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Updated, 12/17, 10:50 a.m.
The following are excerpts from the remaining clergy that spoke at Sunday evening's vigil:
"Oh God, exhaulted and full of compassion, grant perfect peace in your sheltering presence among the holy and the pure to the souls of all our loved ones that perished on that horrible day. They have gone to their eternal home. Master of mercy, we beseech you, remember all of their worthy and righteous deeds that they performed in the land of living and may their souls be bound up in the bond of lifet enteral. There is no death, just transformation. May they rest in peace." —Rabbi Shaul Praver of Congregation Adath Israel after singing Psalm 46
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."—Rev. Kathleen E. Adams-Shepard, rector of Trinity Episcopal.
"The Muslim community at Al Hedya in Newtown, Connecticut and throughout the nation, join with our fellow Americans grieving for those who died in this senseless tragedy and praying for them and their families. We ask God to grant those lost those to special place in paradise and we ask their families to be granted the strength to endure the unendurable. It is in such times of almost unbearable loss that we seek the of our creator, and that artificial divisions of faith fall away to reveal a nation of mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, all united in a desire to bring healing and renewed hope."—Muadh Bhavnagarwala of the Al Hedaya Islamic Center
Updated, 9:27 p.m.
As President Barack Obama arrived in Newtown Sunday night, scores of folks, from near and far, gathered in the center of Sandy Hook for a makeshift vigil.
"I guess I'm just here to lend my support and comfort anyway I can," Camille Wallace, a Queens, NY resident who came to Connecticut for the day. "You never really know what to do in this situation. I'm trying to talk to whoever I can, pass along a hug."
Wallace was one of the passerbys dropping flowers, hand-written messages and stuffed animals among dozens of burning candles at the intersection of Church Hill Road and Washingtown Avenue, in front of and around a giant tree decorated for Christmas.
David Fuselier, of Southbury, said he and others in the area are "heartbroken." Angela Williams, a paramedic from Philadelphia who came to show compassion for those hurting, shared that sentiment. She was there with her 3-year-old, Alex—one of many youngsters surveying the scene.
"He's asked, 'What's going on?' The best I can come up with is a bad man was hurting and he hurt others," she said. "And we're here to try and help pick up the pieces."
Signs declaring "Together We Are Strong" and "Love Will Get Us Through" were sprinkled throughout the town and village. Along Church Hill Road, where people parked their cars and walked to the memorial, balloons were tied to painted figures of angels planted in the ground.
Updated, 9:10 p.m.
An excerpt from the prayer by Pastor Rob Morris of Christ the King Lutheran Church:
"We bring to you 20 new stars in the heavens, 20 new saints, 20 new angels. We bring to you those who risk their lives for us everyday not counting the cost, and we bring to you those who died, those who counsel, those who bless and embrace the confused and the broken. And now in this prayer, we bring to you ourselves, our questions, our doubts, our anger and our hearts, and we pray for the peace, the hope and the renewal of trust that can come only from a God who first conceived us in love and places a hand of compassion on each of our shouldlers even in the most trying times. And so tonight for our community, a community deepl pained, we ask you to heal our brokenness, to answer our questions, to replace our doubts with certainty, our anger with peace and our hurt with and healing…"
Updated, 8:59 p.m.
After reading the names of the Sandy Hook victims, Obama said that "for those of us who remain, let us find the strength to carry on and make our country worthy of their memory."
Updated, 8:54 p.m.
Obama spoke with attendees on keeping America's children safe:
"We come to realize that we bear responsibility for every child because we count on everyone to look after ours—that we're all parents, that they're all our children. This is our first task caring for our children, it's our first job. If we don't get that right we don't get anything right. That's how as a society we will be judged. And by that measure can we truly say as a nation that we are meeting our obligation... We are not doing enough and we will have to change."
Updated, 8:45 p.m.
An excerpt from President Obama's address to vigil service attendees:
"We gather here in memory of 20 beautiful children and six remarkable adults. They lost their lives in a school that could have been any school in any town of good and decent people. They could be any town in America. I come to offer the love and prayers of a nation. I'm very mindful that mere words cannot match your depths of sorrow, nor could they heal your wounded hearts....Newtown you are not alone."
Updated, 8:37 p.m.
An excerpt from Gov. Malloy's speech at the vigil:
"[In spring], when flowers start to come out of the ground and when they rise, I will know that we are in touch with those we have lost in the last few days. We will go on, we will find strength, faith is a gift as is our ability to support one another in our great community. To all of you, I extend my most profound condolences for what you have seen, witnessed and personally experienced. We will move on, but we will never forget..."
Updated, 8:34 p.m.
First Selectwoman Patricia Llodra, who introduced Gov. Dan Malloy, said that Newtown is a "place that loves children above all" and would "not be defined" the Sandy Hook tragedy.
Updated, 8:29 p.m.
"Be though not disconosolate, do not languish, do not sigh, nor wail or weep for agitation and morning deeply affect their souls in the divine realm."
—John Woodall, Ba'hai Community Leader
Updated 8:21 p.m.
Rev. Jane Sibley of Newtown United Methodist Church offered a prayer for first responders. The following is an excerprt:
"You gave them gifts for their life to serve you. They were asked to pay a high price for all the skills that they have been given, for the strength that they have. You equipped them, you gave them a willingness to learn and train, you gave them a willingness to serve late at night when the call would come in—a willingness to respond when this town needed them the most. Lord we thank you for those that responded, for those thoughout the state that came when the need was given..."
Updated, 8:11 p.m.
An excerpt from a prayer by Rev. Jim Solomon of the New Hope Community Church:
"Dear Lord, as we leave the children that we lost in your hands, we ask that by your grace you woud empower us to bless and comfort the children that are still here in our hands. Please be with them in a special way as they grieve the loss of siblings and friends. Life will never be the same, yet we ask that you help these precious little ones to carry the spirits of their lost loved ones in their hearts as they go along living their lives to its fullest according to your will for each of these girls and boys."
Updated, 8:06 p.m.
An excerpt from a prayer by Mell Kawakami, senior pastor of Newtown Methodist Church:
"Each light that sits before us is a light that's been lost to our world. So many innocents, so many brave...Lord all we can do is throw ourselves upon your tender mercies hoping that you hear our prayers… and so we pray for all of the souls lost and all of the families and friends torn by grief, for in this moment, we are all your children."
Updated, 7:53 p.m.
Rev. Matt Crebbin, minister of Newtown Congregational Church, has opened the interfaith vigil service. He said that the clergy in attendance has chosen to sit in the audience instead of on stage because "we wanted to have a symbolic gesture that we ourselves are with you and among you in these coming days—that we we are all together."
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An interfaith vigil for families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings, as well as families from the school, is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the line to enter the building is already long.
The Red Cross is in attendance and is handing out blankets and water and stuffed animals, according to Amy Krasowski, of Fairfield and formerly of Sandy Hook.
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When i do go out on Saturday nights and put the books down for a few hours the night life on campus is pretty lively.
not much variety but satisfies the average student
Almost all the majors require some type of internship.
Drug Safety:
not many students partake in taking drugs.
Off-Campus Dining:
Its pretty decent when compared to the dinning resources around other universities.
Off-Campus Housing:
Its not the best and could use some creativity, but for the most part its accaeptable.
Off-Campus Housing:
The off-campus housing selection at my school is so much better than the on-campus selection. Off-campus housing screams freedom and adult-life. One can go on campus and eat in the cafeteria or the market, but there's something so fantastic about eating the delicacies made from ones own hand! And the curfew is more realistic considering that we're are adults. And transportation is available if one has no car. The few cons I will have to address is the fast that we still have curfew. Granted, it's later than the curfew on-campus, but regardless there is still a curfew.
We have limited transportation services on campus during times we experience inclement weather, such as the recent ice and snow storms encountered during January and February 2014. Other than the limited service, freshman students walk to classes and other venues on campus. Most upper classmen have cars.
My only complaint is the food but I have a fridge and microwave.
I attend a Seventh-day Adventist Christian institution so nightlife is not supposed to exist. However, that doesn't mean that people do go out. I fact, many people, if not most do. But I don't so I can't make an accurate judgment about nightlife on campus. As a campus we have no "nightlife". During students free time, especially on weekends..... well I can't speak for everyone so I won't make a rating.
Diversity on campus is low if you go based on looks, since everyone has pigmented skin. However, there are people from a variety of countries that attend this school.
Health & Safety:
Public safety early help put I don't feel unsafe when I walk around by myself at night. And when something happens the take more precautions to enforce safety.
Drug Safety:
Our policy is a drug free smoke free and alcohol free campus.
I love the library its quiet and I can get a lot of work done.
i do like t he fact that they have a skating rink on campus and try to get the campus involve into activities like movie nights and games and things like that for people that cannot get off campus.
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Our religion doesn't believe in Greek life.
depending on the time of year the wait can be ridiculously long. But once you get in and get to work they're pretty speedy.
So far I like my major. I just changed it but the teacher who got me interested into my new major was awesome.
I just started the program but so far I like it.
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I'm not really sure because I don't participate in sports that much
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Depending on where you dine the food can either be good or bad. The market food is really good but the prices are ridiculous. the Cafe food is all you can eat but the food is under-cooked most of the time.
I like my major because one specific teacher really got me into my class. I understood clearly what was going on learned alot of things and also learned things about myself and I applied what I learned outside of the class as well
Some teachers can be very rude and also hard to understand But for the most part I like all my teachers.
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Being a freshman and waiting in long registration lines may seem rough and uncomfortable at first, but in the long run, it is worth it. It is worth the relationships you build. It is worth the spiritual life that you gain. It is worth the amazing classes you take and the experiences you have. Oakwood is not a perfect school, and it definitely lacks in some areas, but it is all worth it compared to what you are given. The friends that are made and the experiences that are had will be things that students wouldn't trade for the world. Many people focus on the destination, but at Oakwood, it is not so much the destination that matters but the journey you take to get to that destination. Future students can be assured that Oakwood University is a great journey.
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2013 was arguably the best year so far for NOSOUND in terms of releases and feedback.
First half of last year we released our new studio album Afterthoughts, the best selling album in the band's history, featuring Chris Maitland on drums and for the first time vinyl and dvd-audio high resolution surround formats.
Later the same year we reissued our second album Lightdark, in a remastered/repackaged version including a limited white vinyl and dvd-audio high resolution surround formats.
We also played some key promotional shows on radio and tv that helped greatly gaining some more visibility. Once again we'd like to say 'Thank You' to all of you, old and new fans, we're here thanks to your amazing support buying our albums, interacting with us on social medias and sharing your thoughts about our music.
Back to present, the end of 2013 and first months of 2014 were busy with some work in studio finalising demos and material for new a new album that will see the light tentatively early next year.
At the same time we're trying to work on the live side of things to bring the band live on stage. Giulio Caneponi on drums and Marco Berni on keyboards added loads of new inspiration and fresh energy in the band personal and musical mix, and we all can't wait to publish soon the first confirmed news/dates..stay tuned!
NOSOUND is in Top10 overall and Top5 Kscope artists best seller on Burning Shed in 2013!
With June's No1 on Prog charts this marks a fantastic year for Nosound. We'd like to send our most heartfelt thank you to all our fans: you supported us and waited for the new album for over two years. We worked hard to deliver what we consider our best album to date, the reaction was overwhelming and showed us we're going towards the right direction in our endless journey with you.
There are big plans for next year, and more news and free exclusive material to come for the Festive season..follow us on Facebook and Twitter and don't miss these out!
Lightdark 2013, preorders are now open on http://store.nosound.net/ for 25th November 2013 release and shipping!
As part of the Kscope 5th anniversary celebrations, Nosound's breakthrough second album Lightdark has been re-released on heavyweight double white vinyl in a gatefold sleeve plus download card, and a deluxe 2 disc (CD+DVD-A/V) in rigid digibook with new 24 pages photographic booklet.
This reissue is completely remastered and includes for the first time new high resolution stereo and surround mixes. The first batch of preorders of vinyl and cd/vinyl bundle will get also a free signed A4 litho print!
Talking about free goodies, for the promo campaign there's a new mini website http://www.lightdark.net/ where is possible also to download Kites remastered in mp3, high resolution and surround.
NOSOUND back in studio for a special release
The summer was busy between promotion activity, tour planning and studio work for a very special release by Nosound for this winter.
Vinyl test pressings arrived and approved, vinyl is already in production and very soon more details will be disclosed and preorder campaign will start..
NOSOUND live report @Kscope Birthday Gig
Official evening great photographer Caroline Traitler prepared a complete gallery of NOSOUND gig, before and during the gig. Time was tight and we had to shorten our setlist but it was anyway a fantastic gig thanks to an incredibly warm and loud audience. Here's the setlist:
Fading Silently
I Miss The Ground
(The Anger Song)
During the same night we had the pleasure to talk with the great Billy Reeves and now the podcast of the two nights Kscope Birthday is online, with interviews with all the bands:
And if you want to read more about the evening, there are a few reviews already online on Metal Recusants and Prog Sphere!
NOSOUND - Afterthoughts out now
Nosound new fourth studio album Afterthoughts is now available worldwide on cd, dvd-v/a, vinyl 180gr and on main digital stores and streaming services.
The pre-order campaign for Afterthoughts was by far the most successful in Nosound history, the interest was consistently higher than the past and all feedback from critic and public so far was amazing, allowing the album to be N.1 in Prog magazine Top 30 Prog albums sales of June 2013:
So we would like to celebrate this new start for Nosound welcoming you to our brand new website and sharing a new track from the limited instrumental bonus cd
And if you want to download it, follow Nosound on Twitter (@nosoundofficial) and you can download the track for free.
With the new album release we also updated our app, now supporting retina displays, real time news and notifications from the band, new exclusive audio/video/galleries, updated and fully searchable biography/discography and lyrics, real time connections with our social networks and much more, all constantly updated. Check it out and get it for free.
A new chapter in Nosound history is starting today, welcome aboard!
"The clarity which reins supreme on the mix of this new album points the compass in a new direction...No afterthoughts or worries on this album. It is another stellar performance. Don't miss this latest chapter in the story."
Mark Johnson, Sea Of Tranquillity 5/5
"Despite its bleak subject matter, the record is a life-affirming experience, and few other albums have ever matched its magnificent combinations."
Jordan Blum, Popmatters 9/10
"You can never underestimate music like this as there is a lot to be heard beneath the surface."
Tommy Hash, Ytsejam 4/5
"April is very early to think about my album of the year list, but with Afterthoughts Nosound has set the bar pretty high indeed... Afterthoughts comes highly recommended indeed."
Marc, Prognosis 10/10
"The work of Nosound is a must-own for any person celebrated this current return of prog music or any real lover of any kind of music."
Bradley Brizer, ProgArchy
"A perfect album to get to embark on a journey deep thoughts. I would see it as the perfect complement to Anathema's Weather Systems."
"Nosound is a genre in itself. If you're not too addicted to adrenaline, discover this album, you should like me succumb to its charm."
Alter, NeoProg.eu 4/5
"If you like Nosound without hesitation you can buy the new album, because you will not be disappointed. And if you had no contact so far with this band, it's worth looking around for some samples, because you can lose a good music. For me the big 5-Star."
Marudzenie.pl 5/5
Online radio session at Radio Rock 106.6
NOSOUND online radio session at Radio Rock
Friday 14th June, 4pm (GMT+2, UTC+02)
106.6 FM (in Rome)
We'll be guests of Jelena Milic and we'll have a short band live session, playing a few tracks from our albums. You can connect and listen to the show from all over the world and from any major operating system and audio player:
-Winamp: http://streaming.meway.it/tunein.php/radio_rock/playlist.pls
-Quicktime & iTunes: http://streaming.meway.it/tunein.php/radio_rock/playlist.qtl
-Windows Media Player: http://streaming.meway.it/tunein.php/radio_rock/playlist.asx
-Real Player: http://streaming.meway.it/tunein.php/radio_rock/playlist.ram
"An Encounter with NOSOUND": part 1/3 of a long video interview (in English) filmed in Nosound studio in Rome by Stefano Fasti.
An in depth analysis of Nosound history and new album themes.
NOSOUND - Afterthoughts (6th May 2013, Kscope)
Nosound new fourth studio album Afterthoughts is available now for order!
Visit the new promo mini website http://www.kscopemusic.com/nosound/afterthoughts for free download track, photo gallery, music and video, desktop/mobile wallpapers and more.
The 2 disc edition features the stereo mix of the album on CD plus a DVD-A/DVD-V (NTSC 16:9, Region Free) with stereo and 5.1 surround high resolution 24bit / 96kHz mixes, plus DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround versions. The first 500 pre-orders of the album from the Kscope store will receive a bonus CD featuring instrumental versions of all the tracks on the album.
The double vinyl edition of the album is pressed on heavyweight (180gm) vinyl and packaged in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves. The first 500 copies will be signed and numbered and come with a free cloth bag plus a bonus CD featuring instrumental versions of tracks from the album. All copies ordered from the Kscope store contain code for the download digital version of the album.
NOSOUND radio session 26/1/2013 - free & online streaming gig
(picture by Sunstudio.it)
Saturday 26th January 2013
h 17:00 (GMT+1)
Brancaleone (free admission)
Via Levanna, 11 - Rome, Italy
Live streaming http://live.nosound.net or http://www.radiopopolareroma.it/ascolta
Radio Popolare Roma 103.3
Non vedo l'ora - L'aperitivo radiofonico
feat. Rock Am Dj's (with Prince Faster)
After several acoustic and 'semi-acoustic' shows in UK & Italy, after releasing the new EP 'At The Pier', NOSOUND take a break from new album's recording sessions (with Chris Maitland, ex Porcupine Tree, on drums) for a full band gig for Radio Popolare Roma at Brancaleone live club. Entrance at club is going to be free, and the gig will be streamed live online from http://live.nosound.net or http://www.radiopopolareroma.it/ascolta (gig start h 18:00 GMT+1).
The gig will also be recorded so we'll need all your support..join the event on Facebook, follow the gig online and if you're in Rome just come and join us for free!
Giancarlo Erra: vocals, guitars
Paolo Vigliarolo: guitars
Alessandro Luci: bass
Marco Berni: keyboards, vocals
Giulio Caneponi: drums, percussions
NOSOUND 'semi-acoustic' | online live streaming gig
(picture by Manuspi)
NOSOUND 'semi-acoustic'
Friday 28th December
h 17:30 (GMT) - free live internet streaming
Radio showcase at Radiorock.to with live streaming at
After the 'semi-acoustic' album The Northern Religion Of Things released in 2011 on Kscope, the exclusive gigs in London (Union Chapel), Norwich and Treviso, the semi-acoustic Nosound quartet lineup plays an exclusive radio showcase in Rome for Radiorock.to, live in streaming starting from 17:30 (GMT) at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/radiorock-theoriginal or http://live.nosound.net/
It's free and live from all over the world, using the standard platform Ustream available on all computers and also on most smartphones and tablets. Join us on this event on Facebook and live with your comments during the gig!
The band will play an 1h set including tracks from all previous albums and from the just released EP At The Pier, with the music re-arranged for this particular lineup.
Giancarlo Erra: vocals, keyboards, guitars
Paolo Vigliarolo: guitars
Alessandro Luci: upright bass
Marco Berni: keyboards
Nosound - At The Pier (with Chris Maitland on drums)
Nosound - At The Pier
strictly limited EP in digipak, 3 brand new tracks featuring Chris Maitland (ex-Porcupine Tree) on drums and Marianne DeChastelaine on cello
1. A New Start
2. The Anger Song
3. Two Monkeys (alt. version)
We are currently working on our new album, which will be released in early 2013. Ahead of this release comes At The Pier, a new EP which features three brand new tracks from the new album material, plus some exclusive content.
For any promos request for review/radio airplay please send an email to email@example.com
For all the new material on album and EP we are joined by Marianne De Chastelaine on cello and Chris Maitland, formerly of Porcupine Tree, on drums, who adds a new dimension to the Nosound dynamics through his powerful and inventive drumming.
At The Pier is a strictly limited release and all pre-orders will receive an exclusive Nosound guitar pick (1.0mm) until stock lasts!
To celebrate the release of the new ep the band takes a short break from the work in studio for a 'semi-acoustic' gig in Treviso (Italy, 30/11/2012) as a trio. The setlist will include music from the new ep, from The Northern Religion Of Things and from previous albums, all re-arranged for this new lineup.
For more information about the gig you can visit the event page at http://www.facebook.com/events/374473659301982/


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1402 N 5th St, Superior, WI | Directions 54880-119546.732453 -92.098068
Monday 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM ; Closed Tuesday ; Wednesday-Thursday 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM ; Friday-Saturday 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM ; Sunday 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Great Food and Service – Been going to the Hammond for 34 years and never have had a bad meal or bad service even on very busy evenings.Golden Cadillac drinks are one of the best in the area.Prices and portions are great.
Where's the Beef? – I have been here twice since Christmas because of $50 gift card I received. I will not be visiting again using my own money due to the following:
Poor food quality
Average service
Poor ambiance
The food ordered: Thin cut ribeye, steak sandwich, and queen cut prime rib.
The thin cut ribeye was really on the "thin" side. The taste and preparation was decent, but for the over $10 price I would have expected a little larger cut. The steak sandwich was chewy and lacking on the "sandwich" part. Unless you call one slice of burnt white bread a sandwich.
The queen cut prime rib was 45% edible meat and 55% FAT!
Don't expect much with the cold fries, hash browns or non-existent vegetables either.
The Service was friendly enough, but I would think that one of the supposedly higher class restaurants in Superior that it would have a dress code for their waitresses. An un-tucked shirt with a pair of sweatpants does not make for a classy waitress.
The ambiance was poor due to the delivery method of your order...a rolling cart that doubles for one of the bus tray carts. There are two conveniently (for the workers) placed bus carts in the dining area, one which was approx. 3 feet behind my seat. The waitress takes the plate with the 55% fat and scrapes it into the garbage right behind our table. For us to further enjoy and of course the other patrons? What a system!
This place had its day back in the 70s! This place only survives on locals not expecting more for their money. Anybody that comes from the rest of the world please be warned.
poor service – celebrating mothers 84th birthday. after 1 hour and 30 minute wait for food, several meals were poor. 2 lobsters were cold and raw in middle, my medium steak was well done and dry, the ribs tasted so bad my wife left them. the waitress's were pleasent and friendly.
pros-friendly staff
cons-long wait, bad food
Good steaks, horrible customer service – We were very disappointed with our visit to the Hammond Steak House. I have a heard the food is good but to be honest I don't even remember what my food tasted like. We had such horrible, rude service that I wanted to leave upon being seated. Also, I hated the smokey atmosphere. I have gotten spoiled with the wonderful smoke free restaurants in Duluth. I'll just stick to Duluth restaurants thanks! The attitude and the atmosphere ruined my dining experience there. I won't go back!
Seafood Lover – I have taste tested the Salmon at every restaurant, from here to the U.S. / Canadian border. The Hammond Steak House gets an A+ for their Salmon dish!
My hubby speaks volumes for their Steak, that's prepared "exactly" how you asked.
Best Prime Rib Around! – The Hammond House has the best prime rib around, you can cut it with a fork. We have always had excellent food there and it is reasonably priced for what you get.
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Japan's master of an ancient Muslim art
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For Kouichi Honda, writing a beautiful line is what life is about. Getting every detail right — the subtle curves, the varying thicknesses and the density of the ink — matters to him as much as life itself.
The 61-year-old professor of international relations at Daito Bunka University in Saitama Prefecture is Japan's leading authority on Arabic calligraphy, a devotional art form that has evolved over the course of 1,400 years and has detailed rules determining every single facet of the practice, whether the script is executed on paper or vellum or is fired into the gorgeous ceramic tiling that can hardly fail to astonish any visitor to a mosque.
But Honda is not just a rare curio in Japan. He is known around the world as one of the best Arabic calligraphers alive today. Some of his works, including "The Face of God" — a series of Koranic scripts against blue, red and yellow pyramid-shaped backgrounds — were last year accorded the tremendous honor of being included in the permanent collection of the British Museum in London.
Honda's unique journey began when he graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies with Arabic as his major. He had not chosen Arabic for any particular reason, he says, except that he was interested in foreign languages and had enjoyed English in high school, but the Arabic department was easier to get into.
While he was at university, he says, students across the nation were being thrown into chaos by the 1960s student movement. But while his classmates were busy barricading school gates, donning helmets, shouting impassioned slogans and confronting the police, Honda says he was being otherwise inspired by the works of the author Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933), and he dreamed of one day becoming a fairy-tale writer like him.
So after college, Honda spent four years cloistered in his small apartment in Kanagawa Prefecture trying to produce a masterpiece. He could not. "For days on end, I sat in front of a desk, but nothing came out because I had nothing in myself," he says.
Then, while still yearning for life's meaning, he got a job with a Tokyo-based surveying company that had contracts with several Middle Eastern governments to create maps. As one of the few Arabic-speaking Japanese at that time in his company, or indeed the whole of Japan, Honda soon found himself sent to Saudi Arabia, Libya and Yemen in the 1970s as an interpreter for the firm.
It was an experience that changed his life, he says.
Honda's five-year stint in the Middle East involved camping in the desert for months, driving 20-odd-strong groups far off any beaten tracks to log landforms and record the names the nomadic Bedouin people gave to hills, rivers and mountains.
But while his Japanese co-workers (few in number as hardly any Japanese spoke Arabic) found their life on the road hard to adjust to, Honda says he wholeheartedly enjoyed the experience. He loved being close to nature and traveling to places even locals would shy away from. Eventually, he says, his body even started to "feel" directions without a compass and regardless of the weather.
It was also during this time that he discovered the art of Arabic calligraphy, which, unlike Chinese and Japanese forms that utilize brushes, uses pens made from reeds or bamboo. Honda's introduction to the Arabic form, however, occurred one day when he was visiting the Saudi government's aerial-survey department on business, and saw official calligraphers at work. It was standard practice back then for Saudi government agencies to use handwriting in official documents, including maps, he says, noting that the art of calligraphy had developed as people tried to copy the Koran precisely and beautifully.
At the aerial survey department, Honda was particularly struck, he says, by the way the calligraphers would write the names of such features as wadis (dry river courses) in such a way that the lines of Arabic characters would flow in parallel with those vital features where water was often to be found underground.
Soon he learned that, unlike in the Japanese and Chinese traditions, Arabic calligraphy involves shape design, often featuring circular or oval forms. This is because the rules for writing the Arabic alphabet are more flexible, and they allow the lengths of many lines to be extended or shrunk relatively freely to create geometrical designs.
"I fell in love with the beauty of those curves," he recalled, admitting that, until then, he had never before been interested in any forms of calligraphic art, including Japan's own. He immediately asked one of the calligraphers to teach him the basics, and after that he would practice alone after work in his tent.
Then, after he returned to Japan, Honda continued to study the art, but all by himself. His teachers were textbooks he had brought from Saudi Arabia, and he made the pens himself out of wooden chopsticks. It was also during this period, four or five years after his return to Japan, that he became a Muslim and adopted the Islamic name of Fuad, meaning "heart." He said he did not have a revelation or anything, but became a Muslim because he wanted to study the words of the Koran, which only believers are allowed to touch.
Soon his self-taught skills became more widely known about, and, because there was practically no one else in Japan who was trained in Arabic calligraphy, he was swamped with requests from foreign embassies in Tokyo and Japanese corporations doing business in Arabic-speaking countries to write everything from party banners to corporate logos and advertising copy.
But with the arrival of Arabic word processors and PCs in the late 1980s — which he was partly responsible for because he helped develop various computer-friendly Arabic fonts — such requests soon dried up.
Then in 1988, in the final days of the Iran-Iraq War, the Iraqi government invited Honda to participate in a high-profile calligraphy festival in Baghdad, where hundreds of top professionals from around the world converged to display their best works. There, he became acquainted with the greatest names in the field, including Hassan Chelby, a Turkish master whom he subsequently asked for private lessons. His request was accepted and, finally in 2000, Chelby gave Honda a license to teach calligraphy.
Now, as a master in his own right, Honda has carved out a niche for himself with his unique use of colors. While he sticks to the traditional rules of Arabic calligraphy, which dictate such details as how to place punctuation marks, he says that his Japanese heritage helps him to break conventions, too. For one, he likes to use the gradation of nuanced colors in his backgrounds — unlike many other artists who contrast one vivid color against another.
"To me, blue has more than 20 different variations," he said. "My colors reflect my sensibility as a Japanese."
While 30 years have elapsed since Honda first visited Saudi Arabia, it is the desert life from those days that continues to inspire his works, says the tall, slim man who now lives in the seaside town of Zushi in Kanagawa Prefecture west of Tokyo with his Japanese wife and their grown-up daughter.
But you don't have to be a Muslim or an Arabic expert to enjoy the art, Honda insists. In fact, many in his ever-expanding group of students are not Muslims, and some do not even know the Arabic language, he said. However, his students, also include two dozen at the Saudi Embassy-affiliated Arabic Islamic Institute in Tokyo, who are doing remarkably well, he reports with obvious satisfaction.
In the latest round of the prestigious calligraphic art competition staged by the Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) in Istanbul every three years, four Japanese — three of whom were students of Honda — won awards. And that was a record-breaking number, said Koichi Yamaoka, secretary general of the Japan Arabic Calligraphy Association, which he set up with Honda in 2006.
"This is quite an epoch-making development," Yamaoka said. "People over there must be wondering what is going on in Japan."
But to Honda, his students' success comes as no surprise. "Japanese people have a background in calligraphy through their experience of learning shodo (Japanese calligraphy)," he said. "Even if you are not able to understand the Arabic language, you can appreciate the beauty of its written form.
"To me, there are various levels of beauty in the letters. One Arabic letter of the alphabet is beautiful by itself, but when it becomes part of a sentence, there is another level of beauty. And then the letters start to move as if they were living creatures.
"To me, it is almost like music with no sound," he said, smiling serenely.
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Wa alaikum Salam
Wow now we have a Chinese as well as a Japanese Calligrapher. Cool
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I think you missed the point TedBuras while you were searching for racial undertones. How many rich athletes do you know that stay rich after they retire. He was pointing out that not because he is black, but another athlete that spends on stupid stuff and leaves it lying out to be stolen, while he was throwing himself a lavish birthday party like many athletes and rappers do. It not the race, but the behavior! I am sick of everyone turning everything into race! Get over yourself!
@budrick20 The message boards are rife with stereotypes and caricatures. I don't even read comments most of the time as a result
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Welcome to the Library, where you'll find a selection of industry resources including eBooks, Whitepapers, Webinars, Survey Reports, Research Reports and more.
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The Basics of Biotech 101, 201 & 301
This 3-part webinar series is specifically geared toward the non-science professional who needs to better understand industry terminology, science, techniques and issues. This series provides an overview of the science and technology used to enable discovery and the processes scientists use to discover new therapeutics. Download now.
Sponsors, CROs and RBM: Getting Aligned for Success
Realizing the potential of Risk Based Monitoring (RBM) requires coordination and collaboration across functions within both the Sponsor and CRO organizations. Dr. David Orloff and Dr. Alex Artyomenko will lead a discussion to explore the cross-functional perspectives and process alignment between Sponsor and CRO. Register Today!
Identifying Viable Products with Profit Potential for Drug Development
For innovative pharmaceutical companies, opportunities for new pharmaceutical products exist within the products, patents, technologies and intellectual properties they already own or control. For these companies, and also for generic companies that are looking for alternative revenue sources to offset losses caused by the generic cliff, the 505(b)(2) pathway offers great potential. Learn more here.
BPM-Based Case Management Approach to Optimizing Clinical Trial Efficiency
This white paper explores how a BPM-based case management approach to clinical trials can optimize your processes and reduce time to market. Download this whitepaper today.
Raising Orphans: How Pharma Companies can Capture Value while Treating Rare Diseases
In this Executive Insights article, L.E.K. Consulting looks at the changing dynamics of the orphan market and identifies winning strategies designed to capture value within this sector. Learn more and download today.
Encapsulation Technologies for Topical Drug Products
In this webcast we will focus on various encapsulation technologies and manufacturing techniques, and how they may be used to overcome formulation challenges associated with topical products. Register Today!
Phase IIa proof-of-concept
With clinical trials now so expensive, partly driven by costly drug failures at a late stage, effective and efficient phase IIa trials are becoming more and more important in making early go/no go decisions. Join this live event to hear expert opinions on designing an effective phase IIa proof-of-concept study, what triggers a go/no-go decision at phase IIa and making the most of phase IIa data in dealmaking and collaboration. Register today!
802.11ac in the Enterprise: Technologies and Strategies
Download the White Paper "802.11ac in the Enterprise: Technologies and Strategies" to learn from industry expert Craig Mathias about the technologies behind 802.11ac, deployment misconceptions and review steps that every organization should take in getting ready for 802.11ac.
Download today!
The Future of Animal Health
The current market for animal drugs and vaccines (not just dogs and cats) is worth $22 billion a year and growing. Add in the huge and growing market for livestock treatments and it's no surprise pharmaceutical companies are angling to find the ideal position in animal health. This FiercePharma eBook will survey the landscape in animal health and the potential growth opportunities for investors and life sciences entrepreneurs. Download this eBook today!
NFS & Scale Out NAS Best Practices for Next Generation Sequencing
"Make it go faster!" It's not uncommon to hear this phrase from investigators at Life Science organizations generating and analyzing next generation sequencing (NGS) data. In Part 2 of this 3 part series, join our expert panel as they highlight NFS and NAS guidelines and best practices for NGS mapping and alignment pipelines. Register to watch now!
Strategies for Analgesic Development and the New FDA Guidance for Analgesic Indications
CDER recently issued an updated draft guidance for Analgesic Indications. In this webinar, Brett Gordon and Ben Vaughn provide a high-level review of the agency's guidance, offer strategies for analgesic product development and share experiences with PROs and paper vs. tablet collection. Register Today!
How Physicians Are Responding to Healthcare's Inevitable Transformation
With Open Payments/Sunshine Act implementation now underway, the Affordable Care Act in effect, and Meaningful Use incentive participation growing, Physicians across the U.S. are feeling the effects of massive transformations in the daily routines of healthcare professionals. Discover how physicians are adapting - download this whitepaper today!
eBrief: Securing Clinical Documents in Cloud-Based Collaborations
Big pharma and biotech companies have undergone a series of consolidations, as internal research budgets continue to shrink. With much more at stake, the industry is evolving to embrace more collaborative, future-thinking tools that will not only save sponsors money, but that will also increase efficiency, expedite trials and help identify ineffective drugs sooner. Download this eBrief today!
Metabolomics: Completing the Picture in Systems Biology
In Part 2 of this series, we will provide a more detailed understanding of the fundamental nature of metabolomics and a visceral understanding of why it has become such a potent ally in bringing clarity to systems biology efforts. Importantly, an explanation will be provided for why metabolomics has only more recently been exploited. Register to watch now!
Mobile medical apps
Valuable process or another regulatory burden? In this webinar, we'll explore how the FDA's new guidance for mobile medical apps is working, and whether regulators are following through with the expectations they have set. Register to watch now!
Re-inventing HPC To Foster Pharmaceutical Research Innovation
Join us in a discussion about a holistic approach to re-invent and deploy state-of-the-art high performance computing in pharmaceutical R&D. We'll highlight a successful re-invention of HPC at Sanofi and explore practical considerations related to cost, diverse HPC workloads and more. Register to watch now!
Clinical Biomarkers: Big Data Challenges and Best Practices
The use of biomarkers is creating its own set of "big data" challenges. Join Dr. Jonathan Sheldon and Brett Villagrand of Oracle Health Sciences as they examine why trial sponsors are moving away from heavy investments in siloed, home-grown systems. Register Today!
Clinical Biomarkers Derived from Metabolomics. The Making of an Insulin Resistance Test
This webinar will outline challenges involved in identifying risk associations with metabolic disease and introduce metabolomics as a new, practical tool to indentify biomarkers for this purpose. Register today to watch now!
Early phase CNS studies
Join FierceBiotech as we discuss the use of CNS biomarkers in early clinical trials, CNS imaging technologies in early phase studies and clinical trial design and monitoring. Register to watch now!
Data-driven approach to risk based monitoring
Join us as we discuss the benefits to adopting a data driven monitoring solution and give some background to industry changes around site monitoring. Learn what you can do every day to support efficient study delivery, and how PAREXEL is running data driven monitoring. Register to watch now!
Begin with the End in mind: Fast-track drug development in Asia
This webinar will be an in-depth discussion on "ethnobridging" studies. Join as we discuss how "ethnobridging" studies can speed up drug development, when to incorporate "ethnobridging" studies into the drug development plan, and more. Register to watch today!
Beyond connectivity: Business Innovation with M2M Solutions
During this webinar, we will introduce how the adoption of M2M technologies will result in business innovation, and the real customer case will be addressed to validate its deployment. Register today to watch now!
2013 Deal of the Year
Thomson Reuters Recap analysts have examined hundreds of biopharma deals negotiated in 2013. Join our lively discussion of the five most innovative M&A and Licensing deals from 2013, selected as nominees for the Breakthrough Alliance Award 2013. Register to watch now!
Keys to Success for Your Integrated Summary of Safety (ISS) and Integrated Summary of Efficacy (ISE)
The integrated summary of safety (ISS) and the integrated summary of efficacy (ISE) are critical components of your new drug application (NDA) submission. This webinar will provide insights and important considerations for developing the ISS and ISE sections of your NDA. Register to watch now!
Customer Experience for Service
This Executive Brief explores the role of service and support in creating great customer experiences, the service goals market leaders use related to customer experience and the Oracle approach for empowering new service experiences. Download today!
How to Transform Your Mobile Customer Care Strategy
It's all about the SCI: the smart, connected interaction. It's not easy - mobility increases the number of variables going into each interaction, requires the preservation of context across channels, but it allows each interaction to naturally evolve. Read this document to learn how to go SCI and naturally connect with your customers.
Targeting cancer treatments: A progress report
Throughout the history of cancer drug development, researchers have tried to make treatments more specific, reducing the side effects and increasing the efficacy. The next step in this process is the move towards therapies that are not only tailored to each individual, but that also target tumors and nothing else. Download this FierceBiotech eBook to learn more.
When Efficacy Isn't Enough: Integrating Product Commercialization Strategy into Clinical and Regulatory Planning
Undertaking commercialization strategy and planning from early stages of development can ensure that considerable R&D investment results in successful market and patient access. Join HERON, a PAREXEL Company, in a timely webinar that addresses best practice commercialization planning. Register to watch now!
New Drugs For Old: Failed Drugs Gaining a Second Chance
The cost of drugs that fail in clinical trials can be measured by far more than the cash poured into the development process. Now, through drug repositioning some of those investment costs can be recouped by giving drugs a second and often lower-risk chance in a new indication. Download this FierceBiotech ebook to learn key advantages and strategies of drug repositioning.
Mobile medical app regulation
The FDA has finally issued new guidance outlining requirements for mobile medical device apps. Are companies altering their app development in response to the new requirements, or can they continue as planned, business as usual? This webinar explores the issue. Register to watch now!
Picking Winners: Data Mining for Drug Discovery
There are several new initiatives being undertaken in the biopharmaceutical industry aimed at making better use of the vast terabytes of information flowing out of research labs around the world. This ebook discusses the intelligent application of analytics and informatics to enable drug hunters to better understand disease, pharmacological and clinical data. Download it today.
Automate Ontology-Driven Clinical Research to Accelerate Your Time to Market
Subject matter experts from Remedy Informatics will describe an integrated system and innovative biomedical informatics platform that collects, aggregates, maps and harmonizes biospecimen, laboratory, clinical and study data throughout the bench-to-bedside cycle. Register to watch now
Apps in Clinical Trials: How to Improve Site Efficiency and Patient Compliance
As the FDA demands a more proactive approach to protocol compliance and sites increasingly struggle with patient recruitment and retention, IRT is seeing a shift in the way it is applied in the clinical trial setting. This session will present insights into how sponsors are adding new functionality and applications to IRT to increase site efficiency and patient compliance. Register to watch now!
Renal Biomarkers: Driving Drug and Diagnostic Development in Kidney Disease
Biomarkers have been used in the diagnosis and monitoring of kidney disease for many years. However, these are most effective in established disease, and by the time they detect injury, the damage may already be done. This ebook discusses the use of biomarkers in identifying susceptibility to kidney disease, using biomarkers to predict outcomes, as well as the limitations of existing biomarkers. Learn more.
Clinical trials for targeted cancer drugs
Clinical trials of targeted cancer drugs focus on those patients most likely to respond, and show the benefits of the drugs much earlier. Join as we discuss these benefits, the design of clinical trials for targeted cancer drugs, and the impact of targeted drugs on clinical trials in the future. Register to watch now!
Top 5 Ways to Maximize Your Molecule's Value and Reach Your POC Goals
Demonstrating your compound's proof-of-concept (PoC) is an important developmental milestone. Join us as we discuss ways to maximize your molecule's value, as well as cover the medicalization of early phase clinical development and risk based drug development. Register to watch now!
Beyond Regulations: Developing a Post-Approval Strategy and Plan to Support a Product Throughout its Lifecycle
In this session, we will discuss the market changes driving this demand for evidence, and opportunities for generating and leveraging high-quality late-phase data to optimize product life cycle management. Register to watch now.
eBook | Next-Generation DNA Sequencing in the Clinic
There's no denying the power and promise of next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) in the healthcare setting. Since 2005, when the first next-gen instruments hit the market, the field has exploded, and not surprisingly, companies have stepped in to fill unmet clinical needs. Here, we profile five businesses taking five different approaches to clinical NGS. Download today.
Historical Data-Driven Country and Site Selection to Deliver Right Patients Faster
Choosing the right country and site for successful patient recruitment is a critical step for entire drug development program. Join us as we address a unique way to leverage informatics insights for optimizing oncology clinical trial site selection based upon consistency of performance and quality indicators across trials. Register to watch now!
Pathway and Network Based Biomarker Identification from 'Omics' Data
Join Thomson Reuters as they discuss how they effectively mine molecular data in biomarker discovery for precision medicine. Find out how network and pathway information can be used for identification of biomarker signatures and discover how MetaBase content integration works with these approaches. Register to watch now!
Bolstering Clinical Trials With Diagnostics
This year has brought a bevy of partnerships between diagnostics makers and drug companies seeking to target experimental drugs to clearly defined patient populations. Download this eBook to learn how personal medicine will develop in today's world and help the patients of tomorrow.
Creating A Scalable Enterprise
As enterprises capture and create data scaling up into petabytes and beyond, it's not just a matter of adding a few more CPUs and disks. The storage may need to reside physically closer to the processing resources. Learn more today!
Your Peers Expect a VDR. What Are You Using?
While previously companies have kept their important paperwork in physical rooms, virtual data centers have recently become more popular. Download this ebook to learn how VDRs can make viewing classified documents safer and easier.
Collaborations in the Cloud
Cloud-based technologies are proving to be useful within the life sciences industry. Download this ebook to learn how pharma and biotech companies are embracing efforts toward accessible and secure information for research collaborations.
Single Use Technology: From Bioprocess Convenience to Drug-Development Driver
In order to accelerate the production of biological molecules, companies have been exploring disposable, single-use systems. Download this ebook to learn the impact and future use of single-use technologies, cost-saving opportunities, and challenges of implementing new drug development processes.
FierceBiotech Special Report | Foundations Fuel Risky Biotech Ventures
Non-profits are taking larger roles in funding clinical trials and research. With their primary goal being finding cures, rather than financial gain, the influx of non-profit research donations may help accelerate cures and advanced research. Download now.
Tablets for Trials: Will Mobile Tech Make Development More Efficient?
With the clinical trial model as flawed as it is, pharma companies are turning to mobile technology as a way to increase success rate and drive down costs. So, what, if anything, can tablets and smartphones do to improve drug development? Download now.
Patient-Centric Drug Formulation Principles: Formulating Drugs for Children and the Elderly
How are drug developers and doctors tailoring prescriptions to patients? FierceBiotech outlines the principles and strategies for patient-centric drug development. Learn More.
Conversations with World-Class Biotech Innovators
What elevates a researcher to the top of the industry? FierceBiotech profiled five prominent researchers and asked them how they garnered such success. Download for free today.
Special Report: China's Rise Drives Investment in Biotech Drugs
The Chinese government's devotion to biotech has sparked major expansion efforts by some of the country's leading pharmaceutical players, also making it fertile ground for venture capitalists in the U.S. Click here to download the complete report today.
Sterile Manufacturing of Semi- Solids and Liquids
The role of sterility is a simple one—it is to protect people against infection and contamination. Vital steps and approaches in sterile manufacturing include employee training, process qualification and validation, processes and protocols for cleaning and decontamination, and methods to protect sterility and reduce contamination during processing. Click here to download this eBook today.
The Right Fix: How Patient- Centric Data is Driving ROI and Revolutionizing the World of Pharmaceutical marketing
Advances in Anonymous Patient Level Data have empowered pharmaceutical marketers to refine their efforts to reach desired customers, accurately monitor the success of their campaigns, and ultimately generate greater ROI. Click here to download today.
Waiting for Guidelines, Will FDA Take the Reins of Laboratory-Developed Tests?
A new set of FDA regulations, covering a field the agency has chosen not to supervise in the past, could be a danger on both sides. As many labs, test developers, consultants and FDA lawyers have said, it's the kind of regulation that threatens to stifle innovation with more government red tape. Click here to download.
Supplying Global Clinical Trials: Keys to Avoiding Costly Delays
This FierceBiotech eBook provides expert analysis and industry insights to guide biopharma professionals that face the challenges of meeting strict timelines, selecting contractors and avoiding setbacks during the planning and execution of manufacturing partnerships for global clinical trials. Download Now.
Trends in Enterprise Content Management in BioPharma
This FierceBiotechIT eBook looks at how ECM has evolved, what the challenges to biopharma are, and how those challenges and obstacles are being met by a variety of ECM approaches. Download now.
Oral Drug Delivery Technologies: Tackling Clinical and Commercial Challenges
This FiercePharma eBook examines Big Pharma's need for technology to give new life to old drugs, and potentially deliver their next breakthrough medicines. This report covers some of the market opportunities, business strategies, and key innovations in the oral drug delivery field. Register Today!
Including China in Drug Development Programs: Opportunities & Challenges
China's market growth makes it an attractive target for biopharmaceutical development. FierceBiotech takes an in-depth look at both the opportunities and challenges that come with drug development in the world's most populous country. Download PDF now.
Academic and Pharma Partnerships: Tapping the Ivory Tower for the Next Blockbuster
This FiercePharma eBook examines the changing relationship between Big Pharma and academia. Through interviews with both academic and corporate insiders, we gather perspectives from each side and address potential stumbling blocks. While there are pitfalls along the way, there is also great potential if the path can be navigated safely. Download today.
Open R&D: Big Pharma Start Putting Collaboration Plans Into Practice
There's no part of the business more in need of metamorphosis than R&D, and no one more convinced of it than pharma's movers and shakers. To read more on this topic click here to download this eBook today.


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Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) successfully, and cost-effectively, case-find osteoporosis in patients who have had a fragility fracture. This has lead to this service model gaining the support of the National Osteoporosis Society, all relevant professional organisations and the Department of Health.
Find out more about FLS and use these resources to support the development of your service.
In October 2010, the National Osteoporosis Society held a series of learning events across England and Wales. The interactive events explained the clinical and cost effectiveness case for Fracture Liaison Services (FLS), explored the key components of a successful service and examined the process of business planning.
The slides from the days can be downloaded using the links below. If you wish to use them with colleagues or at meetings, please acknowledge that they were developed for the National Osteoporosis Society FLS Education Programme and ensure that they are appropriately referenced.
Putting FLS into Context: Patients, Professionals and Policymakers
Fracture Liaison Service provision in the South West (Bristol meeting)Fracture Liaison Service provision in the North East (Newcastle meeting)Fracture Liaison Service provision in Wales (Cardiff meeting)Fracture Liaison Service provision in the North West (Manchester meeting)Fracture Liaison Service provision in the Midlands (Birmingham meeting)
Commissioning an FLS
From zero to FLS: implementation and beyond
In 2009, the Department of Health (DH) launched its Prevention Package for Older People, which includes documents to support the development of services to prevent falls and fractures. This includes guidance for commissioners and an economic evaluation of Fracture Liaison Services showing that they are cost saving.
Falls and fractures: effective interventions in health and social carehttp://www.dh.gov.uk/.../dh_109122.pdf
Fracture prevention services: an economic evaluationhttp://www.dh.gov.uk/.../dh_110099.pdf
Falls and fractures: developing a local joint strategic needs assessmenthttp://www.dh.gov.uk/.../dh_103147.pdf
A flexible modeling tool has been developed by Harvey Walsh Limited via a service to medicine grant from Procter and Gamble (PG) Pharmaceuticals, in conjunction with NHS clinicians. The tool is hosted by the Department of Health.
The tool has been designed for use by individual communities to develop a business case for a fracture liaison service, allowing them to include both local activity data and local costs to forecast the impact of such a service.
Download the tool at: http://fracture-liaison-model.co.uk/
Provided as a service to medicine by Novartis Pharmaceuticals, the fully referenced FLS Resource Pack outlines relevant national policy, the rationale for secondary fracture prevention and information about Fracture Liaison Services. It also contains a generic business plan template for a Fracture Liaison Service which can be downloaded as a Word document using the link below. Simply make the changes indicated in red to create a business case for your area.
Fracture Liaison Services Resource Pack
Fracture Liaison Services Business Case template
Jointly produced by the British Orthopaedic Association and British Geriatric Society, the 'Blue Book' gives a professional consensus on standards of care for hip fracture and secondary fracture prevention.
The Blue Book
Fracture Liaison Services deliver innovative, preventative care that will improve quality and reduce costs through a reduction in unscheduled emergency admissions.
FLS addresses all elements of the QIPP agenda and the overarching objective of the NHS Outcomes Framework. FLS are included as a quality and productivity example on the NHS Evidence website at:
Fragility Fractures – Prevention
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