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New details on Zombie Apocalypse, Konami's old-school gore fest
Konami and Nihilistic's upcoming downloadable title, Zombie Apocalypse, has been the subject of a monster-sized update on the PlayStation Blog. Written by Nihilistic designer John Slavin, the update outlines the style, weapons and scoring system in the upcoming PSN and XBLA title. Zombie...
StarCraft: Ghost concept art surfaces, game hasn't
StarCraft: Ghost was originally poised to be a direct competitor to the Splinter Cell and Metal Gear franchises, with similar action and stealth gameplay. Set four years after the events of StarCraft: The Brood War, it was once a hotly anticipated title for Blizzard fans. Yet, the game has eluded...
THQ announces 'Conan' for PS3 & Xbox 360
With the latest Conan-scooped issue of Game Informer resting beside your toilet, having had a few weeks to collect a residue of bathroom scuzz (its measure an acceptable method for determining the length of an NDA), THQ has deemed it time for the interweblings to be enlightened. 'Old news' has been...
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How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus
How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus - Featuring John McAfee himself....
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Eccentric programmer and former-fugitive John McAfee has described himself as 'elated' at the decision by Intel to remove his name from their anti-virus software. "I am now everlastingly grateful to Intel for freeing me from this terrible association with the worst software on the planet," McAfee told the BBC. "These are not my words, but the words of millions of irate users," he added. McAfee's eponymous security company was bought by the chip-maker along with its software for $7.6bn in 2010. It retained the familiar brand name even though McAfee had left the firm in 1994 and had sold his last remaining stake...Belfast Telegraph 2014-01-07
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McAfee, Inc. ( /ˈmækəfiː/) is a computer security company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. It markets software and services to home users, businesses and the public sector. On August 19, 2010, electronics company Intel agreed to purchase McAfee for $7.68 billion (£5 billion). The acquisition closed on February 28, 2011.
The company was founded in 1989 as McAfee Associates, named for its founder John McAfee. McAfee was incorporated in the state of Delaware in 1992. Network Associates was formed in 1997 as a merger of McAfee Associates and Network General. In 2004, a major restructuring occurred. In the spring, the company sold its Magic Solutions business to Remedy, a subsidiary of BMC Software. In the summer[vague] of 2004, the company sold the Sniffer Technologies business to a venture capital backed firm named 'Network General' - the same name as the original owner of Sniffer Technologies. Also, the company changed its name back to McAfee to reflect its focus on security-related technologies.


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Our loving members who were with me before our debut, this is the result of our efforts, the blood and the tears we shed from our trainee days until before our comeback ! We finally had our comeback with our first full album. Since I know better than anyone how hard we worked, I absolutely want to say this. Thanks a lot.. From now on, if we trust each and love each other, I won't be jealous of anything in this world. Also, I want to thank Teacher Lee Sooman who gave me the chance to debut under EXO with such nice members. Furthermore CEO Kim Youngmin, Director Nam Soyoung, Director Jung Changhwan, Director Han Semin, Director Yoo Youngjin, thank you. To my reliable dad who allowed me to dance in order to fulfill my dream, my mom who is prettier than anyone and who always prays with tears running down her face, my oldest sister who is my #1 fan, and my cute second oldest sister who, even though I call her nuna, is like a little sister, I miss you all and I love you ! My brother-in-law Cheolhongie hyung who said I was cool and he was proud of me, and the aunts who put age aside and always support me I am so thankful~! Pinocchio Munkyu, Rick Ross Kwonho, the civilian Changki hyung, my cool sunbae Taemin, I'm always thankful and I miss you..!!! To Sanghoonie hyung who used to be my instructor, Jaewonie hyung, Jinyoungie hyung, the reliable Seunghwanie hyung, Minwookie hyung, Jaehyukie hyunng, Jiheonie hyung, Yongminnie hyung, Dalyoungie hyung, and the stylists who make us shine even brighter on stage, Heejun nuna who made me a human before making me a singer, Jungah nuna, Areum nuna, and especially Yooeun nuna, I won't forget your kindness. Aside from this, thank you to the SMTOWN family members ! Last but not least our fans who waited for us whether it rained or snowed!! EXO is now back after a long wait~ It's because of all of you who supported us that we were able to comeback with such a cool image. From now on I'm asking for a lot of cheers and interest! I love you. Our fans !!
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For the past two weeks TEMPTU Global Artist Cory Bishop has been teaching us how to create his favorite terrorific TEMPTU Halloween looks. Today's Not-So-Fresh Zombie is Cory's favorite look.
"I absolutely love this look," says Bishop, "because you want to accentuate the flaws of the skin as opposed to covering them. Look for things like undereye circles, uneven skin, etc. and add to them and make them darker. This will keep your look more realistic. Also, create a story for your zombie. The look will be more believable if you create a back-story for how your zombie died, or what he/she did before they were a zombie and work that into your look."
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You heard it here! TEMPTU PRO products have officially hit the digital book shelves on Amazon.com, in the book Reel Characters by Makeup Artist Randy Daudlin. Reel Characters is a companion book to Daudlin's previous publication Hurt 'Em Reel Good.
In Reel Characters Daudlin takes you through the techniques and products you'll need to create twelve extraordinary characters including; Wolf Man, 4 Zombie looks, Illustrated Man, Ice Princess, and Mummy. What was the one product used for every look in Daudlin's book? Read More


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On the pannel @ Microsoft Innovation Centre Industry Forum
I'll be on the panel at the MS Innovation Centre Forum on March, 28th to discuss "How to make it as a Start-up in Queensland".
Also on the panel is:
- Steve Baxter; Founder of River City Labs and Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of PIPE Networks.
- Kyle McGinty; Executive of Digital and Technology Recruitment at Mitchell Lake and Organiser of Silicon Beach Brisbane.
- Christopher Tia; Principal at Lean Market Research, Organiser of Brisbane's Lean Start-Up Group and former Business Incubation Manager at ilab incubator.
The session will run as a Q&A forum with the opportunity for attendees to ask questions and generate discussion around what it takes to be a successful Start-Up company in Queensland. Registration is essential as there are limited places for this session.
Time and Date: 12pm-1:30pm on March 28th 2012.
Venue: The Queensland Microsoft Innovation Centre, Microsoft, Level 28, 400 George St, Brisbane 400.
Hope to see you there, but register here first.
datascientists said: Hi Mark, I'd like to ask you some question about raising Angel funding for my new start up called Data Scientists. Are you available for a phone call or meeting (or I could dig out my surf board and we could chat on the water)? Cheers, Troy.
Hi Troy, thanks for the message. Sure happy to chat, you can email me and we can setup a time - mbathie AT gmail dot com
Talking at #LCA2012 tomorrow - Linux Conf Australia
I'm excited to be invited to talk at the #LCA2012 conference, business of open source mini conf tomorrow with @bobwaldie from opengear.com and Martin Michlmayr, who as acted as the public director for for Linux international and spent 2 years as the leader of Debian, and now works for HP. Debian was the first Linux distro I ever used, and some of the first servers at CVSDude were Debian based, so I'm excited to meet Martin.
This is a Linux and FOSS conference after all, so my talk will be on the story of how I started, grew and ultimately sold my company CVSDude/Codesion to the corporate sponsors of the OS developer tool Subversion, which we hosted in the cloud as part of our service. Shortly after this, I'll be helping out on the Monetising open source discussion pannel, which will be fun.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Contact owners before you rent
Taking on some valuable user feedback from our users, we've made a few changes to the way Freegler works.
You can now contact item owners before you reserve and item, for example you might want to check if the owner will be home a certain time, or perhaps find out more details about the item.
We also now require users to verify their email address when signing up, by clicking a security link that is sent out to their email address after creating their account.
We look forward to taking more feedback onboard as we continue to grow and build the items database!
Freegler now supports tags
Freegler, now allows you to tag your items making it easier for you to group your items into buckets (i.e. lawnmower -> gardening), and for others to find your items more easily. Checkout our tag cloud.
Freegler is my new startup which draws from the idea of collaborative consumption by allowing anyone to rent their things to their neighbours, for example gardening equipment, sporting goods, power tools, even film studios!
Gold Coast Tech Space
Steve Dalton recently launched a much needed share working space on the Gold Coast for Tech companies. Of course this is not a new concept, but the approach is very lean in nature with a very bare bones approach from the furnishing to what it will offer members - which is very much like a lot of tech startups these days.
- Reprap printer - just some of the things that will be going on.
As someone who works from home mostly, you do miss out on the interaction that an office environment can provide. The cool thing about Gold Coast Tech Space is that it offers the chance to interact with others who are working on their startups. Having others to bounce ideas off and help with technical problems can be of enormous value, both in saving time and validation of your ideas, even if your working on completely separate projects.
Check out the meetup group and help spread the word.
Speaking at iLab's annual investment summit
Yes, it was a busy day yesterday. Waking early to talk at Silicon Beach, Gold Coast. I normally code till the wee hours of the morning so getting up early can be a challenge sometimes (unless the surf is pumping of course). I headed up to Brisbane after lunch to talk about the capital raising and exit process that I went through with Codesion at the iLab annual investment summit. I quite enjoyed speaking at the event and got to catch up with some people I've not seen in a while and meet some new people, which is always nice.
There were some great speakers I enjoyed listening too. I particularly enjoyed the talks by Tom Makaskill talk on exit a company, Bob Waldie's talk on what Angel's are looking for, Steve McRae's experiences raising capital in Silicon Valley. These ones I could relate to having been through some of these experiences myself with my startup. There did seem to be a general theme that Aussie startups should make the pilgrimage over to Silicon Valley at some point, if not re-locate there permanently. Although this is not always necessary for every company depending on your business, based on my experiences there is definitely a lot to be gained from moving to 'tech Ground Zero' most importantly (there are other benefits of course too) just being surrounded by a larger pool of entrepreneurs who are also going through the same journey, who you can network with and share experiences with. The web is peppered with examples of successful startups that began outside the Valley, and by no means should you think that "yes, I must move there or not succeed". In fact sometimes it can be of an advantage to be outside the somewhat "closed bubble" and looking in, where your exposed to different influences leading to different innovations. At the end of the day, if you don't have a business with a product, customers and signs of market traction, then it really doesn't matter if your here or there.
Thanks to iLab and Colin (CEO iLab) for putting on an enjoyable afternoon and for the opportunity to talk at the event. I appologize to anyone I didn't get to speak to properly during the networking session afterwards- I do enjoy chewing the fat about tech and startups in general, so please feel free to reach out if want someone to bounce your ideas off.


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Dr. Tonya D. Russell, MD
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Dr. Tonya D. Russell has been practicing medicine for 17 years. Dr. Russell graduated from the University of Florida College of Medicine at Gainesville in 1997. She practices medicine in Saint Louis, MO and 1 other location and specializes in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Disease. Dr. Russell is affiliated with Barnes Jewish West County Hospital and Barnes Jewish Hospital.
Gender: Female
Years in Practice: 17 Years
Languages Spoken: English
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine at Gainesville
Graduation Date: 1997
Hospital Affiliations: Barnes Jewish West County Hospital, Barnes Jewish Hospital
Specialties: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
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OK Sir will give you the word JUST WHO does the Government get their F?KING money from ??? care to answer you F?K stick you and most of the SC?M act like no one pays tax's NO ONE well F?K stick 93% of Federal tax's have been paid BY Guess WHO Sir O that's right the people the top 20% yepper but well thay do not pay any thing right F?KSTICK
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First, let me say how thrilled I am that you went off-teleprompter last week. This "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen" thing was just wonderful. Now I know how Chris Matthews felt.
Oh .. I know. Your handlers weren't all that thrilled with your amazing screw-up, and, frankly, they have been worried this day was coming for a long time. They know how you feel about the private sector. They know of your antipathy toward free enterprise and those evil small-business men out there who are not likely to support your...


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Happy ending for everybody
Kudos to agencies and volunteers who worked through the night to find a missing 2-year-old Shenandoah County boy this week.
Fortunately, the boy and his yellow Labrador were found unharmed about a half mile away from home. Shenandoah County Sheriff Timothy Carter said there were about 250 people out searching for the child.
This was one search and rescue that ended happily for all involved. Well done!
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The Most Dangerous Mistake You Can Make During Flu Season
Despite public awareness campaigns in the United States and Europe, many people persist in the mistaken belief that antibacterial drugs — like amoxicillin and azithromycin — are the best treatment for flu. And many doctors simply surrender when patients demand them, ignoring the scientific and medical truth: when treating the flu, antibacterial drugs just don't work.
Oct 28, 2013 | Reuters
Who Killed Mrs X? The Global Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial drugs are no longer working as they once did. The bugs that they are supposed to attack are becoming increasingly resistant. Microbes follow the same rules of evolution as we do. Through reproduction and natural selection the fittest survive.
Sep 18, 2013 | The RAND Blog
Innovating Out of a Crisis: How Research and Innovation Are Key to Europe's Future
Are research and innovation the way out of Europe's current woes? And is the way to administer and fund research and innovation working? Jonathan Grant and Rebecca Schindler suggest more could be done.
Mar 13, 2013 | RAND.org
Research Funding and Economic Growth
Publicly funded R&D investment is a coherent policy to support long term economic growth. Our only note of caution is about how far and how fast that growth can be delivered because the evidence we have is out of date and skewed towards the experience of just one country, write Jonathan Grant and Jon Sussex.
Nov 29, 2011 | Research Fortnight
It's 2018, and the Economy's Hot...
If the nation is to emerge from a recession in a position of strength, we should chart our course carefully now. The government bailout of the banking sector could yield a substantial payout one day - and now is the time to earmark that money for our knowledge sector, writes Jonathan Grant.
Oct 22, 2008 | Research Fortnight
Consequences of a Graying World
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Dr. Michael D. Moore has been practicing medicine for 24 years. Dr. Moore graduated from the SUNY Upstate Medical University in 1990. He practices medicine in Carmichael, CA and specializes in Ophthalmology. Dr. Moore is affiliated with Mercy San Juan Medical Center and Mercy General Hospital. He speaks English, French, German, Polish, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Korean, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
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Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University
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Here's a fun little article from Gold Report: horror stories from junior mining!
No seriously: Bob Moriarty gets interviewed about companies whose stock prices have been so decimated that they're trading at a discount to cash, even with what he considers valuable assets besides.
I wouldn't touch these, since you could say "well, they obviously suck real bad or else why would they trade even at a discount to cash?"; after all, even the cash will disappear if you have idiot management paying themselves huge enough salaries to do nothing. But, maybe if you have some sort of system that watches stocks for you, you could stick the tickers in and tell your machine to let you know when they stop sucking price-wise.
Nothing written or implied on this blog should be taken as investment advice, an inducement to buy or sell securities, or anything other than the insane ramblings of an anarchist sociopath who dreams of a dystopian future where giant wardroids drive over piles of human skulls.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Happy Earth Day!
Lakes, rivers, oceans, mountains, deserts, plains, marshes, prairies, valleys — we love 'em all. Happy Earth Day to our friends and neighbors on this wonderful planet!
Company continues pledge to create jobs for U.S. military veterans
WaveCreste is proud to be a part of the upcoming "Hiring Our Heroes" event in East Rutherford, New Jersey, at which skilled veterans are matched with employers looking to fill open positions.
WaveCreste has been dedicated to providing superior, cost-effective outsourcing services from within U.S. borders since 2006. We believe domestic resources in rural U.S. communities are the ideal solution for many American companies' IT outsourcing projects and needs.
With this focus, WaveCreste has always been dedicated to the hiring of our qualified veterans making the transition from military into civilian life. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to participate in this event, where we will be continuing our search to fill our current and future openings with as many qualified veterans as possible, and we are anxious to meet other companies with an interest in supporting this movement.
"Supporting our veterans is not just a great thing to do, it also makes sense for our business as we are constantly seeking skilled professionals to join our teams across the U.S.," said Greg Hanno, vice president of human resources and operations for WaveCreste. "The men and women coming out of our armed forces are some of the hardest-working and highly-trained professionals you'll ever hope to find."
The "Hiring Our Heroes" event will be held Saturday, June 22, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Job seekers and employers can register at https://hoh.greatjob.net
The Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit brings technology research, vendor and strategic sourcing management solutions and sourcing marketplace strategies to Orlando, FL.
We are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting at this year's Gartner Outsourcing Summit in late September in Orlando, Florida! Hope to see you there!
We remember all those who have died in our nation's service, today and always. Happy Memorial Day.
Lakes, rivers, oceans, mountains, deserts, plains, marshes, prairies, valleys — we love 'em all. Happy Earth Day to our friends and neighbors on this wonderful planet!
We were excited to continue our annual sponsorship of the HACEMOS Scholarship Golf Tournament this past weekend in St. Louis! Our own Peter Hansen (second from left) hosted guests from AT&T in the WaveCreste foursome. Proceeds from the event go toward scholarships for Hispanic students in the community.
"The U.S. Senate's comprehensive immigration bill would make major changes to the H-1B visa that are certain to upset some and possibly please others."
The proposed bill could make it more difficult for U.S. firms to hire non-American workers.
At WaveCreste, our U.S.-based teams provide competitive rates while avoiding the H-1B hassle.
The airline said its reservation system had failed, leading the carrier to halt flights across the country for several hours.
Outages of airline reservation systems are "rare but not unprecedented;" what would system downtime mean to your business?
Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the tragic events at the Boston Marathon today.
We are excited to participate in The Outsourcing Institute's Wall Street Tech Conference in NYC!
Many of WaveCreste's talented software experts relocate to Texas to work at our Rural Solution Center in Abilene. Here's a great summary of just a few reasons we love the Lone Star State!
Looking forward to attending the Outsourcing Institute's Service Provider Summit in The Big D January 30!
Join us!
Wages in China are already about five times higher than as recently as in 2000, "and they are expected to keep rising 18 percent a year," writes reporter Charles Fishman, who in The Atlantic predicts an "insourcing boom" for the United States. As U.S. labor union priorities change, from seeking higher wages to keeping jobs, America becomes more competitive. He cites the two-tier wage scale at General Electric's Appliance Park in Louisville, Ky.
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The only way to truly find out, of course, is to experience it — a bit of a catch-22 for first-timers who want to know what they're in for! So we did the next best thing and asked nearly one thousand BabyCenter readers to tell us about their own labor experiences. No one can predict what your own labor will be like, but hearing from those who have been there can help you get familiar with the possibilities.
Our survey results made one thing clear: Labor is different for every woman, with pain ranging from mild to extreme. Even the epidural reactions varied widely. As one mom put it, "Labor is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."
Here's a sampling of the different pain experiences reported.
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Get the facts
What is The Medical Innovation Bill?
The Medical Innovation Bill is designed to help medical doctors innovate new treatments and cures safely and responsibly for cancer and other diseases.
What will the effect of the Bill be?
Medical doctors, patients and judges will have much greater clarity as to what is negligent and dangerous practice by clinicians and what is careful and reasonable innovation.
This will have two effects.
1/ It will allow good doctors who have the best interests of their patients at heart to innovate safely and responsibly, with the consent of the patient as long as they follow the transparent and accountable procedure that the Bill requires.
Doctors relying on the Medical Innovation Bill will know in advance that as long as they have followed the clear procedures of the Bill they will be protected from negligence claims in regards to the innovative medical intervention they have undertaken.
2/ It will expose mavericks and quacks. Doctors will be required to follow the accountable and transparent procedure laid out by the Bill – which includes consulting with a multi-disciplinary team of senior medical experts and their responsible officer. It will therefore clearly expose the doctor who acts alone and in a reckless way.
Courts will therefore be able to adjudicate on good and bad clinical behaviour. A doctor who follows the correct process will be protected, allowing and encouraging responsible and measured innovation to take place, with the patient's consent. A doctor who does not go through the correct procedure and acts alone, as a 'maverick' can be clearly and easily identified.
Can it be used by anyone who wants to try new treatments, like homeopaths, for example?
No. The Bill can only be used by qualified and registered doctors. The term 'doctor' is a legal one and homeopaths (for example) would not be protected by the Bill, if it became law.
You have to be a legally-recognised doctor. If not, the Bill doesn't cover you.
What difference will it make for patients?
It will free your doctor to consider new treatments and ideas, safely and responsibly, with your consent. So when standard treatments are exhausted, you and your doctor can then consider what other options may be available, if any.
How will it work, practically speaking? What is the so-called 'correct process'?
The process will be as follows.
The patient's medical doctor will be obliged to discuss the patient's case with specialists and experts, normally within their own hospital or clinic, seeking consensus from them about the best course of action for the patient.
This group of experts is often called the 'multi-disciplinary team' or MDT.
It may be decided that the standard procedure is not going to be effective and that offering the patient an innovative treatment that deviates away from standard procedures is a good thing to do.
If the group of specialists and experts all agree, the doctor must then also go to what is known as their 'responsible officer'.
(A responsible officer oversees the process of revalidating a doctor, a process which happens every five years – without which the doctor cannot continue to practice. In the case of the Medical Innovation Bill, the responsible officer becomes another check on the process by which a doctor gets agreement to innovate).
The option – and it will only be an option – must then be explained carefully to the patient. This includes explaining the risks. In some cases this may mean explaining that the risks are unknown – especially when the treatment on offer is new.
The patient will always have the option to go through with standard procedures, or consent to the innovative treatment.
If the MDT or the responsible officer do not agree that the new treatment should be offered, the doctor will not be confident that the Bill will protect the innovation proposed, and will have to rely on the existing common law Bolam test or decide not to proceed.
Why can't doctors innovate at the moment?
They can, and many do. But many also tell us they fear it. Therefore, at best, innovation is patchy.
Innovating can be a high-risk enterprise, which many doctors seek to avoid. There is a culture in the NHS that drives clinicians to stick to what are known as 'standard procedures'. These are the prescribed norms of practice for any given illness. Sticking to these gives the clinician protection in law in the event of a negligence claim – irrespective of whether the standard procedures are effective or not. So, a doctor who follows the standard procedures for, say, late stage ovarian cancer will be protected by the law, even if, as is likely, his or her patient dies.
A doctor who, knowing his patient has little chance of survival, tries something new, even with the patient's permission, may risk being taken to court or to a disciplinary tribunal, if the patient or their family later decides to sue or complain. So, why try something new? Why innovate – when it is safer to stick to the well – worn path, even when that path leads to the death of the patient?
But won't the Bill deny patients who have been harmed the right to sue and get compensation?
No. A doctor who harms a patient through bad practice or negligent treatment or who makes a mistake can still be sued. Bad doctoring is still bad doctoring and a mistake that courses damage, remains a mistake.
The difference will be in cases where an innovative treatment is agreed to and tried and where the consequences cannot be known in advance. As long as the MDT, the responsible officer and the patient recognize that and sign up to that, then the doctor cannot be sued. But the Bill does not protect the doctor from poor performance.
Why do we need the bill?
There is a lot of talk about breakthroughs in curing cancer and other diseases. It is true there have been big breakthroughs; diagnoses of childhood leukemia or breast cancer, for example, are no longer the near-certain death sentences they used to be.
But in many cancers and other diseases, too little progress has been made in recent decades.
For many cancers, there are no treatments available other than surgery – no drugs, no chemotherapy, nothing.
In an ideal world, innovation would always be driven by full clinical trials. But, again, in the case of rare diseases often there are few trials taking place, because there is not enough research funding for minority diseases, because there are not enough patients to run trials in the first place, or because drugs companies do not find it worth the money to run trials for diseases where there are too few patients and thus no realistic chance of making a profit.
Thus, the evidence base is small, and unlikely in many cases to grow sufficiently to drive new treatments.
We need more progress and we cannot only rely on full-scale clinical trials to drive progress – it's just not happening, at least not across the board.
We need doctors who are creative and innovative who are ready to try new ideas and make things happen.
Can you give me an example?
An example of where the Bill might be relevant is the case of a drug licenced for a specific cancer with a particular biological signature. There may be another, rare cancer with the same biological signature on which the drug might be effective. But without a full trial, costing millions and taking years, the drug will never be licensed for this secondary use.
In this case, the Bill would cover the doctor who wished to try the drug in conjunction with the less common cancer.
Some childhood cancers offer examples of where the Bill might be of use. Trials for treatments for adults are fairly common. But fewer trials happen for young people and children and therefore fewer drugs are licensed for use on children.
Are there other reasons why we need the Bill?
Yes. Defensive medicine is increasingly putting a brake on medical advances. Doctors are rightly held to account for mistakes. This is driving up the cost of payouts by NHS trusts to patients. The cost is increasing annually. This Bill does not aim to stop this. But one effect of this is to increase the pressure on doctors to stick to the standard treatment, to avoid anything risky, even if the standard treatment leads to the death of the patient.
I've heard medical negligence lawyers argue that the law already protects patients.
They are right – but they have entirely missed the point of the Bill. Currently, the situation is this: if a doctor tried something new and it didn't work and the patient decided to sue, the doctor could invoke what is known as the Bolam test.
In short, this allows a doctor to bring a group of specialists into court to argue that the new treatment the doctor tried was acceptable.
However, this means that the doctor trying something new will be aware that if it goes wrong she or he could be sued and face a long investigation ending in a court case, with all the fear and stress that entails – even if s/he eventually wins.
The Bill brings this process forward. It allows the doctor to try to get the agreement of a body of experts before undertaking the treatment. If the doctor can't, then the treatment is not covered by the Bill and should never be tried. If the doctor gets the agreement of a panel of experts, plus the responsible officer and the patient, then the doctor can carry on confidently without the threat of legal action.
Effectively, nothing changes, other than the Bolam test is brought forward to the clinical setting prior to treatment. It means the doctor can be safe and confident from the start.
Furthermore, doctors aren't lawyers. Our research has demonstrated that doctors are confused as to what they can and can't do. So this Bill offers a clear, robust, transparent process for doctors to follow. The Bill gives doctors clarity.
If doctors were able to innovate in the past and the law hasn't changed, what has and why do we now need the Bill?
We have become more litigious. In the past four years the amount of money paid out by the NHS for medical negligence claims has doubled, reaching £1.2 billion in the last financial year.
And by the NHS' own calculation on cases stacked against it pending court decisions, the NHS faces a bill of £24b – these are cases the NHS thinks it will lose in the coming years.
In these circumstances, doctors and hospital managers are less likely to step outside the standard procedures and try to find better ways to treat patients. The law doesn't protect them.
This builds a deep culture of defensive medicine, such that innovation is not even considered as an option in many cases. Doctors become so used to standard procedures, they may not even think to push beyond failed standard procedures.
Of course, innovation happens. But the culture of innovation is dying. This law will encourage it and protect those who innovate sensibly.
Don't most hospitals already have multi-disciplinary teams? If so, what's the big deal?
Yes, many hospitals already take difficult and challenging cases to an MDT for discussion. It is widely acknowledged as being 'best practice'. The difference is that the Bill, if passed, will give doctors legal protection from being sued – if, and only if they follow a process which includes the MDT, the responsible officer, any other appropriate experts and the patient.
The good news is that the Bill doesn't impose a new process on hospitals and doctors.
What if a hospital doesn't have an MDT?
A medical doctor seeking to innovate within the strictures of the Medical Innovation Bill will need to obtain the opinions of senior clinicians with relevant qualifications and expertise, be that from within their own hospital, or elsewhere – from other hospitals or clinical settings, for example. If they don't – or can't – they will not be able to be confident that the Bill protects them and they will either have to rely on the existing common law Bolam test or determine not to proceed.
Why do you keep referring to 'rare' cancers or diseases?
The Bill is for all doctors and all patients, irrespective of the condition or disease they present with. However, rarer conditions are a particular issue and one with which the Bill is most likely to help.
Standard procedures are based on what is called 'Big Data' and evidence-based medicine – that is, they are designed around what is known to work. At least that is the theory. And it is fine when it comes to common conditions, such as diabetes and broken legs, where there are many patients and where theories have been well-tested and proved.
But standard procedures based on rarer conditions, where the data and evidence is patchy is a problem. If there isn't an evidence base for a disease, it makes innovation difficult – because there are not the numbers of patients available to develop new treatments.
And it means, also that less research is carried out because no one wants to spend a millions of pounds researching drugs into rare diseases for which the market is small. Also, it is harder to recruit scientists to investigate rare diseases, for which funding is hard to come by.
Big diseases tend to carry the day. This relegates the rarer conditions into a scientific and medical backwater with doctors left able only to repeat their failures.
This is why we need to free doctors to innovate, safely, with and for patients.
Surely evidence-based medicine, derived from proper clinical trials is the only safe way to develop and test new treatments?
Clinical trials remain the gold standard and the Medical Innovation Bill does not in anyway undermine the process nor the concept of the clinical trial – which does remain the best way to deliver new treatments.
Further, those involved with the Bill say clearly that patients with cancer and other diseases for which treatment options are limited should seek to get on a trial.
However, there are few trials for the many rarer cancers. There are often not enough patients with the right medical profile to run such trials. They are expensive and fundraising efforts and resources tend to support the bigger, more common cancers and diseases.
How would the Bill help here?
Cancer research trials tend to focus on identifying and blocking single molecules with targeted new drug therapies. However, tumours in rarer cancers may have the same molecular signatures and the drugs developed for some common cancers may have relevance for rarer cancers with the same signatures.
So, a drug trialled and passed for one cancer cannot be used for another cancer – because it isn't licensed for it, even though it is likely to be safe and may be effective. In this case, the Bill would protect a doctor wishing to use this new, safe drug for another cancer.
When the result of the innovation is known – and if it is a success, then this may inspire a more formal clinical trial. It will provide evidence that there is something worth investigating.
But for the Bill to work, surely you must ensure doctors collect the results of their innovations for others to see and apply.
Yes. This is true. The Medical Innovation team is committed to including an obligation to collect and share data – including of negative results – as an amendment to the Bill. During the consultation process many feedback on this point and it is a message we have heard and with which we agree.
If a doctor wants to do something differently, must s/he always go through this process?
No. The doctor can decide to go through the process or to rely on the law as it stands now (common and case law). Also, there will be times when the process is not appropriate – for example in a trauma case when a surgeon needs to take fast action to save a life. Taking time out to consult and consider options would be unhelpful.
Who is this Bill for?
This Bill is for medical doctors – it will protect those who want to find new and better ways of caring for their patients and finding better ways to treat patients.
It is for the courts – current law is ambiguous and leads to uncertainty. The current law does not define clearly what good, or bad, practice is in regards to innovation. It causes doubt among judges and doctors. This Bill brings clarity.
And most of all it is for us – patients. Most of us have been touched by ill health, by cancer and rare or hard to treat diseases. And those of us who haven't been, almost certainly will be, one day.
It will allow us to go to our medical doctor and say: "Have you tried everything? Is there anything new out there? Something that is not standard procedure? I would like you to try it – you can, you know, because of the Medical Innovation Bill."
What is innovation?
Innovation is anything that is not standard procedure, anything new, anything designed to improve results, find better treatments and cures for patients compared with standard procedures. Innovation does not have to be anything spectacular. It might be a slightly different surgical technique, or using a different combination of drugs, or a different dose – and it might be doing nothing.
The history of innovation often revolves around the individual clinician who has an idea, who is inspired to try something new, who has seen a pattern that others have missed and who bucks the trend.
Isn't it the case that we are winning the 'war on cancer' already?
It is true that there have been huge advances in some cancer treatments, including breast and blood cancers. But the majority of cancer deaths are from so-called 'rare' cancers. Such cancers, individually, account for a relatively small number of deaths. But together, they account for the majority of cancer-related fatalities. Indeed, one in six of us will die from a so-called 'rare cancer'.
There have been few advances in most of them. And for many there simply are no treatments, other than the surgeon's knife.
In many cases, going through standard procedures, when the standard procedures are ineffective is a painful demonstration of Einstein's theory of insanity – doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Is the Medical Innovation Bill dangerous?
No – quite the opposite. Not only will it encourage better treatments and advance medical science, with the consent of patients, it will isolate the maverick, the eccentric and the snake oil salesman who act alone.
The Bill sets a far higher test than laws such as the Mental health Act or the Abortion Act, which require only two doctors to sign off on sectioning a patient or authorizing a medical termination.
The Medical innovation Bill requires the involvement of a full multi-disciplinary team, the patient and the responsible officer.
As things stand now, under the current law, a doctor wishing to innovate could, in theory, act alone. This Bill will stop this happening. No doctor wishing to use the Bill can do so without agreement. This is why the Bill stands squarely against the maverick and the quack.
How much will the Bill add to the health budget?
Nothing. The Bill is cost-neutral. It encourages innovation. That's it.
Who has written the Bill?
The idea of the Bill was conceived by Lord Saatchi. The Bill was written by Daniel Greenberg, a specialist lawyer, called a Parliamentary draftsman, who is an expert in legislation. The Department of Health ran the recent consultation into the Bill and the results have been used to refine and strengthen the Bill.
Why has Lord Saatchi created the Medical Innovation Bill?
Lord Saatchi's wife, Josephine Hart, died in July 2011 from a form of ovarian cancer. Moved by grief, taxed by the treatment his wife had to endure and shocked by the lack of progress made in treating and curing gynecological cancers, Lord Saatchi sought to act.
He felt that more progress needed to be made and could be made in finding new treatments for cancers and other diseases and conditions. His research discerned that one brake on progress was the fear doctors have of trying new techniques where old techniques have failed. This fear is a result of law suits which can be brought against doctors who deviate from standard procedure. All innovation is, by definition, deviation. The law protects those who tread the well-worn path and can punish those who don't.
Lord Saatchi is a Conservative. Is this Bill party political?
No. This Bill is not party political. We are reaching out to politicians and the media across the political spectrum. There is no enemy, no baddy, no political agenda – other than to help doctors find new and better treatments and cures for diseases.
I've heard Lord Saatchi and others talk about the Bill 'changing medical culture'. What does this mean?
Over time, the Bill will, we believe, encourage innovation and in turn support the development of better treatments and cures for all manner of diseases, conditions and cancers.
It will foster a spirit of innovation, which will advance medical science and discovery in the interests of patients.
At the same time it will act against the maverick and the snake oil salesman. The Bill will be a catalyst for change.
Where can I download the Bill?
Download and read the guide and new (draft) Bill – published June 2nd 2014
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Miss Gabi Wilson is almost grown up now, and will appear tonight on the BET Awards. We remember her gifted self well. She had her first solo gig at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Cafe. She was also on the cover of our final print issue of the magazine. I always liked the picture taken by S.N. Jacobson (and her Jimi Hendrix t-shirt.) Break a leg Gabi!
Here's some links to what we said about her at the time, and also about tonight…
Gabi's Facebook Page
Gabi Wilson on the BET Awards


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MEAN GIRLS This Weekend at Midnight – Reel Late at the Tivoli
"I'm sorry that people are so jealous of me… but I can't help it that I'm so popular."
MEAN GIRLS may only be nine years old, but this cult film for the current generation, which plays this weekend (June 28th and 29th) at Midnight at the Tivoli as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight Series, shows how some things never change. High school comes with cliques, bullies, and memories you want to forget. Every person that has gone through the high school experience can relate. MEAN GIRLS does a good job of over exaggerating the typical dreadful four years. Pre-punchline Lindsey Lohan stars as Cady Heron, an unsocialized teenage girl who grew up in Africa and suddenly finds herself in the midst of high school drama. Cady describes the first few days as "a surreal blur". She starts out being friends with two losers who let her know she is a "regulation hottie". Lost and innocent, she soon finds herself part of a group known as "the plastics" ,lead by actress Rachel McAdams a group of beautiful bitchy girls that rule the school. At first she pretends to be friends with them as part of a joke, but soon she becomes caught up in her new found popularity and finds herself as a true plastic. The movie follows Cady's transformation from an innocent home schooled girl to a self-obsessed mean girl.
While MEAN GIRLS harks back to HEATHERS in delving into the cruel dynamics of high school, it addresses many of the problems that popular girls are faced with. Their vulnerability and fears are dominantly on display. Screenwriter Tina Fey's (who plays a teacher)smart dialogue and attention to all the supporting characters set the bar higher for subsequent teen comedies and MEAN GIRLS has been surprisingly influential which may explain its cult/midnight status.
I will be there with trivia and prizes so bone up on your teen bitch knowledge!
The Tivoli is located at 6350 Delmar in The Loop.
Visit Landmark's The Tivoli's website HERE
And here's the midnight line-up for the next several weeks:
July 5-6 INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
July 12-13 V/H/S/2 – Premiere!
July 19-20 PAN'S LABYRINTH
July 26-27 THE ROOM
Aug. 2-3 SPICE WORLD
Aug. 9-10 KICK-ASS
Aug. 16-17 ALIEN: DIRECTOR'S CUT


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Our play areas will keep kids entertained, whatever the weather.
With both indoor and outdoor play areas, children staying at The Olde House are never short of entertainment on the farm.
The indoor play barn is a big hit with our guests under 10. The area has a large play house, a ball pool, foam padded soft play area, slides and tunnels to keep the kids busy on a rainy day.
Outside there is a large adventure playground with swings, slides and climbing frames. The nearby giant chess board will put your skills to the test.
The information room in the indoor play barn is brimming with lots of ideas for when you want to get out and about in Cornwall
The outdoor play areas are always open whilst the indoor areas open from 8am – 9pm.


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A conversation with Emily Haynes and Sanjay Patel, the author and illustrator of Ganesha's Sweet Tooth.
Sanjay Patel is an animator and storyboard artist for Pixar where he has worked on A Bug's Life andCars 2. Emily Haynes is one of our humor and entertainment editors by day and a children's author by night.
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Love this book. So beautiful!


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Activity Bag:An Activity Bag may be available at the park for rent. Call the park for details.
Parking :Please park in designated parking lots. Parking next to a pavilion is prohibited.
Tobacco Use:Pavilions and Picnic areas are designated tobacco free zones.
Restrooms:Restrooms are open from April 1 to October 31.
Alcoholic BeveragesAlcohol is permitted at Bellevue, Alcohol may only be displayed and consumed within pavilion or picnic area only. Keg beer is not permitted. Only cans may be brought into the park. No glass bottles.
Trash Removal:Trash Removal is included in pavilion rentals.
Amusement devices (moon bounces, etc.) and canopies:Additional space may be available for amusement devices (moon bounces etc.) or canopies. Please contact the park for availability, to make arrangements for the additional space at least one week prior to the event and for rates for the added space.
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hey NYC- we're looking for your favorite artists and musicians
I skipped last week because we had an internal conversation about the Thought Kitchen and how we wanted it to evolve over time to a more interactive dialogue with the public. A forum for discussion, debate and feedback and still be accessible for Nau fans to comfortably participate. We will work towards that end goal in the coming months and in the meantime, I thought what might be interesting would be to shift my weekly post to an open and evolving dialogue on Nau's visit to the Big Apple this Fall.
In the coming weeks, I will provide the latest developments on the event along with questions that need to be solved. To start, we need a list of your favorite artists and musicians…local to NYC is always terrific but great art and music travels well so the broader the list the better.
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September 1, 2009 at 7:43 am | lawless says
As much as we'd like them to be, blogs are unfortunately more of a one-way publishing platform. A great way to push information out there, but horribly inept at creating meaningful discussion or debate. Even comments tend to be a bit one-sided even as responses unless actively resonded to, but even then it's easy to forget where you've left comments and to go back and follow up with them. With that said, it'll be interesting to see what you come up with to move towards this goal.
On the music front, I just rediscovered a hip-hop band from Orlando called Solillaquists of Sound (http://solilla.com), here's a free download off their new album – http://www.solilla.com/Solillafiles/Look.zip
September 1, 2009 at 11:34 am | Vera says
Jesse Elder and his group are a great NY Jazz quintet, and he is amazing as a solo pianist also. Check him out on myspace http://www.myspace.com/jesseelder
September 1, 2009 at 2:30 pm | Greg says
Hey Gordon..
I'm from nyc, living in Williamsburg, and we all rave about the gear you guys produce since it is great for biking. A lot of my friends and I like the following groups: MGMT, (check out their songs "electric feel" and "kids").. and The Strokes, amongst a slew of other Indie Rock bands. Hey btw, any current promo code for nau clothing?
September 2, 2009 at 11:02 pm | Gordon says
Thanks for the feedback so far. This is exactly what we were looking for to add to our NYC programing. Other social media channels will be used as well but The Thought Kitchen is a center for our loyal Nau followers.
We are exploring your recommendations. Please keep the ideas and suggestions coming.
September 2, 2009 at 11:39 pm | Gordon says
Thanks for the good words and suggestions Greg, we love hearing favorable gear reviews.
As for promo codes, in the spirit of keeping Nau 2.0 sustainable and financially healthy, the days of deep promotional discounting are in the past. Our amazing product team continues to evolve the beauty/performance/sustainability value equation and prices are established to reflect what it truly costs to create an innovative and responsibly manufactured product.
We hope the longevity and versatility of our apparel will duly reward each purchase decision and our loyal fans will continue to support our approach to keeping the vision alive.
That said, I am sure we will do a late January or early February closeout sale but our tighter inventory planning and growing demand will mean limited style and size availability.
September 13, 2009 at 2:50 pm | alissa says
mike perry is a maker: http://www.mikeperrystudio.com/
and his girlfriend anna is a photographer: http://www.annawolf.com/
bay is also a photographer: http://baystar.blogspot.com/
and miho is an amazing musician: http://mihohatori.blogspot.com/
September 16, 2009 at 2:12 pm | Peggy Fisher says
Love the music of Matt Turk.
September 16, 2009 at 4:55 pm | Gordon says
We will check them out Peggy. Thanks.
October 8, 2009 at 1:45 pm | Winthrope III says
Still active . . .
Local to NY: Kurt Vile, Oh No! And the Tiger Pit, Phosphorescent, Elmore Judd
Sometimes local: Sam Amidon, Nico Muhly
All over: Tom Brosseau, Shugo Tokumaru, The Donkeys, The Moondoggies, Michael Hurley, Califone, Sun Kil Moon, Reigning Sound
October 16, 2009 at 5:31 pm | nathan says
a little late to the game, perhaps, but theswimmingpools, chairlift, matt & kim, and heartsrevolution are all from NYC. and phantogram is from upstate NY.
October 20, 2009 at 7:16 am | Makenna says
When are you all coming to NYC!?! Weekly posts have stopped! Don't leave us hanging.
October 20, 2009 at 5:35 pm | Gordon says
So very sorry for the radio silence…we have been eyeball deep with the successful Fall product launch and then planning our NYC arrival.
Thanks so much for all the great suggestions as we are exploring each to fill the exciting calendar of events.
More information to come but we signed a lease and will have our public opening event on November 12. We are still finalizing the entertainment for opening night and then will be having at least 2 major events per week right through the holidays.
We will keep you better posted from here on out.
October 21, 2009 at 6:56 am | Makenna says
You're opening a store here? Or just a temp event?
October 21, 2009 at 7:50 am | Gordon says
A temporary Nau space…Here/Nau NYC


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HIGHLAND | A Christmas gift of five miniature ceramic houses from his mother-in-law in 1975 inspired Tom Banas to create a small holiday village that fascinated his daughter.
"I saw how happy the houses made our oldest daughter, Jennifer. The smiles on people's faces when people came to visit made me decide to do more," said Banas, 67, the father of four and grandfather of four with another on the way.
Over the last 37 years, the holiday village has become very much a family effort, even a favorite project for friends.
"My wife, Pam, helped by purchasing a house every year," he recalled. "My children encouraged me even more. They would buy some miniature characters every year for Christmas gifts. Other family members and friends also contributed."
Today, the multilevel holiday village fills much of Tom and Pam Banas' living room. The five original Victorian-style houses and a church with stained glass windows from Pam's late mother, Betty Ford, can be found in the intricate display that flows along three walls.
The structure of the living room also changed to accommodate the ever-growing display.
"I was soon running out of room so we installed a bay window, which helped make more room," said Banas, owner of Pat's Frame & Axle in Highland.
The original table that held the village also became too small, so Banas used his carpentry skills to build several tables from 16 2-by-4's and eight sheets of plywood. Additional raised platforms that fit along the two other walls soon followed.
He also fashioned the snow necessary for a holiday village, by carving up eight large sheets of white foam.
An avid skier and ski instructor who participated as the latter in the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Banas created a ski resort complete with a chalet and a ski slope displaying a line of "student skiers" following an instructor.
Banas has enlarged his display by purchasing collections of houses, churches and other buildings from stores including the now-closed Highland Department Store, and from individuals. Some of the ceramic buildings are 35 to 50 years old, he said.
Among the well-known collections on display in the Banas home are the handpainted London-themed Dickens Collectibles, Sugar Land Village, Lenox and Department 56.
"There are a number of villages in the display," he said.
In addition to the ski resort, the display includes a scene with hunting cabins, a barnyard, a factory area, a seashore with boats and a lighthouse, a train station scene, a downtown shopping area and an ice skating scene with villas, a skating rink and warming house.
Two Nativity scenes illustrate "the reason for the season," Banas said.
All the buildings are lighted with 300 feet of white lights, he said.
There are 39 electrical cords connecting everything and eight circuit breakers to handle the electrical load. The entire display boasts about 60 feet of white lights and four timers keep everything working on cue, Banas said.
He begins Nov. 1 to put the display together and spends 240 to 300 hours working on what he says has become more than a hobby.
"I try to have it finished by Thanksgiving," he said. "We have friends who visit every year and see something different."
The outside of the Banas home on 41st Place also gets the holiday treatment with an array of Christmas figures and inflatable characters.
Just as the display inside fascinated his children, Banas said the holiday village and additional decorations have become a playground for his elementary-aged grandchildren.
"The grandkids play with the miniature figures and put them back just where they found them. They also hug the big snowman and the Christmas girl," Banas said.


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HAVILAND (USA) ARBOR PATTERN, 4 SALAD PLATES, ca '50s
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's a nice lot of four THEODORE HAVILAND (made in USA) ARBOR salad plates, 7-1/2" in diameter. This pretty pattern was discontinued in the '50s. The plates have been used, but are chip and crack free, though t are some light utensil marks in the center area of a couple of the pieces. Pretty pattern with a grape and leaf border in brown, green and purple with two gold trim rings with little or no wear. The pieces are marked as shown in the inset photo, THEODORE HAVILAND, NEW YORK, MADE IN AMERICA, ARBOR. Nice lot.Please read payment instructions below prior to bidding. Thanks.
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text: Cranberries are genus Vaccinium. Vaccinium species are commonly eaten throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Naturally, not all Vaccinia are cranberries. Here's what i've found. Plants in the genus Vaccinium are shrubs that require acidic soils, and in the wild they grow in heaths, bogs, and some woodlands. According to what i read, the name "vaccinium" was used in classical Latin for a type of berry, which is probably the bilberry (V. myrtillus). The genus contains about 450 species, most of which are found in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere, although there are tropical species from areas as widely separate as Madagascar and Hawaii. Primary species among genus Vaccinium are, in alphabetical order: - bilberry or whortleberry (Europe) - blueberry (North America) - cranberry (Europe, Asia, North America) - huckleberry (North and South America) - lingonberry (Europe and North America) BILBERRY or whortleberry often has a name translating in English as "blue berry". Among alternate names are blaeberry, whortle berry, hurts, whinberry, winberry, wimberry, myrtle blueberry, and fraughan. They grow in (alphabetically) Austria, England, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, northern Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, the Carpathian Mountains in the Ukraine, and Wales. Bilberries include several closely related species: -- V. myrtillus L. (bilberry) -- V. uliginosum L. (bog bilberry, bog blueberry, bog whortleberry, bog huckleberry, northern bilberry) -- V. caespitosum Michx. (dwarf bilberry) -- V. deliciosum Piper (cascade bilberry) -- V. membranaceum (mountain bilberry, black mountain huckleberry, black huckleberry, twin-leaved huckleberry) -- V. ovalifolium (oval-leafed blueberry, oval-leafed bilberry, mountain blueberry, high-bush blueberry). BLUEBERRY (V. Cyanococcus) is native to North America. CRANBERRY - aka craneberry, mossberry, and fenberry - comprises primarily four species. -- Two grow in North America, Europe, and Asia: ----- Common Cranberry or Northern Cranberry (V. oxycoccos or Oxycoccos palustris) is widespread throughout northern Europe, northern Asia, and northern North America. ----- Small Cranberry (V. microcarpum or Oxycoccos microcarpus) is native to in northern Europe and northern Asia. -- And two are purely native to North America: ----- Large cranberry, American Cranberry, or Bearberry (V. macrocarpon or Oxycoccos macrocarpus) is native to northeastern North America (eastern Canada, and eastern United States) ----- Southern Mountain Cranberry (V. erythrocarpum or Oxycoccos erythrocarpus) is native to southeastern North America at high altitudes in the southern Appalachian Mountains, as well as eastern Asia. HUCKLEBERRY - various North American species and two genera. The word is probably derived from Middle English "hurtilbery", which meant whortleberry (aka bilberry), accounting for the use of this word in England. -- Western huckleberries, genus Vaccinium, grow in the Pacific Northwest: Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, northern California, as well as in Alberta, Idaho, and Montana. There are 12 species of huckleberry in Washington and Oregon alone(!) and it is the state fruit of Idaho. Regionally it is sometimes called blueberry (adding to the confusion). -- Eastern huckleberries are of a different, but closely related, genus Gaylussacia, with about fifty species, native to the Americas. Common English names include huckleberry and dangleberry. Eight species grow in eastern North America including the southeastern United States, seven in South America in the Andes. And the remaining thirty-five live in the mountains of southeastern Brazil. LINGONBERRY - aka cowberry, foxberry, mountain cranberry, csejka berry, red whortleberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain bilberry, partridgeberry, and redberry - grows in (alphabetically) Austria, eastern Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Ukraine. So, to sum up, there are European cranberries; they're not identical to North American cranberries; i haven't seen any recipes for them, but they could be out there in norther European cookbooks. -- Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM) the persona formerly known as Anahita