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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo said on Saturday in Lagos that Folorunsho Alakija, Africa's richest woman by Forbes reckoning, was among the 25 billionaires he made during his tenure as President.
Mr. Obasanjo stated this at the 2016 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum.
The former president was reacting to an allegation by Mrs. Alakija at the event, that the Obasanjo administration frustrated her effort when she ventured into oil business.
Mrs. Alakija, who spoke before Mr. Obasanjo, alleged that his administration illegally took an oil block allocated to her company after her family had invested all its savings to strike oil in commercial quantity.
"This oil block is in 5000 feet depth of water and was extremely difficult to explore. It took 15 years from the time that we were awarded the licence in 1993 till 2008 when we struck the first oil. When this event happened, 60 per cent out of our 60 per cent equity in the business, was forcefully taken from us by the government of the day without due process.
"We had to fight back by going to court to seek redress and it took another 12 years for justice to be served in our favour. In all those years it was my trust in God, my perseverance and the support of my family that got me going," she said.
She used her experiences to charge the 2000 budding entrepreneurs at the event to be dogged, determined and not to give up in the face of challenges.
When Obasanjo spoke, the former president seized the opportunity to reply to the allegation by Alakija.
"There is a saying in my part of the world that when a proverb touches you and you failed to reply, then you are a coward," he said.
Obasanjo explained that the action of the government then was in line with the Mining Act, which regulates oil prospection and exploration.
"For you to come here and say that, for no cause whatsoever, you were denied what was rightfully yours, is not fair. I do not know you from Adam and there is no reason I would have denied you what rightfully belonged to you.
"So, you have struggled, and you have struck oil. God bless your heart. My delight is to be able to create Nigerian billionaire and I always say it that my aim, when I was in government was to create 50 Nigerian billionaires. "Unfortunately I failed. I created only 25 and Madam, you are one of them," he said.
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United Nations Staff Members joined with Give Them a Hand Foundation/ United African Congress and fifteen other volunteers on Saturday to staff the kitchen of the North Carolina Southern Baptist Disaster Recovery Team based on the grounds of the Aqueduct Racetrack/Resorts International Casino in South Ozone Park, Queens.
The North Carolina Southern Baptist Recovery Team presently has the largest food preparation operation in the Tri-State Area, having driven up from Down South with an assortment of trailers and equipment capable of providing sleeping quarters, water and sanitation for a staff of twenty and with the capacity to prepare up to 30, 000 hot meals per day. All their staff are here in New York voluntarily and at their own expense. They take time off from their jobs, stay for a week and are then are replaced by others from their organization. (How long will they be able to maintain that?)
They presently serve around 15,000 meals per day and will step up to more than 20,000 meals per day within the next few days as two other food preparation outfits are getting ready to cease operations..
Not much is known about the North Carolina Southern Baptist Operation in New York because they are rarely seen at the distribution end of the process. They work largely out of the limelight. Here in New York, they prepare the meals which are later distributed by the Red Cross under an arrangement they have made between themselves.
Our team of volunteers, including twelve from the Buddhist Light Temple in Flushing, arrived at the food preparation site at a chillingly cold 6.00 A.M. Volunteers were quickly briefed and signed in and within twenty minutes were hard at work in two main areas, sanitizing the food preparation and packaging equipment and preparing the foods that would soon be packed in large temperature controlled containers for subsequent dispatch.
These containers weighing as much as 80 lbs each, fully loaded were then loaded on to a convoy of 42 Red Cross trucks which would subsequently deliver the food to the various distribution points in New York and New Jersey where they would be met by Red cross volunteers whose job it was to share out the food to the needy in clam shell containers.
However, before that, after receiving the food containers, the trucks would move to another path flanked on either side by boxes of food supplies including boxes of bread, crates of water, boxes of clam shells, packets of cutlery, chips, crackers and other items. At each point volunteers would load the quantities of supplies requested by the drivers and attendants until the trucks were fully equipped and ready to set off. This entire process from food preparation to dispatch of the trucks lasted from 6.00 A.M. to 11.00 A.M. with a few breaks in between. Clean up took another hour and by midday most of the volunteers were able to go.
At the end of the day the organizers stated that they would never have met their goals for the day without the support of our volunteers. They added that in the thirty days that they had been in New York, this team was the best and most productive group of volunteers they have had.
One might be of the view that working in the kitchen instead of at the site of the devastation is a lesser service. That would be wrong. There are many people in these areas that wait for this one hot meal they will have for the day. They are still without electricity and they are still staying in shelters and in other people's basements and still have nothing. It is a valuable service that is being provided.
As residents of New York and New Jersey we should really laud the efforts of the North Carolina Baptist Recovery group to aid our communities in this time of need. No one in their organization is paid to do what they are doing yet they were amongst the first responders to make their way to the area. They deserve the support of New Yorkers.
Thanks also to the UN staff. Special mention must also be made to the support given by the Venerable Chuah Chuen, Abbess of the International Buddhist Progress Society located in Flushing, Queens, NY. She is also head of the UN NGO, Buddha's Light International Association. She and her members have volunteered on every occasion and though she and many of her female team members are slight in frame, they have tackled the most difficult tasks without a murmur. Her Temple's support has been critical to the effort of our team.Tags: Aqueduct Racetrack, Buddhist Light Temple, Distribute meals, food to the needy, Hurricane Sandy, International Buddhist Progress Society, North Carolina Southern Baptist Recovery Team, Red Cross volunteers


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Harry was lying to me, that I could tell with great ease. Sometimes I wondered if my friends forgot how good I am, making me laugh. I dismissed it - if he didn't want to tell me then fair enough, I had no intention on pushing him.
Lou was still being distant, despite everything so I left her to do whatever it was that she wanted to do. I trusted her with all my heart. I gave her one last smile before leaving for the elevator. I wanted to go back to the room. I just missed one of the elevators, watching the doors close on that man. He had smiled at me. I stood there, watching what floor the lift stopped on so I knew where to look. I darted for the stairs, reaching the right floor about a minute later but he was already gone. I caught my breath and sighed, frustrated at my paranoia. The lift was still around so I used it to take me to my floor and moved into the room quickly.
I grabbed my cell, checking to see if I had anything. When nothing was there, I dropped in back on the table. I considered checking my emails but didn't really care what work had to say - this was my holiday. I dropped onto the bed, tired. I was about to have a few minutes to myself when there was a knock on the door. I pulled myself up, opening it.
"Sorry. Lost my key." Lou pushed in, a smile on her face.
"So who is he?" I asked, sitting down on the bed.
"Who? Owen? He's nobody! Just a friend!" She darted into the bathroom. "Why?"
"Can't I ask a question?" I called, falling backwards. She came back in, wearing a beautiful summer dress. I looked at her, scrutinizing her.
"We're all going out. Coming?" She was at the door, looking back at me.
"I'll be down in a minute." I smiled. "I just need to get changed. Make an effort and all." I sighed. She wouldn't have done that for me, not after the time we'd had lately. It felt like I was losing her.
"Ok." She replied, opening the door.
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*From the Department of Medicine A, Hillel-Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.
Correspondence to: Paltiel Weiner, MD, Department of Medicine A, Hillel-Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel 38100
Background: Dyspnea is a common complaint during daily
activities in patients with advanced COPD. The mechanisms underlying
dyspnea and the appropriate treatment strategies to relieve it are
still not totally understood. We hypothesized that the perception of
dyspnea (POD) may be modified by the accumulative effect of
bronchodilator therapy, exercise, and inspiratory muscle
training (IMT).
Methods: Spirometry, submaximal
exercise performance, inspiratory muscle strength and endurance, and
the POD were assessed before and following three consecutive 6-week
periods of therapy with a long-acting bronchodilator (LABD), the LABD
plus exercise, and the LABD plus exercise plus IMT in 30 patients with
moderate-to-severe COPD.
Results: There was a small,
statistically insignificant, increase in FEV1 in the study
group (mean [± SEM] increase, 1.42 ± 0.3 to 1.49 ± 0.4
L) following the LABD therapy period, and no additional increase
following the two other periods of therapy. There was a significant
increase (p < 0.05) in the 6-min walk distance following the therapy
period with the LABD plus exercise (mean increase, 252 ± 41 to
294 ± 47 m) and an additional small increase following the therapy
period with the LABD plus exercise plus IMT period (mean increase,
252 ± 41 to 302 ± 49 m). The decrease in the POD was small and
statistically not significant following the therapy periods with the
LABD and the LABD plus exercise. The major and statistically
significant decrease in the POD was noted following the therapy period
with the LABD plus exercise plus IMT.
Conclusions: In
patients with moderate-to-severe COPD, following sequential periods of
therapy with the LABD, the LABD plus exercise, and the LABD plus
exercise plus IMT, there is a cumulative benefit in the POD. The most
significant improvement was associated with IMT and not with the LABD
and exercise training. The FEV1 was moderately increased
following the therapy period with the LABD, and the addition of
exercise has most affected the 6-min walk distance.
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You would have signed a reaffirmation agreement with the lender, which your attorney (if you had one) would have signed and filed with the court. Check with your lawyer, they can check the court record. If you filed without an attorney, you can go to the local court to pull the electronic record to see if a reaffirmation was on file with the court.
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If you did reaffirm, you are on the hook for all payments, and they can come after you for any deficiency that may remain after foreclosing, pursuant to your state's foreclosure laws.
After we filed bankruptcy we stayed in the house and continued paying the mortgage until June 2010. We did do paperwork with the bank to lower the interest rate - I am almost certain we did not reaffirm. Can I look on line to pull the court documents?
you could, it's called PACER. You have to register, then they charge per search/per page to look stuff up.
If you reworked the loan after the bankruptcy, that could mean the debt has been renewed.
even if you did not reaffirm.
Talk to your real estate attorney (or bankruptcy attorney) to advise you if the debt is valid, and can be collected on.
When I look at my credit report - the mortgage shows closed/Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Would it show up if the loan was reworked?
are you still there?
yes, sorry
The credit report is only as good as what is reported to it, often there are many mistakes/errors on a credit report.
Ok, thank you for your help. I will get with my attorney.
First check to see if you reaffirmed, if not, then review your revised documents with an attorney
it's hard to say without reading the terms.
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"Yes, Milord Seneschal." He exchanged a smile with Kayla and followed her to the horses. When he lifted Toikem's saddlebags from the ground, he proved strong. Although the tension in his jaw and a little groan revealed his difficulties. Not that strong.
When they left the stables, Aleander led the way.
"Why do people call me Gent?" Kayla asked the seneschal.
"It is the courteous way to refer to a commoner." He sighed. "I probably should have told you this on the road. When you'll speak to the Duke, do not call him by his title like you do with me or the reeve. His Ducal Highness is the proper way to address him."
She chuckled. "How ridiculous is that?"
"This is once again something you shouldn't say out loud."
"I should keep away from speaking truths?"
Aleander scowled at her. She turned to the redhead but he kept his face as impassive as he could – there was still a hint of a smile.
"I don't know where I'm staying, by the way," she told him. "I'm following your seneschal."
"You and your brother will be staying with the female staff," Aleander indicated. They are the most welcoming party around here. Since you are commoners, you cannot live in the palace itself."
"These stupid rules will kill people." Kayla met Aleander's eyes. "Yes, I know I should shut up, Seneschal. That's not going to happen, though. And don't worry about the nobles, Tom will do the talking."
The female staff lived in a stone house of two stories, quite a building. The matron – a kindly woman who winked at her in the corridor – gave Kayla a key to their room. It was next to the exit, and the matron's own bedroom she explained. She'd cleared it for them. Kayla probably would have felt bad for the gentle lady if she hadn't thought it was preferable they could leave the building in a hurry without waking everyone up.
"Please," the matron said. "If a girl tries to sneak out at night and you wake… Knock some sense into her, will you?"
Kayla wasn't really one for sermons but she knew just who could do the job. "I'll send my brother after them if I hear anything. He might just bore them back to sleep."
The old woman probably wondered what kind of girl she'd let into her home, but she left without complaint. The redhead put the bags in the middle of the room, between the two pallets that had been installed for the travelers to sleep in.
"I'd like to be alone for a second, please," she asked as nicely as she could. The two men allowed her some privacy and she quickly opened a bag. She took out the upper half of a cat skull and placed it under a cover, by the door. She hoped the old spell hadn't worn off.
They headed back for the palace immediately afterwards. The building had the largest corridors Kayla had ever seen, but she still found them oppressive. Cold and harsh stone never made for a good home in her opinion. She didn't consider the paintings hanging on the walls and other pieces of art lying around. Artificial beauty rarely appealed to her.
She soon knocked on the door her brother had locked, calling in. As he opened the door, she saw that Toikem had placed the body on the last thing standing: a large cabinet. There was dust, debris and feathers everywhere. It seemed the room was well furnished in cushions until the Duchess of Fermont' chamber fell on it. Her brother had called it a salon. She supposed it was some kind of bedroom.
Aleander and Aedan stopped at the entrance, unsure they wanted to come in. Kayla encouraged them with a kind smile. The seneschal trusted her, and the redhead trusted the seneschal. Soon the four regrouped near the cadaver.
"The Duke wants to see us," Kayla informed her brother.
"Good," he replied.
"How did the boy die?" Aleander asked.
The dead servant was turned on his side, so that his back was visible. The skin had been peeled from his neck and skull. Not a blood stain on Toikem's armor, however; only his hands were red; a wonder considering what he had done with the body.
"The insides of his neck were spilled. He did not suffer for all I know."
The redhead coughed and placed his fist against his nostrils. "I thought this didn't happen long ago," he commented.
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Stella M. Davies, MBBS, PhD, MRCP
Director, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency
Director, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency
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MBBS: University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, 1981.
Clinical and Fellowship Training: The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle General Hospital and Great Ormond St. Hospital, 1981 to 1985.
PhD: University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, 1989.
Pediatric Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1989 to 1993.
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Mehta PA, Harris RE, Davies SM, Kim MO, Mueller R, Lampkin B, Mo J, Myers K, Smolarek TA. Numerical chromosomal changes and risk of development of myelodysplastic syndrome -- acute myeloid leukemia in patients with Fanconi anemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2010 Dec;203(2):180-6.
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Marsh RA, Vaughn G, Kim MO, Li D, Jodele S, Joshi S, Mehta PA, Davies SM, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Reduced-intensity conditioning significantly improves survival of patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood. 2010 Dec 23;116(26):5824-31.Laskin BL, Goebel J, Davies SM, Khoury JC, Bleesing JJ, Mehta PA, Filipovich AH, Paff ZN, Lawrence JM, Yin HJ, Pinkard SL, Jodele S. Early clinical indicators of transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy in pediatric neuroblastoma patients undergoing auto-SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2010 Aug 9.Phillips CL, Gerbing R, Alonzo T, Perentesis JP, Harley IT, Meshinchi S, Bhatla D, Radloff G, Davies SM. MDM2 polymorphism increases susceptibility to childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Aug;55(2):248-53.
Mehta PA, Vinks AA, Filipovich A, Bleesing J, Jodele S, Jordan MB, Marsh R, Tarin R, Edwards S, Fearing D, Lawrence J, Davies SM. Alternate-day micafungin antifungal prophylaxis in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a pharmacokinetic study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Oct;16(10):1458-62.
Sakagami T, Beck D, Uchida K, Suzuki T, Carey BC, Nakata K, Keller G, Wood RE, Wert SE, Ikegami M, Whitsett JA, Luisetti M, Davies S, Krischer JP, Brody A, Ryckman F, Trapnell BC. Patient-derived granulocyte / macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibodies reproduce pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in nonhuman primates. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Jul 1;182(1):49-61.
Wang D, Zhang W, Kalfa TA, Grabowski G, Davies S, Malik P, Pan D. Reprogramming erythroid cells for lysosomal enzyme production leads to visceral and CNS cross-correction in mice with Hurler syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Nov 24;106(47):19958-63.
Davies SM, Wang D, Wang T, Arora M, Ringden O, Anasetti C, Pavletic S, Casper J, Macmillan ML, Sanders J, Wall D, Kernan NA. Recent decrease in acute graft-versus-host disease in children with leukemia receiving unrelated donor bone marrow transplants. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Mar;15(3):360-6.
Myers KC, Davies SM. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for bone marrow failure syndromes in children. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Mar;15(3):279-92. Review.
Michael S. Grimley, MD
Member, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency
Member, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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MD: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 1992.
Residency: Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland, AFB, TX, 1995.
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 1999.
Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.
Licenses: Ohio, Texas.
Jubert C, Wall DA, Grimley M, Champagne MA, Duval M. Engraftment of unrelated cord blood after reduced-intensity conditioning regimen in children with refractory neuroblastoma: a feasibility trial. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2011 Feb;46(2):232-7.
Jacobson PA, Huang J, Wu J, Kim M, Logan B, Alousi A, Grimley M, Bolaños-Meade J, Ho V, Levine JE, Weisdorf D. Mycophenolate pharmacokinetics and association with response to acute graft-versus-host disease treatment from the Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Mar;16(3):421-9.
Jacobsohn DA, Gilman AL, Rademaker A, Browning B, Grimley M, Lehmann L, Nemecek ER, Thormann K, Schultz KR, Vogelsang GB. Evaluation of pentostatin in corticosteroid-refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease in children: a Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium study. Blood. 2009 Nov 12;114(20):4354-60.
Pulsipher MA, Wall DA, Grimley M, Goyal RK, Boucher KM, Hankins P, Grupp SA, Bunin N. A phase I/II study of the safety and efficacy of the addition of sirolimus to tacrolimus/methotrexate graft versus host disease prophylaxis after allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Br J Haematol. 2009 Dec;147(5):691-9.
Pulsipher MA, Boucher KM, Wall D, Frangoul H, Duval M, Goyal RK, Shaw PJ, Haight AE, Grimley M, Grupp SA, Kletzel M, Kadota R. Reduced-intensity allogeneic transplantation in pediatric patients ineligible for myeloablative therapy: results of the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium Study ONC0313. Blood. 2009 Aug 13;114(7):1429-36.
Chan KW, McDonald L, Lim D, Grimley MS, Grayson G, Wall DA. Unrelated cord blood transplantation in children with idiopathic severe aplastic anemia. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2008 Nov;42(9):589-95.
Chan KW, Grimley MS, Taylor C, Wall DA. Early identification and management of graft failure after unrelated cord blood transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2008 Jul;42(1):35-41.
Swinney RM, Wall DA, Thomas PJ, Grimley MS, Taylor C, Tomlinson GE. Familial childhood leukemia cluster with multiple aggressive early-onset hematological malignancies. Leuk Lymphoma. 2006 May;47(5):930-2.
Shaughnessy PJ, Bachier C, Grimley M, Freytes CO, Callander NS, Essell JH, Flomenberg N, Selby G, Lemaistre CF. Denileukin diftitox for the treatment of steroid-resistant acute graft-versus-host disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2005 Mar;11(3):188-93.
Parker A, Anderson C, Weiss KL, Grimley M, Sorrells D. Eukaryotic initiation factor 4E staining as a clinical marker in pediatric neuroblastoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2004 Aug;26(8):484-7.
Michael B. Jordan, MD
Member, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency
Member, Division of Immunobiology
Phone 513-636-7287
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Histiocytic disorders: HLH and LCH
Better understanding histiocytic disorders and developing novel therapies for them; regulation of the immune response; immunotherapy of cancer
MD: UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 1993.
Residency: Children's Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, TX, 1996.
Fellowship: The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO, 2002.
Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1996; Sub-board of Pediatric Heme/Onc, 2002.
Marsh RA, Vaughn G, Kim MO, Li D, Jodele S, Joshi S, Mehta PA, Davies SM, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Reduced-intensity conditioning significantly improves survival of patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood. 2010 Dec 23;116(26):5824-31.
Mehta PA, Vinks AA, Filipovich A, Bleesing J, Jodele S, Jordan MB, Marsh R, Tarin R, Edwards S, Fearing D, Lawrence J, Davies SM. Alternate-day micafungin antifungal prophylaxis in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a pharmacokinetic study. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2010 Oct;16(10):1458-62.
Marsh RA, Madden L, Kitchen BJ, Mody R, McClimon B, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Zhang K, Filipovich AH. XIAP deficiency: a unique primary immunodeficiency best classified as X-linked familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and not as X-linked lymphoproliferative disease. Blood. 2010 Aug 19;116(7):1079-82.
Marsh RA, Satake N, Biroschak J, Jacobs T, Johnson J, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH, Zhang K. STX11 mutations and clinical phenotypes of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in North America. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jul 15;55(1):134-40.
Lykens JE, Terrell CE, Zoller EE, Divanovic S, Trompette A, Karp CL, Aliberti J, Flick MJ, Jordan MB. Mice with a selective impairment of IFN-gamma signaling in macrophage lineage cells demonstrate the critical role of IFN-gamma-activated macrophages for the control of protozoan parasitic infections in vivo. J Immunol. 2010 Jan 15;184(2):877-85.
Lin AA, Tripathi PK, Sholl A, Jordan MB, Hildeman DA. Gamma interferon signaling in macrophage lineage cells regulates central nervous system inflammation and chemokine production. J Virol. 2009 Sep;83(17):8604-15.
Marsh RA, Villanueva J, Kim MO, Zhang K, Marmer D, Risma KA, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to BIRC4 mutation have normal invariant natural killer T-cell populations. Clin Immunol. 2009 Jul;132(1):116-23.
Marsh RA, Villanueva J, Zhang K, Snow AL, Su HC, Madden L, Mody R, Kitchen B, Marmer D, Jordan MB, Risma KA, Filipovich AH, Bleesing JJ. A rapid flow cytometric screening test for X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to XIAP deficiency. Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2009 Sep;76(5):334-44.
Jordan MB, Filipovich AH. Hematopoietic cell transplantation for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single (big) step. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2008 Oct;42(7):433-7.
Wojciechowski S, Jordan MB, Zhu Y, White J, Zajac AJ, Hildeman DA. Bim mediates apoptosis of CD127(lo) effector T cells and limits T cell memory. Eur J Immunol. 2006 Jul;36(7):1694-706.
Ashish R. Kumar, MD, PhD
Director, Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Center
Director, Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Center
Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program
Phone 513-803-1631
Fax 513-636-3549
Email email@example.com
Childhood cancer and blood disorders; immune deficiency
Leukemia biology; cancer biology
Visit the Kumar Lab.
Dr. Kumar received his medical degree from L.T.M. Medical College, Mumbai, India, his PhD in anatomy and cell biology from the University of Iowa, pediatric residency training at the Mayo Clinic and fellowship in pediatric hematology / oncology / BMT at the University of Minnesota. He was appointed to the faculty of the University of Minnesota in the Department of Pediatrics where he was a member of the programs in pediatric leukemia and global pediatrics. He is currently an associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency at Cincinnati Children's within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Kumar's laboratory is engaged in researching the biology of infant leukemia. Discoveries made in his laboratory have significantly enhanced the current understanding of leukemia. Dr. Kumar is also active in education. He has delivered invited lectures and grand round presentations on various topics.
Visit the HLH Center of Excellence.
Learn more about the 700 Miles to Hope Bike Ride.
MD: LTM Medical College, Mumbai, India.
Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Fellowship: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
PhD: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Certification: General Pediatrics; Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Subspecialty.
Licenses: State of Ohio; State of Minnesota.
Aydin SE, Kilic SS, Aytekin C, Kumar A, Porras O, Kainulainen L, Kostyuchenko L, Genel F, Kütükcüler N, Karaca N, Gonzalez-Granado L, Abbott J, Al-Zahrani D, Rezaei N, Baz Z, Thiel J, Ehl S, Marodi L, Orange JS, Sawalle-Belohradsky J, Keles S, Holland SM, Sanal Ö, Ayvaz DC, Tezcan I, Al-Mousa H, Alsum Z, Hawwari A, Metin A, Matthes-Martin S, Hönig M, Schulz A, Picard C, Barlogis V, Gennery A, Ifversen M, van Montfrans J, Kuijpers T, Bredius R, Dückers G, Al-Herz W, Pai SY, Geha R, Notheis G, Schwarze CP, Tavil B, Azik F, Bienemann K, Grimbacher B, Heinz V, Gaspar HB, Aydin R, Hagl B, Gathmann B, Belohradsky BH, Ochs HD, Chatila T, Renner ED, Su H, Freeman AF, Engelhardt K, Albert MH; inborn errors working party of EBMT. DOCK8 Deficiency: Clinical and Immunological Phenotype and Treatment Options - a Review of 136 Patients. J Clin Immunol. 2015 Feb;35(2):189-98.
Roychoudhury J, Clark JP, Gracia-Maldonado G, Unnisa Z, Wunderlich M, Link KA, Dasgupta N, Aronow B, Huang G, Mulloy JC, Kumar AR. MEIS1 regulates an HLF-oxidative stress axis in MLL-fusion gene leukemia. Blood. 2015;125(16):2544-52.
Marsh RA, Rao MB, Gefen A, Bellman D, Mehta PA, Khandelwal P, Chandra S, Jodele S, Myers KC, Grimley M, Dandoy C, El-Bietar J, Kumar AR, Leemhuis T, Zhang K, Bleesing JJ, Jordan MB, Filipovich AH, Davies SM. Experience with Alemtuzumab, Fludarabine, and Melphalan Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Patients with Nonmalignant Diseases Reveals Good Outcomes and That the Risk of Mixed Chimerism Depends on Underlying Disease, Stem Cell Source, and Alemtuzumab Regimen. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Aug;21(8):1460-70.
Cai X, Gao L, Teng L, Ge J, Oo ZM, Kumar AR, Gilliland DG, Mason PJ, Tan K, Speck NA. Runx1 Deficiency Decreases Ribosome Biogenesis and Confers Stress Resistance to Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2015 Jul;pii:S1934-5909(15)00262-3.
Karkare S, Chhipa RR, Anderson J, Liu X, Henry H, Gasilina A, Nassar N, Roychoudhury J, Clark JP, Kumar A, Pauletti GM, Ghosh PK, Dasgupta B. Direct inhibition of retinoblastoma phosphorylation by nimbolide causes cell-cycle arrest and suppresses glioblastoma growth. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Jan;20(1):199-212.
Khandelwal P, Lawrence J, Filipovich AH, Davies SM, Bleesing JJ, Jordan MB, Mehta P, Jodele S, Grimley MS, Kumar A, Myers K, Marsh RA. The successful use of alemtuzumab for treatment of steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease in pediatric patients. Pediatr Transplant. 2014 Feb;18(1):94.
Liu X, Chhipa RR, Pooya S, Wortman M, Yachyshin S, Chow LM, Kumar A, Zhou X, Sun Y, Quinn B, McPherson C, Warnick RE, Kendler A, Giri S, Poels J, Norga K, Viollet B, Grabowski GA, Dasgupta B. Discrete mechanisms of mTOR and cell cycle regulation by AMPK agonists independent of AMPK. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014 Jan;111(4):E435-44.
Zhou J, Wu J, Li B, Liu D, Yu J, Yan X, Zheng S, Wang J, Zhang L, Zhang L, He F, Li Q, Chen A, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Guan Y, Zhao X, Yan J, Ni J, Nobrega MA, Löwenberg B, Delwel R, Valk PJ, Kumar A, Xie L, Tenen DG, Huang G, Wang QF. PU.1 is Essential for MLL Leukemia Partially via Crosstalk with the MEIS/HOX Pathway. Leukemia. 2014 Jul;28(7):1436-48.
Jing H, Zhang Q, Zhang Y, Hill BJ, Dove CG, Gelfand EW, Atkinson TP, Uzel G, Matthews HF, Mustillo PJ, Lewis DB, Kavadas FD, Hanson IC, Kumar AR, Geha RS, Douek DC, Holland SM, Freeman AF, Su HC. Somatic reversion in dedicator of cytokinesis 8 immunodeficiency modulates disease phenotype. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. 2014 Jun;133(6):1667-75.
Marsh RA, Rao K, Satwani P, Lehmberg K, Müller I, Li D, Kim MO, Fischer A, Latour S, Sedlacek P, Barlogis V, Hamamoto K, Kanegane H, Milanovich S, Margolis DA, Dimmock D, Casper JT, Douglas DN, Amrolia PJ, Veys P, Kumar AR, Jordan BM, Bleesing J, Filipovich A. Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for XIAP Deficiency: An International Survey Reveals Poor Outcomes. Blood. 2013 Feb 7;121(6):877-83.
Role of MEIS1 in hematopoiesis and hematopoietic transformation. Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Jul 2012-Jun 2017.
Novel therapeutics of targeting mTOR pathway in T-cell leukemia. Co-investigator. National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute. Jul 2015-Jun 2017.
Rebecca A. Marsh, MD
Clinical Director, Primary Immune Deficiency Program
Clinical Director, Primary Immune Deficiency Program
Co-Director, Diagnostic Immunology Laboratories
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BS: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1998.
MD: Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, 2003.
Residency: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 2006.
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2008.
Zhang K, Jordan MB, Marsh RA, Johnson JA, Kissell D, Meller J, Villanueva J, Risma KA, Wei Q, Klein PS, Filipovich AH. Hypomorphic mutations in PRF1, MUNC13-4, and STXBP2 are associated with adult-onset familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Blood. 2011 Aug 31.
Marsh RA, Jordan MB, Filipovich AH. Reduced-intensity conditioning haematopoietic cell transplantation for haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: an important step forward. British journal of haematology. 2011 Sep;154(5):556-63.
Marsh RA, Vaughn G, Kim MO, Li D, Jodele S, Joshi S, Mehta PA, Davies SM, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Reduced-intensity conditioning significantly improves survival of patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Blood. 2010 Dec 23;116(26):5824-31.
Marsh RA, Satake N, Biroschak J, Jacobs T, Johnson J, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH, Zhang K. STX11 mutations and clinical phenotypes of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in North America. Pediatric blood & cancer. 2010 Jul 15;55(1):134-40.
Marsh RA, Madden L, Kitchen BJ, Mody R, McClimon B, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Zhang K, Filipovich AH. XIAP deficiency: a unique primary immunodeficiency best classified as X-linked familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and not as X-linked lymphoproliferative disease. Blood. 2010 Aug 19;116(7):1079-82.
Marsh RA, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Using flow cytometry to screen patients for X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to SAP deficiency and XIAP deficiency. Journal of immunological methods. 2010 Oct 31;362(1-2):1-9.
Hinze CH, Lucky AW, Bove KE, Marsh RA, Bleesing JH, Passo MH. Leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1 presenting with recurrent pyoderma gangrenosum and flaccid scarring. Pediatric dermatology. 2010 Sep-Oct;27(5):500-3.
Filipovich AH, Zhang K, Snow AL, Marsh RA. X-linked lymphoproliferative syndromes: brothers or distant cousins? Blood. 2010 Nov 4;116(18):3398-408.
Marsh RA, Villanueva J, Zhang K, Snow AL, Su HC, Madden L, Mody R, Kitchen B, Marmer D, Jordan MB, Risma KA, Filipovich AH, Bleesing JJ. A rapid flow cytometric screening test for X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to XIAP deficiency. Cytometry Part B, Clinical cytometry. 2009 Sep;76(5):334-44.
Marsh RA, Villanueva J, Kim MO, Zhang K, Marmer D, Risma KA, Jordan MB, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH. Patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to BIRC4 mutation have normal invariant natural killer T-cell populations. Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla). 2009 Jul;132(1):116-23.
Kasiani C. Myers, MD
Member, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Phone 513-803-3218
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
BS: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000.
MD: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2004.
Post-Doctoral: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2010.
Certification: Pediatrics, 2007.
Myers KC, Bolyard AA, Otto B, Wong TE, Jones A, Harris RE, MD, Davies SM, Dale DC, and Shimamura A. Variable Clinical Presentation of Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome: Update From the North-American Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Registry. J Pediatr. 2013 Dec 31.
Myers KC, Rose SR, Rutter MM, Mehta PA, Khoury JC, Cole T, Harris RE. Endocrine Evaluation of Children with and without Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond Syndrome Gene Mutations and Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome. J Pediatr. 2013 Jun;162(6):1235-40.
Myers KC, Lawrence J, Marsh RA, Davies SM, Jodele S. High-Dose Methylprednisolone for Veno-Occlusive Disease of the Liver in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2013 Mar;19(3):500-3.
Myers KC, Davies SM, Shimamura A. Clinical and Molecular Pathophysiology of Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome: An Update. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2013 Feb;27(1):117-28.
Rose RS, Myers K, Rutter MM, Mueller R, Khoury JC, Mehta PA, Harris RE, Davies SM, Endocrine Phenotype of Children and Adults with Fanconi Anemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Oct;59(4):690-6.
Du W, Rani R, Sipple J, Schick J, Myers KC, Mehta P, Andreassen PR, Davies SM, Pang Q, The FA pathway counteracts oxidative stress through selective protection of antioxidant defense gene promoters. Blood. 2012 May 3;119(18):4142-51.
Myers K, Davies SM, Harris RE, Spunt SL, Smolarek TA, Zimmerman S, McMasters R, Wagner L, Mueller R, Auerbach AD, Mehta PA. The Clinical Phenotype of Children with Fanconi Anemia Caused by Biallelic FANCD1/BRCA2 Mutations. Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 2012 Mar;58(3): 462-5.
Myers KC, Bleesing JJ, Davies, SM, Zhang X, Martin LJ, Mueller R, Harris RE, Filipovich AH, Butsch Kovacic M, Wells SI, Mehta PA. Impaired Immune Function in Children with Fanconi Anemia. Br J Haematol. 2011 Jul;154(2):234-40.
Mehta PA, Harris RE, Davies SM, Kim MO, Mueller R, Lampkin B, Mo J, Myers K, Smolarek TA. Numerical chromosomal changes and risk of development of myelodysplastic syndrome--acute myeloid leukemia in patients with Fanconi anemia. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2010 Dec;203(2):180-6.
Kimberly A. Risma, MD, PhD
Director, Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program
Director, Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program
Phone 513-636-6771
Fax 513-636-5835
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
Immune deficiency; immune dysregulation
Pathophysiology of perforin missense mutations identified in individuals with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; molecular mechanisms of primary immune deficiency and dysregulation; natural killer cell and cytotoxic T lymphocyte cytotoxicity
Visit the Risma Lab website.
Kimberly Risma, MD, PhD, is an associate professor in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Cincinnati Children's within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Dr. Risma graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry from Duke University in 1990 and was elected into The Phi Beta Kappa Society. She then matriculated at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). In 1996, she completed a PhD in pharmacology. She was selected by the leadership of the CWRU MSTP as the recipient of the 1997 Martin Wahl Memorial Fund Award, given annually to recognize the graduating MD, PhD student who has demonstrated the highest level of independence in research and excellence in research and clinical skills. She was also elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Society in 1997.
In 1997, she enrolled in a pediatrics residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati. During the residency program, Dr. Risma was awarded the pediatric resident teaching award by the medical students. She also engaged in translational research studies related to the genetics of asthma under the mentorship of Dr. Gurjit Hershey, resulting in a first author publication as a pediatric resident.
In 2000, Dr. Risma was accepted to the Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program at Cincinnati Children's. In addition to her clinical training, she pursued an innovative research project under the mentorship of Dr. Janos Sumegi and Dr. Alexandra Filipovich. She proposed a mechanism to study the structural and functional impact of perforin missense mutations identified in patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. In 2004 she was awarded the Nezelof Prize for best scientific presentation at the international meeting of the Histiocyte Society. The culmination of her fellowship research project was published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2006.
Upon completion of her fellowship in 2005, Dr. Risma was appointed as an assistant professor in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center within the UC Department of Pediatrics. In 2006 Dr. Risma received a Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Dr. Risma is the director of the Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program at Cincinnati Children's, having served in this leadership position since August of 2012.
Dr. Risma's research program focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of immunodeficiency and immune dysregulation in children, especially as it relates to disorders of lymphocyte cytotoxicity. In addition to her research, she sees patients from all around the country in consultation for primary immune deficiency, immune dysregulation, and allergic disorders.
MD: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 1997.
PhD: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 1996.
Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 1997-2000.
Fellowship: Allergy / Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Certification: Pediatrics, 2007; Allergy and Immunology, 2005.
Vrazo AC, Hontz AE, Figueira SK, Butler BL, Ferrell JM, Binkowski BF, Li J, Risma KA. Live cell evaluation of granzyme delivery and death receptor signaling in tumor cells targeted by human natural killer cells. Blood. 2015 Jun 29.
Carmo M, Risma KA, Arumugam P, Tiwari S, Hontz AE, Montiel-Equihua CA, Alonso-Ferrero ME, Blundell MP, Schambach A, Baum C, Malik P, Thrasher AJ, Jordan MB, Gaspar HB. Perforin gene transfer into hematopoietic stem cells improvesimmune dysregulation in murine models of perforin deficiency. Mol Ther. 2015 Apr;23(4):737-45.
Li J, Figueira SK, Vrazo AC, Binkowski BF, Butler BL, Tabata Y, Filipovich A, Jordan MB, Risma KA. Real-Time Detection of CTL Function Reveals Distinct Patterns of Caspase Activation Mediated by Fas versus Granzyme B. J Immunol. 2014 Jul 15;193(2):519-28.
Mellor-Heineke S, Villanueva J, Jordan MB, Marsh R, Zhang K, Bleesing JJ, Filipovich AH, Risma KA. Elevated Granzyme B in Cytotoxic Lymphocytes is a Signature of Immune Activation in Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis. Front Immunol. 2013 Mar 22; 4:72.
Risma K, Jordan MB. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: updates and evolving concepts. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2012 Feb;24(1):9-15.
Zhang K, Jordan MB, Marsh RA, Johnson JA, Kissell D, Meller J, Villanueva J, Risma KA, Wei Q, Klein PS, Filipovich AH. Hypomorphic mutations in PRF1, MUNC13-4, and STXBP2 are associated with adult-onset familial HLH. Blood. 2011 Nov 24;118(22):5794-8.
Lykens JE, Terrell CE, Zoller EE, Risma K, Jordan MB. Perforin is a critical physiologic regulator of T-cell activation. Blood. 2011 Jul 21;118(3):618-26.
Sumegi J, Barnes MG, Nestheide SV, Molleran-Lee S, Villanueva J, Zhang K, Risma KA, Grom AA, Filipovich AH. Gene expression profiling of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from children with active hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Blood. 2011 Apr 14;117(15):e151-60.
Urrea Moreno R, Gil J, Rodriguez-Sainz C, Cela E, LaFay V, Oloizia B, Herr AB, Sumegi J, Jordan MB, Risma KA. Functional assessment of perforin C2 domain mutations illustrates the critical role for calcium-dependent lipid binding in perforin cytotoxic function. Blood. 2009 Jan 8;113(2):338-46.
Risma KA, Frayer RW, Filipovich AH, Sumegi J. Aberrant maturation of mutant perforin underlies the clinical diversity of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. J Clin Invest. 2006 Jan;116(1):182-92.
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Actelion Pays Auxilium $10M Up Front for Rights to Xiaflex in Specific Territories
Actelion Pharmaceuticals is paying Auxilium Pharmaceuticals $10 million up front as part of a long-term partnership centered on development and commercialization of the latter's Xiaflex™ (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) biologic for the treatment of Dupuytren contracture and Peyronie disease, in Canada, Australia, Brazil, and Mexico. Auxilium could receive up to another $16 million related to regulatory and commercialization milestones, $42.5 million in sales milestones, and double digit sales royalties.
Xiaflex® has already been approved in the U.S. and EU for the treatment of Dupuytre contracture and is under regulatory review in Canada. Development for the same indication is separately in progress in Japan. Under terms of its deal with Auxilium, Actelion has exclusive rights to commercialize Xiaflex for the treatment of both the Dupuytren contracture and Peyronie disease indications in its four territories and will have primary responsibility for regulatory and commercialization activities. The firm says it expects to file for approval of the drug for the Dupuytren contracture indication in Australia, Brazil, and Mexico during the next 12 months.
Auxilium will be responsible for global development of Xiaflex against Peyronie disease as well as all clinical and commercial drug manufacturing and supply activities. A global Phase III trial program for the Peyronie disease indication is under way, and topline data is expected before the second half of this year. Actelion will shoulder any costs and clinical development activities that may be required to develop the drug for the Peyronie disease indication in its designated territories.
Auxilium is separately developing Xiaflex injections for the potential treatment of frozen shoulder syndrome (idiopathic adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder) and for reducing cellulite (edematous fibrosclerotic panniculopathy). Patient dosing for the Phase I cellulite study was initiated in January, and in December 2011, the first patients received treatment in an open-label Phase II study evaluating Xiaflex in the treatment of frozen shoulder.
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That was today …
So, our precious time together has come to an end. We've got through a lot, and here are some of the highlights:
- We started the day with Cloud Nothings' new track Psychic Trauma.
- Then the excitement hit as Oasis tricked the world into thinking they were doing something interesting at 9am.
- We got excited about Ripper Street and Peaky Blinders
- and you helped us define Oasis. Well done, you.
See you tomorrow when Kate Hutchinson will be leading you through the cultural tundra.
Define-itely Maybe: Oasis summed up (part 2)
Thanks for your Oasis-based mini blogging riffing. Here's the second wave of Gallagher definitions.
Then there was @Dweezil1968 who had a slightly different attitude t'lads.
Who is William Onyeabor? We still don't really know…
The Guide's Kate Hutchinson now on the mysterious William Onyeabor:
Last year, the Guardian Music team got the horn for an album from the label Luaka Bop called Who Is William Onyeabor?, the fruits of five years spent trying to track down the elusive Nigerian electronic wizard behind the amazing funk-electro track Atomic Bomb.
Noisey have made a documentary about this quest and, well, Onyeabor makes Prince look about as elusive as Joey Essex's manbiceps. Also features Damon Albarn's gold teeth, some wonderful shots of Nigeria's everyday hustle and bustle and the best stairway to (synth) heaven we've ever seen.
Vice Vice Baby
The 2014 Oscar race? Old news, brother. We're already looking ahead to the contenders for 2015, in particular Inherent Vice, which Warner Bros. has just allocated a release date of December 12 2014. A Miami-set surf noir, Inherent Vice scores a bullseye on the pop-culture sweet spot: it's directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, stars Joaquin Phoenix, Joanna Newsom and Josh Brolin, among others, and is adapted from the book of the same name by super-elusive postmodernist author Thomas Pynchon.
Pynchon is notoriously unwilling to allow adaptations of his work: he famously agreed to a request to turn his opus Gravity's Rainbow into an opera, but only on the condition that it it was scored entirely for solo banjo (that one never reached the stage, unsurprisingly). So this is big news.
Let's celebrate with one of Anderson's greatest scenes: the Jesse's Girl drug deal from Boogie Nights.
Peaky Blinders: in pieces
Following my bigging-up of Ripper Street earlier, Lanre Bakare has returned fire with a strident defence of its period noir rival Peaky Blinders:
I was routinely lambasted on the Guide desk for genuinely being in to Peaky Blinders.
I can understand the criticism. The accents (on the whole) were completely erratic and no one sounded like a Brummie, Benjamin Zephaniah playing a Rasta priest in 1920s Birmingham felt like a bit of a stretch and the soundtrack was completely dependent on the White Stripes and Nick Cave. But Cillian Murphy, Helen McCory and Sam Neill put in star turns and held together a show where style was often used to polyfiller over the massive substance gaps.
Anyway, here is a run down of what made Peaky Blinders great.
Cillian Murphy
As previously stated Murphy brought some genuine star quality to the show and added more fuel to the every growing "TV is the new cinema" hype fire that's been burning since people noticed that The Sopranos was good.
Razor hats
There were quite a lot of journalists who legitimately asked: "Why did you call you show Peaky Blinders?". The answer was that the gang the show is based on were famous for wearing hats with razor blades inserted in them. Now, the skill that's required to accurately slice someone's face off with a flat cap is incredible (as the above clip shows). Wisely, perhaps, the blinders only use their caps in this one scene. Marvel at their sartorial violence.
Nick Cave song(s)
You couldn't move for Nick Cave songs in Peaky Blinders. Red Right Hand featured in just about every blumming scene. That's all there is to say about that, but I'm also going to use it to segue into the fact that True Detective was going to be called The Murder Ballads, which is the name of the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album that Red Right Hand is taken from.
Changing the face of fashion
The Blinders sartorial statements (collarless shirts, trench coats, moustaches, razor caps) were enough to produce a stream of fashion pieces about their influence on our clothing choices. Not sure if the look has quite made it out of Shoreditch yet, but they gave male fans a clear blueprint of how to achieve 'the Peaky look'.
Define-itely Maybe: Oasis summed up
Two things:
- Apologies for that awful pun.
- We're looking for your best Twitter definitions of Oasis. Fire them in the general direction of @guideguardian.
@alexeptable wins the prize for fastest response:
Inevitably, The Great Oasis-Blur Debate has reared its ugly head:
Oh, and then there's this:
Keep 'em coming.
You, yes you, can be a super-producer
Here's a clever bit of YouTube wizardry from Rudimental and Beats by Dre. Beat by Beat allows you to strip the former's new single down to its composite parts - strings, bassline, vocals, etc. It's quite nifty, though ruined slightly by the fact that the Rudimental boys spend much of the video talking about their 'process' over the top of the recording, meaning that opportunities to mess about are a bit limited. Still, credit for trying something a bit different. You'll have to head over to YouTube to get the full interactive effect, but here's the main vid:
For those looking for a more frivolous mixing experience, here's the daft Beyonce soundboard that Sam Richards flagged up on yesterday's live blog.
Remembering Bill Hicks
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the death of stand-up, satirist and general troublemaker Bill Hicks. To commemorate Guardian Stage have been running a series of articles on Hicks, including New Yorker critic John Lahr's 1994 Guardian obituary, and a piece by stand-up Brendon Burns debunking popular myths around the man. We don't have anything as profound as those pieces to impart, so instead here are a few of our favourite Bill Hicks moments (well, the ones we could find on YouTube):
In addition, here's some previously unseen footage of Hicks on the "miracle" of childbirth:
Have we missed anything? Share your favourite Bill Hicks moments via twitter or in the comments below.
Ripper Street lives!
In recent months Team Guide has been split across two factions: those who believe, as I do, that Ripper Street is the best of the current period noir dramas, and those who are adamant that Peaky Blinders rules the roost in that regard. Lately the Peaky Blinders boosters have been ascendent: while their show was renewed for a second season, Ripper Street was unceremoniously dumped by the BBC. But today I bring glorious news for the Ripper Street raters: the show will return for a third season, thanks to a deal between BBC and Amazon. Which means more cod-cockney dialogue ("cor guv, she's been ripped"), more appearances by historical figures like Elephant Man Joseph Merrick, and more from Homer Jackson's impressive catalogue of facial expressions:
While you were sleeping...
America was busy churning out entertainment news galore:
- Pharrell is streaming his new album on iTunes... but it's geoblocked so you won't be able to listen to it.
- Murky murder mystery of the moment True Detective is managing some whopping ratings in the US.
- Fresh from shouting at Peter Hitchens, Matthew Perry is to star in a TV remake of The Odd Couple.
- And Kanye performed a career-spanning medley on Late Night With Seth Meyers!
And that big Oasis announcement is...
Lots of excitable shrieking on twitter last night after Oasis shared this cryptic Instagram post:
What could it mean? A reunion? A Glastonbury headline shot? A theme park in the vein of Shrek World?
No, they're rereleasing Definitely Maybe. With bonus content, B-sides, acoustic versions et al admittedly, but still all very underwhelming given the advance hoopla.
Reissues of What's The Story (Morning Glory)? and the unintentionally hilarious Be Here Now will follow. Here's a trailer with the Gallagher brothers looking all young and surly:
Hopefully the reissues will feature more pithy commentary from Noel...
So, what do you make of the reissues? More importantly, what do you think an Oasis theme park would look like? Do get in touch.
Morning to you all. It's Wednesday and (from where I'm sat at least) there isn't a cloud in the sky. Let's correct that cumulus shortfall with Cleveland, Ohio chuggers Cloud Nothings, whose ace new track Psychic Trauma has just shaken me awake like some sort of digital Berocca*.
*Please note: other effervescent vitamin tablets are available.
Lots of stuff to come, starting with an update on the brothers Gallagher...


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Posse:The Diez Coronas Rebellion
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The Diez Coronas Rebellion is a Red Dead Redemption posse.
About the posse
We are a Ps3 posse based on the Rebeldes characters. We mainly stay in Diez Coronas in Mexico, usually around Torquemada and El Presidio. The members of the posse all use Expert targeting mode, and will encourage others to do so too. This article was made by 'RCarlisle94' and 'Red-Dead-Redemption-Expertj'. Viva La Revolución!
Joining the posse
Bluetooth Headset recommended, but not strictly needed (communication is key!). Preferabally 13-25 year olds wanted. MUST be a Rebeldes character. Preferabally Expert targeting mode, not strictly needed at first, but will be encouraged to try it out. You might become a better player later on. Preferabally level 25+. We will help you to level up as much as we can. Send a message to either; 'R-Carlisle94-' or 'TriiCkz_jeVon' on PsN and we will see if you are good enough (Expert targeting mode MUST be used for your 'trial').
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If we really can't help but think a certain way, one might worry that this doesn't guarantee that that is the correct way to think. If we can't rationally doubt certain principles, then there is a certain kind of sceptical worry that we are stuck being unable to doubt false principles. I appeal to Kant's idea that conditions on the possibility of thought and experience are themselves also conditions on the objects of thought and experience.
Continuing the End Times series, Richard Marshall interviews Jessica Leech.


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i was in the mud, i am now dirty.
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The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush
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Micah is real good at basketball.
Yeah, he's dirty.
Yeah, he's dirty.
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Those nasty, ghetto, slutty chicks that block up the halls in your highschool. When you try to pass them you feel like you need a shower to sanitize yourself of the drugs and herpes that you were just possibly contaminated with. Usually characterized with big, baggy sweatshirts or hoodies and jeans with slits passed 5 inches up the side of the leg.
I was trying to tell you a story in the hall but those dirties were in the way!
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Way of ordering/preparing a martini; made by adding a splash of olive juice to a martini (atop the usual dry vermouth and vodka/gin), garnished with an olive.
"Grey Goose martini, dirty, please."
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Person 1: The fucking pigs are pulling us over, you clean?
Person 2: Shit-nah n*gga. I'm dirty.
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Person 2: A'ight
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text: Movies Trailer trash Trailer Trash Why we need world film awards; a new documentary lifts the lid on the falcon trade; Mike Leigh's latest Movies Trailer trash Trailer Trash Why we need world film awards; a new documentary lifts the lid on the falcon trade; Mike Leigh's latest Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email View more sharing options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Google+ Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger Close Jason Solomons Saturday 13 March 2010 19.05 EST World's best filmAfter the crushing dullness of the Baftas and the Oscars, something clearly needs to be done to invigorate awards shows. My feeling is that the Oscars should go all out for cheesy song'n'dance numbers, or get really funny and edgy and make Chris Rock the perpetual host. Then they could stop making all the black people sit in one corner, which they did last week with the Precious gang, creating surely one of the most shameful seating configurations since Rosa Parks got on that bus. Opening up the best picture nominees to 10 didn't really do much, neither making the show more populist nor more intelligent. The only category still open to surprises is the foreign language film, and that clearly needs a radical overhaul if the Oscars wish to remain relevant to where film is at. Maybe what's really needed is a world film awards. I suppose Cannes is a bit like that, but there the fates are decided by a small jury picking from a carefully curated selection. Imagine an ongoing awards race to decide the best performances, writers, films on the planet. It might be fun – as long as they keep the ceremony free of interpretive dance. Mike Leigh smilesTrash bumped into Mike Leigh in Soho the other day, looking very happy-go-lucky. The director has just finished his latest film and he seemed pretty pleased with it. As usual, the title, cast and plot had been kept secret, but I can say that it's called Another Year and stars Leigh regulars Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville and Phil Davis. It also features one of Leigh's newer discoveries, Karina Fernandez, the flamenco teacher (above) in Happy-Go-Lucky. The film is clearly ready for Cannes, but have the director and the festival smoothed relations since Vera Drake was snubbed and instead went to Venice and won? From Leigh's guarded response, I suspect they have, and we'll be seeing Another Year, accompanied by its cast and director trotting up the red steps of the Palais in May. And I can't wait. Falcons follow dolphinsOne of the highlights of the Oscars ceremony was a win for dolphin documentary The Cove, which cut away from the film's star Ric O'Barry ("a hero to all species", claimed his producer) as he was unfurling a banner against dolphin slaughter. Next year's hot animal, I predict, will be the falcon. Apparently, falcon smuggling is the fourth most profitable illegal trade, behind people, arms and drugs. The trafficking is so mysterious and lucrative that the birds have been nicknamed "feathered cocaine". This is also the title of a new documentary linking the birds with royal families, the CIA, the KGB, al-Qaida and the oil industry. The film, made by two Icelandic documentarists, swoops in for its premiere at New York's Tribeca film festival next month. Topics Movies Trailer trash Oscars Baftas Oscars 2010 features Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Google+ Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger Reuse this content