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Nerds join the mortal combat
Enough time has passed to recover from the shock of not one, not two, but three teams crashing the MKR party on Monday night. It was all a bit much for us viewers after enduring the heart wrenching farewells of Jessie, Biswa, Lisa and Candice, but the show must go on!
The recap reminds us that the "real" desperate housewives from Victoria "failed to excite" with their nonna's recipes. On Wednesday, the romantics from Hervey Bay rode an emotional roller-coaster instead of the wooden shark at the aquarium park. And TONIGHT (as said by booming voiceover) it's the nerdy gatecrashers from WA's turn to battle it out in the kitchen. It's their chance to put the western state back on the culinary map after the beauty queens exited the show on broomsticks last week.
Our narrator friend gives us a preview of the episode. We see glimpses of the gatecrasher war that will ensue between the VIC housewives and the BFFs from NSW. The usual sword (aka knife) slashing sounds go on in the background and we momentarily wonder if there might be a duelling match later on. Unfortunately, that only happens in the medieval doco that Mr Voiceover narrates in his spare time.
Welcome to the Asylum! No, MKR isn't about to be renamed "My Asylum Rules", although some of the candidates are looking well equipped for a follow on reality series about personality disorders. It's actually the name of Kieran and Nastassia's new instant restaurant and it looks like things are about to get a bit crazy in Bullsbrook, WA.
After an excitable (and predictable) interlude from Justice Crew, it's time for the camera crew to take us to the outer suburbs of Perth. It's our chance to watch the self-confessed nerds prepare for the most mainstream day of their lives.
Enter the house and the nerds start off their day with a battle of a different kind. They are getting their morning adrenalin hit from a dose of Mortal Combat… played from the couch. The competition is as much about cooking as it is about strategy, so the team's video game playing tactics could give them an advantage.
Kieran and Nastassia inform us that they like "all things strange and unusual". This means there could just be hope for Ashlee and Sophia to make their first ever friends (other than each other). We then learn that both the nerds are in sales. Nastassia sells houses and Kieran sells nerdy paraphernalia and thinks he is in "geek heaven" every time he steps into his workplace. Unfortunately, his cape is not part of the geek heaven uniform so he has taken to wearing it on MKR as a form of protest so the HR department at nerd world might see that it's not an OH&S issue.
Nastassia's husband is Kieran's best friend. He doesn't wear a cape so clearly isn't as cool as Kieran, hence why he isn't on MKR. He is, however, invited to join them when they play battle games with mythological figurines on their dining table. Never has scary voiceover man been so excited. His love for battles and all things medieval is shared with the two new gatecrashers from WA. It was rumoured that he wasn't going to renew his contract when he thought his overenthusiastically frightening tone was underappreciated, but now his love for MKR has been restored.
The friends from WA share a love of fantasy and sci-fi. They like their cooking to reflect how it did "back in the old days". We are not sure at this point just how far back they are referring to, but we begin to picture images of long medieval banquet tables with mutton eaten off the bone, sans cutlery.
Oh my! Look at the time. Too much mortal combat has left the team running behind schedule. (Funny how you can forget the task at hand when there's a camera crew beside you). They should have pretty much completed their grocery shop by now and they haven't even left the couch. Road works add to the delay and the nervous energy is apparent as the car rolls along slower than a rolling pin over cement salt dough (more on that later).
After a longer than expected journey, the pair hit… you guessed it - Coles in the search of some fruit for their dessert. Third and final course will be champagne poached pears with honey cinnamon ice cream and pistachio biscuits. At this point we find out that the real estate agent is "anally retentive" (her own words) and if things don't go her way then it's just not OK!...Scary! But not as scary as the voice over.
Now it's time for some input from Judge Pete about the menu. He expects "serious" food from the duo. Thank you Pete, for your valuable contribution. We were afraid they'd make flippant food for their mythological figurines.
Back to the supermarket and the nerds are opening cartons of eggs and examining the contents. Unfortunately, they are just chicken eggs and not the dragon eggs they were secretly hoping for (apparently only Woolworths stock those).
With the supermarket shop complete, the hunt is on for some trout. The nerds have the idea it's a rare fish that few people have ever eaten before. Apparently the stockists in Coles haven't heard of it either. They ring a couple of fish mongers and are shocked to come across a stockist. The problem is that the trip is going to eat into their valuable prep time. Will they sacrifice precious minutes to catch the fish? Yes they will…
Sweet victory! The nerds have secured the key ingredient for their main dish of trout baked in salt dough with kipfler potatoes and watercress and lemon cream sauce and they are on their way back to the instant Asylum. Having lost 45mins of prep time from overdosing on video games, the team are in a mad rush to get the decorations in order. Kieran describes the theme as Victorian Gothic with a focus on "dark beauty".
Speaking of beauty, Kieran has also signed up to the next series of Beauty and the Geek – he's concerned that just one reality TV show won't give his cape enough screen time. We can reveal that in the physical transformation stage, his werewolf-ish facial hair and ponytail will be removed to reveal he is Brad Pitt's doppelganger. Keep an eye out in Coles for his face on the cover of NW.
Back to MKR and team WA is going crazy as they attempt to decorate their restaurant at record speed. The wind is blowing a gale on the farm-style property and Kieran is running around like a lunatic escapee as he attempts to find the candle holders. The nerds manage to dig daggers, swords and skulls from their medieval collection. Even the Grim Reaper's scythe makes an appearance at the dinner table.
The cooking gets underway and Kieran is in charge of making the pasta dough for walnut and spinach ravioli with mascarpone and basil. Werewolf man is trying to impress the "real" desperate housewives' nonnas with an Italian dish for entree. Stefano might also be impressed, but we still aren't sure if he really is Italian or if Lisa just likes an accent.
The increased quantities have put Kieran's brain into overdrive as he tries to calculate the flour to water ratio. Not so nerdy after all. It simply isn't working for him and so it's time for the nasty to come out of Nastassia and she starts barking orders. The pressure in the kitchen becomes almost as intense as the Gladiator music playing in the background.
Werewolf man attempts to explain to the camera what he is doing and Little Miss Nasty-assia won't have a bar of it. She barks right over the top of him and demands he assist her with whatever she is meant to be doing. He begins fretting because the dough isn't setting. It's too soft and in true "everyone runs out of vital ingredients on MKR" style, they have run out of flour….or the klepto cameraman stole it (again).
It's onto making the dough for the salt dough and the increased quantities of ingredients have put Kieran in a confused state again. Little Miss Nasty-assia yells again about adding more water! It's clearly about "solutions not problems". Kieran thinks it is hardly time for the motivational speaker in his partner to come out, but nonetheless he ups the ante with the water and hopes for the best. His aim is to make it through the night without having a nervous breakdown. At this point, his chances of succeeding are looking slim to none.
Back in the outside gatecrasher world, it's getting personal between VIC and NSW. Angela and Melina are worried that Ashlee and Sophia don't like them. The "real" desperate housewives should be more worried about their families disowning them after they turned their nonnas' famous mash potato into Clag glue. Lisa is worried that the competition isn't just about cooking any more, but is about personalities. Realising that she doesn't have one, she wonders if she might be able to get one at Coles. Ali is worried that she isn't the only mama in the show now as Kieran worries he is about to get sent to the naughty corner by Miss Nasty-assia.
Ding Dong! The guests and gatecrashers have arrived.
The hosts introduce the crazies (aka contestants) to their instant restaurant and the jokes they make go right over Stefano's head because he's too busy working on his Italian accent.
Back in the kitchen Kieran is cracking under the pressure and Nastassia is switching between psycho and psychologist as she tries to boss her partner around and calm him down all at the same time.
Ashlee is not happy because she is sitting next to Stefano (again) and thinks he is "dumb" and "mind numbing". The poor guy has apparently only just learnt his first few sentences of English and the BFFs from NSW expect him to know his OMGs from his LOLs – WTF!? Sophia thinks she has the solution to the "proximity to Stefano" problem: "zone out to preserve their intellects". Thankfully the task won't require too much effort because there isn't much there to preserve.
Ding Dong! Enter the judges.
Pete takes one look at werewolf man and suspects he is "petrified" about the dinner party. Keiran is actually more worried that Pete is going to leave him alone in the kitchen again with his partner....and he does.
The judges join the table and Pete has come armed with puns that no one laughs at except for Manu because he can't understand English. Stefano thinks he knows the secret to the perfect ravioli. He laughs and says "I tell you". At this point we can't work out if he says "can't" or "can", but nobody wants to listen and the camera pans to Samuel who translates the words that Stefano never spoke.
The guests are waiting...waiting...waiting. Two hours of awkward instant restaurant chatter have passed and we are beginning to wonder who will whip out an astrology chart to kill some time. Where are the beauty queens when you need them? Still no entree and everyone is starving.
The kitchen is in chaos as Kieran realises that there isn't enough decent pasta to give the guests. After a two hour wait they end up getting with more mascarpone than pasta on their plate. Manu will be happy with the sauce to ravioli ratio.
Low blood sugar caused by starvation has turned the judges nasty and they don't hold back on the insults. The pasta is "terrible", "inedible" and they have "poor time management".
The main is looking set to be equally bad. The nerds have 6kgs of dough to knead and they say it's like "working with hard cement". The most physical exertion they've ever experience is from moving the joystick on their video game controller. No joy here and so it's all a bit much for them.
It's another three hours until the guests get main course. Sophia is (unintentionally) entertaining everyone with the nonsensical dribble that comes out of her mouth. Ev-er-y sin-gle syll-a-ble has to be pro-nounced sep-ar-ate-ly. It gets rea-lly pain-ful list-en-ing to her. The three hours feels like six and the conversation has gotten so awkward that everyone is competing against Pete for the lamest pun of the night...there is no match for Pete's lack of a sense of humour.
Now it's time for the crazy jokes to come out. Everyone has gone mental waiting for their food. It's a full moon which could explain why Kieran is sporting the werewolf look. Oh no, wait, he was always that hairy, but the cape usually distracts us from it.
Main meal arrives and Manu "LOVE, LOVE, LOVES" the presentation. He gets overexcited because he thinks the fish is a baguette and there is a whole jug of sauce to accompany it. He thinks it is really "cool" (he just learnt that word today so felt he had to use it). Pete thinks it is better than entree but, unlike him, "it has its faults".
Sophia actually says out loud that she is glad they "finally have some competition". Ouchy!!! OMG!! LOL!! The table is speechless... the silence is a bonus for us. Dan can't believe his second go at destroying a pig didn't make the BFFs from NSW nervous. Steph is meanwhile considering converting to vegetarianism as she reflects on her hubby's cooking.
Dessert is dependent on the perfect pear rotation in the champagne broth. Can Little Miss Nasty-assia save the day with sweets? It's not looking good when Manu can't get his spoon through the pear. The sauce is looking scarce, but it is likely Manu will mistake the honey cinnamon ice cream for sauce because it's so runny.
Pete got a "near perfect" pear and a jealous Manu waits patiently for Kieran to start howling at the moon to distract Pete and the camera crew while he switches plates.
Meanwhile the housewives and BFFs have been sharpening their claws for the cat fight that is brewing. NSW giggles as VIC criticises Team Nerd's meal. Melina gives Sophia a talking to and is relieved that she isn't her child because she "would be so ashamed of her". We start wondering if the next surprise in the series will reveal that she is her daughter and everyone on the show is actually related (and really all from Tasmania).
The scores are out and the competition rates the food at The Asylum 18/50.
As for the judges:
Entree - Pete doesn't hold back: "It was terrible".
Manu: 1 Pete: 3
Maind -
Manu: 7 Pete: 6
Dessert -
Manu: 5 Pete: 8
The total score for Team Nerd is 48, placing them on the bottom of the scoreboard.
Next up is team TAS. From the previews it looks like the battle between VIC and NSW heats up next week.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- After Hurricane Isaac forced Republicans to alter their convention in Tampa, Fla., weather is again a factor at the Democrats' party in North Carolina.
President Barack Obama's acceptance speech Thursday at the Democratic National Convention, originally planned for the larger outdoor venue Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, has been moved indoors where the rest of the convention is taking place at Time Warner Cable Stadium, CBS News reported. Thunderstorms and the threat of lightning -- the remnants of Isaac -- are forecast for the remainder of the convention, forcing the change.
Campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the weather and possible security concerns were the determining factors in moving the speech indoors, adding the president was "disappointed" about the turn of events.
Psaki said there were no concerns Democrats would be unable to fill the 65,000-seat Bank of America Stadium.
"Absolutely not. I know our opponents on the other side of the aisle are pushing this. However, when you had 65,000 ticketed people and 19,000 on the waiting list, our concern was more about turning people away than filling the stadium," she said.
"This isn't a call we wanted to make."
The new venue will mean a significantly smaller setting for Obama's acceptance speech and contrasts with his address four years ago in Denver, where he spoke to an open-air football stadium packed with 75,000 supporters.
Instead, the indoor speech will take place before about 20,000 supporters.
"Well, if it were a light drizzle, it might still be in the stadium," Psaki said. "Between the possibility of severe thunderstorm and risks it could pose to tens of thousands of people in the stadium, there was a decision made by an advisory group that has a lot of experience ... we couldn't put people in public safety risk."
Those who had been issued "community credentials" from the Democratic National Committee for Obama's speech but not the remainder of the convention were being encouraged to attend a "watch party," CBS said.
Obama will speak directly with those supporters via a conference call Thursday. To obtain a credential to attend the speech volunteers had to pledge 9 hours of time volunteering for the campaign in a three-day stretch.
The convention's first night Tuesday featured first lady Michelle Obama, who told Democrats vision and values guide her husband.
"I've seen how the issues that come across a president's desk are always the hard ones -- the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer," she told the opening night crowd and a national TV audience.
"At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are."
By contrast, keynote speaker San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, 37, the first Latino to deliver a Democratic convention keynote address, argued GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan offered ideas that have been shown not to work.
"Their theory has been tested. It failed. Our economy failed," Castro said. "The middle class paid the price. Your family paid the price. Mitt Romney just doesn't get it."
Former President Bill Clinton will speak Wednesday to nominate Obama for a second term.

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Network Presents Branded Experience Including An Exclusive Lounge And RAY DONOVAN Watch Party,
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NEW YORK, NY - (March 7, 2013) - SHOWTIME has announced its efforts to bring a special branded experience, and access to some of the hottest content on television to the 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. The impact of the SHOWTIME brand is already being experienced through the multi-platform SXSW GO app, and will extend throughout the festival with network-branded film buses shuttling throughout the city, with an exclusive, invite-only lounge at the W Austin, and a special, first-ever watch party of the highly-anticipated new drama series RAY DONOVAN, which stars Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) nominee Liev Schreiber and Oscar(R) winner Jon Voight.
For this year's festival, the official SXSW Go mobile app is presented by SHOWTIME, allowing attendees to view, plan and share their schedule, network with others, and navigate the convention once they are on the ground. Created exclusively by SHOWTIME, a new tool in this year's SXSW GO app, "Trending Now at SXSW," will highlight the hottest things happening at the festival. Users can access this experience with one click to the app's schedule banner which links them to a map which includes the top check-in locations around Austin, all powered by Foursquare and Google Maps APIs. Additionally, this tool will aggregate the most discussed SXSW topics via Twitter. The app also gives festivalgoers an opportunity to sample special video clips of some of the network's critically-acclaimed, award-winning series.
SHOWTIME's culturally relevant, edgy and sophisticated programming will be on display throughout Austin on branded film shuttle buses. Attendees can hop onboard a HOMELAND, DEXTER(R), SHAMELESS or RAY DONOVAN bus which will shuttle them from the Austin Convention Center to film venues throughout the city.
Beginning Friday, March 8th through Sunday, March 10th, SHOWTIME will host an exclusive, invite-only lounge at The Terrace, W Austin. Inviting attendees to relax, refresh and recharge amidst the events of the busy festival, the SHOWTIME Lounge will offer exciting giveaways, WiFi charging stations, along with demos of the network's hottest digital properties, including the network's authentication service SHOWTIME ANYTIME(R). Guests will have the unique experience of posing on Dexter Morgan's Kill Table as they enjoy live entertainment, cocktails, The Macallan single malt tastings, and hors d'oeuvres. Coolhaus will be serving gourmet ice cream sandwiches, in addition to testing new flavors for their official Dexter ice-cream sandwich flavor. After taste-testing, attendees can vote on their favorite combination, and the winning sandwich will be available at Coolhaus trucks and select locations this summer.
Then, on Saturday, March 9th, the Network will host an invitation only watch party of the highly-anticipated new drama series RAY DONOVAN, followed by an after-party for select SXSW attendees. RAY DONOVAN will premiere on SHOWTIME on June 30th at 10 p.m. ET/PT. In addition to Schreiber and Voight, the series' all-star cast also includes Oscar winner and guest star Elliott Gould, Paula Malcomson, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Katherine Moennig, Pooch Hall, Steven Bauer, Kerris Dorsey and Devon Bagby. Johnathon Schaech, Peter Jacobson, Austin Nichols, Ambyr Childers and Josh Pais guest star.
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Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Slavery During the Colonial Period
Slavery was institutionalized in the colony of Virginia between 1640 and 1662 primarily through laws enacted by the Virginia Assembly and approved by the Royal Governor and the British monarch. The establishment and codification of slavery in Virginia became the model for the other colonies.
Beyond this basic framework, little is included in history books about slavery during this formative period. Historians tend, instead, to concentrate on the period of the anti-slavery movement, focusing on the activities of the abolitionists. It is, however, reasonable to conclude that the extremely harsh slave codes enacted in southern colonies and, later, in other states must have been developed in response to events that occurred in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Nevertheless, as a result of the lack of information concerning the reality of slavery during the colonial period, three basic myths have been perpetuated: 1) slave owners were benevolent masters whose best interests were served through maintaining and protecting the health and welfare of their slaves; 2) slaves, for whatever reasons, chose not to resist their own enslavement; and 3) slaves were unskilled laborers who knew only how to till the soil.
Although history books may do little to debunk these myths, the Virginia Gazette, a newspaper published in Virginia's colonial capital of Williamsburg during the eighteenth century, does just that. The advertisements for the return of runaway slaves placed in the Virginia Gazette by slave owners discredit each of these popular beliefs about slavery during the colonial period.
Time Required
Two to three class periods
- Slavery and the Law in Virginia
- Focus Question Worksheet -- one copy for each student
- Transcriptions of Virginia Gazette Runaway Slave Ads -- one copy for each group
- Butcher paper and felt markers for each group (provided by teacher)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
- read and interpret eighteenth-century documents
- make inferences about the nature and characteristics of slavery
- communicate findings via annotated diagrams
- develop a comprehensive picture of slavery in eighteenth-century Virginia
Setting the Stage
Ask the students to define the term "slavery." List the students' responses on the chalkboard. Discuss with students how slavery evolved from the seventeenth century through the nineteenth century. See Slavery and the Law in Virginia for a timeline on the development of slavery. After discussion, inform the students that this lesson will provide them with a snapshot of slavery in eighteenth-century Virginia.
Divide the class into groups of four to five students. Ask each group to appoint one member as the recorder. Give each group a large sheet of butcher paper and markers. Assign each group its focus question as follows:
|Group 1 -- FOCUS QUESTION: WHAT SKILLS DID SLAVES POSSESS?
|Slave/Gazette Reference
|Why would this skill be important
during the colonial period?
|Group 2 -- FOCUS QUESTION: HOW DID THE SLAVE OWNERS TREAT THEIR SLAVES?
|Owner/Gazette Reference
|Specific behaviors towards slaves
|What attitudes towards slavery are implied by these behaviors?
|Group 3 -- FOCUS QUESTION: HOW DID SLAVES RESIST THEIR MASTERS?
|Slave/Gazette Reference
|Form of resistance
|What methods used indicated whether this
was active or passive resistance?
|Group 4 -- FOCUS QUESTION: BY WHAT MEANS DID SLAVES ESCAPE AND TO WHERE?
|Slave/Gazette Reference
|Possible escape method/route
|What does this destination suggest
about a slave's final goal?
After each group receives copies of the Transcriptions of Virginia Gazette Runaway Slave Ads, inform them that their task is to analyze the advertisements and make a list of actions, attitudes and behaviors based upon their focus question. The recorder will keep a written record of their observations on the butcher paper. Allow appropriate time for each group to read, analyze and record its findings.
Next, ask each group to create an illustration or an annotated diagram which graphically represents its findings on butcher paper. For example, the group focusing on the skill of slaves might create a series of drawings showing the various "tools of the trade" covered in their readings. An annotated explanation should be included for each object.
Display the finished diagrams. Reassign students into new groups with a representative from each of the focus questions in the new groups. The new groups will carefully examine each diagram. Finally, each student will independently complete Focus Question Worksheet.
Alternate Plan
As a way to expedite the process, assign individual students a copy of one of the focus questions and the readings as homework. The next day, place students with the same focus question into groups. Have each group summarize its findings and create an annotated diagram. Complete the rest of the lesson plan as written.
Using the information acquired from the worksheets, students write an essay which demonstrates their knowledge of slavery in eighteenth-century Virginia. A suggested essay format is as follows:
Imagine that you are a visitor to Virginia between 1738 and 1777. Write a letter home describing your observations on slavery. Be sure to include the following topics:
- The types of skills the slaves possessed.
- The types of resistance exhibited by the slaves.
- The attitudes of the slave owners toward the slaves.
- The destinations of escaped slaves.


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Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has proven effective in altering the natural
history of HIV infection in many patients. However, this therapy may not be sustainable
because of the toxicities of the medications. Evidence suggests that HIV-infected patients
on HAART may be at risk for premature coronary artery disease. The exact cause is unknown.
It is possible that the medications directly affect the endothelium (the lining of the
arteries that supply blood to the heart) and lead to premature heart disease. Or because the
medications cause lipid abnormalities (high cholesterol) and a condition of relative insulin
resistance, in which the body has a difficult time processing sugars; known risk factors for
endothelial dysfunction and heart disease. Therapeutic intervention that reverses these
lipid abnormalities and/or insulin resistance may lower these risk factors, normalize
endothelial function, and decrease the risk of heart disease.
This protocol aims to assess endothelial function among a group of HIV-infected patients
with varying degrees of viral activity and levels of immune function on a variety of HAART
regimens. It also aims to evaluate the effect of three different medications on lipids,
insulin resistance, and thus endothelial function. Understanding the factors involved in
causing endothelial dysfunction will help better characterize the relative risks and
benefits of early versus late and continuous versus intermittent HAART therapy. The research
may offer some insights into the causes of premature heart disease among HIV-infected
patients on HAART that could be more thoroughly investigated in subsequent clinical trials.
A total of 75 patients will be recruited: 25 for each arm of the study. Each arm evaluates
the potential benefit of a particular medication and will enroll sequentially. An
endothelial function test will be performed on an outpatient basis. The first 25 patients
will be assigned at random to receive pravastatin sodium or placebo; the next 25 will
receive gemfibrozil or placebo; the final 25 will receive rosiglitazone or placebo. Patients
will take the pills for 6 weeks, no pills for the next 4 weeks, and then the opposite
treatment for 6 more weeks. Two weeks after the start of the study drug, blood will be taken
to check for potential toxic side effects. After each 6-week treatment, blood will be drawn
and endothelial function tests will be performed.
The natural history of HIV infection in many patients has been dramatically altered through
the use of highly-active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). However, this treatment paradigm
of chronic chemotherapy may not be sustainable given the short and long-term toxicities of
these medications. Among the more concerning are the development of atherogenic lipoprotein
abnormalities and a state of relative insulin resistance. Logically, there has been concern
that such metabolic disturbances may predispose towards cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality. Although these therapies have only been in widespread use for a short period of
time, a growing body of evidence from case reports and cohort studies has suggested that
HIV-infected patients on HAART may experience premature coronary artery disease. The
explanation of this phenomenon is most likely multifactorial. In terms of pathophysiology,
the relative contributions of HIV viral replication, host immune response, and the use of
antiretroviral agents remains unknown. HIV-1 could possibly have a direct effect on the
endothelium as has been suggested for other infectious agents such as chlamydia, herpes
simplex, and cytomegalovirus. One could postulate that the virus might have some capacity
to effect the production of nitric oxide (NO), as a pathogenic mechanism. It is unknown
whether the medications have direct toxicities or whether the common underlying mechanism is
drug-induced abnormalities in lipid and/or glucose metabolism. Furthermore, intervention
with therapeutics that reverse these metabolic disturbances might ameliorate these risk
factors, normalize endothelial function, and thus decrease the risk of cardiovascular
disease among this patient population. Even if such patients are at no higher risk than
HIV-negative patients with similar metabolic profiles, attention must be paid to modifiable
risk factors as patients are living longer. This protocol aims to assess endothelial
function among a group of HIV-infected patients with varying degrees of virologic control
and levels of immune function on a variety of different HAART regimens. These patients will
then be administered medications with known effects on lipid and glucose metabolism to
determine if they might serve a role in improving these parameters and thus endothelial
function. The results of this study will hopefully yield effective strategies to maintain
the efficacy of HAART therapy while minimizing or reversing toxicities. Understanding the
factors important to causing endothelial dysfunction will help better characterize the
relative risks/benefits of early vs. late and continuous vs. intermittent HAART therapy.
Additionally, it will hopefully offer some insights as to the underlying pathophysiology of
the phenomenon of premature cardiovascular disease among HIV-infected patients on HAART that
could then be more thoroughly investigated in subsequent clinical trials. We may ultimately
learn that either the virus or antiretroviral drugs or the consequent lipid and insulin
abnormalities they induce alters NO function at the level of the endothelium.
Age 18 or older (The safety and effectiveness for some of the study medications have not
been established in individuals younger than 18 years old).
Documentation of HIV-1 infection by any licensed ELISA test kit and confirmed by a second
method (e.g., Western Blot; or by HIV culture, plasma HIV RNA, or proviral HIV DNA).
Taking a stable antiretroviral regimen, defined as having been on the same regimen for the
2 months preceding study entry, with no anticipated change in antiretroviral therapy for
the four months following study enrollment.
Willing to use appropriate contraception (barrier method) during the period of study.
Able to provide written informed consent.
Fasting insulin greater than or equal to 10 uU/ml.
Patients with any history of clinical coronary artery disease: Symptoms of angina pectoris
(stable or unstable); History of myocardial infarction.
Patients with clinical heart failure (left or right heart failure): Patients with New York
Heart Association (NYHA) Class 3 and 4 cardiac status;
Depressed left ventricular (LV) function on a prior study (less than 40% ejection fraction
by radionuclide angiography or echocardiography).
Patients with myocardial disease: dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or
restrictive cardiomyopathy as demonstrated by echocardiography.
Patients with clinically significant valvular heart disease (based upon interpretation of
a prior echo and/or the clinical judgment of the cardiologist co-investigator).
Patients who smoke greater than or equal to 1 pack-per-day (PPD) (or patients unable to
abstain from midnight the night prior to a blood flow study until the conclusion of the
Patients unable to abstain from caffeine use (coffee, tea, or soda) from midnight the
night prior to a blood flow study until the conclusion of the study.
Patients with diabetes mellitus, on pharmacologic treatment.
Systolic blood pressure greater than 160 or diastolic blood pressure greater than 100 at
screening visit.
Patients currently taking any drug from any of the three classes of medications being
studied (If previously taken, last use must have been at least 2 months prior to
screening): Patients with known hypersensitivity to any of the study medications; Patients
taking medications with known interactions with the study medications.
Patients currently taking any anti-hypertensive medications.
Concomitant use of anticoagulant therapy (Due to drug interactions with gemfibrozil).
Use of sildenafil within 12 hours of the vascular studies.
Recent life-threatening opportunistic infections (within the past 6 months).
Patients taking immunomodulating agents: Patients co-enrolled on protocols where IL2 is
administered must not have received IL2 for the 2 months prior to enrollment and must be
able to refrain from use of IL2 for the duration of the current study.
Patients taking anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and/or testosterone for reasons
other than replacement.
Patients on replacement doses of testosterone will qualify if their free and total
testosterone levels are within the normal range at screening. If free and total
testosterone levels are within normal limit patients should refrain from testosterone
injections for the two weeks preceding a FMD study.
Patients taking trimethoprim and ketoconazole during the rosiglitazone arm of the study.
Pregnancy or Breastfeeding (Some of the study drugs are contraindicated during pregnancy
and lactation).
Baseline elevations in ALT, AST (greater than 2x ULN) or CPK (greater than 500 U/L).
History of liver disease or heavy alcohol ingestion (4 or more drinks a day).
History of severe renal dysfunction (serum creatinine at baseline of greater than 1.5).
Anemia (hemoglobin less than 10 mg/dl).
History of cholelithiasis.
Refusal to follow Clinical Center policy on partner notification.
Inability to provide informed consent.
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Friday, December 30, 2016
3 Book Necklaces & Book of Choice Giveaway
72 comments:
no, don't make themReplyDelete
To be more tolerant. I work with people with learning disabilities (I admin and they work on the shop floor) and some days I am not quite "right" with them (not in a "bullying" sort of way, just not understanding them as much as I would like) so would like to understand more about their habits and stuff. :)ReplyDelete
- Burma TurnerDecember 30, 2016 at 7:34 PM
I am not going to finish a book if I can't get into it. Life is short and there are too many good books out there!ReplyDelete
As bn100, no, don't make them!!!ReplyDelete
I don't really have reading goals. I just read whatever takes my fancy although I don't read as much non-fiction as I used to.ReplyDelete
My reading goal is to read interesting books. I might try "My Sister Rosa."ReplyDelete
I would just like to make time to read more.ReplyDelete
Read more - I have a couple of books I would like to read and finish during 2017 :)ReplyDelete
My reading goal for 2017 is to look at my coffee table books instead of them collecting dust. There are some lovely pictures in them with inspirational quotes.ReplyDelete
My reading goal is to spend less time on social media and more time reading, as a role model to my kids xReplyDelete
My reading goals for 2017 are to keep up with my review pile and make a dent in my stacks of magazines.ReplyDelete
Thanks :)
I have four challenges. They usually work together and help me to whittle down my ginormous TBR.ReplyDelete
I don't have reading goals for 2017. I read for enjoyment - nothing more, nothing less.ReplyDelete
I don't have any reading goals, mostly because I just read here and there. I would like to get rid of the pile of books near my bed but I always end up just adding and buying more and the pile gets big again!ReplyDelete
I don't have any reading goals for 2017. No real reason--- I just don't set reading goals. There is a fully stocked cabinet full of books that I'd like to whittle down over the next few months, if that counts!ReplyDelete
My goal is to continue reading as much as I have this year. It's been a good reading year for me and I want it to continueReplyDelete
I want to read more in 2017; I didn't read much this year.ReplyDelete
I'm going to do my usual Goodreads goal. I'd like to try a couple of challenges that I found. Just to try something new.ReplyDelete
I'm going to make more time for reading and stop forcing myself to finish a book I'm not enjoying.ReplyDelete
I do have reading goals for 2017. I'm going to continue to work on reading books that I've had on my Kindle for years now and my goal is for 200 books this year.ReplyDelete
My reading goals for the upcoming year are to read at least two books a week, one non-fiction and one fiction, and to read as many of them from indie authors in my network to get to know their styles and leave them reviews, and of coarse to invite them for interviews :-)ReplyDelete
My goal is to read moreReplyDelete
my goal is to read the books I have and stop buying more!!ReplyDelete
I don't have any reading goals, i just read one book after another :)ReplyDelete
- helen tovellDecember 31, 2016 at 2:44 PM
To take more time off technology and read like I used toReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 31, 2016 at 5:27 PM
I think I put down a review instead of a giveaway under the "enter another giveaway" Rafflecopter space (cut-and-paste before coffee), so if you could add "Midwinter's Eve hop" there manually, that would be great! Anyway, I hope to whittle down the endless TBR pile (while at the same time trying to limit myself to books I really WANT to read). Happy new year!ReplyDelete
id dont have any goals, i just enjoy reading lots of different kinds of booksReplyDelete
I had set myself a goal of reading 60 books this year and ended up reading nearly 80! I think i'll set myself the same goal in 2017.ReplyDelete
Yes. I plan to read more than 40 books and to complete 2 other challenges. Also complete my Classics and HP CollectionsReplyDelete
I haven't set my goal just yet... I didn't quite hit the mark this year, and for reasons, this bothers me way more than it should. So, I need to come up with a realistic goal that I can actually hit, but not make it too easy to surpass.... I am hard on myself, a little bit, I think!ReplyDelete
I don't set reading goals, I normally read 3 to 5 books a week and prefer cozy mysteries, paranormal romance, & westerns.ReplyDelete
My first reading goal is I'm going to finish a series before I start a new one and second I want to read more books in my own library instead of only the public library.ReplyDelete
I have to move house soon so that is my only goal right now but when I get settled I will start reading again.ReplyDelete
I want to lose some weight this yearReplyDelete
I don't really have any reading goals for the new year. I read for fun, pleasure, stress relief, so I don't want to pressure myself into making it a goal; that would make it feel like homework from school, lol :)ReplyDelete
I hope to read 30 books this year. Last year I only read 23 but we will see. I don't put too much pressure on myself.ReplyDelete
I don't really have any reading goals. I just like to read, books and magazines, anything I can get my hands on.ReplyDelete
I have a reading goal to read 60 books this year. Last year I read 50 books.ReplyDelete
I would just like to read more this year and broaden my horizons, try out different genresReplyDelete
just read more than last year would be greatReplyDelete
I don't know if it counts as goals, but I intend to do more of what I know best, which is reading of course!ReplyDelete
I would like to read one book for month at least.ReplyDelete
To read as many as i get time for :PReplyDelete
My reading goal is to read 50 books. Last year my goal was 35 and I ended up reading 52.ReplyDelete
I've never set a goal for reading. I think I'd feel too much pressure and wouldn't enjoy it anymore.ReplyDelete
I want to read more then last year and to review more :FReplyDelete
I do not really have any reading goals that I do not do already. I read whenever I can....and every night I read two books to our little one!ReplyDelete
My goal is to read a minimum average of 3 books per week (150 total). As long as I read at least that much, I'm happy! This year, I read an average of roughly 4 books per week.ReplyDelete
Yes, I do. I've set my goal to 120 books. Last year it was 110 and I ended up reading 275 books.ReplyDelete
One of my goals is to continue to read diversely. Another is to be more selective when choosing books - I fell into the trap of blindly following reviews (even if I knew it wasn't really my thing), which led to lots of reading slumps. Good luck with your goals and happy reading :) thank you for the giveaways xoReplyDelete
167 books this year hopdfully and hr pound jar challenge.ReplyDelete
Lainy http://www.alwaysreading.net
I want to read more true stories but about historical events and our kings and queensReplyDelete
I'm hoping to go back and read some books which have been on my reading list for over a year.ReplyDelete
I need to read at least 2 books per month - one fiction, one non-fiction (on writing craft)ReplyDelete
I have already got a pile of books that I put aside to read this year and have made a point of reading for a bit every night before going to sleep - I always used to sit in bed for a while reading and miss it, so plan to get right back into that habit. My other goal is to actually sell some books once read - a few benefits... like room for new books, making my better half happy to see some go, and raising some much-needed funds for me and donations to Second Chance Animal Rescue (local charity that we support as much as we can and give a percentage of any ebay sales to)ReplyDelete
I really want to read more than 50 books this year. So far,I've only managed the 50 every year, but this year I want to complete my Goodreads challenge of of reading at least 80-100 books.ReplyDelete
I do not have a specific goal. I only aim to read this year more than the last.ReplyDelete
no goals, only want to read more interesting booksReplyDelete
I want to read some books that are in my bookshelf for a long time!ReplyDelete
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Yes - I want to find more time to readReplyDelete
My 2017 resolution is to read 50 books, and to read an hour a day (minimum) whish should get me finishing a book a week and reaching my targetReplyDelete
I don't, because I have a lot of plans for my personal life, if I want to realize all of them, I'm gonna need every spare minute, so probably I won't read as much as I would love to.ReplyDelete
I don't make them. I just read as much as I want to/have time available to.ReplyDelete
I don't set goals, I just read what I want, when I want.ReplyDelete
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Since having my little girl I don't have as much time to read so I'm making myself go to bed earlier so I read everydayReplyDelete
Just to read more. I didn't read enough last year. But no specific reading goals.ReplyDelete
to have more time for myself, so I may read abit moreReplyDelete
I have made lists of the books from my favourite authors and plan to read any I haven't already read.ReplyDelete
I don't make reading goals but we have some great YA books in our library I'd love to read.ReplyDelete
- BookLadyJanuary 14, 2017 at 1:50 AM
I plan to spend more time reading to catch up on some of my favorite series.ReplyDelete
funnily now i have gone back to work i have more time to read becasue i can read on my lunch break and on the bus i finally got to read the cursed child the latest harry potter book and have finally started on a stack of johnathan kellerman novels that i got from a car boot in the summerReplyDelete
My reading goal is at least 100 books! I usually average 110-120 books a year but I like keeping track.ReplyDelete


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"Prerecorded Message EBR Telemarketing"
Project No. R411001
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Telemarketing Sales Rule
Submitted by
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Utility Consumers' Action Network
January 10, 2005
Federal Trade Commission
Office of the Secretary, Room H-159 (Annex H)
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20580
Filed electronically: https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-tsr
To the Commission:
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC)1 and the Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN)2 strongly oppose the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC or Commission) proposal to amend the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to permit prerecorded messages to consumers based on an "established business relation" (EBR) as defined by the Commission.
Similarly, we oppose the Commission's plan to forego enforcement action for violations of the TSR's call abandonment rule.
The Commission also seeks comment on the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) petition to amend the TSR's call abandonment safe harbor provision. The Commission should deny the DMA's petition and maintain its current daily measure of abandonment rate rather than adopting a 30-day measure advocated by the DMA.
1. Background and Introduction
2. Telemarketers Routinely Skirt the Laws for Prerecorded Messages
3. Consumers Consider Prerecorded Calls and Abandoned Calls to be a Nuisance
4. Consumers Report Difficulties in Opting Out
5. Number Portability and Custom Phone Features Will Result in Prerecorded Messages to Cell Phones and other Handheld Communications Devices
6. Pressing Keypad Buttons to Opt-out Does Not Work, Especially with Messages Left on Voice Mail
7. Advances in Telephony Could Significantly Increase the Number of Prerecorded Messages
8. "Established Business Relationship" Is too Broadly Defined
9. The Inconsistency between the FTC's Proposal and the FCC's Rules Is Immaterial
10. DMA's Petition Should be Rejected
11. Additional Customer Complaints Underscore Our Recommendations that the Commission Reject All Proposed Rules
1. Background and Introduction
For years intrusive, privacy invasive telemarketing calls have been a major source of consumer outrage. Both the PRC and UCAN know first hand of the inconvenience, annoyance, and frustration consumers experience in having their home telephone and at times cell phone ring repeatedly with sales calls. Both organizations operate hotlines and invite individuals' questions and complaints, both by telephone and email. Telemarketing complaints have consistently been in the top five complaint categories since the PRC's inception in 1992. A further indication of the animosity consumers hold toward unsolicited sales calls is the millions of dollars individuals have spent on caller identification services and various devices to thwart telemarketers.
Consumers were given considerable relief when the FTC and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set up the national Do Not Call (DNC) Registry. To date, approximately 81 million telephone numbers have been registered with the DNC Registry.3
Clearly, the success of the DNC Registry shows consumers want relief from unwanted telemarketing calls. The Commission's proposal to allow increased telemarketing with prerecorded sales messages threatens to erode the modicum of peace and control over private telephones and cell phones that the DNC Registry provides. We urge the Commission not to renege on its commitment to protect consumers' privacy.
2. Telemarketers Routinely Skirt the Laws for Prerecorded Messages
We do not believe the business models presented by Voice Mail Broadcasting Corporation (VMBC) and others represent reality in the telemarketing industry.
For example, in California, a long-standing state law requires that prerecorded messages be introduced with a "live" speaker before the recorded message can be played. Compliance with this law has been nil.
California Civil Code 1770 states that the following unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result or which results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer are unlawful:
(22) (A) Disseminating an unsolicited prerecorded message by telephone without an unrecorded, natural voice first informing the person answering the telephone of the name of the caller or the organization being represented, and either the address or the telephone number of the caller, and without obtaining the consent of that person to listen to the prerecorded message.
Yet, consumer complaints to both PRC and UCAN indicate that this California law is flagrantly violated by telemarketers who use prerecorded messages. In considering whether to create an exemption so that companies can contact customers with EBRs using prerecorded messages, the Commission needs to take into consideration tactics historically employed by those in the direct marketing industry to avoid telemarketing laws.
3. Consumers Consider Prerecorded Calls and Abandoned Calls to be a Nuisance
Calls made by so-called "predictive" dialers -- automatic dialing that allows a telemarketer to call multiple households at one time -- have been a significant consumer complaint. Such calls are intrusive, invade the privacy of one's home, and result in great annoyance when one races to answer the phone to find only dead air or a hang-up on the other end of the line. Predicative dialer calls are particularly troublesome and potentially dangerous for the elderly and the disabled.
VMBC and other commercial entities seek to change the Commission's previous definition of "abandoned calls" to allow prerecorded messages to consumers with whom the seller has an established business relationship (EBR) as the term is defined by the TSR.4
The companies go to great lengths to distinguish the intrusions caused by predictive dialer calls that result in a "hang-up" or "dead air" from prerecorded messages. Unfortunately, the Commission seems to have accepted these distinctions as an adequate reason to amend the TSR. VMBC's comments, however, completely miss the point. It's not that consumers are only frustrated with receiving "hang-up" or "dead air" calls. They do not want to receive commercial telephone solicitations in general unless it is a call they have already agreed to accept.
4. Consumers Report Difficulties in Opting Out
The PRC and UCAN have received many complaints from consumers who have been treated rudely, have been subject to abusive language, and have been routinely disconnected when questions are asked. The following are actual quotes from individuals who have contacted us by email to complain about unwanted telemarketing calls and to express their frustrations in attempting to opt-out:
- I had responded to a prerecorded message before and pushed the number on the keypad to speak to a representative because I wanted to opt-out. Today, I was called by a male saying he is from Mortgage Concepts. He asked if I was interested in a mortgage, and I said I wanted some information starting with their phone number. He gave me "800-453-6337." I asked for his name, and he told me "Mike" and again offered me a mortgage. I asked where his company was located and he hung up on me. I tried to call the number he gave, but it appears to be bogus, as I get a non-working number message.
- All weekend I have been besieged with calls, the kind that is made from computers that dial many numbers at the same time. The lucky winner is the one that answers their phone first. You must bust your rear to get to the phone, only to hear nothing, then a few seconds later is a busy signal. Caller I.D. does not help identifying who is calling. I've been disturbed thru dinner, up and thru 9:00 p.m. from 7:30 a.m. Something has to be done to save our sanity. You tell these telemarketers you're not interested, and they continue to call. I am near going crazy, they are driving me nuts. I have asked in the past where I might contact them back, and I'm always told "they don't have a phone number that I can call." Then, when I ask again for the name of the company, they refuse to give it to me, that's the ones I'm able to communicate with.
- I started receiving phone calls on my cell phone. During the day while at work I set my ringer off. I noticed I was getting one missed call everyday! After about one week of seeing this phone number on my cell phone I decided to call it and to request that they take me of their phone list. They happily said that they would process my request. The next day there was another call on my cell phone. I called them again a second time. Again the women said she would take care of it and she also apologized and said that she would make sure it doesn't happen again. The next few days it was great -- no phone call from them. Until today, and yes I called them again, this time I was upset. The person on the other end was very rude and he laughed at me which made me even more upset. I ended up hanging up on him. I would like to report this company and to finally stop them from calling me.
- The United Marketing Association - not listed with BBB - called my private cell phone number (no idea how they got the number) 6/10 @ 10:18 a.m., 6/12 @ 4:13 p.m, 6/14 @ 1:21 p.m., 6/14 @ 5:08 p.m., 6/14 @ 6:37 p.m., 6/14 @ 6:57 p.m. After I asked him to remove my name from the call back list and never call this number again. He called right back...showing his incredible attainment of professionalism.
- During the Month of April, the auto dialing computer generated dialer called my home phone between 2 to 5 times a day. I finally e-mailed AT&T consumer contact to complain and told them to stop. They acknowledged and apologized for their actions and promised to stop. But the next day, calls continued, 2 to 5 times a day and continued for about a week or two, about 16 calls total. I have every thing in writing and records of the calls, which I took pictures from my caller ID. I did try answering the call, but no one would answer it. When I call back a message will tell me a new program will be offered, but never identifies what department of AT&T or what kind of program they are promoting. I do have an AT&T credit card. I could not relate that at the time. The frequency of calls I would consider as harassment.
- This is the fifth or sixth call I've received from this person/company. I have called back the number listed and always get a recording to leave a message. I have, on two occasions, called back and left my name and phone number telling them to remove my name and number from their lists and to put me on their do not call list effective immediately. Obviously it didn't work because I continue to get the same exact calls.
These examples illustrate the problems that we believe will not only continue, but increase, if prerecorded messages are sent to consumers with EBRs.
5. Number Portability and Custom Phone Features Will Result in Prerecorded Messages to Cell Phones and other Handheld Communications Devices
Another factor that needs to be taken into consideration in making the decision whether or not to allow telemarketers to more frequently send prerecorded messages is the number of consumers who have taken advantage of number portability. Consumers can now "port" their landline number to a cell phone. By liberalizing EBR calls, telemarketers are likely to reach cell phones with prerecorded messages.
According to a recent Business Week article,5 "About 8% of Americans have dumped their traditional phones and gone completely mobile. That's expected to jump to 25% within a decade, says Craig Mathias, founder of Farpoint Group, a consulting firm in Ashland, Mass., that specializes in wireless technology." Thus, there is good reason to believe that prerecorded messages will undoubtedly be placed to cell phones causing the wireless user to incur incoming call charges.
Similarly, many consumers take advantage of additional services provided by their local phone carrier such as the ability to forward landline calls to a cell phone. Such custom services will undoubtedly cause cell phone customers to incur incoming call charges if telemarketers are allowed to place prerecorded messages to those with an EBR.
Further, new technologies continue to be developed that blend cell phone technology with email, text messaging, and faxes. We are concerned that as such new technologies are integrated into handheld devices, the opportunities for sending unsolicited sales messages to wireless communications devices will increase. And if telemarketers are able to expand their sales calls to individuals with EBRs, prerecorded messages to handheld wireless devices will likely explode.
6. Pressing Keypad Buttons to Opt-out Does Not Work, Especially with Messages Left on Voice Mail
The Commission's proposal and VMBC's petition explain that consumers can opt-out by "simply" pressing a button to be connected to a sales representative who will then take the consumer's opt-out election. The simplicity of this is pure fantasy, and has no relationship to the real world of telemarketing sales calls. Consumers who have contacted us complain:
- Telemarketers call with a recording-- I tried to hit buttons to get to a customer "service rep" and then the recording hung up.
- [From our log file] Caller is receiving recorded calls for a Visa credit card promotion. The calls are repeatedly dialing every 30 seconds. She has pushed #1 and listened to number 1 and asked to talk to someone, but whenever she reaches someone, they hang up.
In addition, the PRC has heard from individuals who, when listening to prerecorded messages, have dutifully followed the instructions and pushed the keypad in order to let the company know that they would like a "live" representative to call them back. But these individuals report that no return calls were received. They had wanted to talk with the live person in order to request to be placed on the company's do not call list. If the Commission allows the rule regarding prerecorded messages for EBRs to go forward, it must require that all prerecorded messages include a working toll-free phone number that consumers can call to place a do-not-call request. Without this provision, and based on complaints we have received from many individuals, we believe that opting out will be virtually impossible.
The following are complaints from our hotline that illustrates these points:
- I am getting as many as FOUR calls a day from this company. The calls are recorded telemarketing calls with no possibility of speaking to actual human being to have them take my phone number off their telemarketing list. These three to FOUR calls a day have been going on for over a month now. The same exact recording over and over, sometimes only minutes apart. There is no 1-800 listing for this company and no way to talk to a human being about it. I filed a "No telemarketing" before the deadline. I cannot reach this company to stop these calls. The Loan Center telephone number does not come up on my ID Caller. It only says "Unavailable number" on ID Caller. I do not know how to contact these people."
- Initially, I received a call with blocked caller ID and a recorded message offering me a new mortgage, asking me to select to be contacted by a later phone call. I have a confirmed registration with the do-not-call registry. There was no phone number offered, and with the caller ID blocked there was absolutely no way for me to complain about the violation to the do-not-call list without having them call me back to get more information, so I selected to be called back.
- [Transcript of prerecorded telemarketing call.] "Hi, It's 30 percent or more on the health insurance premium. For a free, no obligation quote, dial 1 now. To be added to our do not call list, dial 9 now. Once again, for a free, no obligation quote, dial 1 now." The individual who provided our organization with this transcript reported that the word "unknown" was displayed on the recipient's caller ID screen.
The Commission has failed to take into consideration the large number of prerecorded sales messages that are now and will be left on voice mail machines and services. When an individual returns home after a day at work and listens to the messages on the voice mail machine, it is impossible for him or her to opt-out by pressing a number on the keypad because that call is no longer connected to the entity making the call. Thus, requiring prerecorded messages to provide a keypad mechanism for opting out is largely meaningless.
Our observation, based on the large number of complaints our organizations have received about telemarketing practices, is that many in the industry actually prefer to place prerecorded messages on people's voice mail and answering machines rather than playing them for the consumer directly. In this way, rather than having a live person immediately hang up, messages have a better chance of being heard in their entirety. If this is indeed the case, offering a keypad option is simply a calculated strategy to ensure that customers are actually unable to opt-out of future calls.
We recommend that whether a message allows a consumer to push a button on a keypad or not, all prerecorded messages must provide a toll-free phone number and must display a legitimate phone number on Caller ID that a consumer can call to make a DNC request. Though the telemarketing industry believes that allowing a keypad option to connect to a representative assists consumers because they do not need to take down a phone number with pen and paper, the option simply does not work when prerecorded messages are recorded on voice mail rather than being answered in real time. Prerecorded messages that only provide a keypad option for opting out should not be allowed. A working phone number for opting out must also be required.
7. Advances in Telephony Could Significantly Increase the Number of Prerecorded Messages
An unwanted telemarketing call is intrusive and offensive to consumers when the telephone rings and there is no one on the other end of the line with whom the individual can speak. That the consumer hears a prerecorded message is just as aggravating. In fact, given the ongoing advances in technology, we can expect significant increases in the number of prerecorded sales calls as well as unwanted messages left on voice mail services and answering machines.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Internet telephony in general are considered the next generation of predictive dialers. Such new technologies could easily lead to a veritable deluge of unwanted messages to consumer telephones.
According to an August 10, 2004, CNET article about VoIP,6 "Telemarketers can send messages to thousands of addresses at a time, rather than tying up a single phone line to make one call." The article continues, "Consider software from Frederick, Mass.-based Qovia, which seeks out the IP addresses assigned to phones, then sends each a 30-second recording. Its pace -- 1,000 synthetic calls every five seconds -- is a quantum leap from the automated 'Demon Box' dialers that telemarketers use now."
The Commission seems to adopt the FCC's reason for allowing prerecorded messages, that is, while the messages may be intrusive such messages do not impose the same costs on the recipient as unsolicited facsimile messages. This, too, not only misses the point but overlooks the recipient's cost in time taken to answer the call or delete unwanted messages from an answering machine. No doubt this will result in development of even more devices and phone company services to block prerecorded calls, meaning still more millions in out-of-pocket costs to consumers. Our organizations believe that consumers should not have to incur such expenses to deter sales calls that are not wanted in the first place.
8. "Established Business Relationship" Is too Broadly Defined
Consumers can take no comfort in the Commission's proposal to limit prerecorded messages to those with whom the seller has an established business relationship. The definition of EBR is so broad as to encompass nearly any consumer contact with any business.
Furthermore, the restrictions the Commission proposes to place on prerecorded calls when the seller has an EBR are virtually unenforceable. The Commission proposes to place all the burdens on the consumer. The consumer must take the initiative to opt-out. The consumer must prove that he or she had no EBR with the seller that left the prerecorded message. Given the broad definition of EBR, one could rarely prove that he or she did not have an EBR. The following complaint to our hotline offers insight into the problems consumers will experience. It would be very difficult for this individual to prove otherwise:
- I have received automated voice messages from Carnival Cruise lines. I do not have an established business relationship with Carnival, nor did I request information.
These days virtually any business transaction a person conducts has the potential to record a phone number. Whenever individuals provide a phone number to a company for any reason, such as for pizza delivery or for a car repair, they are opening themselves up to sales calls without having given consent or having expressed interest in receiving them.
Similarly, calling a toll-free number to inquire about a product or service can result in the caller's number being captured by ANI technology (automatic number identification). It is not possible to block one's number when making toll-free calls. Under the Commission's broad definition of EBR, these situations could also lead to individuals receiving unwanted prerecorded messages.
If the Commission is intent on relaxing its rule on prerecorded messages, it should also narrow the definition of "established business relation."7 To allow prerecorded sales calls based simply on a consumer's inquiry for three months should be eliminated. We know of no other context in which a business relationship can be established by simply making an inquiry.
The VMBC indicates that "using prerecorded messages to consumers with whom the seller has an established business relationship would enable a telemarketer to preclude completely some of the odious side effects of predictive dialers." Unfortunately, this statement implies that just because a person has inquired or applied for or has actually purchased a product or service from a company, that they therefore want to receive sales calls from same. On the contrary, we have learned over our many years of receiving complaints from individuals nationwide that when people purchase a product or service, they do not necessarily want to receive sales calls from that same entity.
The fairest way to determine whether a person indeed wants to receive prerecorded messages once they have an EBR is to allow customers to give express permission and opt in to receiving sales calls at the time they meet the EBR requirement. Rather than providing consumers with the ability to assert a DNC request when they receive a prerecorded telemarketing call, businesses should instead be required to obtain consent when the EBR is first created. Allowing prerecorded messages to those who have only applied for or inquired about a service should not be allowed.
9. The Inconsistency between the FTC's Proposal and the FCC's Rules Is Immaterial
Both the Commission and VMBC point out that FCC telemarketing rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) permit prerecorded messages if there is an EBR. That the two agencies have different rules on this should not be a factor in allowing prerecorded messages under the FTC's TSR. Lowering the benchmark to the weaker of the two Commissions' standards is a decision that will ultimately harm consumers.
The FTC and the FCC have very different missions, and the rules established by each agency should independently follow that agency's mandate from Congress. The FCC is an industry regulator, charged with setting minimum standards for the industry it oversees. The FTC, on the other hand, is a consumer protection agency, charged by Congress with protecting consumer interests.
Furthermore, in discussing the DMA's petition to amend the abandoned call rate to establish a 30-day rather than daily measure, the FTC is not persuaded by the inconsistency. The DMA's petition notes the FTC rule's inconsistency with both the FCC and the California Public Utilities Commission, both of which measure abandoned calls on a 30-day basis. About the inconsistency here, the FTC (Commission) states:
The Commission does not believe these factors are sufficient to require the requested change in the TSR. It is not impossible for entities subject to both the TSR and either the FCC's TCPA rules or the California Public Utilities Commission's rules to comply with both; compliance with the FTC's more precise standard would constitute acceptable compliance with either or both of those other sets of regulations.
The Commission should follow this same reasoning and decide not to amend the TSR rule.
10. DMA's Petition Should be Rejected
The DMA in its petition to amend the call abandonment rate asks the Commission to allow a 30-day measure rather than the daily measure now required. We urge the Commission to reject the DMA's petition. We share the same concerns expressed by the Commission, namely:
- A 30-day approach could enable telemarketers to target call abandonment at certain less valued groups of consumers.
- Predictive dialers could be set to a higher rate to one subset of the population.
That the FTC's daily measure differs from other agencies that set abandonment standards should not be a factor. As discussed previously, the FTC's mission is consumer protection. Denial of the DMA's petition for the reasons cited by the Commission is in keeping with the FTC's Congressional mandate.
11. Additional Customer Complaints Underscore Our Recommendations that the Commission Reject All Proposed Rules
The Commission's proposal seeks information on consumer complaints. As a starting point, the Commission should consider the 81 million phone numbers that have been registered on the FTC's Do Not Call Registry. It can be argued that this astounding number reflects that many complaints.
In addition to the comments we've received from consumers over the years and that have been included in our comments above, we include the following comments. These are from individuals who contacted the PRC recently with their specific concerns about the proposed weakening of the TSR regarding prerecorded telemarketing calls:
- My home has been much nicer since the telemarketers have been prohibited from leaving unsolicited messages on my machine. Do whatever you can to further the cause of defending us against this type of telemarketing invasion.
- As a former legitimate telemarketing salesman, I object completely to ANY relaxation of National Do Not Call regulations, especially in regard to prerecorded messages that may block a user from using their own phone line for normal or emergency communications. There are one or more deaths on record Nationally that were precipitated by a prerecorded message that would not cede the line it was on, even though the receiving party had hung up! Compromise is not acceptable. Strict compliance is.
- I am concerned about being contacted by telemarketers, especially if they were to contact me on my cell phone. By doing so, they are using up my minutes which are limited. I am paying for those minutes and find it outrageous to have to pay for something I did not request or want! Please do not make it easy for telemarketers to contact the consumers, especially when the consumer has to pick up the tab for unwanted calls!!!!!!
We appreciate the opportunity to comment on this proposal. Again, on behalf of consumers, we strongly oppose a new loophole to allow an expansion of prerecorded telemarketing messages. The Commission should reject all of the changes proposed in R411001.
|Beth Givens, Director
Tena Friery, Research Director
Michael Shames, Executive Director
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN)
1 The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) is a nonprofit consumer education and advocacy organization based in San Diego, CA, and established in 1992. The PRC advises consumers on a variety of informational privacy issues, including financial privacy, medical privacy and identity theft, through a series of fact sheets as well as individual counseling available via telephone and email. It represents consumers' interests in legislative and regulatory proceedings on the state and federal levels. www.privacyrights.org
2 The Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) is a nonprofit consumer education and advocacy organization protecting consumers in the areas of essential energy, utility and telecommunications services. It is located in San Diego, CA, and was established in 1984. UCAN maintains a consumer hotline to help its more than 30,000 consumer members. www.ucan.org
3 Federal Trade Commission, "Telemarketers Required to Scrub Their Call Lists Every 31 Days Beginning January 1, 2005," http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/12/dnc31day.shtm.
4 Under the Commission's existing definition of "abandoned calls," a call must be answered at least 97% of time by a live sales representative. This means, according to FTC rules, that a telemarketing campaign that consists solely of prerecorded messages would violate TSR Sect 310.4(b)(1)(iv)
5 Business Week, "Fear Not the Cell Phone Directory," http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2004/tc20041213_3541_tc119.htm.
6 CNET, "Net Phone Customers Brace for 'VoIP Spam'," (August 10, 2004), http://news.com.com/Net+phone+customers+brace+for+'VoIP+spam'/2100-7352_3-5302988.html?tag=nefd.lede.
7 TSR, 16 CFR 310.2(n), defines an established business relationship as relationship based on:
(1) The consumer's purchase, rental, or lease of the seller's goods or services or a financial transaction between the consumer and seller, within the eighteen (18) months immediately preceding the date of a telemarketing call; or
(2) the consumer's inquiry or application regarding a product or service offered by the seller, within the three (3) months immediately preceding the date of a telemarketing call.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The No. 12 Santa Clara women's soccer team defeated San Jose State, 3-0, extending their all time record to 13-0-0 over the Spartans. The Broncos controlled the ball most of the first half and the defense only allowed one shot all half. Scoring the first goal of the 2008 campaign for Santa Clara was Lexi Orand, who's shot crossed into the far post off a Lindsey Johnson assist. Freshman Jenny LaPonte scored her first collegiate goal off a cross from Orand that sailed past SJSU's goalkeeper Jordan Santos.
On a night where head coach Jerry Smith's Broncos dominated their opponent, he was also able to see what his No. 12 ranked freshman class was able to produce. Seeing action was Margueritte Aozasa and Bridgett Miller, who subbed in the first and second halves, and making her collegiate debut and starting at defender was Kathleen Matthew, who played solid at right back the entire game.
"Five players played in their first college game," said Smith. "It was good to give our young players the opportunity to play because traditionally you do not play as well due to nerves. The exception would be Jenny who scored her first goal fairly soon after she subbed in."
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The Broncos resume action next week when they travel to South Bend, Ind. for the Notre Dame Tournament. On Friday, Aug. 29 they will face No. 10 West Virginia at 2:00 p.m. PT, and on Sunday, Aug. 31 they will play No. 4 Notre Dame at 10:30 a.m. PT.


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Jeremy Lin says race cost him a D-1 college scholarship
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Linsanity was one of the most unlikely and awe-inspiring success stories in NBA history, not only because of the rarity of Asian Americans in the NBA, but also because Jeremy Lin's success seemingly came out of nowhere. Everyone knows the story of the four-year player at Harvard, who went undrafted and rode the bench for a year with the Golden State Warriors before being taken by the New York Knicks as an absolute last resort who instead became a worldwide sensation. But Lin, now with the Houston Rockets, tells 60 Minutes' Charlie Rose in an interview airing Sunday night that he believes his ethnicity is largely responsible for that pre-Linsanity obscurity.
"I think the obvious thing in my mind is that I was Asian American," Lin told Rose when asked why he never was offered a Division I basketball scholarship. "I think that was a barrier."
Lin excelled as a high school basketball player in northern California but was passed over for scholarship offers from nearby schools such as UCLA and Stanford.
NBA Commissioner David Stern agreed that Lin's race might have been a factor in why he had to fight his way onto an NBA roster through summer league. "I don't know whether he was discriminated against because he was at Harvard or because he was Asian," Stern said in the broadcast.
It's impossible to know how much of Lin's difficult path to NBA stardom was caused by his race, but it would be naive to assume it had nothing to do with it. On the other hand, had Lin played at a more high-profile school and been drafted in the mid-to-late first round in 2010, he would not have been able to sign the three-year, $25 million deal he received from the Rockets after his second season as a pro. It's clear he has the talent to be a starting point guard and that would have come to the surface one way or another. His path was just a little more unorthodox.