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America might be in a recession, but the auto industry is in a depression.
Car sales so far this year are down 35 percent compared with 2008, and that was a bad year, too, on account of $4 gas and the start of the Great Recession. Auto sales in the United States peaked at nearly 17 million in 2006, and automakers used to consider 14 million in annual sales a bad year. In 2009, automakers will be lucky to sell 10 million vehicles.
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Some of the victims, like recovering bankrupts General Motors and Chrysler, are well known. But stalwart Toyota is struggling, too, along with its youth-oriented Scion division. Niche brands like Saab and Volvo have lost traction. Nissan's Infiniti luxury division is down.
Other brands, however, have gained ground at the expense of their tire-spinning rivals. With the market so depressed, no major automaker has registered a year-over-year sales increase. But several automakers have gained market share, usually thanks to thrifty cars with good quality that buyers consider a great value during tough times.
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Hyundai (4.3 percent market share, up 1.1 points). The South Korean automaker has been aggressively expanding its presence in North America, with a strategy that seems tailored to a sharp recession: Offer lots of features at lower prices than the competition, while boosting quality. The Genesis sedan, named North American Car of the Year, gave Hyundai its first entry in the luxury market last year. Other vehicles like the Santa Fe and Veracruz crossovers, the Sonata and Accent sedans, and the Entourage minivan have all picked up market share at a time when customers are stingy with a buck. The test will be whether buyers stick with Hyundai once the economy recovers, and they're feeling a bit more flush.
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Kia (3.1 percent market share, up 0.9 points). This South Korean nameplate employs the same value formula as its sister division, Hyundai, with more of an emphasis on funky cars for 20-somethings. The new Soul, for instance, is a boxy hatchback with a sporty ride and flashy options like pulsing lights that match the cadence from the speakers. The new Forte is a cheaper alternative to compacts like the Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic. Other models like the Sorento and Borrego crossovers are borrowed from the Hyundai lineup.
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Honda (10 percent market share, up 0.3 points). Critics once blasted Honda for failing to build a big pickup or SUV, or offering a V-8 engine. Turns out to have been a smart strategy. The worst-performing vehicle in Honda's lineup is the Ridgeline, a low-volume, medium-sized pickup. Five other vehicles have gained market share, including the Fit compact, the CR-V crossover, and the new Insight hybrid.
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Nissan (6.4 percent market share, up 0.2 points). There's no dragon slayer in Nissan's lineup, but the Rogue crossover and Versa hatchback have notched decent market share gains, while the edgy new Cube is drawing young buyers looking to make a statement. Oversize vehicles like the Titan pickup and Pathfinder SUV are losing share, but feisty performance cars like the 370Z and superfast GT-R have helped pick up some slack. Big may be out, but speed, apparently, is timeless.


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Twitch is becoming ubiquitous in the video game space (how long until we'll be streaming Infinity Blade 3 from our iPhones?), and today it lands on Shadowplay, effectively elevating Nvidia's Nvidia's Game DVR feature from useful to essential.
Bundled with Nvidia's GeForce Experience software, ShadowPlay is a game DVR feature not unlike Xbox One's. Once toggled, gamers can automatically record the last 1 to 20 minutes of gameplay with a quick keystroke, or manually record unlimited footage. For all intents and purposes, ShadowPlay erases the need for external capture hardware and cumbersome software like FRAPS.
The next logical evolution for Shadowplay was the integration of Twitch, a livestreaming service which has exploded with popularity thanks to events like Extra Life, e-Sports, and its inclusion on Sony's Sony's PlayStation 4 console. The feature is now in Beta via GeForce Experience 1.8.1.
The biggest advantage to using ShadowPlay over something like FRAPS — besides its "always on" nature — is the minimal impact recording has on your gameplay. This is thanks to the built-in H.264 encoder on Nvidia's Kepler-based GPUs (GTX 600 and GTX 700 series cards). Nvidia says those benefits are passed on to Twitch streamers as well. In fact, gamers with a 3.5Mbps upload pipe can stream in High quality with no cap to in-game framerates.
A prior ShadowPlay update added the ability to record both in-game and voice chat audio, meaning Twitch users can now broadcast their gameplay and commentary using only ShadowPlay. One of my concerns was that ShadowPlay wouldn't support webcams; putting a face to the game is crucial to building community on Twitch. Thankfully, Alt+F6 activates your webcam and options exist for adjusting the size of the overlay, meaning you're that much less reliant on software like OBS or XSplit.
"Broadcasting to Twitch has become an integral part of the gaming experience," said Brooke Van Dusen, Director of Business Development, Twitch. "We're extremely excited to work with NVIDIA to make Twitch live streaming available to GeForce Experience users. ShadowPlay is revolutionary, providing high quality streams with almost no noticeable performance impact for our users."
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This is the part where I say something about half the market not benefiting from an invention due to insane business practices.
Forty percent, if we're being really specific. That is not the same, and it isn't patented, no it isn't, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony license, extensively, that's a very poor comparison.
A good business would be licensing their to-die-for tech to drain the competition of wealth and create demand for their product, this is a huge driver of profit for Sony and Microsoft, Nvidia on the other hand is batshit insane and rather than compete intelligently denies ignores the competition until it runs up and bites them in the ass and they're forced to slash prices.
This is the cycle, this is why Nvidia has an awful business approach held up by a great product and genius engineers.
This requires actual hardware encoders that Nvidia has been including in their Kepler series cards for a year and a half now. AMD didn't and isn't doing this. This feature is one of convenience. It's nothing groundbreaking. Game capture exists. Anyone can do it. Including AMD users. Nvidia just went one step further and made it easier for their users. There is no functionality that one side is being deprived of.
Of course I understand that Nvidia has a habit of creating exclusives. For example they bought out PhysX from Ageia and kept it exclusive on the PC (though it is looking to enable it for PS4 development). They also have their game development technologies suite. But this is all far from an insane business practice. It's about differentiating themselves from another company that has nothing more than a video card that does pretty much the same thing available. Nvidia has been brilliant, from a business perspective.
And as Jason also mentioned…AMD only has about 1/3rd of the current video card market. They were expected to pick up more with the launch of their new cards due to them being priced lower than Nvidia, but Nvidia responded with a price cut (though not as much as AMD's) and is leveraging all these extra features it offers to get a higher return and to continue to entice people to buy their cards over the competition.
Hypothetically, if a $600 AMD card performs 10% better than a $700 Nvidia, but when doing a screen capture instead of a 10% gain you end up with a 40% loss instead, then that sounds like more reason to pick up an Nvidia card. Of course if AMD weren't so pleased with themselves for getting both the Xbox1 and PS4 contracts, and trying to leverage that against Nvidia with their MANTLE API for cross-platform developmental edge, they'd be able to keep up with Nvidia's more PC-Centric business strategy. Dropping in an H264 hardware encoder isn't hard to do.
Back in 2009 PhysX was licensed to both Microsoft for the 360 and to Sony for the PS3 and used in several games across both systems. In several press releases Nvidia offered it to any game developer who wanted to use it { which Sega jumped on for all of their affiliated game studios } and for almost every platform at the time including the Nintendo Wii and Apples i-Phone so it never was or is in any way a PC exclusive.
Nvidia isn't licensing from the patent they own on that, so stating that is irrelevant. No it isn't, it's groundbreaking to have this widely available at entry level for gamers, you buy this series of card and there it is, versus half or more FPS drops, stuttering, or the extremely expensive option of quality third party capture solutions, one side is being deprived, harshly deprived.
You just stated they have done things that hurt their business and then that they have been brilliant from a business perspective. I must then ask the obvious question, are you insane? PhysX was a total failure because of what Nvidia did, it's a gimmick in SOME games because they deprived the market of support for it, indeed many of their features fail to penetrate because they lock them up, and because of their hostility they aren't able to land contracts to make consoles or other lucrative ventures AMD has been able to land, but nice attempt to spin AMD as somehow lesser.
AMD is 40% of the current market, nice try, I already refuted that, and they are failing to do so as current reports see AMD surpassing 40% within a few months, this is the vicious cycle Nvidia indulges in by having bad business practices. This was good for a laugh, in the same reply where you claim no one is being deprived of anything you the go on to lay out a scenario where they are being deprived, heavily deprived, expert contradicting. You're forgetting Xbox 360, and Wii, and GameCube, Nvidia has ruined their business with other companies as a result of their hostile practices, where AMD's inclusiveness has lead to an entire market using their product. Mantle has nothing to do with other platforms, it's PC exclusive, nice attempt at slamming AMD again though, you might check your facts beforehand. Ah, but it's not just an H264 hardware encoder, is it? Nvidia doesn't deal that way, their method is patented, hardware encoders have been on AMD cards since 2009, Nvidia is doing something different.
Honestly I'm insulted this shill got called out and I didn't, factual inaccuracies, lame attacks indicating blatant fanboyitis, a sad state indeed.
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This is the biggest news I've gotten from you in a while. I used ShadowPlay when it first came out. The problem was the recording time. ShadowPlay (correct me if I'm wrong) only recorded 20 minutes segments.
I play Dota 2. Raptr's streaming feature doesn't work with this game. Now that Twitch is being incorporated WITH ShadowPlay completely resolves my problem. In a competative community where lag is the last thing you want, ShadowPlay was amazing. If ShadowPlay can indeed incorporate streaming without the impact on performance then I don't see myself using Raptr, or any other streaming software at all.


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My update- CD32, tested this morning and got a BFN nothing not even a faint line but still no signs of AF and I'm VERY regular and my cycles are 27/28 days 95% of the time. So I don't know what's going on, any suggestions or has anybody have a similar situation? I'm trying to stay positive but I'm not having any symptoms either way. So I'm still waiting!!!!!!
my update, I'm on CD# 13. We've been BD every other day. I'm still not too hopeful this time around. I want to get hubby's bloodwork and semen analysis results back before I can think about hoping I'm pregnant. This friday a year ago would be the day I found out I was pregnant. A little part of me wants a miracle to happen...a story that would end like "...and then he was born a year and a week after his older brother would have been!"
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My update: CD # 21,something strange is going on.Since last wednesday I have been spotting every other day and I have no idea what's going on with me.I'll just wait and see.
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my update, as previously shared, CD#1. -__-
i used to be 28/29 days but the last 4 cycles have been 31/32..so this being 4 days early, actually puts me at my old normal... so maybe "sheena" is right about the ovulation thing. i haven't had a hard time getting preggo, just staying that way the last 2 pregnancies, so MAYBE she is right, maybe i just didn't ovulate! i am happy about that thought, BUT at the same time, i am bumbed because what if it happens again this time too?!
i have a co-worker who is due on feb. 12th and with each month that AF shows up, i get more and more sad. like i can't truly be happy for her because i have my own issues with pregnancy. she is SOOOOO happy go lucky about his up & coming birth, i was worried the whole pregnancy with my DD that i couldn't even get excited, just anxious.
wish me luck tomorrow, i have to work with her. not gonna be a fun CD#2, i can already feel it!
Ani- Let's keep our fingers crossed that maybe this (spotting) is the start of a new pregnancy! I had a friend who did the exact same thing..she spotted after her fertile window was closed and ended up with BFP..baby dust for you girl xo
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I will keep hoping for a positive result soon! Truckloads of baby dust for you!! xo
My update- Really nothing to report other than yesterday was CD1 for me too..
Have an excellent week ladies..
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i8dsheena - fingers crossed, and baby dust for you. Hope you get your little miracle story.
Ani - hope the spotting is a new little bean getting comfortable and ready to grow. Tons of baby dust to you!!
Shana - sorry about AF. I will pray for strength for you as you work with your PG co-worker. It's a tough situation to be in. Hope it goes smoothly today.
Vybe - you continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. Thanks for checking in.
My update: CD#26, expecting AF on Thursday. On a side note, Sunday would have been my EDD from my first m/c. I was surprised that I actually had an ok day. Then I felt guilty about not being upset! Ah, don't you love mixed emotions??!!
I am 25 years old and I have had 3 first trimester losses in the past 3 years. I have been going to an RE since September 2012. So far I have a slight thyroid problem, PCOS and Vit D is really low.
My update- CD 64? yeah no sign of O or AF. I am supposed to call my RE on the 17th to get Provera and then in FEB start Clomid and a Trigger shot to hopefully make FEB "my month". Sometimes I just feel like I am not meant to have kids. Does anyone else feel that way?
Again, welcome to our little group!
I am blessed to have two healthy children, my first two pregnancies. My last two pregnancies have resulted in 1st tri losses. I have often had moments where I've felt that I am not meant to have a third, have wondered if this is God's way of trying to get his point across.
But, I feel in my heart that my family is not complete and I don't believe my losses were a result of anything other than "bad luck" as my OB puts it. I have faith that it will happen when it is meant to. So, we will continue to try.
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Shana: So sorry AF showed up.I totally understand about your co worker,it's so difficult to be around a pregnant woman.
Jenny: Hopefully AF stays away.
Vicky: Thanks for your support.
Katelyn: Welcome.So sorry for your losses. Long cycles are the worse,I have long cycles and I understand your frustration but hopefully clomid will help.Good Luck!
Ani- Hope the spotting is implantation and you'll have a bfp in a few days.
Shana- Sorry AF showed and I know how you feel about going to work it never easy. I wish pregnancy was contagious!! haha
Vicky- Thanks for checking in and your positive words. Hopefully AF goes away quickly. Thanks for telling us about Mel, so happy for her. Please tell her congratulations!!!!!
Jenny- Hopefully AF stays away. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
Katelyn- Welcome and very sorry for your losses. Hope the clomid works for you, it helped me when I was ttc my son.
Perry147- I used to be very regular and then I stopped. I hope for you it is a BFP!
l8sheena- That would be a very cute story! It could happen to you, but i know how you feel when it seems to only happen to everyone else!
Ani05-I hope that the spotting is a good thing... like a little one getting comfortable.
shanastash- I hear you on the being bummed. My SIL is prego with her second in less then 2 years. I wanna be happy for her but at the same time I am so jealous it is sick. I cant even be around the family becuase of it.
Babyj1017- on Jan 11th it was my 2 year loss anniversary and I felt so guilty that I wasnt sad... But I have two more
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2013 Aggies Softball
Florida A&M at North Carolina A&T (Game 2)
Apr 06, 2013 at Greensboro, N.C. (Aggie SB Complex)
Score by Innings R H E
Florida A&M......... 060 003 0 - 9 9 1
North Carolina A&T.. 000 510 0 - 6 13 1
Umpires - HP: Dallas Nolan 1B: Allen Riggs 3B: Randy Berry
Start: 3:50pm Time: 2:25 Attendance: 67
Weather: Clear, Sunny
2013 Aggies Softball
Florida A&M at North Carolina A&T (Game 2)
Apr 06, 2013 at Greensboro, N.C. (Aggie SB Complex)
Florida A&M starters: 15/cf STRONG,Tikey; 17/dh SHEPHERD,Ash; 34/rf
GORDON,Briel; 1/ss MYRICK,Kieif; 6/c SANDAGE,Alex; 30/3b GORDON,Corin; 24/1b
LOPEZ,Genesi; 4/2b WEAVER,Alyss; 2/lf ROBBS,Christ; 9/p MINTER,Ashle;
North Carolina A&T starters: 26/2b BLAKENEY,Z.; 5/rf KEENAN,D; 17/ss
BARCENAS,A.; 20/1b WOODARD,J.; 1/c EDMONDS,S.; 2/3b JONES,T.; 24/lf SMITH,R.;
27/dh DOMINGUEZ,A.; 10/cf MCNEIL,A.; 9/p DOBISON,A.;
Florida A&M 1st - STRONG,Tikey struck out swinging
(3-2). SHEPHERD,Ash grounded out to 3b, bunt (1-1). GORDON,Briel grounded out
to 3b (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
North Carolina A&T 1st - BLAKENEY,Z. flied out to cf
(2-2). KEENAN,D popped up to 3b (0-2). BARCENAS,A. doubled to center field
(1-0). WOODARD,J. singled to left field (2-0); BARCENAS,A. advanced to third,
out at home lf to c. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Florida A&M 2nd - MYRICK,Kieif grounded out to 2b
(1-2). SANDAGE,Alex singled to third base (1-2). GORDON,Corin walked (3-1);
SANDAGE,Alex advanced to second. TORRES,Bianc pinch ran for SANDAGE,Alex.
LOPEZ,Genesi singled up the middle, RBI, advanced to second on the throw (1-1);
GORDON,Corin advanced to third; TORRES,Bianc scored. WEAVER,Alyss flied out to
cf (1-1). ROBBS,Christ walked (3-1). STRONG,Tikey doubled to center field, 3
RBI (1-1); ROBBS,Christ scored; LOPEZ,Genesi scored; GORDON,Corin scored.
SHEPHERD,Ash singled, bunt (0-1); STRONG,Tikey advanced to third. SHEPHERD,Ash
stole second. GORDON,Briel reached on a fielding error by rf, advanced to
second (0-1); SHEPHERD,Ash scored, unearned; STRONG,Tikey scored, unearned.
MYRICK,Kieif flied out to lf (3-2). 6 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1
North Carolina A&T 2nd - SANDAGE,Alex to c for
TORRES,Bianc. EDMONDS,S. out at first p to ss to 1b (1-0). JONES,T. flied out
to rf (1-1). SMITH,R. walked (3-2). DOMINGUEZ,A. grounded out to ss (0-0).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Florida A&M 3rd - SANDAGE,Alex walked (3-1).
GORDON,Corin out at first p to 2b, bunt, SAC; SANDAGE,Alex advanced to second.
LOPEZ,Genesi grounded out to 2b (1-1); SANDAGE,Alex advanced to third.
WEAVER,Alyss lined out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
North Carolina A&T 3rd - MCNEIL,A. flied out to rf
(1-1). BLAKENEY,Z. singled to shortstop (1-2). KEENAN,D singled to pitcher
(1-1); BLAKENEY,Z. advanced to second. BARCENAS,A. singled to left field,
advanced to second on the throw (0-0); KEENAN,D advanced to third; BLAKENEY,Z.
advanced to third, out at home lf to c. WOODARD,J. popped up to ss (1-0).
0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Florida A&M 4th - ROBBS,Christ grounded out to 3b
(1-0). STRONG,Tikey flied out to cf (2-0). SHEPHERD,Ash grounded out to 2b
(3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
North Carolina A&T 4th - EDMONDS,S. flied out to rf
(0-0). JONES,T. singled to right field (3-1). SMITH,R. singled through the left
side (2-2); JONES,T. advanced to second. DOMINGUEZ,A. homered to left field, 3
RBI (1-0); SMITH,R. scored; JONES,T. scored. MCNEIL,A. walked (3-1).
BLAKENEY,Z. singled, bunt (2-1); MCNEIL,A. advanced to second. KEENAN,D doubled
to left center, 2 RBI (0-2); BLAKENEY,Z. scored; MCNEIL,A. scored. LINDSEY,Jenn
to p for MINTER,Ashle. BARCENAS,A. struck out swinging (1-2). WOODARD,J. popped
up to ss (1-1). 5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Florida A&M 5th - GORDON,Briel grounded out to p
(1-0). MYRICK,Kieif doubled, out at third lf to ss to 3b (1-2). SANDAGE,Alex
struck out looking (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
North Carolina A&T 5th - EDMONDS,S. singled to
center field (1-2). MACKLIN,T. pinch ran for EDMONDS,S.. JONES,T. reached on a
throwing error by p, bunt, SAC (0-1); MACKLIN,T. advanced to third. SMITH,R.
singled to left field, RBI (1-0); JONES,T. advanced to second; MACKLIN,T.
scored, unearned. DOMINGUEZ,A. struck out swinging (1-2). MCNEIL,A. struck out
swinging (0-2). BLAKENEY,Z. reached on a fielder's choice (1-2); SMITH,R. out
at second 2b unassisted. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Florida A&M 6th - EDMONDS,S. to c for MACKLIN,T..
GORDON,Corin doubled to center field (2-0). LEWIS,Naesha pinch ran for
GORDON,Corin. LOPEZ,Genesi lined out to ss (2-2). WEAVER,Alyss singled to
shortstop (2-0); LEWIS,Naesha advanced to third. STEWART,Aria pinch hit for
ROBBS,Christ. WEAVER,Alyss stole second. STEWART,Aria reached on a fielder's
choice, advanced to second (0-0); WEAVER,Alyss advanced to third; LEWIS,Naesha
out at third ss to c to 3b. GORDON,Corin to 3b for LEWIS,Naesha. ROBBS,Christ
pinch hit for STEWART,Aria. STRONG,Tikey walked (3-1). ROBERSON,Rob pinch hit
for SHEPHERD,Ash. ROBERSON,Rob hit by pitch, RBI (3-2); STRONG,Tikey advanced
to second; ROBBS,Christ advanced to third; WEAVER,Alyss scored. SHEPHERD,Ash to
dh for ROBERSON,Rob. GORDON,Briel singled to center field, 2 RBI (1-1);
SHEPHERD,Ash advanced to second, out at second cf to c to 3b to ss;
STRONG,Tikey scored; ROBBS,Christ scored. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1
North Carolina A&T 6th - ROBBS,Christ to lf.
KEENAN,D grounded out to 3b (0-0). BARCENAS,A. grounded out to ss (1-2).
WOODARD,J. popped up to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
Florida A&M 7th - MYRICK,Kieif singled to third base
(1-0). SANDAGE,Alex out at first 3b to 2b, bunt, SAC (0-1); MYRICK,Kieif
advanced to second. GORDON,Corin popped up to 3b (0-2). LOPEZ,Genesi lined out
to rf (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
North Carolina A&T 7th - EDMONDS,S. lined out to lf
(0-0). JONES,T. singled through the left side (3-2). SMITH,R. struck out
swinging (1-2). DOMINGUEZ,A. struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.


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STOCKTON - A speeding-car investigation Monday evening led police to a north Stockton home where they discovered 37 stolen, high-value catalytic converters and a loaded handgun. The result was five arrests that could possibly put a crimp in the explosion of such thefts Stockton has experienced in the past year.
The Police Department's Community Response Team was patrolling a northeast neighborhood around 8:10 p.m. Monday when officers saw a Mercedes speed by on Fox Creek Drive. According to a police account, they lost the car briefly before discovering it parked and unoccupied in the driveway of a home in the 9000 block of Fox Creek.
After contacting the residents, a search of the home turned up the stolen converters and the loaded gun.
While high-profile vehicles such as pickups and SUVs are catalytic converter thieves' preferred targets because of their high ground clearance, police say sports cars and sedans are not immune to converter theft. Stockton police provided the following tips for vehicle owners to lower the risk of theft:
• Park in areas where your vehicle will most easily be seen by passers-by. For example, park under lights after dark or near windows at a business. Park near security cameras, if possible.
• Park defensively. Park high-profile vehicles so they are surrounded by low ground-clearance vehicles. This may deter thieves by making it harder for them to access the most vulnerable targets.
• If your catalytic converter is a "bolt on" model, you can have the bolts welded shut and have extra metal welded to the exhaust system.
• Install a catalytic converter protection device that will clamp around the converter.
• Etch your converter with your vehicle's license plate number in several different locations. This will help police track your property if it is stolen. If your converter is stolen, file a police report immediately after the theft is discovered.
Officers arrested three men: Sophanny Poeun, 23, Jackson Ham, 21, and Nhim Surteng, 19; one woman, Sanipha Kham, 20; and a 16-year-old male juvenile. All five were booked on suspicion of weapons and stolen property charges. Police described Poeun as a documented gang member.
Tuesday, investigators were in the process of documenting the recovered converters to determine what type of vehicles they came from and, in some cases, contact the owners.
Stockton has been at the center of a new wave of catalytic converter thefts since at least mid-October when dozens of owners of large Dodge Ram diesel pickup trucks started reporting thefts. Replacing those converters cost each truck owner anywhere from $2,900 to $5,500 to get the vehicle working properly again.
Other vehicles, most notably high-profile Toyota SUVs and pickups that allow thieves easy access to the exhaust system underneath the vehicle, have been targeted since the mid-2000s.
Police say catalytic converter thefts are taking place because the metal parts contain several types of recyclable materials that can be easily scrapped for a quick profit.
Thefts of catalytic converters, required to be installed and working on all vehicles in California, increase each time the cost of scrap metal, particularly platinum, increases. Other precious metals found in the converters include palladium and rhodium.
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Fiscal multiplier
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In economics, the fiscal multiplier (not to be confused with monetary multiplier) is the ratio of a change in national income to the change in government spending that causes it. More generally, the exogenous spending multiplier is the ratio of a change in national income to any autonomous change in spending (private investment spending, consumer spending, government spending, or spending by foreigners on the country's exports) that causes it. When this multiplier exceeds one, the enhanced effect on national income is called the multiplier effect. The mechanism that can give rise to a multiplier effect is that an initial incremental amount of spending can lead to increased consumption spending, increasing income further and hence further increasing consumption, etc., resulting in an overall increase in national income greater than the initial incremental amount of spending. In other words, an initial change in aggregate demand may cause a change in aggregate output (and hence the aggregate income that it generates) that is a multiple of the initial change.
The existence of a multiplier effect was initially proposed by Keynes student Richard Kahn in 1930 and published in 1931.[1] Some other schools of economic thought reject or downplay the importance of multiplier effects, particularly in terms of the long run. The multiplier effect has been used as an argument for the efficacy of government spending or taxation relief to stimulate aggregate demand.
In certain cases multiplier values less than one have been empirically measured (an example is sports stadiums), suggesting that certain types of government spending crowd out private investment or consumer spending that would have otherwise taken place. This crowding out can occur because the initial increase in spending may cause an increase in interest rates or in the price level.[2] In 2009, because of the use of fiscal multipliers to project the benefits of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, The Economist magazine noted "economists are in fact deeply divided about how well, or indeed whether, such stimulus works"[3] due to a lack of empirical data from non-military based stimulus. Immediately after the stimulus bill took effect, job loss slowed and private sector job growth resumed in 2010 and has continued through 2012.[4]
- 1 Net Government Spending
- 2 Examples
- 3 Applications
- 4 Various types of fiscal multipliers
- 5 Estimated values
- 6 Criticisms
- 7 See also
- 8 References
Net Government Spending[edit]
The other important aspect of the multiplier is that to the extent that government spending generates new consumption, it also generates "new" tax revenues. For example, when money is spent in a shop, purchases taxes such as VAT are paid on the expenditure, and the shopkeeper earns a higher income, and thus pays more income taxes. Therefore, although the government spends $1, it is likely that it receives back a significant proportion of the $1 in due course, making the net expenditure much less than $1. Indeed, in theory, it is possible, if the initial expenditure is targeted well, that the government could receive back more than the initial $1 expended.
For example: a company spends $1 million to build a factory. The money does not disappear, but rather becomes wages to builders, revenue to suppliers etc. The builders will have higher disposable income, and consumption may rise, so that aggregate demand will also rise. Suppose further that recipients of the new spending by the builder in turn spend their new income, this will raise demand and possibly consumption further, and so on.
The increase in the gross domestic product is the sum of the increases in net income of everyone affected. If the builder receives $1 million and pays out $800,000 to sub contractors, he has a net income of $200,000 and a corresponding increase in disposable income (the amount remaining after taxes).
This process proceeds down the line through subcontractors and their employees, each experiencing an increase in disposable income to the degree the new work they perform does not displace other work they are already performing. Each participant who experiences an increase in disposable income then spends some portion of it on final (consumer) goods, according to his or her marginal propensity to consume, which causes the cycle to repeat an arbitrary number of times, limited only by the spare capacity available.
Another example: when tourists visit somewhere they need to buy the plane ticket, catch a taxi from the airport to the hotel, book in at the hotel, eat at the restaurant and go to the movies or tourist destination. The taxi driver needs petrol (gasoline) for his cab, the hotel needs to hire the staff, the restaurant needs attendants and chefs, and the movies and tourist destinations need staff and cleaners.
The multiplier effect is a tool used by governments to attempt to stimulate aggregate demand. This can be done in a period of recession or economic uncertainty. The money invested by a government creates more jobs, which in turn will mean more spending and so on.
The idea is that the net increase in disposable income by all parties throughout the economy will be greater than the original investment. When that is the case, the government can increase the gross domestic product by an amount that is greater than an increase in the amount it spends relative to the amount it collects in taxes.
The difference is the fiscal stimulus. The net fiscal stimulus may be increased by raising spending above the level of tax revenues, reducing taxes below the level of government spending, or any combination of the two that results in the government taxing less than it spends.
The resulting deficit spending must be financed from government reserves (if any) or net borrowing from private or foreign investors. If the money is borrowed, it must eventually be paid back with interest, such that the long term effect on the economy depends on the trade off between the immediate increase to the GDP and the long term cost of servicing the resulting government debt.
Because businesses hire based on profits earned and available work for new employees, and not money in pocket, the goal of best utilizing the multiplier effect is to seed the money as close to the consumer base as possible, where it can be spent on industries, who will then hire new employees, who will spend their paychecks on more industries, creating a cycle. The extent of the multiplier effect is dependent upon the marginal propensity to consume and marginal propensity to import. Also that the multiplier can work in reverse as well, so an initial fall in spending can trigger further falls in aggregate output.
The concept of the economic multiplier on a macroeconomic scale can be extended to any economic region. For example, building a new factory may lead to new employment for locals, which may have knock-on economic effects for the city or region.[5]
Various types of fiscal multipliers[edit]
The following values are theoretical values based on simplified models, and the empirical values corresponding to the reality have been found to be lower (see below).
Note: In the following examples the multiplier is the right-hand-side equation without the first component.
- y is original output (GDP)
- is marginal propensity to consume (MPC)
- is original income tax rate
- is marginal propensity to import
- is change in income (equivalent to GDP)
- is change in lump-sum tax rate
- is change in income tax rate
- is change in government spending
- is change in aggregate taxes
- is change in investment
- is change in exports
Standard Income Tax Equation[edit]
Note: only is here because if this is a change in income tax rate then is implied to be 0.
Standard Government Spending Equation[edit]
Standard Investment Equation[edit]
Standard Exports Equation[edit]
Balanced-Budget Government Spending Equation[edit]
Estimated values[edit]
United States of America[edit]
In congressional testimony given in July 2008, Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Economy.com, provided estimates of the one-year multiplier effect for several fiscal policy options. The multipliers showed that any form of increased government spending would have more of a multiplier effect than any form of tax cuts. The most effective policy, a temporary increase in food stamps, had an estimated multiplier of 1.73. The lowest multiplier for a spending increase was general aid to state governments, 1.36. Among tax cuts, multipliers ranged from 1.29 for a payroll tax holiday down to 0.27 for accelerated depreciation. Making the Bush tax cuts permanent had the second-lowest multiplier, 0.29. Refundable lump-sum tax rebates, the policy used in the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, had the second-largest multiplier for a tax cut, 1.26.[6]
According to Otto Eckstein, estimation has found "textbook" values of multipliers are overstated. The following tables has assumptions about monetary policy along the left hand side. Along the top is whether the multiplier value is for a change in government spending (ΔG) or a tax cut (-ΔT).
|Monetary Policy Assumption
|Interest Rate Constant
|Money Supply Constant
The above table is for the fourth quarter under which a permanent change in policy is in force.[7]
More recently three economists with the NBER and IMF have published a working paper examining economic features that impact fiscal multipliers. They found that the output effect of an increase in government consumption is larger in industrial than in developing countries, the fiscal multiplier is relatively large in economies operating under predetermined exchange rate but zero in economies operating under flexible exchange rates; fiscal multipliers in open economies are lower than in closed economies and fiscal multipliers in high-debt countries are also zero.[8]
Italian economists have estimated multiplier values ranging from 1.4 up to 2.0 when dynamic effects are accounted for. The economists used mafia influence as an instrumental variable to help estimate the effect of central funds given to local councils.[9]
In October 2012 the International Monetary Fund released their Global Prospects and Policies document in which an admission was made that their assumptions about fiscal multipliers had been inaccurate.
- "IMF staff reports, suggest that fiscal multipliers used in the forecasting process are about 0.5. our results indicate that multipliers have actually been in the 0.9 to 1.7 range since the Great Recession. This finding is consistent with research suggesting that in today's environment of substantial economic slack, monetary policy constrained by the zero lower bound, and synchronized fiscal adjustment across numerous economies, multipliers may be well above 1.[10]
This admission has serious implications for economies such as the UK where the OBR used the IMF's assumptions in their economic forecasts about the consequences of the government's austerity policies.[11][12] It has been conservatively estimated by the TUC that the OBR's use of the IMF's under-estimated fiscal multiplication values means that they may have under-estimated the economic damage caused by the UK government's austerity policies by £76 billion.[13]
In their 2012 Forecast Evaluation Report the OBR admitted that underestimated fiscal multipliers could be responsible for their over-optimistic economic forecasts.
- "In trying to explain the unexpected weakness of GDP growth over this period, it is natural to ask whether it was caused in part by [fiscal] tightening – either because it turned out to be larger than we had originally assumed or because a given tightening did more to depress GDP than we had originally assumed.
- In answering the question, we are concerned with the aggregate impact of different types of fiscal tightening on GDP (measured using so-called 'fiscal multipliers') and not simply the direct contribution that government investment and consumption of goods and services makes to the expenditure measure of GDP. This direct government contribution has been more positive for growth than we expected, rather than more negative."[14]
Crowding out[edit]
It has been claimed that fiscal activity does not always lead to increased economic activity because deficit spending used to finance spending or tax cuts can crowd out financing for other economic activity. This phenomenon is argued to be less likely to occur in a recession, where savings rates are traditionally higher and capital is not being fully utilized in the private market.[15]
Marginal Propensity to Consume[edit]
As has been discussed, the Multiplier relies on the MPC (Marginal Propensity to Consume). The use of the term MPC here, is a reference to the MPC of a country (or similar economic unit) as a whole, and the theory and the mathematical formulae apply to this use of the term. However, individuals have an MPC, and furthermore MPC is not homogeneous across society. Even if it was, the nature of the consumption is not homogeneous. Some consumption may be seen as more benevolent (to the economy) than others. Therefore spending could be targeted where it would do most benefit, and thus generate the highest (closest to 1) MPC. This has traditionally been regarded as construction or other major projects (which also bring a direct benefit in the form of the finished product).
Clearly, some sectors of society are likely to have a much higher MPC than others. Someone with above average wealth or income or both may have a very low (short term, at least) MPC of nearly zero - saving most of any extra income. But a pensioner, for example, will have an MPC of 1 or even greater than 1. This is because a pensioner is quite likely to spend every penny of any extra income. Further, if the extra income is seen as regular extra income, and guaranteed into the future, the pensioner may actually spend MORE than the extra £1. This would occur where the extra income stream gives confidence that the individual does not need to put aside as much in the form of savings, or perhaps can even dip into existing savings.
More importantly, this consumption is much more likely to occur in local small business - local shops, pubs and other leisure activities for example. These types of businesses are themselves likely to have a high MPC, and again the nature of their consumption is likely to be in the same, or next tier of businesses, and also of a benevolent nature.
Other individuals with a high, and benevolent, MPC would include almost anyone on a low income - students, parents with young children, and the unemployed.
It has also been argued that over-reliance upon fiscal multipliers can lead to the neglect of externalities such as environmental degradation, unsustainable resource depletion or social consequences. Negative consequences of over-reliance upon fiscal multiplication values can either be envisaged in increased government spending on activities with high fiscal multiplication values which create negative externalities (pollution, climate change, resource depletion, etc.) or through decreased spending on activities which create low immediate fiscal multiplication values but create positive externalities (educational standards, social cohesion, public health, etc.).[16]
See also[edit]
- Complex multiplier
- Fiscal policy
- Keynesian economics
- Local multiplier effect
- Multiplier (economics)
- Multiplier uncertainty
- ^ Snowdon, Brian; Vane, Howard R. (2005). Modern macroeconomics: its origins, development and current state. Edward Elgar. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-84542-208-0.
- ^ Coates, Dennis; Humphreys, Brad R. (October 27, 2004). "Caught Stealing: Debunking the Economic Case for D.C. Baseball". Cato Insititute Briefing Papers (Cato Institute) (89). Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "Much ado about multipliers". The Economist. Sep 24, 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ "A Labor Force Built to Last". Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ^ http://www.choicesmagazine.org/2003-2/2003-2-06.htm retrieved 27 September 2007.
- ^ Zandi, Mark. "A Second Quick Boost From Government Could Spark Recovery." Edited excerpts from congressional testimony July 24, 2008. [1]
- ^ Eckstein, Otto (1983). The DRI Model of the US Economy. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-018972-2.[page needed] See also Bodkin, Ronald G.; Eckstein, Otto (1985). "The DRI Model of the U. S. Economy". Southern Economic Journal 51 (4): 1253–1255. doi:10.2307/1058399. JSTOR 1058399.
- ^ Ethan Ilzetzki, Enrique G. Mendoza and Carlos A. Végh "How Big (Small?) are Fiscal Multipliers?" March 2011. [2]
- ^ Acconcia, A., G Corsetti and S. Simonelli, (2011) "Mafia and Public Spending: Evidence on the Fiscal Multiplier from a Quasi Experiment" CEPR Discussion Paper 8305. See http://voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/6314.
- ^ IMF Global Prospects and Policies report 2012, page 43
- ^ Osborne's indiscriminate austerity
- ^ Fiscal multipliers, the IMF and the OBR
- ^ George Osborne's austerity is costing UK an extra £76bn, says IMF
- ^ 2012 OBR Forecast Evaluation Report, page 53
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DDW Conference - May 19-22, 2002 - San Francisco, CA
Alan Franciscus
Editor-in-Chief, HCV Advocate
The Digestive Disease Weekly Conference is being held in San Francisco from May 19 – 22, 2002. This report begins the HCV Advocate's daily coverage of clinical data related to hepatitis C. These reports will focus on live plenary presentations with a summary of posters and abstracts to follow upon completion of this daily conference coverage.
May 19, 2002
The following oral presentations were given on the afternoon of the first day of DDW. The first six presentations were moderated by Dr. Norah Terrault and Dr. Mitchell Schiffman.
Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b plus Ribavirin in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Trial in Prior Nonresponders to Interferon Monotherapy or Combination Therapy and in Combination Therapy Relapsers
Ira M. Jacobson, Mark W. Russo, Robert S. Brown Jr, E. Lebovics, A. Min, S. Esposito, H. Tobias, F. Klion, D. Rovner, C. Brass, N. Y. Peg Intron Study Group, New York, NY; Westchester, NY; Flushing, NY; Kenilworth, NJ
Pegylated interferons have proven superior to standard interferons as monotherapy for chronic hepatitis C and, more recently, in combination with ribavirin (RBV) in treatment-naive patients. Currently 60% of the patients that were treated with standard interferon and ribavirin (Rebetron) are either non-responder or relapsers looking for additional options for treatment.
The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of two dose regimens of pegylated interferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin in patients with prior non response to interferon (IFN) monotherapy or combination therapy, or with relapse after combination therapy.
Patients in the three categories are randomized in this ongoing trial to receive pegylated interferon alfa-2b 1.0 ug/kg plus RBV 1000-1200 mg/d with patients >75kg receiving 1200mg/day of ribavirin and patients <75kg receiving 1000mg/day of ribavirin (Group 1), or pegylated interferon alfa-2b 1.5 ug/kg plus ribavirin 800 mg/d (Group 2) which is the currently approved dosing regimen by the FDA.
Prior therapy must have been stopped at least three months prior to entry. Treatment is planned for 48 weeks, with cessation of therapy if PCR for HCV RNA (Roche Amplicor) remains positive at 24 weeks. The inclusion criteria had no ALT restriction. The average age of the patients was 49 with an average fibrosis score by Metavir of 2.2. 87% of the patients were genotype 1 in both groups compared to 7-9% genotype 2. Approximately 75% of the patients were male and generally both groups well represented the general population with hepatitis C. Approximately 70% in each group had a viral load > 1 million copies/ml and approximately 40% of patients had stage 3 or 4 fibrosis.
In the genotype 1 non-responders to previous combination therapy there was an SVR of only 10% in Group 1 and 11% in Group 2. The preliminary results of this study are based on only 49/160 in Group 1 being available for evaluation at week 72 and only 35/160 in Group 2. The EOT response at 48 weeks for genotype 1 was 10% in Group 1 and 20% in group 2. This was consistent with the 24 week data which showed 16%HCV RNA negative in Group 1 versus 29% in Group 2. Despite this early separation in the groups there was considerably greater relapse in Group 2 since the SVR results were very similar that the author thought could be attributable to needing greater than 800mg of ribavirin. The overall SVR in patients that had been relapsers (instead of non-responders) to previous therapy was 43% in group 1 and 60% in group 2 even though the numbers of patients being evaluated were too small to draw conclusions. The overall SVR for patients that were non-responders to interferon monotherapy was 40% in group 1 and 25% in group 2.
In summary this study demonstrates a high percentage of breakthrough and relapsers as witnessed by the SVR's being so much lower than the early 24 week PCR negative results. The author said that about 35% of patients need a dose reduction and that a factor that increased likelihood of response was a low viral load at the end of a patient's prior treatment. Other factors that the author pointed out was that normal ALT's did not impact response, higher doses of pegylated interferon alpha 2b were needed in patients with more advanced disease. Additionally the author commented that greater than 12 months of therapy might be needed in these types of patients that are intrinsically resistant to therapy. When asked how African Americans responded in the trial, the presenter stated that in genotype 1 African Americans the SVR was 1/12 (8%) versus 17/87 (20%) in Caucasians.
Pegylated Interferon Alfa 2b (PEG-IFN) and Ribavirin for Hepatitis C Patients who Were Nonresponders to Previous Therapy
Eric J. Lawitz, Norma S. Cantu, Scott Becker, Ravi Dhar, Jianjun Li, Natrajan S. Bala, Stuart Gordon, Mitchell Davis, Pierre Nader, Kent Holtzmuller, Thomas Rosenfield, Howard Monsour, Alamo Study Group, San Antonio, TX; Austin, TX; Detroit, MI; Jacksonville, FL; Houston, TX; Royal Oak, MI; West Palm Beach, FL; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC; Altantis, FL
There are currently no accepted treatment options for standard combination therapy nonresponders. Viral kinetics studies have shown an early dose dependent phase of viral clearance. The induction strategy was introduced based on this data but trials have not shown a benefit to this strategy, however these trials have not followed induction with continuous interferon for the entire 48 weeks. PEG-IFN allows a convenient mechanism to deliver continuous interferon, possibly making the induction strategy more successful.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of induction PEG-IFN and ribavirin compared to fixed dose PEG-IFN and ribavirin in previous standard combination therapy nonresponders, IFN monotherapy nonresponders, and combination therapy relapsers. Methods: Participants were randomized to receive either PEG-IFN 1.5 mcg/kg/wk + Ribavirin 1000-1200mg daily x 12 weeks then PEG-IFN 1.0mcg/kg/wk + Ribavirin 800mg x 36 weeks or PEG-IFN 1.0 mcg/kg/wk + Ribavirin 800 mg for 48 weeks. HCV-RNA was measured at week 0, 24, & 48 of treatment and 24 weeks post treatment. Results: Five hundred and one previous combination therapy nonresponders, 122 IFN monotherapy nonresponders, and 130 combination therapy relapsers with compensated liver disease were enrolled. Baseline characteristics include: Genotype 1-84%, African Americans-17%, and advanced liver disease-43%. Two-hundred and sixty five combination therapy nonresponders (Combo NR), 64 interferon monotherapy nonresponders (Mono NR) and 56 combination therapy relapsers (Combo Relapser) have completed 24 weeks of therapy. Results for 24 week and partial 48 weeks are seen in the table below. The authors additionally looked at a subset of patients defined as partial responders. Partial responders were patients that during previous therapy had = or > that a 1 log drop in HCV RNA during previous therapy. These patients had an EOT response of 46% compared to 20% in patients that had not achieved that defined previous partial response. Discontinuations in this study were approximately 22-23%. PEG-IFN was reduced in 7% while ribavirin was reduced 5-6%.
In summary, even though SVR's are not yet available interim results suggest the use of induction dosing does not significantly improve the twenty-four week or EOT viral clearance rates in the three groups evaluated, with the presenter stating no statistical significance in the EOT result between induction and fixed dosing in the combination relapser.
24 week results
48 week results
Prediction of Early Virologic Response to Treatment with 40KD Pegylated (PEG)-Interferon (IFN) Alfa2a/Ribavirin in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C (Genotype 1)
Peter Ferenci, Wolfgang Jessner, Franz Hackl, Michael Gschwantler, Harald Brunner, Brigitte Hellmich, Hermann Laferl, Rudolf Stauber, Rainer Hubmann, Christian Datz, Wien, Austria; Linz, Austria; Graz, Austria; Salzburg, Austria
Response to antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis C can be measured at various time points. The 24hour response to a single IFN dose (24hVR) identifies IFN resistance to standard IFN/ribavirin therapy (a decrease in viral load of <0.8 log predicted non-response with 100 percent specificity; Jessner et al, Lancet 2001). Early virologic response (EVR) after 12 weeks has a high predictive value to achieve a sustained response to 48 weeks of 40kD-PEG-IFNalfa2a/ribavirin therapy (Ferenci et al, AASLD 2001).
In an ongoing prospective trial which compares amantadine and placebo in addition to treatment with 180 µg 40KDPEG-IFNalfa2a (Roche, Basel, CH)/week + 1-1.2g ribavirin/d in chronic hepatitis C (genotype 1) patients are stratified according to the 24hVR (viral response) at randomization. All patients had a liver biopsy and none had received an antiviral therapy before signing an informed consent. Currently 77 of the planned 220 patients were recruited, and 33 completed 12 weeks of treatment. In these patients the 24hVR was compared with the 12 week EVR (defined as HCV-RNA neg). Analysis was done without knowing to which treatment group a patient was assigned. The 24hVR was performed 2 weeks prior randomization and was calculated from the decrease in viral load 24 hours following a single dose of 9 MU IFNalfa2a (Roferon®, Roche, Basel, CH). Viral load was determined by the Cobas Amplicor Monitor HCV Test®, v2.0 (Roche Diagnostic Systems, USA).
Of the 33 patients 21 (63.4%) became HCV-RNA negative by week 12. The 24hVR in EVR was 1.19 (log decline) +0.43 (SD) and 0.55+0.36 in non-responders (p=0.00014). The magnitude of the 24hVR correlated with the 12 week EVR: 7/7(100%), 10/13 (77%), and 4/13 (30.7%) pts. with an 24hVR of >1.5, 0.8-1.49, or <0.8 log decline, respectively, were responders (p="0.004)."
In summary, the 24hVR is a good predictor of the 12 week EVR in patients on 40KDPEG-IFNalfa2a/ribavirin therapy. A 24 hour change in viral titer >1.4 log drop has a 100% predictive factor according to the presenter. Patients with predicted poor response to standard-IFN/ribavirin therapy may still achieve a virologic response on PEG-IFNalfa2a/ribavirin therapy. The presenter stated that 40% of predicted non-responder to standard interferon/ribavirin may respond to Pegasys. Thus, PEG-IFN alfa2a may overcome IFN-resistance in HCV-genotype 1 patients. Prediction of response to antiviral therapy may help to optimize treatment.
Interferon Alfa-2b and Ribavirin for Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C and Normal ALT: Final Results
Ira M. Jacobson, M. W. Russo, E. Lebovics, S. Esposito, H. Tobias, F. Klion, Robert S. Brown Jr, D. Dieterich, C. Brass, NY Normal ALT Study Group, New York, NY; Westchester, NY; Flushing, NY; Kenilworth, NJ
Most studies establishing the role of antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) have excluded patients with normal ALT levels. It is estimated that anywhere from <5% to 20% of hepatitis C patients with normal ALT's have significant hepatic fibrosis. Small trials with interferon monotherapy suggested limited efficacy and/or de novo ALT elevations (treatment induced rising of ALTS) in response to treatment . There is little published data on combination therapy in these patients.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of two doses of interferon alfa-2b (IFN) combined with ribavirin (RBV) in patients with CHC and normal ALT levels. Patients with biopsy-proven CHC who were PCR-positive for HCV RNA and at least 2 normal ALT levels 3 or more months apart were randomized to: Group 1: IFN 3 MU tiw plus RBV 1000-1200 mg depending on weight 75 kg, or Group 2: IFN 5 MU tiw plus RBV 1000-1200 mg Patients were treated for 24 weeks and a PCR obtained. Therapy was stopped if the PCR was positive and continued for an additional 24 weeks if the PCR was negative. A final PCR (NGI) was obtained 24 weeks after cessation of therapy.
56 patients were randomized and received at least one dose of medications; 43 (77%) received at least 24 weeks of treatment. The majority of the patients were female (60%). 15% of patients were F3/F4. The rates of sustained response (SR) in the overall study population, by treatment group, and by genotype are shown in the Table. Of 10 African-American patients, 1/10 (10%) had SR. In the overall study group, 3 patients had end of treatment response, followed by relapse, and another 3 had breakthrough relapse. There were 3 serious adverse events (MI, confusion, suicidal ideation). 4 patients developed thyroid dysfunction. 5 patients had mild, transient ALT elevations. No sustained ALT elevations were noted.
In summary:
Amantadine Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Trial
Jill P. Smith, Thomas R. Riley III, Atilla Devenyi, Sandra Bingaman, Alan Kunselman, Hershey, PA
Treatment of hepatitis C has been disappointing with less than half responding to therapy with interferon and/or interferon and ribavirin and most experiencing untoward side effects. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of oral amantadine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C.
The study was designed as a prospective double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial where patients were randomized according to age, gender, HCV RNA level, severity of liver histology, and whether they had received prior interferon therapy. Subjects received either amantadine 100 mg twice daily by mouth or placebo for 6 months. After 6 months, all patients were treated with amantadine for an additional 6 months such that half of the patients received 6 and half received 12 months of amantadine. Patients were followed for 6 months after termination of drug to evaluate the rate of sustained response.
152 patients were treated including 7 children. The patients were made up of 144 Caucasians, 2 Hispanic and 6 African Americans. Of the 152 patients treated, 117 were males. Compared to placebo, 27% of subjects responded to amantadine with loss of HCV RNA and normalization of ALT (p=0.03). 64% of patients experienced a decrease in ALT. Response rates were 27% and 22% for 12 versus 6 months of therapy, respectively. The overall sustained response rate 6 months after cessation of amantadine and confirmed by qualitative PCR was 15.6% (19.4% at 12 months and 12% at 6 months). The following pretreatment characteristics favored a response: female gender, low HCV RNA level, age greater than 50 years, severe liver histology (F3/4), and genotype-1. The social scale from a quality of life survey improved for those treated with amantadine for 12 months (p=0.02). Side effects included depression (1.3%), impotence (0.7%), and weight loss (0.7%).
In summary, oral amantadine therapy for hepatitis C is safe and effective compared to placebo and response rates are similar to interferon therapy alone but with fewer side effects. Amantadine may provide a safe alternative treatment for those unresponsive or intolerant to interferon, children, patients with depression/psychiatric history, patients with thrombocytopenia or leucopenia as well as transplant recipients.
Pegylated (40 kDa, Branched) Interferon Alfa-2a (PEG-IFN) and Ribavirin (RIBA) in IFN-naive Patients with Hepatitis C and Advanced Fibrosis/Cirrhosis: Interim Results of a Randomized, Controlled Trial
Beat Helbling, Ivan Stamenic, Andreas Cerny, Jan Borovicka, Jean-Jacques Gonvers, Beat Muellhaupt, Eberhard L. Renner, Swiss Association For The Study Of The Liver, Zürich, Switzerland; Lugano, Switzerland; St Gallen, Switzerland; Lausanne, Switzerland
PEG-IFN alone (180ug sc weekly for 48 wks) lead to sustained HCV-clearance in 26/87 (30%) patients (pts) with chronic hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis (Heathcote et al. NEJM 343: 1673, 2000). Only a few pts with advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis were included in recent trials on pegylated interferons plus RIBA (Manns et al. Lancet 358: 958, 2001; Fried et al. Gastro 120 (suppl 1): A55, 2001). Thus, despite the high medical need for therapy, little is known on efficacy and tolerability of PEG-IFN and RIBA in pts with advanced HCV-associated fibrosis/cirrhosis.
The aim of this study is to compare efficacy and tolerability of PEG-IFN (180ug sc weekly) and RIBA (1000/1200 mg vs. 600/800 mg po QD) in treatment-naive pts with HCV-associated advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis. This trial is an open-label, randomized, controlled, trial in 11 Swiss centers. Inclusion criteria included naive pts (both genders, 18-70 yrs old) with HCV-associated biopsy-proven (£12 months) advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis (Metavir F3-F4) and <8 Child-Pugh points, elevated ALT and positive HCV-RNA in serum (Amplicor® HCV MonitorTM). Randomization (1:1) stratified according to genotype (2/3 vs. other; Inno-Lipa®) to PEG-IFN (180ug sc once weekly) and either RIBA (£75kg:1000mg,>75kg: 1200mg po QD) or (£75kg: 600mg, >75kg: 800mg po QD) for 48 wks with 24 wks of follow-up. Primary endpoint: sustained virologic response, secondary endpoints: initial (24 wks of treatment) and end-of-treatment virologic responses, tolerability.
So far, 88 pts enrolled (40 (45%) females; 30 (45%) genotype 2/3, 40 (45%) genotype 1). 43 pts randomized to higher, 45 pts to lower RIBA dose. Interim analysis at 24 wks of treatment: HCV-RNA in serum negative(<1000 cps/ml) after 2, 4, 8, 12 and 24 wks of treatment in 24/71 (34%), 36/65 (55%), 43/63 (68%), 37/53 (70%) and 25/28 (89%) pts, respectively, with no difference between treatment arms. Treatment prematurely terminated in 5 (6%) pts for AEs, of which two were severe (attempted suicide, incidental PEG-IFN over-dose); dose reduction was necessary in 38 (43%) pts with no difference between treatment arms.
In summary, 24 wks of PEG-IFN+RIBA has resulted in negative serum HCV-RNA in almost 90% of pts with advanced HCV-associated fibrosis/cirrhosis and is acceptably tolerated. In which proportion this high initial response rate translates into sustained HCV clearance remains to be seen. What is very interesting so far in this study is that even though there appears to be a trend towards improved results with the higher doses of ribavirin (1000/1200mg/day versus 600/800mg/day) it has not reached statistical significance.
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Syrian Refugee Crisis Destabilizes Jordan
Critical ally, home to 900 U.S. troops, struggling under burden of refugees.
Record numbers of refugees are fleeing the violence in Syria and overwhelming the Za'atari camp in Jordan.
Jordan has played a critical role amid the ongoing strife in Syria that has claimed the lives of as many as 100,000, though its direct participation also comes with a cost.
Almost 2 million people have fled Syria since the civil war began in early 2011, according to U.N. numbers. By some estimates 800,000 of these poured into neighboring Jordan, a traditional safe haven for refugees from previously war-stricken regions such as Iraq and Palestine. This influx is taking a heavy toll on the Arab nation which by the end of the year may host as many as a million refugees.
Instability in Jordan creates a dangerous situation for the region.
[PHOTOS: Refugee Crisis Escalating in Syria]
"The one thing that could really push us into Syria is a conflict in Jordan," says Elizabeth O'Bagy, a Syria expert at the Institute for the Study of War who recently visited the area. This likely would not be in the form of ground troops, but increased aid and support for the opposition movement that is already coming largely through Jordan.
The camp at Zaatari is one of the worst for Syrian refugees due largely to inadequate resources and strict security along the border, says O'Bagy. Refugees in northern Syria have multiple countries into which they can flee, and camps in Lebanon allow refugees freer access back to their homeland.
It's not ideal, but Jordan is basically the only option for people in the south, she says. It has received much more refugees than it can possibly hold, and Zaatari is in fact now one of the largest cities in Jordan.
"Any sort of incident, I think, could very well spark underlying tensions that are already very rampant [in Jordan]," says O'Bagy.
The Islamic kingdom has historically had close ties with the U.S. and the U.K., and signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994.
Hundreds of U.S. troops remain in Jordan, a Pentagon spokesman confirms, after first deploying there last year and swelling to the current numbers of roughly 900 following joint exercise Eager Lion. They serve in a training and advisory role for local troops, and help secure the border from the potential spillover of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapon stockpiles. They also have the capability to serve in a headquarters role if necessary.
[READ: Obama Should Be More Involved in Syria, Carl Levin Says]
Experts say the Syrian regime under Assad continually tries to "export trouble" across its border with Jordan, as it continues to combat the rebel movement at home in key cities and towns.
"For [Jordanians], this is a huge paradox," says Marc Pierini, a visiting scholar at Brussels-based Carnegie Europe and expert on Syria. "As undemocratic as it was, Syria two-and-a-half years ago was a pole of stability in the region."
The sheer numbers of refugees crossing the border is now causing serious problems for local Jordanians, whose lives are already strained by a fragile economy – Jordan is not an oil producing state – and severe droughts along the northern border with Syria.
"It's already a burden for water facilities, for health facilities, for schools and of course for the labor market," says Pierini, who served as the European Union ambassador to Syria, Libya and most recently Turkey.
The EU and U.S. have recognized the potential for disaster in recent weeks. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Tuesday he might visit a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.
"I think we may wind up visiting one of the refugee camps as we talk about Syria," he said to a group of reporters after a meeting with Nasser Judeh, the foreign minister of Jordan, during a trip there. "We were just talking about the importance of that."
[ALSO: Obama, Putin Seek Common Ground on Syria]
This would mark the first time an Obama administration cabinet-level official visited the camps, the Associated Press reported, many of whom have questioned U.S. support for the opposition efforts.
U.S. and EU aid have quelled the immediate crisis facing the Jordanian towns near the refugee camps, says Pierini, though he worries about what would happen if the "extremely brutal" regime moved an offensive into the southern reaches of his country. Assad's piecemeal approach of systematically targeting his own people has largely taken place in middle and northern regions of Syria.


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Just today the Divalicious iPhone app made its debut on the m-commerce stage. It allows you to upload an image of yourself, from head to toe, so that you can place clothes from more than 300 retailers on your body to see how you would look. You can sit there and have a ball with it, creating different outfits—which is exactly what retailers want you to do. Just think of the greater buying confidence inspired by such technology compared with just looking at clothes on models on e-commerce sites. Divalicious is an app to keep an eye on.
Last month, OverstockArt.com unveiled a mobile app with a brilliant use of augmented reality. The iPhone app lets consumers walk around their house, snapping pictures of rooms in which they want to display art. The consumer then drops a piece of art from the e-retailer's selection onto a wall in a room to see exactly how it would look in her home. Once again, think of the greater purchasing confidence augmented reality technology inspires.
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Your babies are getting soooo cute! I love the name hats. Bet you don't need names on them, though, I can see differences between them all without the hats. :)ReplyDelete
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Oh,dear!! I want to hold those precious little ones so badly!! They are such darlings!! Their skin is beautiful, their eyes are gorgeous, and I know they are loved all the way to the core. God is SO good!ReplyDelete
They are all just beautiful, getting big and looking very happy! God bless you all.....prayers continue.ReplyDelete
a Big Wish of Mine too, is that I could, hold each baby,,,look into their beautiful eyes, and talk to them, and witness, in person the miracle, of all these past months.... I love hearing all the little things they do...AND love the pictures:).....ReplyDelete
.P.S.I would like to share something about the hats, When I went to have them made I was in tears talking to the person ,because it was when Seth was Very, Very sick,,,and didn't know if he was going to make it... But I took a step in faith I said over and over I don;t understand but I believed that God would help Seth get through...,,,So when I see Seth and the hats, I tear up thinking of that day,,And how God helped MY Faith grow through Seth, and the others babies... Thank-you for sharing your story:),
They are so precious, guys! Praise God they are all home with you and doing well (enough to stay home). Seth reminds me of our Clara, maybe it's the cheeks ;) Many Blessings.ReplyDelete
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PHILOMATH, Ore ---The treatment of a military family in Oregon has drawn national attention to a painful fallout of the federal government shutdown, and anger from residents of a mid-Willamette Valley city.
Cody Patterson, 24, of Philomath, was killed Sunday in Afghanistan. Death benefits to his family, which help with immediate expenses like funeral and travel costs, have been delayed by the government shutdown.
The Army Ranger was a member of a team protecting a female officer who was part of an outreach program to Afghani civilians. A roadside bomb killed them both, as well as two others in their team.
Patterson's father noted that members of Congress "are still getting paid" a week after the government shut down.
Related: Humbled Congress scrambles to restore military death benefits
"If Congress were trapped in a car that sunk down in a river, I would swim to the window, and I would look them all in the eye and say, 'Suck water,'" Randall Patterson told NBC Tuesday as he prepared to fly to Delaware to retrieve his son's body.
The reaction to the death of the 2007 Philomath High grad took two turns.
Philomath High office manager Doreen Hamilton recalls his life while looking at Facebook photos.
He smiles in a picture from childhood with his brother Eli. And older, now stands proudly with his brothers and sisters at a park setting. The pictures later show him in his army uniform and another time, cuddling a sleepy nephew against his shoulder. The last picture was posted as word spread of Cody's death.
"His brother posted this and indicated, 'Tristen loves his Uncle Cody,' and he does," said Hamilton. She will never forget the smiling teen, a captain of the football team.
More: Philomath soldier killed in Afghanistan
"Basically, Cody was a great kid," she said.
Jan Kilgore and her daughter spent most of the morning crying when they thought about his death. They are close family friends.
"I couldn't believe it. Couldn't breath. Could not believe it," Kilgore said.
But now there is more than sadness in Philomath. There is anger after word spread that Patterson's family will not get the typical death benefit given to other families of soldiers killed in combat.
"It makes me ill. It makes me ill," Hamilton said.
Some feel the politicians have lost track of what's important.
Jennifer Grube coached Cody while he worked as an outdoor school counselor during his senior year. She said she's as angry as anyone.
"It doesn't matter, whatever the government's doing right now," she said. "It's about people and relationships and how you treat your family. And you should treat your family better than that."
For now, the Army has flown Cody's father back east to retrieve his body and the death benefits may be paid later.
At the high school, the flag flies at half staff. It's a disturbing reminder of what's been lost for assistant Principal Jon Bartlow.
(Below: Raw video of Patterson's body returning to U.S.)
"I met one of our teachers walking out the door with a crank to lower the flag and he said, 'Is this okay with you?' And that was not an easy thing to see."