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Schools may teach the value of acceptance during Black History Month, but it is our duty as parents to instill an unbiased mindset in our children all the time. Here, some thoughts on why teaching tolerance is important, and tips for handling the awkward moments.
You are waiting in line at a department store. Your kindergartner spots a person nearby using a walker. Quite innocently yet inquisitively, the child asks you within hearing distance of others why that person "walks funny."
Situations such as these are common. Children are naturally curious about anybody who looks or acts "different" from what they are used to. This could involve people who are disabled, who belong to another ethnicity, race, or religion, or people who have different viewpoints. The list goes on. Diversity is the norm in our world today, a world that is getting smaller, so to speak, thanks to advances in technology and infinite opportunities for travel.
Children inevitably will come into contact with those who could be construed as "different" from them. It is therefore important for parents to have tools at the ready to help their children navigate the often-tricky waters of learning tolerance. Experts agree that teaching tolerance is integral to a child's success in education and beyond.
Setting the Right Tone
The main ingredient here for parents is teaching by example. "Parents who practice discrimination pass it on to their kids," says Los Angeles-based diversity consultant Sahar Andrade. "This can lead to problems with a child's learning process. For example, if a child has absorbed certain negative attitudes about people of a certain race or ethnicity and someone of that group is his or her teacher, the child might well be hostile toward the teacher and, consequently, not absorb the lessons taught in class." She adds, "Every child learns by example. Early childhood and family experiences shape attitudes."
It's never too early to begin teaching a child the merits of tolerance. Robin Ordan, LMT, LCSW, a Stamford, Connecticut-based social worker who is also the lower school counselor at Stamford's King Low Heywood Thomas School says, "I believe teaching tolerance should begin from age 0 on. Kids absorb what parents teach them from day one until they are older. The majority of teaching isn't done overtly, but in more offhand ways. Children see who their parents' friends are. Or, they may overhear their parents making derogatory comments about somebody's weight or religion. Many parents are not conscious of the messages they convey."
Kate Vivanco, EdM, LCSW, cites some examples. "Parents can be unaware that they are sending certain messages to children concerning diversity. For example, always demonstrating a 'white' preference when choosing a doll that is available in multiple skin tones, such as Barbie, can send a message to the child that a white skin tone is preferable. I encourage parents to take a look around at the toys, books, and movies in the home and to think about whether or not they promote an interest in different cultures and a preference for diversity. I would suggest that families read books together on different cultures and encourage conversations about culture, race, and differences."
Andrade notes in one of many articles she has written on the topic that it is helpful and fun to involve children in different cultural festivities to further offer an understanding of diversity. She says that an open dialogue with children is key to helping them keep open minds on the topic of differences. She adds that it is advisable for parents to candidly and honestly address questions their kids may have. An unwillingness to participate in a discussion is a signal to a child that something is wrong with those who possess differences.
Instilling Empathy
Ordan's capacity as a school counselor includes working with pre-K through fifth graders on the topics of tolerance and diversity. "We use two curricula for the kindergarten through fifth grader s- a workbook and an interactive program," she says. "The kids discuss certain subjects as part of this, stereotyping being one. They learn that everyone has their strengths and challenges. It's inspiring to see the children self-monitor and encourage each other to be supportive of others." She makes a point that addresses the department store scenario mentioned above: "If a child makes an off-putting comment in public concerning another person who looks or acts differently, it is a teachable moment for the parent," Ordan explains. "I would suggest for the parent to quietly pull the child aside and address the comment, depending on how the child directed it. For example, if the person the child commented about was handicapped or overweight, the parent can ask the child how he or she would feel being in the other person's shoes and the target of certain comments. It's about creating compassion and empathy for others in order for the child to be self-reflective." She adds, "If the other person hears the child's comment, in that case it might be in order for the parent to direct the child to own up to this mistake and apologize to the person."Danielle Sullivan, a Brooklyn mom of three children ages 18, 13, and 7, believes that empathy is a key component to instill in this process. "A child who is being made fun of is probably suffering, and I would encourage my child to reach out in some way - maybe by offering to play together or sit together at lunch. It is our duty as parents to teach our kids to be good to one another, and we must model that for our kids as well. Like Gandhi said, we have to be the change we want to see."
Another mom of three, Bernadette Montalvo of Long Island, offers her take on the subject. Teaching tolerance is a high priority in her family, which includes kids ages 1, 5, and 9. "Today's children are our future, and we need to direct them to be great leaders. To do this, they need to learn to work with one another." Montalvo offers some insight, as well, based on her own personal experience: "My husband is Hispanic, and so my kids need to learn first-hand tolerance of others. Even though they are being raised American, they have relatives who speak Spanish. At first, this was odd to them, but I explained that not everyone is like them. People speak other languages, are different colors, sizes, shapes, etc. I believe that if you don't make an issue out of one's differences, kids won't either."
Of course, teaching tolerance does not mean teaching children to tolerate aberrant behavior such as bullying or maliciousness. Those actions are not in keeping with the true spirit of tolerance, which is acceptance of people who are different and treating them with kindness. It is important to remember that just as intolerance is learned, so is tolerance. To again quote Gandhi, "We have to be the change we want to see" to help that along for the next generation.
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Voestalpine AG
Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Linz, Austria
The Voest steelworks recently completed its new, representative sales and finances head office in Linz.
The project outlines a wasteland area to the north of the company headquarters, in what is called the "non-core zone," creating an expansive, yet clearly bordered open space that extends to the visitors centre in the south. The green fields cover the one story parking deck.
The dynamically curved new building, and the existing "Blue Tower," form the entry way to the voestalpine plant.
The main entrance, at the north-eastern end of the new building, is situated below a daring cantilever that exploits steel's structural possibilities.
The gentle slope under the cantilever leads into a spacious glass enclosed lobby which overlooks the impressive landscape of cranes, waste heaps, and chimneys. The ground floor is dedicated to services for all employees, shops, travel agency, library.
The gentle slope under the cantilever leads into a spacious glass enclosed lobby which overlooks the impressive landscape of cranes, waste heaps, and chimneys. The ground floor is dedicated to services for all employees, shops, travel agency, library.
A conference area, directly accessible by a lift from the lobby, is located on the upper floor. A large wooden deck offers expansive views over the industrial site.
Transversally the building is divided in 3 zones: Individual offices are situated close to the facades. A central zone serves for meetings, provides space for team work, including copy facilities and small coffee areas. Inner atriums, enclosed by glass roofs, are open to all stories. The atriums provide natural light, and ventilation, for the inner zones and divide the building into sections. The color scheme of gentle shades of grey are complemented by the light brown of the wooden floors and by the strong primary colors in the area of the tea kitchens.
The relatively narrow subdivision of the facade into full-height opening steel panels and fixed glass elements, also full-height, allows different size offices to be made in accordance with the different requirements. Sliding shade elements of frameless expanded metal on the outside face of the facade and the textile glare protection on the inside ensure agreeable lighting conditions.
The ground floor of the Blue Tower has been renovated and a large glass canopy added above the entrance area, its steel structure anchored in the structure of the tower.
Linz does not owe its reputation as a location of industry solely to "the Voest", as this business is known in Upper Austria, but the perception of the city is closely linked with the steel company. Therefore there is in "the Voest" an awareness of the responsibility that this brings with it.
Facts about Voestalpine AG
Site Area:
36,700 m2
Built-up area: 23,160 m2
Team Leader:
Gerhard Pfeiler
Project Team:
Philipp Hugo Urabl
Dorit Böhme
Roland Basista
Albert Moosbrugger
Ulli Gabriel
Andreas Trampe-Kieslich
Ralitsa Kafova
Camille Duperche
Katharina Düsing
Nemanja Kordic
Competition Team:
Claire Bodénez
Benni Eder
Simone Breitkopf
Barbara Feichtinger-Felber
Vicentiu Sopterean
Silviu Aldea
Markus Himmel
Ruth Pofahl
Rupert Siller
Financial and commercial department of Voest Alpine Stahl GmbH
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In 2008, the Women's Board dedicated the Children's Garden of Hope & Healing. The garden serves as an extension of the holistic, family-centered care provided at Akron Children's Hospital.
In 2010, the Women's Board was recognized for their years of service and awarded the 5th annual Children's Champion award. The Children's Champion award is given away each year to an individual or group that displays a philanthropic spirit and passion for Akron Children's Hospital.
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Editor's note: This market commentary is provided by the Dairy Division at FCStone/Downes-O'Neill in Chicago, Ill.
Futures volume picked up a bit more yesterday as barrels traded 7 times on the CME spot market in bullish fashion, tacking on 5 ½ cents. The U.S. Dairy Export Council shared some bullish 2013 insights with the world: http://www.agriview.com/news/dairy/u-s-dairy-export-council-predicts-undersupply-of-milk-in/article_78a057ba-5050-11e2-b061-001a4bcf887a.html
And while USDEC is bullish for 2013, the barrel move wasn't enough to muster serious bullish pricing change on the Class III futures board into the close. Prices surged as much as 37 cents intraday (Feb13), but failed to hold onto those gains, closing only 4 higher in Jan and 1 higher in Feb while 1 to 10 lower March13-Sep13.
There is a lot of talk about the "fiscal cliff," but the dairy cliff is quickly approaching as well. And, if or as we suspect back here in our office, when the new farm bill is signed or current farm bill extended and the "parity pricing" issue side-stepped, we are likely to see some premium pulled out of the Class III and cheese futures in a hurry. We remain in bear spreads, believing 2013 will see a strong resurgence of price but not expecting it to materialize all too quickly; dairy end-users, we feel, should be very proactive to close 2012 and even more so to start 2013.
The grain markets had another light trading session ― and one in which they failed to muster any bullishness. They simply fell slowly and precipitously. The Chicago wheat market stood out yesterday as it managed to surge very late session from double-digits lower to only 2 ¼ lower to settle March at 772 1/4. The bean market managed an early spike up but couldn't hold on and languished, ultimately finishing about a nickel lower. Corn simply didn't do much yesterday; March saw a 6 ¼ cent range closing a modest 1 ¾ cents lower to 691 ½.
Look for position "squaring" to continue the rest of the year and, of course, the "fiscal cliff" focus will matter greatly here, especially as it pertains to capital gains taxes… for now funds are gently lightening.
Block cheese: $1.74 (unchanged)
Barrel cheese $1.71 (up 5.5 cents)
Grade A NFDM: $1.5575 (unchanged)
Butter: $1.4975 (unchanged)
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A distraught dog owner is appealing for help after her beloved pet was stolen in a car theft.
Lana Hyman, who lives in Inner Park Road, Southfields, said her car was stolen was she quickly popped out in Lavender Hill, near Clapham Junction station, to use a cash machine.
Her beloved two-and-a-half-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier, named Dollar, was sitting in the back seat as she saw her car being stolen on January 9.
Ms Hyman, 45, said: "I love my dog and all I want is to see him back again. He was my best friend and I've had him since he was a baby.
"If anyone has seen him, please get in touch - he is very recognisable with two different colour eyes."
Dollar has one brown eye and one blue, has a white head and paws with a brown body and his tail is beige with a white tip.
If anyone has seen this dog they should contact the newsdesk on 020 8722 6333 and details will be passed on to Ms Hyman.


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C.J. McCollum G #3
Current Team: Portland Trail Blazers
Born: Sep 19, 1991 (25 years old)
Birthplace: Canton, Ohio (United States)
Nationality: United States
Height: 6-3 (191cm) Weight: 190 (86kg)
Hand: Right
Twitter: @CJMcCollum
Current NBA Status: Under Contract (Portland Trail Blazers)
Free Agent: UFA-2021
Current Agent: Sam Goldfeder
Draft Entry: 2013 NBA Draft
Drafted: Round 1, Pick 10, Portland Trail Blazers
Pre-Draft Team: Lehigh (Sr)
High School: Glen Oak High School [Canton, Ohio]
C.J. McCollum News
C.J. McCollum Agrees Upon Four-Year, $106M Max Extension With Blazers
The deal contains no options or trade kickers for C.J. McCollum.
C.J. McCollum Named NBA's Most Improved Player
C.J. McCollum has been named the NBA's Most Improved Player, receiving 101 first place votes and 559 points.
C.J. McCollum Enjoying Possible MIP Season Finally Getting Consistent Minutes
C.J. McCollum is averaging 20.7 points and 4.1 assists per game this season as he's having a breakout year with increased minutes.
CJ McCollum Has Become One Of NBA's Best Midrange Shooters
CJ McCollum is shooting 46.6 percent on mid-range shots season.
CJ McCollum Trying To Take Next Step With Improved Handle
C.J. McCollum's ability with his handle is clear in one-on-one situations.
Blazers Name CJ McCollum Backup Point Guard
CJ McCollum played point guard for the first time in the NBA on Thursday in the Blazers' preseason game.
Blazers Exercise 16-17 Options On CJ McCollum, Mason Plumlee, Noah Vonleh
The Blazers have exercised team options on guard CJ McCollum (fourth year), center Mason Plumlee (fourth year) and forward Noah Vonleh (third year).
C.J. McCollum Sidelined Four Weeks With Finger Fracture
C.J. McCollum will be re-evaluated in four weeks.
Blazers Exercise 15-16 Options On Leonard, McCollum
The Blazers have exercised team options on the contracts of center Meyers Leonard and guard CJ McCollum.
Blazers Assign C.J. McCollum To Idaho
C.J. McCollum has been sidelined since fracturing his left foot in training camp.
C.J. McCollum Expected To Make Debut Shortly After New Year's
C.J. McCollum has missed the entire season to date with a broken bone in his foot.
C.J. McCollum Breaks Foot
The injury is identical to the one C.J. McCollum suffered in January.
Lillard: C.J. McCollum Will Hate 'The Egos' In NBA
Damian Lillard has said this offseason that his already built relationship with C.J. McCollum should help the two mesh on the court.
C.J. McCollum: Jazz's 'Culture Is Perfect For Me'
C.J. McCollum compares himself to Stephen Curry and believes he can replicate the success Damian Lillard had this season for the Blazers.
C.J. McCollum Eager To Prove He's Healthy, Ready For NBA
C.J. McCollum has been projected by many to be a lottery pick in the upcoming NBA draft.
C.J. McCollum May Not Risk NBA Future With Return This Season
C.J. McCollum will be out two-plus months after undergoing surgery on his broken foot.
McCollum Out 8-10 Weeks With Broken Foot
C.J. McCollum is one of the top seniors in the country and a projected first round pick in the 2013 NBA Draft.
VCU-Lehigh To Have Over 30 NBA Personnel In Attendance
Twenty different NBA teams will be represented at the game.
57 NBA Talent Evaluators Set To Attend Game Featuring Tony Mitchell, C.J. McCollum
Tony Mitchell and C.J. McCollum are projected as potential lottery picks in the 2013 draft.
C.J. McCollum Returning To Lehigh For Senior Season
C.J. McCollum was the countrys fifth leading scorer at 21.9 points per game.
C.J. McCollum Declares For Draft, Will Not Hire Agent
C.J. McCollum was the country's fifth leading scorer at 21.9 points per game.
McCollum Leads Lehigh To 2012 Patriot League Tournament Win
Lehigh defeated Bucknell by a final score of 82-77 to win the 2012 Patriot League Tournament.
C.J. McCollum Headlines Patriot League Awards
Joining C.J. McCollum on the First Team are Army's Ella Ellis, American University's Charles Hinkle, Mike Muscala of Bucknell and Lafayette's Ryan Willen.
Jenkins, Miller Headline 21 College Players Auditioning For 2011 World University Games
The team will be coached by Matt Painter of Purdue.
Muscala Leads Bucknell To 2011 Patriot League Tournament Title
Top-seeded Bucknell defeated sixth-seeded Lafayette by a 72-57 final to win the 2011 Patriot League Tournament.
Patriot League Awards Dominated Largely By Bucknell
Bucknell's Mike Muscala and Bryan Cohen won POY and DPOY respectively.


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For more on this popular trend (and free knit patterns), see also:
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- The Best Free Crochet Ponytail Hat Patterns (aka Messy Bun Beanies) – This Season's Fave Gift!
- How To Crochet a Ponytail Hat (aka Messy Bun Beanie) – Video Tutorial by Donna Wolfe from Naztazia
- The Best Free Knit Ponytail Hat Patterns (aka Messy Bun Beanies) – a Popular Gift This Season!
- 9 Popular Ponytail Hats and Messy Bun Beanies – a Roundup of Paid & Free Patterns in Knit & Crochet
- The Best Ponytail Hat Patterns (aka Messy Bun Beanies) for Little Girls!
- Everyone's Going Crazy for Knit and Crochet Ponytail Hats (aka the Messy Bun Beanie) – FREE Patterns
- Available in Knit & Crochet, It's 2 Hats in 1: a Messy Bun Beanie That Doubles as a Pussy Hat Project …
Everyone LOVES ponytail hat patterns! And no wonder, they work up quick and make fabulous gifts!
Here is a round-up of my favorite FREE crochet patterns, with a few variations on the theme – messy bun cat hat anyone? Enjoy!


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Cool! I love that repeated motif -- the different color bows really make it rock.
I haven't done a lot with this technique, but tried it out with some leftover silk habotai -- very cheap and very sheer -- and made a lion t-shirt for the neighbor kid. It turned out pretty good with just a little bleed from being over-exhuberant with the stencil sponge. He LOVES it -- which feels good.
I will have to try using a cardboard squeegee.
So many ideas.... so little time!


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SCH 727965 in Patients With Advanced Breast and Lung Cancers (Study P04716)
This study has been completed.
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: August 8, 2008
Last updated: August 4, 2015
Last verified: August 2015
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|Study Status:
|This study has been completed.
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Mita MM, Joy AA, Mita A, Sankhala K, Jou YM, Zhang D, Statkevich P, Zhu Y, Yao SL, Small K, Bannerji R, Shapiro CL. Randomized phase II trial of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor dinaciclib (MK-7965) versus capecitabine in patients with advanced breast cancer. Clin Breast Cancer. 2014 Jun;14(3):169-76. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2013.10.016. Epub 2013 Oct 26.
Stephenson JJ, Nemunaitis J, Joy AA, Martin JC, Jou YM, Zhang D, Statkevich P, Yao SL, Zhu Y, Zhou H, Small K, Bannerji R, Edelman MJ. Randomized phase 2 study of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor dinaciclib (MK-7965) versus erlotinib in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2014 Feb;83(2):219-23. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2013.11.020. Epub 2013 Dec 2.


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San Luis Obispo County Historical Society, Museum, and the Dallidet Adobe [CA]
The San Luis Obispo County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of San Luis Obispo County, California. To this end, the society operates the Historical Museum and the Dallidet Adobe. The museum, housed within the circa 1905 Carnegie Library building, offers exhibits of local historical interest. The Dallidet Adobe is decorated with furnishings which once belonged to the Dallidet family. The grounds include an arbor and Mediterranean garden.
The museum offers exhibits, a children's activity room, student tours, research rooms, and research assistance. The Dallidet Adobe offers gardens and school tours. Reservations are required for school tours.


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Differences in sound when opening Live Sets with Live 9.2
- Live Versions: 9.2
- Operating System: All
Due to a number of improvements to the Ableton Live engine, there is a small chance that certain Live Sets created with previous versions of Live will sound slightly different when opened and played back with Live versions as of 9.2.
Changes to how Live handles and compensates latency
Prior to Live 9.2, automation and modulation were not latency compensated. In Live Sets with a large latency (caused by specific Live Devices or third-party plug-ins), the automation or modulation would have been slightly early in comparison to the latency compensated audio playback. In certain cases, this became noticeable to the point that it was necessary to manually offset the automation in order to perfectly align audio and automation.
Because Live 9.2 now compensates automation and modulation as well, such Live Sets where this has been manually adjusted might sound different.
One easy approach to fix this is opening the set with Live 9.1.10, then freezing/flattening all the tracks affected by the problem and saving it as another set.
Another approach would be to temporarily revert to the previous (i.e. 9.1) way Live handles latency compensation, so automation and modulation are not compensated for this time. This can be achieved entering the option string
into Live's Options.txt file. How such options are applied to Live in detail is covered in a dedicated article.
Whenever you create a new Live set or when your work on your older sets is finished, please remember to delete said option again to be sure to benefit from the latency compensation improvements.
More information on latency compensation in Live.
Changes to the Complex and Complex Pro Warp modes
In Live 9.2, the Complex and Complex Pro algorithms have been updated in order to provide a better sound and a more reliable tempo detection. While the updated Warp modes have been thoroughly tested and show a substantial improvement on the absolute majority of the tested samples, still certain sets created with Live 9.1.8 or earlier might sound slightly different if audio clips were warped with the Complex modes.
Differences in sound might especially be audible when the speed or quantization (e.g. by applying Grooves) of the source audio is substantially changed, or if extreme stretching is applied as a result of specific Warp Marker positions.
One way to deal with this is opening the Live Set with Live 9.1.8 and consolidating all Complex-warped audio clips affected by the problem (as long as they are clips in Arrangement View) and then save this as a new set.
Note that the consolidated clips might still be warped afterwards, so you might want to deactivate Warping here or set the Warp mode to Beats, Tones, Texture or Re-Pitch, since these modes will not affect the sound as long as the clips are played back at their original speed.
Another approach specifically for clips warped with the Complex Warp mode would be to temporarily revert to the previous (i.e. 9.1) Complex Warp behaviour, so these clips will sound exactly like they did in previous Live 9 versions for this time. This can be achieved by entering the option string
into Live's Options.txt file. How such options are applied to Live in detail is covered in a dedicated article.
This option only affects Complex mode, there is not a similar option for changing the behavior of Complex Pro.
Whenever you create a new Live set or when your work on your older sets is finished, please remember to delete said option again to be sure to benefit from the updated Warp modes.
The third way to tackle these changes in sound is to actually adjust the Warp Markers of the affected audio clips to gain different results.


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Core leisure travel brands present in the Australian market include Flight Centre, Escape Travel, Student Flights, Travel Associates and Cruiseabout, together totalling around 950 leisure travel stores across the country.
The largest is the eponymous Flight Centre brand, which having opened its first store in 1982, has expanded to more than 680 stores in Australia today. These brands are supported by Infinity Holidays and Infinity Cruise & Rail wholesale operations.
Corporate brands present in Australia include FCm Travel Solutions, Corporate Traveller, Stage & Screen, CiEvents, Campus Travel and Flight Centre Business Travel catering to all major and niche areas of the corporate travel market.
Also present in Australia are the online accommodation booking engine, Quickbeds and foreign exchange business, Travel Money Oz.
Non-travel brands operated by FCTG in the Australian market include Healthwise, Moneywise, Employment Office, 99 Bikes and Advance Traders.
FCTG is highly regarded in the Australian travel marketplace winning numerous awards including Best Travel Agency Group (100 outlets or more), Best Travel Agency Corporate – Multi Location, Best National Travel Management Company, Best Travel Consultant – Retail and Best Wholesaler – International Product at the 2012 National Travel Industry Awards. FCTG was also the winner for two years running of the Hewitt Associates 'Best Employer to Work for in Australia' award.


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Peer-Led Self-Management Support in "Real World" Clinical and Community Settings
This study has been completed.
University of Michigan
American Academy of Family Physicians
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Rebecca Mase, University of Michigan
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: January 17, 2012
Last updated: September 8, 2014
Last verified: September 2014
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Detailed Description:
This study will systematically evaluate a training program in state-of-the-art behavioral change approaches and facilitation skills for peer leaders and a peer-led diabetes self-management support program designed to be conducted in community and clinic-based settings on an ongoing basis.
|Behavioral: Peer-Led Self-Management
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Peer-Led Self-Management Support in "Real World" Clinical and Community Settings
Further study details as provided by Rebecca Mase, University of Michigan:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Changes in clinical, self-care and diabetes-related quality of life from baseline [ Time Frame: Measured at completion of 12 session DSME program, DSME program completion occurs between 3 and 6 months following enrollment; 6 months post-completion; 12 months post-completion ]Clinical, self-care and diabetes-related quality of life improvements including the following measures: A1c, Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Measure, Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS)
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Changes in clinical, self-care and diabetes-related quality of life from baseline [ Time Frame: Measured at completion of 12 session DSME program, DSME program completion occurs between 3 and 6 months following enrollment; 6 months post-completion; 12 months post completion ]Clinical, self-care and diabetes-related quality of life improvements including the following measures: lipid levels, blood pressure reading, height and weight, BMI, and satisfaction with care.
|Study Start Date:
|January 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Intervention: Peer Led Self-Management
Intervention: Peer Led Self-Management (PLSM) involves the DSME program followed by 12 months of peer-led ongoing self-management support
Behavioral: Peer-Led Self-Management
The PLSM intervention is designed to improve and sustain participants' self-management and health-related gains associated with type 2 diabetes. The role of peer leaders is to provide support for (1) ongoing self-management efforts (including the 5-step "action-planning" process), (2) psychosocial and emotional adjustment, and (3) linkage to needed health care resources.
PLSM intervention will consist of three main components provided by the Peer Leaders: weekly self-management support sessions; outreach telephone contacts and inbound telephone call from participants.
Other Names:
No Intervention: Diabetes Self-Management Education
Control: Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) involves 12 sessions of self-management training including diabetes education, one-on-one sessions, bi-weekly phone contacts, and preparation for a clinic visit.
Detailed Description:
In phase one we will develop and evaluate a theoretically-driven program to train peer leaders to facilitate longer-term empowerment-based interventions that, when led by health care professionals, have been associated with improved diabetes-related health and psychosocial outcomes.1-8 In phase two we will examine the impact of a sustained peer-led, empowerment-based self-management intervention on improving and maintaining diabetes-related health outcomes. We propose to develop and test the training and program simultaneously in two distinct cultural and linguistic communities with which the team already has strong working relationships and a track record of prior work: African-American (AA) adults in a community-based setting (Ypsilanti, Michigan) and Latino adults (Spanish- and English-speaking) in a clinic-based setting (Southwest Detroit). This will allow us to compare and contrast the translations of the training and program in these two different contexts and to better refine and understand effective methods and develop culturally tailored training and program materials in both English and Spanish.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- the study will recruit African Americans and Latinos with type 2 diabetes, - at least 21 years old, and
- who have a regular health care provider, and
- will commit to attend the 12 session DSME program.
Exclusion Criteria:
- having physical limitations preventing participation, and
- other serious health conditions (e.g., terminal cancer),
- serious psychiatric illness, self-reported excessive alcohol or illicit drug use, and
- serious diabetes complications (e.g., blindness) that would impede meaningful participation in the program
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01517919
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01517919
|United States, Michigan
|University of Michigan
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48104
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Michigan
American Academy of Family Physicians
|Principal Investigator:
|Michele Heisler, MD, MPA
|University of Michigan
More Information
Keywords provided by Rebecca Mase, University of Michigan:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Rebecca Mase, Michele Heisler, MD, University of Michigan
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01517919 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 17, 2012
|Last Updated:
|September 8, 2014
Keywords provided by Rebecca Mase, University of Michigan:
peer support
peer leader
community health worker
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2017


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Sun Bear
ORDER: Carnivora
FAMILY: Ursidae
GENUS: Helarctos
SPECIES: malayanus
Smallest bear, length about 4.5 feet. Height at shoulder of 2.5 feet. Two-inch tail not easily seen. Weight 60-140 pounds. Coloration of sleek black fur with yellow crescent-shaped breast mark, grayish or orange shortened muzzle. Stocky build. Forearms incurved. Feet are large with strongly curved claws and naked soles. The ears are rounded and short. Head is short and flat with small eyes. Oakland Zoo also supports conservation organizations such as Animals Asia and Saving Sunbears.
Asia, Burma through Southeast Asia, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. May reach northern China and northeastern India. Dense tropical and subtropical forests at lower elevations.
Omnivorous, using front paws for most of feeding activity. Trees are torn open in search of wild bee nests and for insects and their larvae. Also eat rodents, lizards, small birds, fruit, soft growing parts of palm trees and honey.
Possibly no regular breeding season. Bears often sighted in pairs, leading to notion that they may be monogamous. Sexual maturity reached between 3 and 5 years of age. Mating occurs any time during the year. Litter of two blind, helpless 10-ounce cubs born on forest floor after a gestation of about three and a half months (not believed to have delayed implantation). Cubs walk at 2 months and are weaned at 4 months, but remain with mother for 2 years, learning to survive. Lifespan of 25 years.
Arboreal, nocturnal. Sleep and sun bathe in tree nests formed of bent branches (often as high as 23 feet off the ground). Huge claws aid in climbing and manipulating food items and are probably used in defense as well. Unusually long tongue is used in slurping up insects. Bare soles also aid climbing.
Also called "honey bear". Malayan name, basindo nan tenggil, means "he who likes to sit high". The pigeon-toed gait signals that this animal is arboreal. Chest markings are variable and may even be completely lacking, but the name "sun bear" may be due to the crescent shape usually present, likened to a rising or setting sun. If caught by large predator, can turn in its loose skin and bite attacker.
The Sun Bears can be found in the Tropical Rainforest.
Listed as endangered by CITES. In Thailand, the primary threat is habitat destruction, especially logging, and the pet trade. By law, every man, woman and child is allowed to keep two of any species as pets, except none that are on the brink of extinction. Elsewhere poaching for meat and medicinal use of organs primarily in China, Taiwan, South Korea (greatest consumer) and Japan is the greatest threat. Thai officials say at least 30 sun bears were illegally shipped to South Korea to fortify Korean athletes for the 1988 Olympic Games.They are believed to be extirpated from India and Bangladesh and seriously threatened if not extinct in China, Burma, and Vietnam. Borneo is the one remaining stronghold for these bears. Species listed as Vulnerable by IUCN.
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By the Project for Excellence in Journalism
Which companies dominate the online industry? It depends on which criteria you use.
Whatever the method, a few big companies show up as Internet leaders.
If revenue is the standard, there are three main players — Time Warner, Google and Yahoo.
If traffic is the measuring stick, Microsoft and News Corp. — thanks to the popularity of MySpace — enter the picture.1
When it comes to online news, the same four Web sites continued to dominate in 2007 as have in the past: Yahoo News, CNN.com, MSNBC.com, and AOLNews.com.
Mergers and Acquisitions
2007 was an active year for media deals in the online world.
The first three quarters saw more than 637 transactions, matching the number for all of 2006. What's more, these deals totaled more than $95 billion in value, surpassing last year's total of $61 billion by 56%.2
Online advertising companies were among the most sought after, and the biggest names — AOL, Yahoo, and Microsoft — made a number of notable purchases.
By mid-year, advertising deals such as Google's purchase of the digital marketing company, DoubleClick, had topped $12 billion.3
Why were online advertising sites the most sought-after? According to an August 2007 article in the New York Times, more people are spending time on social networking sites and less time on online portals.4
"Just like Yahoo, AOL is fighting MySpace, Facebook and others for audience and ad dollars, and those are tough competitors," Jordan Rohan, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, told the New York Times.5
As a result, owners are feeling increasing pressure to acquire a more lucrative stake in the online advertising market, and add more revenue streams.
How long the run on online advertising and content companies will continue is less certain. At least one analyst, John Suhler, president of Veronis Suhler Stevenson, said tightening credit markets, though not likely to affect the number of transactions, may significantly reduce the number of high-value deals, or those estimated at more than $2 billion.6
Perhaps no potential acquisition created more interest than that of Facebook, the social networking site developed in February 2004 initially to appeal to college students. Facebook was opened to the general public in September 2006. Meanwhile, its friends-making theme struck a chord with the general public, attracting more than 58 million active users worldwide, as of December 2007.
In October 2007, Microsoft beat out Google to acquire a 1.6% stake in the site for $240 million. Facebook's founder, 23-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, did not appear interested in an outright sale.
Although Facebook rivals News Corp.'s MySpace in total members, some question whether the site is worth its bidding price. According to the Economist magazine, investors estimate Facebook's 2007 revenues at just $100 million, with "tiny profits."7
Facebook, which Microsoft valued at $15 billion, seemed excessive to those who see long-term challenges in making money from social networking sites.
"No one knows what the scene is going to look like in five years' time. It is the Wild West out there," the News Corp. CEO, Rupert Murdoch, replied when asked about Facebook's valuation.
Some analysts disagreed. "The partnership can't be measured in dollars — its chief benefit is to give Microsoft a critical foothold in the emerging ecosystem of social network-based advertising, and Facebook is a formidable partner for long-term growth," said Andrew Frank, vice president for research with Gartner, an information technology research firm.
Other analysts view the deal as a worrisome sign that the tech industry may be headed for a market crash similar to the one precipitated by the dot-com boom of the 1990s. Others argue that venture capitalists, older and wiser, will take a more sober, long-term approach to valuing deals this time around.8
Profiles of Major Online Media Companies
According to data from the online measurement companies Nielsen//Net Ratings, Hitwise and comScore, three of the most popular news sites are Yahoo News, AOL News and Google News, owned by three of the biggest online companies.
In 2006, for instance, Time Warner, which owns AOL News, was the U.S. media company with the most revenue from its media properties, according to data published by Advertising Age. Google (No. 19) and Yahoo (No. 21) were lower on Advertising Age's list.
In official filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Yahoo, Google and AOL do not break out revenue for their news properties, making it nearly impossible to discern how much money the companies are generating from their online properties. Therefore, the discussion about revenue and earnings in this section will refer to these companies' total revenues.
There are both differences and commonalties among the three companies.
Yahoo and Google are pure-play Internet companies, meaning all their revenue is generated online. And virtually all that revenue comes from advertisements placed on their search engines.
AOL, in contrast, represents a minority share of its parent company, Time Warner. Revenue from AOL, of which news is just one small part, accounted for just over one- fifth of Time Warner's total revenues in 2006.
In 2006, AOL shifted largely from an Internet provider to one more dependent on revenue from advertising. The company made more moves in 2007 to strengthen its ad revenue stream in the years ahead, with perhaps less success than it had hoped for.
Nevertheless, AOL appeared even more committed to generating revenue from marketing over the Web in 2007, acquiring a number of online advertising companies, and moving a step closer toward the models adopted by its rivals, especially Google.
Google continues to dazzle Wall Street, getting bigger, more profitable and gaining even more market share in its core business — search.
Through the first nine months of 2007, Google's earnings grew 46%, to nearly $3 billion, compared with the same time the year before. Revenue, meanwhile, grew by 59%, to $11.8 billion.9 With a market value of $187 billion, Google, which went public in 2004, was by the end of 2007 more valuable based on stock market capitalization than such older companies as Coca Cola, Wal-Mart, Hewlett-Packard and IBM.10
The gains in 2007 came after robust growth in 2006, when the company added nearly 5,000 employees and increased revenues by 73% to $10.6 billion. Profits had increased 110% in 2006, reaching $3.1 billion, according to SEC filings.11
Most of the advertising revenue at Google, 60%, comes directly from its search engine at www.google.com. The remaining ad revenue of 40% comes largely from its Google Network members. According to Google's Web site, the network is a "large group of Web sites and other products, such as e-mail programs and blogs, who have partnered with Google" to display ads.12
The source of Google's success is its dominance of the search market. In October 2007, for instance, 64% of all searches in the United States originated on Google, up from 61% a year earlier. Yahoo's share, meanwhile, remained at 22% while third-place MSN fell from 11% to 7%, according to October data from Hitwise.13
Traditional media companies have noticed missed Google's amazing growth. Several newspaper companies that once considered Google a major competitor have agreed to partner with Google, Yahoo and other online media companies to compensate for little or no growth in revenue from print ads.
Google also made gains abroad, especially in China and other emerging markets. Over all, 43 percent of its total revenue in 2006 was generated outside the United States. As of early 2007, the company had 32 sales offices in 19 countries.14 Nearly half its engineer hires in 2006 were placed abroad, including in China, Brazil, Russia, and India.
Beyond search, Google seems to be everywhere and anywhere, pursuing more ad revenue as it looks ahead.15 It has sought to compete in markets with well-established leaders: e-mail, social networking, online news, instant messaging and, most recently, cell phones. According to Jennifer Simpson, a senior analyst with the Yankee Group research firm, "Google is trying to make itself into a ubiquitous brand, where it's everywhere on the Web."
History offers no guarantee that Google will be able to succeed in these new markets. Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL all achieved a great success in branching out with cutting-edge applications, but struggled to maintain their dominance as technology's leading innovators.
Google also made a big splash in the world of online video in October 2006 when it acquired YouTube, the most popular video-sharing site with 57.4 million unique viewers in the U.S., for $1.65 billion.16 At the time, media mogul Mark Cuban was quoted as saying only a "moron" would buy the site because it eventually would be "sued into oblivion" for copyright violations.
A year later, questions remain about the fallout from the YouTube purchase.
YouTube's legal troubles remain unresolved. In March 2007, Viacom announced it would sue YouTube for $1 billion, alleging that 160,000 of Viacom's clips had been uploaded to the site. "Their business model, which is based on building traffic and selling advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly illegal and is in obvious conflict with copyright laws," the company said in a statement.17 As of late 2007, Viacom showed no signs of backing off the lawsuit.
Second, there are questions about how much YouTube will contribute to Google's bottom line. It was thought Google planned to charge $20 per viewing. One blogger suggests that, in a best-case scenario, it will take five years for YouTube to generate the amount of revenue Google currently gets from its search engine.18
Citigroup estimated YouTube would bring in $135 million in revenue in 2008.19 At that clip, the number of videos watched on the site would have to grow 1,642 percent before YouTube accounts for 5% of Google's revenues.
Why does Google invest in news? Once again, it is hard to evaluate Google's financial stake because the company does not break out revenues for news. Since Google News, fully produced by computer algorithms that distribute other news organization's original reporting, was launched in 2002 and remained in beta form until early 2006, there were questions about whether Google News made any money.
According to Adam Penenberg, writing for Wired, Google News would bring up unwelcome copyright issues if it chose to place advertising on its home page.20
But that may not matter. According to Lucas Grindley, a blogger and operations manager on the Web site of the Herald-Tribune in Sarasota, Fla., Google is able to make money from its ad-free service because of branding and its ability to drive heavy traffic to newspaper sites often filled with Google AdSense ads.
"All multi-billion dollar companies are in it for the money, Google included," Grindley wrote in April 2007. "They're not featuring Google News prominently on their ever-so-sparse home page just to be nice."
After a disastrous 2006, Yahoo appeared to be making gains in 2007. But the company's 2007 economic performance continued to pale in comparison to that of Google. It was estimated in mid-2007 that Google, in just one quarter, far surpasses what Yahoo makes in a year.21
Through the first nine months of 2007, Yahoo's earnings declined 6%, to $454 million, compared to the same time a year earlier. Revenues, meanwhile, grew to $5.1 billion, an increase of 8%. But things were much worse in 2006.22 For the entire year, earnings dropped 60%. Revenues, meanwhile, were up 22%, to $6.4 billion.23
Like Google, the lion's share of Yahoo's revenue comes from advertising — 88% in 2006.24
Heading into 2008, Yahoo remains more focused on the U.S. market than Google, although it, too, is becoming more international. In 2006, nearly a third (32%) of its total revenue came from abroad, up from 30% in 2005 and 26% in 2004, according to documents filed with the SEC.25
Yahoo attributed some of its growth to its implementation of Panama, the company's long-awaited online advertising platform, purchased in the fall of 2006. Panama promised advertisers a quality index, which gives them a better sense of why certain ads are more effective than others.
In the third quarter of 2007, Yahoo increased its share of all spending in the search market to 20.4% in the third quarter, up from 8.5% in the second quarter.26
Is that enough for Wall Street? Some analysts had projected that Panama would boost Yahoo's search revenue by as much as 45% in 2007.27
Much of Yahoo's troubles with investors may have a lot to do with the general perception of the company. According to blogger Alan Mutter, author of the Reflections of a Newsosaur blog, Yahoo "is not the technology leader. Yahoo is the technology follower."
In late 2007, one business analyst, Jeffrey Lindsay of Sanford C. Bernstein, went so far as to say Yahoo would be worth more if the company was broken up. "It appears that Yahoo will not take bold measures to right the ship," Lindsay wrote in a research report. "We believe that Yahoo still has a potentially high intrinsic value. We believe, however, that to stop the inevitable slide into irrelevance the management team must consider more radical actions and strategies."
In February 2008, Microsoft formally bid for Yahoo, offering $44.6 billion in cash and stock. Yahoo declined the offer as too low, the New York Times reported.28 Shortly after, there were news reports that Yahoo and News Corp. had begun talks about a possible acquisition. As of late February 2007, there was speculation that Microsoft may offer Yahoo more money or conduct a proxy fight to acquire Yahoo.
When Yahoo replaced Terry Semel with co-founder Jerry Yang as CEO in June 2007, the company made it clear that it remained committed to a strategy that bucks the conventional wisdom of how Web behavior has changed over the past few years. With mounting evidence that the initial concept of the portal as a gated community is in decline (see Audience Section), Yahoo insists that it is still a place where consumers can find all their informational and communication needs: In a much-discussed October 2007 blog posting, Yang told users that Yahoo is still a starting point that will "help you better manage your life and connect you to what matters most to you." That, according to Yang, includes e-mail, search, news, sports and finance.
How is Yahoo investing in its news operations? Yahoo News is the top news site in the United States, according to data from Nielsen//Net Ratings and comScore, but, since most media companies do not break out revenues and profits for their news divisions, analysts cannot be certain.
But at least some of Yahoo's budget, it seems, is allocated to licensing fees it pays to post articles from more than 7,000 sources.
There is also some original reporting. Kevin Sites' In the HotZone, launched in 2006, was the company's first attempt. In 2007, Yahoo Sports published findings from its eight-month exclusive investigation of former Heisman Trophy-winner and current NFL player Reggie Bush of the New Orleans Saints, focusing on possible NCAA violations while the running back played at the University of Southern California.
Yahoo has also created several pages that mix more traditional journalism with consumer information, such as Yahoo Food and Yahoo Health, which offer communities of users ways to organize around their interests as well as blogs from experts.
In 2007, AOL's ambitions to move from a subscription-based to advertising-supported model were somewhat undermined, according to its economic data.
In 2006, when AOL essentially abandoned its dial-up subscribers and shifted focus to online advertisers, revenue from subscriptions dropped 14% while ad revenue surged 41%. But over all for the year, revenue dropped 5%, underscoring the critical boost subscriptions had given AOL's bottom line.29 The hope was that online advertising would continue to grow even more in 2007, defying critics' skepticism that AOL's transition would be a relatively smooth one.
Instead, growth in revenue from online ads slowed considerably. In the third quarter of 2007, for instance, ad revenue grew 13% while subscription revenues decreased 56%. And over all, revenues fell 38%.30 Some analysts are concerned that AOL will not be able to generate enough revenue to compensate for canceled subscriptions. According to Forbes columnist Louis Hau, "AOL's transition to an ad-supported business is proving to be a tad rocky."31
There is also continuing pressure for AOL to bolster Time Warner's earnings, which led to 2,000 AOL employees being laid off in October 2007, adding to the 5,000 let go the previous year.32
Time Warner continues to deny rumors that it plans to sell AOL after the retirement of its chairman and CEO, Richard Parsons, which is expected in 2008.
Looking ahead, what is AOL's strategy?
"Publishing is no longer just about the portal," Randy Falco, the CEO for AOL, told the New York Times. "We are going to be in as many different places as possible." Falco said he believes that everything does not have to be tied to the AOL brand, "which evokes many, not entirely positive, associations."33 Some contend that AOL's money-making focus will be on selling ads not on its own Web properties, but on other Web sites.
And AOL does not have to look far for a model. "[Google] combines its own site with a network that represents millions of other sites," Falco said. "The reach of the network attracts advertisers, but most of the profits come when those ads are run on its own site."
AOL's recent purchases suggest it is beginning to act on that strategy.
The company's most notable acquisition was the targeted ad network Tacoda, whose clients include Coke, Bank of America and General Motors, purchased in July 2007 for $275 million.34 Tacoda is described as using "behavioral targeting" to give online advertisers insight into select audiences.
Again, analysts see Google's success as the inspiration.
"The rest of online advertising, from banner ads to video spots to pop-up ads, is getting Googlified," Business Week said in May. "Google made the business of selling ads against search results a runaway success — in the process making display ads less attractive to advertisers. Not only can advertisers target just the right customers based on search terms they type in, no guessing required, but those advertisers also can track exactly how many people click on the ad and whether they bought something as a result."
In May, AOL also bought Third Screen Media, the leading mobile ad network, and AdTech Ag, an international serving company based in Germany. In early November, it spent $300 million on Quigo, an Israeli startup that specializes in online advertising.35 In 2006, it bought Lightningcast, which delivers ad solutions for video content.
In the wake of these acquisitions, critics appeared divided over the long-term implications for AOL and its parent company, Time Warner.
"We wake up one day and now AOL has become a real player in online advertising," said Bob Davis, a managing partner at Highland Partners, a venture capital firm.
But AOL's future seemed a bit cloudier for Anthony Noto, an analyst at Goldman Sachs. "This is a conglomerate company, and there are two underlying companies that are really driving the valuation: AOL and Time Warner Cable, both of which have some uncertainties right now," Noto told the New York Times in November 2007.36
Net Neutrality
One issue that appeared to have cooled down a bit in 2007 is net neutrality.
The ins and outs of net neutrality are complex and confusing; the name itself is hard to define.
In simple terms, net neutrality is the idea that those who provide Internet service treat those who produce the content on the Web equally. It is the framework that exists now, which allows users to access Google, blogs and everything in between at the same speed. This approach offers the same terms to everyone, whether they are one of the largest media companies or an ordinary citizen.
On one side of debate are those who oppose writing net neutrality into law. These forces, arguing free-market economics, say that the Web should be left free of burdensome regulation, which they contend would reduce the investments in the Internet needed as more and more bandwidth is utilized. Under this scenario, how fast a site runs or how much it pays to an Internet service provider may one day be determined by that site's content.
Opponents of net neutrality include a number of telecommunication companies, such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, free-market advocacy groups, as well as the Communications Workers of America, which, according to its Web site, is "America's largest communications and media union, [and] represents over 700,000 men and women in both private and public sectors, including over half a million workers who are building the Information Highway."
Then there are those who urge codifying net neutrality, currently a policy but not a regulation, as the law of the land This side argues that a differentiated pricing arrangement could be unfair to certain content producers, particularly smaller, non-commercial sites who may not be able to absorb any higher fees set by the telecommunications providers. Consequently, those sites unable to pay the premiums would be forced to run at slower speeds, and theoretically, be less desirable to Web readers. Without net neutrality, they contend, the big will just get bigger.
In a worst-case scenario, proponents of net neutrality contend, an Internet provider could deny access to a particular form of content. To support their assertion, they point to an incident that occurred in the fall of 2007, when Verizon Wireless prevented an organization that favors abortion rights from sending text messages to its members who had agreed to receive them.
Those lobbying for net neutrality include a broad coalition of corporate Web companies, including Google, Amazon.com, Yahoo and eBay, along with a number of consumer rights groups, many bloggers and several conservative religious organizations.
After Democrats won control of the House and Senate in November 2006, many advocates hoped the shift in power would lead to legislation codifying net neutrality. By the end of 2007, it had not happened, although a number of presidential candidates from both parties did offer positions on the issue during the campaign.37
Perhaps most significant, in June 2007 the Federal Trade Commission urged policy makers to "proceed with caution" before enacting any legislation. Regulators, the report read, simply "do not know what the net effects of potential conduct by broadband providers will be on all consumers, including, among other things, the prices that consumers may pay for Internet access, the quality of Internet access and other services that will be offered, and the choices of content and applications that may be available to consumers in the marketplace."38
For now, it appears the Internet is still too raw to be regulated.
Which news sites generate the most traffic each month?
This is a key question for the top Web sites, as they compete to attract the largest audience. Advertisers, meanwhile, analyze traffic figures to see which sites have gained momentum and which have cooled off.
Nielsen Online and comScore, despite growing competition from companies like the Australian-based Hitwise (See Audience Section), remain the most-cited sources for determining which sites generate the most traffic. Both Nielsen and comScore utilize a panel-based methodology to measure Web traffic. But because Nielsen and comScore differ in which sites they include in their samples, there is often considerable divergence between the traffic numbers compiled by the two rating houses. This leaves advertisers and others unsure about which figures to trust and where the eyeballs and clicks are going. And as the figures below indicate, the differences lead to different lists of who is on top and who has momentum.
The Big Four
In 2007, four news sites continued to generate the largest audiences: Yahoo News, MSNBC, CNN and AOL News. The rank order among them has remained the same since 2005. While Nielsen and comScore both found that the audiences for each of these four sites grew in 2007, they differed on how much. Over all, comScore showed lower year-to-year growth among the top sites (although some of this was because of higher traffic figures for 2006).
At the very top is Yahoo News, which according to Nielsen Online data averaged 32.6 million unique visitors a month in 2007, up 15% from its 2006 average. comScore reports slightly higher figures, 35 million unique visitors a month, an increase of 13% over 2006.
At No. 2 is MSNBC.com. although the two measurement firms differ quite a bit in their exact figures. According to Nielsen data, MSNBC averaged 29.2 million unique visitors a month in 2007, an increase of 14% year to year. But comScore reports an average of 26.7 million per month, but just a 3% growth rate.
In third place is MSNBC's cable rival CNN.com, which drew an average of 29.1 million a month in 2007, according to Nielsen, a 20% surge compared with 2006. Again, comScore's numbers are lower, with half the rate of growth — 10% — and an average of 23.4 million unique visitors a month.
And fourth is AOL News. In past years, this has been the site with the greatest variance between comScore and Nielsen, with comScore ranking AOL News much closer to CNN.com and MSNBC.com than Nielsen. This year, comScore's numbers are still higher, but not by nearly as much. Much of this seems to be due to 19% growth reported in the Nielsen numbers, with an average of 20 million unique monthly visitors in 2007. ComScore reports a slightly higher average, 22.9 million, but an increase over 2006 of just 9%.
Unique visitors, monthly average 2006 vs. 2007
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Source: Nielsen Online
Unique visitors, monthly average 2006 vs. 2007
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Source: comScore Media Metrix
The Rest of the Top Sites
There is a significant drop-off in the number of monthly unique visitors to the remaining top 20 sites, a group that includes a mix of newspaper Web sites, television news sites and collections of sites under one news brand.
(In this section, we will analyze the traffic data from Nielsen and comScore separately.)
Nielsen Online
Among the newspaper sites in Nielsen's 20, the most popular in 2007 was NYTimes.com, with a reported average of 14.7 million unique visitors a month. The site, which granted users free access to its opinion columnists in late 2007, grew by 18% year to year, according to Nielsen data. Next is USAToday.com, though its audience actually declined by 3% in 2007 to an average of 9.6 million unique visitors per month. The third individual newspaper site to crack the top 20, Washingtonpost.com, averaged 8.6 million unique visitors, growing 9% from its 2006 average.
In addition to CNN.com and MSNBC.com, three other television news sites were among the most popular in 2007. ABCNews.com's audience grew 8% over 2006, averaging 10.6 million unique visitors per month. This kept it ahead of CBSNews.com (9.2 million per month), although CBS had a higher growth rate (11%). Fox News's Web site also increased traffic by 20% in 2007, reaching an average of 8.3 million unique visitors a month.
There were a number of sites aggregated under one corporate news brand that finished among the top 20 sites. The most popular one was Tribune Newspapers, according to Nielsen data, which averaged 13.2 million unique visitors per month in 2007, up 17% year to year. Gannett newspaper Web sites (excluding USA Today) averaged 12.8 million unique visitors, down 1% compared with 2006 data.
Other sites in this category were McClatchy newspaper Web sites (8.9 million unique visitors, up 39%), Internet Broadcasting Web sites (8.8 million, down 28%), Hearst Newspaper Web sites (7.9 million, up 3%) and World Now Web sites (7. 8 million, up 6%). Two other sites, Media News Group Web sites (6.7 million), and Advance Internet Web sites (6 million), were new to Nielsen's top 20 list in 2007.
Google News, a news aggregator that offers no original content, also made the top 20 list in 2007, averaging 10 million unique visitors, up 7% year to year.
Why did the audiences for some sites surge while others remained flat or even declined? It is hard to say. While ABCNews.com increased its digital staff in 2007, CBSNews.com announced at the end of the year that it was reducing its online personnel by 30% and ceasing operations of perhaps its most well-publicized blog, Public Eye. Yet Nielsen data found the audience for CBSNews.com grew at a stronger rate than ABCNews.com in 2007.
Heading into 2008, it remains difficult to understand the ebbs and flows of Web traffic trends.
comScore's list of the most-trafficked Web sites indicates a different line-up, with several that do not appear in Nielsen's rankings.
A number of individual newspaper Web sites appear on comScore's 2007 list. comScore reports an average of 9.4 million unique visitors a month for the New York Times, up 9% year to year. USAToday.com ranks as the second-most popular newspaper site in 2007, (ahead of the Washington Post) averaging 6.8 million unique visitors a month, but by comScore's count, as with Nielsen, it was losing traffic (8%) compared with 2006.
For the Washington Post, 5.4 million visitors were recorded, an increase of 6%.
Two other papers are included in comScore's list. Boston.com, the Web site for the Boston Globe, averaged 3.5 million visitors a month, increasing 9% during 2007, which saw the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series once again. And the Wall Street Journal Web site entered the top 25 in 2007.
Among the television sites, comScore has ABCNews.com edging out CBSNews.com (7.7 million unique visitors per month vs. 7.5 million at CBS). ABC, however, fell 1% year to year while CBS was up 9%. comScore also reported large increases, 29%, at FoxNews.com, with an average of 6.6 million unique visitors a month.
The BBC News Web site, with headquarters in the United Kingdom, fell 12%, according to comScore, coming in at the bottom of the list with 4.4 million visitors per month.
Most of the Web sites collected under one corporate name increased their audiences in 2007, according to comScore. Tribune Company newspapers averaged 9.8 million visitors a month, an increase of 13%. Belo news sites, which include the Dallas Morning News, attracted 4.5 million visitors per month, an increase of 22% over 2006. McClatchy sites drew 6.2 million visitors a month, up 28%. Sites in the MediaNews Group averaged 3.7 million, up 48%.
Cox Newspaper Web sites, which include the Atlanta Journal- Constitution, were virtually flat, averaging 3.4 million per month.
Two other aggregated sites, Hearst (6.5 million) and Scripps (2.2 million), were new to comScore's top-25 list in 2007.
Online Media Ownership Trends
The most popular news sites are still largely owned by the richest media companies, a trend we have noted in previous editions of the annual report.
Of the top-20 most popular news sites, 17 are owned by one of the 100 largest media companies in terms of total net revenue generated in the U.S. in 2006, based on an analysis of data from Advertising Age and Nielsen Online. For instance, Time Warner, the leading U.S. media company in 2006 with $34 billion in revenue, owns both CNN and AOL News, two of the four most popular news sites in 2007. Compared with 2006, the number of sites owned by the richest companies increased by one.
What's more, the 10 richest companies are increasing their hold on the top Web sites. In 2007, they owned 30% of the most popular news sites, up from 21% in 2006 and 25% in 2005.
Two of the three sites not owned by the richest media companies are Internet Broadcasting and World Now, which both aggregate local news sites. The third was the Associated Press, a non-profit cooperative.
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1. Data from metrics company comScore in May 2007 showed that the top five most-visited Web sites overall were owned by Yahoo, Time Warner, Google, Microsoft and Fox Interactive Media, which is made up largely of MySpace.
2. Joe Mandese, "Media Deals Set New Record, First 9 Months Top All of '06," MediaPost, October 3, 2007.
3. Laurie Petersen, "AOL + Tacoda: You've Got Scale," MediaPost, July 25, 2007.
4. Miguel Helft, "Ad Growth for AOL Called Vital to a Remake," New York Times, August 20, 2007.
5. Ibid.
6. Mark Walsh, "Media M&A Slowing in Wake of Credit Crunch," Online Media Daily, October 31, 2007.
7. "Social graph-iti," Economist, October 18, 2007.
8. Therese Poletti, "Are we in the midst of "Bubble 2.0?," MarketWatch, October 26, 2007.
9. "Google Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results," Google press release, October 18, 2007.
10. "Google's stock surpasses $600 a share," Associated Press, October 8, 2007.
11. 2006 Google Annual Report.
12. Ibid.
13. The same study found that the most popular search categories were: health and medical (45%), travel (33%), shopping and classifieds (26%), entertainment (22%), news and media (21%), and business and finance (17%). "Google Received 64 Percent of U.S. Searches in October," Hitwise, November 19, 2007.
14. 2006 Google Annual Report.
15. When Google purchased DoubleClick, an online advertising company, in April 2007 for $3.1 billion, both Microsoft and AT&T argued that such a deal raised concerns about possible antitrust violations and urged the Federal Trade Commission to address the proposed deal. In late December, the FTC approved the acquisition. In addition to worries about anti-competition, consumer privacy advocates have also voiced their concerns about possible privacy violations.
16. "Google Sites Ranked by comScore as Top U.S. Video Property in March 2007," comScore press release, June 4, 2007.
17. "Viacom Files Federal Copyright Infringement Complaint Against YouTube and Google," Viacom press release, March 13, 2007.
18. "Analyzing YouTube's Revenue Potential," Silicon Alley Insider, August 21, 2007.
19. Brad Stone and Matt Richtel, "Silicon Valley Start-Ups Awash in Dollars, Again," New York Times, October 17, 2007.
20. Adam L. Penenberg, "Google News: Beta Not Make Money," Wired, September 29, 2004.
21. Miguel Helft, "Can She Turn Yahoo Into, Well, Google?" New York Times, July 1, 2007.
22. "Yahoo! Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results," Yahoo press release, October 16, 2007.
23. 2006 Yahoo Annual Report.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. "Yahoo Heats Up in Search Ad Race As Google Levels Off," Clickz.com, October 16,2007 and Tameka Kee, "Yahoo Gaining in Search Dollar Share: RBC," MediaPost, October 16, 2007
27. Shankar Gupta, "UBS Forecasts Up to 45% Yahoo Revenue Boost from Panama," MediaPost, February 23, 2007
28. Miguel Helft and Andrew Ross Sorkin, "Little Room for Yahoo to Maneuver," New York Times, February 14, 2007.
29. Time Warner Annual Report 2006
30. "Time Warner Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results," Time Warner press release, November 7, 2007.
31. Louis Hau, "Portal Problems," Forbes.com, September 18, 2007.
32. "AOL to Cut 2,000 Jobs," Associated Press, October 15, 2007.
33. Saul Hansell, "Falco Prepares Another Layoff: the AOL Brand," New York Times, October 17, 2007
34. Laurie Petersen, "AOL + Tacoda: You've Got Scale," MediaPost, July 25, 2007
35. Guy Griml, "AOL snapping up Internet ad startup Quigo for $300m," Haaretz.com, November 3, 2007.
36. Louise Story, "Another Step for a Remade AOL," New York Times, November 8, 2007.
37. James Boyle, "New Economy: Year in Review," Financial Times, January 1, 2008.
38. Federal Trade Commission, "Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy," FTC Staff Report, June 2007


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Saoirse Ronan stars as Melanie Stryder, a human girl living on a near-future Earth that has been almost completely taken over by the 'Souls', a parasitic alien race that takes over human bodies by infiltrating the brain and replacing the consciousness with their own.
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The Greens are urging the federal government to take action to assist three protesters who have been detained on a Japanese whaling security ship and calm the situation in the Southern Ocean.
Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said the activists had stepped in to take action where the Federal Government had failed.
The three men boarded the Shonan Maru No.2 overnight off the coast of Bunbury in an attempt to force it to abandon its pursuit of the Sea Shepherd ship, Steve Irwin.
The Japanese vessel had been shadowing the Steve Irwin in what protesters believe was an attempt to reduce the ship's impact on interrupting Japanese whaling operations.
Geoffrey Tuxworth, 47, of Perth, Simon Peterffy, 44, of Bunbury and Glen Pendlebury, 27, of Fremantle from the West Australian group Forest Action, boarded the Japanese ship about 16 nautical miles to sea.
According to Tokyo's Institute of Cetacean Research, the three men risk being sent to prison in Japan.
Overnight, the trio took a small boat out to sea from Bunbury, for a rendezvous with two small boats from the Steve Irwin.
"The boats approached the Shonan Maru No.2 under cover of darkness and the three negotiated their way past the razor wire and spikes, and over the rails of the Japanese whaling vessel," a Sea Shepherd statement said.
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The three men said in the statement they were taking the stand to prevent the Shonan Maru No.2 from tailing the Steve Irwin back to the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary.
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Senator Siewert said the protesters' actions were a direct result of the federal government failing to act on the whaling situation in the Southern Ocean.
"The Prime Minister needs to pick up the phone and talk immediately to the Japanese PM in order to resolve this issue, these protesters either need to be brought back to an Australia port or the Japanese will keep them on board and take them to Japan. Obviously that's an unacceptable situation," she said.
Senator Siewert also wants the Federal Government to detain the Japanese vessel or force it to go back to Japan.
"They are not welcome in the Southern Ocean, the action of sending the Shonan Maru No.2 to shadow the Sea Shepherd was provocative and insulting, insulting that a Japanese vessel supporting whaling operations is in fact in Australian waters, is in fact in an Australian whale sanctuary," she said.
"It's been hanging off our shores, waiting for the Sea Shepherd vessel, the Steve Irwin to leave our waters in order to shadow it back to the Southern Ocean. That is insulting to Australia."
Senator Siewert said that, while it was not illegal for the Japanese vessel to be in Australian waters for the past three days, the federal government could have taken action to get it out of the area as it was in an undisputed whaling sanctuary in support of whaling operations.
She said the federal government should have sent a ship down to the Southern Ocean to calm the situation long before the situation reached this point.
Senator Siewert said she was concerned about what may happen to the detained men.
Last year a New Zealand man spent time in a Japanese prison following an altercation between an anti-whaling vessel and the Shonan Maru No.2.
According to Tokyo's Institute of Cetacean Research, they risk being sent to prison in Japan.
The institute, which conducts the Antarctic whaling program on behalf of the Japanese government, confirmed this was a possibility.
"No decision has been made yet on the fate of the men who boarded the vessel," spokesman Glenn Inwood said.
"But they risk being taken back to Japan to face charges and possible imprisonment.
"What these guys don't understand is that the government of Japan's tolerance for Sea Shepherd and its supporters is extremely low and they risk facing that back in Japan."
The federal government is yet to respond to the boarding, which happened inside the 200-nautical-mile Australian exclusive economic zone.
Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson said from the Steve Irwin the ship was heading west towards the open sea with the Shonan Maru No.2 still following.
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A flood-hit crematorium is unlikely to reopen until next month and is considering building a temporary chapel as it struggles to repair the damage.
Randalls Park Crematorium in Leatherhead was inundated when the River Mole burst its banks before Christmas and it had hoped to reopen at the end of last week.
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Celebrity News For April 28, 2014 | Late Edition
Sarah Jessica Parker Marks a Very Big Milestone
- Sarah Jessica Parker tries tequila for the first time at 49 — HuffPost Celebrity
- Paul Simon heads to court after his arrest — People
- Tori Spelling brings a TV crew to the hospital with her — Us Weekly
- An inquest into Peaches Geldof's death will begin this week — ET
- The Justice League is happening, for real this time — Lainey Gossip
- Listen to every song Emma Watson has tweeted — BuzzFeed
- What's next for Chace Crawford? — Gossip Girl
- See which movie musical is getting a live TV special — Hollywood Reporter
- A funeral scene was cut from the HIMYM finale — Vulture
- Is this Kesha's new boyfriend? — JustJared
- Doutzen Kroes doesn't want her daughter to be a model — Jezebel
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