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There is yet another twist in the ongoing and always interesting Provenge saga. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which last June issued a surprise decision to conduct a National Coverage Analysis, which will be used for coverage guidance by Medicare contractors, has released the questions to be answered at a Nov. 17 panel meeting and the focus is on on-label efficacy.
The NCA, for those who may not recall, stunned all sorts of people because such reviews do not occur very often (see here and here). Dendreon execs subsequently downplayed the move by telling analysts NCA was sparked by concerns of off-label use, although CMS has been cryptic about its reasoning other than to point to the fact that Provenge is the first in a new class of treatments that use a patient's own cells to stimulate the body's immune system in an approach known as immunotherapy.
In any event, at least one analyst noted the questions are unexpectedly about approved usage. "Surprisingly, many of the questions focus on EFFICACY in the ON-LABEL indication. It asks the panel to rank efficacy on a scale of 1-5, leaving the possibility of an ambiguous outcome," writes ISI Group biotech analyst Marc Schoenebaum. "This is the first time we've seen Medicare analyze the efficacy of a drug."
However, RW Baird analyst Chris Raymond notes the quetions "aren't unprecedented." Of the nine questions, he agrees that the focus is on efficacy, "but multiple questions also focus on whether the evidence is applicable to off-label use." He then adds several recent such meetings contained similar lines of questioning.
Among other things, the panelists are asked to rate their confidence in Provenge's ability to improve overall survival, control disease related symptoms and minimize the burdens associated the vaccine while maintaining overall survival and control of disease-related symptoms. You can see the list of questions here.
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The CMS question for the MEDCAC meeting (see link below) show that everyone is slowly getting sensitized to the real issues on the table. And they show that the CMS–unlike the media and the FDA–is not susceptible to company propaganda (the "Dendreon-edited" version of the data in the NEJM), legal pressure (from Caretolive, Dendreon's militant arm that "promotes debate" by literally suing anyone who questions Provenge), and political pressure (senators who send blanket one-page missives to the CMS in a quest to get more patient votes in an election season).
The MEDCAC list of question show that the CMS considers the adequacy of the Provenge data questionable (questions 1 through 4), and is looking for suggestion for a robust design for a new clinical trial (question 8 and 9). 8 out of 9 questions are about *on-label* use. Only 1 out of 9 questions is about off-label use. And remember: this committee does not make recommendations to the CMS.
The new buzzword at the CMS is comparative efficacy. FDA or not, congress or not, the new CMS leadership is not hesitant about scrutinizing efficacy and roughing up the cost/benefit analysis unlike their predecessors, because this is what they were just appointed to do in the first place. This is their new job. This trend is bigger than Provenge, so we need to learn to think critically about our times, our limited reimbursement capability, and last but not least about the very questionable efficacy of this treatment. This is not about just Dendreon, though it will not end well for Dendreon.
when dndn said that national coverage of provenge was a sure thing, the cms responded by opening an investigation. when asco and senators asked the cms to drop the investigation entirely, instead the cms scheduled the date for a panel. when dndn bulls said that the panel would only focus on restricting off-label use, the cms published a list of questions focused on adequacy of evidence for on-label efficacy, and is even bluntly soliciting recommendations for a new trial design. come on, people, these messages from the cms are not even mixed. they're crystal clear about where this is headed. start thinking with your own heads, don't let mitch gold and his pocket wall street bull analysts do the thinking for you.
Give me a break, bentham & mr. chance. Dendreon has been proven through several Phase 3 clinical trials. Efficacy is a given. The only ones who don't want to admit that are the chemo cartel members. Patients first. Let's all try to remember that. I realize that Provenge is revolutionary and it can be hard to wrap your mind around that, but at one time so was the polio vaccine.
Obviously, Mr. Chance you haven't much expertise in reading statistical design or study results. The FDA went over the Provenge BLA submittal with a fine tooth comb and could find no irregularities in the data. None whatsoever. Believe me if there had been any this therapy would have never been approved. It's dinosaur thinking like yours that will actually cost the US more in reimbursement dollars in the long run.
Backward thinking like this CMS review will export another industry off shore. Sadly the US will no longer be king in biotech innovation if these zealots with questionable connections are allowed to carry out this farce.
The first two posters are obviously paid posters of hedge funds spewing this garbage here and in other sites.
Just ask the basic question. Does CMS have the qualification and capability to decide on the faith of a drug especially the one that FDA approved? What does this say about the FDA charter if CMS who is totally unqualified second gusses it? Wouldn't this be the end of FDA as we know it? What would be quality of the decision that CMS makes given the fact that they don't even have 1/100 of the technical and medical capability of FDA. It is bad enough for FDA to be able to make a sound decision given its vast capability of medical and technical staff they have? How could CMS filled with bunch of non-medical and non-technical staff be able to make such a decision? What kind of goverment and congress allow such a duplication in decision making take place? I can't imagine our Congress especially the one controlled by Republicans after the November election allow such a stupidity to continue.
So let me get this straight, the FDA and Dendreon confer and eventually agree upon an SPA which lays out the endpoint requirements of a phase III trial. Despite a positive advisory committee recommendation in 2007 the FDA required Dendreon to run an additional trial. The FDA spent over 6 mos. reviewing the trial result data. Finally this spring the FDA reached the same conclusion that its advisory committee did in 2007 that there was sufficient evidence that Provenge was safe and effective. Now CMS is going to read some letters, hold a one day hearing and substitute it's judgement for the FDA's regarding the EFFICACY in ON-LABEL use of Provenge? As a taxpayer I'm curious as to why tens of millions of our tax dollars are spent on the FDA when it is obviously redundant with the omnipotent CMS.
Where is the FDA? Oh I forgot, it's FDA/CMS/FCC after signing MOU's recently. They may as well go ahead and sign a Memo of Understanding with the FBI so they can incarcerate anyone that speaks out against the czarist government(I wonder if they signed those MOU things with Fan/fred, taken over banks, GM, etc.). It is dangerous to meld all these separate entities together, in this fashion; unnaccountable, and unnelected officials, heck, entire agencies all hopping to the tune of one man, the President. Is this for more control; keeping with czarist, Marxist themes? Or maybe a funneling move to course the flood of bribes into one mans hands? I guess both of those amount to the same thing, power. The worse kind; unincumbered, concintrated and absolute power; where one man controls every nuance from the color of the chef in the White house, to the cancer treatments payed for, not because of law, but because he controls, period, poke a dot(learned that from Biden). By the way, you notice they aren't cutting any bureaucrats from the doles after melding these agencies together; too much noise that way, got to get that MOU with the FBI signed first. Maybe these people don't get that we have an MOU already. It is that bothersome little, died for much, freedom enabling, document called the Constitution. Loathsome thing.
To GloriaJ; There is no such thing as a chemo cartel. Taxotere is going generic on Nov 14th. To SteveB: I design clinical trials for a living. IMPACT is the worst design I've ever seen. The CMS & EMA know that. To Tommy: The CMS' new mission is exactly what it is doing. To Malloy: Why are we wasting tax money on the FDA if it is not doing it's job? Good question. Write them a letter and ask them to stop being spineless and not yield to frivolous lawsuits from third parties during regulatory review. To all: Why do i have the impression that 3 out of 4 of you are the same person?
Has the CMS considered doing a question panel on the use of the poison chemo Taxotera? To me, ingesting dying patients with a poison like Taxotera which debilitates the human body into additional suffering is unconscionable and Medicare pays for this. My 35 year old friend passed away a few months ago of Colon Cancer. He had 4 children under 8 years old who would have paid 1 million dollars to have 1 more day with their father. He had taken as much Chemo as he could and it finally took his life. What about all the additional medical costs that a chemo patients takes on? Additional medications, additional days in the hospital and additional labor hours to assist the patient. Is anyone else concerned there is possibly a high powered lobbyist pushing the CMS into this review of Provenge? Who does this lobbyist work for? Something smells awfully rotten with this CMS review.
To SBResident: I am truly sorry for your friend; it sounds like a nightmare. I also know several people who are battling cancer. However, in prostate cancer specifically, Provenge does not avoid the need or the cost of taxotere. The cancer of a Provenge patient will eventually still progress and he will still receive taxotere. The IMPACT study showed that Provenge patients eventually receive taxotere in same numbers as non-Provenge patients.Questions 1C and 4 in the CMS/MEDCAC list ask specifically this question (does provenge avoid the burden of other anti-cancer therapy?). The answer from the IMPACT trial itself is: It does not. However don't take my word, wait to hear the committee's opinion.
To Christopher Chance: In your comments here, you have stated that Dendreon has not been entirely forthcoming with their data, you have questioned the efficacy of Provenge, you have predicted that the MEDCAC meeting will hurt Dendreon considerably, and you have said that Dendreon's IMPACT study was poorly designed... among other things.
And then one can see that you have commented on other Dendreon articles on the web, such as the FiercePharma.com story that GSK will supply antigen for Dendreon: http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/gsk-signs-supply-provenge-antigen/2010-09-21
In those comments, you suggest that Dendreon will have to run new, expensive & lengthy trials in Europe. You imply that the studies will include taxotere as the comparator. In all your comments on all of the websites with stories, you mention taxotere. Everything you say about Dendreon is a negative or an implied negative, and effectively defends the drug taxotere.
If I wasn't a trusting person, I would assume you have a vested interest in taxotere and and a vendetta against Dendreon and Provenge.
But I am sure that is not the case. Nobody who reads the comments of these fringe articles/blog postings is smart enough to pick up on that.
God Bless.
To Mark W: Personally, I hate taxotere. I think it's a horrible drug. But I refuse to spectate while Dendreon misinforms the world that Provenge is going to help patients avoid taxotere. This is simply not true. Taxotere, bad as it is, is not a competitor treatment to Provenge. They are indicated for two different stages of prostate cancer. Provenge is for asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic mHRPC patients (on non-prescription pain management), while taxotere is for symptomatic mHRCP patients (on opioid pain management). Both stages are different clinically for treatment as well as for reimbursement purposes. So, when the disease progresses far enough, everyone ends up getting taxotere independently of whether they receive Provenge. In fact, in the IMPACT trial, slightly more patients who received Provenge rather than placebo went on to receive taxotere (feel free to check the data). So you see: painting Provenge critics as taxotere supporters and then dismissing them makes no sense; that way you miss their (as well as my) main point: they are not implying that taxotere works better, but that Provenge does not work at all.
From a UK perspective, we would expect a rough ride from NICE for a $90k per patient treatment. Isn't CMS simply trying the emulate this approach?
NICE and the EMA will require an experimental comparator arm with the standard of care treatment (i.e. chemo). there will be no way around that, especially since the study design and benefit conferred here were so controversial. ps. kudos to you christopher chance ... you should be on the CMS panel ... for all i know, you're probably on it already.
Provenge significantly improves overall survial (the gold standard end point in any metastic cancer trial). Provenge also exceeded SPA criteria set by FDA. It's tolerability profile is also relatively managable compared with other therapies. Ok, so it doesn't delay progression or prevent needed for Taxotere treatment, but it would be an impossible task to ask a new drug to essentially 'cure' metastatic castrate resistant patients. All patients with metastic disease will ultimately progress and require chemo. But the fact still remains Provenge significantly improves survival. Therefore it is a valid drug. It seems as though this CMS review is based just on the hight cost and the fact it is a big gamble upfront for reimbursers because it's an 'all or nothing' cost because of the short treatment duration. Surely because Provenge is FDA approved and listed on NCCN compendia Medicare have a legal requirement to cover Provenge (at least in the labelled indication)? They can't really refuse coverage can they!?
1. There is a gross misconception that Dendreon followed a strict SPA with the IMPACT trial. Yes, there was an original SPA, approved by the FDA and used for study 9901, however it contained PFS as primary endpoint. The IMPACT study (originally called 9902B) began under that SPA, then underwent a number of amendments while patients were being enrolled and treated. Among these amendments were the scratching of PFS as primary endpoint, incorporation and elevation of overall survival as primary endpoint, restriction and later re-inclusion of different ranges of Gleason scores. So the "SPA" for IMPACT is hodge-podge of seesaw tweaks of a study in progress which should have never been allowed to take place. Whoever approved these real-time tweaks at the FDA and whoever implemented them at Dendreon was either patently stupid or criminally insane. 2. It is more likely than not that Provenge has no effect at all on overall survival. The observed median 4 months difference between the placebo group and the Provenge arm is more likely a result of the multiple irregularities and imbalances in the study design than due to the experimental treatment which comes with no mechanism of action or hints of antitumor activity. Among the major design flaws are: (a) unblinding of patients at progression, (b) imbalance between the timing of chemo salvage between the arms, (c) imbalance in amount of chemo salvage administered between the arms, (d) inequivalence of ratio of cells withdrawn/reinfused between study arms (i.e placebo patients were reinfused only 1/3 of their cells), (e) inequivalence of exposure of cells between study arms (i.e. placebo cells should have been exposed to GM-CSF), (f) inequivalence of storage conditions of cells (i.e. placebo cells should have never been stored at 4 degrees while experimental cells were exposed to antigen at 37 degrees). This list goes on, and at the end it is in fact surprising that the measured survival difference between the study arms was only 4 months and not more; lack of blinding alone can generate false months. 3. The overall safety of Provenge, or the comparative safety relative to chemotherapy is completely inconsequential if the efficacy is questionable. Administering and reimbursing a treatment with good safety but null efficacy is not only wasteful but criminal. Really. 4. The CMS can and should and will act in line with its new mission of maximizing the cost/benefit equation of treatment. Yes, in the past they have been required to cover FDA-approved treatments, but that mode of operation has only contributed to bankruptcy and is now redrafted. The Dendreon-originated argument "if CMS breaks the law by not covering Provenge then Congress will cut its funding" is ridiculous. Congress does not retaliate and cannot and will not cut Medicare funding any further. Why would Congress retaliate on behalf of Dendreon and the legally-hyperactive Caretolive by denying the CMS funds to cover other existing treatments?
... Do not fall prey of Dendreon's medical and political misinformation campaign. They have made this hand last too many years and their management has made a lot of money. Only one CEO in the history of healthcare has sold 60% of his company holdings on the day after his only pipeline drug received approval--that was Dendreon's CEO. In retrospect, everything Dendreon has announced since the approval has been a way to buy time (see Bentham's post above--a very smart synthesis of the timeline of events). When Dendreon's house of cards finally comes down some will be surprised while all will be disappointed . It's alright to be one of the disappointed. Just do not be one of the surprised.
Why is it that a tool to be added to the arsenal of fighting metastatic prostate cancer is under such scrutiny after an FDA approval? When the novel field of immunotherapy is added to treatment protocol in addition to chemotherapy, and widens the survival median 4 month to the right, we start launching duplicate investigations? Is this only because healthcare money is so obviously limited and everyone is just so paranoid about spending money up front? Can't we look at the potential cost savings of avoiding chemo? We are talking about 29,000 to 36,000 AIPC cases per year in recent years- men who die miserable deaths when left to one choice of chemo. Is anyone scrutinizing the wasting of money with radiation therapy and radical surgeries done at improper times (unfavorable prediction upon calculation with Partin's tables) If we make this protocol based on economics, and we choose chemo first then immunotherapy, then the patient is poorly educated and the system has failed. The patients should have this as a covered option, and chemo FINALLY should be moved to last resort- and cost savings would be entertained by the most important committee of 1- the patient! And his increased quality of life and lack of violent side effects!!! When I went to the City of Hope GU Oncology convention, years ago...jaws dropped at the exciting promise that immunotherapy would hold. One economic crisis later, one election later, and one FDA approval later- we have lost sight of the goal- treating patients with the best available tools and watching outcome data while in the field in order to improve immunotherapy!!! Wake up American healthcare providers and biotech leaders!! Before you fail your patients and farm out your industries to Europe, give your patients the option of deciding!!!!
My patients and I are hoping that the CMS does more to foster growth of immunotherapy, Provenge or not, and sets appropriate guidelines for its usage in the field, and fosters a more cooperative environment on the expansion of this new technology.


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No excuse for lapse in ward care (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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No excuse for lapse in ward care
10:42am Thursday 20th September 2012 in Our View
There is no doubt that our health service is under immense daily pressure and staff have incredibly hard workloads, but there can be no excuse for the fact that an 80-year-old woman with dementia was able to go missing for more than two hours from a ward at Bradford Royal Infirmary .
It is traumatic enough for the family of Margaret Taylor to see the effects the condition has had on her. But to be told that she had gone missing from the hospital in a very confused state without a coat on a rainy day was shocking for the family.
Daughter-in-law Susan Taylor had told nurses to watch Mrs Taylor closely, but despite this, the pensioner was somehow able to walk out of the ward and get herself back to her home in Eccleshill – a journey that would normally involve two buses.
She was found in a distressed state, with no recollection of how she got there. She had also lost her false teeth.
The T&A launched its With Respect campaign in a bid to ensure the elderly and vulnerable are treated with the dignity they deserve.
Sadly, the lapse that allowed Mrs Taylor to slip out of the ward meant she was not cared for in the way her family were entitled to expect.
Bradford Teaching Trust has apologised to the family, and must now put any measures necessary in place to stop similar incidents in the future. It is impossible to imagine the distress Mrs Taylor must have suffered in her confused state.
But what is clear is we all have a duty to ensure that everything possible is done to protect the dignity of those growing old in the terrible shadow of dementia.


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Rifts appeared to be breaks in the programming of memories within the Animus, which could be seen using Eagle Vision. Each of the ten rifts were found on key landmarks throughout Rome, and concealed Clay Kaczmarek's cluster puzzles.
Rifts were the equivalent of Glyphs, but instead of revealing a second Truth video, they simply relayed the message "The miracle is in the execution" over the apparent ultrasound of an unborn child, along with the inclusion of an executable file.
Unlike Glyphs, Rifts could not be seen or accessed without the use of Eagle Vision. Ezio Auditore had to grab the edge of a Rift, whilst using Eagle Vision, and climb into it.
Various hidden messages such as coded numbers and letters, music notes and Morse code appeared in the Rifts, which when deciphered, explained Abstergo Industries' rise to power.
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Rosa in FioreEdit
- On the outside north wall of the brothel on the second floor wall.
Palazzo SenatorioEdit
- On the back of the Palazzo, near the roof, towards the end of the free-running path.
- Inside the Pantheon, on the wall right above the main entrance. Ezio could obtain this cluster by entering the pantheon on free running up the wall near the entrance then walking around and jumping on it.
Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di MontesantEdit
- On the western tower near the left dome.
- At the very top, northern side of the Colosseo, just west of the view point. It was on the outside wall, and Ezio could use the Colosseo's buy landmark sign as a point of reference, as the rift was almost exactly above that.
Acquedotto ClaudiaEdit
- Near the small town where Leonardo frequently was located, on the north side of aqueduct. Ezio could climb onto the top of the aqueduct and then drop down over the side to reach it. It was very close to the Borgia tower but on the opposite side of the aqueduct.
- On the Borgia tower facing north towards the city.
Caserma di AlvianoEdit
- East side of the wall, on the outside of the perimeter, facing the aqueduct.
Castra PraetoriaEdit
- In the inner courtyard where Octavian de Valois was assassinated, on the eastern wall.
Castel Sant'AngeloEdit
- On the actual cylinder of the castle, on the south side where the top of the outer wall was closest to the cylinder, near a haystack, right below a circular window.
Puzzle TypesEdit
Rifts retained some of the puzzles included in Glyphs, such as the rotating pictures and image-finding puzzles, but also included several new ones.
- Chess: Desmond was shown a chessboard with all corresponding chess pieces, as well as a riddle that told him which piece to use and where to move it.
- Decoding: Desmond was given a variety of images and a riddle, of which he could alternate between with a screen containing a two-layered rotating wheel that contained symbols, acting as a code sheet, as well as 2 rows of 4 boxes bearing changeable symbols that acted as a code entry box. By reading the riddle, he could search through these images for the hidden object that revealed the "correct coordinates" located in a single image, and, when the correct coordinates were found, Desmond could rotate the wheel to break the code.
- Sound wave matching: Desmond was given an audio recording and multiple sound waves. By selecting the correct sound waves to match the one shown on the screen, he was allowed to listen to the audio tape and/or move on to the next puzzle.
- Quarantine zone: This puzzle was always the last puzzle of every rift. Desmond was shown a black screen with a relatively small circular crosshair that revealed red, blinking dots as well as a background image. These dots emitted beeping sounds, increasing the closer the crosshair was. All dots had to be "activated" in a certain amount of time, and if any of the remaining dots were not activated, the puzzle was reset. These dots remained in the same area every time, even after the puzzle had been reset. After completing this puzzle, Desmond was given a video clip.
Cluster PuzzlesEdit
Cluster 1Edit
Puzzle 1: The puzzle was solved by selecting the five images of aristocrats not doing any sort of work.
Cluster 2Edit
"The individual intends only his own gain, and he was in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention."
Puzzle 1: The puzzle was solved by turning the first ring left four times, the second and first rings right twice, the third and first rings left three times, and the fourth ring left four times
"By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them."
Puzzle 2: The first and third rings were linked, as were the fourth and first. Desmond turned the first/third rings right five times, the second ring right five times, the third ring left four times, and the fourth/first rings left twice to solve the puzzle.
"A great empire has been established for the sole purpose of raising up a nation of customers. It cannot be very difficult to determine who have been the contrivers of the whole mercantile system; not the consumers, we may believe, whose interest has been entirely neglected; but the producers, whose interest has been so carefully attended to it."
Puzzle 3: The third ring was linked with the second as was the fourth with the first. The puzzle was solved by turning the first ring right three times, the second ring right four times, the third/second rings left five times, and the fourth/first ring right once.
"A country that makes provision to increase in inhabitants, whose situation is good, and whose people have a genius adapted to trade, will never fail to be gainers in the balance, provided the labour and industry of their people be well managed and carefully directed."
"lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo"
Cluster 3Edit
"Missing -.. .- .-. -.- -. . ... ... .-.. --- ... - -.. -. ..- -- -...
Morse Code Translated: DAR KNESS LOSTD NUMB
Puzzle 1: The puzzle was solved by selecting the area shown below (revealing a hidden Abstergo emblem).
Hidden MessagesEdit
(The ciphertexts were decoded using the Vigenere cipher, as hinted at by the relevant quote, using the key IMF - letters highlighted in red on the hidden quote. IMF was an abbreviation for the international monetary fund, which was created by the men featured in this puzzle after the Bretton Woods conference - held at Mt. Washington hotel, also featured in this puzzle).
Harry Dexter White. Remember this name.
"I find myself more and more relying for a solution of our problems on the invisible hand which I tried to eject from economic thinking twenty years ago" —John Maynard Keynes
"Le Chiffre indéchiffrable." (Vigenère cipher)
lqgb dnlpjv otczyzuja mwm fmm zje rwwzyqqw = "Debt ridden countries are the new frontier".
"How can I adopt a creed which, preferring mud to the fish, exalts the boorish proletariat above the bourgeois and the intelligentsia who, with whatever faults, are the quality in life and surely carry the send of all human advancement?"
Rqpgxqqeqizikxzjpzkwmczyuawmbfxqwuasmkfvpfkqsbdftnfvw = "Jekyll Island Club duck hunt more paper money and a central bank" (the secret meeting leading to the creation of the Federal Reserve).
"It would all be done in secret, the Assassins would never know until it was too late."
"Owing to pressure from below, the pressure of the masses, the bourgeoise may sometimes concede certain partial reforms while remaining on the basis of the existing social-economic system."
Wzjwrypq rpquzaaqpjilfmmzj kqxamwgbwmexcdj = "One of them he provided the necessary pressure."
Puzzle 2: The puzzle was solved by entering the symbols below as the passcode.
MESSAGE FROM ABSTERGO INDUSTRIESEdit
July 22, 1944
Fellows, rulers, welcome.
I deliver this speech to you as, several floors below us, a silent revolution begins.
Ranny Olds and Henry Ford. As many of you know, these founders gave us the assembly line, the device we have used to control both (this indoctrinated into the worship of our money (?) ) capitalists and workers (slaves (?) ) alike. But I dream of a future in which such ugly chains will no longer be necessary. In 1910, our founders designed the Plan, it falls to us to see it through.
But, what of the Communists, who intend to spread the bread so thin that everyone will starve? It is our duty to (neutralise (?) ) them and their followers. We muse ensure that the continue to eat, to reproduce, to be productive members of society. That is our burden, to shepherd those beneath us through life, and we must embrace it, even if (force is required (?) ) they themselves do not.
H. and S. brought on the turmoil and fear necessary, now we must strike fast to ensure the development continues in the proper direction. We will appear to concede ground against the workers, remember the successful ruse of Rockefeller's dimes, but soon there will be no ground we do not own.
In 1937, we founded this company, this enterprise, with a purpose. The time to nurture it to fruition is upon us.
Cluster 4Edit
Puzzle 1: The puzzle was solved by choosing the five pictures that show a robot or computer with a human operator.
Puzzle 2: The first ring was linked to the fourth, the third to the first, and the fourth to the second. The puzzle was solved by moving the first/fourth rings right once, the second ring left four times, the third/first rings right four times, and the fourth/second rings right once.
"It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence."
"I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain."
Cluster 5Edit
Puzzle 2: The puzzle was solved by selecting the area shown below, revealing a hidden lightning bolt.
Hidden MessagesEdit
LUXJ = "FORD" (Caesar cipher)
ATOZKJ LXAOZ IUSVGTE, AY HGTQY, IGX IUSVGTOKY ZXGTYLKXXKJ ZNKOX IUXVUXGZK JKHZ ZU ZNK GXMKTZOTK VAHROI. = "United Fruit Company, US banks, car companies transferred their corporate debt to the Argentine public." (Caesar cipher)
SUXK ZNGT ZNXKK ZNUAYGTJ QORRKJ. = "More than three thousand killed."
GRRKTJK CGY MUOTM ZU TGZOUTFROFK ZNKS. = "Allende was going to nationalize them."
YKVZKSHKX KRKBKTZN. = "September eleventh."
SGQK ZNK KIUT USE YIXK GS. = "Make the economy scream."
EYE TEA TEE pronunciation of the letters "ITT" = "CNN"
H. K. masterminded it.
Chile, 1964. The people cheered his name until 1973.
Salvador Allende wanted the people to own Chile's corporations.
"We should like your economic program to succeed and we will do out best to help you."
Argentina 1970s: 30,000 people Disappeared in the raids.
"Nature shows us basic order and hierarchy are necessary." - Augusto Pinochet
Coup d'etat.
"The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves."
Mossadegh wanted oil profits to go to the people.
Hired Actor. (on the rioters in the far right picture)
Shah Pahlavi, Sha'baan Ja'fari and SAVAK take over to terrorize citizens and protect capitalist oil interests. But was that their only motive?
The puzzle was solved by entering the symbols shown below as the passcode.
RESTRICTED HANDLING: CLASSIFIED MESSAGEEdit
Subject: South America
If we are to ensure the Company's success, Company agents must be free to move from country to country and maintain power within all of them. A global international order must be implemented.
Re: Argentina
Tell the Capitalists that if they help ensure the the Junta remain in power, we will pass all their corporate debt on to the Argentine people. That will ensure that they crush any popular revolt. I want the trade unions destroyed if we are to move forward
Re: Chile
The free market must be allowed to prevail. F.'s visit last year helped things along, but now all companies must be sold to the private sector, ideally on the cheap. The price of bread and other staples must rise. I want to ensure that the people remain marred in poverty and unable to resist.
Any traces of this plan should appear to implicate the U.S. government. The Company's involvement must remain hidden.
For successful examples of a similar opening of the markets, look no further than the 1953 liberation of Iran and the 1954 liberation of Guatemala.
Puzzle 4: The puzzle was solved by activating one of the three blinking lights shown below, then quickly activating the other two before the cursor fills up with red.
Hidden Message Edit
"Wages should be (lowered to keep the middle class subservient to us (?)) left to the fair and free competition of the market, and should never be controlled by the interference of (a popularly elected government(?)) the legislature."
There were also two Templar symbols, one on each side of the message.
Cluster 6Edit
Puzzle 1: The puzzle was solved by selecting the area below, revealing a hidden Templar emblem.
Hidden MessagesEdit
Gorbachev, 1990: Man of the Decade. Brings democracy to Russia. Establishes the Constitutional Court.
August 1991: Declared the White Knight of the people, Yeltsin stands up to Communist threat! Gorbachev loses popularity!
December 1991: Secret meeting called in the Belavezhskaya Forest. Yeltsin unseats Gorbachev, becomes leader of Russia!
1992: Russian economy opened to elite oligarchs, private companies.
1993: Parliament Disbanded by Yeltsin as he seizes control of Russia! Decree 1400! Constitutional Court disbanded!
1993: 2.5 billion in aid from the U.S. Congress to Yeltsin after he disbands Parliament!
Perestroika: The dream of a democratic state led by the people.
Various musical scores
The one below the Perestroika picture: "Bretton Woods began it. The IMF delivers." (the same as on the picture of Yeltsin shaking hands)
The one on top of the forest picture: "The most favorable condition for reform is a weary public."
Puzzle 2: The passcode was 20, 27, 33, 13.
LETTER TO BORIS YELTSINEdit
Mr. Yeltsin,
I am writing this letter to encourage you to act. One rarely finds oneself in such an opportune position. Gorbachev does not have our interests at heart. He is moving far too slowly to privatize and my greatest fear is that he has no intention of doing so at all. I understand that you have expressed similar concerns. With that in mind, here is something to remedy the situation.
Several of my top advisors at the Company maintain a monetary connection with the Communist old guard. They tell me that a riot might be easily incited while Gorbachev is away. If you were to repel an attempt to seize parliament in front of the media, it could very well tip the scales in your favor.
Telephone me at No. 10 and we shall talk further.
Puzzle 5: The puzzle was solved by activating one of the blinking lights shown below, then quickly activate the other two before the cursor fills up with red.
Hidden MessagesEdit
1999: Yeltsin ensures his protégé, Vladimir Putin, follows his lead.
Musical score = Apartment bombings start Czech war and elect Putin all planned by Abstergo.
Cluster 7Edit
Puzzle 1: The puzzle was solved by selecting the five images below, showing the energy industry at work.
Audio SpeechEdit
"The capitalists think we run these companies for profit. The fools."
"Those "fools" work for you."
"Optional slavery in exchange for pieces of paper. Doesn't that strike you as foolish?"
Puzzle 2: The puzzle was solved by selecting Chief Justice John Roberts' left hand, revealing a hidden Templar ring.
Audio SpeechEdit
Democracy must die to ensure the stability of the world. Capitalism will end it.
Hidden MessagesEdit
Justice Kennedy: "We now conclude that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption (in Government)."
Justice Alito: "I believe very strongly in limited government, federalism, free enterprise, the supremacy of the elected branches of government, the need for a strong defense and effective law enforcement, and the legitimacy of a government role in protecting traditional values."
Justice Roberts: "Congress may not prohibit political speech, even if the speaker is a corporation."
Justice Scalia: "Indeed, to exclude or impede corporate speech is to muzzle the principal agents of the modern free economy. We should celebrate rather than condemn the addition of this speech to the public debate."
Justice Clarence Thomas: "We don't issue mandates to businesses that you've got to do this and you've got to do that."
Don Evans: "It is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital." CEO of Tom Brown Inc. Oil, U.S. Commerce Secretary (2001-2004).
Paul Wolfowitz: When it comes back to the test of whether we are doing our job or not, it's whether we're promoting development, not whether we're promoting democracy." President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (2001-2005).
Donald Rumsfeld: "Scour the department of defense for functions that could be performed better and more cheaply through commercial outsourcing." Chairman of Gilead Sciences, U.S. Defense Secretary (2001-2006).
Condoleezza Rice: "The growth of entrepreneurial classes throughout the world is an asset in the promotion of human rights and individual liberty, and it should be understood and used as such." Chevron Board, Hewlett-Packard Board, U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009).
Dick Cheney: "We have to make America the best place in the world to do business." - CEO of Halliburton, Vice President of the U.S. (2001-2009).
George W. Bush: "I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in." Director of Harken, President of the United States (2001-2009).
Row, row, row your BOAT.
On the George W. Bush picture was a message with the words "We the people..." marked as "1 2 3". The way to decode it was by relating each number to a word on the U.S. Constitution and taking the first letter of that word.
230, 129, 213, 218, 251, 261, 194, 35, 11, 263, 9, 261, 203, 214, 225, 77: 192, 153, 67, 20, 280, 241, 143, 20, 251, 221, 114, 254, 159, 121, 81, 279, 47, 61, 169. = The final frontier: Destruction as profit.
24, 4, 113, 2, 77, 30, 46, 10, 37, 81, 58, 187, 167, 198, 99, 56, 100, 181, 124, 81, 11, 9, 166, 3, 77, 42, 200, 101, 223. = Contractors ran the war for profit. (There seems to be an issue with this decoding, when decoded it actually reads Comtractors instead of Contractors.)
251, 280, 53, 107, 181, 254, 274, 133, 183, 24, 223, 214, 9, 291, 284, 259, 267, 234, 136, 255, 279, 203, 129, 88, 162, 8, 28, 79, 102, 147, 48, 204, 202, 192, 41, 225, 263, 242. = Iraq was auctioned off to the highest bidders.
101, 270, 156, 264, 50, 262, 94, 301, 192, 295, 263, 284, 168. = It is so ordered.
Puzzle 3: The puzzle was solved by entering C, M, Z, K as the passcode.
LETTER FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED-STATESEdit
December, 2000
RE: Privatization
- I have convinced Sandra to join the majority opinion. The enticement of retirement under a Republican president tipped the scales. Although the ruling will differ from our previous decisions on Equal Protection, it will not call attention to our actual goals. With Sandra gone, we can pave the way for the key majority member of the Order to be seated. As discussed, W. will prove the perfect distraction. I have no doubt he will restart animosities with Iraq. Let him, it will give C.'s contractors more work. When the time comes, I will make sure W. is given Roberts' name.
- With Roberts on the court, it will only be a matter of waiting for the right case. After the destruction of Campaign Finance laws, the Company will be free to elect anyone they choose to the Senate, the House and, eventually, the Presidency.
- Soon, our hopes will be realized. Government will no longer derive its authority from the people, but from us, their protectors.
Puzzle 4: It wanted an echo of its last move (knight at B8 to C6), so the puzzle was solved by moving the knight from B1 to C3.
Puzzle 5: The puzzle was solved by activating one of the blinking lights shown below, then quickly activating the other two before the cursor fills up with red.
Audio SpeechEdit
The capitalists will do whatever we tell them to. We print the dollars they worship after all.
Hidden MessagesEdit
"It will undoubtedly cripple the ability of ordinary citizens, Congress, and the States to adopt even limited measures to protect against corporate domination of the electoral process." - Justice Stevens
Cleanup of Deepwater Horizon contracted out for billions.
Cluster 8Edit
Puzzle 1: The first ring was linked to the second, the second to the fourth, the third to the fourth, and the fourth to the first. This was where things get tricky, but the solution was simplified by moving the first/second rings left once, the second/fourth rings left four times, and the fourth/first ring right twice.
"Good evening and welcome to television."
Cluster 9Edit
Cluster 10Edit
Puzzle 1: The first ring was linked with the third, the second with the first, the third with the second, and the fourth with the second. The puzzle was solved by moving the first/third rings right twice, the second/first rings right twice, and the fourth/second rings right five times.
"O brave new world. What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?
Puzzle 2: The puzzle was solved by selecting the five images that show children (we can see a woman in the photo of the Taj Mahal, but she isn't a child).
Puzzle 3: The puzzle was solved by selecting the area shown below to reveal a hidden eagle.
1=On the page with the multiple pictures, the hidden messages under them were all elements from the Periodic Table.
LiOBAlFKCaArMnVFMgMgPSBSiFCa. = "Chemistry will open it."
HHeKCaBArNPPVSiKFCaHMgMgHeScCaSiPCaMnPSc. = "Abstergo owns it all but not you."
MgBHTiBCaOBAlCaOBFArVPArCaOMgBKKSFBLiBKPCSHSBAr. = "Leave them their worthless pieces of paper."
CaOBFArLiPSiCaArPMgFKKMgFSSFSiN. = "Their control is slipping."
CaOBBeFLiCaHCaPArKLiHSiCaLiArScKOFCa. = "The dictators can't crush it."
CaOBPMgFNHArLiOKLiHSiCaNaFMgMgFCa. = "The oligarchs can't kill it."
CaOBLiPScArCaKLiHSiCaKCaPSFCa. = "The courts can't stop it."
BeBLiBAlHeBArScCaMG = "December 21, 2012"
- Even after completing the present-day segment in the Colosseum and falling into a comatose state, Desmond was still able to hear the voices of the modern Assassins after completing the final Rift. However, the game would not conclude with Desmond in free fall, but in an ordinary loading screen still featuring him.


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Mite fright
When it comes to allergies, dust mites are as irritating to dogs as they are to their owners, writes Dr Carmel Taylor.
When it comes to allergies, dust mites are as irritating to dogs as they are to their owners, writes Dr Carmel Taylor.
After a stunned silence, Mrs Leong blurted out, "Now I may never sleep again…" She punched the speed dial on her phone. "Rose, get out the vacuum cleaner immediately!"
The reason for the sudden bout of spring cleaning? I had just revealed that her pug, Molly, had tested positive to house dust mites on her allergy test. Mrs Leong was horrified to hear she had been sharing her bed every night with literally millions of microscopic eight-legged creatures that live in soft furnishings (bedding, sofas, carpets). Mites feast on dead human and animal skin cells, producing a lot of poo, which contains the allergens responsible for up to 90 per cent of allergies in dogs – and humans, too.
While most asthma sufferers are aware of the misery mites can cause, many people with eczema never make the connection. Ten per cent of people surveyed in a recent poll by "My Pet" magazine thought pets induced allergies, and it is not uncommon for parents of children with allergic skin problems to be told to "get rid of the pet" by a well-intentioned medical professional.
However, scientists believe one of the main reasons allergies are skyrocketing is our increasingly enclosed living environments – a haven for dust mites. In addition, modern medicine has eradicated many childhood diseases that used to kickstart our immune systems. Our sanitised lifestyles lead our bored immune cells to attack anything that might resemble a life-threatening illness – in this case, mite poo.
Exposure to pets in early life means our immune cells recognise natural "dirt" and develop a normal immune system. Similarly, pets that are not permitted to get "down and dirty" are the usual patients in my allergy clinics.
The bad news for Mrs Leong is that no matter how much poor Rose vacuums, her war against these mites is unlikely to have much impact on Molly. Once Mrs Leong has recovered from her "mite mares", we will start Molly on therapies to help manage her condition, including Allergen Specific Immunotherapy: injecting her with small quantities of the allergens she is sensitive to, helping to "train" the immune system to tolerate them over time. Sadly, allergies are seldom cured, so Mrs Leong will have her work cut out caring for her dog as well as her mattresses.
Rose can take comfort in knowing that unmade beds reduce the numbers of dust mites, as they do less well in drier conditions.


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(WASHINGTON D.C.) – Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced the launch of a public-private initiative by state and local law enforcement authorities and credit card firms to prevent the illegal sale of cigarettes over the Internet.
"This partnership is a major step toward stopping the unlawful sale of cigarettes over the Internet, and reducing our children's exposure to these deadly products," said Lockyer. "In California, we have moved aggressively to combat such sales, and my office has forced six online retailers to cease doing business in our state. But it's a growing problem, and it will take cooperation between government and the private sector to fight it effectively."
Participants in the initiative include Lockyer and attorneys general from across the country, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the major credit card companies. Lockyer's office, and the Attorney General offices of New York and Oregon, led the negotiations with the companies.
Details of the initiative were discussed today at a meeting in Washington D.C.. Among the participants were: the Colorado, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Vermont attorneys general; representatives from Lockyer's office, and the Attorney General offices of Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, New York and Wisconsin; ATF officials; and representatives of the major credit card companies.
All the participants agreed to work together to prevent the processing of payments for illegal Internet cigarette sales. Almost all online purchases of cigarettes are paid for with a credit card.
"We are taking a multi-faceted, multi-jurisdictional approach to halting illegal Internet cigarette sales," said Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell, president of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). "We believe this is the most effective and efficient strategy to enforce state and federal laws regulating online sales. We are very appreciative of the work by these companies."
Added Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, co-chair of NAAG's Tobacco Committee: "This partnership is an excellent example of how attorneys general and ATF can work together successfully with support from private businesses."
Added Michael Bouchard, ATF assistant director for field operations: "Today, public and private partnerships are the key to success for law enforcement. ATF investigations show that millions of dollars each year in illegal sales of cigarettes are diverted to fund terrorists and criminal organizations. ATF will aggressively continue to pursue violations of law. However, through today's initiative, we are addressing the problem of illegal sales across multiple jurisdictions with tremendous support from the country's largest credit card companies. We welcome the help."
Virtually all online sales of cigarettes are illegal because the sellers violate one or more state and federal laws, including statutes that: require sellers to verify the age of buyers, to prevent sales to minors; require sales to be reported to state tax authorities (federal Jenkins Act); and prohibit or regulate direct sales of cigarettes to consumers. Other laws that Internet sales violate include federal mail and wire fraud statutes, the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), state and federal tax laws, and federal smuggling, contraband, money laundering and cigarette labeling laws.
In addition to being illegal, Internet cigarette sales present a significant risk to public health. In particular, cigarettes sold on the Internet are much cheaper than cigarettes sold by brick-and-mortar retailers because the Internet sellers falsely advertise that their cigarettes are tax-free. Studies have demonstrated lower cigarette prices lead to increased smoking rates, which in turn lead to more smoking-related illnesses and deaths.
Attorneys general contend that while brick-and-mortar retailers check photo IDs to prevent children from buying cigarettes, the vast majority of Internet sellers have age verification systems that are inadequate, often simply requiring the purchaser to click a button stating that he or she is over 18 years old. Numerous studies have shown that the earlier an individual begins to smoke, the more likely it is that the person will become addicted to smoking, and thus age verification through photo IDs is essential to protect children from a lifetime of addiction and smoking-related illnesses.
All the major credit card companies have longstanding policies that prohibit the use of their cards for illegal transactions. However, during today's meeting, state and federal authorities detailed the many laws violated by online cigarette sales. The companies agreed to take a variety of steps to ensure their services are not used to facilitate these illegal transactions.
Among the many actions some of the credit card companies have adopted to stop illegal online sales are: adopting policies to prohibit the use of credit cards for the illegal sale of cigarettes over the Internet; and agreeing to investigate and take action against any Internet sellers identified by law enforcement as using their credit cards for illegal online cigarette sales.
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With library budgets stretched tighter, special projects are put on hold for lack of money. This problem is making successful grant-writing significantly more important. Our project would offer a grant-writing workshop to Houston regional librarians. With a focus on tips and tricks to ensuring successful grant-writing for Federal, State and private foundation grants, the program will consist of a speaker to discuss foundation grants, grant-writing must-dos, and tools for finding and applying for library grants for the first half of the day. The second half of the day would be a panel discussion with awardees, research departments, grant writers and foundation personnel.
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The folklore at microsoft says that ms got super interested in what real audio was doing when Jeff Raikes found out he could listen to sports programs from his old university. Jeff is, in my opinion, an incredibly smart guy and, having worked for the man, i tend to believe he was a quiet driver behind ms getting cooking with stuff to keep former msft type RobG honest.
fast forward to today. if you use any number of the travel sites, they all, to one degree or another, allow you to import travel information into your calendar. and, of course, if you are putting meetings and such in your calendar, it will be pretty complete.
somebody should make a net service that i can point my calendar at which will return to me sports that are happening in the town i'm going to be in. wouldn't it be awesome to have a site that could tell you the spurs were in town that night, tickets were available, and with one click or a return email, you could get seats.
hard to do? not at all. Ticketmaster, the monster agency, sets up affiliates all over the place to sell tickets. Somebody should get a license, electronically, to be an affiliate and do this. or offer a service to the venues. expand it to music and other events in the city you are travelling.
build a prototype and get the somebody to try it. who knows? But, of course, the larger issue is providing useful services of the obvious. We all know what we like and telling our computer/pda/phones what that stuff is, should allow us to get more out of where we are and, in the process, make somebody a few bucks.
i don't need a list of steak resturants, i need to know the nicks are in town when i'm in town.
You've seen and heard it, right? The smart oven that keeps things cold until you use your PDA/Smartphone to start cooking the turkey and if you get stuck in traffic or your airbag deploys, the cooking time/temp gets adjusted. uh huh..
let's start with something simple.
give me a sub 20 dollar USB bar code reader for my PC. next, let me scan my food items in as i use em up or want to order more. then, at a press of a button, my list hits a priceline for groceries and automatically finds me the overall cheapest price for my basket of food. but really cheapest including, if i so choose, my time, my gas mileage, etc. None of this is hard and none of this requires anything new. So how come this hasn't happened?
Every grocery store in north america has access to the UPC database and every grocery store in north america has a database of what they have in stock.
Online grocery stores mostly failed because they are not habit and are, in general, a pain in the ass to use. a scanner, one click, and a suggestion on where to get all this stuff, would be simple. We are going to the store anyway cause we want some deli, want to squeeze the tomatoes ourselves so make it easy on me. get my list done up in the order of the store aisles, add some specials to the list i create, and we are off.
now, the interesting thing about this is? You aren't trying to change consumer habits, rather make it easier which might actually result in more sales. and once you have one store in town offering this service, others will want to compete if they see customers going other places. Hmmm, you sell them the services for your local market. Then, demand pricing.. A program for the grocery store that says to the customer, come in today and i'll give you the whole basket of goods for X dollars. The grocer doing demand pricing? Everything can be a loss leader to get the customer in to buy other stuff? Amazin...
think about it. The grocery business is all about making pennies. Offer to make them more money and you should get somebody to listen. Try the local IGA who is trying to compete with the monster. It's all software.
"Food" for thought on this cold winter night in Toronto, Canada.
when i type whatever in google or my favorite search engine, it would be nice if i could get the results of what everybody else did morphed into mine and displayed as what others thought was useful. if you typed in looking for websites on MP3 players to pick a bad example, i'd like to have the results displayed as X number of people thought this site was actually useful as well as linking to these sites.
and then rank those by how many people agreed with that ranking. a giant feedback loop that allows 'smart' people to bubble up to the top.
and another thing. if i want to buy a new coffee maker, i really don't care what some so called 'expert' says. naah, i want to know what the consumers who already own them say. today, it's too hard to entice people to fill in what they like, what works for them, and what hints/tricks/tips are useful. lots and lots of businesses (aka dot bomb) have gone after this in some fashion, mostly failing..
solve this problem and you will get rich because my time and my money are worth something to me. get me better value/satisfaction for my money in less time and I will pay for it. so will others.
i've had a number of people ask me why asp.net as a place for a weblog. personally, i can't stand suits and the stiffs that wear them. somehow creating a blog that is read mostly by corporate types wanting to take a meeting to schedule the review of the meeting about my ideas, does not exactly inspire me to clicking on the post button. i'd much rather have techs, geeks, and change the world types, read it and offer comments that might inspire a new hit product.
consider this website: www.rentacoder.com . While Fortune and other biz rags are talking about the destruction of jobs/coders here in north america, there's this amazing website of code jockeys doing great work for great prices. Yes, many people in many countries neither your or I can spell are on this site. However, I've gotten work done from a guy on a house boat in desolation sound (Canada) and two people in Maine. Great code, good prices, and the dollars stayed here in North America. Now, I personally have no issue with somebody in [fill in the blank] making a living and offering services. i do, tho, admire the FLA residents that created this site, that are making some good coin and giving some developers some great opportunities.
And if you look carefully, you will see that the site has a great feedback/trust system. All hand crafted. Hmmm.. Wouldn't every forum want this type of thing. Ebay does it, Amazon's stores has it, etc. But they are all different. Seems like somebody should make a feedback system and sell it. A hosted solution perhaps.
i've just come back from the movies. to speed up time, i use the movietickets website to pre-pay my tickets and cough up an extra dollar per ticket to avoid standing in line. i hate standing in line, any line, for anything. the theater is crowded but we get to go over to the kiosk, pick up our tickets, and zip on by the folks lined up to buy tickets. To the popcorn line.. agggh.. a line. what makes matters worse is that no self respecting adult would ever be seen behind the counter serving up popcorn, candy, and diet pepsi. So we have dirk's first day on the job figuring out how to make change, get the drink topped up, and squirting fake butter onto popcorn. slowly..
So how hard would it be to have express service? Just a line where large bags of corn are ready along with bottles of drink, ready to go. Even better, how about using the technology for the online movie ticket purchase one step further. after entering my ticket order, i pre-order my popcorn and drink. Done. Pre-paid. Service charge added. Now, I'm in theater 2 of 16, so outside theater two, I show my receipt and get handed my drink and popcorn. worth 3 bucks more? dunno.. The theater knows when i've ordered, knows when i've checked in, and could easily bring a tray full of orders right into the theater. i might buy more, i might even pay more to avoid the line and just walk, non-stop, to my seat.
now the point of the above is not to start a raging debate over food costs (cups vs. bottles) or labor costs or for sure a privacy debate. rather, the point is to point out that technology's baby steps (buying movie tickets but not popcorn online) is just another indicator that lots of opportunities exist for great businesses.
(and another thing about movies: Bring back indoor double features. time the movies so that you can have a bio-break and corn refill. I'm already there, sell me more stuff...)
The Consumer Electronic Show is an amazing show for all the obvious reasons; new gadgets, next generation views, Vegas, cheap buffets (not), and a chance to just see across a number of industries all at once.
ignore most of it.
if you want to have your mind overblown with ideas and a real glimpse of what's coming, make sure you spend a solid day in the Las Vegas Hilton's convention center/exhibition center. this is the convention space between the hotel and the LVCC. A zillion people pour through this space but lots don't stop. What's in here? Asia, Eastern Europe, and all the places that are making things cheap, fast, and way ahead of everybody else. It is in here that you will find MP3 players for $30. Quantity 50. 30fps MPEG-4 Viewers for under 200 bux. And component manufactures that can build you anything you want, in any case you want, any size you want, almost any price you want. Want to add wireless to your toy invention? $12 will get you the chip set. Digital Camera in that desktop pencil holder, no problem, the whole thing on one simple board.
The point is that for a day of your time, you can become an almost expert on where to get things, small, fast, and cheap. It has never been easier to get an idea done and to market. Next time you go to CES, check this area out. Well worth your time.
picture this. you are a true gadget junkie and you are really organized. everything is in outlook. all your meetings, tasks, etc. rock solid. you go into an important meeting. the first thing everybody does is? Turn off the cell phones. why? Your calendar knows where you are, in a meeting marked important. your computer is connected to the internet and your cell phone is on and 'connected' to the outside world. what's the deal here? how come my computer doesn't put my phone on mute status unless it's a call from a family member of which has been marked in my contact list which is, of course, sync'd to my phone, wirelessly, without me having to do anything other then pay the cell, internet, and electric bills.
If you are sitting down typing in Word, what does the computer know about you? It knows where you are. If you are driving in your car, what does your cell phone know? It knows where you are without all the GPS stuff. You rollng between cell sites tells the world so to speak, where you are. So why to i have to have my phone ring at my desk when I'm not there? Or, more importantly, my cell phone ring when i am typing at my PC, next to my phone.
See? Nothing really works...
how about this one. you get a piece of mail from somebody. you are using outlook. after opening the mail, you right mouse click on the email address and select "Look up Outlook Contact" If this person isn't in your outlook client list, you get a dialog box that says, to wit, ain't in your client list. With the OK button only; no option to create one.
After lord only knows how many versions of Outlook and with apologies to Jonathan Kaufman of MAPI fame, you still don't get the option to create a new contact. You have to click OK, right mouse again, and select create a contact. Why is that? Why not, when I double click on the email address, I get either the contact card from the outlook DB or options to do something with it.
The list of this kind of stuff is, i suspect, endless. I also suspect that there are at least two zillion ideas in all of these that should make some folks a nice piece of coin.
In Tom Peters' new book, he talks about failing faster in order to get to success faster. As a VC, I like this basic idea, much to the surprise of other VCs I know. Personally, there should be a website and/or a Blog for failures. Like Bizbooboos.com or bizfailures.com. Once set up, people post failures and other information. categorize it, key words, search terms, etc. for every anonymously posted item, you can read/search the others and hopefully learn from them as a way to find success faster.
what would be nice in people's blogs all over the web is some key word or setting that allows my bot to hunt down all the failure postings with respect to a particular thing i am looking at. again, speeding up my failures so i could get to success faster.
the general point here is that maybe if we all share the 'lessons learned' it might make all of us smarter.
just a thought. Great book. Re-imagine is the name. The amazon link is below (I'm not an affiliate, just a handy link..)
wandering in a Kroger grocery store here in Dallas Texas, i noticed a stand alone display of gift cards from an amazing number of vendors. besides the obvious, long distance cards and Kroger pre-paid grocery cards, i saw Macy's, home depot, and about 20 other brand names offering 10 - 100 dollar pre-paid cards.
i have to wonder, apart from giving gifts, is there another set of reasons why people would buy these cards. if it's just the next generation of gift certificates, got it, no problem. but is there something more? it appears there is a whole business in being the guy/gal that manages these displays much like magazine jobbers do in stores, etc. so, what else are customers doing with those cards besides the obvious (gifts).
And, even more interesting. What about selling those cards in physical locations for internet commerce sites. I buy, with cash, a card for amazon and then use it on-line. it might be an interesting way to keep my credit card numbers off the internet, have merchants make a little float on the cash, plus get a who set of people exposed to e-commerce sites that don't have the market clout to get in front of customers. If i wanted to compete with Amazon, say as cookbooks.com, how about selling the pre-paid cards in cooking stores? Privacy and very targeted marking but give a piece of the action to those very people that fill up the mag in the stores, greeting cards, etc.
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Jul 26, 2012
I'm happy to announce I've begun work on a new album. Coming early 2013.
Jul 25, 2012
Good things, soon.
Nov 10, 2011
Here it is, the official cover artwork for my upcoming new album, "Stay Young, Don't Trust Anyone"... Hope you all like it! It's quite different from my past artwork, but I think it sums up what this album is turning into quite perfectly musically/lyrically.
Don't forget, I'm literally releasing this album the day after I finish writing/recording it on 11.15.11.
P.S. - I'll be announcing a VERY special last minute pre-order tomorrow, so be on the lookout ;)
Nov 7, 2011
My new album's official title: "Stay Young, Don't Trust Anyone". (Available 11.15.11.) Spread the word.
Oct 16, 2011
My life has changed a lot recently. For a few months now, I just haven't written any new music, for some reason. So much had been/is changing around me (good and bad), and I've just kind of felt numb. I think my body is tired of this, because I feel a terrible need to write. So here's my plan. It's a bit crazy, but I really think I need to do this...
This November I'm going to be pretty much locking myself in my room/home studio for fourteen days straight (from November 1st through the 14th) and writing/recording a new Backseat Goodbye album. On November 15th I'll be officially releasing the album digitally for all of you to hear. And the thing is, this really isn't some gimmick, and I'm not trying to do this to get special press or anything. I'm doing this because I need it as a human being. I need to let all of this out of my mind.
The other side of this, is that I really had/have pretty much two albums worth of new Backseat Goodbye material semi-ready in demo form for months now, and I love all of that material and still fully plan to release it sometime in the somewhat near future, but I'm literally not going to use any of that for this release. I feel like I really just need to sit down and let this record be one fluid thought of where I am in life at this very moment. So, that's what it's going to be. Maybe it'll be 10 songs long, maybe 20, maybe only 8, I honestly have no idea. I'm just gonna go for it, and whatever happens in those fourteen days, happens. I just need this. I'm excited and scared as hell at the thought of it, but in the end, I really feel like it's going to be something special, for me personally, at least.
I'm also not going to let a single person hear any of it before I release it, so it literally won't be touched by anyone but me. So, maybe it will end up being a completely terrible mess of songs, or maybe it just might end up being the best thing I've ever done, either way, it'll definitely be the most honest thing I've ever done.
I'll do my best to keep you all updated at least once or twice once I start the process, and try to give you as much info as possible about it as I come up with it. I have no idea what the album's going to be called, what it's going to sound like, how many songs will end up on it, or anything other than the official release date will be November 15th, 2011. All I can tell you other than that is, I'm gonna set my soul on fire for fourteen days and see what comes of it…
Feb 21, 2011
I'm very glad to announce three things…
ONE: Beginning Saturday, February 26th (at 12pm CST) through March 5th, I'll be giving away my entire newest album, The Good Years, for absolutely free right here on backseatgoodbye.com! (You won't have to give your email, sign up for anything, etc... All you'll have to do is click download.)
TWO: Also, on February 26th, you'll find a special letter from me here on the site that not only shares my reasons for giving the album away for free, but also a big announcement about my next album I'm currently writing.
THREE: Oh, and I'm currently at around 8,700 Likes on the Backseat Goodbye Facebook @ facebook.com/backseatgoodbye… If that number gets up to 9,000 by the 26th, I'll give away a brand new demo for free with the album download. If that number gets up to 10,000, I'll give away THREE new demos for free with the album download.
Jan 31, 2011
Stay tuned. Exciting spring announcement coming this week!
Nov 20, 2010
The time has come for you all to possibily win some tickets to my upcoming tour and a BG prize pack! Below you'll find 4 different places to enter 4 different contests. Feel free to enter as many of the contests as you want!
+ One winner will receive two tickets to any one Chase Coy/Backseat Goodbye/Plug In Stereo show from 11/27 - 12/11
+ To enter: Simply post a copy of the flyer above to your Facebook wall and let me know you've done so by posting a comment on my Facebook wall @ facebook.com/backseatgoodbye
+ One winner will receive two tickets to any one Chase Coy/Backseat Goodbye/Plug In Stereo show from 11/27 - 12/11
+ To enter: Simply post a tweet that says the following: I can't wait for the @chasecoy, @backseatgoodbye, & @pluginstereo tour! Check out the dates @ www.backseatgoodbye.com
+ One winner will receive two tickets to any one Chase Coy/Backseat Goodbye/Plug In Stereo show from 11/27 - 12/11
+ To enter: Simply post a photo blog of the flyer above to your Tumblr and be sure to tag the post with "backseat goodbye" so I'll see it
+ One winner will receive two tickets to any one Chase Coy/Backseat Goodbye/Plug In Stereo show from 11/27 - 12/11, plus a BG Prize Pack!
+ To enter: Simply write me a letter explaining why you should win and send it to my P.O. Box (address is below.) Letters must be sent by this coming Monday, November 22nd! Be sure to include your email address or Twitter username so I can contact you if you win!
+ Send the letter to:
Backseat Goodbye
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Nov 18, 2010
Sep 14, 2010
For today only, you can get my new album, The Good Years, for just $3.99 exclusively @ backseatgoodbye.bandcamp.com. Not sure if you want the album yet? You can also preview every track in full at the site before you buy!
- Chad
Aug 31, 2010
Today's the day! My new album, The Good Years, is officially out!
You can pick it up digitally at all fine digital retailers and the physical CD version is available at the Backseat Goodbye Online Store! (Links below!)
Links To Buy The Digital Album:
(Also available on Rhapsody, Napster, and many other digital retailers)
Links To Buy The Physical Album:
Backseat Goodbye Online Store
Please feel free to pick up a copy somewhere and help not only support my music, but independent music alltogether!
- Chad
Check out the first two official reviews of my new album at the links below:
Highwire Daze Review
Lushbeat Review
And let me just say, I'm pretty blown away by these very kind reviews, thanks to both sites for reviewing!
- Chad
Aug 28, 2010
Aug 18, 2010
For anyone who happens to visit the site within the next 20 hours... Welcome to the new BackseatGoodbye.com! Looks like the URL redirect kicked in a bit early, so the site isn't 100% ready, but the full launch will happen later this afternoon!
- Chad
Hey all,
In an attempt to make BackseatGoodbye.com a place where fans can come to actually enjoy new content and stay up to date with what I'm doing, I've completely revamped the site by moving it's host to Virb.com. Basically, this is finally going to make it possible for me to post daily photo/video updates when I'm on tour, and just do so many thinks I wasn't able to on the old site.
Along with this new site, I'm excited to say that soon I'll be letting you in on a pretty cool thing I've wanted to do for a while involving tour and photography.
Anyway, finally anything you could want to know about my music, any news, any blogs of mine, pretty much anything, will be able to be found right here.
In celebration of my upcoming new album, the completely new BackseatGoodbye.com will be opening soon!
- Chad


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Need factual information for when the very first Peter solo show was and where. This includes if he did any warm up gigs before kicking of the tour.
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My only information is from Armando Gallo's 1986 book about Peter, and according to this book, the first solo shows were in the Roxy Club in Hollywood in April 1977. But the wording is not unambiguous, and perhaps others will have additional and more valid information.
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March 05, 1977. Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ, USA. Tracklist: Here Comes The Flood On the Air Moribund the Burgermeister Waiting for the Big One Why Don't We Excuse Me Humdrum Solsbury Hill Ain't That Peculiar Indigo All Day and All of the Night Here Comes the Flood Slowburn Modern Love Down the Dolce Vita Back in N.Y.C
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The year was definitely 1977 and as Caste has written above, the set list was all of the material from PGI, as well as those two covers: Ain't That Peculiar and All Day and All of the Night. For an encore, he did Back in NY City (from the Lamb). I saw the show at the Tower Theatre and I know I have the ticket stub somewhere, but my guess is that it was in March, 1977. (Passaic, NJ is just north of Philly and Peter played at the Tower Theatre, which would have most likely been in March also). Good luck with your research.
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. . . .back to the future with PG
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Man I missed that! Well I was only 10 going on 11 at the time.
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Hey,Jen,if you missed that,imagine what I have missed!But I believe that there is something good with that(the only good thing,I have to say!):It's the fact that maybe my opinion about things is more objective because I wasn't around when all the gossip or critics took place,so I consider the songs just as songs without the other backround,which doesn't have to do with pure art,actually.
What's your opinion?
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I can see your point. On another thread I was talking about not having heard alot of the early Genesis or early PG solo stuff and someone commented that they envied me being able to discover those albums for the first time so I guess it does have an UP side. Have you had a chance to get Passion yet?
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No,but soon I'll go and buy the genesis movie box,so I'll try to find it! :-]
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I saw Peter in '77 (at the Roxy, no less) and I have to say that I had a hard time recognizing him, dressed as he was, like a normal human being. At the time it was like his best costume yet. The man without the mask. For the 'music only' minded, my reccomendation is 'Birdy'. (the movie soundtrack) I also reccomend getting the movie (Birdy)directed by Alan Parker. (who also directed Pink Floyd's 'the Wall')
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AAAAhhhhhh. . . T-DOGG,can i say one thing,please? I envy you. . . . :-],yes,i admit! Your sentence "The man without the Mask" make me think of a thing that i always say and think of wonderful Peter: When you (Peter) have a shining personality,it is not important what you wear. If the "kernel" brings something real and unique,the framework around you can help you,ok,but it is in second position. Like a dimond that shines,for me the essence of a true Artist is this: "to be" Peter Gabriel,not "to do" Gabriel. . . . sounds simple,but it is not
In my opinion,of course. . . .
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I was at the Roxy show in West Hollywood in 1977. Not sure that was among the very first, but I will never forget it. I remember it ended with Back in New York City. Great stuff.
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Great thread. About 1975 or 1976, PG was interiewed for British television (where he was very nervous and only did monosyllabic answers) and performed "Here Comes the Flood" on solo piano. I'm not sure if that counts as "first solo gig." As to what show that was and when it was aired, I think you'll have to contact Tina for that one or put up a general request to the UK fans. Hope this helps.
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What ?!? When ?!? Where ?!? I have never seen that interview. Does anybody know more about it?
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Caste: I read about it in an old PG fanzine ca 1990, long since disappeared. One of the reasons I posted about it was to see if anyone remembered it. Sorry I can;t be more specific. Anyone have an old Gabbleratchet? It may be mentined in there.
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Welcome to the forum Lizzy, pm Hawkeye001 (Warren), think he's organising a bimble in the near future along with a few other members.
Hello everyone hope you are all having a good day so far. I am living in Birchwood which some of you might have seen on a couple of threads it where RAF Skellingthorpe is so cant wait to properly explore and see what we find.
My names elizabeth but preferd to be called Lizzy. I have got an intrest in the RAF and old RAF bases this is down to my dad doing 10 years in the RAF and for nearly the first 2 years of my life I lived on RAF Newton base that was a nice base and from what I have heard a lot of good times was had.
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Welcome to the forum Lizzy, pm Hawkeye001 (Warren), think he's organising a bimble in the near future along with a few other members.
cool thank you hopefully we can go its just down to all the work being done. Are you going to any air feilds this year or even air shows might see you there.
Lizzy, organised trips are run by the Airfield Research Group (ARG) of which AiX is the public forums. Whereas you don't have to be a member of ARG to join the forum the organised trips are restricted to paid up ARG members. Likewise we have a display programme where we take the ARG display and recruitment stand, this year amongst others we are at the Waddington Airshow. Details on joining ARG can be found on this part of the ARG website.
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Hello Lizzie and a big welcome. Keep your eyes peeled for organised trips if you decide to join ARG. There will be announcements over the next couple of months, likewise, ARG stall appearances at various shows and events through the year. Enjoy thr forum!
Greetings from Canada on a lovely January day. I was just a young fellow when the #33 S F T S at Carberry Manitoba Canada was engaged in training pilots, we lived a few miles from the east end of runway (80?) and watched Ansons and Harvards take off and aproach the field, in our village there lived an officer from that station, squadron Leader Harper, I believe he was a decorated person at the time, he left before the station closed in 1944 and I never heard of him again. My question is, does any one have any information on him and did he survive the war.
Hi Freddy, welcome to AIX. I am fairly new here myself but seeing your post re Carberry I thought you might like to see something I posted on WW2Talk:
Don't seem to be able to attach a direct link but try visiting WWW.WW2Talk and put Nash and diary into the search function, it should show a thread from 1943. Hope it is of interest.
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