritual rather than physical, though sometimes the enemy works through bodily weaknesses to get to the preacher's soul. God Tells the Man Who Cares, 90-91.
"Lord, the battle is intense and the enemy is strong. I pray for every one of my fellow-servants this morning, especially those who may be close to succumbing. Give Your great grace and victory today. Amen."
Reprinted from Tozer on Christian Leadership by A.W. Tozer, copyright © 2001 by Zur Ltd. Used by permission of WingSpread Publishers, a division of Zur Ltd.
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At the Watercress Line we have children's birthday parties all wrapped up! We have two party packages to choose from, both of which include your Station Master's Tea served in the West Country Buffet at Alresford station. You can choose to add a train journey to make your party a Birthday Express.
Station Master's Tea Party
Enjoy a delicious traditional birthday party served to you in the West Country Buffet at Alresford station.You have plenty of time to explore the station and see a steam engine* before your tea party of traditional sandwiches and snacks or children's hot meals.
Station Master's Teas are available at 3pm throughout the year on running and non-running days, but are not available during our special events.
Arrive at 2.30 / 2.45 to explore the station and see the steam loco arriving and waiting to depart platform 1 on running days.*
Price £5.95 per child
Maximum of 30 children
You can choose either a finger buffet or hot meal menu . Menu selections must be advised two weeks before the party.
You are welcome to bring along your own birthday cake.
Click here to download our party leaflet with menu and prices
Due to the nature of the Railway the recommended minimum age for the Station Master's Tea is is 2 years, but younger siblings are of course welcome to attend.
The Birthday Express Party
Begin your party with your steam train ride! Our fantastic spotter and activity sheets will keep your young guests entertained on their journey as they look out for important things along the way. After your journey you return to Alresford station for your Station Masters Tea in the West Country Buffet.
Birthday Express visits are available on standard running days only, they are not available during our special events*.
The train departs from Alresford station at 1.00 for the round trip to Alton, arriving back in Alresford at 2.35. Your party guests will have time to explore the station before the Station Master's Tea at 3pm in the West Country Buffet as above.
Due to the nature of the Railway the recommended minimum age for the Birthday Express package is 2 years, but younger siblings are of course welcome to attend.
Price £13.00 per child - maximum of 30 children
Accompanying Adult £14
Children under 2 yrs travel FREE
1 FREE adult per 10 children.
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Small party bags can be prebooked for all parties at only£1.50 per child. Each bag contains a Watercress Line pencil, a locomotive postcard and Watercress Line button badge.
* The steam locomotive will only be available on standard running days, please see the calendar for details .
Call reservations on 01962 733810 for availability and to arrange your party, or click here to download the booking form.


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DALLAS — Kevin Stinson was only three when President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
"I remember, I was at my grandmother's and she was watching Days of our Lives, I think, when the news bulletin came across," he said. "She told me I ran behind the chair because I knew it was something bad."
The next thing Stinson remembers is watching the funeral on television.
His parents bought him a book soon after called "The Torch is Passed," which included The Associated Press's accounts of Kennedy's shooting and the events that followed.
"It was really from the point that they bought me that book that I got hooked on the Kennedy story," Stinson said. "It kind of fascinated me."
Fifty years after the fact, Stinson found himself in Dealey Plaza to commemorate the anniversary of Kennedy's slaying. As one of only 5,000 people to receive tickets, Stinson was only one of 2,500 people from outside the Dallas area that got to see the ceremony up close.
"It was something else," he said.
Stinson recalls staying up late with his dad as a child to watch the news. He was always interested in what was going on in the world and had a keen interest in historical events. His fascination with the Kennedy assassination took hold and followed him through high school and even college.
"I graduated with two degrees, one being in Social Studies," he said. "I began to teach Social Studies and history before I got into administration."
Stinson served as a teacher in Ardmore and Lone Grove Schools. He also was a principal at Lone Grove and eventually became superintendent of Wilson Schools. His position as a history teacher gave him an opportunity to not only delve deeper into the Kennedy assassination on his own, but also to help educate his students.
"All throughout the '90s... I was taking students from Lone Grove down to see Dealey Plaza and learn about the events of that day," he said.
Then, ten years ago, Stinson brought his family down for the 40th anniversary.
There was no pomp and circumstance then, only a speech from then Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, who had just released a book about possible conspiracies in the assassination plot.
But Friday's experiences were much more than what Stinson experienced 10 years ago.
"The City of Dallas put it on this time, and it was a completely different observation," he said. "They wanted everyone to believe that there wasn't a conspiracy, that it was solved 50 years ago with Oswald and his murder.
"They were very adamant with their remarks (Friday), that for so many years, people have put Dallas down for what happened, but that they were a city moving forward now."
One observation he made was the amount of international presence in the crowd. Just in his general area were people from France, Australia and Japan that flew to the country just for Friday's ceremony.
"There were two stewardesses behind me that were in Chicago (Thursday) that arranged their schedules just so they could be there too," he said. "There was a lot of mixture. It really showed the impact that this event had, even 50 years later."
But the point of Friday's ceremony was to remember the actions that took place 50 years prior. Due to weather conditions, Stinson happened to end up on the famed grassy knoll to watch the day's events.
"I had several emotions throughout the day," he said. "One thing that stuck out to me was the ringing of the bell at 12:30. It was an eerie quietness.
"And, because of where I was standing, thinking back about the historical implications of where I was and what happened there 50 years ago, it was amazing. I was standing right beside where the president might have been shot from."
Friday's ceremony was far from a celebration. Stinson said there were regular quiet moments with a somber mood, similar to a funeral.
"There was just a lot of reflecting," he said.
Stinson toured the other historical places, such as Ruth Paine's house, which had only recently been opened up to the public, the Texas Theatre where Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested, Parkland Hospital where both Kennedy and Oswald were treated after each of their shootings, and the memorial marker for Dallas officer J.D. Tippit, who was shot by Oswald after Kennedy's assassination.
Despite it being a historical fascination to him, Stinson still realizes the serious impact of what happened on that day, 50 years prior.
"I believe this was a remembrance of a very ugly time in our nation's history," Stinson said. "I believe, though, that it also is a reminder for our nation to continue to move forward."


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Husband and wife owners, Tomas Formanekus and Eliska Formankova, stand in their T.E.F. Bistro & Winery at 317B West Venice Ave. It was voted number one among 120 ranked restaurants in Venice by TripAdvisor.com customers.
Why has a small, cozy downtown restaurant held the top restaurant slot compared to 119 others in Venice for several weeks?
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How To Refinish Fifty Cent Salvaged Wooden Legs
This is a true story. Salvation Army had a two tiered laminate topped table with beat up, yet solid and attractive, wooden legs. The table was a mess so I asked one of the attendants who was moving furniture around if I could remove the legs and leave the tabletop. He not only agreed, he removed the screw in legs, taped the four gems together and priced the the whole set at fifty cents. Here's what happened next...
What You Need
clean cotton cloth
foam brush
100 grit sandpaper
fine grade sanding pad (and sandpaper)
wood stain (I mixed two colors of Minwax to get the color I wanted)
fine steel wool (0000)
a crate or piece of styrofoam to prop the legs up while staining them
small orbital sander
1. Clean off legs
2. Attach 100 grit sandpaper to your orbital sander and just sand the finish right off of each leg, rolling the leg while sanding so you don't sand out too much wood in one spot
3. Wipe off all the wood dust, see if any areas need extra work and re-sand if necessary
4.Use a fine sanding pad or sandpaper and smooth out each leg, always sanding with the direction of the grain
5.Wipe off all wood dust, clean up wood dust in your work area
6. With the clean foam brush, apply stain on each leg evenly, after 15 minutes wipe off the excess stain, repeat if you want the legs darker, remove excess again after 15 minutes
7.When the legs are completely dry and you're happy with the color, rub them all over with 0000 (fine) steel wool
8. Apply a coat of satin polyurethane on each leg if you want to, the stain I used comes with the sealer in the stain.
9. Attach metal furniture leg plates to your desired piece of furniture, ottoman, stool, bench or chair and screw in your fabulously refinished fifty cent legs that look like they cost you at least $25.00.


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Hugh Jackman & Deborra-Lee Furness: Adoption Week Event!
Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness attend a screening of the film The Odd Life of Timothy Green to celebrate National Adoption Awareness Week on Monday (November 12) in Sydney, Australia.
The film stars the 44-year-old actor's Butter co-star Jennifer Garner and fellow Aussie Joel Edgerton. It will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in the U.S. on December 4!
Hugh and Deborra-Lee have two adopted children together – Oscar, 12, and Ava, 7.
In case you missed it, check out pics of Hugh and the cast of Les Miserables in a feature for Vogue magazine's latest issue.
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Boldly Go Where No Vegan Has Gone Before
The angle: Leave bird food for the birds; these vegan recipes are all "go big or go home."
Recipes for right now: Chipotle Spiced Kale Scramble, Southern Indian Potato Curry, Sesame Tofu Rice Bowl with Swiss Chard, Ginger and Garlic Stir-Fried Green Beans, Cheesy Nachos, Garden Veggie Sandwich
Who would enjoy this book? Vegans and folks working more meatless meals into their dinner plan.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Molly Patrick & Luanne Teoh
• Who published it: Bold Vegan, Inc.
• Other highlights: Bold Vegan grabs you from page 1 — it feels intentionally designed to reel you in and not to let you go until you agree to cook something delicious. I love the variety here — not only do Molly and Luanne cover the whole spectrum of breakfast, lunch, and dinner (plus snacks!), but they dip into cuisines from around the world to make sure every recipe is full of flavor and distinctly non-boring. I think this book would be especially helpful for a someone newly-come to the vegan lifestyle and who isn't quite sure where to start — this book can show you the way.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Bold Vegan by Molly Patrick & Luanne Teoh
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Brad Pitt Steps Out with His Wedding Ring in New York City
Brad Pitt carries what appears to be a script while stopping by a business meeting on Saturday afternoon (August 30) in New York City.
The 50-year-old actor flashed his wedding ring after tying the knot with Angelina Jolie last weekend in France.
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In case you missed the news, Brad and Angie had a super intimate ceremony, with a guest list of only 22 people! They recently got back from their low-key honeymoon to their Miraval estate in France.
Congrats again to the newlyweds!
FYI: Brad is wearing John Varvatos.
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