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Antiretroviral Adherence Evaluation in HIV Pregnant and Postpartum Women
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01621347
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 18, 2012
Last Update Posted : December 22, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infection Pregnancy
|Study Type :
|Estimated Enrollment :
|26 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Retrospective Study: Evaluation of Antiretroviral Adherence During Pregnancy and Postpartum Using Electronic Monitoring Data
|Study Start Date :
|March 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|August 2012
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2012
- Change in patient adherence during pregnancy and postpartum [ Time Frame: before delivery (1 to 9 month) and postpartum (6 month) ]By electronic drug monitoring, pill count and subject interviews' marks
- Adherence barriers and facilitators [ Time Frame: pregnancy and postpartum (6 months) ]Data recorded in subject's interview marks
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant Women
- HIV-positive
- Antiretroviral medication delivered in electronical monitors
Exclusion Criteria:
- Monitored period during pregnancy < 1 month
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01621347
|Policlinique Médicale Universitaire
|Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, 1011
|Study Chair:
|Marie-Paule Schneider, PhD
|Policlinique Médicale Universitaire
|Principal Investigator:
|Aurélie Gertsch, PhD-Student
|Policlinique Médicale Universitaire
|Study Chair:
|Olivier Bugnon, Professor
|Policlinique Médicale Universitaire
|Principal Investigator:
|Odile Michel, Student
|Policlinique Médicale Universitaire
|Study Chair:
|Matthias Cavassini, M.D
|Centre Hosppitalier Universitaire Vaudois
|Responsible Party:
|Marie Schneider, Pharmacist, PhD, Policlinique Médicale Universitaire
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01621347 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|June 18, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 22, 2015
|Last Verified:
|December 2015
Keywords provided by Marie Schneider, Policlinique Médicale Universitaire:
Medication Adherence
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases


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Phenomena (US - DVD R1)
Gabe speaks to insects with his mind, and asks them for a refill on lemonade.
Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly) is the privileged daughter of a movie star, who is sent to a Swiss boarding school to complete her education. Jennifer has an affinity for insects, with which she seems to share a telepathic relationship, and suffers chronic sleep walking, which also puts her under the microscope with the prim and proper headmistress. Meanwhile a rash of violent murders plague the area around the school, and during one of her sleep walking episodes Jennifer becomes known to an invalid insect specialist involved in the case named John McGregor (Donald Pleasance). McGregor recognizes potential in Jennifer, and the two unlikely heroes set out to solve the crime.
Phenomena is rather regularly cited by Dario Argento as his personal favourite among his collection of features. This actually tells us quite a bit about the director's aims as a filmmaker. Phenomena is easily the strangest film in a very strange collection. If this is Argento at his most free and most happy, then we may have a much madder maestro on our hands then we ever imagined. Had the film been a success Argento may not have retreated back to his Giallo roots, and instead produced more challenging, bizarre, and personal (!?) motion pictures.
Phenomena is not very popular among Argento's detractors, and even his biggest fans tend to look down on it. Über-fan and writer Alan Jones calls the film 'childish' in his original Starlog review, critic Maitland McDonagh has slightly nicer things to say, but also refers to the film as 'silly' in her book 'Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds', and Kim Newman refers to the film as 'almost a total failure' in 'Nightmare Movies'. The only really nice thing I can find in my library about the film is John McCarty's (not a fan of Argento's by any means) brief review, where he calls it 'fun in a brain damaged fashion'.
The thing about these negative reactions is that they're all correct— Phenomena is a phenomenally silly, childish, brain damaged failure, but this is what makes it special. The film is infinitely entertaining, and provided you don't go in to it with too much knowledge, consistently surprising. Argento rounds up successful elements from all his most successful films, and mixes the pot with the grace of a fingerless chef. From Deep Red he grabs some psychic abilities, from Suspiria the girl's dormitory atmosphere, and from Inferno he takes the weird affinity for animals. There's a supernatural element in Jennifer's control of insects, and the basic structure of the film's first two-thirds is similar to his popular Giallos.
My personal disappointment in Phenomena comes from the almost pedestrian manner (well, pedestrian for Argento) in which the film is shot. Despite the pure insanity of the plot and characters, Argento and cinematographer Romano Albani (whom Argento had worked with on Inferno) don't utilize many strange angles or acrobatic camera movements. The lighting is also pretty standard considering the stylized extremes Argento had just experimented with on his last three films. There is some expressionism in outdoor scenes, which all seem to be lit from below, and a few fun boom shots, but overall it's a bit of disappointment.
Phenomena features one of Argento's strongest casts. The film marks Jennifer Connelly's second foray into film acting after her strong performance in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America, and though Argento's use of the fourteen year old in sexy terms is a bit dubious, performance is strong enough to carry the excruciating dialogue through the entire 110 minutes. Donald Pleasance doesn't put too much into his character (one he'd been playing since the '50s), but his presence is large enough considering his history in the horror genre, as well as stand by Patrick Bauchau. The surprise at the time was Daria Nicolodi, who had been Argento's lover for the years leading up to the film's release (she is Asia's mother). In previous films Nicolodi had been treated much the same manner as the virginal heroes of '80s slasher favourites. The loss of love between the actress and director obviously had an effect on Argento's casting choices.
When originally released in the United States, more or less straight to home video, Phenomena was renamed Creepers (which in fairness is a more 'scary' name) and cut by almost thirty minutes. The already abstract film thus made even less sense, and was subject to jarring editing and pacing. Fans often assumed that the cuts had been made for violence, as had happened with Tenebre, but when Anchor Bay finally released the longer version on VHS and DVD, we discovered that it was plot that was removed. An even longer version, the 'integral version' appeared in Japan and Germany later, and unfortunately this re-release is missing those extra six minutes.
Effectively this is the same transfer as the original Anchor Bay release (which was re-released as a double disc set with Inferno), though it has been anamorphically enhanced, which makes some noticeable difference. The overall print is identical to the non-anamorphic release, more or less, to the point where I'm not sure any of my carefully cultivated screen caps reveal much of anything different. I've cut it down to this one, which best shows the increase in detail during darker scenes, and the slightly richer contrast.
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Original Release
The print is still dirty and grainy, but never so overtly so that it hinders viewing pleasure. It appears that there's been an attempt at sharpening the image along with the anamorphic upgrade, so some shots appear a bit less soft. The problem is that other shots suffer compression noise along edges, and blending hues are somewhat sharply divided, especially in skin tones. Detail levels fluctuate regularly, but maintain an overall nice look. I wonder about the Blu-ray possibilities for the film, as this awesome comparison seems to reveal different issues with each and every release of the film.
Another problem, one that fans like me have mostly come to appreciate over the years, is the mismatched soundtrack. Goblin's Claudio Simonetti does produce an impossibly fun main theme, and Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman manages an impressively eerie exploration theme, Phenomena marks the short lived beginning of Argento's dubious obsession with '80s heavy metal. Not only does this music date and already dated feature, but Argento's sound editing is constantly way, way off.
This release carries the same Dolby Digital 5.1 remix as the earlier Anchor Bay release, and things still sound pretty good. Most of the surround work is devoted to the film's music, and basic wind sound effects. The dialogue isn't as plagued with reverb and echo as other early Anchor Bay remixes, though there's a lot of volume inconsistency, thanks to the dubbed voices. Still, the majority of the track is stereo at its base, which leads to some bleeding when people are speaking.
For the most part we've got the same extras here that adorned the original release. Things start with that same Argento, Sergio Stivaletti and Claudio Simonetti commentary track, moderated by journalist Loris Curci. This track doesn't go so well for Dario, who doesn't speak much English. The degree to which Argento was made uncomfortable by this and Tenebre's commentary tracks ensured that he'd never record one again, and so far he hasn't. Stivaletti and Simonetti are more comfortable, and fill in some of our questions.
The one new extra is a retrospective featurette, featuring new interviews with the maestro, his co-writer, Daria Nicolodi (who covers the 'lack of love' aspects of her role in the film, and who is wearing red gloves with a t-shirt for some reason), Fiore Argento (Dario's less famous daughter), the D.P., Stivaletti, and Luigi Cozzi (also a director, who worked on effects). The featurette covers a lot of the same bases the older featurettes already covered, but overall the producers are sure to get some new info as well (well, new info to those of you that haven't read three books all about Argento already). The featurette, entitled 'A Dark Fairy Tale', runs about seventeen minutes.
The rest of the extras are straight from the older release, including five minutes of footage from a documentary about Argento (which is available on the German release of Tenebre in its entirety), focusing mostly on Luigi Cozzi's recollection of his effects work, an awkward but endearing interview from 1985 with Argento on the Joe Franklin Show, and two music videos. The Michele Soavi directed Bill Wyman video is a bit dull, but the Argento directed Simonetti video is a dash of 1985 Italian MTV to die for.
If your planning on understanding the cult obsession with Dario Argento, this isn't the place to start. However, if you're in search of a wild, wacky, and unmistakably '80s horror film you could do a lot worse. Phenomena hasn't exactly been overhauled by Anchor Bay, but the anamorphic enhancement does make some difference on screen, and the new retrospective featurette is pretty good, if not a bit short.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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I laughed watching this one. So cheesy.
Jennifer Connolly? She kinda looks like Ellen Page on the box art. First laying eyes on her in The Rocketeer was a childhood joy. Ah...yes.
You should change your name to David Bowie
man, jennifer must have been born hot. lol
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Disc Details
Release Date: 27th May 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.66:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 English, Dolby Digital Mono Italian
Subtitles: English
Extras: Director/Effects Supervisor Commentary, Retrospective Featurette, Behind the Scenes Featurette, Trailers, Dario Argento Bio
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Fiore Argento, Patrick Bauchau, Jennifer Connelly, Mario Donatone, Eleonora Giorgi
Genre: Fantasy and Horror
Length: 110 minutes
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By Andy Metzger
State House News Service
BOSTON -- The panel at Suffolk University also served as an example of the kind of methods experts say is needed to deal with the problems of youths in gangs.
Book-ended by academics, the dais was occupied by a social worker, a Worcester police sergeant, a state senator and Secretary of Public Safety and Security Mary Beth Heffernan, all preaching collaboration.
"We have to work together, and I feel that that is happening," Heffernan said at the Tuesday afternoon discussion.
The collaboration includes data-sharing among agencies, as well as teaming up so that at-risk youth receive social services support, therapy and job training as well as police action depending on the circumstances.
"I do think suppression has a big role in interrupting violence, in gang violence," said Worcester Sgt. Michael Lopez, the first Latino officer in the city to be promoted to sergeant.
Youths who join gangs are often cut off from schools and other aspects of society, said Erika Gebo, an associate professor of sociology at Suffolk.
"Gang members tend not to be connected to pro-social institutions," said Gebo, though they use social media. She said the small percentage of youths who join gangs are at risk for harming themselves from drug and alcohol use as well as unsafe sex and violence.
In many cases, gang members learned to navigate society from their families who may have been involved in gangs themselves, Gebo said.
"I arrested their fathers 18 years ago," recalled Lopez. He said that in the cases where families contribute to the problems of youths, "We target that family with family support stabilization through two of our partners."
Intervention by a number of agencies can work, according to the experts.
Andrea Perry, who deals with some of the most violent youths in Boston as executive director of Youth Connect, described a young man who had been shot and arrested and was "being groomed" for gang leadership.
The man was sent to the Department of Youth Services to get him out of the city, though he was not committed to the agency, Perry said. He then worked with a case manager, a street worker, a therapist, a psychiatrist and a job-training agency.
"He now has gone a year without an arrest. He now has gone a year without being hurt. So it's a work in progress," Perry said. When Gov. Deval Patrick visited the program, the man spoke up about how it works.
"It needs to be more than one agency," Perry said, continuing, "This is not a time to be territorial."
The number of agencies that work together to help youth avoid the violent life of gangs is large, and that can be daunting for some.
"I know and I work closely with the commissioners of the alphabet soup," said Senate Chairman of the Joint Committee on Children, Families & Persons with Disabilities Michael Rodrigues (D-Westport). He said, "The bureaucracy frustrates them as much as it does myself."
The politics can also be challenging, Rodrigues said. The senator's district includes Fall River, which he said has gang problems, though it wasn't until about 10 years ago that local officials began to acknowledge that.
"Local political leaders did not want to accept that," Rodrigues said.
Making the youth feel respected is another element of reducing the violence, Gebo said. In Springfield, police serving an arrest warrant on a man gave him some time with his wife and children and then handcuffed him out of sight of his family, prompting the man to cry and say "thank you," for not putting him through the indignity of an arrest in front of his family.
hough the panel included policymakers and people on the front lines of reducing gang violence, one woman in the packed audience found it lacking.
"I would like to see someone from the housing authority and the department of education on this panel," said Laraine Brown, a Boston resident who said, "I'm 80 years old, born and raised in the South End, and we didn't have gangs."
While she said that Youth Connect considers it a success when they have steered a youth away from violence - let alone steered him into a good career - Perry said that education plays into a youth's decision to enter a gang.
"A lot of young people have undiagnosed learning disabilities that just go on and on. And everyone wants to save face, nobody wants to be the kid in high school who doesn't know how to read so you get yourself out of class by acting up, being the class clown," said Perry.
Gebo said that one aspect of preventing youth violence is sending visiting nurses to pregnant women's homes to help them prepare for motherhood. The efforts continue into young adulthood, as well.
"Some of the work that we did - up in Lowell, Massachusetts - we spent a lot of time trying to get the community college and the elementary schools to work together," said Brenda Bond, an assistant professor of public administration, who along with Gebo co-edited "Looking Beyond Suppression: Community Strategies to Reduce Gang Violence."
Bond said the college president wound up hosting a monthly meeting with school officials and police to make sure that "kids weren't falling through the cracks."
The hour-long panel was yet another chance to bring together police, social workers and policy makers.
"You can file legislation, you can increase law enforcement but there's nothing like having a cross pollination and a cross-secretariat effort like this," Heffernan said.


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Name: john
Age: 58
Location: Detroit
married and testing the water, so to speak. Was with a man who is HIV and I swallowed a couple of drops of his cum. Should I be concerned/worried?
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I am of the mind that all sexually active people (especially you people who are being sexual outside of your primary relationships) be tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections regularly…at least twice a year. All you sexual athletes out there should test every other month. You shouldn't even think about it, you should just do it. It is painless, discreet, but most importantly, it's the responsible thing to do. If you make it part of your lifestyle, then there will be no embarrassment associated with the trip to your doctor or the local clinic. Made this happen, people.
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Name: Frank
Age: 18
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What I can tell you is, I'm as queer as a $3 dollar bill (as we say here in America), and I sometimes watch straight porn. That sure as hell don't make me straight…don't even make me bi, honey. I guess that just leaves…curious, huh?
Good luck
Name: asianIndian
Age: 24
Location: San Diego, CA
I have been masturbating almost everyday for the past 10 years now. Last year was the first time I tried to get laid off. It was with a 30 woman and I found that I was not able to retain the stiffness of my dick while pumping her. At the end I had to pull out and masturbate to ejaculate. I tried it couple of more women on different occasion and I faced with the same problem. All the three times I had to pull out and masturbate with my hand. I felt really embarrassed and I am afraid of going out with any other women. I also noticed that when I masturbate I do it vigorously and for a prolonged period of time. But when I was having sex I was not able to pump the women for more than 3-4 minutes, I felt part exhausted and my penis too looses its stiffness. How can I over come this major problem?
Name: tanya
Age: 28
Location: ca
my boyfriend has trouble cuming durning sex.he can cum if we are doing anael or I give him a blow job. he takes a long time to cum if we do doggie style. but he cant cum most the time and he cant cum if hes on top. can it be metal or health wise? help please.
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Mr. AsianIndian, maybe your masturbation technique gives you more direct cock stimulation than what you get inside a pussy. If that's the case, you'll probably have to learn to masturbate with a lighter touch or find a tighter snatch. You could also try masturbating till you get close to shooting, and then stick it in again. Either way, there's no need to feel embarrassed. Like I said, lots of guys can't get off by fucking alone. Just like lots of women don't have vaginal orgasms. They need to stimulate their clit for that.
Good luck
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Age: 18
Location: lewes, de
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Age: 39
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Good luck
Name: spungee
Age: 36
Location: canada's capital (you figure it out)
hey. i am a big time anal fan, both giving and receiving. spouse and i have enjoyed anal for some years now, both me giving to her and me gettin pegged. my concern is that while she was really into it at first, she seems to have cooled down a bit recently when it comes to nailing me. any thoughts on how to warm things up again? cheers, spungee
I know what the capitol of Canada is, it's Ottawa. I went to collage, ya know. I was gonna vist Ottawa, but then I heard it's filled with Canadians.
Why did things fall off, so to speak? Is the pegging all about you? What's in it for her? If you get pegged, what does she get? Maybe she's just bored. Maybe she thinks you're being selfish. Have you checked in with her lately? Maybe she wants to see you get nailed by the real thing. Ever consider replacing the dildo with 100% prime Canadian Beef?
Good luck
Name: Carlos
Age: 24
Location: Colombia
does coffee have a negative effect on one's erection? Does anyone know if this is true and why this would be?
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Come to think of it, if you poured hot coffee on your unit that would have a negative effect your stiffy. That's for damn sure!
Good luck


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Over the past several years, Dr. Mowry has worked primarily to perform epidemiologic investigations of multiple sclerosis (MS) risk and prognostic factors and has evaluated both genetic and environmental contributors. While she has had a major role in several such studies, her most significant work led to the identification of the association of vitamin D status with relapse and brain lesion risk in patients with MS (Annals of Neurology 2010, Annals of Neurology 2012, European Journal of Neurology 2015). She also conducted the first pilot study comparing gut bacterial populations in patients with MS and healthy individuals (Journal of Investigative Medicine 2014). She was recently funded to investigate the impact of vitamin D supplementation on the metabolomics profile in patients with MS compared to healthy controls. She enjoys designing and conducting clinical trials in MS and is the Principal Investigator of the Vitamin D to Ameliorate Multiple Sclerosis (VIDAMS) multicenter vitamin D trial (NCT01490502), which is sponsored by the National MS Society and a smaller multicenter pilot study investigating vitamin D pharmacokinetics in MS patients and healthy controls (NCT01667796). She is also the recipient of a Harry Weaver Award from the National MS Society, in which she is investigating the impact of intermittent calorie restriction in MS. Finally, as Director of the MS Experimental Therapeutics Program at Johns Hopkins, she assists colleagues with study design and helps oversee the conduct of MS clinical trials.
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- MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (2003)
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - GME / Neurology (2007)
- University of California San Francisco School of Medicine / Neurology (2009)
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Master's in Clinical Research, UCSF, 2009
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1. Mowry EM, Deen S, Malikova I, Pelletier J, Bacchetti P, Waubant E. The onset location of multiple sclerosis predicts the location of subsequent relapses J Neurol Neurosurg Psych 2009;80:400-403.
2. Okuda DT, Mowry EM, Beheshtian A, Waubant E, Baranzini SE, Goodin DS, Hauser SL, Pelletier D. Incidental MRI anomalies suggestive of multiple sclerosis: the radiologically isolated syndrome Neurology 2009;72:800-805.
3. Mowry EM, Pesic M, Grimes B, Deen S, Bacchetti P, Waubant E. Demyelinating events in early multiple sclerosis have inherent severity and recovery. Neurology 2009;72:602-608.
4. Mowry EM, Pesic M, Grimes B, Deen S, Bacchetti P, Waubant E. Clinical predictors of early second event in patients with clinically isolated syndrome. Journal of Neurology 2009;256:1061-1066.
5. Mowry EM, Loguidice MJ, Daniels AB, Jacobs DA, Markowitz CE, Galetta SL, Nano-Schiavo ML, Cutter GR, Maguire MG, Balcer LJ. Vision-related quality of life in multiple sclerosis: correlation with new measures of low- and high-contrast letter acuity. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2009;80:767-772.
6. Mowry EM, Beheshtian A, Waubant E, Goodin DS, Cree BA, Qualley P, Lincoln R, George MF, Gomez R, Hauser SL, Okuda DT, Pelletier D. Quality of life in multiple sclerosis is associated with lesion burden and brain volume measures. Neurology 2009;72:1760-1765.
7. Waubant E, Chabas D, Okuda DT, Glenn OA, Mowry E, Henry R, Strober J, Soares B, Wintermark M, Pelletier D. Pediatric patients have a higher disease burden and activity on brain MRI at time of MS onset than adults. Arch Neurol 2009;66:967-971.
8. Mowry EM, Krupp LB, Milazzo M, Chabas D, Strober JB, Belman AL, McDonald JC, Oksenberg JR, Bacchetti P, Waubant E. Vitamin D status is associated with relapse rate in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol 2010;67:618-624.
9. Mowry EM, Julian LJ, Im-Wang S, Chabas D, Galvin AJ, Strober JB, Waubant E. Health-related quality of life is reduced in early pediatric multiple sclerosis. Pediatr Neurol 2010;43:97-102.
10. Okuda DT, Mowry EM, Cree BA, Crabtree EC, Goodin DS, Waubant E, Pelletier D. Asymptomatic spinal cord lesions predict clinical progression in radiologically isolated syndrome. Neurology 2011;76:686-692.
11. Mowry EM, James JT, Krupp LB, Waubant E. Vitamin D status and antibody levels to common viruses in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2011;17:666-671.
12. Castillo-Trivino T, Mowry EM, Chabas D, Crabtree-Hartman E, Cree BA, Goodin DS, Green AJ, Hauser SL, Okuda DT, Pelletier D, Zamvil SS, Vittinghoff E, Waubant E. Efficacy of natalizumab in multiple sclerosis patients with breakthrough disease on first-line therapies PLoS One 2011;3:e16664.
13. Waubant E, Mowry EM, Krupp L, Chitnis T, Yeh AE, Kuntz N, Ness J, Chabas D, Strober J, McDonald J, Belman A, Milazzo M, Gorman M, Weinstock-Guttman B, Rodriguez M, Oksenberg J, James J. Common childhood viruses and HLA-DRB1 as susceptibility factors for pediatric-onset MS. Neurology 2011;76:1989-1995.
Fay A, Mowry EM, Chabas D, Strober J, Waubant E. Relapse severity and recovery in early pediatric MS. Mult Scler 2012;18:1008-1012.
Mowry EM, Waubant E, McCulloch CE, Okuda DT, Evangelista AA, Lincoln R, Gourraud PA, Brenneman D, Owen M, Qualley P, Bucci M, Oksenberg J, Hauser SL, Pelletier D. Vitamin D status predicts new brain MRI activity in multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol 2012;72:234-240.
Waubant E, Mowry EM, Krupp L, Chitnis T, Yeh AE, Kuntz N, Ness J, Strober J, Belman A, Milazzo A, Gorman M, Weinstock-Guttman B, Rodriguez M, Bacchetti P, James JA, Waubant E. Antibody responses to common viruses and HLA-DRB1 in pediatric MS. Mult Scler 2013;19-891-895.
Tan IL, Mowry EM, Steele S, Pardo-Villamizar C, McArthur JC, Nath A, Venkatesan A. Brainstem encephalitis: etiologies, treatment, and predictors of outcome. J Neurol 2013;260:2312-2319.
Mowry EM, Carey RF, Blasco MR, Pelletier J, Duquette P, Villoslada P, Malikova I, Roger E, Kinkel RP, McDonald J, Bacchetti P, Waubant E. Association of MS susceptibility variants and early attack location in the CNS. PLoS One 2013;8:e75565.
Mowry EM, Carey RF, Blasco MR, Pelletier J, Duquette P, Villoslada P, Malikova I, Roger E, Kinkel RP, McDonald J, Bacchetti P, Waubant E. Multiple sclerosis susceptibility genes: associations with relapse severity and recovery. PLoS One 2013;8:e75416.
Bhargava P, Cassard S, Steele SU, Azevedo C, Pelletier D, Sugar E, Waubant E, Mowry EM. The Vitamin D to Ameliorate Multiple Sclerosis (VIDAMS) trial: study design for a multicenter, randomized, double-blind controlled trial of vitamin D in multiple sclerosis. Contemp Clin Trials 2014;39:288-293.
Cantarel B, Waubant E, Chehoud C, Kuczynski J, DeSantis TZ, Warrington J, Venkatesan A, Fraser CM, Mowry EM. Gut microbiota in MS: possible influence of immunomodulators. J Investig Med 2015;63:729-734.
Mowry EM, Pelletier D, Gao Z, Howell MD, Zamvil SS, Waubant E. Vitamin D in clinically isolated syndrome: evidence for possible neuroprotection. Eur J Neurol 2015 (in press).
Bhargava P, Steele S, Waubant E, Revirajan N, Marcus J, Dembele M, Cassard SD, Hollis BW, Crainiceanu C, Mowry EM. Multiple sclerosis patients have a diminished serologic response to vitamin D supplementation compared to healthy controls. Mult Scler J 2015 (in press).
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One of things I've shied away from on this blog is grading this team on a week-to-week basis. I never liked getting my report card when I was in school because it usually meant I was going to be grounded (my parents weren't happy when they saw anything less than B).
So, when I got to high school, I made a decision that paid off. I decided to sign up for weekly progress reports, thinking at the very least the whole shock factor on report card day wouldn't be as strong. Instead of receiving grades, my parents received comments from my teachers like 'He's trying hard and he's doing good' or 'He missed an assignment this week and needs to focus more.' It somehow made the blow of when I did get a C a little less hard to take.
Anyway, that's my long-winded explanation as to why I've decided to begin giving you weekly progress reports instead of report cards after each game. My grading system system, in honor of the Canes, is simple: National championship material (excellent), BCS worthy (good), MicronPC Bowl here we come (average), Coker-esque (poor) and Scout Team reserve (the bottom of the barrel).
Quarterbacks: Say what you want about Robert Marve's two fourth quarter interceptions, he still was only making his third career start. He finished 18 of 27 for 135 yards and two touchdowns and nearly led the Canes to a thrilling come-from-behind victory with :46 seconds left and the ball on his own 31-yard line. He threw an absolute bullet to Kayne Farquharson to bring the Canes within the red zone and then just missed on the winning touchdown pass. Jacory Harris, who played a series, also moved the team down the field after getting new life on a running into the punter penalty. He didn't make any mistakes and led UM to a field goal for the second week in a row. This week's Progress Report says: BCS Worthy effort. Stay clear of making a few silly mistakes and get some better coaching and you can move up to the next level.
Running backs: Before North Carolina quarterback Cameron Sexton stole the show and brought UNC back from a 24-14 deficit, Graig Cooper was en route to MVP honors. He had 19 carries for 110 yards and caught 3 passes for 29 yards and scored twice. Without Javarris James and not a lot of help from the rest of Miami's backfield (Derron Thomas carried the ball 3 times), Cooper moved the pile plenty and made plenty of special plays on his own. My worry is, if Coop goes down, how much trouble are the Canes going to be in? How about big? This week's Progress Report: BCS Worthy effort. With Coop making the plays he's making, he's making UM's backfield look amazing. But when you consider nobody else is getting involved right now you worry this unit can go back to being MicronPC material should Cooper stutter or get hurt.
Receivers/tight ends: Kayne Farquharson didn't make the big catch. But he's quietly becoming the go-to receiver for Marve. The 29-yard pass he hauled in before taking a licking from Darius Williams was Terrell Owens-esque. He also caught a touchdown for the second consecutive week. Also starring for the Canes, tight end Dedrick Epps, who picked up a crucial first down on third and long to set up Aldarius Johnson's first career touchdown reception. While there were some bright spots, UM's receivers still are dropping passes. Richard Gordon had two. Thearon Collier had another that would have kept a drive alive in the first half. Laron Byrd only seems to get short, quick out passes. It's not entirely the units fault. Offensive coordinator Patrick Nix has to give these guys some room to work. This week's Progress Report: MicronPC Bowl Here We Come. A few different, more aggressive pass patterns and less drops and you'll be flying into the BCS level in no time.
Offensive line: Jason Fox provided the first sign Saturday UM's offensive line came out meaning business when he absolutely flattened a Tar Heel lineman on the second play of the game. The Canes offensive line did its job for the most part facing a tough defensive front. But two holding penalties -- one on Fox and another on center Xavier Shannon -- hurt UM in the fourth quarter badly. This week's Progress Report: MicronPC Bowl Here We Come. A BCS-worthy effort became wasted with those penalties late.
The Front Seven: For yet another week, Miami's front line of defense had a stellar day. Colin McCarthy, Sean Spence, Glenn Cook, Steven Wesley and Eric Moncur helped shut down North Carolina's running game, limiting the Tar Heels to 35 yards on 33 carries. Moncur notched a sack for the second consecutive week. But unfortunately for UM, he was the only guy in the front seven to get a sack. Freshman defensive back Brandon Harris had one, too. But it certainly wasn't enough pressure to stop Sexton from mounting a comeback. This week's Progress Report: MicronPC Bowl Here We Come. Another BCS-worthy effort stopping the run was wasted because UM simply couldn't get to Sexton when it mattered.
The Secondary: For two series, Miami's secondary looked like a national championship contender. Then, Mike Paulus went out and Cameron Sexton came in. He torched the Canes secondary to the tune of 242 yards and two scores. A lot of it was because of the play-calling by Bill Young, who tried to bring in extra blitzers to create pressure. It left guys like Bruce Johnson and DeMarcus Van Dyke on an island to make plays. They didn't. Johnson missed two tackles. Van Dyke failed to cover Brooks Foster on the game-winning touchdown pass. Shannon lamented on blown coverages after the game. How about just very poor secondary play? UM still doesn't have an INT on defense. Chavez Grant said some guys might be pressing to make plays. If Miami doesn't find a remedy, good teams will continue to exploit. Even teams with guys like Cameron Sexton at quarterback. This week's Progress Report: Coker-esque. This was really the only unit who still resembled last year's 5-7 team. And you saw how much it hurt Miami late.
Special Teams: There were big hits and big returns on the Canes' special teams again this week. Colin McCarthy had a big block. Grant had the biggest. It sparked freshman Travis Benjamin on a 37-yard punt return. Matt Bosher, meanwhile, connected on 1-of-2 field goal attempts (he missed off the infield dirt) and had three of his four punts downed inside 20 (including one at the one by Sam Shields who finally made an appearance). But it's his last punt everyone will remember, the one that was partially blocked and gave UNC good field position on its final scoring drive. It wasn't Bosher's fault, another blown assignment by a blocker according to Shannon. But it still hurt. So, did a few long returns by Brandon Tate. This week's Progress Report: MicronPC Bowl Here We Come. The missed assignment on Bosher's last punt was the killer.
Coaching: Tough not get on Canes coaches here considering they had a 24-14 lead with nine minutes to play and blew it. It wasn't all their fault. But Shannon and his assistants obviously needed to make some adjustments and didn't. I thought the offense shutdown after Aldarius Johnon's touchdown catch and simply tried to run out the clock instead of giving Marve a chance to win the game with his arm. Instead, they gave a tired, beat up Graig Cooper the ball. Defensively, Young gambled with the blitz today and lost. He left his corners on an island far too much. This week's progress report: When you lose a game you should have won, you don't get to the BCS or play for it all. MicronPC Bowl Here We Come.


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An user interface which accepts input via devices such as computer keyboard and mouse and provides articulated [graphical] output on the computer monitor. There are at least two different principles widely used in GUI design: object-oriented interfaces and application oriented interfaces.
Allows you to choose from available options only, instead of having to sort through all the options, including ones that are not available at that point in the process


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The Atkinson School values honesty, integrity, teamwork and professional behavior as essential qualities of an effective learning experience and the practice and profession of management. As such, all members of the Atkinson School community are expected to conduct themselves professionally and with honesty and integrity in all aspects of the Atkinson School experience.
The Atkinson School Honor Code enriches the Atkinson School experience for all members of the Atkinson community. The Honor Code:
- encourages an environment of honor and trust among all members of the Atkinson community,
- promotes a positive set of values and behaviors that distinguish members of the Atkinson community in their personal and professional lives,
- encourages each person to develop to his or her full potential,
- provides students a defining role in resolving issues of academic honesty and professional behavior, and
- provides leadership and decision-making experience for students serving as a member of the Honor Council.
The Atkinson School also values a culture of honesty that prevents violations of the Honor Code before they occur, rather than impose sanctions after a violation. This calls for all members of the community to encourage compliance with the Honor Code, whether it be in regard to their own actions or the actions of others. All members of the Atkinson School community (students, faculty and staff) will:
- never seek an unfair advantage over others
- honestly represent one's self and the facts at all times
- respect the personal and property rights of others
- personally uphold the Honor Code
- encourage others to act in compliance with the Honor Code
- understand and engage with the Honor Code
- support the processes of the Honor Code as they relate to the students, faculty, staff and Honor Council
- maintain the privacy of the process
To encourage awareness, compliance and the positive effects of the Honor Code system, every student enrolled in an MBA course, every faculty member and every staff member formally acknowledges the Atkinson School Honor Code when they join the Atkinson School community.
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New Catholic Dictionary – Saint Casimir
(Slavic: show forth peace) (1458–1484) Prince of Poland, died Grodno, Russia. He was made grand-duke of Lithuania in 1471. Elected King of Hungary, he refused to exercise the power. He died of consumption. Patron of Poland; invoked against the plague, and Turks. Emblems: crown, lily. Buried in cathedral of Vilna. Canonized 1522. Feast, Roman Calendar, 4 March.
- "Saint Casimir". . CatholicSaints.Info. 15 September 2012. Web. 14 December 2018. <http://catholicsaints.info/new-catholic-dictionary-saint-casimir/>


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Group 1 Automotive Schedules 2012 Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year Earnings Release, Conference Call And Webcast
Jan 22, 2013, 04:07 ET
HOUSTON, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: GPI), a Fortune 500 automotive retailer, today announced that it will release financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2012, on Tuesday, Feb. 19, before market open. Earl J. Hesterberg, Group 1's president and chief executive officer, and the company's senior management team will host a conference call to discuss the results later that day at 2 p.m. ET.
The conference call will be simulcast live on the Internet at www.group1auto.com, then click on 'Investor Relations' and then 'Events' or through this link: http://www.group1corp.com/news/events.aspx. A replay will be available for 30 days.
The conference call will also be available live by dialing in 10 minutes prior to the start of the call at:
Domestic: 1.877.317.6789
International: 1.412.317.6789
Conference ID: 10023527
A telephonic replay will be available following the call through Feb. 27 at 9 a.m. ET by dialing:
Domestic: 1.877.344.7529
International: 1.412.317.0088
Conference ID: 10023527
About Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
Group 1 owns and operates 121 automotive dealerships, 157 franchises, and 31 collision centers in the United States and the United Kingdom that offer 31 brands of automobiles. Through its dealerships, the company sells new and used cars and light trucks; arranges related vehicle financing, service and insurance contracts; provides automotive maintenance and repair services; and sells vehicle parts.
Group 1 Automotive can be reached on the Internet at www.group1auto.com.
Investor Contacts:
Kim Paper Canning
Manager, Investor Relations
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
713-647-5741 | email@example.com
Media Contacts:
Pete DeLongchamps
V.P. Financial Services and Manufacturer Relations
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
713-647-5770 | firstname.lastname@example.com
Clint Woods
Pierpont Communications, Inc.
713-627-2223 | email@example.com
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Today's household might not be multigenerational under one roof but most people in their 40's and 50' do have to think about supporting their multigenerational family. If you are part of this so called sandwich generation, there are a few strategies for you to manage this family dynamic.
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Credit cards aren't going out of style anytime soon, which means every individual who uses a credit card needs to be up to snuff on the latest security practices. This includes secure online shopping, continuous monitoring, and notifying financial institutions when there is a possibility of credit card fraud.
Categories: Money, Money Matters, Saving
Finding extra money is good any time whether it's one dollar or one thousand dollars. What is surprising is that many of don't think of all the places we can find a little extra cash. Finding this cash can be little effort but for bigger windfalls, a little more effort might be required.
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If your son or daughter is heading to college this fall, both you and your child most likely have a lot on your mind – finances, meeting new people, choosing a major, and more. With all of these conversations happening, it's a great time to talk with your child about the basics of budgeting, establishing credit, and opening a free checking account.
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Summer is most often cited by kids as the best time of the year mostly because there is more fun than learning. For parents, summer fun can also be a great financial teaching moment for your kids.
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June is a busy month with several opportunities to spend money like graduations, weddings and entertainment. The key to having a strong financial month is finding ways to save on those expenses.
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By Catey Hill
Lured by insurance discounts, a growing number of older drivers are turning to online driving classes, as I reported on SmartMoney.com Monday. Older drivers who take one of these four-to-eight hour courses can often score anywhere from a 2 – 15% discount on their car insurance, depending on where they live. For the average driver, a 15% discount would result in roughly $120 per year in savings (and since the typical discount lasts for three years, they'd save $360 in total).
But not all older drivers are taking advantage of this little-known perk, despite the fact that classes typically only cost about $20. (Just 60,000 older drivers signed up for AARP's online driving course last year, for example.) To that end, SmartMoney.com has put together a list of the states that mandate discounts on auto insurance for older drivers who take a driving course:
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Before you take one of these classes, it's important to call your insurance company and get their approved list of courses, so you can ensure you get the discount, says Wade Mezey, president of Professional Driving Associates, which runs an online defensive driving course. Not all companies approve online courses, for example, so you may have to take a classroom course. And just because your state doesn't mandate an insurance discount doesn't mean your insurance company won't offer you one. Be sure to call and ask.
Finally, it's important to remember that if you're looking for comprehensive driving classes, these online and classroom courses might not do the trick. "Research shows that classroom programs don't really impact positively on driving performance," says Normand Teasdale, a professor at the University Laval in Quebec, who studies driving patterns among seniors. "You need to practice and get feedback over and over again to improve performance." On-the-road courses typically cost between $50 and $100 per hour.


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October 2007 | Issue 2
Great Britain: Credit Union Legislation Headed for First Update in 30 Years
On September 12, HM Treasury closed its consultation period on a revised Credit Union Act. The consultation document establishes an expanded set of services and larger membership base that credit unions may serve.
The Association of British Credit Unions Limited's (ABCUL) 45-page response stated that credit unions should be able to:
- Choose to whom they will provide services within defined membership criteria;
- Develop new products to meet the changing needs of members and attract new members and
- Attract inward investment and raise credibility through provision of services to social housing providers, employers and other corporate members.
ABCUL consulted its member credit unions and drew on best practice information from World Council of Credit Unions in the development of its response.
For HM Treasury's consultation document, click here.
For ABCUL's response, click here.
Canada: Ontario Modernizes Regulatory Structure
The province of Ontario, Canada, has recently introduced amendments to its Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires Act and accompanying regulations to modernize the regulatory structure and business powers governing financial cooperatives there.
If the amendments are passed, most credit unions and caisses populaires will be able to take advantage of a Basel II capital test and move to a prudent person regime for lending and investing. These new powers will enhance credit unions' and caisses populaires' ability to compete in a fiercely competitive financial services marketplace and will reduce their regulatory burden.
In addition, responsibility for solvency regulation has been added to the mandate of the deposit insurer, the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario, in an effort to streamline the regulatory system.
For more information, see www.dico.com or
Australia: Credit Unions Achieve Major Win on Register Access
Following a strong industry campaign, Australian credit unions and mutuals have won important changes to the Corporations Law that will enable them to better protect the privacy of members and deter opportunistic takeover bids.
The new law stipulates that lawful contact with members will occur only through a trusted third party of the credit union or mutual's choice (e.g., their mailing house), at the applicant's cost. Boards of credit unions and mutuals will also now be able to review all material before it is sent to members to ensure it is legal and not misleading.
These rules change earlier laws that required credit unions and mutuals to hand over member registers to third parties without advance legal review-especially important in 'hostile demutualisation' proposals.
Abacus is also working with the Australian regulator as 'B-Day'-the start of the full Basel II framework-approaches. Greater focus on risk, reporting and new securitization rules are priority issues. Credit reforms are also a hot topic, with credit unions and mutuals forming a new coalition with consumer groups to try and stamp out predatory lending practices and promote responsible lending.
Source: Abacus Australian Mutuals, www.abacus.org.au
European Union: Consumer Credit Directive Advances in the European Parliament
The European Union's draft consumer credit directive has advanced to second reading in the European Parliament. The directive was initially adopted by the European Commission in 2002 to propose disclosure rules for cross-border consumer credits.
The initial version of the directive was considerably burdensome for credit unions. During the first reading, WOCCU lobbied in the European Council and the European Parliament to advocate for a lighter regime for credit unions. The Council has taken WOCCU members' concerns into account and has now come to an agreement that allows European Member States to decide which provisions of the directive should apply to credit unions.
The Parliament is not expected to amend the rule in its second reading. An agreement by the Parliament on the directive is not expected until early 2008.
Source: http://www.europarl.europa.eu
United States: Credit Unions Largely Unaffected by Subprime Problems
Despite the widely reported turmoil in mortgage and credit markets in the United States, credit union loan quality remained near historic highs. Overall 60+ day dollar delinquencies increased marginally, from 0.69% in June to 0.71% at the end of July; delinquencies related to mortgages remain low at 0.49%.
Although no broad federal anti-predatory lending legislation exists in the United States, Congress recently passed legislation for military personnel and their families to protect them against predatory lenders. The law describes an annual percentage rate (APR) which includes interest, fees, credit service charges, credit renewal charges, credit insurance premiums including charges for single premium credit insurance, fees for debt cancellation or debt suspension agreements and fees for credit-related products sold in connection with the credit. Loans subject to this legislation have a cap of 36% APR.
The Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act (CURIA), which would modernize capital requirements in credit unions, allows for increased business lending and improve various governance related issues for credit unions, was introduced in the House of representative in March 2007. The Bill has already gained more supporters than in the previous session of Congress, but bankers continue to oppose it.
Source: Credit Union National Association, www.cuna.coop.
Brazil: Credit Union Movement Celebrates New Regulations
At the end of February, the National Monetary Council in Brazil passed a new law affecting credit unions. The regulations related to this law have just been published. They allow credit unions to expand services and remove obstacles so that credit unions can have greater participation in Brazil's national financial system.
Key provisions of the regulation include:
- An increase in the service area for a credit union from 750,000 to 2 million people.
- Greater flexibility in membership requirements, especially in the case of entrepreneurs and small businesses.
- Relaxation of accounting rules for an independent company.
- Streamlining of operational relationships between credit unions and cooperative banks.
- The elimination of restrictions for investments in non-credit union entities.
- Updating of allowable risk management systems.
- Modification of capital requirements.
- Change in the eligibility requirements for directors to be more in sync with the local community profiles.
Source: SICREDI, www.sicredi.com.br
Ireland: Supreme Court Reverses Decision on Share Protection Scheme
The Supreme Court in Ireland recently overturned an earlier High Court decision in a case brought by the Irish Competition Authority against the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU).
The Supreme Court's decision is significant for a number of reasons:
- It is the first appeal to come before the Supreme Court which involves the application of substantive competition law;
- It is the first time that the Competition Authority has been overturned on appeal to the Supreme Court; and
- The judgment states that the main object of competition law is consumer welfare, a statement that will have significant consequences for competition law in Ireland into the future.
In 2001, a complaint was made to the Competition Authority regarding the requirement of ILCU members to purchase Loan Protection and Life Savings (LP/LS) insurance from ECCU Assurance Company Limited-an insurance company wholly owned by ILCU. The complaint was made by a small number of credit unions, including some faced with loss of ILCU membership for failure to purchase the LP/LS product from the movement's own insurance provider. ILCU was acting in compliance with its own rules in taking such action-rules that were adopted by all member credit unions in a general meeting.
The Competition Authority did not dispute the right of ILCU to expel its members for breach of rules, but ultimately alleged that the consequential loss of access to the share protection scheme (SPS) amounted to an abuse by ILCU of a dominant position in an alleged market for the provision of savings protection, since the SPS is available only to members of the ILCU. The Competition Authority also alleged a dominant position in the alleged market for the representation of credit unions.
Under section 14 of the Competition Act, the Competition Authority may issue proceedings against a person if it identifies market conduct that it considers to be anti-competitive and invites the courts to condemn it. The burden of proof rests upon the Competition Authority. To discharge the burden of proof, the Competition Authority is required to produce sufficient evidence to the Court to prove its case. It did not happen in this matter.
The Supreme Court stated that the Competition Authority "failed to provide a convincing analysis of ILCU's activities as being anti-competitive."
Source: Irish League of Credit Unions, www.creditunion.ie
Caribbean: Regional Trend Toward Prudential Supervision Continues
Credit union movements in Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago may be following the lead of the Belize movement, which came under direct supervision of the Central Bank of Belize in 2006.
In the Dominican Republic, a new far reaching monetary law has been introduced calling for all financial intermediaries, including credit unions, to be supervised by the Superintendent of Banks. If passed, the new law would lead to the first changes in credit union legal framework since 1964. It would allow credit unions to modernize and expand services as well as offer government-backed deposit insurance.
Earlier this year, WOCCU completed a detailed diagnostic of five credit unions in the Dominican Republic. The results of the diagnostic indicated a great need for credit union inclusion in the Superintendency of Banks' new legislation and supervision framework.
The government of Trinidad and Tobago has agreed on a regulatory framework that proposes the Central Bank as the regulator for credit unions, assuming responsibility for prudential supervision and licensing. According to the proposal, the Commissioner for Cooperative Development would be responsible for registration of credit unions and for promoting the development of the sector.
To date, the Central Bank has produced two policy proposal documents for the Credit Union Act and held two rounds of consultations with stakeholders.
The policy proposal document will form the basis of draft legislation, which will also be discussed with stakeholders before being finalized.
In Jamaica and Barbados, debates continue regarding the scope and framework for supervision, but it appears that credit unions in both countries will be directly supervised by their respective central banks.
Global: WOCCU Presents Draft Model Regulations for Credit Unions
The Model Regulations for Credit Unions is a guide for policymakers, regulators and others who implement or revise credit union regulations. WOCCU staff, credit union supervisors and WOCCU's Legislative and Regulatory Committee jointly prepared the guide as a companion piece to the Model Law for Credit Unions.
Since the Model Law for Credit Unions was first developed 15 years ago, it has been used by dozens of countries to help modify credit union legislation. In an integrated way, the Model Regulations for Credit Unions will help policymakers and credit unions with the next step of reforms.
A summary of the guide is available on WOCCU's website at www.woccu.org/documents/ModelRegsSummary. Check back in December for the full document.
Global: Credit Union Regulators' Network Formed in Calgary
A group of 48 regulators from 15 countries formed the first-ever Credit Union Regulators Network during the 5th annual Regulators' Roundtable at WOCCU's 2007 World Credit Union Conference in Calgary, Canada.
Andy Poprawa, President and CEO of Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario, Canada, proposed forming a credit union regulatory network to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas and undertake research on specific issues or topics of common interest to regulators worldwide.
Membership in the Credit Union Regulators' Network is open to all entities that have statutory supervisory authority for credit unions in their respective jurisdictions. Each organizational member of the network will contribute US$200 to join and pay a nominal conference fee to help cover the cost of hosting the annual Regulator Roundtable meeting. The membership fee may be adjusted based on the size of the country's credit union system.
A steering committee of representatives from seven regions across the world will lead the network and WOCCU will serve as the secretariat. The steering committee's role is to help coordinate the network and to assist WOCCU in organizing the annual Regulators' Roundtable. The steering committee representatives serving the 2007-2008 term are:
- Africa: Fredrick Odhiamba, Kenyan Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing
- Asia/Pacific: Lyndon Kingston, Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority
- Canada: Andy Poprawa, Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario
- Eastern Europe: Wictor Kaminski, NACSCU, Poland
- Latin America/Caribbean: Neri Matus, Central Bank of Belize
- United States: Dave Marquis, National Credit Union Administration
- Western Europe: James O'Brien, Financial Regulator, Ireland
The Credit Union Regulators' Network will convene next at the World Credit Union Conference in Hong Kong, July 12-13, 2008.
Source: WOCCU, http://www.woccu.org/hongkong08
Africa: Credit Union Regulators from Seven Countries Convene in Nairobi, Kenya
The invitation-only workshop brought together for the first time senior officials from ministries of finance, central banks, ministries of cooperatives and the savings and credit cooperative (SACCO, or credit union) industry in Africa to discuss pressing legislative, regulatory and supervisory issues.
Representatives from Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa and Uganda, who regulate a total of 7,000 credit unions with 5.3 million members and US$2.4 billion in assets, attended the meeting. They discussed topics such as key differences in legislation between microfinance institutions and credit unions, access to clearing and settlement systems, transparency in reporting, strategies for supervising large numbers of small credit unions, prudential and operational standards for credit unions and service to non-members.
Participants also reviewed new credit union bills being introduced in Kenya, Malawi and South Africa.
Representatives from the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) participated in the meeting. The meeting was organized and facilitated by WOCCU and the Canadian Cooperative Association.
South Africa: New Credit Union-Specific Law on the Horizon
The South African Parliament has completed its review of a new cooperative bank bill that would convert supervision of credit unions into a three-tier structure.
- Credit unions with less than 200 members or US$140,000 in savings are not considered coop banks and would have no supervision.
- Credit unions larger than the above threshold but with less than US$2.8 million in savings would be supervised by a development agency, which is part of the Ministry of Finance.
- Any credit union with more than US$2.8 million in savings would be directly supervised by the Reserve Bank of South Africa.
The bill would provide credit unions access to deposit insurance and to the national payment system. With Parliamentary debate concluded and no apparent opposition, the bill is expected to pass in early October, making it the first credit-union specific law in English-speaking Africa.
Source: SACCOL, www.saccol.org.za
Kenya: New Credit Union-Specific Bill Published
With the largest credit union movement in Africa, Kenya's Ministry of Justice recently published in the National Gazette a credit union-specific bill that WOCCU helped author. The bill would create an independent prudential regulatory authority and deposit insurance agency specifically for credit unions in Kenya. The proposed system is modeled after the National Credit Union Administration in the United States.The bill is not likely to be introduced into Parliament until after the presidential elections in December.
Malawi: Draft Law and Regulations Would Strengthen Credit Union Framework
WOCCU is coordinating with the Reserve Bank of Malawi, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Marketing, the local credit union movement and the Canadian Co-operative Association to draft a credit union-specific law and regulations that would strengthen the framework in which credit unions operate in Malawi.
The new framework includes: provisions to clean up the register, direct supervision of all credit unions by the Central Bank, the creation of wholesale or second-tier credit unions, tighter requirements for starting a credit union, prudential standards, allowance of services to non-natural persons, increased range of services and direct participation in the national payments system for second-tier credit unions.


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UW-Oshkosh's defense recorded six sacks and three takeaways during a 30-6 Homecoming victory over UW-La Crosse on Saturday (Oct. 12) at J. J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium.
The Titans (5-0/2-0 WIAC), ranked ninth by D3football.com, won for the 20th time in their last 21 games. UW-Oshkosh has captured 11 straight WIAC contests for the third-longest streak since 1957.
Ryan Stefaniak led the defensive onslaught with 10 tackles (nine solo) and a sack. Cody Huemmer posted 2.5 sacks, while Dexter Charles knocked down two passes and sacked the quarterback twice.
Each team drove for a field goal on its opening series. UW-La Crosse's scoring drive featured a 36-yard reception by Jeff Haffemann.
UW-Oshkosh forced a punt and then recorded a 12-play, 56-yard drive. Joe Sommers broke free for a 21-yard catch to get the Titans in scoring range. Nate Ray followed with a 25-yard field goal to take the 6-3 lead.
The Eagles (0-5/0-2 WIAC) quickly went three-and-out on their next possession. On the last play of the first quarter, UW-Oshkosh reached deep into the playbook. Nick Olla threw backwards to Dylann Rauch, who was lined up at receiver. Rauch then fired deep down the sideline to a wide-open Cole Myhra for the 54-yard touchdown. Video Highlight
Neither team could score during the second quarter, as UW-Oshkosh compiled 20 yards and UW-La Crosse 13.
A solid kick return set up UW-Oshkosh right after halftime. Cory Wipperfurth jump-started the drive, gaining 22 yards on an option. Myhra then rushed up the middle for a six-yard score that put the Titans ahead, 20-3.
UW-La Crosse was held to its lowest point total in the last 54 meetings with UW-Oshkosh. The Eagles registered their final tally on a 43-yard field goal from Matt Van Druten midway through the third quarter.
Another highlight-reel play came with 12:24 remaining. Olla looked to his right and lofted a 28-yard pass over two defenders. Zach Kasuboski made a diving grab in the corner of the end zone for a touchdown and 27-6 advantage.
Later in the quarter, Ray drilled a 42-yard field goal for the longest of his career.
UW-Oshkosh used interceptions from Austin Blashka, Manfred Johnson and Branden Lloyd. Johnson's second-quarter pick was off a deflection by Beau Steffens.
Olla finished with 17-of-24 passing for 157 yards. Myhra booked 75 yards on five catches and 65 yards on 13 rushes. The Titans also had Kasuboski mark 64 receiving yards and Wipperfurth 59 rushing.
Both squads converted 2-of-14 third downs. UW-Oshkosh owned a 369-173 edge in total yards, while the Titans held UW-La Crosse to 33 rushing yards on 33 attempts.
The Eagles were led by Haffemann's four receptions for 70 yards. Andy Sires totaled 90 yards on 8-of-21 throws before Trent Cummings went 5-of-10 for 50 yards. Jude Williams topped the run game with 10 carries for 27 yards.
UW-La Crosse's defense made seven tackles for loss, including two sacks by Andrew Walsh. Jay Wussow paced the unit with nine stops.
UW-Oshkosh looks to keep rolling next week (Oct. 19) at UW-River Falls.
By Jon Feyen, UW-Oshkosh Sports Information


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How to modify an initrd
This pages describes how to modify the initrds aka ramdisks of the linkstations/terastations/kuroboxes.
ppc-based boxes
BEWARE: this info is for the original firmimg.bins which were burned to flash. If you flash uboot as a replacement for the stock bootloader you can place the initrd + kernel also to /boot/ instead.
the kernel and the initrd both are inside the firmimg.bin-files which are inside the firmware-update-packages.
so we need to extract both from the firmimg.bin first. some smart japanese guys wrote a tool called firmimgtool.
here you have all the tools you need compiled for ppc:
Usage: ./firmimgtool [-icmkr] <firmimg_filename> -i : show firmimg_file information -c : cut out from firmimg_file -m : merge into firmimg_file -k <filename> : kernel image filename -r <filename> : ramdisk image filename -f <filename> : copy headers from file -h : show this help message
Now we extract kernel.gz and the initrd.gz:
./firmimgtool -c -k kernel.gz -r initrd.gz firmimg.bin
afterwards you should have a kernel.gz and a initrd.gz in the same folder.
unpack initrd.gz
gunzip initrd.gz
and loop mount it
mkdir INITRD mount -o loop initrd INITRD
now you can change everything you want by changing it in the folder INITRD....if you unmount it all changes are saved.
After applying the changes you need to reassemble the firmimg.bin... this works that way:
umount INITRD gzip initrd ./firmimgtool -m -k kernel.gz -r initrd.gz firmimg.bin -f firmimg.bin.103
and voila, the new firmimg.bin is ready for flashing.
the firmimg.bin is encrypted unfortunately. LNI knows how to do this, but he hasn`t published this.
arm9-based boxes
All these boxes feature UBoot as the stock bootloader. The uboot bootloader loads initrd.buffalo from /dev/sda1.
The initrd.buffalo is named initrd.img in the firmware-update-packages. initrd.img is (like the hddrootfs) a password protected zip-file.
just unzip it and supply the right password.
unzip initrd.img Archive: initrd.img [initrd.img] initrd.buffalo password:
try one of these (source of passwords)
1NIf_2yUOlRDpYZUVNqboRpMBoZwT4PzoUvOPUp6l aAhvlM1Yp7_2VSm6BhgkmTOrCN1JyE0C5Q6cB3oBB YvSInIQopeipx66t_DCdfEvfP47qeVPhNhAuSYmA4 IeY8omJwGlGkIbJm2FH_MV4fLsXE8ieu0gNYwE6Ty
for the LS Pro it is YvSInIQopeipx66t_DCdfEvfP47qeVPhNhAuSYmA4 for example.
the initrd.buffalo still is not the real initrd....as it is booted from uboot is has a 64 byte long header. We use dd to get rid of the header, unzip the resulting image.gz and loop-mount the file
dd if=initrd.buffalo of=initrd.gz ibs=64 skip=1 gunzip initrd.gz mkdir INITRD mount -t ext2 -o loop initrd INITRD
there we are...in the folder INITRD you now have loop-mounted the initrd...make your changes as you want.
after making your changes do do this to get the initrd in a bootable condition again:
umount INITRD rmdir INITRD mv initrd.buffalo initrd.stock [backup just in case] gzip initrd mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x0 -e 0x0 -n initrd -d initrd.gz initrd.buffalo


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Catz Fellows of the British Academy
Catz Fellows of the British Academy
Catz Alumni and Fellows have made distinguished contributions in a number of fields and many of them have been recognised by Fellowship of the British Academy. We highlight a number of them below, though this is no exhaustive list. If you are a Catz alumnus and a British Academy Fellow, please contact the Development Office to be added to our list.
Professor David Womersley, Fellow
Professor Richard J Carwardine, Honorary Fellow
Professor Noam Chomsky, Honorary Fellow
Nicholas H Stern, The Rt Hon Lord Stern of Brentford, Honorary Fellow
Professor Joseph E Stiglitz, Honorary Fellow
Professor John O Bayley, Emeritus Fellow
Professor Peter G M Dickson, Emeritus Fellow
Professor Jose F Harris, Emeritus Fellow
Melvyn Bragg, the Lord Bragg of Wigton (BA Honorary Fellow), Domus Fellow


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The 4 Golden Rules The Young Need to Know About Money
As generations get older a new one takes its place in the workforce and casual social living. However, as each new generation takes hold old problems resurface and these recipients must rediscover tried and true rules of the trade and how to manage their money. For those young and starting out their lives we feel it necessary to recap some of the four golden rules that they should know.
Don't count on your degree. Way too many parents try to instill in their children that getting a degree is the utmost important thing to become successful and for the most part that is true, as determined by statistics showing graduates have a lower chance of unemployment than high school diploma recipients. However, never assume that just by having a university (or college) degree that it is an automatic invitation for employment. Times are tough; especially during national recessions. Having a degree during such downturns tend to not matter. It is always stressful looking for a job and so studying for a degree in a field that you genuinely enjoy is critical. Doing so will make the foot work all the more easier.
Control your credit. Credit card companies love to hand out credit to anyone who wants it. They camp out on college campuses eagerly signing up all too willing students who have a taste for plastic. Unfortunately, too many Canadians fall deep in debt which can potentially destroy their dreams. Learn to manage how to use credit. If managed correctly you can take advantage of interest-free credit (under credit card grace periods) allowing these card companies to pay for your better living, not theirs.
A Home is a residence not an investment. Most young people will be buying their first home. With generous offerings by the government like the Home Buyer's Plan and credits it's no surprise people like to own their own home instead of renting. People who own a home think that it is not only a place of residence but a long-term investment. However, on average most people only live in these houses for 5-7 years which is inadequate to appreciate in value to warrant any real quality returns. And with the ongoing housing crisis it is never a good idea to assume just owning a home will be a good investment. Try to look for houses with low interest rates and discounted prices, and most importantly, buy a home not as an investment but as a place to live in for most of your life.
Look to invest early and often. Young people like to spend their earnings on parties, booze, and anything else they can get their hands on. It is only later (and in most cases, too late) in life that they begin to realize they should invest and save for their retirement. Investing early and often is something of a rarity for people. Nothing is risk-free but learning to invest early through a well-balanced portfolio will help weather the ups and downs as time passes. To have a healthy nest egg for your retirement it is important that one be laid early enough.
Advice is just that: advice. Until one can take this advice and puts it into action it will not mean much. If you earnestly take these rules and apply them to your life you will be happier and wiser for years to come.


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New trailer of Morgan Spurlock's documentary "One Direction: This is Us" released - VIDEO
The full trailer of Morgan Spurlock's behind the scenes documentary "One Direction: This is Us" about the popular boy band's "Take Me Home" world tour has been released. A teaser trailer had been released earlier this year…READ MORE
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Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise joined Jerry Bruckheimer as he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. The A-list actors showed their support to the Hollywood super-producer - who is behind Johnny's hit 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films and Tom's star-making movie 'Top Gun' - as he was given a plaque on the famous sidewalk in Los Angeles, California…READ MORE
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PRINCETON — A Spring Valley man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty in Bureau County Court to the Class 2 felony of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, heroin.
Robert W. Reynolds, 22, entered his guilty plea Oct. 2 before Bureau County Associate Circuit Judge C.J. Hollerich. In addition to a three-year sentence to the Illinois Department of Corrections, Reynolds was also ordered to pay fines, fees and costs totaling $2,000. The court also recommended Reynolds receive substance abuse treatment. The Spring Valley man was credited with eight days served in the Bureau County Jail.
Reynolds was represented in court by Bureau County Public Defender Michael Henneberry. Prosecuting the case was Bureau County First Assistant State's Attorney Anthony Sciuto.
On Feb. 28, TRIDENT agents conducted a controlled purchase of heroin in Spring Valley from Reynolds. The TRIDENT purchase resulted in the purchase of five packages of heroin weighing less than one gram. The purchase was videotaped, which resulted in the arrest of Reynolds.
Reynold's previous record includes a Class A misdemeanor conviction in 2011 in LaSalle County for battery. He also has a 2012 felony conviction in LaSalle County for the Class 4 felony of possession of a controlled substance.


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Holiday Inn Rome - Eur Parco Dei Medici
Holiday Inn Rome - Eur Parco Dei Medici
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Welcome to Holiday Inn Rome - Eur Parco Dei Medici
A modern hotel near Rome's airport and business district, with two outdoor pools
The Holiday Inn® Rome Eur Parco dei Medici hotel offers 317 spacious rooms to suit both business and leisure visitors. Catch a taxi to the Colosseum and Vatican in 25 minutes, or catch a train from nearby Muratella station or a metro from EUR Magliana station. Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport is a short shuttle ride away, costing €10 pp.
Here on business? The hotel has free WiFi, a Business Centre and 18 stylish meeting spaces, which can take up to 600 people. The offices of Telecom Italia, WFP and ExxonMobil are all close by, as is the EUR business district. The hotel runs a shuttle to the city centre, EUR Magliana metro station and the Fiera di Roma exhibition centre.
Explore Rome's sights, such as the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps and Pantheon, all around 30 minutes by public transport from the hotel. Soak up the sun at Ostia beach, 26 km away. Shopping centres and a multiplex cinema are nearby.
A pillow menu and room service help this recently refurbished Rome property feel like home. There's also a fitness centre with a sauna and, in the summer, two outdoor pools. Relax in the spacious Lobby, sip a drink at the cosy lounge bar and enjoy steaks and Italian wine at La Serra restaurant. Kids stay and eat free.
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Style # 210646
Land an instant statement look with this striped bebe dress, featuring contrast panels at sides and a lovely chevron design at front. Mix it with silver and gold add ons to elevate it.
- 65% nylon, 30% rayon, 5% spandex
- Center back to hem: 32" (81 cm)
- Stretch jersey lining
- Invisible side zipper
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Striped Contrast Dress is rated out of 5 by 9.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Chavelita1 from Love it! I love this dress, it fits, it looks, and it feels good. I got a small size and it fits perfect, it's not too short or too long either, I'm 5'4 and weight 120lb and 34C, I totally recommend this dress!!!
Date published: 2013-05-20
Rated 5 out of 5 by Bibi26jr from This specific product had a zipper defect The dress is beautiful, form fitting, and affordable However, the dress has a zipper defect and so I had to Return it. But I loved the dress so much that I ordered another one the exact same and hopefully this new Dress will not have a zipper defect.
Date published: 2013-05-04
Rated 5 out of 5 by Bellefille from Sexy, Elegant, BEAUTIFUL I love this dress. The material is PERFECT. It looks great on.... I am not slim, but this dress makes me look slim. I was hesitant to buy this, as I usually don't buy online. I read the review and I took the shot! I didn't regret. For the residents of Canada, don't buy it online. Go to store, it would costs you a LOT Cheaper!! even if they ship it from another store, in another city.
Date published: 2013-04-29
Rated 4 out of 5 by VBebe from Vegas Dress I've been searching for a dress and I think I found the perfect one. Tried it on at the store and fell in love and at $59.99, I just couldn't resist. Sold!
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Date published: 2013-03-11
Rated 5 out of 5 by browngirl829 from This dress is beautiful! Another great fit. Good quality fabric with a light lining which is perfect. I'm 5'3 and I found the length to be just the way I like it, just above the knee. The color of this dress is exactly the same as on the site. I am very pleased and would highly recommend this dress, I can't wait to wear it!
Date published: 2013-03-05
Rated 3 out of 5 by prettyunique from stripes are in right now and you cant go wrong with them. i got the blk and wht one to wear to a funeral. The dress fits true to size. Its flattering, but doesnt hide any imperfections. Still a sexy dress though.
Date published: 2013-02-24
Rated 5 out of 5 by Vitabug from Sexy shape The black is so sexy. It's bold and brings more definition to my already curvy hips with the horizontal strips on the bottom. The top portion actually makes my breast appear a little smaller, which is fine. This little frock brings attention to the right places not to mention the size is on point. Luv!
Date published: 2013-02-22


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School Funding in Michigan: Common Myths
Michigan's state-run school system is the largest and most expensive government service taxpayers support. It employs more than 350,000 people who work in one of the more than 4,100 different entities. The total amount this system expends each year adds up to more than $20 billion. Given the enormity and complexity of the system, it's no surprise that a number of myths exist about how public schools are funded.


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Provides functionality for working with JavaScript in your views.
Ajax, controls and visual effects
- For information on using Ajax, see ActionView::Helpers::PrototypeHelper.
- For information on using controls and visual effects, see ActionView::Helpers::ScriptaculousHelper.
Including the JavaScript libraries into your pages
Rails includes the Prototype JavaScript framework and the Scriptaculous JavaScript controls and visual effects library. If you wish to use these libraries and their helpers (ActionView::Helpers::PrototypeHelper and ActionView::Helpers::ScriptaculousHelper), you must do one of the following:
- Use <%= javascript_include_tag 'prototype' %>: As above, but will only include the Prototype core library, which means you are able to use all basic AJAX functionality. For the Scriptaculous-based JavaScript helpers, like visual effects, autocompletion, drag and drop and so on, you should use the method described above.
For documentation on javascript_include_tag see ActionView::Helpers::AssetTagHelper.
JS_ESCAPE_MAP = { '\\' => '\\\\', '' => '<\/', "\r\n" => '\n', "\n" => '\n', "\r" => '\n', '"' => '\\"', "'" => "\\'" }