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JANESVILLE—Rock County residents don't have to go without heat because of the high cost of propane heating fuel, the Rock County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
Officials have not heard from anyone who had to abandon a home because of having no heat, and they want to prevent that from happening, said Sgt. Shena Kohler of the sheriff's office.
"Propane prices have jumped from about $1 dollar a gallon to nearly $6 dollars a gallon during the last six weeks. There has never been such an increase in propane prices," according to a news release from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority on Thursday.
Kohler said she has received a few calls from people having trouble paying for propane.
"I couldn't believe it when they said it, and I think of myself, there's no way. How can you even afford that?" Kohler said.
Kohler said she has heard that local propane suppliers can't keep up with the calls coming in.
Kohler urged residents not to wait to ask for help. Financial assistance being offered locally will pay for electric space heaters or for wood to burn in wood-burning stoves, as well as propane she said.
Income limits have been eased so that more people will qualify for assistance, Kohler said.
Kohler said propane deliveries are taking up to 10 days, so the state recommends people get their orders in when they are down to 30 percent in their tanks.
"Unfortunately, some people get down to 10 percent" or less, Kohler said.
"With these temperatures and the weather we've been having and will have in the next week or two, that's kind of risky," Kohler said.
The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority's news release announced a $3 million loan-guarantee program for propane dealers.
"Propane dealers forced to pay much higher prices are confronted with a cash shortage and desperately need financing," according to the news release.


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Apple has lost out on a request for a sales ban on nine Samsung devices – the third time it has made such a request in the United States.
It was announced this week how U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh rejected Apple's request regarding the Samsung smartphones, after reviewing the patent dispute case in her San Jose, Calif., courtroom.
Apple was apparently unable to show significant harm from lost sales or saw significant enough damage to its reputation, according to news reports.
Apple has declined to comment on the decision. Samsung told the news media, "We welcome today's ruling… We remain committed to providing American consumers with a wide choice of innovative products."
Previously, Apple was able to receive $120 million in damages from Samsung, though it had tried to get $2.2 billion.
Samsung, Apple reach patent détente
Apple and Samsung team up to fight patent troll
Apple and Amazon.com are among most-sued companies for patent infringement
In addition, Apple reported last month it sold 35.2 million iPhones in the recent quarter. That works out to a 13 percent jump in sales, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
Apple's reputation "has proved extremely robust" despite the patent infringement by Samsung, Koh said in a ruling quoted by Reuters.
"Apple has not demonstrated that it will suffer irreparable harm to its reputation or goodwill as an innovator without an injunction," Koh added in the ruling, Reuters reported.
In addition, Koh said Apple had not "satisfied its burden of demonstrating irreparable harm and linking that harm to Samsung's exploitation of any of Apple's three infringed patents,"The Wall Street Journalreported.
Meanwhile, Apple and Samsung have decided to drop litigation against each other everywhere except in the United States. Other cases were heard in Australia, Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France and Italy.
When considering the case, Brett A. Krueger, an IP attorney at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, said in a statement sent to InsideCounsel, "The smartphone wars between Apple and Samsung waged by leveraging patents demonstrates how intellectual property is an asset that companies can use to fight for market share."
"After the eBay decision, it has been more difficult to get an injunction," he added. "So, while Apple's motion for a permanent injunction was denied, they can still pursue damages (e.g., at least a reasonable royalty). The war is not over yet."
There is believed to be a reasonable chance that the U.S. cases could be settled, however, like the foreign cases, but not now, InsideCounsel reported earlier this year.
In addition, Mark Lemley, director of Stanford University's law, science and technology program, told the San Jose Mercury News, "Apple wins, and it wins money, but it doesn't get to shut down its competitors or win so much money it can drive them out of business."


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Is it a failing president or is it a failing electorate?
Every four years we go through the process of electing someone to lead us. We elect this person because we believe he or she can lead us in the direction we should go. Then, we do everything we can to undermine those attempts to lead. At the same time, we elect a congressman who does what he can to make certain this president will fail.
News networks spend days dwelling on each imagined presidential failure, and pollsters show each succeeding decline in approval ratings.
Our president must keep in mind that many of the people who voted against him are hoping he will fail and are happy when he does. They don't understand that if he fails we all fail. These same people are often informed by cable news, whose primary objective is to point out all of his failures and never report objectively on his accomplishments. We form our opinion of the president and then look for evidence to support it. And, lo and behold, we always seem to find it.
How many people who watch Fox News also watch MSNBC, or vice versa? How many who read The Wall Street Journal editorials also read The New York Times editorials? How many of us have made up our minds about Obamacare by accepting whatever the pundits say about it?
As Shakespeare said, "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."


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The idea behind the marine cloud brightening (MCB) geoengineering technique is that seeding marine stratocumulus clouds with copious quantities of roughly monodisperse sub-micrometre seawater particles might significantly enhance the cloud droplet number concentration, and thereby the cloud albedo and possibly longevity – thus producing a cooling, which GCM computations suggest could - subject to satisfactory resolution of technical and scientific problems identified herein – have the capacity to balance global warming up to the CO2 doubling point.
We describe herein an account of our recent research on a number of critical issues associated with MCB. This involves:- (a) general circulation model (GCM) studies, which are our primary tools for evaluating globally the effectiveness of MCB, and assessing its climate impacts on rainfall amounts and distribution, and also polar sea-ice cover and thickness: (b) high resolution modelling of the effects of seeding on marine stratocumulus, which are required in order to understand the complex array of interacting processes involved in cloud brightening: (c) microphysical modelling sensitivity studies, examining the influence of seeding amount, seed-particle salt-mass, air-mass characteristics, updraught speed and other parameters on cloud-albedo change: (d) sea-water spray-production techniques: (e) computational fluid dynamics studies of possible large-scale periodicities in Flettner rotors: and (f) the planning of a three-stage limited-area field research experiment, with the primary objectives of technology testing and determining to what extent, if any, cloud albedo might be enhanced by seeding marine stratocumulus clouds on a spatial scale of around 100km x 100km. We stress that there would be no justification for deployment of MCB unless it was clearly established that no significant adverse consequences would result. There would also need to be international agreement firmly in favour of such action.
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With one in three children overweight or obese, the MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition...Do it!) program aims to improve overall health and fitness of families. Families will learn how to read food labels and take part in nutrition sessions. They will also learn about healthy portion sizes and will be shown the effects different foods have on their health. During the course, children will participate in a wide variety of physical activities and games.
Established in 2008, the MEND Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire children, families and adults to lead and sustain fitter, healthier and happier lives – with a focus on changing the behaviors that cause obesity. The foundation fulfills its vision with the MEND program, an obesity prevention and intervention program for low-income families in underserved communities.
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Case of Lake Geneva couple accused of abusing children cited in Supreme Court case
MADISON--The case involving a Lake Geneva couple accused of abusing their adopted children is one of two the Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider in a challenge of a state statute that allows hearsay evidence at preliminary hearings.
Martin and Kathleen O'Brien and their lawyers have filed a brief challenging the statute that went into effect in April 2012. It allows hearsay evidence to find probable cause at a preliminary hearing.
Under the statute, a police detective, for example, is allowed to testify at a preliminary hearing about what a crime victim told him. The victim is not required to testify.
The purpose of a preliminary hearing is to determine if the defendant probably committed a felony.
Before 2012, hearsay was inadmissible at preliminary hearings, unless it met other exceptions.
In May 2012, the O'Briens were charged with several felony and misdemeanor counts of abusing their six children adopted from Russia. The offenses range from spraying children with pepper spray to making them stand outside shoeless in the winter.
At the July 6, 2012, preliminary hearing, testimony was taken from a police officer who had interviewed the children.
The O'Briens argue that their 17-year-old adopted son who ran away and reported the allegations to police is the primary source of information for the police.
The teen's account, later relayed by the police officer, has "significant factual gaps" and the "incidents described were only summaries, not verbatim accounts," according to the brief.
The defense had subpoenaed the 17-year-old to testify at the preliminary hearing, but the court nullified the subpoena, and the O'Briens were bound over for trial, according to the court documents.
The defense appealed.
In July 2013, the District 2 Court of Appeals affirmed the judge's decision to disregard the subpoena and restrict the defense from cross-examining the 17-year-old at the preliminary hearing.
The O'Briens 53-page brief indicates hearsay evidence should "meet a threshold of reliability" before the court can use it to find probable cause.
The court also should prohibit the use of "unreliable, multiple layers of hearsay" when finding probable cause, according to the brief. The defense argues that a police officer relaying information obtained through interviews is multiple layers of hearsay.
The O'Briens and their attorneys argue that the court:
-- Not allow a "mere reader" to offer evidence by only reading the criminal complaint.
-- Require the testimony or sworn affidavit of a witness with personal knowledge of the alleged crime be provided.
-- Require that an affidavit contain enough underlying facts to judge its reliability.
-- Require hearsay statements and information be provided to the defendant at least five days before a preliminary hearing.�
Marcus Berghahn, filed a non-party brief in February 2013 on behalf of the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Wisconsin Office of the State Public Defenders.
In his brief, he argues the court should only allow witnesses with personal knowledge of witness statements, not just information contained in a criminal complaint.
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Parker softball drops two to open season
JANESVILLE--Janesville Parker's softball team was rudely greeted by the start of its season on Saturday.
The Vikings were swept in a doubleheader, losing 12-2 to Milton and 15-3 to Fort Atkinson, with both games ending after six innings.
"We have some work to do, but we also saw some good moments," Parker coach Alli Driscoll said. "I think we have to hang onto those and work on the things that weren't so good."
Sophomore pitcher Brenna Diehls got the start in the first game and struck out six batters while walking five over three innings.
Diehls provided the moment of the day in the first game with a two-run home run to center field.
"We were all pretty excited for her," Driscoll said. "She's a good hitter."
Milton junior Maddie McCue was 2-for-4 at the plate, giving her a 5-for-8 day over the course of the doubleheader against both Janesville teams. The Red Hawks scored their 12 runs on 13 hits.
Walks and errors doomed Parker in the second game. Fort Atkinson scored 15 runs on just 10 hits thanks to four errors and seven walks.
Andrea Coles went 2-for-2 for Parker with a triple.
"We've got to do a little cleanup on the fielding," Driscoll said. "Our hitting will come around. It was only the second game. We just need to attack the ball in every situation and be aggressive, whether we're batting or fielding."
Parker opens Big Eight Conference play at Sun Prairie on Tuesday.


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Tax levies go down, tax rates go up. What gives?
JANESVILLE—While some local tax levies are going down, tax rates are going up because the equalized value of property in Rock County has dropped each of the last five years.
The primary culprit has been the value of residential real estate, which, according to the state Department of Revenue, has dropped 15 percent since 2008.
When real estate values drop significantly, it's almost a given that an area's total equalized value will drop because residential properties account for so much of the total equalized value.
According to preliminary estimates for 2013, nearly 69 percent of Rock County's equalized value of $9.3 billion rests in residential property.
Commercial property accounts for about 19 percent, while manufacturing, agriculture and personal property were 4 percent, 5 percent and 3 percent, respectively.
Since 2008, the county's aggregate equalized value has dropped 12.6 percent. Since last year, it dropped about 3 percent.
Rock County is not alone with its declining equalized values.
The same thing has happened statewide, said Dale Knapp, research director for the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization dedicated to policy research and citizen education.
"Residential values have certainly been the problem for the last few years, but originally it was everything," Knapp said. "Recently, manufacturing has surprisingly picked up and commercial has picked up quite a bit around the state."
Knapp said the Great Recession and the overall crash of the housing market are the primary reasons for the decline in residential values. He also said new houses built in the mid 2000s weren't bought, and that created an inventory—along with large numbers of foreclosed properties—that need to be absorbed before the market could rebound.
In addition, Wisconsin typically has lagged the nation in job creation, he said.
"When that happens, people aren't looking to buy new homes," he said.
The Janesville School District is an example of government bodies taxing on declining equalized values.
The school board recently approved a tax levy of $35.8 million, a 0.7 percent reduction from last year. Because the total value of properties in the district went down more than $121 million, there is less value to tax, meaning individual taxpayers will end up paying a higher tax rate--more tax for each unit of property value.
The tax rate will increase from $9.79 per $1,000 of equalized value to $10.06.
"We thought we were doing the right thing with the lower levy, but what everybody looks at is the tax rate," said Keith Pennington, the district's chief financial officer. "Unfortunately, that's tied to equalized values, something we can't control."
The same scenario is playing out in Walworth County, where the county lowered its tax levy but will increase tax rates because of declines in equalized value.
The result is a simple function of math, Knapp said.
"Municipalities, counties, school districts don't set a tax rate per se," he said. "They set a levy and then hold that levy up to the property values.
"The tax rate then falls out of that."
The alliance said it's important to understand a few concepts about the state's property tax system.
-- A municipality is responsible for determining the market value or assessment of each property within its boundaries, with the exception being manufacturing properties that are assessed by the state Department of Revenue.
-- Not all municipalities keep assessments current, and many only update them when state law requires it.
-- With sporadic revaluations, county and school tax levies can't be divided among underlying municipalities using assessed values. To ensure fair apportionment of taxes, the revenue department annually estimates the full market or equalized value of entire communities, not individual properties.
The result is that Wisconsin has two kinds of property values: assessed values for individual properties and equalized values for larger taxing areas such as towns, villages or school districts.
Knapp said the state determines residential equalized values by looking at sales and other housing activity in local markets and comparing them with previous years.
He said the state's housing market is on the rebound as housing starts grow and prices increase for sales of existing homes.
That assessment matches The Gazette's quarterly economic dashboard, which has shown an improving housing market for several quarters.
Knapp said the Multiple Listing Service data used in the dashboard reflects the average prices of a relatively small number of homes sold without any regard to their assessed values, which the state factors into its overall equalized value calculation.
He also noted that the 2013 data the revenue department released in August actually reflects what happened in 2012, so there is a lag in reporting. This year's improving housing market, he said, will be reflected in next year's numbers.
"Our best guess is that next year we're finally going to a see a positive number," Knapp said. "It's not likely to be much, but at least it should be positive and end the series of declines."
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Imaginative Delavan elementary school students headed to Knoxville
DELAVAN—Put a group of kids together for a school project, and invariably they'll fall into certain categories: Leaders, worker bees and slackers.
Turtle Creek School's Destination ImagiNation team has broken that mold. A group of seven students from ages 6 to 11 and from first to fifth grades, have created a Destination ImagiNation sketch that was good enough to send them to a global competition being held in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The team, which is coached by Turtle Creek Elementary teachers Michelle Turner and Elizabeth Calhoun, is called the "Seven Amigos."
Destination ImagiNation is a program in which students pick a challenge in one of seven areas. The Seven Amigos picked "Laugh ART Loud." It required them to present a "live" comic strip based on a work of art. They had to use an item from the painting—an "ARTifact"—in the sketch. In addition, they had to find an original way to display the "captions" for the comics on stage.�
The result was a sketch that featured third-grade student Ashton Flores as guard in a� museum where Diego Rivera paintings, including the "Dance of Tehuantepec," comes to life.
Miguel Rodriguez, a thoughtful fifth grader, narrates the story. Rodriguez is �generally quiet, but when he speaks, it's usually to offer an incredible idea, said Turner.
Flores, who should win an Oscar for best third grader in a comic role, slips on a banana peel—fallen from the painting?—and ends up dreaming the whole episode. Out come the dancers from the painting: Drew Calhoun, first grade; , Nathally Hernandez, fourth grade; Camden Dufer, fifth grade; and Isabel Calhoun, fourth grade.
Fourth grader Marissa Torres-Raby makes a graceful appearance as Frida Kahlo, painter and friend of Rivera.
Some of the dialogue is in Spanish, and various members of the cast hold up captions on placards that serve as English translations.
Isabel Calhoun plays one of Rivera's daughters, and one of the best moments in the show is when she has to unroll a long piece of paper to read her father's full name: "Diego Maria de la Concepcion Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodriguez."
Most of the team members play two parts, and at one point Dufer disappears behind the scenery to operate a caption attached to a pi�ata.
"Working together was the hardest part," said Torres-Raby. "There were so many ideas."
In a speech to the Delavan-Darien Friends of the Visual and Performing Arts, Torres-Raby said "I wasn't someone that was all 'yippee"' whenever the teacher said group of partners. I had one motto: 'if you want something done, do it yourself. '"
Along with the prepared skit, the students will also be given an "instant challenge," that will require them to create a two-minute performance in five minutes.� The judges watch the students' creative process to make sure all students are contributing, Turner said.
At a recent practice, the coaches gave them an "instant challenge." Even the youngest child participated in its creation, jumping up and down to offer ideas.
Three other teams from the Delavan-Darien School District also made it to state competition.
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PREventing Progression of Adipose Tissue Redistribution
This study has been completed.
International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: October 18, 2006
Last Update Posted: June 11, 2010
Gilead Sciences
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The main objective of the study is to assess changes in fat distribution over 48 weeks of treatment in patients who currently successfully use zidovudine (AZT) and lamivudine (3TC) as part of their regimen and who will either continue these antiretrovirals or who will switch these antiretrovirals to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and emtricitabine (FTC). Each of these medications is commonly used for the treatment of HIV-1 infection.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: continuing AZT+3TC or switching AZT+3TC to TDF+ FTC
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label, 48-Week Study of Continuing Successfully Suppressive Treatment in HIV-1 Infected Adults With First-Line Twice-Daily Zidovudine and Lamivudine-Based Regimens Versus Pro-actively Replacing of Zidovudine and Lamivudine by Once-Daily Emtricitabine and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate to Prevent Progression of or Reverse Peripheral Lipoatrophy.
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS
Drug Information available for: LamivudineU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Center:
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Difference between the continuation arm and the switch arm in:
- changes in subcutaneous and visceral abdominal fat by CT and truncal fat by whole body DEXA over 48 weeks
- changes in lipids (total-, HDL-, and LDL-cholesterol, total /HDL cholesterol ratio, triglycerides), and glucose-metabolism (glucose, insulin) and insulin resistance (HOMA-index1) over 48 weeks.
- incidence of new onset of lipodystrophy and changes in lipodystrophy severity according to the LDCD score.
- changes in bone mineral density by regional DEXA (vertebra L4 and femoral neck) over 48 weeks
- proportion of patients with plasma HIV-1 RNA concentrations < 50 copies/mL after 48 weeks and proportion of patients that developed new CDC-C events or increased in CDC classification.
- incidence and severity of adverse events (grade 3 and 4), and laboratory abnormalities (grade 1-4)
- A comparison between different GFR-estimations and the gold standard for GFR-measurement in HIV-1 infected patients on HAART. [ Time Frame: baseline ]Conclusions: Each eGFR estimation underestimated the mGFR. In patients with preserved renal function and suppressed HIV-infection, C&G, 24-hours urine clearance and MDRD-6 based eGFR reasonably estimated true GFR, but cysC-based eGFR did not.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2008
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Providing written informed consent
- HIV-1 infected patients.
- At least 18 years of age.
- Males or non-pregnant, non-lactating females. Women of childbearing age must have a negative urine pregnancy test at screening. All female participants must be encouraged to utilise adequate contraception for the month preceding entry and for the duration of the study.
- Treatment for at least two years with a first-line regimen of zidovudine plus lamivudine (as either a fixed dose combination or dosed separately) plus either an NNRTI or a (boosted) PI. Patients may have previously used multiple drugs from both the NNRTI or the PI classes.
- Plasma HIV-1 RNA levels < 50 copies/mL for at least 6 months at screening. Isolated measurements of plasma HIV-1 RNA levels above 50 but below 200 copies/ml (socalled blips) are allowed.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior treatment with an NRTI other than zidovudine or lamivudine.
- Use of a triple NRTI antiretroviral regimen or a regimen including unboosted saquinavir, fusion inhibitors or hydroxyurea
- Prior virological treatment failure, defined as having had to switch antiretroviral therapy because of virologic failure in the opinion of the physician.
- HIV-2 co-infection.
- Renal impairment and/or use of nephrotoxic agents which in the opinion of the investigator are a contraindication for the use of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.
- Clinically relevant laboratory abnormalities: anemia, thrombocytopenia, leucopenia, elevated liver transaminases, elevated bilirubin, elevated amylase, elevated lipase.
- Use of co-medication, other than antiretroviral drugs, with a known pharmacological interaction with one or more of the study drugs
- Active alcohol or drug use, sufficient in the investigator's opinion to prevent compliance with the dosing schedule and evaluations (methadone and buprenorphine use is allowed, although the dose of methadone might need to be adjusted).
- Anticipated non-compliance with the protocol.
- Presence of a newly (within 30 days prior to the time of enrolment) diagnosed HIV-related opportunistic infection or condition which may interfere with the ability to comply with the study.
- Chronic active viral hepatitis or other chronic liver disease, which in the opinion of the investigator is a contraindication for the use of any of the study drugs.
- Women who have the intention to become pregnant during the study period.
- Patients who have received within 4 weeks prior to entry, or who have an anticipated need for treatment with radiation therapy or cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents during the protocol study period.
- Patients who have taken any investigational drug 30 days prior to the start of the study
- Patients with malabsorption syndrome or other gastrointestinal dysfunction which may interfere with drug absorption or prevent the patient from taking oral medication.
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00389194
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00389194
|Academic Medical Centre
|Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sponsors and Collaborators
International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Center
Gilead Sciences
|Study Chair:
|Peter Reiss, MD, PhD
|Academic Medical Centre
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Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Center:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Cotter AG, Vrouenraets SM, Brady JJ, Wit FW, Fux CA, Furrer H, Brinkman K, Sabin CA, Reiss P, Mallon PW; PREPARE (Preventing Progression of Adipose Tissue Redistribution) Investigators. Impact of switching from zidovudine to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate on bone mineral density and markers of bone metabolism in virologically suppressed HIV-1 infected patients; a substudy of the PREPARE study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Apr;98(4):1659-66. doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-3686. Epub 2013 Feb 22.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00389194 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Eudract number: 2005-005672-33
|First Submitted:
|October 17, 2006
|First Posted:
|October 18, 2006
|Last Update Posted:
|June 11, 2010
|Last Verified:
|June 2010
Keywords provided by International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Center:
HIV-1 infection
fat distribution
kidney function
Treatment Experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Lamivudine, zidovudine drug combination
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Anti-HIV Agents


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Whether you're planning to start raising chickens for the first time, or just try a new breed of poultry, make sure you have an exit strategy set in place.
It happens to the best of us: full of idealistic good intentions, we make plans to raise chickens for fun and profit in the backyard/garage/abandoned corn crib.
But after a few months, you may realize raising poultry is not, ahem, all it's cracked up to be.
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—If you are interested in eggs, what will you do once the layers reach the dreaded henopause?? (If someone tells you about no-kill chicken sanctuaries, don't believe them.)
—If you are interested in raising meat birds (be it turkeys, geese, ducks or chickens), do you have a method for getting them from coop to table? Check state regulations if you hope to sell the finished product.
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Dale Wheelock has been raising chickens, turkeys and waterfowl since he was a farm kid in the 1950s. He owns and operates the Wheelock Family Farm in Walworth County with his wife, Barb, and has been an agriculture leader in the community for decades. Read more about poultry farming at askapoultryfarmer.blogspot.com. Dale is a community blogger and is not a part of The Gazette staff. His opinion is not necessarily that of the The Gazette staff or management. Have a question for Dale? Send him an email at email@example.com.


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Blain's Farm & Fleet President Robert Blain retiring in June
JANESVILLE—The president of Blain's Farm & Fleet and Blain Supply is retiring June 25 after serving the company for 38 years.
Robert Blain, president, CEO and co-owner of the companies, announced his retirement Tuesday in a presentation to Blain Supply employees, according to a company news release.
His sister, Jane Blain Gilbertson, has assumed the role of president, CEO and sole owner of the big box store and Blain Supply.
Robert has been president for 20 years after his father, Bert Blain, died in 1993.
"I leave here firmly believing that these companies are well on their way to a very bright future, and Jane will continue to provide the stewardship for the people who depend on it for their livelihood and the communities that it serves," Blain said in a statement to employees.
She was previously a co-owner and executive vice president.
While Robert Blain was president, the company opened seven new stores. There are 35 Blain's Farm and Fleet stores in Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, the release states.
In 1993, the companies had 2,787 employees. They now have 4,000 employees, according to the release.
"This has always been a family business, and it will continue to be a strong, family-owned business. It was especially important to Robert, me and our respective families that we remain a close family, as well, through this transition, which we have already accomplished," Blain Gilbertson said at the end of the employee presentation.
She wished her brother a happy retirement.
"My wish for Robert is continued health and happiness in this next chapter of his life," she said.
Brothers W.C. "Claude" Blain and N.B. "Bert" Blain founded Blain's Farm & Fleet in 1955.
The retail store is a division of the Farm and Fleet Corporations, which also includes Blain Supply.
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Aside from Seattle, the happiest people in America can be found in…Houston?
Gallery Furniture, which is based in the Texas city, lost $7 million on a promotion in which — if the Seahawks beat the Broncos — it promised to give a full refund to customers who spent more than $6,000 in the two weeks before the game and had it delivered by kickoff on game day.
Gallery Furniture owner Jim 'Mattress Mack' McIngvale said he knew it was a big risk:
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About 1,000 people got in on the gimmick. One customer will get back $30,000, although all people are still responsible for the taxes.


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Theories - Origin of Life
Discussion of everything related to the Theory of Evolution.
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Theories - Origin of Life
Hey guys,
I'm writing a paper on the origin of life, and I need some suggestions about which theories to write about. Obviously there are tons of them, so any suggestions, information, or references you guys can give me would be great.
Most biologists believe RNA was one of the first biochemical molecules to develop, and experiments have shown that under the right conditions it can perform the functions of itself as well as those of DNA and proteins. In fact there is an entire hypothesis called the "RNA world" that has been developed around these concepts; look it up on google or wikipedia and you'll find plenty of info.
At my university, a group of students recently conducted experiments in which RNA was found to spontaneously isolate itself inside protective spheres of phospholipids. I'll have to see if I can get a copy of the research paper; they think this could lead to explaining the formation of the first cells.
Generally speaking, the more people talk about "being saved," the further away they actually are from true salvation.
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basically when you're writing something like this, you wanna look up what the mainstream belief is and write about that. You may also include a chapter on "alternative hypothesis" but it should be best to stick with the mainstream one
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Guyz, has anyone here heard of "Carin Smith's" theory on the Origin of life?
It tries to prove that the initial replicators was not RNA or some other molecule, but actually "clay replicator".
Check this website dedicated to the theory.
I haven't read Carin Smiths book but I've been reading Richard Dawkins - "The Blind watchmaker" (currently in Ch:8)
I was quite impressed by the theory, it is logical. However I don't know if there is much evidence for it.
It is Cairn-Smith, but if I remember some people that know their chemistry better than I do have been able to point multiple flaw in that otherwise interesting and elegant theory.
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any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Carins-smith has two books about the clay theory, "seven clues to the origin of life", and "genetic takeover" i believe. seven clues is very well and easy written, in a sherlock holmes style that is somewhat enjoyable to read. genetic takeover is much more in depth, but has been given very positive reviews. i havent had time to read either myself but i plan on finishing seven clues when i finish my paper.
I remember some; Biblical, biogenesis, spontaneous, physico-chemical and cosmozoic theories.
I have thought if they're viruses but since you have said "phospholipids" my thought lead me to a true cell. It just reminded me of some questions like what made the certain elements to react with one another and form such first biomolecules of life or perhaps their interactions were spontaneous indeed.
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by the way alex, i hope your peers published their results, cause if not jack szostack beat them to it
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 07018.html
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I am assuming you mean how it started and the above posts pretty much sum it up but if you mean where it started youve got:
panspermia hypothesis: life came from another planet on meteorite etc.
Bible: you know
or the mainstream - it originated on earth because the early earths atmoshere had no oxygen=no oxydisation=organic compunds are able to exist(e.g. Nucleic acids, proteins, carbs etc) and were created by energy discharges like lightning or using the heat from volcanism.
Google and you will find loads on any of these.
ps. sorry for any typos... im running late for an appointment.
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Re: Theories - Origin of Life
Everyone that has ever commented on the origins of life are reduced to their opinions, even the great Richard Dawkins is left to speculation. The last time I saw Dawkins he said no one knew how the first lifeform started and speculated that it could have come from Aliens. The chances of DNA occuring in nature by accident were put at "No mathematical possibility" That's 0 for you that have trouble with numbers, The problem with those of us who dont believe in evolution is all the steps it would take to get to advanced life without the species dieing out.All the vital organs that each species have that without any of them "no life". What happened on Earth even 10,000 years ago is really a mystery because there are no written records of those events, of course evolutionists will disregard any other explanation of life as foolish. The Bible says that the proof of God is in Nature, look at the beauty and complexity and then reason.
You should read the first chapter of Nick Lane's new book "Life Ascending." He discusses the reasons why the "primordial soup" idea is not feasible (mostly because there is very little evidence and there are problems with thermodynamics) and discusses more recent research into life evolving in hydrothermal vents.
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Rock County 4-H Fair featured in Florida Georgia Line video
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
JANESVILLE — Country pop duo Florida Georgia Line featured their performance at the Rock County 4-H Fair in their music video "It'z Just What We Do."
They set an all-time, one-day fair record attendance of 30,667 on July 23.
The group came to town with the No. 1 song "Cruise," which at the time was No. 1 on the country charts.


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Mike Sheridan likely to run for Senate seat
JANESVILLE—Encouraged by a poll that suggests he would be a strong candidate for the 15th Senate District, Mike Sheridan said Thursday he likely will announce his candidacy next week.
"I've gotten lots of calls, and I want to take the weekend to think about," said Sheridan, the former Democrat who represented Janesville in the 44th Assembly District and was Assembly speaker when he was unseated in 2010.
A poll posted Wednesday on the WisPolitics website showed that Sheridan and the only declared candidate, Rep. Janis Ringhand, D-Evansville, are in a virtual dead heat for the August primary.
Ringhand is giving up her 45th Assembly District seat to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville.
In February, Sheridan told The Gazette he had asked Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Milton, to run for state Senate.
When Jorgensen declined, Sheridan said his phone started ringing.
A former General Motors employee and president of United Auto Workers Local 95, Sheridan was first elected to the Assembly in 2004 and ascended to the powerful position of Assembly speaker in 2009.
Soon thereafter, he disclosed he was dating a lobbyist for the payday loan industry around the time he softened his stance on regulating that industry. He was going through a divorce at the time.
Wednesday's poll, which surveyed 305 likely voters in the August primary, found that Sheridan received twice as many favorable reactions as he did unfavorable.
According to the California company that conducted the poll, that represents "the first indication that any possible damage to his image from the lobbying controversy in his final term as Speaker is minor."
Asked Thursday who sponsored the poll, Sheridan said it was done by a number of different labor groups.
Sheridan has been the lobbyist for the state AFL-CIO since 2012.


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Digestive System Evolution
Discussion of everything related to the Theory of Evolution.
Moderator: BioTeam
Re: Digestive System Evolution
a focused discussion on membranes might be productive. it's fascinating stuff.
atitude: simply opening a biology textbook and learning about evolution is not going to convince me of it. Although, the more I read about the complexity of the simplest cells, and how from then on everything else is more complicated, it would cause me to question evolution rather than simple conjecture in favor in evolution without direct evidence.
scottie: we may differ on religion, but we can at least be together on this one: there are to many very far fetched possibilities that have to line up in order for evolution to be possible. And with reference to lysosome, this is only ONE example. There is complexity and conundrum for evolutionist in all of life. And for all of these impossibilities to have happened by chance, without orchestration, all at the same time? No. It simply is not possible.
JackBean: You see, this is the thing about arguing evolution in its own realm: you guys simply conjecture around what we say instead of using facts and observed examples.
Again with the Lysosome. It would digest the cell it is in. Low pH conditions are not created by water, and cell fluid is only produced by the cell. Therefor, the enzyme evolving outside of the membrane would dissolve the membrane, or the enzyme inside of the membrane which would not contain cell fluid, and thus the enzyme is consumed form the inside out. Or how the lysosome got into the cell? Did the lysosome develop inside our outside the cell? Evolution still has not answers for this. You debated, but you never answered the question. The simple answer is that is is impossible.
Also, there is one more argument that I forgot to mention. A regular cell, if it has an encounter with bacteria, would die. Evolution sais that more complex organisms come after the simpler organisms. Bacteria would have developed before the cell. How can the cell develop in a environment with bacteria?
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Re: Digestive System Evolution
An animal which has a brain, is considered more complex than one that has not.
A creature that has a brain in early life, when it's mobile, then loses it after fixing itself down...when it doesn't really need a brain any more - what degree of complexity does THAT hold ?
One might even consider it more complex evolution, to have the development of brain disposal .
Humans might survive longer as a species if the brain could be ruined a bit. Getting rid of ability to use alphabet would probably be just the thing.
Do you realize that you just turned the human into a vegetable by removing its brain?
This mutation of a lack of a brain or the the lack of half of a brain has occurred recently in history, and these people with half a brain have an island of massive intellectual ability (intellectual ability in only one area), if any ability at all. Commonly, these individuals cannot be self directive in any way and, if left to the wonder and live for themselves, would die. When the brain is taken away, the individual may not have to learn the alphabet (which is unnecessary to surviving in the wild) but the individual will also loose their center for THINKING and ACTING and CONTROLLING THEIR BODY. Brain disposal is clearly not a adaptation.
When has brain disposal been observed to be a beneficial adaptation in the environment?
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For a creature that has a split lifestyle...first with mobility, then later settling in a spot and essentially filter feeding.
The brain is a waste of resources if it's not being used.
Re: Digestive System Evolution
Plus it's not correct to think that everything you see in survivors, is an adaptation.
Is there an example anywhere in nature of brain disposal?
Has it been observed in nature or replicated in the lab?
Since when does someone who settles in one area stop using their brain? They may plateau in their amount of brain usage, but they do not decrease in brain function and begin to dispose of unused functions.
I am currently in an AP Psychology class. My teacher is an evolutionist, and he has clearly stated that once something is in long-term memory, it doesnt go away. If i were to move away from civilization, and stop writing for 20 years, I could come back and relearn it because the brain never loses what was goes into long-term memory.
Also, even if I didnt learn writing as a child, I could mold into civilization as a 30 year old, even a 60 year old who was thrown into the woods as a child and never knew writing. This is because of adult neurogenesis: the brain, throughout individuals life span, continuously creates new neurons. I could learn it later in life after not needing it from birth. Learning it would come with some difficulty because I've been in the wild all of my life, but I would still be able to learn it.
The brain does begin to deteriorate when you dont use it, but the extreme case that you are referring to is most similar to cases of Alzheimer's. Obviously, people with Alzheimer's cannot be self directive and are always, for the rest of their life, will be guided by the hand by other people.
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Wrong again, new neurons are not made after birth.
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
It is not me that is saying that adult neurogenesis is true, its my TEXTBOOK and LEGITIMATE OBSERVATIONS. Put adult neurogenesis or neurogenesis in google. You will see the overwhelming evidence everywhere.
http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename= ... urogenesis
These are just the first 3 links for a google search of "adult neurogenesis". You dont have to read that far to find that the conception of the brain not producing new neurons after birth is an urban myth and misconception.
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What sole?
Everyone has a sole. Your sole.
If you dont believe it, thats fine with me. I cant tell you how to think.
So you respond to sole but not adult neurogenesis? So you're ignoring the facts and discussion? A religious conversation as a cop out?
Let me bring it back to you. We were talking about brain disposal. There was an argument that brain disposal is an evolutionary advantage because unnecessary parts of the brain are "disposed of" because their functions are no longer used.
However, I brought up adult neurogenesis and the facts that anyone can re-fold into society by relearning after being an outcast for some time. You can reread the arguments above. Obviously, this disproved their argument but the people I was debating never bothered to respond back and admit it. They just stayed quite and didnt come back.
So are you going to ignore facts and continue this conversation?
Either way its fine with me because I like to explain the truths of Christianity.
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Officials hopeful contamination at GM site 'manageable'
JANESVILLE—Longtime Janesville residents might be surprised the General Motors plant doesn't glow at night after almost a century of intense industrial production.
The list of potential contaminants includes everything used to make and run vehicles— paint, thinner, fuel, brake fluid, transmission fluid and antifreeze. Heavy metals and volatile organic chemicals could include chromium, lead, ethylene glycol, xylenes, and benzene.
The worries about environmental contamination are magnified because of the plant's location near the Rock River.
Well, surprise: Any contamination at the GM site apparently is not as bad as some have feared.
"At this point, there's nothing that's standing out as a big issue," said Shawn Wenzel, a state Department of Natural Resources hydrogeologist and point person in Janesville working with GM.
That's "really good, great" Wenzel said. "I think, in part, it's because of (GM's) efforts in the past. They took care of things when they found it, which they are supposed to do by law."
Monitoring wells have found no plume of pollution traveling underground from the plant, which is especially reassuring, experts and city officials said.
Jay Winzenz, assistant city manager, is hopeful the company can finish its cleanup by the end of 2015, when many hope the plant will be taken off standby status.
Wenzel is studying a recently submitted, 6-inch-thick, 4,000-page document from GM that includes its site investigation work plan. It includes historical information from past spills or other releases into the environment, how those were remediated and results of new testing of the same areas.
It includes data from about 32 monitoring wells drilled around the plant's perimeter to monitor groundwater migrating from under the property.
The DNR will study the company's risk assessments and data to see if it matches the DNR's own assessments.
The DNR does not yet have data on the JATCO site, which operated on about 100 acres south of the GM plant, but Wenzel believes the JATCO site is largely cleaned up.
"They are working very diligently," Janet DiMaggio, DNR hydrogeologist, said of GM.
She stressed the draft is just the beginning of the process that will give the site a clean bill of health, but initial documents show the contamination should be "very manageable," DiMaggio said.
It's GM's job to come up with a plan to mitigate any environmental hazards, said Linda Hanefeld, program manager for the DNR's South Central Region Remediation and Redevelopment Program.
"This plan tries to identify what the problems are out there."
The DNR has been made aware of past areas of contamination, Hanefeld said.
"They've been cleaned up where we don't feel they are a threat to human health and environment.
�"What we've been made aware of and looked at thus far is a very small portion of the overall facility," she said.
Still, any groundwater contamination would be localized and not be moving toward the river, she said.
GM liable
If the Janesville plant had gone through bankruptcy with the old General Motors, the site would have qualified for millions in federal grants for environmental cleanup made available to communities with idled automotive production facilities, Winzenz said.
The Janesville GM plant was placed on standby, meaning the plan would remain idle to be available for future needed production.
�"Because our plant was on standby, it was owned by the new General Motors and was not eligible for any of those funds," Winzenz said.
Under state and federal law, General Motors remains liable for any contamination on the site.
The city might also be able to work with the DNR to limit GM's exposure to some of the environmental issues, Winzenz said.
Winzenz said he is aware of a couple of "hot spots" found on the JATCO site that might have petroleum contamination, but they were "extremely isolated."
Kim Tucker-Billingslea of GM's remediation team said GM has a crew on site managing the idle facility. It has hired an environmental consulting firm, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, to create a remediation plan.
The monitoring wells, "We found concentrations (of chemicals) that are typical of the bedrock in that area, and so we were pretty pleased with the results," Tucker-Billingslea said.
"We're working closely with (the DNR) to make sure that we're following any protocol to identify any issues if they come up," Tucker-Billingslea said.
�"We try to be a good corporate citizen and work with agencies so we can develop a plan that is a win-win situation."
Winzenz said GM has done a "pretty good job" of addressing general maintenance issues over the last five years. The company asked to turn off the water at the facility, but the city denied the request because that would have deactivated the fire suppression system, Winzenz said.
That means GM pays to heat the plant, which is part of the city's strategy, Winzenz said.
"It gets expensive. The more expensive it is to continue to have that (plant idle), the more pressure is on GM to dispose of it.
"If it wasn't costing them anything, there would be little motivation to do anything with it," Winzenz said.
'More myth than accuracy'
Jerry Oleston was the facilities manager at the GM plant for about a decade before it closed.
He, too, believes any contamination is not significant because GM tested for contaminants any time it expanded the facility.
"There were a couple cases where we did find some things, and we would clean them up before we did the addition," Oleston recalled.
That usually meant removing the soil, he said.
Through the years, spills or other releases into the environment were reported to the DNR and cleaned up as they happened, such as when a barrel tipped or ruptured.
"We would report any kind of fluid (spill) and follow procedure to make sure it didn't get into the sewers and river," Oleston said.
Mike Merrick of Janesville retired as senior environmental engineer at the GM plant six months before the plant closed in 2008. He worked in the environmental division for 25 years.
Merrick said he expects studies to show the environmental condition of the plant is in good shape. His department worked closely with the DNR if there were any issues, such as spills.
The company had a "robust" environmental department, including two environmental engineers on staff and met international standards for environmental compliance, he said.
Significant money was spent trying to make sure things didn't cause problems and, if they did, to fix them, Merrick said.
"I'm not saying that there might not be some minor stuff, but let's say the reputation is more myth than accuracy.
"Everybody was trained, and we had a slogan, Soar Towards Environmental Excellence," he said.
Merrick said Samson Tractor operated a foundry on the site beginning in 1919 before General Motors bought it and expanded.
A "very thorough analysis" might find some contamination in the older sections, "but it would be very minor compared to the size of the plant," Merrick said.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was formed in the 1970s and its regulations, including a retroactive reporting mandate, were finalized in the early 1980s, Merrick said.
"General Motors did file those reports, and most of the things we filed on were offsite," Merrick said.
Those items included waste the company dumped in two landfills on Black Bridge Road across from the current landfill and in Wheeler Pit in La Prairie Township. Those sites were used before EPA regulations were written, he noted.
Wheeler Pit has since been removed from the Superfund list, while the Black Bridge landfills are periodically monitored.
Wenzel from the DNR said a remediation case at the GM plant is open because the company recently removed tanks.
Studies are ongoing, and the DNR still must see results from the plant's interior, Wenzel said.
It's "great news" there is apparently no plume of contamination, Wenzel said.
Generally, contamination sinks. Once it hits groundwater, it moves with the groundwater. In this case, it would end up in the Rock River, Wenzel said.
Wenzel termed GM's efforts so far as very positive.
"A lot of times, we're usually the bad guys forcing (somebody) to get in and do something," he said.
Any company hired to tear down part or all of the facility would be responsible for protecting the environment at that point, Wenzel said.
Winzenz, assistant city manager, remains hopeful any environmental issues can be taken care of by the end of 2015 when the contract between GM and the UAW expires.
At some point, samples will be collected by boring through the plant's floor, Winzenz said. He suspects some contamination will be found in the older parts of the plant.
Many speculate the newer areas are fairly clean, Winzenz said.
"I think General Motors has done a good deal of environmental work already, he said.
"We're just not privy to it.
"I think there's a possibility that it can be done before 2015."
John Beckord, president of Forward Janesville, is hopeful, too.
"We might be surprised, either way, at how clean it is or whether there are some hot spots.
"We'll just have to see," Beckord said.
Lost time
Winzenz said the "most tragic thing" about being on standby has been missing out on the federal money that had been available.
�"That would have just been an opportunity to have a clean site that would have been ready to reuse three or four years ago rather than two years from now," he said.
Even so, the delay might have served a purpose.
"I feel like this community had to go through a grieving process, and part of that grieving processes was the denial piece, which I think resulted in the UAW negotiating the standby status of this plant," Winzenz said.
"And they were holding out hope in the community that production would come back to Janesville.
"I don't think—as time has gone on and things have changed—that there's that same sense that GM is going to be coming back," Winzenz said.
"I think that people have come to terms with that.
"The majority of the community, the shock has worn off, they've grieved it, accepted it, and now moved on.
"And that's the opportunity that we have now."