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Medico-economic Evaluation of Subcutaneous Automatic Resorbable Staples Device (S2CARA)
This study has been completed.
Nantes University Hospital
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First received: February 21, 2012
Last updated: March 7, 2016
Last verified: March 2016
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A surgery made by an external incision requires to stitch the subcutaneous plans, usually performed using absorbable synthetic sutures hold on wire needle. This national, prospective, multicentric, and randomized study is devoted to estimate a technique of suture of the subcutaneous plans based on an implantable medical device delivering automatically absorbable staples. This particularly innovative technique lets to expect a tolerance and an efficiency at least equivalent to the reference technique (main objective). Moreover, this technique allows to anticipate a reduction of the duration of surgical procedure and anesthetic time while limiting the risks of blood wounds of the medical staff.The medical economic part of this study will check, from the point of view of the health care hospital, wether the technique is likely to reduce the costs and time consuming theater room procedures.
|ENT Surgery Gynecological Surgery Plastic Surgery
|Device: Insorb resorbable staples Device: Monocryl resorbable wire
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Medico-economic Evaluation of Subcutaneous Automatic Resorbable Staples Device
Further study details as provided by Nantes University Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Overall PSAS score measured 3 months after the surgery [ Time Frame: 3 months after the surgery ]Overall PSAS score measured 3 months after the surgery(PSAS : "Patient Scar Assessment Scale")
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) or average cost of suture according to the procedure (wire or staple) [ Time Frame: Day 0 (Procedure) ]
- Presence of scarring complications at day 8 (infection, dehiscence) [ Time Frame: Day 8 ]
- Measurement of suture, surgical and anesthetic times [ Time Frame: Day 0 (procedure) ]
- Overall score of the PSAS scale [ Time Frame: Months 3, 12 and 18 ]The tolerance will be assessed by the overall score of the PSAS scale (Patient Scar Assessment Scale)
- Overall score of the OSAS scale [ Time Frame: Months 3, 12 and 18 ]The scar quality will be assessed by the overall score of the OSAS scale (Observer Scar Assessment Scale)
- Aesthetic quality of the scar [ Time Frame: Month 18 ]The aesthetic quality of the scar will be assessed by the patient and a physician (not the surgeon) by a score range from 0 to 10
- Quantification of accidental exposure to blood [ Time Frame: During the surgery ]
|Study Start Date:
|March 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Resorbable staples
Suture using Insorb Resorbable staples
Device: Insorb resorbable staples
Subcutanous suture using resorbable staples
Other Name: Insorb staples
Active Comparator: Resorbable wires
Suture using Monocryl resorbable wire
Device: Monocryl resorbable wire
Subcutanous suture using resorbable wire
Other Name: Monocryl Wire
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female aged 18 yrs to 75 yrs
- Patient supported for a scheduled surgery :
For abdominoplasty, cervicotomy or suprapubic surgery With a open incision necessary for operative exposition of 10 cm or more with a straight or curved surgery incision
- Person covered by Health Insurance
- ECOG Performance Status 0 or 1
- Patient's informed and written consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Incision imposing a very angular or sinuous scar for which the use of the medical device is deemed unsuited (sinuous or bayonet incisions)
- Known history of intolerance to any component of the medical device
- Immunocompromised patients or undergoing a long term treatment by corticosteroids or immunosuppressants
- Known or anticipated presence of a skin infection (due to the infected skin condition, or because of underlying surgery conducted in infected territory or likely to be)
- Dermatological disease or skin treatment in progress
- History of radiation therapy on the surgical site or antimitotic treatment in progress
- Pregnancy at the time of suture
- Patients simultaneously included in another treatment protocol
- Patients under legal guardianship
- Non French speaking patients, refusing or unfit for the monitoring proposed in the study
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01546272
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01546272
|CHU de Nantes
|Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France, 44000
|Amiens University Hospital
|Amiens, France
|Angers University Hospital
|Angers, France
|Besançon University Hospital
|Besançon, France
|Bordeaux University Hospital "Centre FX. Michelet"
|Bordeaux, France
|Brest University Hospital "Hôpital du Morvan"
|Brest, France
|Caen University Hospital "Hôpital de la Côte de Nacre"
|Caen, France
|Lille University Hospital "Hôpital Roger Salengro"
|Lille, France
|"Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille - La Conception"
|Marseille, France
|Montpellier University Hospital "Hôpital Gui de Chauliac"
|Montpellier, France
|Mulhouse Hospital "Emile Muller"
|Mulhouse, France
|CHU Nantes
|Nantes, France
|"Institut de Cancérologie de Nice"
|Nice, France
|"Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris - Hôpital Bichat"
|Paris, France
|CHU Poitiers
|Poitiers, France
|Poitiers University Hospital
|Poitiers, France
|Rennes University Hospital "CHU Pontchaillou"
|Rennes, France
|Rennes University Hospital
|Rennes, France
|Rouen University Hospital
|Rouen, France
|Strasbourg University Hospital "Hôpital Hautepierre"
|Strasbourg, France
|"Institut Claudius Regaud"
|Toulouse, France
|"Pôle Santé Léonard de Vinci"
|Tours, France
|Pôle Santé Léonard de Vinci
|Tours, France
|Tours University Hospital
|Tours, France
Sponsors and Collaborators
Nantes University Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Olivier Malard, Professor
|CHU Nantes
More Information
Keywords provided by Nantes University Hospital:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Nantes University Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01546272 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 21, 2012
|Last Updated:
|March 7, 2016
Keywords provided by Nantes University Hospital:
Subcutaneous resorbable sutures
Tolerance / effectiveness of subcutaneous suture
Reduced operative time and anesthesia time
Medico-economic evaluation
Accidental exposure to blood
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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With a toot-toot and a clang-clang-clang, Holidog Express made its first run around Holidog's FunTown on Friday afternoon.
There were smiles all around.
Here's a video of that first ride:
We still ride through Mother Goose Land, and visit with old friends such as Humpty Dumpty …
… Little Miss Muffet and that beyond huge spider that sat down beside her …
… and Tom Tom the Piper's Son. (Years ago, the travel editor at the Indianapolis Star remarked, "he looks a bit like a young Ronald Reagan, doesn't he?")
Click back to this earlier HoliBlog post if you'd like to know more about the Freedom Train.
Meanwhile, another happy trainload of children enjoys the charming tradition that has delighted generations since our first season.

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A BAD day at the office for the Blues saw them crash to a heavy Dorset & Wilts One South defeat against North Dorset Seconds on Saturday.
The visitors opened the scoring early on with a blistering run from their left winger, who brushed off four ineffectual tackles to score in the corner. The successful conversion kept the scoreboard ticking over.
Bridport were able to respond with a classy try by the ever-reliable Mike Pibworth from the base of a solid scrum – but that was pretty much it for the hosts.
They were contained in their half by muscular North Dorset forward power, who repeatedly won ball for their keen back line to work with.
Four more tries followed for the visitors before half-time, taking their lead to 27-5 and leaving Bridport with a virtually impossible task in the second period.
After the turnaround, the visitors continued where they had left off in the first half, as Bridport became observers rather than participants.
Too often their meagre and hard-earned possession was lost in contact and through aimless kicking, while their efficient scrummaging technique was their only saving grace.
North Dorset scored four more tries in a second half which was disrupted by several stoppages for injuries.
Despite the Blues being outgunned by a better and more intense side, they battled to a final whistle which couldn't come quickly enough.
The Blues' final match of the season will be at home against Frome Seconds on April 12 when hopefully the injury list will have shortened.
Meanwhile, in Dorset & Wilts Four, Bridport Seconds lost 29-5 at Blandford Seconds in the final game of rugby for veteran skipper Wayne Munro.
The 53-year-old is finally hanging up his playing boots, though from next season he will be taking up the whistle as a referee.


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Briana Smith
Briana T. Smith majored in professional communications and information systems and was one of the first Pittsburgh Promise students to complete a four-year degree. She's also an RMU legacy: Her father, Alvin Smith, graduated in 1986.
Before Briana graduated she had already has been offered a job with PNC Financial Services as a business analyst. PNC knows exactly what it is getting in Briana, who interned with the company the previous two summers. In addition to her numerous volunteer activities, she was active on campus with the Black Student Union, Zeta Phi Beta sorority, and the Pittsburgh Promise cohort.
She was also the recipient of RMU's 2011 Rising Star Award, given to a graduating senior who demonstrates academic success, individuality, determination, passion, and potential in his/her field of study.
"Before Robert Morris, surprisingly, I wasn't outgoing," she says. "I'd just linger in the background and didn't want the spotlight on me. Here, I realized all that I could do. The opportunities are endless."
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Moms don't want the company line when it comes to food. They want the truth, and they want to feel good about the food they're buying and preparing for their families. When it comes to meals away from home, they don't want to feel guilty because they run by McDonald's every now and then to feed their kids. They shouldn't.
There's a tremendous amount of variation in type, variety, calorie count, fat and sugar content, and nutritional value of the food available to you in this country. But when it comes to food safety, you can walk into a grocery store, pick up anything, and not have to worry about taking it home and feeding it to your kids (I'll talk about food safety in a future post). Interestingly, people sometimes don't want to take responsibility for their role in the process. Food safety also involves preparation and storage of food at home. Lots of modern-day moms didn't grow up learning how to cook so there's a lack of knowledge about food in general. I try to address that in my blog, Mom at the Meat Counter. In fact, I'm sometimes sneakily taking pictures in the grocery store.
To help give some of these moms a better understanding of modern agriculture, we have a program called, "Moms on the Farm," an idea that started in South Dakota. We take non-ag moms on tours of farms in northwest Arkansas, where we have a few dairies, lots of chickens and some cow-calf operations. At the cattle operation, one participant asked the owner if she sold her cattle to Wal-Mart. As if she just drove up to the back door of a WalMart and dropped her cows off.
That's how huge the "disconnect" really is. Most consumers don't understand that those calves are likely going to go from Arkansas to a stocker unit in Oklahoma, then maybe to a feedlot in Kansas, and then they might be harvested in Texas. In actuality, they're probably five or six steps away from WalMart! As an industry, we haven't done the best job of telling consumers how the process works. But we must, if we want consumers to have trust in our U.S. food system. They want more information about how their food is grown, how it's harvested, and how it gets from the farm to their tables, and we're the ones who can provide the facts. I'm trying to do my part with my blog, Mom at the Meat Counter. Tell me what you're doing, and let's get more farmers and ranchers reaching out to consumers in unique and different ways.


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Matauri Bay, Northland, New Zealand, September 19, 2006 - Kauri Cliffs Lodge is nearing completion of its $1.7 million, 3,200 square foot, state-of-the-art Spa slated to open December 1, 2006. The complex will boast one of the most spectacular spas in the world.
Nestled in a native Totara forest and a short walk from the guest cottages, the spa is approached by three wooded paths which wind through the natural bush and converge at the entrance. Upon entering the antique honed marble foyer, bordered by an exotic orchid and fern garden, the eye is immediately drawn to the "Femme au balcon" (after Pablo Picasso), a superb 84 x 63 inch tapestry.
Four treatment rooms each open on to their own relaxing private courtyard with fireplace (for those cool evenings), overlooking a garden and meandering stream and set within a beautiful stand of native trees and ferns. Treatments may be taken indoors or "al fresco".
For the ultimate indulgence the Signature Room, catering to couples, boasts its own Jacuzzi and chaise lounge built for two. The spacious Jacuzzi is designed for treatments "a deux" which include mud, seaweed or rose petals baths, and looks out on a private fern garden.
Careful attention has been paid to every detail of the contemporary design and layout including the soothing muted colors and rich textures which create a mood of total serenity. Top of the line fixtures from exclusive purveyors such as Kohler (rain head showers) and Spazio Casa marble, round out the feeling of total luxury.
Internationally qualified therapists will be available to pamper guests. Individual treatments or special quarter, half or full day packages consisting of massage, body treatments, facials, manicures, pedicures, reflexology, Vichy water treatments and personalized yoga sessions are offered. The Spa complex contains a full gym and a 100 foot heated lap pool, his and hers locker rooms, a cedar sauna, indoor/outdoor spa pool and a state of the art wet room for Vichy and body treatments, and is only a stone's throw away from two Astroturf tennis courts.
"Guests who stay with us expect the ultimate experience, which is why we are constantly reevaluating what service and luxury mean in the 21st century", said Jay Robertson, General Manager of Kauri Cliffs, "Our new Spa will ensure we exceed the expectations of our most discerning guests. Kauri Cliffs will now be able to provide guests with the ultimate spa experience."
Set on 6,500 acres of working farm, near Matauri Bay, Northland, on the North Island, the Lodge at Kauri Cliffs affords spectacular 180 degree views of the Pacific Ocean. Cape Brett and the offshore Cavalli Islands are part of the panorama.
Kauri Cliffs is a member of Relais & Chateaux and has been providing its upscale guests the ultimate pampered experience since 2001. Kauri Cliffs is ranked as the 10th Best International Hideaway for 2006 by Andrew Harpers Hideaway Report. In 2005 Golf Magazine ranked Kauri Cliffs Golf Course the 58th Best Golf Course in the World which makes it the world's 12th best golf course built in the last 70 years.
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Copying this post from DGCR I know I have no trade refs on here, but I have good feedback on DGCR and cash will send first. Same username over there.
So what you see here is a set of 2 discs, these were custom ordered by Steady Ed, with art from a friend of his. You'll recognize the art on one of the pair is the same as on his memorial discs. These are in perfect condition, on APX discs.
Here is the e-mail I got from DGA when I e-mailed them for info about the discs.
Hello Garrett,
Thanks for contacting us with your question. Those discs were created by Ed with artwork from a close friend of his. He had Discraft make them for him and he'd take them to tournaments to sign and sell. Odds are that those were purchased after his death, since there are no signatures on them. I'm not sure exactly how many sets were made....perhaps 500 sets. This were the only two stamps available in the set. They are fairly rare.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
Scott Keasey
General Manager
DGA, Inc.
2608 San Juan Road
Aromas, CA 95004
So there are at most 500 sets of these. This pair has no ink and is pristine.
I'd like to get $200 for the pair shipped with delivery confirmation, but if you don't think that is fair, make me an offer.
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I wonder if the Patimokkha allows monastics to ask lay people to kill plants like weeds? Will they get bad karma by unknowingly doing things (or having to do things) against Patimokkha?
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Uttarā was the daughter of Puṇṇa, a poor man who worked for hire. While others were enjoying a holiday, Puṇṇa had to work because he was so poor. One day, the Elder Sāriputta, who had just arisen from spending seven days in absorption (nirodha samāpatti), wished to bestow a blessing on Puṇṇa. He went to the field where Puṇṇa was working and stood there gazing at a bush. Puṇṇa cut off a piece to offer tooth-sticks to the elder.
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Malcolm wrote:...According to Garab Dorje, prior to the arising of the basis which is latent during the dark eon interval, nevertheless there are traces of affliction and action remaining from the previous eon. Because of these traces, the basis is stirred, the five lights appear and so on (this is why the Dzogcgen doctrine of two different kinds of Buddhahood is critical -- the first, the buddhahood that reverts the basis is the buddhahood asserted by all lower vehicles. The buddhahood that does not revert to the basis is the preserve of only Dzogchen).
The Gongpa Zangthal cycle supplies that during the arising of basis there is a neutral awareness (shes pa lung ma bstan) in the basis that does not recognize itself. This non-recognition is the innate ignorance. When this neutral awareness cognizes the five lights there is a dividing line between nirvana and samsara. When a neutral awareness recognizes the appearance of the basis as its own appearances it is is prajñā and is immediately liberated. That is Samantabhadra. A neutral awareness that does not recognize appearances as its own appearances immediately is the imputing ignorance, and samsara begins (again) because subject and object is imputed. This is all very clearly explained in detail in the eleven topics of Dzogchen Nyinthig. This is also clearly explained by Khenpo Ngawang Palzang.Key point: innate enlightenment arises simultaneously with innate ignorance.
After the basis arises, innate ignorance is first and even Samantabhadra has it. There is period where a neutral awareness does not recognize itself in anyway. That is the innate ignorance. It (the neutral awareness) can only recognize itself through the display of five lights. When it recognizes that display as its own display, then this is the liberation of Samantabhadra without the performance of an iota of virtue. We on the other hand did not recognize these five lights as our own display, and for us, samsara began, without even an particle of non-virtue having been done.
According to Dzogchen teachings, all sentient being attain Buddhahood by the end of the eon -- this is very clearly stated by Garab Dorje in the commentary above. But there are two kinds of Buddhahood, and as I said above, there is only Buddhahood that does not revert to the basis, and that is the Buddhahood attained through Dzogchen methods. The Buddhahood of other vehicles reverts to the basis, without the corresponding result.
Now then, the reason why we cannot take these metaphors in Uttaratantra literally is that the basis is not Buddhahood. If the basis were Buddhahood, there would be no need for any kind of recognition.
In Dzogchen, there is a difference between the basis and the result. The difference is simply vidyā and avidyā and the recognition and non-recognition that comes from those.
Further, it is not enough merely to understand the general original basis. One must also understand the human body as a basis.
So all those beings that have not achieved budhahood through the Dzogche doctrine will have to cycle in samsara again at the end of the dark eon?


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In this first volume, the Gormenghast Castle, and the noble family who inhabits it, are introduced, along with the infant firstborn son of the Lord and Countess. Titus Groan is sent away to be raised by a wet nurse, with only a gold ring from his mother, and ordered to not be brought back until the age of six. By his christening, he learns from his much older sisters that epileptic fits are "common at his age." He also learns that they don't like his mother. And then, he is crowned, and called, "Child-inheritor of the rivers, of the Tower of Flints and the dark recesses beneath cold stairways and the sunny summer lawns. Child-inheritor of the spring breeze that blow in from the jarl forests and of the autumn misery in petal, scale, and wing. Winter's white brilliance on a thousand turrets and summer's torpor among walls that crumble..."
In these extraordinary novels, Peake has created a world where all is like a dream - lush, fantastical, vivid; a symbol of dark struggle.
©1967 Mervyn Peake; (P)2000 Blackstone Audiobooks
"[Peake's books] are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience." (C.S. Lewis)
"Count Me Among the Peake Fans"
As others have noted, Peake is often spoken of in the same breath as Tolkein. They are undoubtedly two of the greatest English fantasy novelists of the twentieth century. But rather than thinking of Peake as similar to Tolkein, it's perhaps best to think of him as the anti-Tolkein. Both Peake and Tolkein are great at what they do, but they're up to rather different things. If The Lord of the Rings is a basically celebratory series that focuses on plot, Peake's Gormenghast books (not, by design, a trilogy, but the first three books of a longer series cut short by Peake's untimely death) are deeply cynical and are about character and, above all, setting. While Tolkein's world is full of magic, monsters, and a variety of non-human races, Peake's is largely without all these things.
I'm a longtime Tolkein fan who is now also a Peake fan. Plenty of people appreciate the qualities of both authors. But others love one and detest the other. For example, the great British novelist Michael Moorcock is a proponent of Peake and a detractor of Tolkein.
At any rate, this book is a classic that deserves a listen by those prepared for something un-Middle Earth-y. And Robert Whitfield's reading is truly outstanding, as he effectively brings to life the many characters who populate Peake's book.
"A great book ,no cliches, worth the effort"
I completely understand why a lot of readers would give this book a low rating. Many readers, and especially readers of fantasy, get very comfortable with the presence of cliches, and this book just doesn't give them any. Titus Groan doesn't have a grand good vs evil narrative, there is no sword play, nor wizards, nor damsels in distress, nor teenager-saves-the-world narrative. You get none of the usual formulas. The action is sparse, the language is thick, and the world is just sort of weird. It's not something that an average teenage fantasy fan will enjoy.
With that said, Titus Groan is a fantasy masterpiece. In its weird way, it's every bit as rich as Tolkien or Rowling. The characters are bizarrely entertaining, and the challenges they face are, if not quite the all-encompassing fight for civilization, nonetheless poignant and intriguing. As strange as the novel is, it feels more real than most fantasy.
Titus Groan is a novel without a contrived road-map, and it is as much high literature as it is fantasy. Good literature is challenging: it forces you to think, and if you engage in it, it is far more rewarding than a thousand sword and sorcerer novels. Readers who think in cliches will either fail to understand the novel or will grow frustrated at the meandering plot. But for those who like a challenge, who enjoy reading about a fantastical world for its own sake, and who have an attention span that hasn't been crippled by frenetic, pop-culture oriented fantasies, this book is well worth it. It's strange and rich and utterly unlike anything you're ever going to see again. It's beautiful.
I love reading and listening to books, especially fantasy, science fiction, children's, historical, and classics.
"The Pleasures of a Rich & Vivid Baroque Nightmare"
Mervyn Peake???s Titus Groan (1946) is unique. Dense, funny, sad, hermetic, and epic, it stands alone in the landscape of literature, like the labyrinthine, ???umbrageous,??? and craggy castle Gormenghast, in which the Groan family of earls and their servants and workers are ruled by iron tradition and obscure ritual. The novel begins with the birth of Titus, the unsmiling son of Sepulchrave, the 76th Earl, and with the escape of Steerpike, the amoral, clever, and ambitious kitchen boy. These events initiate ???that most unforgivable of all heresies,??? change. Peake writes the stifled life of the decaying castle and its grotesque inhabitants with humor and empathy. And with intense detail, so that it might be difficult for a first time reader/listener to enter Peake???s world of baroque descriptions and bizarre yet apt metaphors.
But the persevering reader drawn more to the strange pleasures of a poet-painter???s skewed imagination than to the familiar excitements and moral clarity of Tolkienesque fantasy will discover a strange world full of unforgettable characters, events, and images. A few of my favorites are: a room full of white cats; a field of flagstones framed by clouds; a poem read out of a window by a wedge-headed poet; a gift ruby red ???like a lump of anger???; a room tangled by painted roots; a library refuge of row upon row of priceless???and flammable???books; a sinister equestrian statue; a funeral featuring a headless human skeleton, a calf???s skull, and a blue ribbon; a one-legged, foul-mouthed dwarf walking back and forth over the dishes of a ceremonial breakfast; a deadly duel featuring a two-handed cleaver, a sword, and a room full of spider webs; a pair of voluminous purple dresses floating on a lake; a serious baby making ???a tiny, drunken totter??? on a sandy beach???
Robert Whitfield (Simon Vance) reads Titus Groan with flawless enunciation, rhythm, and feeling. I often found myself rewinding to enjoy again his enthusiastic reading of Peake???s rich language and eccentric characters. Although I was disappointed by his Fuchsia (more simper than passion), his other characters were great, especially his Flay (terse gravel), Swelter (flabby unction), Steerpike (cold, cocky working class), Nannie Slagg (wrinkled querulousness), Dr. Prunesquallor (falsetto trilling ???Ha-ha-ha-ha!???), and the twin sisters (vain and venomous monotone).
There is none of the magic or supernatural of typical fantasy novels in Titus Groan. Nevertheless, it is a fantasy novel because it presents a more ugly, beautiful, absurd, sad, and hermetic version of our real world. And the themes of Titus Groan remain relevant: the conflicts between imagination and ambition, emotion and calculation, and new and old; the detrimental effect on human minds and relationships of tradition, ritual, and class; the pain and wonder of artistic creation; and the difficult but vital need to find our own special place where we can be fulfilled.
"Not your average novel"
Titus Groan is unlike most novels that rush to get to the end. Peake treats his story like life, that it is not so much getting to the destination that's the real goal, but the journey itself that's the real fun of it all. And what a journey it is! He writes in silvery images on moonlight that creats a portrait of fine art, not just a story.
The Gormenghast trilogy is (like Carroll's Alice in Wonderland) a satire on British society which is both funny and tragic. It explores a marvelous wonderland of its own behind the endless sprawling walls of the Groan's castle and puts the reader inside the workings of a stuffy upperclass and into the shoes of the working class peasants, all the while making us laugh at ourselves.
The Gormeghast books are a masterpiece of 20th century literature. The environment Peake creats IS the point of the story, a world that can immerse the reader and make you hope that you don't get to the end too quickly or you might miss the roses growing along the way.
"Not for the faint-hearted!"
This is not a book for listeners who like their fiction short and snappy. I love the richness of detail and the many-layered complexity of the Gormenghast books, but some listeners may find them slow going. This book, the first in a trilogy, certainly has more description than plot, but rewards the patient listener with subtle humor, pathos and suspense. The reading is excellent, beautifully paced and really brings the characters to life. I couldn't wait to get onto the next book.
"Very very :)"
VERY slow in the start and along the way. It takes four hours to properly introduce everyone in the castle. BUT, if you're not in a hurry AND you like the unusual: this is one of those. Very well written, very thickly textured, very strange characters... and very surreal. A slow paced dip into a dream (world). A medieval circus of royal sorts. Nice.
I read the Gormenghast triology about a year ago and was delighted to find it in unabridged format on Audible.
The narrator, Robert Whitfield, is one of the best I've heard on Audible (excellent in Don Quixote). If you are a Mervyn Peake fan, you won't find a better download than this.
"Excellent narration"
Robert Whitfield brings this story to life. Peake's genius is the description of the eccentric; but his language can heavy and pace slow at times. Whitfield's reading more than makes up for this shortcoming, and completely kept my interest even when Peake's writing by itself may not have.
"for those who love turns of phrase and Simon Vance"
This one is tricky. I like it, I do. I couldn't tell you what actually happens in the story because I am still not sure. The language is glorious. If you enjoyed the language for its own sake in Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, I bet you would like the language in this.
In a fit of enthusiasm for that very idea I tried listening to The Three Musketeers
and Ivanhoe. Not so much, the language in those didn't draw me in. It was too stiff and put me off.
The problem here, and it IS a problem for me... super lengthy descriptions of every little thing, every thought, every expression, every everything, goes on and on and on and on. You can listen for two hours and its still the same scene in which nothing of note has happened. The rub is, I keep thinking maybe something did happen and I missed it because I was happily lost in some enchanting phrase. It is DELIGHTFULLY irritating. So I will keep playing it over and over until I am sure I have it. Even if it turns out I hate the story I will have gotten more than my money's worth.
Simon Vance is always perfect. He is the only actor of many books who has never ever let me down.
I loved the prose - the book is wonderfully written, but I found it ponderous. Rather like the characters themselves, slow and heavy.
I have never read this book and so its vastness, its pettiness, its eruptions of darkness came as a wonderful surprise to me. I found my self laughing out loud at some of the situations Peake constructed and gasping at the brutality of his darker moments. A wonderful book, wonderfully read.
"Slow to start with, then wonderful..."
I sympathise with the previous reviewer who gave up on this book, I almost did too. I bought it after a recommendation on Macbreak weekly, but it took most of the first part of the recording to capture me.
I think it's probably that after a fairly slow establishing of character and location, once the plot actually thickens, then it's compelling, and I came to enjoy the rather flowery descriptions, the strange interludes and the quirky weird world of the book. Even the names are brilliant: Flay and Swelter, Steerpike and Prunesqualor...
I think it's an excellent reading (though for some reason there's a repeated paragraph at the start of each audio chapter, at least in the second part of the download?) and the various voices of the characters are clearly recognisable by the time you reach the second half.
So, I will be downloading the next one and probably the third of the trilogy.
This classic work peopled with characters who are by turns bizarre, eccentric and manipulative has influenced a generation of macabre fantasy writing. The sprawling, brooding presence of Gormenghast Castle dominates the story. Against this dark background, the story of the grim, desperate struggles of a collection of grotesque characters is quietly compelling. No, this is not a conventional adventure story; this is a descent into a nightmare.
"Excellent read"
This book is fantastic. I loved the interesting characters and the macabre, gothic world in which they live. This book reminds me of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke for its style of writing, elaborate characterisations and wicked humour. I will definitely be reading the remaining two books in the trilogy. Excellently read.
"A Wonderful Tale"
I really enjoyed this audiobook, becoming totally engrossed in the meandering tale. Peake's writing is amazingly detailed and he cleverly weaves together the daily lives and stories of each of the castle's bizarre characters.
The book is professionally read with each character having their own distinctive voice throughout - no mean feat with this many characters and hours of reading!
"My first disapointment"
Andy Ihnatko recommended this on the MacBreak Weekly podcast and I am saddened to say it is the first audio book from Audible I have started and not gone back to, let alone finished. It takes a long time to say anything and in comparison to say Terry Pratchet the humour in his characters is sadly lacking. The author seems to be trying too hard perhaps.The first let down from Audible and the TWIT teams recommendations. A real shame.
This is the first audio book that I have downloaded and actually given up on. I found the writing style bogged down with unecessary detail, when I was listening I found that my thoughts were drifting. A simple conversation between two of the characters took up to 20 minutes to say half a dozen words.
Not for me !
I struggled with the complexity of the language and the descriptive phrases. I fared no better than an earlier attempt to read the book, quit after 30 mins
"Groan is Right"
This is one of those books I decided to read/listen to because I'd heard of it, but didn't really know what it was about. It also sounded sort of interesting since it's categorized as fantasy/literature and I knew it was set in a gigantic fairy tale castle of enormous proportions complete with hidden rooms and lost hallways. Unfortunately, it sounded a lot more interesting than it was, or rather, the idea is a lot more interesting than the execution of the idea. This book reminds me of Nathaniel Hawthorn, Alice in Wonderland and a humourless Terry Pratchett all rolled into one. The story moves along like cold treacle and just reading it made me feel like I was stagnating myself. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.
"Really bad"
Gormenghast is a lunatic asylum full of extremely unpleasant and annoying inmates. The narration is ludicrously overdone, probably trying to distract from the non-existence of a proper storyline. After 5 hours of hoping it might get better I finally gave up.
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There are 10 million jobs at stake in the "vital" economic and trade relationship that exists between Mexico and the United States, said Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan in a visit with Viva Colorado and The Denver Post Editorial Board on Tuesday.
"A rising tide will lift both boats," he said, while offering a positive view of the Mexican economy, which has been growing as the U.S. economy slowed and has benefited from free-trade agreements and supply chain relationships with, for example, the rebounding U.S. auto industry.
The ambassador cited economic growth in Mexico of 5 percent since the beginning of the recession in 2008 and a Mexican unemployment rate that was 3.9 percent in February as well as zero net migration and a 60 percent reduction in migrant flow to the U.S. for 2011 among recent positive economic factors for the country.
"We have no better capital than our human capital," Sarukhan said. "If we can't hold on to these talented young men and women, then our loss is your gain. We need to hold onto them to continue growth."
Sarukhan was in Denver to make his case for why the United States and our southern neighbor need each other, a case he's made - at least once - in 45 of the 50 American states, he said. Mexico has been the U.S.' second- and third-largest trading partner in recent years and is the second-largest purchaser of U.S. goods.
A career diplomat who has held his current post since 2007, Sarukhan also had lunch with Gov. John Hickenlooper and met with Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Tuesday, to deepen those relationships, Sarukhan said.
The governor was not available to comment on the meeting, but a spokesman with the Mexican Consulate in Denver said the two leaders were very content at the end of their time together.
The meeting with Mayor Hancock also went well.
"Ambassador Sarukhan and I had thoughtful discussions on immigration, Secure Communities, education and expanded partnerships on tourism," Hancock said. "Denver is committed to partnering with the Mexican Consulate on these issues and more as we work to deliver a world class city where everyone matters."
Sarukhan was slated to attend an event at the Broadmoor International Center in Colorado Springs on Wednesday. He will also meet with Colorado Attorney General John Suthers while there.
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At the end of the month, Mexican Consul General Andres Chao will lead a trade mission to Mexico from Colorado, Sarukhan said.
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NATIVE plants and wildflowers are the inspiration behind a new project to create a giant patchwork quilt.
Salisbury-based charity Planlife is hoping to get people in the city involved in creating a Patchwork Meadow to bring together the story of Britain's wildflowers.
The charity is asking people to get stitching to create a square for the quilt.
Seona Anderson from Plantlife said: "From the Bayeux Tapestry, through to William Morris, from Celia Birtwell to Grayson Perry, Britain has a tradition of celebrating diversity in textile design that we want to tap into. "We want to celebrate this love of wild plants by asking the nation to help us create a patchwork of artwork and stories from across the range of Britain's natural and cultural diversity."
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Hi, i am in the process of designing my first app (so please be patient with me The app allows 4 users to connect together through the app.
I understand / think that the usual way that apps connect and share information is by:
Obviously this normal method requires a good data signal which is something that i don't want my app to reply on, so...
QuestionIs there any other way that you can establish App to App communication without having to go through your App server and pushing and pulling the data... is it possible to establish App to App communication via bluetooth or WiFi or is this against iOS and Android development... thanks in advance for your help...
Well, there are ways of doing this with your server method. You can put network monitoring checkers in place. So try to upload your data to the server and save locally and retry later when network is available and try again. The server can then send a push notification to the other devices to fire off the download threads.
To do bluetooth connections in android, check the documentation: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth.html
iOS, is a bit trickier. Check this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15580096/android-ios-direct-communication-bluetooth-is-it-possible
I hope that helps
Thanks, how do apps normally communicate with one another?
Well, it will come down to each apps desired function. But the majority of my apps communicate via http service and push notifications. As I usually do cross platform communication and it is the easiest way to communicate between android, blackberry and iOS devices
Excellent, so is my understanding below correct in relation to how most apps communicate:
If the apps 'pull' data, the implication is that they poll repeatedly which isn't optimal for battery life, bandwidth or latency. Better to use push notifications, which will also make your app retain connectivity better when in a background state.
Yes, that is true. But you do not have to poll the service to pull the data and the data might be too big to send as payload on push notification. So then you send a push notification to the device to notify the app that there are new updates available. The app can then query the service to to download the data required
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Mini-Grant Projects
Every year EarthKeepers looks for grant proposals from the EMU community that impact the campus in a visible, creative, educational way. Winning proposals are chosen and funded based on the project's feasibility and implementation plan.
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- $300 for clotheslines/clothes racks in the dormitories
- $250 for desk-side recycling bins for all campus offices
- $300 for a cement base to a bike and bus shelter on Park Road
- $150 for timers on the tennis court lights
- $250 for compost bins for 15 lounge/kitchen areas in campus offices
- $100 to Sustainable Food Initiative for creation of a raspberry hedge as edible landscaping near Northlawn
- $125 purchase of local food to reinforce learning in a Food Writing Workshop
- $125 for compost bins for traditional residence halls
- $400 to technical theater Class for LED theater light fixture
- $200 for the asparagus hedge by Elmwood and the Science Center
- $200 for the construction of a compost sifter to improve the quality of our finished compost for use around campus
- $200 for the summer 2011 cross-cultural to Nicaragua and Costa Rica for various sustainability activities
- $300 to Common Grounds Coffeehouse for the purchase of reusable stainless steel travel mugs
- $500 to found The Bicycle Cooperative
- $300 to build the trash/compost counter at the tray return in the cafeteria
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A Sacramento man faces life in prison without parole following his conviction Monday for the June 2006 murder of a janitor at a West Sacramento bar.
Yolo County Judge Stephen Mock is scheduled to sentence Juan Antonio Gonzales, 29, on March 3.
Gonzales was found guilty of murder in the first degree with a supplemental charge of committing the murder during a robbery.
Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Cabral reported the crime was committed at Ortega's West bar in West Sacramento on June 18, 2006.
Prado was inside the bar cleaning up when Gonzales came in, robbed him and then shot Prado in the chest killing him.
"Three days later, the Sacramento Police Department recovered a hand gun and entered identifying information into the National Ballistics Network," Cabral reported. "Two years later a 'cold hit' established that this gun, which was last in the possession of an associate of defendant Gonzales, was the weapon used to kill Mr. Prado.
"A year later," Cabral continued, "the Department of Justice Criminalistics Laboratory, received a cold hit identification establishing that a small amount of blood found at the scene matched DNA from Gonzales that was in the national DNA database."
Cabral noted that the prosecution of this eight-year-old case would not have been possible "without the dedicated efforts of the California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services."


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I had used the following code which was supposed to help stop e-mail collection & spam.
Then someone said the link was not working with their iPad. So I reverted to plain old @ and .com to get it working.
Is this bad practice?Why would their iPad not parse the html properly?Is there another "easy" method to stop spam when a mailto link is necessary?
Appreciate any comments.
If you use @, that should have the same effect as @. As far as I know, it should work on all devices, but I don't have an iAnything so I can't check it...
only in HTML - not in URLs and the mailto: on the front of the address indicates that it is supposed to be a URL rather than HTML.
Anyway with the mailto: there you may as well use @ since the mailto identifies it as an email address regardless of any obfuscation applied.
I put much thought into this a while back. There are three perfect ways to do this. Option one is preferred by me. In short you hide it with JS. But if JS is off plain text shows. Most the the css hiding ways don't work as explained in the article. http://www.websitecodetutorials.com/code/javascript/graceful-degradation-mailto-email-address-obfuscation-tutorial.php
I don't get any spam using this. Knowbody would.
Thanks Stevie D and felgall for your replies. Thanks Picnic for your link - that's quite a comprehensive list! I like solution 2 and will try that next time I need.
Why your just going to use the masked @? FYI that may trick 1 out of 20 bots.
Presumably the URL is supposed to be in an attribute value, where entities work fine and are perfectly allowed in all versions of HTML.
The %40 should also work in an attribute value that is allowed to contain a URL so that it isn't working is an indication that it is not being used in an HTML attribute.
If you want to encode the HTML characters and still use a mailto link, you will also need to encode the "mailto:" as well. For some reason, you can't mix the two.
function string_to_html_ascii($string)
$ascii = NULL;
for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($string); $i++)
$ascii.= '&#'.ord($string[$i]);
$email = string_to_html_ascii('firstname.lastname@example.com');
echo 'email me';
"mailto link" in the subject indicates otherwise.
That %40 isn't working could just be a bug in the browser or the email app or the OS glue.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Safariland™, a BAE Systems line of business, announced today the introduction of the Monadnock® Classic Friction Lock Patrol Kit, incorporating three of its most popular baton products – the Classic Friction Lock baton, the Hindi Baton Cap™ and the Front Draw® Holder – in one package, allowing law enforcement personnel to purchase a complete baton system at a savings over purchasing the items separately.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - If someone in Florida steals your Social Security number or banking information right now, it's only a crime if prosecutors can prove intent to use the information.
Police in Florida are being forced to let fraudsters go because intent can be hard to prove.
"A 6-year-old came to school during show-and-tell with a Ziploc baggie full of 52 debit cards and 52 different names," said Capt. Robert Ura, of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
On Thursday, Ura told lawmakers the child's parents weren't breaking the law.
"We were not able to charge the parents because as the law stands now, the mere possession of 52 debt cards is not illegal. We have to show intent," Ura said.
The captain was testifying in support of a bill to criminalize the possession of other people's IDs, banking numbers and tax information without consent.
If the bill becomes law, a person caught with the personal information of up to four people could be charged with a misdemeanor. If they have five or more IDs, then they could be charged with a felony.
The bill makes exceptions for employers, parents and anyone else who has a right to have the information.
"This gives law enforcement the tools that they desperately need to stop identity theft in Florida," said Rep. Larry Ahern, the bill's sponsor.
Ahern filed the legislation after a police chief showed him thousands of IDs discovered on shady characters.
"Beyond surprised, shocked when he told me and showed me things, pictures of all the IDs they had found on people either during a traffic stop or drug bust," Ahern said.
The bill quickly passed a House committee Thursday morning. An hour later, a Senate committee OK'd the bill.
The bill took off in the Senate after the sponsor watched a news report about the problems facing police dealing with ID thieves. As of Thursday, it's passed a committee in both chambers and is on a fast track to reach the floor before the end of session.
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O's keep Norris' rehab on track
BALTIMORE -- With a storm moving above Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Thursday, the O's had to be creative to be sure Bud Norris' rehab stayed on track.
Norris was scheduled to take pitchers' fielding practice at 4:05 p.m. before an impending storm threatened that.
"We had to set up a gymnasium today in case it was raining," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "He definitely needs to get this under his belt."
As the Orioles manager walked into the clubhouse before the series finale with the Rangers, he passed Norris walking out of the stadium with pitching coach Dave Wallace and bullpen coach Dom Chiti as they headed to work with Norris.
Baltimore expects that Norris will have either another bullpen session or a simulated game on Friday depending on how the PFP session went.
Norris, who hasn't played since straining his right groin on June 21, hasn't been ruled out for a return on Monday against the Nationals, but Showalter is sounding less optimistic that he will make his return to the mound on that date.
The manager needed a long pause before declaring that Monday is "still in play" for Norris' return.
"You could get it done with a simulated game," Showalter said. "If he's three weeks removed or four weeks it's different, but this is a DL period and he's not that far removed. I'm sure Dan [Duquette] and I will lean toward whatever Dave thinks and the trainers think."
David Wilson is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Strike 3: Man loses appeal over baseball cards
Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:50:39 GMT —
A man who claims the U.S. Postal Service lost rare baseball cards worth $165,000 has struck out at the federal appeals court.
The court says immunity applies to the Postal Service in this case, citing a law that lists few exceptions. Anthony Johnson says mint baseball cards of Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron and Joe DiMaggio were stolen from his Detroit home by a guest in 2009 and shipped to California.
The package may have been found, but the cards and other valuables were missing.
Johnson says he couldn't insure the contents of the package because the items were taken without his consent. But the appeals court says that fact still doesn't help him overcome the Postal Service's immunity.


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Ben wrote:You will also find that Buddhism predates the Hare Krishnas and even Hinduism. It would not surprise me that it is one of the many Buddhist artefacts that have been incorporated into Hinduism and some of its offshoots.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. General Services Administration today announced the appointment of Robert Zarnetske to serve as the Regional Administrator of GSA's New England Region, effective December 15.
As the New England Regional Administrator, Zarnetske will oversee GSA operations in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, including federal real estate and information technology. He will be responsible for an inventory of 47 federal buildings, 354 leased locations, and 25 border station facilities serving entry points from Canada. GSA employs 303 people in the New England Region.
"Bob Zarnetske will be a tremendous addition to the GSA leadership team as we work to create a more sustainable, efficient, cost-effective, open, and responsible government for the American people," said Martha N. Johnson, Administrator of General Services. "His commitment to public service and his experience in government at all levels will be invaluable to GSA as we pursue our efforts in the New England Region."
Zarnetske comes to GSA with a wide range of experience. He served as the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at the U.S. Department of Transportation during the Clinton administration. He was a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd. He also served as Assistant City Manager and City Manager for Norwich, Connecticut. He was an elected Alderman in Norwich and served as an appointed member of the Connecticut Public Transportation Commission. Most recently, Zarnetske was an attorney in private practice in Connecticut and an instructor at the University of New Haven's Master of Public Administration program.
Zarnetske received a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Connecticut State University. He earned a Master of Arts from the University of Connecticut, a Master of Education from Harvard University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Oregon.
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A Mentor-on-the-Lake man who failed to appear for a sentencing on rape charges Monday is now being sought by the U.S. Marshals Service.
Willard Wigfield IV, 32, pleaded guilty on June 7 to two first-degree felony counts of rape of a male minor. Out on a $150,000 cash/surety bond since March, Wigfield did not show up for his sentencing in Lake County Common Pleas Court in front of Judge Richard L. Collins Jr.
According to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Service:
As a part of his bond conditions, Wigfield was wearing a GPS ankle monitor. After failing to appear for his sentencing, police searched the Tuscarawas River near New Philadelphia, as the GPS device was sending signals from the area. Neither Wigfield nor the device were found.
On Tuesday, investigators learned Wigfield had traveled to Orlando, Fla. Florida authorities went to a hotel to arrest Wigfield, but he was not at the location.
Instead, Osceola County Sheriff's deputies found Robert Mahaffey, 33, of New Philadelphia. Identified as a family friend of Wigfield, he was arrested on a charge of felony accessory after the fact to the crime of rape.
Wigfield is described as a white male standing 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 190 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He also apparently fled his residence with his brown and black pomeranian-poodle mix and spends his free time near popular children locations such as skating rinks, playgrounds and pools, the U.S. Marshals Service stated.
Additionally, police arrested Wigfield's sister, 28-year-old Stephanie Smith of Coshocton. She allegedly helped Wigfield flee by renting a car for him on July 5. The vehicle was found at the Florida hotel where Mahaffey was arrested.
Smith was arrested on a charge of felony obstructing justice.
Anyone with information about Wigfield's location can contact the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 866-4WANTED or text WANTED to 847411.


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The man who detectives suspect shot a Strawberry musician to death before taking his own life next door had always seemed strangely off base, the victim's family said.
Andreas Kreiden, 41, often visited his parents at their home at 152 Carlotta Circle, and his wayward manner quickly drew the attention of Ted and Kaye Rodden at 154 Carlotta.
Kreiden's behavior was so odd that Ted Rodden once described him as "the crazy guy next door," according to Stephen Rodden, Ted's brother.
"This neighbor guy was off mentally a bit, used to smoke constantly in the backyard while coughing continually and then throw the butts in my brother's yard," Stephen Rodden said. "He would also urinate through the fence on occasion."
Ted Rodden, 61, a veteran sound engineer at Rancho Nicasio, was found shot to death in his backyard Wednesday night, apparently slain as he prepared to polish his wife's shoes. On the other side of a fence separating the backyards, Kreiden was found dead as well, a rifle at his side.
Others in the area heard what sounded like a shot at about 1 p.m., followed by another several hours later. Rodden's body was found by his adult son at about 7:30 that night. Kreiden's body was found the next day by a deputy investigating the Rodden slaying.
Although Marin investigators provided no details Monday, a search of Kreiden's Calistoga residence by sheriff's deputies turned up a cache of guns that one observer said filled the trunk of a patrol car, according to a report in the Napa Valley Register. Calistoga acquaintances called Kreiden a loner who said little but kept his yard neat and was interested in trees, plants and nature.
Kreiden's parents, Wsewolod and Hannelore Kreiden, owned the Calistoga home. He visited them in Strawberry from time to time and sometimes stayed for months. They were out of town this month, apparently on a trip to Germany, and unavailable for comment.
Andreas Kreiden's behavior was so bizarre that Kaye Rodden told Wsewolod and Hannelore years ago "that he should be on some kind of medication," Stephen Rodden said. Kaye Rodden was unavailable for comment.
Ted Rodden was described by friends and family as a kind, gentle, passionate musician always eager to lend a hand to others. He was beloved by colleagues at Rancho Nicasio where he tended the sound and light systems for the bands performing there. He was an accomplished musician, playing mandolin and guitar in Sweet Leaf, a duo with wife Kaye. He was able to play a variety of other instruments as well.
"Every musician who came here loved this guy," Rancho Nicasio owner Bob Brown said.
"He was such a wonderful guy," musician Danny Click said.
Stephen described his brother as a "gentle, loving, giving, nonconfrontational" man who would not harm a soul, adding Ted would rather walk away from conflict than trade angry words. "He never held a grudge against anybody," Stephen said. "Everybody loved Ted."
Ted Rodden, the eldest of an Oklahoma clan that included five siblings, moved to Marin about three decades ago from the Boston area, where he played with musicians who won acclaim as The Cars. "He was the greatest, little-known musical genius who dedicated his life from the age of 12 to music," Stephen said. "Ted was a guiding light to many people, myself included," he added. "He was referred to as Pappy by his daughter Jessica and everyone picked up that tag for him."
"He had so much to give in life," the heartbroken brother reflected. "Why? Why? It's senseless. It just doesn't make any sense."
"I'm dying inside without him now and, as you can imagine, having all the regrets of not saying all the things to him I should have and letting him know how much I loved him."
Survivors include his wife, Kaye; son Jamie and daughter Jessica; parents, Raymond and Helen of Oklahoma; sisters, Karen and Pam, and brothers, Ray and Stephen.
Arrangements are pending but his body likely will be cremated and his ashes scattered near the trails of Mount Tamalpais, where he loved to hike.


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Topic: Anthony died on 30th July in a London Hospice
My darling husband died from this awful disease nearly four weeks ago. He was so brave and he fought so hard. We thought he had much longer, he was doing so well and he wanted so much to live. He was only 64 and we had so many plans of things we were going to do together. He was about to start a really promising phase 1 trial that I had posted about on this site and we were so positive as we had been throughout his battle but he started to get pain and within a few weeks he died. During those last few weeks the doctors told me he wasn't in the final stages and I wondered why he was so restless and agitated, especially at night.
In the last 2 weeks we were together night and day. He went into the hospice, not as a terminal patient, but to sort out his pain medication and I stayed in his room with him. He wanted me to be there all the time and I wanted to be with him. I became exhausted through lack of sleep. Tony could only sleep for short periods and would call for me every few minutes. Only on the day he died did they realise he was in the final phase. They told me he had 3-5 days and later revised it to 2-3 days but he died 4 hours later. I was with him and so was our daughter who is also devastated. I am so glad he didn't take a long time to go through those terrible breathing phases but I am so devastated that the doctors didn't recognise that he was dying sooner because I would have wanted him to be sedated and he needn't have suffered so much pain and agitation. I so much want to change those last few weeks. I want them to have been peaceful and easier for him. I think he deserved that . He was such a wonderful man- a great leader and educator who always fought to help others and never himself. Even in hospital he was always more concerned about the doctors and nurses careers, work loads etc.
I miss him so much now that life is unbearable and I can't see a perspective any more. We are not religious. We always talked about every thing and we were always together. I need to talk to him about this and to tell him how much I miss him and how tormented I am about those last few weeks. Instead all I can do is feel such unbearable pain and sadness.
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SEATTLE -- The Seattle Police Department has arrested a suspect in the rape and robbery of an 80-year-old woman that took place Wednesday in the International District.
A patrol officer found 34-year-old Jacob Lenard Ward around 7 a.m. near Sixth Avenue South and South Dearborn Street.
He was arrested without incident and booked into King County Jail. According to police, Ward was already under Department of Corrections supervision for a robbery and burglary he committed five years ago.
Wednesday's attack took place when an elderly woman walked into an apartment complex in the 200 block of Sixth Avenue and was immediately punched in the head by a man, according to police.
According to police, the man then sexually assaulted and robbed the woman at knifepoint before running off.
Police believe the man is also responsible for a July 19 robbery in the same apartment complex.
According to the Washington Department of Corrections, Ward served time in state prison for a 2004 burglary conviction and a first degree robbery conviction in 2008.
He was in prison from January 2009 to June of this year, when he was released from the Monroe Correctional Complex.
Ward failed to check in with DOC officials just two days after he was released, and a DOC warrant was issued for his arrest.


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Corn traders seemingly reacted rather ambivalently to weather forecasts implying improved South American moisture this week, which might then be followed by a return of a high blocking rain to Southern Brazil and Argentine fields next weekend. However, the weekly Export Inspections data apparently proved more supportive. That is, the USDA stated the latest figure at 21.1 million bushels; that almost doubled the week-ago result and fell only slightly below the year-ago total. This might be a one-time result, but the suggestion that U.S. corn exports are improving is certainly supportive of domestic prices. March corn had edged 1 3/4 cents higher, to $7.22 1/2 in late-morning activity, while December rose 2 1/2 cents to $5.86 3/4 per bushel.
The weekly Export Inspections report did not excite soybean traders since the latest figure came up over 8.0 million bushels (17%) short of the comparable week-ago figure; that result apparently had little lasting impact upon CBOT futures. That is, forecasters reportedly expect South American grain and soy fields to be blessed with decent rainfall this week, but they are also anticipating the return of the high blocking moisture to that region during the past few weeks. The market seemed confused as to how to interpret the anticipated shift. Still, the possibility of renewed dryness could boost prices sharply at some point in the near future. March beans had risen 1 1/4 cents to $14.42 1/4 per bushel in Monday morning action, while March soyoil fell 0.19 cents to 51.91 cents/pound and March meal rose $1.3 to $417.7/ton.
Wheat futures proved quite strong last Friday, with the supportive export news and surprisingly robust chart support seeming to spark the strong weekly close. In contrast, the Monday morning Export Inspections data was mediocre, thereby slightly exaggerating the modest pullback suffered in Sunday night-Monday morning activity. The widespread belief that the Southern Plains will not be blessed with ample moisture during the coming weeks probably limited the morning decline. March CBOT wheat futures had slipped 2 3/4 cents to $7.73 3/4 by late morning, while March KCBT wheat skidded 2 1/2 cents to $8.27/bushel and March MGE futures edged 1 3/4 cents lower to $8.63 1/4 per bushel.
As expected, live cattle futures responded well to the combination of bullish news on the Friday (1/25) USDA Cattle on Feed report and weekend news that Japan will ease restrictions on U.S. beef on February 1. They currently allow beef only from animals documented to be 20 months or younger, while the new rule will allow product from animals up to 30 months of age. This potentially opens the island nation up to the bulk of U.S. production, although the industry will almost surely have to be able to certify the age of animals used. This probably means some delays in ramping up Japanese exports, but that factor apparently did little to discourage CME bulls this morning. February cattle had jumped 2.42 cents to 128.72 cents/pound around midsession Monday, while April was up 2.47 cents to 133.22.
As one might expect, the big Monday morning cattle market surge spilled over into the hog pit, with most nearby contracts posting varying gains. A significant portion of that strength may also reflect bullish expectations concerning the short-term hog outlook, since cash prices traditionally rise moderately during late January and early February. The fact that the CME lean hog index remains at a noticeable premium to the nearby February future also seems very supportive. On the other hand, having Monday morning direct market quotes follow the losses posted last Friday with indications of persistent weakness probably limited the Chicago strength. February hogs had gained 0.40 cents to 87.22 cents/pound just before the lunch hour, while June futures had also climbed 0.40 cents to 97.47.


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Daily Slice gives a quick snapshot each weekday of a different slice or pie that the folks at the Serious Eats empire have enjoyed lately.
Other than her fiery red hair, legendary Boston chef Lydia Shire might be best known for her Lobster Pizza ($26). The luxe pie originated at Biba, her flagship restaurant that sadly shuttered more than a decade ago. The restaurant dazzled its customers with food that was more than cutting-edge, often boundary-pushing, and sometimes downright weird (foie gras on buckwheat Indian paper bread, anyone?). The lobster pizza, arguably her most famous dish, exemplified all of that.
The 10-inch pie is ultra-thin with a blistered, bubbly, crackly-crisp edge, but the topping is anything but light: heavy cream, caramelized shallots and garlic, and the meat of a two-pound lobster, plus handfuls of ricotta salata and Parmesan. In other words, it's like pizza topped with lobster bisque. Thank goodness for the scallions; their lean, fresh bite keeps all that rich dairy in check.
Funny thing is, lobster pizza wasn't something Shire had in the works when she wrote the menu for Biba. As the story goes, she just sort of whipped it up one season when she had a glut of lobster to use, and it was an overnight sensation. Since then, it's had a place on just about ever menu she's created, and it's a mainstay at Scampo, her inventive Italian kitchen in the Liberty Hotel. Slightly tweaked versions also appear on menus at her other restaurants, Towne Stove and Spirits (with corn and honey ricotta), her joint venture with Jasper White, and Blue Sky on York Beach (with spinach) in Maine.
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About the author: Liz Bomze lives in Brookline, MA, and works as the Senior Features Editor for Cook's Illustrated Magazine. In her free time, she freelances regularly for the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, the Improper Bostonian, and Martha's Vineyard Magazine; practices bread-baking and canning; takes photos; reads; and watches baseball. Top 5 foods: fresh noodles, gravlax, sour cherry pie, burrata, ma po tofu.