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We didn't receive a whole bunch of interest to take a charter to the Duke game so we've decided to call off the bus trip for this year.
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Is there any difference between the terms "Walker" and "Zombie" as used in the Walking Dead?
The term "zombie" is never used in The Walking Dead, as far as I can recall. The term Rick's group uses to refer to the animated corpses is simply "walker." The inhabitants of Woodbury use the term "biters" to refer to the animated corpses.
From a viewer's standpoint, "zombie," "walker," and "biter" are synonyms.
In-universe, nobody uses the term "zombie" at all because, as @djmadscribbler explained in comments:
As far as Walking Dead goes, the term "walker" is just slang for zombie. The term "zombie" is so over used, they had to work it from a different angle. I believe it is a play off of the series name to help it find its niche on television. There is no "real" difference between the terms.
George Romero termed "Walker" in his zombie horror films as a term for the living dead who could still walk around (see first 5 minutes of Land of the Dead). Other movies and films have adopted it as a word for zombies as its a faux pas to say the word zombie in a zombie film


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1955 Ford Sedan -Time StopperWritten on September 27, 2006 Bill Towers' '55 Ford Sedan
It's the hot rodder equivalent of marrying your high school sweetheart-30 years after the prom. How many times have we told you stories about guys who had great cars in their younger days, and then build a project many years down the road that recaptures the excitement of that earlier ride? Well, we're telling it again, and we think you'll like this version.
The "younger days" part of this story starts in the mid-'60s. The kid is 15-year-old Bill Towers. Bill saved up his money until he had $25, which back then, was just the right amount for a set of headers or a manifold, or in Bill's case, an 11- or 12-year-old '55 Ford two-door sedan with no drivetrain. By 1967, he had made the necessary body repairs, and even added a coat of Pine Tree Green paint. With a hopped-up Y-block out of one of his father's Ford race cars under the hood, Bill's '55 was a pretty fast ride for a high school kid's hot rod, "but not fast enough to outrun the new Ford LTD police cars with their 390ci engine," Bill remembers.
The "many years down the road" part of the story begins in the mid-'90s. Bill is in his 40s now, older, wiser, and with a respectable haircut-all the things that come with growing up. But he never shook his interest in cool iron. So when he started thinking about a new project car, he decided to do another '55, similar to his high school ride, but a little better, and maybe a little faster.
The first thing Bill discovered is that in the '90s, he needed a little more than $25 to buy a '55 Ford. This time around, he had to pay $200 for a relatively straight two-door stocker with no drivetrain. The first thing he did when he got the car home was invite all of his friends over to help come up with some ideas for improving the looks of the car, without departing from the traditional design, and without using any parts that couldn't have been found in 1965. The idea was not to duplicate the '55 from Bill's youth, but to build a mild custom that would have been possible in 1965.
Even the best $200 car is going to have a few freckles of rust here and there. When Ram's Rod Shop in Dover, Delaware, was done repairing the sheetmetal, Bill and his friend, Donald Clark, spent nights and weekends building the car into a mild custom. A customer at Ram's contributed a pair of bullet emergency lights from a '59 Cadillac ambulance to the project. For the front, Bill wanted to replace the pot metal extended headlight bezel "eyebrows." Donald came up with the idea of using '55 Chevy eyebrows. This modification suits the car, although Bill says his dad, a true Blue Oval man from way back, never liked the car after that.
It's been almost 40 years since Bill built his first '55, and 10 since this one has been finished, which brings us to the "recapturing the excitement of that earlier ride" part of this story. Bill has spent those 10 years adding more than 10,000 miles to the car, racking up miles all over the East Coast, and collecting awards at shows, such as the All Ford Nats in Carlisle, Lead East, Charlotte, and, most recently, Goodguys Rhinebeck. Probably Bill's two best rewards are the fact that he had a ball building his mild custom, and that whenever he hears those dual Smittys it makes him feel like it's the mid-'60s and he's 16 again.
Bill TowerMilford, Delaware1955 Ford
Putting together the engine, a 300hp modified '57 Ford 312 was one of Bill's favorite parts of the project. The Ford ECZ-G heads were ported and polished, and dressed up with Offenhauser valve covers. Bill bored the cylinders 0.040-over and loaded them with Jahns 10:1 pistons. His original plan called for a pair of two-barrel carbs. That idea was scratched for a simple single Holley 600-cfm carb underneath a 14-inch air cleaner. Exhaust blows through headers capped with Smitty's mufflers. He found the Borg-Warner T10 transmission in a '62 Galaxie with a 406 engine, and grabbed the tranny, original Hurst shifter, and white shifter knob for the '55. The 9-inch rearend came from a '57 Ford and spins 3.70:1 gears.
Bill built the chassis starting with the stock '55 'rails and beefed it up with a combination of aftermarket and salvaged parts. Fatman Fabrications provided the 2-inch dropped spindles and 2-inch lowering blocks, which, along with cut front springs, brought the sedan down to a more suitable altitude. The spindles allowed him to improve stopping with disc brakes from a '75 Granada, in addition to '57 drums in the rear.
Bill relied on friends to help conceive a unique look for the Ford. Rejected ideas for custom trim included '55 Customline and '56 Buick trim pieces. Bill's friend, Gary Minner, came up with the winning idea of using '55 Pontiac Chieftain two-door trim. Bill tracked down the needed pieces at a salvage yard in Nebraska. When it arrived, he taped the trim to the '55, ordered pizza and beer, and called his friends over for a look. Everyone approved except Gary Minner. "That's the wrong trim," he announced. Sure enough, the Nebraska salvage yard had delivered Star Chief trim instead of Chieftain trim. Luckily, the yard happened to have one Chieftain on the lot with intact side trim-the trim that now highlights Bill's Ford. The pot metal headlight bezels were replaced with '55 Chevy eyebrows, it was nosed and decked, and the handles and emblems were shaved. With the car finished and properly trimmed, all that was needed was some fresh paint. Donald Clark stepped in again to shoot the DuPont Imron fleet blue.
Wheels and Tires
Stock front and rear rims were capped with '57 Cadillac hubcaps and mated with Coker radial tires.
The crew at Strader's Upholstery in Milford, Delaware, wrapped the stock seats in white vinyl rolls 'n' pleats. Bill opted to keep things pretty close to stock inside, retaining the dash, gauges, steering wheel, and other components, similar to how the car would've been treated in the earlier days of customs. He decided against adding A/C, but did have the radio converted to AM/FM.


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It was like �The Mist.�
But with puppies.
Saturday�s pet parade in downtown New Bern was a � you know this is coming � howling success. A layer of fog failed to dampen spirits as 160 dogs, 240 people and a bicycling Santa showed up, many in Christmas regalia, to make the communal walk and parade.
Dogs of every size, from rat terriers and dachshunds to a Rottweiler, a couple of mastiffs and several Great Danes participated. Many had Christmas costumes and a couple sported Santa beards and one little dog had antlers and pulled a sleigh.
It was the seventh year for the event, sponsored by Nauti Paws Pet Boutique and Bakery on Middle Street.
The first year nine dogs and their owners showed.
�We just had some friends that started with us,� Amy Tyler, owner of Nauti Paws said. �It grew from there.�
�People love it,� she said. �People start calling in June because they want to tie it in with the family vacations,�
Among the participants were pets and their owners from Greenville, Oriental, Jacksonville � even one from Florida.
Before the Tyler gave awards for the youngest, oldest and most festive dogs at the event.
The participants then posed for a group shot, forming an arc that covered the empty lot at the corner of Craven and South Front streets, before embarking on their walk.
The parade went down Craven Street to Broad Street, then up to Middle Street and back to South Front. It ended at the lot where it had begun.
Tyler said she sponsors the event � one of several throughout the year � as a way of saying thank you to her customers.
�It has become a large community event for pets,� she said. �Pets need love at Christmas, too.�
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We are using the ZCO 6.0.5797.4 with ZCS 6.0.4_GA_2038 on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. We use resource calendars to allow us to have an overall composite view of vacation time for employees by inviting the resource when scheduling vacation time on the employee's calendar.
I have a user who is our office manager, with Windows 7 and MS Outlook 2007, and wants to use Outlook's color categories to colorize sick time as red, and vacation time as green, through Outlook itself.
All employee's calendars are shared to the office manager as Manager (not Admin). He has created two color categories in Outlook: Sick (red), and Vacation (green).
Sick time (red) works fine. There is no "Sick" resource calendar, so sick time is always specific to an employee's calendar, for which the office manager is Manager. If he categorizes an event as "Sick," it turns red and shows fine for him (but the employee sees no change in color in his/her own calendar).
So, the first issue is that if he categorizes an event on the employee's calendar, and the event is NOT invited to the resource calendar, everything is fine--except that the employee doesn't see the color change, and the office manager would like them to be able to do so. I'm not sure what to recommend for this issue, as I'm not sure that forcing colors on a shared calendar is part of the intended behavior.
However, the second issue is more complex. If he creates a vacation event in the employee's calendar and invites the Vacation resource calendar, then the event appears both in the employee's calendar--and on the Vacation calendar--as it should. However, if he then attempts to categorize the event in the employee's shared calendar by changing it to Vacation (green), then it will show as green in his view of the employee's calendar until the next send and receive cycle, at which point it will revert to the same default color as the rest of the employee's calendar appears.
Again, the employee never sees the color change anyway.
So, I suppose there are three separate questions:
- Can shared calendars and resource calendars for which a user is a Manager or Admin reflect category changes initiated through the Outlook connector? (FYI, changing tags in the web interface causes the tag to be stripped the next time Outlook syncs if the event is modified in Outlook).
- Can other users whose calendars are managed by the office manager see tag/color changes initiated by the office manager on their own calendars? Or are tag/color changes only intended to be visible by the user who is setting up the categories in Outlook?
- Is this an issue because Outlook is making changes that are tracked/maintained locally for which there is no real server-side equivalent?
I found a couple of other threads which reference this issue partially, but no resolution. One suggested removing the "clear categories on mail" rule that Outlook 2007 adds by default, but as with that user's example, this did not affect the Outlook calendar.
I realize this is complex and comparatively insignificant, but it's yet another issue where users insist that this behavior works consistently on Exchange (argh).
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Join us in the Center for Children's Books for an informal book club discussion of a newly published YA book! See the CCB website for more information. Book to be announced. Snacks will be provided.
Contact the ccb [at] illinois.edu (Center for Children's Books) with questions.
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FOX47 NEWS - Citizens Protest Resort On The River
Jeff Angileri
During a DNR hearing tonight, many were wearing these bows.
They are part of a group called the concerned citizens of newport that is desperately trying to stop the construction of a 62-acre resort called The Grand Cambrian.
Their major issue with the project is it's location-which is on the eastern portion of the city near the river.
The condo development is going to tower over the river and it's going to cause a lot of boat traffic, says citizens group member Lance Ketterer.
Developers of the Grand Cambrian have already received approval from the city to build the resort.
Tonight they are stating their case for a permit that would allow them to escavate land and build by the river.
I'm very confident that we've worked with them on all their concerns and agreed to follow all their restrictions and worked closely with them for a number of years that they have no reason not to grant us the permit, says attorney Jeffrey Clark.
Now developers are trying to get the public's support.
Tonight they explained some of the restrictions they plan to protect the area, such as protecting indigenous trees and building 120-feet from the water.
I don't begrudge them for even being concerned and I hope they accept all the hard work we've been doing to be a good neighbor, Clark says.
The concerned citizens group is already suing the department of commerce on a permit granted last summer, and say they may have to file another lawsuit if the DNR grants this one.
The group says they just want to get their voices heard.
We're not look for a fight, but we want to say there are enough people who are going to put their foot down to not build on the bluffs, Ketterer says.


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An extremist Iranian Islamist group announced it was working on a film about the 1981 assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat entitled "34 Bullets for the Pharoah." The documentary, produced by the "Committee for the Glorification of Martyrs for the World Islamic Movement," is certain to further upset Cairo -- with whom Tehran cut diplomatic ties after Sadat signed the 1979 Camp David peace accord with Israel. Agence France Presse reports.
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Graduation rates of tourney's No. 1 seeds vary - ESPN
Looks like maybe you can be good at basketball and have good graduation rates. Very impressed by Marquette and Wake Forest's 100%. UNC not too bad with 86%.
Does anyone know what our current basketball APR is? Are we above 925 yet?
Gene Smith, 1993-2000. 7 years, 6 NCAA's, 1 bowl game. Revenue sports postseason participation 50%. Good.
Bruce Vandevelde, 2000-20005. 5 years, 4 bowl games, 2 NCAA's, 2 NIT's. Postseason participation 80%. Better.
Jamie Pollard, 2005-. 4 years. 1 bowl game, 0 NCAA's, 0 NIT's. Postseason participation: 13%. The next big step.
My ignore list: splitidentity, tarheelhawk,superdorf, clones_jer. That is all.
I don't know what our apr is, but I know it is more than 925 because we are not under any sanctions.
Originally Posted by jaretac
I don't know what our apr is, but I know it is more than 925 because we are not under any sanctions.
Not necessarily true. We were under it but got an exception from the NCAA a couple years ago.
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Not necessarily true. We were under it but got an exception from the NCAA a couple years ago.
I thought we were talking about this year? We were suffering penalties but we are now have all of our scholarships back. Spite all the players that have left under McDermott, only one has affected our APR because of new transfer rules.
The percentage rates aren't meaningless, but they shouldn't really carry too much weight, in my opinion. Because I'm a KU and ISU fan, hopefully this next statement should carry more weight --- KSU will be punished under this measure for Beasley and Walker 4 years from now, but they shouldn't be. Both have used their undergraduate experience in a far more valuable manner than many who go to college and acquire various liberal arts degrees, and that includes other college basketball players. So I take these percentages with a grain of salt.
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I don't know what our apr is, but I know it is more than 925 because we are not under any sanctions.
You would be wrong. Our APR is 869 and in the bottom 10% of all CBB programs.
2008 APR Reports by School - NCAA.org
It is my understanding that these APRs are calculated on a running four years...not each year individually. As you can see, we were given a "waiver" of our penalty from the NCAA due to the WM/GM coaching change.
NCAA Penalties for Low Graduation Rates to Rise - washingtonpost.com
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Many things have changed since 1962 when my family was building A. Lacroix Granite. Change is good.
Today, our 10 quarries use cutting-edge extraction techniques to maximize productivity and minimize waste. Our 150,000 sq. ft. plant features the latest in modern technology, including numerical-control machines capable of producing the most beautifully shaped: the finest OR the nicest curved lines in granite, marble, or limestone on the market. We also use lean manufacturing processes at both our plant and our quarries. And that makes a big difference for our customers!
But one thing remains the same: our familys passion for granite. This dedication has been passed on to our experienced team members and to my three children, Lacroix Granites talented new generation. Just like my father, my brothers and me, theyre motivated: fueled by your challenges. So go ahead. Get inspired. Well make your ideas come to life beautifully!
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Playa Pan de Azucar (Sugar Beach) is located at the end of the graded road as you head north and west out of Potrero. The Sugar Beach Hotel sits on part of this beach, but there is a dirt parking area accessible from the road beyond the hotel.
Sugar Beach is a short beach of less then 1 km in length but its grey/white sand is exceptionally beautiful. There are private spots along the coast here where it is possible to declare your own "clothing optional zone" as you may not see another person all day. Nude swimming is not legal, but there is no one to enforce the rule in the coves along the road past the Sugar Beach Hotel. Sugar Beach lies at the foot of a coastal range of volcanic rock that dates from the Tertiary Era 60-80 million years ago.
Here one can walk along the entire coastline and admire the marine life. The Pitahayas Islets, which measure 0.75 hectares and lie just off the coast, and the Santa Catalina Island, which has 19 hectares, lies 4 km to the southwest, near Salinas Point.


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We wanted to create a unique experience for our clients, friends, and family by giving them a holiday card that they could assemble and keep. We utilized letterpress and laser cutting to create a reindeer pop-out assembly piece complete with antlers and trees.
The traditional card, which doubles as a background winter scene for the reindeer and trees, is offset printed on French PopTone Wild Cherry with red and four hits of white. The outside lists some of our favorite memories of the past year as we look forward to creating new things and having new experiences in 2014.
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The company, which has been the club's
Official Partner Sponsor since 2004, employs around 150 people in
two Bristol offices at Portishead and Clifton.
Capita Symonds has played a key role on a
number of major projects in the area in recent years, including
Merchants' Academy, Cabot Circus, Oasis Academy Bristol, SS Great
Britain and Bristol University.
The new sponsorship deal will see Capita
Symonds branding on the home and away shirt and official Bristol
Rugby merchandise, as well as on banners and signage at the
Memorial Stadium.
Bristol Rugby CEO Steve Gorvett commented on
the new strip and continued support of the club from commercial
partners: "The hoops have always been a favourite with the club's
supporters, and for that reason, we've returned to the design. The
home strip stays true to Bristol's traditional blue and white,
while the away strip will be red."
"Many of the shirt sponsors have increased
their support of the club from last season which is a very positive
sign. We've actually found that despite the disappointment of last
season, we have had more commercial interest than previous years.
It is a real sign of the standing of this club within the city
and long may that continue."
The English Championship season kicks off on
Saturday 28th August with Bristol playing host to Rotherham Titans.
Find out more on the Club's official website - www.bristolrugby.co.uk/
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Saturday, May 28, 2016
Memorial Day Open presented by Bud's Spring Service
600cc Micro-Sprint Feature Finish: 1.Tim Buckwalter, 2.Mark Ludwig, 3.Heath Hehnly, 4.Jered Hook, 5.Ryan Hook, 6.Chris Gerhart, 7.Mike Dicely, 8.Kory Merkey, 9.Robbie Kendall, 10.Jamie Kostic, 11.Tyler Esh, 12.Tom Kohler, 13.Pete Skias, 14.Mike Rutherford, 15.Mark Yoder, 16.Shane Lewis, 17.Jermain Godshall, 18.Brittany Brown, 19.Zachary Fisher, 20.Jeff Halligan, 21.Ryan Gabers, 22.Tyler Ross, 23.Shane Braxton, 24.Mike Freed.
270cc Micro-Sprint Feature Finish: 1.Pete Skias, 2.Kerry Lengle Sr., 3.Richie Hartman, 4.Devin Harron, 5.Jesse Maurer, 6.Peter Michael, 7.Nick Skias, 8.Billy Logeman, 9.Zack Fouse, 10.Josh Stoyer, 11.Tyler Reinhardt, 12.Christi Sweigart, 13.Scott Gantert, 14.Greg Miller, 15.Sheena Schaefer, 16.Brandon Bucher, 17.Earl Hoon Jr., 18.Dave Grube, 19.Steve Drevicki, 20.Terry Ellex, 21.Eric Falini, 22.Jay Batdorf, 23.Chip Geib.
125cc Micro-Sprint Feature Finish: 1.Jesse Maurer, 2.Lee Reinhardt, 3.David Ravel, 4.Shane Braxton, 5.Bradley Brown, 6.Nick Skias, 7.Derek Ecenrode, 8.Devin Harron, 9.Kyle Hehnly, 10.Mark Yoder, 11.Curtis R. Miller, 12.Ryan Wilson, 13.Dave Grube, 14.Sonny Sweitzer, 15.Bret Habecker, 16.Cody Drace. DNS: Mike Zimmerman; James Wampole.
Sportsman Micro-Sprint Feature Finish: 1.Jason Swavely, 2.Ken Miller, 3.Paul May III, 4.Kelby Stauffer, 5.Dave Kemp, 6.Brett Wanner, 7.Jeff Hughes, 8.Dwayne Mathias, 9.Wesley Fasnacht, 10.Jason Hehnly, 11.Joel Tolley, 12.Jonathan Swift, 13.Robert Shanaman, 14.Jamie Fetterolf, 15.Dennis Ziegler, 16.Corey Schmuck Jr., 17.Paul Moore, 18.Bret Habecker, 19.Rick Fisher, 20.Tim Ziegler, 21.Jenna Keppley, 22.Brad Kemp, 23.Donna Geib, 24.Dennis Fenstermacher.
250cc Four-Stroke Micro-Sprint Feature Finish: 1.Chip Geib, 2.Peter Michael, 3.Jessica Mohler, 4.Kim Enck, 5.Dick Huzzard, 6.Travis Esh, 7.Jason Johnson, 8.Greg Schmuck, 9.Jared Esh, 10.Craig DeSantis, 11.Lewis Kepple Jr., 12.Sheila Fetter, 13.Steve Brenner, 14.Ronald Wechter, 15.Ed Nocera, 16.George Potts III, 17.Matthew Swift. DNS: Ryan Gabers.
* On Viper Chassis Night at the speedway, Pete Skias and Kerry Lengle made it a one-two finish for Viper Chassis in the 270cc feature. Nick Skias (7th) and Josh Stoyer (10th) put four Vipers in the top ten in the 25-lapper for the 270's. It was also Pete Skias' second Lanco triumph of 2010; his first came on June 19.
* Tim Buckwalter's 600cc victory was his second of the season, and first since May 1.
* The 125cc triumph was Jesse Maurer's fourth of the 2010 racing season at Clyde Martin.
* Jason Swavely notched his seventh win of the year in the Sportsman class, and his fourth consecutive victory. Swavely also has three wins in the 270cc class, giving him a total of ten feature victories at the Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway this season.
* Chip Geib now has seven feature wins in the 250cc Four-Stroke class. Geib has taken the checkered flag in two of the past three events. Geib had to come from the rear after he was involved in a three-car tangle in turn two on the initial start of the 25-lap main event.
* A typically solid car count greeted the Lanco faithful on a beautiful Saturday night...Sportsman = 30; 125cc = 18; 250cc Four-Strokes = 18; 270cc = 26; and the 600cc = 30 cars. The grand total was 122 Micro-Sprints.
* The complete press release, featuring a recap of all five main events, will follow later in the day on Sunday.
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Marvel's "Iron Man 3" stomped its way through the box office last weekend, raking in $175 million in North America in its first three days alone and more than $680 million internationally in less than two weeks. These were huge numbers, even for a superhero flick, second only to last summer's blockbuster of blockbusters, "The Avengers" (another Marvel product).
It was a sound conclusion to the Iron Man trilogy, with a well-pitched sardonic tone, a thoughtful had-ya-fooled plot twist, and an enjoyably bombastic set piece finale. And, of course, there were the cameos. Remember Dr. Wu, the medical genius played by Wang Xueqi who was the only doctor who could un-Iron Man Tony Stark at the end of the film? And Fan Bingbing, who excitedly proclaimed, "He's here!" when Stark arrived at the hospital?
Alas, if you were one of the many who flocked to see "Iron Man 3" in theaters across the U.S. last week, you don't remember either of these characters--because you didn't see them. In fact, these scenes were created specifically for the Chinese version of the film, and they were never meant to be watched--and probably never will be--by audiences anywhere other than China.
"Iron Man 3" in China is a story of studio pandering for the sake of cash, and the incomprehensibly byzantine process by which foreign films are allowed into the communist country. Even more so, it is a cautionary tale for Hollywood heavyweights as they try to break into what could potentially be a massive market--and almost certainly will be someday soon.
UPDATE: Meanwhile, as new "Iron Man 3" scenes were added for specifically Chinese audiences, the re-release of Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained," featuring three minutes cut from the original (including nudity scenes), is flopping in China. The film originally hit Chinese theaters April 11, and was pulled within "minutes of its opening screenings... without official explanation," per Deadline.
Eastward Ho!
Hollywood desperately wants to break into the Chinese market, and for good reason: China last year passed Japan to become the number two market in the world, and is on track to beat out the United States for number one by 2020. According to John Horn of the Los Angeles Times, the only thing stopping China from taking the top slot right now is the country's limited number of theaters: as Horn told PRI's The World, China is currently building cinemas "at a frantic clip" and could conceivably overtake the U.S. even before the end of the decade.
Despite these limitations, China already promises big box-office numbers for American movies: "Iron Man 3" earned a remarkable $63.5 million in its first five days there, its best result in any foreign market. These dollar levels--and the potential for exponentially bigger returns in the future--only whets the appetite of Hollywood studio execs to grab a piece of this burgeoning market.
But American studios trying to get their films into China face an even bigger challenge than the limited number of theaters: the Chinese government's arcane rules on how films can enter the country--and in what form. Chinese officials recently upped the quota of American films they would allow into the country each year from 20 to 34, but the government's State Administration for Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) censorship system continues to dictate what can and cannot appear in those films. Earlier this year, Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" was pulled from theaters just minutes into the very first showings of the film on orders from SARFT --even though officials had previously OK'd the flick to play in Chinese theaters.
The Iron Man Plan
The holy grail for any Hollywood studio looking to make big profits in China is to have a project designated a co-production. U.S. studios typically receive only 20 to 25 percent of box-office grosses in China--less than in other markets--while co-productions are treated like domestic Chinese films and bring studios 38 percent of receipts.


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Price of Olympic Medals
Posted By Jim On 02/15/2006 @ 3:01 pm In General | 5 Comments
While the host city's organizing committee is responsible for the design of the gold, silver, and bronze medals, the specifications of those medals must conform to the IOC's specifications. All the medals have to be at least 60 millimeters in diameter and three millimeters thick. Gold and silver have to be made of 92.5% pure silver with the gold gilded with at least six grams of gold. So how much should one of these babies costs? My calculations put the minimum cost of the precious medals in an Olympic gold at $138.24 and for the Olympic silver at $25.60.
If we price gold at $540 an ounce, or $19.08 a gram. Six grams would cost $114.48. If we figure the medals are at minimum specifications, then there would be 74 grams of silver (the other 92.5%) which would cost about $9.10 per troy ounce, or $0.32 a gram, for a silver price of $23.76. That puts the price of the precious medals in an Olympic gold medal at $138.24. Olympic silver, at 80 grams of pure silver, would cost $25.60. But who only makes a minimum sized Olympic medal?
The Salt Lake City medals weighed a hefty 20 ounces (heaviest ever to that point), or about 560 grams, for a price tag of about $291.76 for gold (554g of silver for $177.28 plus 6g of gold for $114.48) and $179.2 for silver. That doesn't include the 40 hours of labor each medal took to make or the design work involved.
How do my calculations stack up? Not sure… in a Reuter's story about the Athens Games [3] (2004), the writer pegs the medal cost in metal material alone at $400,000 for 3,000 medals, or $133.33 a piece (but that's presumably for a thousand of each of the three medals). Recall though that recently gold prices have been the highest they've been in twenty five years right now…
If you want to measure the price in terms of how much a country spends on the Olympics, Australia spent about $187.6M, or $3.9 million per medal in the Sydney Olympics (2000), where they won 49. That's just the direct government spending on "high performance funding" and doesn't include corporate sponsorships or what was spent by the Australian Olympic Committee. [Source [4]]
Australia spent seven times as much to win only four times as many medals than Canada, who "paid" a mere $2.2M for each of their medals, a relative bargain. The Brits probably feel a little ripped off since they spent almost as much as the Aussies but since their haul of medals was less than half their cost per medal is almost twice as much. The dollar amounts only include the costs spent on athletes, since Australia did host the games in Sydney.
If you were to ask the athletes the "price" of an Olympic medal, I'm sure you'd get an entirely different answer.
I did a lot of searches in Google to find this information but never found a place that had this information, if you know of one, I'd love to hear about it.
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Some news from the sets of Star Plus' Nach Baliye season 5 (Frames).
Our sources have informed that Devoleena Bhattacharjee aka Gopi bahu of Saath Nibhana Saathiya (Star Plus) will make an appearance in Nach Baliye.
What will she do…let's hear it from the source.
"She will dance with contestant jodi Nisha (Rawal) and Karan (Mehra) as part of a trio performance. They will groove on peppy numbers as part of this special sequence."
Devoleena will begin shooting for the same from 5th of March (2013).
We called up Devoleena to learn more on the development but she refused to comment anything...
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If you are good and faithful minions you know several important things about us: Lorenzo loves plaid and Tom doesn't; Tom thinks a dress in a nude shade can be fabulous under the right circumstances, Lorenzo thinks there are no "right circumstances" for a nude dress; Tom is a runaway geek and Lorenzo just loves fabulous women who take no shit. It's that last point that is key to this post, because minions? V is back as of tomorrow night, which means Tom gets his nerd on, and Lorenzo gets to squee over scary Prada lizard Anna and kickass FBI agent Erica, played respectively by Morena Baccarin and Elizabeth Mitchell, the late lamented Juliet of Lost.
Now, it's BECAUSE you are such good and faithful minions that you are aware that V aired its first 4 episodes in November and then went on hiatus for 4 months for a retooling. As you no doubt remember, we were VERY EXCITED about the new show and yet in our writeups (which you've all undoubtedly committed to memory by now) we had to admit that, while there was a TON of potential in the concept and most of the cast was doing decent work, there was an "oomph" missing from the show. It started off incredibly strong (helped greatly by Baccarin's charismatic performance) but very quickly devolved into a somewhat by-the-numbers law enforcement procedural. This was made doubly worse by some very poor use of its "Starring Canada as New York City!" standard network television setup. Anyone who ever spent more than ten minutes in Manhattan can tell you that it appeared nowhere on the screen in those first episodes.
Still, we were enthralled and held out hope that the people involved with the show could right the ship, given time. That's why we supported the hiatus wholeheartedly. Lost is ending soon, Flash Forward has been a terrible disappointment and Fringe has been inconsistent (and besides, it's a very different show anyway), so V is where we pinned all our hopes for hardcore nerdery with a weekly cliffhanger.
So, not only are we excited at the prospect of a return and a retool for tomorrow night, but we are doubly so after reading this piece in the Chicago Tribune by our best TV-tawking galpal, Mo Ryan of the Chicago Tribune. Mo was an early "mainstream" supporter of our little house o' fun here and has remained so all through our various iterations. We have exactly three television critics bookmarked that we check every day and Mo is at the top of the list. She writes successfully about television in the way that we can only attempt to: you really do feel after reading her columns and posts like you just got finished having a great gabfest with a friend about what was on last night. We'll never forget the time Mo emailed us to excitedly tell us that not only did she get a tour of the Mad Men sets, but that she got to "touch the Draper's plaid wallpaper!" THAT is a gal after our own hearts.
Mo has some great tantalizing tidbits from our two warrior ladies (Baccarin and Mitchell) as well as an extensive interview with new head writer and executive producer Scott Rosenbaum, who was hired to come in and provide a focus going forward during the hiatus. It's chockful of exciting tidbits and we're going to sprinkle some of them around for you right now:
"According [to] cast members Morena Baccarin (who plays the charismatic alien leader Anna) and Elizabeth Mitchell (who plays dogged FBI agent Erica Evans), as well as Scott Rosenbaum, the show's new head writer and executive producer, "V's" lengthy mid-season break allowed the tantalizing drama to regroup and amp up the tension.
"There are these visual reveals that, for me as a geeky science-fiction fan, are kind of huge," said Mitchell, whose character, unlike most Earthlings, thinks the "Visitors" are up to no good. "For Erica, it's gotten grittier and more tortured -- she's going against all the things she believes in" as she assembles a human resistance movement."
"In those first four [fall] episodes, we really set up the world and what's going on," Baccarin said. "Now these episodes can go deeper into that. Every single character on 'V' -- we get deeper into who they are and what their faction is and what their agenda is."
Scott Rosenbaum:
"When he started work on 'V,' 'the first thing I did was, I took everything that I liked and decided, I'm going to amplify that 10 times,' Rosenbaum said. 'One of the things I always loved about writing for 'The Shield' was the frenetic pace of the storytelling. You know, it felt like you were on a little bit of a roller coaster ride when you were watching that show.'
The second step was to 'intertwine' the lives of the show's characters more intensely but also focus on the "two strong, smart women" at the core of "V." He noted that there will be juicy stuff for Ryan (Morris Chestnut) and Valerie (Lourdes Benedicto), who are expecting a hybrid baby, and for Chad Decker (Scott Wolf), a news anchor who enjoys exclusive access to the Visitors, who've said they'll provide free health care in exchange for some much-needed minerals."
Morena Baccarin:
"Thanks to the extensive special effects Tuesday's episode required, it wasn't sent out [to] the media in advance. But Baccarin said viewers will learn more about Anna -- "physically and emotionally" -- when 'V' resumes.
"There are so many revelations in every episode,' Baccarin said. 'I was like, "People are not going to be able to breathe when they watch the show." (But don't worry -- the revamping hasn't extended to Anna's signature pixie haircut. 'I don't think I have a choice anymore' on whether to keep the character's sleek hairstyle, Baccarin said with a laugh.)"
"She's so subtle. It's not like I'm guffawing and laughing and twirling a mustache, you know? [laughs] There's something underneath everything Anna does. She's so double-sided. She can be bigger at times but really fine-tuned other times. I really enjoy playing the role because there are so many roles within it and so many levels."
Anna vs. Erica:
"Anna 'is an animal,' Rosenbaum said. 'It's not that she doesn't like humans, it's not that she's evil -- it's just that we are standing in the way of what will allow her people to grow and continue to evolve and move forward.' (Speaking of animals, those who recall the original 'V' will see some specific homages to the 1983 series when the ABC show returns.)
Erica, on the other hand, has 'one arm tied behind her back because she has a little thing called a conscience,' Rosenbaum noted. 'How does she fight this battle against Anna, maintaining her humanity and morality, when she is going against a foe that doesn't have to go by the same rules?'
'It's a war, and the humans can't win mano a mano,' he added. 'The trick to beating them is being smarter."
Are you squeeing yet? All of that sounds like just what the doctor ordered. Fair warning, minions: we will be blogging the SHIT out of this show when it comes back, so you might want to hop on now. In all likelihood, tomorrow's show will be fairly easy for newcomers to grasp. Besides, it's not exactly the most complicated story in the world. You can pretty much figure the whole setup out after a minute or two of viewing. Jump on in! The water's
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Source: "Hey aliens, it's war!" Mo Ryan at the Chicago Tribune
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James Cameron believes that ALL films should, in future, be made in 3D. Film critics like Mark Kermode call it a passing fad, up there with Cinemascope, that adds nothing to the experience of watching a movie.
Meanwhile, the box office takings for Peter Jackson's larger-than-life 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' were $209 million on its opening weekend, while 3D sci-fi thriller 'Gravity' topped this year's BAFTA nominations, and scooped an Oscar for its ambitious director Alfonso Cuaron. 3D's certainly not getting in the way of a blockbuster's success.
ABOVE: Watch exclusive clip from RealD 3D: Peter Jackson and his team behind 'The Hobbit' take you behind the scenes to show how The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was made in 3D
We asked Robert Mayson, the managing director of RealD Europe, to explain what's behind this growing trend, and how he sees the medium developing in the near future..
Let's start with the basics. Why would a director opt to film in 3D these days? What would be the factors?
3D is a cinematic tool that a filmmaker can use to illicit an emotional response from the audience or tell a story in a unique and immersive way. Like a certain type of music can set a mood for the visuals on screen or lighting can take a scene from bright and cheery to dark and brooding, 3D can move action closer to the audience for greater impact or farther away to reinforce dramatic effect.
The days of 3D as a gimmick just for objects flying off the screen are long over. Today, some of the best filmmakers in the world are using 3D with remarkable results. The overhead scenes in 'The Hobbit' show the amazing scale of mountain ranges being traversed and space debris hurdling toward you in 'Gravity' are a few recent examples that are hugely impactful to the film. In 2D, these scenes are ordinary. In 3D, they become extraordinary.
I spoke to James Cameron a while ago, and he believes that EVERYTHING, even a Woody Allen dialogue piece, would benefit from 3D. Do you agree with him? Or to what extent?
Completely agree. Previously, 3D had been typically used across three genres: action blockbusters, horror flicks and animated family films — as a way to create immediate impact and excite audiences.
However, over the last 18 months we've seen films by a number of A-list auteurs, namely Ang Lee, Baz Luhrmann, Peter Jackson and most recently Alfonso Cuaron integrating the technology into their films as a story-making tool, using it as they would sound and colour to add an extra dimension to the movie experience.
Be it dramas or documentaries every genre can be, and has been, benefited. The success of these films is redefining 3D, revealing the format's true potential to filmmakers and audiences alike. As a result, perceptions of 3D are irrevocably changing and the minds of filmmakers are more open than ever to the myriad of opportunities available to them.
What are the benefits of 3D - for filmmaker? And for viewer?
3D provides the ultimate immersive experience for audiences. It transports them to a hyper-sensory world of film and allows the movie-goer to experience the story in a more complete and realistic way. And this realism is something the filmmakers strive for too.
'Stalingrad' director Fedor Bondarchuk explains that when he saw historical images from the battle showing a black cloud encompassing the entire city, he knew that he had to add these effects to the movie. 3D smoke and flying particles were therefore incorporated to throw the viewer right into the heart of battle. It's those touches that make the movie such a spectacle. Good 3D is seamless, a natural enhancement to the story. A director works to move an audience – the medium hastens the process on both sides.
And the challenges?
There will always be a number of challenges when creating any film. In the early stages of the medium there was perhaps a danger that 3D was at points too obtrusive – it reminded the audience that they were watching a film, rather than positioning them right in the middle of it. But filmmakers that commit to incorporating 3D from conception to completion will always avoid this.
The rapid developments in 3D technology ensure that it is a continuously evolving format, and filmmakers must remain on their toes to adapt to these advances. What is gratifying is that the world's top directors have both the passion and the imagination to meet these challenges and get the very best out of the medium.
Off the top of your head, can you name a handful of films that you think SHOULD have been made in 3D but weren't? What did we miss?
As 3D evolves and advances we honestly feel that there is no film that would not one day benefit from the treatment. But with J.J Abrams' Star Wars movies preparing to be created in 3D it would certainly be interesting to see the original trilogy in the medium.
Steven Spielberg's unique set pieces and cinematic ambition also lend themselves to 3D. He had great success with 'Tintin' and the conversion of 'Jurassic Park' to 3D was a huge success. I'd imagine 'Jaws' would be absolutely heart stopping in three dimensions. There are so many classics to choose from however - from 'The Matrix's bullet time to The Battle of Helm's Deep - the possibilities really are endless!
Robert Mayson is the Managing Director of RealD, Europe. Below, the films of Steven Spielberg that, just imagine it, could have been made in 3D...
Starting with perhaps the most surprising choice of all ... "1941," after all, is a terrible film.The ingredients for fun are there: get the likes of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi to join a big ensemble cast and wreak havoc on a coastal town. In 3D, some of the epic destruction might play in even grander ways. The rolling ferris wheel, the planes, the subs; all might make the film seem even more epic than it already does. Certainly it couldn't hurt.
From screwball comedy to one of the director's (many) masterpieces, this is a film that's arguably perfect just the way it is. We'd love it if they kept the beach sequence in 2D (all the shots where they shoot with mushed-up cameras to replicate combat footage), but open up dimensionally for the rest of the picture. The tank trundling along the bridge -- heck, the entire end battle, would work wonderfully with some careful work, as would the scenes in the village with the bombed-out houses. Providing just a bit more depth might make a masterpiece even mightier.
OK, now we're getting to heresy, but hear us out! Picture the Orca floating in those wideshots. 3D can help make the ocean seem even more epic, falling away into the distance. Intimate scenes, like the three of them discussing their battle scars, would be served by a small tweak of depth of space, making you feel even more closed-in inside the wheelhouse. From the long beach scenes to the dolly zoom, I think the film would look fabulous in 3D. To see 'ol Bruce take a bite out of our captain with the teeth breaking the frame of the screen would be one gratuitous moment of 3D excess that we'd celebrate wholeheartedly. Plus, it'd help us rescue the name "Jaws 3D," helping us forget even more completely the truly abhorrent second sequel to the original masterpiece.
Here's a film that certainly would have been shot in 3D if made today. From Tom Cruise's navigation with his hand to some of the most vertigo-inducing chase sequences Spielberg ever shot, "Minority Report" would be a hell of a ride in 3D. While this film takes the edge on this dream list of post-converts, I would suggest that "A.I.," a film that relates quite well visually to "Report," could be chosen instead.
Spielberg's film about the events of the 1970 Olympics is a criminally underappreciated film, full of tension and exhilarating moments of exceptional cinema. It stars a superhero cast of action stars, and could be heightened even more by being tastefully converted to 3D. Chase sequences, darkened alleyways, explosions and more -- couple this with a fabulous soundtrack, and this plays as the thinking person's summer blockbuster action movie, rather than a dreary historical piece, as it's so often unjustly classified.
We wouldn't begrudge them releasing the whole thing, but if we could have one 10-minute sequence of Spielberg's filmography converted to 3D, it would be from this movie. It's a moment that's up there with the best he's ever done, buried in an otherwise quite pedestrian rehash of the first film's peak moments. Plus, the kid factor is even more annoying than in the first. It may not add up to a full "half" of a film, but I'd take the reticulated trailer scene hanging over the cliff and play the thing on a loop. In this one perfect sequence you've got T-Rexes (even a screaming baby one!), ear piercing sounds of cracking glass, rain, mud, and a stunning crane shot right through the middle of the vehicle. We've seen that scene hundreds of times, and every time the scream of the glass and the tension of the moment is simply riveting.


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Cosy and inviting, the living area features a comfortable double bed, flat-screen TV and a double sofa bed. Guests will find a coffee maker and dining table in the fully fitted kitchenette, and the tiled bathroom contains a walk-in shower.
The Old Harbour of Marseille features many tourist attractions, and a long and varied history. The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MUCEM) and Fort St. Nicholas are just a 3-minute walk away, and La Vieille Charité Museum and the Marseille Cathedral are less than 5 minutes' walk away.
France's oldest district, Le Panier, is not far from the apartment. The nearest tram stop is only 5 minutes on foot, and provides regular services around the city. Vieux Port metro station is less than 5 minutes' walk away.
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We felt completely at home in this great apartment. Comfortable, clean, quiet and very well equipped. The friendly owners gave detailed information about the housing and city and were very helpful. The apartment has a nice wooden floor, extended library of books and music. A beautiful architectural environment in a typical old quarter close to hotspots you want to vist; a lovely place to be. The view over the city, harbor and sea is magnificent. In short, you don't want to leave anymore.
Nothing to say about this lovely home comfort, cooking equipment and commodities, quiet, information about the city, location, kindness and discretion of the hosts. The must is the view of the old harbor and the sea!
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Excellent location in the old port and the banner, very good and well equipped, the wonderfully bright with beautiful views of the sea, the islands and the Museen.Guter standard, very friendly landlord. Overall, highly recommended. Andrea, Clara and Dieter
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Beautiful location with stunning views. The decor is more than sufficient. A disadvantage, there is no balcony. However, I would rent it so again. Altogether
Prachtige locatie met een schitterend uitzicht. Ook de inrichting is meer dan voldoende. Eén nadeeltje, er is geen balkon. Al met al zou ik het echter zo weer huren.
Great apartment, adequately equipped, ideally located on the Vieux Port with view of city and sea port, which blew us away. We loved it and would have liked to stay longer and would like to come again. Very nice owner. Everything went very well. Thank you
Tolles Appartment, ausreichend ausgestattet, ideale Lage am Vieux Port mit Überblick über Hafen Stadt und Meer, der uns umgehauen hat. Wir waren begeistert und wären gern länger geblieben und würden gern wieder kommen. Sehr nette Eigentümer. Alles bestens gelaufen. Danke
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May 5, 2007-- Casual Living,
Glen Raven Inc. announced the signing and closing of definitive merger agreements with The Astrup Company and John Boyle & Company, through which Astrup and Boyle became wholly owned subsidiaries of Glen Raven. A joint transition team was formed to focus on product and service innovations for the future.
"While our immediate focus is on a smooth, seamless transition for our customers, we are also laying the groundwork for continuing innovation and growth," said Allen E. Gant, Jr., president of Glen Raven. "Service will continue at the highest levels possible throughout the transition process."
Boyle and Astrup will continue to operate as separate companies while a transition team consisting of members of senior management from all three companies completes a comprehensive operational review and develops an integration and growth plan.
"Merging Glen Raven's resources with those of Boyle and Astrup will create a stronger, more diversified organization that is capable of providing enhanced value to our customers," Gant said. "Today's global markets demand innovative products, efficient supply chains, close working relationships with customers and strong consumer brands. We will achieve all of this and more by joining forces with the talented people at Boyle and Astrup."
Gant said Glen Raven is committed to open and continuing communications with customers as integration plans are developed and implemented.
"For the immediate future and throughout this busy season of the year, it will be business as usual in terms of customer service teams and product supply lines," Gant said. "As we look into the future, however, we envision this merger as enabling us to offer our customers more efficient services and innovative new products."
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Astrup is a leading supplier of materials used in the manufacture of awnings, signs, tents, outdoor furniture and umbrellas, marine products (tops and covers) and associated fabric products for residential, commercial and architectural applications. Having celebrated its 130th anniversary last year, Astrup markets its products and services through 14 distribution centers.
With corporate offices in Statesville, N.C., Boyle is a leading manufacturer and distributor of materials for awnings, signage, tents, marine, military, geo-textile and other outdoor and recreational applications. Founded in 1860, Boyle offers extensive capabilities in knitting, coating and laminating and operates 10 branch offices.
Glen Raven, headquartered in Glen Raven, N.C., markets performance fabrics in more than 100 countries, including its two leading brands, Sunbrella and Dickson. Founded in 1880, Glen Raven has marketing, product development, sourcing and manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information on the Web, visit www.glenraven.com.
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NEXAGON Greatly Reduces Venous Leg Ulcer Size
CoDa Therapeutics' lead product candidate NEXAGON achieved positive results in tissue repair in a Phase 2 clinical study in patients with venous leg ulcers. After three applications during a four-week period, NEXAGON had statistically meaningful effects on reduction in wound size and complete healing. NEXAGON is a topically applied product that down-regulates the key gap junction protein connexin43, thought to be a "master switch" in wound healing.
The Phase 2 NOVEL Study was a randomized, vehicle-controlled, double-blind, three-arm study that enrolled 98 patients at sites in New Zealand and the United States. Patients were randomized on a 1:1:1 basis to receive low- or high-dose NEXAGON or vehicle, in addition to compression bandaging (standard-of-care). Patients received three topical applications over a four-week treatment period. At the end of treatment, high-dose NEXAGON demonstrated a 69% reduction in ulcer size, while completely healing 31% of wounds (five times more than vehicle). Patients are being followed for up to 12 weeks to further evaluate ulcer healing.
In the U.S., venous leg ulcers account for the loss of 2 million working days and nearly $3 billion in treatment costs each year. Duration of treatment can last over a year in many cases, and frequently involves the use of significant healthcare resources, resulting in substantial costs for the U.S. healthcare system.
Although most wound healing studies use a 12-16 week treatment period to provide a longer time in which to show healing, NEXAGON exhibited an excellent safety profile and tissue repair in only four weeks. These results support CoDa's previous research showing that temporarily reducing expression of connexin43 can dampen inflammatory responses and enhance healing.
NEXAGON represents a new drug, new target, and new mechanism that differentiate it from current wound healing treatments. CoDa has two open INDs and has completed one Phase 2 and two Phase 1 clinical trials in skin and eye wounds, where NEXAGON was shown to be safe and tolerable following administration to over 350 wounds on more than 125 subjects.
CoDa expects to initiate additional clinical studies of NEXAGON in patients with venous leg ulcers, and a near-term end-of-Phase 2 meeting has been scheduled with the FDA to discuss potential registration studies to support marketing approval.
Mori R, Power KT, Wang CM, Martin P, Becker DL. Acute downregulation of connexin43 at wound sites leads to a reduced inflammatory response, enhanced keratinocyte proliferation and wound fibroblast migration. J Cell Sci. 2006; 119(Pt. 24):5193.