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Kamara had a hard day at school. One of the boys called her
names and used some nasty words talking about her. The one bright spot is that
she is on her way to gramma's house. Kamara knew that gramma would make her feel
better. And gramma did. Gramma sent Kamara to clean the mirror upstairs. It was
a mirror that had been passed down from her great grandmother to her
grandmother and it turned out to be a magic mirror. When Kamara started rubbing
the mirror she saw another young girl's eyes staring back at her. Through the eyes of women throughout the past
centuries Kamara was able to see the violence, hatred and poverty that women of
color have faced throughout history. Through it Kamara sees humiliation and
determination. She sees pride, beauty and courage.
There is a lot of history in this very small book. In The Magic Mirror Zetta Elliott does an amazing job of teaching history and courage.
She sends the message to young girls that they are not alone.
"You don't need to sacrifice your autonomy just because you need help in your life."
This is one of the many pearls of wisdom I took from Atul Gawande's Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, a book I've been hearing about from others for several months now. Whether facing one's own sickness, old age, and/or frailty, or caring for someone else's, this volume poses important questions we might all ask. Gawande, a physician who cites examples from both his professional and personal experience, looks at the truths of human nature that can make the caregiving process—and possible end-of-life realities—less cause for fear and anxiety than it often is.
More questions/concerns to ponder:• What makes life worth living when we are old and frail and unable to care for ourselves? (p. 92)• Human beings have a need for both privacy and community, for flexible daily rhythms and patterns, and for the possibility of forming caring relationships with those around them. (p. 131)
And finally:• A few conclusions become clear when we understand this: that our most cruel failure in how we treat the sick and the aged is the failure to recognize that they have priorities beyond merely being safe and living longer; that the chance to shape one's story is essential to sustaining meaning in life; that we have the opportunity to refashion our institutions, our culture, and our conversations in ways that transform the possibilities for the last chapters of everyone's lives. (p. 282)
For people who respect all world religions, including Islam, this book will be hard to read. Indeed it was for me. It tells the tale of heartbreaking atrocities done in the name of religion, but then goes on to say, as a more generalized theoretical argument, that Islam itself has major problems, that the religion of Islam is violent, that it needs a Reformation like Christianity had. The author, raised in Somalia as a Muslim, has a brutal and oppressive childhood story. Running away to the Netherlands, she divorced her native religion and embraced Western culture and ideas. From there, Dutch Parliament, fellow at Harvard, bestselling author, 100 most influential people in the world according to Time. She has a voice. Here, she calls for a complete Reformation of Islam. And she means it: Stop taking the Koran so seriously, stop taking Muhammed so seriously, stop taking the afterlife so seriously, and forget about Sharia and Jihad. Those are her main suggestions.
"Because survival is insufficient."With those words (amusingly taken from an episode of Star Trek: Voyager) as their creed, the remnants of a near-future worldwide epidemic attempt to not only survive, but also maintain their humanity. Station Eleven presents several overlapping stories, spanning decades both pre- and post-apocalypse, all revolving around washed-up actor Arthur Leander, who dies onstage during a performance of King Lear moments before the beginning of the epidemic that ends civilization. Like The Road with a (marginally) more optimistic outlook on life, or the world of Mad Max populated by theater majors instead of post-nuclear mutants, Station Eleven asks what it means to truly be human in a landscape where humanity is severely diminished. A significant portion of the book follows a nomadic theater troupe as they wander between the scattered settlements of the Great Lakes region, performing Shakespeare while fighting off bandit attacks and foraging for food. The most quietly devastating section, however, is the last third of the novel, taking place at a small airport in Indiana where the last remnants of humanity slowly congregate, complete with all of its' struggles and triumphs realized in miniature.Quiet and contemplative, and beautiful as it is brutal, Station Eleven is a welcome and refreshing take on the post-apocalyptic disaster genre.
Making Everyday Electronics Work is a do-it-yourself introductory guide to fixing and maintaining all things electronic. The strength of the book isn't only in getting information on how to fix specific kinds of gadgets. In fact, the title obscures the book's great strength: providing an overview of how electricity works. Instead of a cookbook reference to fixing a handful of electrical systems, here's an explanation of how electrical systems work from generation to consumption. We get a welcome explanation of all of those power line components that take electricity from the power plant to your toaster. As advertised, however, there are entire sections on tools and tests for understanding wireless devices, electronics in your vehicle and much more. It's not a big book and it's not exhaustive, but Making Everyday Electronics Work answers lots of big questions and provides a great introduction to deeper exploration.
I recently picked up author Edan Lepucki's debut novel California from the Central library's Library Reads display after seeing its cool cover there for several weeks. I'm happy to report that I have yet to be disappointed by the quality of any of the Library Reads selections that I have read and California is certainly no exception to that rule. California follows the story Micah and Cal, newlywed twenty-something Los Angeles residents, as they flee the city and the seemingly imminent total collapse of civilization for the northern California wilderness. What they find in that wilderness and how they survive will weave together their personal and family histories with more and more mystery and complexity being added along the way to keep you wildly turning the pages until the very end.
In Float we have a wordless picture book about a boy, a folded paper boat, and a storm. Even without words, though, we also have a story about creation, play, loss, comfort, delight, and tenderness.
Take a close look at this small book and then marvel at how Daniel Miyares can give us a complete story with only his wonderful pictures.
Swing Sisters: the Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a new picture book written by Karen Deans and illustrated by Joe Cepeda, tells the story of the first racially integrated, all-female swing band in the United States. The Sweethearts' story begins with the founding, in 1909, of the Piney Woods Country Life School for African-American orphans in Mississippi. In 1939 the school's founder, Laurence Clifton Jones, started a school band that he thought could help raise money for the school. By the 1940s the band was traveling across the country and, in 1945, even played a six-month tour in Europe for American troops stationed there. The band grew to include girls and women of different racial backgrounds, including Chinese, Mexican, Native American, and white. Because of Jim Crow laws barring socialization between different races, this was a dangerous prospect when the band played in southern states.
Swing Sisters is a great introduction to this unique American treasure. If you want to hear the music of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, you can download some of their hits from Freegal with your library card.
This new title by Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants, is another well written period novel, this time World War II in a small village in the Scottish Highlands.
It is a love story, an examination of the impact of war on a naïve young woman, the search for the Loch Ness monster, and a husband's spiral into self-deception. At times the story is quite believable, others times it is a stretch. I did keep reading to the end though.
I consider this a good beach read, better than many of that unofficial genre.
When Fraser Met Billy
is an engaging true account written by Louise Booth, the mother of two kids;
Fraser and Pippa.
When Fraser was just several months old, Louise was aware
that her son was not completely normal. Her intuitions are confirmed when at 18
months, Fraser is diagnosed with autism. Besides this, he also has hypotonia, a
rare muscular disorder that makes his joints loose.
At an early age, Fraser finds it difficult to communicate, often
has tantrums, emotional meltdowns and easily withdraws into his own private
world. Depending on the circumstances with which he is confronted, his behavior
is unpredictable and volatile. Fraser begins speech and behavioral treatment,
but his therapists soon come to the conclusion that Fraser will never attend a
normal, mainstream school. This is devastating news to Louise and her husband
Prior to this crisis, the Booth family had always loved cats.
In fact, they share their space with an aging cat named Toby, who is mostly preoccupied
with sleeping and eating. Louise starts wondering if a much younger pet would
prove to be a positive influence on Fraser; a "special" friend of sorts that
her son could interact with and bond.
Shortly thereafter, the parents contact the Cat Protection
League. A caregiver there senses that one of two identical cats, Billy or Bear,
found together earlier in an abandoned house, might make a good fit for Fraser.
Prior to meeting the cats, Fraser studies their photos and
keeps these by his bed. Unlike most adults, he is right away able to distinguish
between the two. When Fraser and his parents meet the cats at the rescue, he instantly
latches onto Billy. Upon arriving home, he declares that "Billy is going to be
Fraser's very best friend", a statement that truly predicted their present and
future relationship in more ways than one.
The two become inseparable and this rescue cat transforms
Fraser's life. As Louise puts it "Billy had the ability to enter Fraser's own,
private universe, a place that none of us could penetrate. It had made that
universe a less lonely place for Fraser but not only that; it had encouraged
him to venture out of it so that he was more and more part of our world".
As time goes by, Fraser is able to enroll into a mainstream
school and is currently doing remarkably well.
I found this book difficult to put down. I read it in two
sittings and love its reaffirmation of the power of the animal/human bond;
something that can never be overestimated.
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The collaboration will see space in and around venues offered up to sponsors and the Games organiser to help promote the overall look and feel across the city, and in an attempt to prevent ambush marketing during the event.
Media owners who have agreed to work with Glasgow 2014 include: JCDecaux; CBS Outdoor; Clear Channel; Forrest Media; Primesight; SPD Media; BlowUp; Ocean Outdoor; Ubiquitous and T4 Media.
Games Sponsors at Partner and Supporter level will have first option to secure advertising space from the media owners in January 2014 before space outside regulated Event Zones is offered back to the open market.
Ty Speer, Glasgow 2014's deputy chief executive, who heads up the Games' Commercial Programme, said: "Glasgow will come alive in a festival of sport and culture next year. The look and feel of the city at Games time, particularly close to venues, will be transformed with Games branding, messages and colour.
"It is therefore incredibly important for us to keep a consistency across all our sites and to protect the rights of our sponsors, whose support is vital to the success of the Games.
"This collaboration between the key outdoor advertisers will ensure that can happen and I am delighted to have them supporting the Games in this way."
Mike Baker, chief executive of the Outdoor Media Centre, called the approach taken by Glasgow 2014 "positive and commendable".
He said: "If the London 2012 Olympics gave us an important lesson, it is that outdoor is a great medium for allowing sponsors to own a city with large scale visual branding. No doubt Glasgow will also be alive with colour and brand presence, adding a similar verve to the Commonwealth Games."
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Design. The obverse exhibits a portrait of Washington facing right, with GOD AND OUR COUNTRY around and the date and two stars below. On the reverse the denomination 2 CENTS is centered in a wheat wreath with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around. The word CENTS is curved dramatically. Struck in copper with a plain edge.
Commentary. According to an entry in George Eckfeldt's journal, these patterns were struck in late 1863 (journal courtesy of Alan Meghrig and USPatterns.com), establishing Judd-305 as the first U.S. pattern to feature an image of the first president. This design was also struck in copper-nickel, aluminum, and possibly oroide.
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"2009 was definitely the year of the deal," says John Peters, vice president/general manager of digital strategy and travel for Rand McNally, and former CEO of Tripology. "Everyone had unplanned inventory to unload. This year, we're telling people, is not a wait-and-see year. For the past year we've all been spoiled with really inexpensive flights, and [now] they're just not there."
If you're planning on traveling during the busy Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays this year, advance preparation is the name of the game. But how early is too early? When's the best time to book? While I don't have a crystal ball to tell you exactly when you should purchase your airfare and accommodations, there are some good practices that can help you find a fair price.
Expect Lower Prices in Early Fall
If last year is any indication, airlines will start pitching holiday sales right after Labor Day, and holiday flights will be at their cheapest the first two weeks of October. However, you can start comparing airfares now to see what current prices are, then see if they drop in September or October.
I compared several routes that SmarterTravel's airfare experts tracked last year for the holidays and found that prices are currently higher than they were in late summer 2009, although it's early enough that the airlines have little incentive to slash prices for holiday travel yet. Right now, it's still a seller's market; but it could become a buyer's market in the coming weeks. Remember, though, with capacity cuts, fewer seats at lower prices will be available. Once you see a good price for your budget, you'll want to snap it up.
"There's more to it than just price," says Steve Barsh, CEO of PackLate, which offers last-minute deals on vacation rentals. "If [it's] what you want, book it."
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With so many travelers heading to see friends and family, the same days tend to fill up quickly. In November, the peak travel days will always be the day before Thanksgiving and the Sunday following the holiday. In December, the two days preceding Christmas and the day or two after are typically busy. As such, the earlier or later you can travel, or be willing to travel on the holiday itself, will usually result in better prices and more seat choices.
"We've changed a few trips not to fly during peak times," says Peters. "We can all appreciate [planning vacations] around the kids having a few days off from school, but you can save 20 or 30 percent by traveling a week before or a week after [a holiday]. Take an extra day here and there and tack it on [to your vacation] and you'll be amazed at the difference." If you're not locked into school- or work-mandated vacation days, being flexible with your travel dates can be a great cost-saving strategy.
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I'm generally ok with that with expensive items, even though it can be inconvenient,I'd rather not have package stolen from my doorstep with no recourse.
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I'm generally ok with that with expensive items, even though it can be inconvenient,I'd rather not have package stolen from my doorstep with no recourse.
I got confused, didn't realize shipping wasn't charged first time
Awesome looking forward to seeing whatever comes next
Awesome! Looks great.
Wow i didn't realize i see things as photo negatives,lol
My little bro sees blue and black washed out by light and can't understand how people see white and gold
I saw this today. So i know true color of dress but i don't see black in any way. Though i can understand how light could make black look brown
I'm sure many have seen and article explains supposedly why. What do you see?
Yeah i would like mutiples also,so it being included woukd force me to only get one, since i usually get 1 to open and 1 to keep sealed
Apparently it's coming back as a videogame. Anyone excited? Or has the comic been gone so long no one cares?
Some stuff i got this year
Cool, how was the con by the way, i was working otherwise i was thinking of attending
Looks nice, I should try to commission you for a sketch, artists at cons usually aren't that enthused to do he-man pieces, lol
http://news.toyark.com/2014/07/23/masters-universe-display-sdcc-2014-129752, some better shots here
http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=13&itemid=22983 some floor pics here
wow, yeah that one doesn't look so bad now,lol
reminds me of the anniversary reissue head,that was messed up too. maybe they used that as a basis?
Yeah in US,at comic conventions,the big names either dont do commissions or charge very high prices. J scott campbell being fairly big name here charges 50 bucks for head sketch...someone who kept...
Nice! In color too. Also as a side note, my friend who is not a he-man fan said why is skeletor's face in the background, it should be he-man in the middle sketch,i said that wouldn't make sense...
Thanks, that one cost the most. They were 140,100,50 bucks respectively......the last one was a quickie head sketch by j scott Campbell.....any more detailed you had to be lucky and pay lots more...
Not sure if this is the right place as I didn't draw these,but here are some teela sketches/commissions I paid for this year
I deleted my team..so there should be 10 now...if need be I can sign up again
I signed up. I'm superbadmofos in the league. Like I said before..if we have an uneven amount I'm willing to step down if new people would like to play
i signed up again,but i am willing to step down if others wanna play or we have an uneven amount of teams
Apparently the governor has been cast, now we just need a michonne.
Looks better than the other one
Cool,guess I'll check it out then.
I'm not really feeling this current season. I like that they are not just retreading the original one for season 2,but it's not really holding my interest. ...
ok this is a little off topic but would any batfans here actually buy this? I just saw it. Really expensive:
Yeah so when does it come out? plus it is on a special disney cable channel?
probably since i saw the 60s batman,at whatever age i was in reruns(4 or 5). Though i'm not totally faithful to batman,it comes in waves. I cheat on him sometimes with spiderman and x-men...


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Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher has apologized for using the term ''retarded'' in response to a question about his team's ranking in the BCS standings that determine which teams play for the national championship. Fisher said Monday the present system ''stinks'' and when asked about Florida State's being 10th behind three Southeastern Conference teams with two losses, he asked ''how retarded is it?'' A few hours later, Fisher apologized. He said that it's not the way he thinks and he didn't mean to offend anyone. The word ''retarded'' and its variations are considered hurtful to many and was targeted by the Special Olympics a few years go to end its use. Sometimes meaning stupid or foolish, the term has long been considered offensive. The Seminoles (9-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) are ranked No. 10 nationally. They have just one win over a ranked team, Clemson, and two victories over lower division schools. A road defeat to a North Carolina State team that has lost four tim...
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It's the most amazing location, below the old castle walls, itself walled in and sitting right on the sea.
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• The creation of more certainty and predictability within the translational research pathway would make investment in this sector more desirable.
• Adjustment of the health care ecosystem to account for advances in technological innovations could improve the translational pathway through reductions in bottlenecks to product development in the later stages of the process.
• Obstacles to translation could be reduced by leveraging of new technologies, opportunities afforded by globalization, regulatory reform, and alternative research models.
• A successful business model for the translation of the findings of basic research to personalized medicine requires that patients be put first through the creation of well-designed clinical questions and the generation of sound clinical data for clinicians and payers.
• A shift in investments from pharmaceutical development to preventive diagnostics would result in a more efficient drug development process because it would provide cost-saving measures for care and new knowledge about disease.
• Patients who own and control their genomic data will benefit from data sharing, lessening the need for sharing of enforcement strategies.
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4 Industry and Venture Capital Important Points Highlighted by Individual Speakers • The creation of more certainty and predictability within the translational research pathway would make investment in this sector more desirable. • Adjustment of the health care ecosystem to account for advances in technological innovations could improve the translational pathway through reductions in bottlenecks to product develop- ment in the later stages of the process. • Obstacles to translation could be reduced by leveraging of new technologies, opportunities afforded by globalization, regula- tory reform, and alternative research models. • A successful business model for the translation of the findings of basic research to personalized medicine requires that patients be put first through the creation of well-designed clinical ques- tions and the generation of sound clinical data for clinicians and payers. • A shift in investments from pharmaceutical development to preventive diagnostics would result in a more efficient drug development process because it would provide cost-saving measures for care and new knowledge about disease. • Patients who own and control their genomic data will benefit from data sharing, lessening the need for sharing of enforce- ment strategies. 23
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24 EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF GENOMIC SCIENCE TRANSLATION The successful translation of biological discoveries into commercial applications depends on a partnership with industry. Geoffrey Duyk, part- ner and managing director of TPG Biotech, explained why venture capital- ists have been reducing their investments in biomedical companies that are developing products for which the risk is uncertain. He also outlined oppor- tunities for overcoming barriers to the commercialization of research dis- coveries. Randy Scott, chair and chief executive officer of InVitae, described innovative business models that provide new ways to translate discoveries in basic science to personalized medicine. The high cost of uncertainty FOR Venture Capital Over the past decade, venture capital has been the "worst returning subsection within private equity," said Duyk. One of the reasons for its poor performance may be that the development of a new product costs more and takes longer than it did in the past. As a result, even if the product is successful, the return on investment is less than it was a decade ago. "It's no surprise that capital is leaving the market," Duyk said. Duyk and other investors have been rethinking how they invest money in health care. Spending on health care as a percentage of the gross omestic d product (GDP) is much higher for the United States than for any other industrialized country, yet health outcomes in the United States are in many ways worse (see Figure 4-1). Improvement of the cost-effectiveness of the system therefore provides a potential opportunity. Duyk mentioned the ineffi iencies in the health care system, including the problem of the c nonalignment of incentives in medicine, in which treatment of a patient for diabetes prevention today will not produce its full return to the health care system for decades. "This is an area where there needs to be scholarship. . . . We have to figure out an economic model to align incentives so you can deal with preventive care," Duyk said. Many obstacles to bringing a product to market exist, and most of those obstacles are not technological, Duyk said. "I worry less about technological problems because I have more confidence in the ability of the system to solve them. I worry more about the [uncertainty from] the regulators, the public and financial markets, and the reimbursement," Duyk said. Duyk also recounted the central problem that others mentioned earlier in the workshop, that the translational pathway has challenges because "the early stages of research have become faster, better, and cheaper, but everything else downstream has not really caught up . . . and unless we make concomitant investments in these areas, what we're doing is accel- erating ourselves to a bottleneck," said Duyk. These uncertainties have "a huge impact on the cost of doing business," he said. If preclinical processes were more predictable, drugs could fail faster and with fewer costs. This
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INDUSTRY AND VENTURE CAPITAL 25 FIGURE 4-1 Health care spending as a percent of GDP by country. SOURCE: Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Devel- opment, 2007 (http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/oecdhealthdata2013- frequentlyrequesteddata.htm [accessed October 3, 2013]). predictability would then propagate through the rest of the system, bring- ing greater clarity to regulation, reimbursement, and health care delivery. Duyk demonstrated the impact that uncertainty can have on investment by explaining a scenario from the work of Gneezy and colleagues (Gneezy et al., 2006). The average price that someone would pay to purchase a $50 gift certificate from a friend is $26. Similarly, someone would pay $45 for a $100 gift certificate, or about 50 percent of the original purchase price, Duyk noted. However, when uncertainty is introduced into the cir- cumstance and the buyer knows only that the gift certificate is worth either $50 or $100 but not which amount specifically, he or she is willing to wager only $16. In this case, the risk is overvalued, resulting in an under- valued product. "Anything we can do to create certainty and predictability in translational research has enormous economic impact, [so] I wouldn't underestimate [value] in the system," Duyk said. To improve the translational pathway, the entire translational research ecosystem needs to be considered, he said, explaining that all the parts need to be taken into account, just like a car needs to be cared for: it needs fuel, tires, and insurance so that it functions properly. The challenge is that the entire ecosystem needs to change around new technologies, such as g enomics. "Sometimes, the technologies induce the change. Other times, you, as an innovator, have to figure out how . . . to allow change to occur."
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26 EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF GENOMIC SCIENCE TRANSLATION However, changing the ecosystem in health care is a significant hurdle because health care is a big business and many external forces affect the system by creating costs and obstacles to progress, Duyk said. The health care system is highly regulated, structured, and paternalistic, which has an enormous impact on making investment decisions. Health care is enabled by technology, but the technology is associated with high cost and risk. The status quo is not sustainable, and fundamental change may require structural change, he said. Suggestions for Changing the Current Dynamics Duyk described a range of opportunities that would begin to change the health care ecosystem to adjust for new technologies. Today, the areas in medicine that are some of the most innovative are those in which consumers provide most of the capital, such as laser vision correction surgery, cosmetic surgery, and in vitro fertilization. In the past, most economic decisions were made by physicians, whereas today most decisions may be influenced by reimbursement policies. Duyk suggested that in the future, more decisions and more capital will be derived from the consumer, and as more oppor- tunities arise to empower patients as consumers, patients will expect more data and more transparency when they are responsible for more of the costs, said Duyk. This consumer demand can "force change and give you a place of market entry," he said. Mobile communications and cloud computing are other areas in which a market trend presents an opportunity for innovations in health care. Interconnected devices are creating vast stores of information about indi- viduals, and new devices could monitor a wide range of health-related indicators and relay information to consumers, said Duyk. The way in which people are thinking about privacy concerns and patient data is also changing. Privacy is a major issue, Duyk acknowledged; however, younger and older generations seem to have different perspectives about privacy concerns. Once a consumer can acquire his or her DNA sequence for a few hundred dollars, the dynamic between the holder of that information and the potential uses of that information will fundamentally change. More research is needed to address privacy issues, but "if we don't adjust the system to reflect new norms of privacy, then the system will adjust," Duyk said. Globalization represents another opportunity to explore different types of health care systems, said Duyk, because the demand from emerging arkets drives the growth of industry. Although the U.S. health care system m is well established and the costs of making changes to this system are high, new types of health care solutions will be appealing in countries where the
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INDUSTRY AND VENTURE CAPITAL 27 GDP is rising rapidly. This trend is already occurring as demands from growing global markets have driven the development of the pharmaceutical industry. Duyk indicated that knowledge-based health care systems, such as those in the United States, are less scalable, but rule-based or evidence- based systems are more conducive to scaling, as exemplified by the cost- effectiveness of AIDS treatment in Africa. Already, drug development increasingly occurs outside of the United States where regulatory agencies are more cooperative and collaborative, such as the biosimilars market, said Duyk. Other countries are improving their regulatory systems, and some drugs are now being approved elsewhere as a result. Investments need to be made in FDA, which is "underfunded and understaffed," Duyk said. Rethinking a regulatory agency from the ground up is very difficult, he admitted, but time and effort need to be devoted to the task. One approach may be to restructure one of the divi- sions of FDA and use that as an example to spread reform through the rest of the agency. A workshop participant pointed out that FDA is preparing to handle genomics data and noted that similar regulatory systems around the world are not structured in the same way. Because genomic data are imper- fect, for example, an error rate of even only 0.001 percent yields 3 million errors per haploid genome sequence, so the validation and qualification of the information are important. Alternative research models and centers are also needed, said Duyk. "I honestly think we're not going to fix translational research in the halls of a traditional university," he said. Models such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab of the Center for Bits and Atoms, and the Santa Fe Institute demonstrate how to create different environments in which translational research can thrive. Crowd sourcing also makes it possible to tap into the power of com- munities. "There are a lot of very smart people out there. If you give them access to data, they are going to figure things out." Duyk went on to highlight a crowd-sourcing example from a game called Foldit, which originated at the University of Washington in Seattle. Essentially, a rotein-folding problem was fashioned into a game whereby, while a per- p son was playing it, competitive solutions for protein folding were simul- taneously developed. "So what I would advocate is thinking about these out-of-the-box . . . ways of approaching education," Duyk said. Students want to work on bio nformatics problems, Duyk insisted, but they are not i aware of the problems that exist or of the rewards to be gained by solving those problems. "I don't think that there is a deficit [of] people who want to work on these problems. I think there is a mismatch in our ability to teach them [that] those problems exist, and the tools aren't readily avail- able," Duyk said.
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28 EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF GENOMIC SCIENCE TRANSLATION a model for Translational Medicine in genomics "I am an unashamed, unabashed optimist for the future of translational medicine," Scott said. The next decade will bring tremendous technological and commercial progress, he suggested. He described how Genomic Health has built a model for translating science into personalized medicine on the basis of the success that it achieved when it brought the multigene, multi- analyte Oncotype DX® test to the market to help breast cancer patients and their physicians make treatment decisions. As stated by other speakers, Scott said, success begins with asking not just interesting scientific questions but also the right clinical question, and that requires listening to physicians and their patients. Bringing transla- tional medicine to clinical practice is feasible, but "it's really hard, it's really painful, it costs a lot of money, and it's not nearly as easy as we all hoped it would be a decade ago." Cancer patients have always been at the center of Genomic Health's business model, and "we fundamentally believe that if we do great things for patients that are really transformational in that patient-physician conversation and drive the way those patients are going to be treated, we'll find a way to get that paid for," Scott said, "Focus on your customers." Scott discussed how Genomic Health designed its model for product development. "You really need to go sit down with a physician and [his or her] patient and listen to that conversation because that's the conversation that you have to affect," he said. Once the right clinical questions are iden- tified, Genomic Health focuses on high-quality, well-controlled clinical trial data, combined with sound statistical analysis and algorithm development, along with attention to other methodological details. Working closely with physicians is critical, because "you can't go anywhere in health care unless you get the physicians on board." Physicians will make the right decisions for their patients, if they are provided with strong data, Scott said. How physicians view the importance of what is accomplished for their patients matters more than the exact economics, he said. Genomic Health is seeing successes in translational medicine because it is focused on providing sound clinical data. In theory, Oncotype DX® should have been very attractive to payers because it lowers the cost of cancer care by providing cost-saving information about whether chemo- therapy will be useful, but the reason payers supported the test in the end was because it was backed by good clinical data and had the support of physicians, said Scott. By using this model of asking the right clinical ques- tions, Genomic Health now has a similar test for colon cancer, and a test for prostate cancer is under development, said Scott. The reason for the lack of success in diagnostics development is that the United States is currently underinvesting in this area, Scott said. Devel-
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INDUSTRY AND VENTURE CAPITAL 29 opment of a new drug typically takes more than a decade, costs more than $1 billion, and has an 80 to 90 percent failure rate, he said. In con- trast, development of a new diagnostic typically takes 3 to 4 years, costs $100 million to $200 million (when retrospective samples from completed clinical trials are used), and has a success rate close to 90 percent. The diagnostics model is "a much better business model. What if we stopped spending 50 billion or 100 billion dollars a year on research and develop- ment of the drugs for diseases we don't understand and spent 10 billion to 20 billion dollars on understanding the disease so we can make that drug development more efficient?" asked Scott. Change is occurring in the global payment market for diagnostic tests, Scott noted. Regions where health care is not covered—in South America and in parts of Europe and Asia—patients have incentives to spend $3,000 on a test that would provide more information about the chance that they should take on chemotherapy that could cost $20,000, Scott said. "This really will become a global economy as the costs come down very fast." Technology can be a solution when financing for the development of diagnostic tests is difficult to obtain because of increases in capital costs and hesitance on the part of investors to take risks that they may have been willing to take a few years ago, Scott said. "The cost of DNA sequencing is coming down rapidly and so rapidly that it's having a dramatic shift in how we think of the cost of genetic information," Scott said. The con inued t development of technologies will make it easier to finance diagnostics com- panies in the future, he said. The exponentially declining cost of genome sequencing will have the same transformative effect on translational medicine that the exponentially increasing power of computing has had on digital technologies. Within 10 years, the cost of a complete genome sequence will be less than the price of a single genetic test today. Furthermore, the value of a single genome sequence is much less than the value of many genome sequences, just as the value of a single computer is dwarfed by the power of computers inter connected through the Internet. "Disruption is going to come very, very fast in this field. In fact, it's going to be almost unstoppable, and we should start preparing for when that disruption comes," Scott said. A New Business Model Scott said that he had recently joined a new company named InVitae that has the goal of "aggregating all the world's genetic tests into a single assay with better quality and lower cost than [those of] most single gene assays today." Within a few years, the comprehensive test will be able to look at all known Mendelian inherited genetic traits at a low cost. The com- pany believes that genetic testing should be broadly available to everyone.
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30 EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF GENOMIC SCIENCE TRANSLATION The price of genetic testing therefore needs to be consumer friendly, and the test needs to be globally available. "There's no country in the world that's going to be able to simply close the walls and say, 'no, our population can't have access to genetic information.' . . . This will become a global economy, especially as the costs come down." The company also embraces the idea that data should be freely avail- able; patients should have ownership and control over their data, and data should be shared so that others can learn from the data. "As we like to say at InVitae, we don't patent the genes; we set them free. We believe very strongly that patients should own and control their own genetic informa- tion, that they should have access to the information, and they should have the rights to determine how it is used. And if that means not at all, that's fine." Data sharing will eventually become part of the medical system, he said. Scott continued, saying that he is not in agreement with the enforce- ment model of data sharing. It is not needed once people begin to see the incentives and value in sharing their data, as occurred with social media. "I'm fine if [developers] don't want to share their data. . . . I just think it is going to be bad business 10 years from now," said Scott.


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Bill Daniel @ Seeing Things Gallery, San JoseJuxtapoz // Friday, November 30, 2012
Earlier this November, Jux friends opened a new space in San Jose, California, Seeing Things Gallery. To honor the grand opening, they had legendary filmmaker and photographer Bill Daniel kick start the space with a exhibition of photos. The opening celebrated the second edition of Daniel's book, Mostly True and the viewing of Daniel's film, Who is Bozo Texino?
Pearl Jam Art Poster Convention featuring Munk OneMusic // Friday, November 30, 2012
Juxtapoz' resident illustrator, Munk One, will be part of a really cool poster art show this weekend, as Pearl Jam's Ten Club will be holding the third annual Ten Club Poster Convention in Seattle at Showbox Market on Sunday, December 2. Munk and Jux friends Jeff Soto and Maxx242 will be creating a live painting throughout the event, which will be available for purchase.
The Mixtape AppMusic // Friday, November 30, 2012
Lindsay, your sophomore-year crush, may not have realized how much attention and pupose went into putting "Girlfriend" and "Just Like Heaven" back to back on that tape you tossed to her and couched as "just some cool songs" as she dropped you off after group study at the library. But that was years ago, and that tape and the heartbreak are long gone. Enter Mixtape.
Ramona Ring's Dream WorldIllustration // Friday, November 30, 2012
Ramona Ring is an illustration and design student currently finishing up her degree at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg, Germany. Her illustrative touch is delicate and airy, a fitting style for her drawings of surreal dreamscapes. Ring uses a combination of traditional and digital techniques to create her works. Strongly influenced by literature, she also admires the work of artists like Mario Wagner, Julien Pacaud, and Andrew Zbihlyj.
The Camouflaged Artist RetreatJuxtapoz // Friday, November 30, 2012
If an artist wants to get away, might as well have his retreat in secret. HL Architecture has created the perfect setting, a "camouflaged" mirrored studio situated in Amsterdam. All your disturbances get reflected back to themselves, thus giving you a pit of privacy. Oh, who are we kidding, this just brings everyone closer to you business because you have a cool studio.
Clay Works by Beth StichterJuxtapoz // Friday, November 30, 2012
Pasadena, California artist Beth Stichter isn't your typical sclupture - she builds her stoneware sculptures solid on metal armatures, often with 2,000 or more pounds of clay at a time, then cuts the piece into 30-160 sections, hollows each section out to 1/4" thickness, and reassembles them before firing. In order to work on a larger scale, the reassembled hollow pieces are then cut again to fit inside the kiln, fired, and then reassembled with glues and epoxies.
The World's First 3D Printing Photo BoothJuxtapoz // Friday, November 30, 2012
We knew it was coming, but now it looks to be a reality. Currently, the world's first 3D printing photo booth is open for a limited time at an exhibition space in Harajuku, Tokyo, EYE OF GYRE. What you can do? Get a reservation, go get your portrait taken, and then, instead of a regular photo, you get a mini figure of yourself.
Anthony Goicolea's Pathetic FallacyIllustration // Friday, November 30, 2012
Born in 1971 in Atlanta, Georgia, Anthony Goicolea is a first-generation Cuban American artist now living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Pathetic Fallacy is a collection of graphite drawings on layered mylar and large scale digitally composited photographs. The term "pathetic fallacy," coined by John Ruskin in Modern Painters (1856), describes the treatment of inanimate objects and places as if they had human feelings, thoughts or sensations...
Spain Rodriguez, RIPJuxtapoz // Thursday, November 29, 2012
Grin-inducing raconteur and Zap Comix' alumnus, Jerry "Spain" Rodriguez, passed from this temporal world yesterday. Driven by his passion on behalf of the working class , disdain for social artifice, and unapologetic lust for life, Spain's drawing and painting matched his appetites. Our condolences go out to his wife and daughter who were with him at the end. His stories and images won't be forgotten.
James Lee's FiguresIllustration // Thursday, November 29, 2012
James Lee is a Taiwanese and Canadian illustrator and designer. Focusing mainly on the human figure, Lee creates dynamic images by mixing the linear precision of a pen or ink with bright and gestural paint strokes. His works are complex and full of energy, allowing for both a clear focal point and fantastic expanses of color for viewers to dive into.


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Pianist Makoto Ozone's "Road To Chopin:" Listen Now
April 15, 2014. Posted by Tim Wilkins.Add new comment | Filed under: Interviews, michael bourne
Pianist Makoto Ozone talks with WBGO's Michael Bourne about his new album, Road To Chopin, his work with vibraphonist Gary Burton and jazz interpretations of classical compositions by Mozart, Beethoven, Bernstein and Gershwin. Ozone performs in New York on Wednesday, April 16 with drummer Clarence Penn at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola with and on April 22 with the New York Philharmonic. Enjoy!
WBGO JAM Live 2014: William Paterson Mulgrew Miller Ensemble
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The William Paterson University Mulgrew Miller Ensemble performs live at WBGO for Jazz Appreciation Month and are interviewed by Michael Bourne. Click to hear this concert, and check back to hear more groups featured in our student jazz marathon for International Jazz Day on April 30.
The ensemble, directed by John Mosca, is Dylan Anderson, tenor sax, Matt Tischio, alto sax, Ryan Tomski, piano, Eric Zolan, guitar, Daseul Kim,bass and Joe Spinelli, drums. David Demsey, coordinator of jazz studies at WPU, also speaks.
Blues Singer Joe Louis Walker: "Hornet's Nest"
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It's not simply the inspiration of living under our beautiful flat-topped mountain with its snowy table cloth that makes Cape Town the undisputed opera capital of South Africa. There are other important factors. Like the support and presence of a vibrant university with a music department that year after year trains young men and women from all backgrounds to become polished performers in multi-languages.
Maybe it is the combo of our stunning city and the continual output of talented singers, but somehow Cape Town has been blessed with attracting a succession of men and women including Giuseppe Paganelli in the 1920s, Scotsman Erik Chisholm, Italian POW Gregorio Fiasconaro from 1946-1965 and Milan-born Angelo Gobbato in the 1980-1990s. They made it their lives work to teach and direct youthful baritones, sopranos and chorus members and hone them into a unit which became a company with a name and a sound.
The cherry on the top is finding an artistic individual with business flair who can make the right connections to help that company survive in tough economic times, particularly in post-apartheid South Africa where funding opera takes a back seat to building basic houses. Right now Cape Town Opera is unbelievably fortunate to have South African-born Michael Williams at the helm. Since 2000 when he became GM, and MD in 2005, CTO has spread its wings and performed in Berlin, Nurnberg, Oslo, Malmo, Umea, Monte Carlo, London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Paris, Melbourne, Perth, Cardiff and now is again in Munich. These tours have kept our singers and singing alive both in South Africa and abroad. Today, 11th July Cape Town Opera will be performing in 4 different countries with 4 different productions. Show Boat is on stage in England, Porgy and Bess in Spain, African Angels in Germany and Spirit of Unity Concert in Wales.
Many individuals who were born or trained in Cape Town have made names for themselves overseas. In July soprano Pretty Yende and tenor Colin Lee will make a bit of artistic history when they team up in the leading roles in Rossini's Le comte Ory at La Scala, Milan. Both are currently performing in the world's major opera houses.
The list of other ex-pats working abroad is too long to mention but there are at least 28 sopranos, 6 mezzos, 3 counter-tenors, 18 tenors and 18 bass-baritones flying the banner for CTO!
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September 7th, 2011 #1
Interesting post on pricing for design and illustration
In reference to all those "how to price x" posts -- and perhaps as a wake-up call for folks bidding on teeny-tiny freelance jobs and those obsessing about science fiction illustration -- I thought I'd share this link. Successful designer/illustrator/hand-letterer Jessica Hische discusses pricing.
It probably goes without saying, but the kind of numbers she's talking about are not for messy digital paintings or iphone game art, they are for meticulously crafted, mature work suitable for large corporate clients' branding and ad campaigns. A glimpse into another world, really.
This came from drawn.ca, by the way, which is an awesome illustration blog everybody here should be looking at if you aren't already.
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So Jessica Hische is the one who made the "should I work for free" flowchart?
Awesomeness! Thanks so much for sharing. I have a new favorite blog
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haha i am terribly underpaid according to this article but awesome none the less
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Not sure why these type of articles are thin on the ground. There are plenty more who could pass on a similar education to others while doing themselves no harm. In fact, it probably would help the established Professional as well as the noob to get the rates their skill deserves.
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47-year-old man charged with stalking 18-year-old girl, wanting to marry her
An Immokalee man was arrested Thursday, after Collier County Sheriff's deputies said he stalked an 18-year-old teen because he wants to marry her.
Cergo Cadet, 47, who was listed as homeless, was arrested by Collier deputies Thursday near the 200 block of South Ninth Street. He was charged with stalking/cyber stalking.
According to Collier County Sheriff's reports, deputies responded to the 600 block of Delaware Avenue W. on Wednesday in reference to a stalking call.
The high school victim told deputies that Cadet had followed her around for four days continually told her that he loved her and wanted to marry her.
She told deputies that she wanted to file a stalking reports, because Cadet had followed her to school and knocked on her bedroom window late at night, and that she was afraid that he would hurt her, reports said.
Collier deputies spoke with Cadet later that day and warned him to stay away from the teen, but reports said he laughed and said that he was going to marry the victim.
On Thursday, Collier deputies tracked Cadet down to the 200 block of South Ninth Street and took him into custody.
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