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- n. The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing centos.
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- n. The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The practice of constructing centos, or making compilations from various authors.
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Petrarch he greatly admired, though with less idolatry than Dante; and the sonnets here printed will show to all competent judges how fully he had imbibed the spirit, without servile centonism, of the best writers in that style of composition who flourished in the 16th century.


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Marchantpt needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 200 designs submitted by 50 freelance designers.
Elite Physical Therapy
We provide physical therapy services to help people heal after injury,
surgery etc. We work with all ages, from young atheletes to senior citizens. We strive to get and keep people active through prevention and educational services.
We are looking for a fresh look and name change for our physical therapy clinics. We work a lot with seniors who live in our community because of the warm weather and recreational activites here. There are 8 golf courses in our town of 25,000 people. Many of our clients wish to maintain an active 'retired' lifestyle. We will be using the logo on our clinical documentation, signs, business cards, web page, print advertising, t-shirts, promotional items etc. We like the slogan "Get Better Here" and may or may not want it on our main logo. Give us some creative ideas.
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"The success of Android in the mobile market may be one of Google's biggest accomplishments outside of search, and it may be crucial to the company's long-term success generally. But when it comes to ecosystems, Android still lags well behind Apple, which has built the mother of all ecosystems around iOS.
The question for Google: why is that?
There are a number of possible answers. Android is arguably more 'open' than iOS, and it's the OS for devices from many vendors, meaning Google exerts less control over the end-to-end user experience.
There's also the fact that Google's payment mechanism, Google Checkout, generally sucks, making the app purchasing experience less pleasurable, in turn giving developers no reason to focus their efforts away from iOS and the App Store to Android and the Android Market.
But what if there are a more fundamental issues with Android that Google can't control?
At the Gamelab 2011 conference in Barcelona, one developer chalked it up to Android's demographic: "Android has potential, but it doesn't just have fragmentation or billing issues, it's the demographic too." In other words, Android users are cheap.
Previous surveys have revealed significant differences between iPhone owners and their Android counterparts, so the notion that that Android fans might be from Mars and Apple fans might be from Venus isn't entirely new.
But given the penetration Android now has in the mobile market, Apple's continued lead as the ecosystem of choice should be of concern to Google.
As Michael Schade, whose company Fishlabs builds mobile games, told the audience at Gamelab 2011, "Android is missing a trick; a quality, premium section. Google does not understand that software drives hardware sales".
The trick, however, may be something that Google can't create if demographics are a key determinant in whether or not Android users will pay for software.
There's a lesson here for all businesses, of course: demographics matter. Apple doesn't need to own the majority of the mobile market to be the most efficient in extracting profit from it.
At the same time, Google can adopt a strategy that results in impressive gains in market share without necessarily tapping the market in the most effective way.
This, of course, doesn't mean that Apple is beating Google in every analysis (I don't think it's always sensible to compare Apples to Googles in mobile), but the differences between the iOS ecosystem and the Android ecosystem should serve as a powerful reminder that who you target is just as important as who you acquire."
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Title: Himself
Author: Jess Kidd
Expected publication: October 27th 2016
When Mahony returns to Mulderrig, a speck of a place on Ireland's west coast, he brings only a photograph of his long-lost mother and a determination to do battle with the village's lies.
His arrival causes cheeks to flush and arms to fold in disapproval. No one in the village - living or dead - will tell what happened to the teenage mother who abandoned him as a baby, despite Mahony's certainty that more than one of them has answers.
Between Mulderrig's sly priest, its pitiless nurse and the caustic elderly actress throwing herself into her final village play, this beautiful and darkly comic debut novel creates an unforgettable world of mystery, bloody violence and buried secrets.
'Himself is a sort of Under Milk Wood meets The Third Policeman meets Agatha Christie. It's a highly unusual tale set in a highly unusual Irish village full of dark secrets and engaging characters (not all of them still alive). Lushly imagined, delightfully original and very, very funny, it hurtles along from the very first page. A hugely enjoyable read.' ML Steadman, author of The Light Between Oceans
'Jess Kidd is a genius. Her prose sparkles with wit, savagery and startling originality. I loved it' Tasha Kavanagh, author of Things We Have In Common
Honestly, I have a mixed feeling about this book. Part of me is confused and a little bit caught up with the style of writing the author has. The start has been good, mysterious and exciting. But as a few chapters go on, it started to get slow and confusing. It took me half of the book to actually enjoy it again. The mystery and the eagerness to know who is the murderer is what kept me from not finishing this book. Because honestly, I am really not that equipt to the style of writing the author has. So yeah, maybe it was also the factor why I finished this book, but I haven't understand the half of it.
Overall, it was a good book, not super good but enough that it would make you finish it because of the mystery part.


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Apparently today is the most miserable day each year (depression/suicides), i can believe it, dull light, post celebratory come downs, state of the world etc, etc.
A little November sunset sky zoomed and moved. True colours.
Just slow the pulse for a while.
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Outdoor Idaho "Working for Wildlife" Professionals and volunteers are in forests and fields - even cities - throughout Idaho working to increase knowledge about wildlife and its chances for survival. Cameras capture "deer tackling" in eastern Idaho; follow scientists and volunteers through deep snows to radio collar the seldom-seen elusive wolverine; and visit a woman raising orphan bears in her backyard in Garden City, adjacent to Boise.G
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Global Voices "A Son's Sacrifice" Imran, a young Muslim American, struggles to take over his father's neighborhood halal slaughterhouse in New York City. The son of an immigrant, Imran must confront his mixed heritage and gain acceptance from his father's conservative community. On one of Islam's holiest days, Imran must lead a sacrifice that will define him as a Muslim, as an American and as a son. D


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Brightbrain-Scotland is home to the rhythmic movement programme Bal-A-Vis-X – BALance, Auditory, VISion eXercises in the UK & Europe.
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a) Null and void.
These two words both describe a provision or contract that is no longer valid or enforceable. This term is stronger than the separate words and has become a popular phrase in legal situations. It's OK to translate only one of them.
The contract was declared null and void.
b) Custom duties and tariffs.
These two words both have the meaning of "a government tax on imports or exports". So you may translate only one of them with the most appropriate translation.
The seller shall pay all the custom duties and tariffs for export of the Equipment.
c) By and between/ by and among.
These two phrases express the same meaning which emphasize that the document is signed and performed only by the signing parties.
This Non-Disclosure Agreement ("Agreement") is made this ** day of ** by and between A and B.
d) Jointly and severally.
"Jointly" means that both parties have joint liability. In this case, for example, if one party breaches a contract, the full amount of the obligation falls to the other party. As such, one or both of the parties can be sued for the full obligation. In contrast, "severally" means that the parties are only responsible for their share of the obligation.
When an agreement states "jointly and severally", a claim may be made to any party in the agreement, similar to joint liability. It is up to the parties to sort out their share of the liability. Please see the following sentence:
A warranty, representations, undertaking, indemnity, covenant or agreement on the part of two or more persons binds them jointly and severally.
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With more expectant mothers than a Chiswick coffee shop and hundreds of babies, big and small, skillful pushchair handling was a must at The Baby Show last weekend. It was lucky that we were given a Maxi Cosi
Streety Plus to put through its paces, as it glided through the crowds and turned with ease.
I like Maxi Cosi – we have their car seat and base – but I hadn't considered one of their pushchairs before. We've recently switched to a simple upright model with no frills, which is light and quick to pop up, and is slimmer than our original pushchair. But trying out The Streety Plus made us realise all the things we've sacrificed.
Of course there was so much to see and do that Scrip wasn't content to stay sitting for long, but we did manage to coax her in for a longer period after lunch. Here's what we thought were the pros and cons as we weaved our way around the stands (and had a fab time at The Baby Show).
The Good
- It really does glide and feels smooth and responsive.
- The chair is padded and so very comfy and cosy – I could imagine being happy to lay my tiny baby in there (and the seat reclines flat so you can use it for newborns).
- It's been cleverly designed for quick folding away, once you know the knack, and it's compact to store.
- Scrip liked being quite high up – she enjoyed surveying the scene from a new vantage point.
- There's a lot of room underneath for baby bits and bobs or shopping.
- I like the design – it looks smart and of good quality.
The not so good
- It is larger than our current pushchair so takes up more space inside and when travelling – e.g. on buses.
- Taking it apart needs a bit of mastering – we were shown and promptly forgot.
All in all we were impressed. It's been a while since we'd been pram shopping (we inherited our latest Mamas and Papas pushchair from a kind friend) but this one's definitely worth new parents exploring. As is The Baby Show which we all thoroughly enjoyed – it even kept a fractious toddler entertained, and that's good in my world.
What: The Maxi Cosi Streety Plus pushchair
Where: Stockists
How much: From around £160


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Daytona Beach, FL 32114
(386) 947-1530
Map and Directions
Opinions and PCAs Released the Week of June 23, 2008
5D06-4421 & 5D07-2053 Kovats v. Gregg-Kovats
5D07-3733 Virgil Stewart v. State
5D08-274 Gomez v. Swarez
5D08-308 Ronnie Stacey v. State
5D08-391 Antonio Neal v. State
5D08-458 Kowalchik v. Kowalchik
5D08-568 Joseph Makoski v. State
5D08-1547 S.P. v. State
5D07-3489 Christi v. Ford
5D08-1164 Kenneth Matthews v. State
5D06-4277 Oliver v. Florida Birth-Related
5D07-1897 James Davis v. State
5D07-2609 Alexander Montero v. State
5D07-2747 Larry Burris v. State
5D07-2754 Hugo Barros v. State
5D07-2889 Christopher Lofton v. State
5D07-2967 Xavier Lewis v. State
5D07-2983 State v. Hansford Sutter
5D07-3236 Ross v. Brown
5D07-3629 Joseph Finfrock v. State
5D07-3682 Joshua Melton v. State
5D07-3782 Reuben Sloan v. State
5D07-3839 James Baxley v. State
5D07-3936 John McNealey v. State
5D07-4040 E.D. v. State
5D07-4042 Curtis Parker v. State
5D07-4086 Phillip Kennedy v. State
5D07-4223 Rafael Diaz v. State
5D07-4259 Kenny Thomas v. State
5D07-4283 Michael Gadson v. State
5D07-4332 Karl Bess v. State
5D07-4377 S.M. v. State
5D08-25 S.L. v. DCF
5D08-156 D.C. v. DCF
5D08-247 Raymond Mansfield v. State
5D08-261 Cyril Innis v. State
5D08-291 Stephen Bardwell v. State
5D08-341 Y.C. v. DCF
5D08-503 James Laughlin v. State
5D08-532 Lester Poole v. State
5D08-569 Gary Hall v. State
5D08-610 George Norwood v. State
5D08-1021 Darrin Galloway v. State
5D08-1106 Erick Smith v. State
5D08-1253 Alan Rolls v. State
5D08-1344 Charles Watson v. State
5D08-1435 Richard Henry v. State
5D08-1577 Harold Wilkinson v. State
5D08-1585 Joseph Washington v. State
5D08-1628 Jonathan Larrinaga v. State
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Happy Friday. We've got your tech news links right here.
Apple is appealing the court decision denying its request for a ban on some Samsung smartphones that were found to have violated Apple patents.
Appeals court rebuffs Oracle's bid to restore a $1.3 billion verdict against SAP. It looks like Oracle will receive $353 million unless it gets a new trial.
Apple tells HealthKit developers they can't sell personal health data to advertisers.
Tesla teams up with China's second-largest mobile company, Unicom, to build a charging network in China.
Industry group downplays hacking of JPMorgan and other banks, says it's unaware of "significant" attacks.
Police raid of gamer's office near Denver is broadcast online, because the gamer was live-streaming.
Oh, brother: ALS Association reportedly tries to trademark "Ice Bucket Challenge."
Database of 12 million historic, copyright-free images is being posted to Flickr.
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text: If you live and breathe video games, you'll want to represent your favorites with one of Spencer's gamer shirts. Whether you're all about classic game systems like Nintendo or Playstation or are looking for video game t shirts featuring the games you can't get enough of, like Assassin's Creed, Dragon Ball Z, Fallout, Five Nights at Freddy's and Bendy and the Ink Machine, we've got 'em. From World of Warcraft to Super Mario and Dungeons and Dragons, our gaming t shirts have something for every fan. If you're looking for a Pikachu Pokemon shirt, you can snap one up, or choose one featuring all the Pokemon characters. Our nerd shirts mean you can broadcast how much you love being a gamer. When you wear it out and about, you just might meet someone who'll make a perfect opponent.


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Phone: 732-863-9500 Fax: 732-863-1255
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High Speed Dry Pump Package. Pumping Speed: 30,000 l/min. Water cooled. Control panel to monitor operating condition. 6 in. ISO inlet flange. 200/220V, 3 Ph, 50/60 Hz. Good working condition at this price. Complete rebuild with warranty available at additional cost. Does not come with power cord or water lines.
Large 400 L/S Triode Vac Ion Pump and Magnet. Pumping speed: 400 l/sec.208/240VAC, 15A., 50/60 Hz. With controller Model 921-0066. $7,000 REBUILT. $3,750 AS IS.
Mechanical Dry Pump Package. Pumping Speed: 297 cfm. Ultimate Pressure: 3x10^-3 torr. Requires cooling water. 208V, 3 Phase, 60 Hz.
Dry Vacuum Pump. Rebuilt.
Older system, fair condition. Top Flange: 14-5/8 in. O.D., 11-5/8 in. I.D., 32 holes 13-5/8 in. on center. Bottom Flange: 7-13/16 in. O.D., 5-15/16 in. I.D., 20 holes 7-1/8 in. on center.
Cryo Compressor. 460V, 3 Ph, 60 Hz.
Turbopump Controller. Controller only, no cables. 6 Available.
Cryo Compressor. Water cooled. 480V, 3 Ph, 60 Hz.
Dry Pump Package. Pumping Speed: 3,000 l/min. 208V, 3 Ph, 60 Hz, 18A. Sold fully tested and in good working condition. Not rebuilt at this price.
Cryopump. 8 in. conflat flange. Cryo pump only, no compressor or cables. Pumping speed for air: 1000 l/s, water: 3600 l/s. Sold tested in good working condition, not rebuilt at this price.
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$ Click for current price
5 BEDROOMS | 3 (2 full, 1 half ) BATHROOMS | 2804 SQUARE FEET
Presented By:
Jeanne Borgstrom
Keller Williams Realty Integrity Northwest
License #: vice of Minnesota
Property Description
Great Sartell location walk to school. Immaculate condition, open floor plan, entirely updated in 2015 by prof designer. New: carpet, laminate flooring, lighting, door hardware. Beautiful neutral appealing color. Int/ext prof painted. Siding/roof replaced in 2007, above ground windows in LL BRs, lg walk-in closet w/custom shelving, vaulted ceiling in MB, 10′ ceiling in office, 11′ ceiling w/crown molding in main FR. Mirrored exercise/dance room. Bay window in DR. All window treatments stay.


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"I'm Back!"
I've been thinking about this lately, and I was wondering if anyone agrees with me. I've seen all the stop Kony stuff lately, and everyone been posting it everywhere(If you don't know about it, look it up.) I totally agree with the idea that he is a terrible person and should be "stopped" and that it is a good idea to raise awareness. However, telling everyone that you think kony should be stopped is doing nothing. Besides, the whole idea that Kony is a bad evil person seems to be fairly unanimous. Oh, by the way, new reports are showing that the entire thing is BS.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc


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Vittorio Mangano
Vittorio Mangano
Secondigliano Penitentiary
AOO Ref: Casa Circondariale, Secondigliano
Unicode : 1I80AN
Vittorio Mangano
August 18, 1940
|July 23, 2000 (died in prison aged 59)
|Other names
|"lo stalliere di Arcore"
(the stable keeper of Arcore)
|Mafioso, murderer, fraudster, drug dealer
|Anna Maria Imbrociano
|3 children
|Mangano Clan
|Racketeering, extortion, fraud, money laundering, corruption, murder, robbery, drug trafficking
|Criminal charge
money laundering
drug trafficking
|life imprisonment
Vittorio Mangano (Palermo, August 18, 1940 – Palermo, 23 July 2000) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra. He was well known as the stable keeper at the villa of Silvio Berlusconi in Arcore in the 1970s and as such Mangano is known as "lo stalliere di Arcore" (the stable keeper of Arcore). Berlusconi later became Prime Minister of Italy.
Revelations during Maxi Trial in Palermo[edit]
During the Maxi Trial in the mid-1980s the Mafia turncoats (pentiti), Tommaso Buscetta and Salvatore Contorno, said Mangano was a "uomo d'onore" (man of honour) of Cosa Nostra and a member of the Porta Nuova family that was headed by Pippo Calò. Buscetta himself was a member of this family.
Hired to work in Arcore at Berlusconi's villa[edit]
From 1973 to 1975 Mangano was hired as stable keeper at the Villa San Martino owned by Silvio Berlusconi in Arcore, a small town near Milan. Mangano's real job is alleged to have been to deter kidnappers from targeting the tycoon's children. It was Berlusconi's right-hand man Marcello Dell'Utri who advised to take Mangano for the job. Mangano took care of the Villa's security and sometimes took Berlusconi's children to school.[1]
According to pentito Antonino Giuffrè, Mangano served as a go between for the Mafia boss Stefano Bontade: "When Vittorio Mangano got the job in the Arcore villa, boss Stefano Bontade and some of his close aides used to meet Berlusconi using visits to Mangano as an excuse." Giuffrè told the Palermo court that despite the prime minister's assertions to the contrary, Mangano's Mafia identity was known when he was hired at the villa.[2]
Mangano's criminal record[edit]
Berlusconi kept Mangano as an employee despite his criminal record dating back to the 1960s. He never dismissed him even when, during his time as employee in the Villa, he was imprisoned because of convictions, and suspected of arranging the kidnapping of a friend of Berlusconi. Mangano left spontaneously in late 1975, concerned about Berlusconi's reputation, when many newspapers started making a scandal about his stay at Arcore. Berlusconi later stated that he was absolutely unaware of who Mangano really was when he hired him.
Public prosecutor Paolo Borsellino named Mangano in his last interview on May 19, 1992, with the reporters Jean Pierre Moscardo and Fabrizio Calvi. Borsellino spoke about the relations and connections of the Mafia with business and politics. According to Borsellino, Mangano was the link between the Sicilian Mafia and its interests in Northern Italy. Borsellino was killed two months after this interview by a car bomb in Via D'Amelio.
The pentito Salvatore Cancemi disclosed that Berlusconi's company Fininvest, through Marcello Dell'Utri and Mangano, had paid Cosa Nostra 200 million lire (100 000 euro) annually. The alleged contacts, according to Cancemi, were to lead to legislation favourable to Cosa Nostra, in particular the harsh article 41-bis prison regime. The underlying premise was that Cosa Nostra would support Berlusconi's Forza Italia party in return for political favours.[3]
Murder of Giuseppe Pecoraro and Giovambattista Romano[edit]
Mangano was sentenced to life imprisonment on July 19, 2000 for the murder of Giuseppe Pecoraro and Giovambattista Romano in January 1995. Moreover, he was suspected to be responsible for the kidnapping of Luigi D'Angerio after a dinner in the Silvio Berlusconi's villa on December 7, 1974.[4]
Death in prison[edit]
Mangano died a few days after the verdict on July 23, 2000 in jail. He had been imprisoned five years before because of other crimes (drug trade, extortion). He died of a cancer. The epigraph of his tombstone is «rifiutò di barattare la sua dignità con la libertà» (he refused to barter his dignity for freedom).
During an interview on April 8, 2008, Marcello Dell'Utri described Mangano as a great man who went to prison because he refused to say false things against Berlusconi.[5] The following day, April 9, during a show on television channel La7 Berlusconi supported that declaration by saying "Marcello Dell'Utri is right: Mangano was a hero, because he never said anything about me".
Arrest of Cinzia Mangano[edit]
On September 24, 2013, Vittorio Mangano's daughter and son-in-law, Cinzia Mangano and Enrico Di Grusa, were arrested by Italian police forces during a round-up within a Mafia probe into money laundering.[6]
See also[edit]
- ^ Italian supergrass Antonino Giuffre accuses Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of meeting Mafia bosses during the 1980s, BBC News, January 8, 2003
- ^ Berlusconi accused of Mafia links, BBC News, January 8, 2003
- ^ Berlusconi friend on trial for 'aiding Mafia', The Guardian, May 10, 2001
- ^ http://www.repubblica.it/online/cronaca/mangano/mangano/mangano.html
- ^ (in Italian) Berlusconi: "Perizie per i pm" Dell'Utri: "Mangano un eroe", La Repubblica, April 8, 2008
- ^ Arrest of Mangano's daughter in mafia investigation into money laundering 24.09.2013
- (in Italian) Travaglio, Marco & Elio Veltri (2001). L'odore dei soldi. Origini e misteri delle fortune di Silvio Berlusconi, Rome: Editori Riuniti ISBN 88-359-5007-4
External links[edit]
- (in Italian) Relationship between Mangano and Dell'Utri (italian sentences)
- (in Italian) Borsellino's last interview (italian on RaiNews24)
- (in Italian) Ergastolo a Vittorio Mangano, La Repubblica, July 17, 2000.
- (in Italian) Muore Mangano, La Repubblica, July 23, 2000.
- (in Italian) Berlusconi: Mangano was a hero on YouTube, RadioDue, April 9, 2008.


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Spotlight on rheumatology
Gout is in the news this week, with a new study from the BMJ demonstrating that eating well can downgrade your risk of developing this inflammatory condition.
The so-called DASH diet, designed to reduce blood pressure, is also good for lowering uric acid levels, US and Canadian study involving 44,000 people has found. The diet is rich in fruit, vegetables, nuts and whole grains, and low in salt, sugary drinks, red and processed meats.
Gout is also the subject of an ongoing battle in the rheumatology community, reports Health Professional Radio. New guidelines from the American College of Physicians advise doctors against urate-lowering therapy in most patients, in stark contrast to both EULAR and ACR recommendations. It's angered many gout specialists who have set up two new professional bodies to advocate use of urate-lowering drugs.
New fibromyalgia guidelines have also come under fire. The EULAR recommendations, write two Maltese rheumatologists, underplay the importance of severe anxiety and depression in the debilitating condition.
Meanwhile, biosimilars are making news at the Digestive Disease Week held in Chicago this month. The question of whether they are interchangeable with biologics has been troubling many Australian rheumatologists since the recent PBS listing of the etanercept biosimilar Brenzys for a number of rheumatology conditions.
Three new studies (here, here and here) suggest Inflectra, an infliximab biosimilar that was PBS-listed last year, can be switched with its originator Remicade without any effect on safety or efficacy.
And in other biologics news, abatacept has been found in a phase 3 study to be effective in psoriatic arthritis. In the study of over 400 patients, around 40% of those randomised to the biologic showed improvement compared with 22% in the placebo group.
How common is hand arthritis? A large study from the US crunches the numbers: it finds that one in two women will develop the condition at some stage in their life, while only one in four men will do so.
Hand arthritis affects Caucasians more than African-Americans and is more prevalent among obese people.
But people with any kind of arthritis should go easy on some kinds of painkillers, Canadian researchers say. The BMJ study involving 450,000 people found that taking any dose of an NSAID even for only a week significantly increases the risk of myocardial infarction.
And finally, a US study has found that squeaky knees are a better predictor of osteoarthritis than knee pain.
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Hollywood Under Fire: David Justice's Digs Burn Down, Sean Penn Loses Trailer
The California wildfires aren't just waging war against the entertainment industry — they're also happy to take on sports stars, hitting a home run against former baseball bright-spark David Justice.
FOXNews.com has confirmed that the former "flame" of Halle Berry was granted no "justice" from naughty nature as his multi-million dollar digs in San Diego burnt down on Wednesday.
Pals of the pro said David is devastated to have lost so many memories.
"Of course, he was warned that his property was at risk, but deep down you deny to yourself that it could really happen," said our source. "David's devastation is beyond words."
And even though a number of Hollywood's hottest are keeping a distance so they don't get any hotter, the entertainment industry is reaching out to those who reside in the red spots.
"I'm petrified, just petrified," Gwyneth Paltrow's mother Blythe Danner told FOX on the carpet of Wednesday's Environmental Media Awards. "I flew in from New York this morning, and looking over at the devastation was heartbreaking. I have so many close friends who have been evacuated and my heart goes out to them."
Danner is not the only star who is in shock.
"When I flew in I couldn't believe it," Richard Gere told FOX on the red carpet of Monday's 11th Annual Hollywood Film Festival gala. "It looked like something out of a nightmare. As we got closer to the ground, my wife started coughing hysterically and the entire plane filled with smoke from the pressure. That's something I've never experienced — I can't imagine what it would be like to have your home threatened like that. It's so awful."
And even though he was the singing star of "Hairspray," John Travolta certainly won't be spraying anything toxic too close to the tinder.
"I'm so glad we don't have a home in the area," he said. "But we have so many friends and family who do. So many people in our industry have been affected by this, and my heart just goes out to all of them. People very close to me have already been evacuated and it is scary."
We are assuming one person in particular he may have been referring to is "Grease" co-star Olivia Newton-John, who was one of the first to be hustled from her home on Saturday and has yet to return.
And while Sean Penn likes to play an activist role, one thing he can't lobby to change is a mad Mother Nature. Penn first lost his Malibu mansion during the wildfires of 1993 and now looks set to lose some more of his possessions.
On Tuesday, a trailer on his property went "Into the Wild" and burnt to the ground. According to an insider, the threat of "going through that pain all over again" is causing a great amount of stress and discomfort to the Academy-Award winning actor.
Not only are these furious flames affecting our film stars' homes, but they're also targeting the places where they like to eat.
The ever-popular Courteney Cox/Britney Spears hangout Nobu went from sushi to smoldering Wednesday morning as firefighters worked to save some seaweed and salmon.
But the Malibu hotspot was safe from the flames by Wednesday afternoon and has actually opened its doors to weary firefighters, friends and family. Nobu chefs have been cooking up a storm of sushi treats to give hardworking firefighters some much-needed eats.
The fires also seem to be burning up production schedules and have halted filming agendas on hit shows such as FOX's "24" and ABC's "Big Shots," which had plans to roll through the region this week.
The blazes are having an effect on the hotel industry, too.
The majority of hotels across other beachfront towns including Santa Monica, Venice, Beverly Hills and Hollywood are booked solid for the coming days with a star-studded clientele that includes the likes of Kelsey Grammer, Mel Gibson, Mel Brooks and Cher — all of whom reportedly fled far from the flames.
"It's just so tragic; I can't believe what is happening here," said 45-year-old Malibu resident Suzanne Harper. "I have lived here all my life and I've never seen anything so bad."
And while it doesn't exactly serve Nobu's award-winning wantons and miso, it seems the Malibu Beach Inn has become the new spot where stars can sleep with other stars, so to speak.
Billionaire showbiz mogul David Geffen has opened up his recently renovated Malibu Beach Inn free of charge to evacuees and firefighters, and while no names have yet been released, a "few high-profile people are staying there so they can be close to their homes should anything happen."
Earlier this week, Malibu rehab center Promises was evacuated as the wildfires got a little too close to the former playground of girls gone wild Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan.
FOXNews.com has also confirmed that firefighters hosed down Courteney Cox's home on Monday morning as the former "Friends" star was inside.


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The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee called Sunday for a commission to probe the use of torture against suspected terror detainees, amid calls by some that the country simply bury the controversy.
"I know some people say, let's turn the page. Frankly, I'd like to read the page before we turn it," Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy told the CBS television's "Face the Nation" program.
"Why not have a nonpartisan or bipartisan commission do it, like we did in 9/11, and just go back and find everything that happened?" said Leahy, referring to the blue-ribbon investigatory panel assembled in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
The bipartisan September 11 commission probed the causes that led to the terror attacks on New York and Washington and offered guidelines to prevent future attacks.
Leahy said he was not motivated to propose a similar panel by "some idea of vengeance" but by a quest for the truth.
"We know that there were a number of people that made the decision to violate the law, a number of people who said that we don't have to follow our constitution," the Democratic senator said.
He added that others who backed harsh treatment for detainees "wrote memos basically saying the president and the vice president are above the law -- that the laws of the United States don't apply to them like they do to you and me."
"I want to know why they did that," the senator continued.
"What kind of pressures brought them to write things that are so off the wall, and to make sure it never happens again."
But a senior Republican senator with a long track record opposing torture, John McCain, argued that establishing an inquiry on the torture issue could prove "divisive" for a country already polarized over the issue.
"It is well known what happened. There (are) going to be pictures that are going to be coming out, which will again authenticate that wrong things were done," the 2008 Republican presidential nominee said.
"But are you going to prosecute people for giving bad legal advice? Are you going to keep on down this road in order? said McCain, who lost against Barack Obama in his quest last year for the White House.
"We need to put this behind us. We need to move forward," he said, adding: "We need a united nation, not a divided one."
Debate has raged on the issue of prosecuting officials who backed harsh interrogation for terror inmates, after the Obama administration last week released four sensitive memos that blew the lid on the practice, which was approved under former president George W. Bush, including the use of insects, simulated drowning and sleep deprivation.
Obama has said that CIA officers involved in interrogations should not be prosecuted because they were carrying out orders. But he left the door open to possible prosecution of senior figures in the previous administration.
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Back from Europe, and we've been putting the finishing touches on the album and artwork. We're also plotting our first major US tour in a while, which will probably start in late March – and more Europe dates as well. So expect a fair number of announcements soon as we lurch back into performing mode. In the meantime, we're looking forward to Fun Fun Fun fest.
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Good mothers raise good men!! And animal lovers.
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(ahem). Our live performances of Bowie's entire Berlin Trilogy, properly mixed and mastered, are now available on our Bandcamp page in 24-bit glory—as individual albums or a complete set. (Plus artwork, program notes, credits, etc...the usual deluxe SW treatment). (!!!). ... See MoreSee Less
it is a wonderful collection of the performances. thank you, and I hope you keep having such success, and keep spoiling us with this level of work.
As a Patreon subscriber, I've been privileged to get a copy, and it's bloody brilliant. If you love the original 3 albums, I know you'll appreciate the love and effort put into this set of performances. Jonathan approached the project much the same way an orchestra conductor might approach a classic piece - enhancing the experience with his own experience to create something at once true to the original material and true to our time. A true labour of love.
Thank you so much for performing these albums and now for making the recordings available. I wish you all the success you deserve with this. Downloading now!
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An amazing performance! i listened to it today.
I hate to be this guy - and I promise I'll HAPPILY buy THE TRILOGY regardless of how you put it out - but is there any chance of this ever being released physically?
I think I know what I'm going to get for my birthday!!
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If you've ever wondered what a guided meditation by Loma might be like...well, look no further. Me, Emily L, Emily C, and Dan D made an undulating bed for EC's voice to lie on...and I kinda dare you to let her lead you to the place she wants to go. (Also, there's an instrumental version.) (JM)
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Jan Suchland
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Subjective tinnitus is an auditory phantom sensation that is perceived without an external sound source. Tinnitus is usually induced by inner ear damage of various origins (e.g. age-related hearing loss, noise exposure, acoustic trauma, ototoxic drugs). Due to an altered acoustic input from the damaged inner ear, the plasticity of the central nervous system leads to functional and structural changes causing tinnitus. While the initial hearing loss caused by the inner ear damage can sometimes recover partly or fully or can be compensated for by a hearing aid, the induced tinnitus is usually irreversible and becomes chronic because the plastic changes in the brain persist.
In my PhD project I will investigate the tinnitus related changes in different brain areas, like the inferior colliculus (IC) and the auditory cortex (AC) and compare the neuronal firing patterns of animals with and without chronic tinnitus.
Parts of my PhD work:
I) Comparison of the spontaneous activity in the IC and AC
In the first part of my project I will examine tinnitus-induced changes on the level of single neurons and neuronal clusters by analyzing the spontaneous activity in the brain of anaesthetized Mongolian gerbils. Changes in this stimulus-independent activity are believed to be the source of chronic tinnitus. For these investigations the inferior colliculus, the principal midbrain nucleus of the ascending hearing pathway, and the auditory cortex are the most promising structures.
II) Influence of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in the IC and AC
In the next part of my project the local influence of different neurotransmitters and their antagonists on tinnitus-dependent activity changes will be examined by using electro-microiontophoresis. In contrast to a systemic application this method allows a local application of the chemicals and therefore specific conclusions about the local sources of changes in spontaneous nerve activity. Additionally, the use of neuromodulators will allow to draw conclusions about the modulating influences of other brain areas (e.g. limbic system) on the inferior colliculus and the auditory cortex.
I am funded and supported by the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main.


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Episode 33: The Faceless Ones Episode 3: The Crime of Comedy
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Something universal and touching emerges about youth and hope, particularly in the clips of a shyly smiling child Kati, and in the intense, passionate love that teen Kati holds for James.
"Kati With an I" transforms one teenager's particular story into a moving portrait of Anygirl, U.S.A.
Robert Greene's documentary captures so many wonderfully delicate, private moments in Kati's life that it seems churlish to wish the film said more about what it's actually like to be a young woman today.
Greene's patient, understated portrait renders a universal rite of passage in strangely alluring, poetic terms.
Greene may intend Kati's story as a quiet tragedy, but the native feeling of that's-just-the-way-it-is lethargy ("Only in Alabama can you be a home-school drop-out") is rather convincing.
Sensitive if somewhat messy.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suffered another defeat in its war against "reverse payment" or "pay-for-delay" drug patent litigation settlements with a ruling by the Eleventh Circuit affirming the dismissal of FTC v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 10-12729, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 8377 (11th Cir. April 25, 2012), a case challenging Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s settlement with generic challengers to Solvay's AndroGel product. In prior cases, the Eleventh Circuit held that such settlements are lawful as long as they were within the "scope of the patent" — meaning that they do not restrain competition any more than the patent itself would have.
Stuck with the "scope of the patent" test, the FTC argued that Solvay was "unlikely to prevail" in the patent litigation, and that because the settlement did not provide for immediate entry of the generic drug it was outside the patent's scope. It urged the court to adopt a "rule that an exclusion payment is unlawful if, viewing the situation objectively as of the time of the settlement, it is more likely than not that the patent would not have blocked generic entry earlier than the agreed-upon entry date." The court rejected this approach decisively. The Watson decision thus left undisturbed its rulings in previous cases that "reverse payment" settlements enjoy antitrust immunity absent proof that the patent litigation was a sham or the patent was obtained by fraud.
Reverse Payment Settlements
Judge Carnes's playful opinion in Watson begins with a walk through the world of pharmaceutical patent litigation. Every company proposing to put a new drug on the market must file a New Drug Application (NDA) with the FDA if the drug is truly new to the market, or an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) if the drug is generic and chemically identical to a "pioneer drug."1 A generic drug company may signal its intent to challenge the patent on a branded drug in the generic's ANDA, triggering patent litigation among the drug companies.2
The branded and generic drug companies sometimes choose to settle with a reverse payment. "In this type of settlement, a patent holder pays the allegedly infringing generic drug company to delay entering the market until a specified date, thereby protecting the patent monopoly against a judgment that the patent is invalid or would not be infringed by the generic competitor."3 The drug at the center of the Watson litigation was AndroGel, a gel treatment for low testosterone, sold by Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AndroGel was a highly successful product, generating nearly two billion dollars in sales starting in 2000.4
Enter generic manufacturers Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Paddock Laboratories, Inc. Watson and Paddock filed ANDAs after developing their generic versions of AndroGel. Solvay promptly filed patent infringement lawsuits. In response, Watson and Paddock challenged the validity of Solvay's patent. While Watson's and Paddock's motions for summary judgment were pending, the parties reached a settlement, pursuant to which Solvay agreed to share its profits from AndroGel and the generic companies would not launch their generic versions until, crucially, five years before the expiration of Solvay's patent.5
The FTC has long condemned deals like this as illegal agreements not to compete. The FTC's position garnered some early support in the case law.6 The Sixth Circuit in In re Cardizem CD Antitrust Litigation, 332 F.3d 896 (6th Cir. 2003) held that the reverse payment agreement at issue in that case was a per se illegal restraint of trade under Section 1 of the Sherman Act. "There is simply no escaping the conclusion that the Agreement, all of its other conditions and provisions notwithstanding, was, at its core, a horizontal agreement to eliminate competition in the market for Cardizem CD throughout the entire United States, a classic example of a per se illegal restraint of trade."7
But since Cardizem, every court of appeals to address the issue has rejected this view. The prevailing rule, as articulated by Watson, is that "absent sham litigation or fraud in obtaining the patent, a reverse payment settlement is immune from antitrust attack so long as its anticompetitive effects fall within the scope of the exclusionary potential of the patent."8 The "exclusionary potential" is the breadth of the exclusion from competition the patent, if upheld, would allow. In other words, an agreement allowing for generic entry before patent expiration, as long as it does not prevent the generic company from marketing other products not covered by the patent, does not violate the federal antitrust laws.
The rule is a compromise between the twin policy goals of protecting competition, as Congress intended with the antitrust laws, and spurring innovation, as Congress intended with the patent laws. So long as the drug companies have patents in effect, so most courts have reasoned, the government has bestowed them with monopoly protections the benefits of which they can parcel out as they please. Only after the patents lapse will any restraints of trade imposed by the settlements exceed those allowed by the patent laws and therefore violate the antitrust laws.
The FTC AndroGel Challenge
The AndroGel settlement permitted generic competition before the patent expired, thus falling squarely within the majority rule.
Not to be deterred, the FTC tried to bring its AndroGel challenge in California, avoiding the brunt of the Eleventh Circuit's precedent and perhaps seeking fertile ground to widen a circuit split.9 The Central District of California booted the case to the Northern District of Georgia, "where the underlying patent suits were litigated and settled."10 The Northern District of Georgia then tossed the case out as legally deficient.
The FTC appealed to the Eleventh Circuit, hanging its argument on rhetorical sleight of hand about the meaning of "exclusionary potential": "[A] patent has no exclusionary potential if its holder was not likely to win the underlying infringement suit. And if the patent has no exclusionary potential, the FTC continues, then any reverse payment settlement that excludes any competition from the market necessarily exceeds the potential exclusionary scope of the patent and must be seen as the patent holder's illegal '"buying off" of a serious threat to competition.'"11 In other words, the FTC argued that a patent vulnerable to defeat in a court of law is no better than no patent at all, and earns the patent holder no exemption from the antitrust laws. According to the FTC, Solvay was "not likely to prevail" in the patent suit, and that accordingly the patent was "unlikely" to prevent generic entry before expiration.
The Watson court told the FTC no means no, not unlikely. Even a patent unlikely to withstand judicial scrutiny does not have no exclusionary potential; nor does settlement indicate that a patent is likely to be defeated. "A party likely to win might not want to play the odds for the same reason that one likely to survive a game of Russian roulette might not want to take a turn. With four chambers of a seven-chamber revolver unloaded, a party pulling the trigger is likely (57 percent to 43 percent) to survive, but the undertaking is still one that can lead to undertaking."12
The Eleventh Circuit also refused to adopt a rule requiring courts to undertake the "turducken task" of "deciding a patent case within an antitrust case about the settlement of the patent case."13 Under the Eleventh Circuit's precedent, the question is much simpler: Does the settlement agreement exclude competition beyond the scope of the patent? The court affirmed the case's dismissal.
has important ramifications for cases brought by private plaintiffs. These frequently allege that but for the settlement, the generic manufacturer would have won the patent litigation and therefore would have brought its drug to market earlier. After Watson, defendants will have solid support for their argument that it is inappropriate and unfeasible for courts in antitrust cases to relitigate the merits of the patent case.
The FTC is not done fighting. Nor is the battle to widen the circuit split on the treatment of reverse payment settlements over; the Third Circuit is mulling such a case right now.14 And bills are perpetually introduced in Congress that would make such deals illegal. Until those become law, or the Supreme Court rules that the settlements violate the antitrust laws, pharmaceutical companies likely will continue to enter into "reverse payment" settlements of patent litigation against would-be generic competitors.
The geography of the drug companies in question should be a first consideration. Companies with strong grounds for keeping the forum of an antitrust suit within circuits hewing to the looser "scope of the patent" standard have greater leeway in agreeing to reverse payment settlements. Once within those jurisdictions, any such settlements should fall within the bounds of the latest reverse payment decisions.
The FTC, likewise, does not consider all settlements of equal threat to competition. Obviously, those with less exclusionary effect are less likely to be targeted than those with more. Less obviously, but as Watson demonstrated, the FTC has set its sights on settlements involving patents it considers weak.15
Keeping tabs on the FTC's moves is paramount for drug companies entering into agreements that take generic entry off the table, even for limited periods. The Watson decision, though not unexpected, is a boon for drug companies. It does not, however, fundamentally shore up the unstable landscape of antitrust enforcement in patent litigation settlements. For those that tread in this territory, it is still wise to tread with caution.


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DURHAM head coach Jon Lewis admits he is not sure what to expect come tomorrow morning's LV County Championship Division One opener at Somerset – but is confident he has the tools to adapt to any situation.
His squad travel to Taunton in buoyant mood after a productive three-day friendly win over Durham MCCU, with all 11 players getting valuable match practice under their belt.
There's a few things we do know, a few things we don't, but we adapt well to situations as they arriveDurham coach Jon Lewis
By contrast, the hosts played out a dour match against Lancashire, scoring 334 for the loss of just one wicket on the final day, with Marcus Trescothick and Tom Cooper both hitting centuries.
That result may indicate the conditions Durham can expect tomorrow, on a ground where they've have not recorded a first-class victory since 2005, though Lewis refused to make decisions based on that game – and he will use another nearby match to keep his options open.
"It's tricky to read too much into a friendly game against Lancashire. What you do in a Championship game might differ," he said. "There's a few things we do know, a few things we don't, but we adapt well to situations as they arrive.
"They've got a few players we know a bit about. (Johann) Myburgh spent a bit of time with us and got some runs against us. Tom Cooper is a less-known quantity.
"Given that our second team are at Bristol, I'm happy to take players knowing that if people miss out, they can get some second-team cricket because Bristol's only 25 minutes up the road."
He also admitted those who started against the students would likely take to the field tomorrow, though stopped short of definitely ruling out any changes. "When you've only got the one game, you have to try and get the match time into the players, take a hunch and a take a bet they'll be the ones who'll start at Taunton," he said.
Lewis is without Mark Wood and Ben Stokes, who are on international duty with England, while Jamie Harrison could play in the second XI game following his return from a long-term knee injury.
DURHAM (probable): M Stoneman, K Jennings, S Borthwick, M Richardson, C Macleod, P Collingwood, P Mustard, J Hastings, P Coughlin, C Rushworth, G Onions.


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While I lack the innate musical abilities of, well, everyone in my family as well as Mae, I have a profound appreciation for music. I have no scriptural reference to back me up on this, call it a hunch, but I feel like music is more closely linked to the language of God than any we know. The power and the meaning that is embedded into the rhythm, tempo, and tonality enhances the meaning of words and can often communicate more and more quickly. So the Great Eight would not be complete with out a musical review.
I have been undergoing something of a subtle and minor shift in my musical preferences, as people are prone to do I suppose. That is evident in how I have been listening to far more "alternative rock" and less "Reggae." Now don't get me wrong, I still love a good classic reggae beat and socially conscious lyric, but I have been far more focused on probably two bands more so than the others, Coldplay and The Killers, both of whom put out great albums this year. So for this post I wanted to talk about my thoughts about the genius album by Coldplay "Viva La Vide or Death and His Friends."
Overall Impressions:
The album runs the gambit of emotions in human experience, it audibly captures the ranges of human experiences. The album has songs of
Life in Technicolor -This intro is something of a tease, as you listen to it build, you are prepared to hear Chris launch into a life-affirming ballad, but it stops just short. But it works, it draws you into the rest of the album, like any good artist, you leave them always wanting more. By the way, if you read to the end you will get the treat, ever so delayed.
Cemeteries of London – This song strikes you with its tone, it almost seems out of place, but like most of the other tunes, first impressions rarely leave you with the real essence of what is to come. This song is solid, but not spectacular. Probably only appealing to real Coldplay fans, as it lacks the hooks and melodies of some of their most famous work. But it speaks to the spiritual struggle that is omnipresent on the album as shown in the lyrics "God is in the houses, and God is in my head, and all the cemeteries of London. I see God in my garden, but I don't know what he said, because my heart wasn't open, not open."
Lost! – The song is an ode to searching and longing. I have heard some try to claim that this is Coldplay doing hip-hop and I suppose there is something to the rhythm that may suggest it, but if it is true it is likely only an influence rather than an experiment. This album is hardly a stylistic laboratory, but rather a rock odyssey.
42 – This song may be the most melancholy of the lot. Chris Martin is in his element with wistful wailing and pleading. The production here is solid and like many songs on the album breaks into a second phase. Creating a song within a song. But what would you expect from an album titled Viva La Vida (Long Live Life) or Death and All His Friends. This album is largely about juxtaposition and contrast. I love the line "Time is so short, there must be something more. You thought you might be a ghost, you didn't get to heaven, but you made it close."
Lovers in Japan / Reign of Love – The song quickly moves into an auditory sprint and you feel yourself driving and pushing. Although lyrically the song is possibly more questioning and speculative than the melody may suggest. The interesting thing is that the music lifts you with the hope and carries an unworldly quality to it. Almost as if you are above the sense of questioning and worry and you know it will get better. I can't quite pick the right word, but it is almost angelic, just not in the sense of the "hallelujahs chorus" kind of angelic!
Yes – The song begins with a very Beatle's-esque string intro and slowly ebbs into its own unique blend of instruments and sounds. Chris Martin makes it work even though he is singing probably an octave lower than we are used to hearing him. Rather than the trademark sing-for-the-rafters approach Chris takes into one of the darker places on the album, here he seems conflicted, tempted, and almost ready to give in. This is one of the longer songs on the album and is just over 7 minutes, but is really two songs. The second half of the song is almost like divine intervention into the fog of the first half. Chris is back into the falsetto he is so known for and as only Coldplay can seem to do, they take the distortion and feedback of the electric instruments and spiral it into an angelic, ethereal experience. This song is an interesting juxtaposition of sound and manages to redirect at just the right moment. It is almost as if you are there at his moment of abandoning himself to the moment and then a brilliant intervention flashes and something is calling to him, a memory maybe, but something higher, something more important. This song is great example of how Coldplay paints pictures with their sounds. Not as catchy as their other tunes, but rather … contemplative.
Viva la Vida – Again, another string intro, but this one is brighter in tone and combined with the pulsing rhythms of the percussion it brings the energy and melody that has made it a mainstream hit. Again the essence is life affirming, effervescent, and inspiring. When the album is listened to in succession it is almost as if he is redeemed and glorying in the moment as he is free from the moment in "Yes." This song combines choral backdrops, incredibly catchy lyrics, and you pretty much want to belt out along with Chris.
Violet Hill – Probably one of the edgier tones on the album, which is likely to explain why I always first read it as Violent Hill instead. This song seethes of the emotion of a relationship in limbo. "If you love me won't you let me know" he sings. The band follows with a throbbing that just makes me think of the heart is a desperate plea. Their is almost an Oasis-flavor to this song and I almost expect to hear a Gallagher snarling out the lines "If you loved me, why'd you let me go?" The song ends with him sweetly coaxing his love, "If you love me won't you let me know, If you love me won't you let me know?"
Strawberry Swing – For me this song is the catchiest and probably my favorite. There is a fun and sparkling melody and this song really brings all the strengths of this album together. This is Coldplay in its sweet spot. The mood is bright, the spirit is lively and is captured in the line "It is such, it is such a perfect day!" This is the song that makes you want to grab your sweethearts hand and just be in the moment. And just like a perfect day it fades away all to quickly, but better for having been there.
Death and All His Friends – A beautiful, clean and solitary piano lead in enters the oddest of titled songs on the album. Not nearly as morbid as the title may sound, in fact the song just may be the anthemic crescendo to the year's and possibly the decades greatest album. The musical odyssey that began with the sensory tickling of "Life in Technicolor" comes to the heights Chris Martin and company yearning and then back to the now familiar intro with Chris adding the lyrics "And in the end, We lie awake and dream of making our escape." Just beautiful.
Lost? – This is just like Lost!, but stripped down to a piano accompaniment and truly plays like a question not a declaration.
Lovers in Japan (Acoustic Version) – Again, another version, but brought to its melodic purity without the electronic distortions of the electronic instruments. The following lyrics capture the essence and power in the music:
"They are turning my head out,To see what I'm all about.
Keeping my head down, to see what it feels like now.
But I have no doubt, that one day the sun will come out."
As I was preparing for this post, I found that Coldplay has in fact put lyrics to Life in Technicolor and I am convinced that this album is the "Joshua Tree" for another generation. The video below shows the mastery and comedy and range of the greatest band in the world.
Post script – Since this post is so long, I may extend it to another topic on another day. I wanted to talk a little about the Killer's album too.


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TV Licensing Watch receive quite a number of comments about how infrequently we publish. It's true, we cannot deny it. We are more than happy to play second fiddle to TV Licensing Blog.
However, this week's front page expose with supporting video evidence by the Daily Mail, of the disgusting, bullying con artist tactics deployed by the BBC's prime TV Licensing™ administration and enforcement contractor, Capita Business Services Ltd, obliges us to add our two penn'orth.
Well, thank you, Daily Mail, you had the resources to do what you did which we do not have and the general public in the UK owes the Daily Mail, something of a debt of gratitude. It is also very satisfying to see that allegations repeatedly made by us and many others in the anti-licence fee movement for over a decade being confirmed with firm proof. What took you so long, Daily Mail?
Capita were awarded the contract for BBC TV Licensing™ (now Capita TV Licensing™; please note that) in 2002. Capita have been administering and enforcing the BBC TV licence fee for 15 years. Yes, 15 years! A 2 year extension of the BBC TV licence fee administration and enforcement contract has been recently, on the nod seemingly, awarded to Capita. It is expected that Capita will continue to administer and enforce the BBC TV licence fee until 2027, the anticipated expiry of BBC Royal Charter, also seemingly awarded on the nod after the one of the dodgiest BBC Charter renewal consultations in public service history.
If Capita retain BBC TV licence fee administration and enforcement contract until 2027, that will be a total of 25 years and Capita are expected to accrue up to £1.55 billion, plus the fringe benefits of 25 years worth of KPI related bonuses and commissions, courts awarded prosecution costs and compensation, unpaid fines' inflated bailiff collection fees through Capita owned Akinika, transaction fees, taxpayer subsidised (£66.54 per prosecution; source: MoJ/HMCTS) zero courts fee access to magistrates courts in the UK and the list could go on.
A casual perusal of the titles TV Licensing Blog since 2008 or our blog since 2012 should be sufficient to convince any sensible person that from the very start, Capita's operation of BBC TV licence fee administration and enforcement seems to have been and is riddled with Capita "canny" profit boosting enforcement and transaction scams and abuses, not least of which is the direct linkage between doorstep sales of TV licences, prosecution statements and the payments of bonus commissions. An outlawed 18th century Thief-taker model of law enforcement.
As a participant in the anti-licence fee movement, TV Licensing Watch, were not aware of that but suspected it since we blogged "Harassment: A BBC Formula" and we thank the, Daily Mail, for confirming our suspicions. That is before there is any mention of crooked Capita BBC TV Licensing™ field sales and enforcement staff awarding themselves unofficial bonuses and commissions by various transaction and prosecution statement falsification frauds.
The BBC, BBC TV Licensing Management Team, BBC Monitoring, CSC, BBC's lawyers and its various TV Licensing™ contractor hangers on have been obsessively monitoring every part of the anti-licence movement they know of and have access to. The BBC first awarded BBC TV licence fee administration and enforcement contract to Capita in 2002 and has renewed that contract with Capita every fifth year since. BBC and Capita have been together 15 years and the BBC do not know what misdeeds their prime TV licence fee administration and enforcement contractor have done and are doing? In 15 years! 15 years of connivance and collusion between BBC and Capita. In 15 years obsessively monitoring the anti-licence fee movement! 15 years of complaints by people in the UK who repeatedly write to BBC Director General "Phoney" Tony Hall. It's interesting to note that Hall's complaints handling technique seems to consist entirely of redirecting complaints about Capita directly to Capita seemingly unrecorded and unread. A staggering lack of enquiring corporate nous and initiative in a corporate leader, to say the least.
The Daily Mail, part of the legacy mainstream media have confirmed what the anti-licence fee movement have said all along. To quote, Watchkeeper, if you are reading this Watchkeeper, and we hope you are, here's a reminder of a Watchkeeper's Log prescient blog title "BBC and Capita: Rogue organisations not fit for purpose".
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The value of domestic cctv surveillance and handheld video camera can prove invaluable in gathering evidence of the serial abuses and misdemeanours perpetrated by employees of Capita Business Services under cover of the BBC TV Licensing™ contract. TV Licensing Watch advise anybody who has the misfortune to have face to face dealings with Capita Business Services TV Licensing™ to make an audio-visual record of those dealings in their entirety covertly or overtly with cctv and handheld video cameras.
For people who have not exercised their right to remain silent, TV Licensing Watch advise anybody who has had the misfortune to have face to face dealings with Capita Business Services TV Licensing™ and have received a summons as a consequence to contact a licensed law practitioner if: there is the slightest discrepancy between the actual situation regarding viewing habits and/or what actually happened during the interview compared with what has been written on the TVL178 Record of Interview self incrimination form.


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Sunday, November 2, 2008
Autumn Leaves
This one is watercolor on 1/4 sheet of 300lb. Fabriano Artistico paper. After doing an initial wash in Quin. Gold, I applied paint to the leaves and pressed them onto the paper.
10 comments:
- Randy Carboni said...
Hey Deb, good to see you are out of your slump. Love the leaves piece. I have to try that technique.
- November 3, 2008 at 4:35 PM
- Deb Townsend said...
Glad you like it Randy. It was a hit today at work so I'll have to be doing more. It feels good to be picking up my brushes. I hate those slumps!
- November 3, 2008 at 5:05 PM
- Kate said...
I love fall too. It really must be living in the north east, but also in the Hudson River Valley. You know it is rated the best place in the world to view fall foliage? We get the color change in the trees out here, but its not the same. There aren't the hills and valleys that let you really see the colors the way the Hudson River Valley does. The drive up to church does allow somewhat of a view, but its just not the same.
A good friend of mine out here is an artist (not a student). He's got a painting in his house of the fall colors which I absolutely adore. Makes me think of home with its vibrant colors. Your painting has a darker, more muted feel to it. But it really is just as beautiful. I remember doing art projects in elementary school with leaves and glue. Similiar, but obviously yours is sooo much more awesome!!
- November 4, 2008 at 11:19 AM
I unequivocally agree with your longing for autumn. I am enjoying the colors most. It has been so long since I've seen reds and oranges. Though my new city home has provided at least one surprise: Ginkgoes turn the most delightfully vibrant shade of yellow!
I like how you made use of the leaf veins in your piece. I think they have such an interesting geometric arrangement, which provides a contrast to the less concrete grading of the wash.
- November 6, 2008 at 10:25 PM
- Deb Townsend said...
Eric! How nice to hear from you. You've been on my mind the past couple of days. I need to give you a call! Glad you like my leaves and are enjoying the fall. It has been particularly beautiful this year! Hugs!
- November 7, 2008 at 6:14 AM
- Melissa Fischer said...
LOVE these leaves, Deb! I agree, fall is the best time, and you've captured it beautifully.
- November 7, 2008 at 7:38 PM
- Deb Townsend said...
Thanks Melissa. Doing some more while the leaves are still supple!
- November 8, 2008 at 1:22 AM
This is a lovely painting. I too really like 300lb paper….worth every penny! Did you use CP or HP. HP (fabriano) works really well for glazes and wet in wet…takes a bit of getting used to. Clever you to create leaf stencils.
Like a lot of your readers, I too love this time of year…so glad to be back in England for it!
- November 8, 2008 at 3:34 PM
- missmommajenni said...
Hey Deb,
I am really enjoying your blog. Your paintings are amazing. It's been so long since I've seen you, I'm feeling like we need to reconnect! Your art is inspiring, and by the way, I'm sure that by next September, I'm going to be longing for autumn! :-)
Now I'm off to read through more of your blog.
Love and hugs,
Jenni Stahlmann
- November 9, 2008 at 7:15 AM
- Deb Townsend said...
Jenni!!! It's so good to hear from you. I was so sorry we couldn't connect before you left for Florida. Facebook me your number and I'll call for a nice long chat!
Glad you're enjoying the blog. :)
- November 9, 2008 at 7:43 AM


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ART. 23. If after two years from the date of the concession, the colonist
should not have cultivated his land, the right of property shall be
considered as renounced; in which case, the respective ayuntaniento
can grant it to another.
ART. 24. During the first six years from the date of the concession,
the colonists shall not pay titles, duties on their produce, nor any contribution
under whatever name it may be called.
ART. 25. The next six years from the same date, they shall pay half
tithes, and the half of the contributions, whether direct or indirect, that
are paid by the other citizens of the empire. After this time, they shall
in all things relating to taxes and contributions, be placed on the same
footing with the other citizens.
AET. 26. All the instruments of husbandry, machinery, and other
utensils, that are introduced by the colonists for their use, at the time
of their coming to the empire, shall be free, as also the merchandise
introduced by each family, to the amount of two thousand dollars.
ART. 27. All foreigners who come to establish themselves in the empire,
shall be considered as naturalised, should they exercise any useful
profession or industry, by which, at the end of three years, they have a
capital to support themselves with decency, and are married. Those
who with the foregoing qualifications, marry Mexicans, will acquire particular
merit, for the obtaining letters of citizenship.
ART. 28. Congress will grant letters of citizenship to those who
solicit them, in conformity with the constitution of the empire.
ART. 29. Every individual shall be free to leave the empire, and can
alienate the lands over which he may have acquired the right of property,
agreeably to the tenor of this law, and he can likewise take away
from the country, all his property, by paying the duties established by
ART. 30. After the publication of this law, there can be no sale or
purchase of slaves which may be introduced into the empire. The children
of slaves born in the empire, shall be free at fourteen years of age.
ART. 31. All foreigners who may have established themselves in any
of the provinces of the empire, under a permission of the former government,
will remain on the lands which they may have occupied, being
governed by the tenor of this law, in the distribution of said lands.
ART. 32. The executive, as it may conceive necessary, will sell c:r
lease the lands, which, on account of their local situation, may be the
most important, being governed with respect to all others, by the provisions
of this law.
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Walk through the halls of the Grand Palace, the former residence of many Thailand royals and the origin of many historical events…
So I have already mentioned a bit about this place since it houses the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, which in reality is just a section within this massive complex! The Grand Palace itself needs an introduction of its own because I cannot summarize it in a few lines.
Also known as Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang (try remembering that!), the palace serves as the King's abode since the 18th century. It is a colossal compound of buildings where not only the King would reside, but also his government.
The Grand Palace's lay out resembles that of the old palace in the ancient capital of Ayutthaya with its rectangular shape and specific placements of the elements. The complex is broken up into three quarters such as its forerunner. A river accompanies the western side while the royal temple is purposely built on the east side of the palace with all buildings facing the north.
The palace was finally finished under the reign of King Rama I and to celebrate its completion in 1785, the King did an extravagant coronation ceremony. But when you go, don't expect to get a glimpse of the current King because since King Rama VIII, the successive royals decided to move to other palaces (yes, there is a lot apparently!).
Presently the Grand Palace is still useful with the current King performing many imperial ceremonies here each year. It also houses the Royal Institute of Thailand and the Office of the Private Secretary to the King.
My feet were seriously aching after sweeping every inch of this gigantic stronghold. You seriously need one full day to do so! Just make sure to not get tempted to take photos of sleeping guards, or you will get in trouble like me. And trust me, these guys are scary!
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To: OpenBiome Team
From: James Burgess, Executive Director
CC: Finch Team
Date: February 22, 2017
Subject: Overview of collaboration with Finch Therapeutics
Dear Team:
As we launch our collaboration with Finch Therapeutics ("Finch"), I wanted to provide some additional context on the process we followed to establish the structures and principles that support it.
As you know, OpenBiome provides its treatments for recurrent C. difficile infection under the FDA's interim policy of enforcement discretion. We expect that this policy will be repealed when an FDA-approved product can replace unapproved alternatives. After an extensive review of our strategic options with our Board of Directors, we determined:
- The FDA will require formal approval for all microbial therapies in the long term
- As a nonprofit, we will not have access to the significant financial and technical resources required for successful drug development and FDA approval
From the perspective of the patients we serve and the clinicians and researchers who enable their care, it's important to validate this treatment through adequate and well-controlled trials (for more on why, see our other communications tomorrow). As a result, we have decided to partner with Finch, which has access to the significant risk capital required to pursue FDA approval.
Finch is a microbiome therapeutics company that aims to serve patients with serious and unmet medical needs. OpenBiome will license its stool banking technology to Finch, for use by its team of microbiologists, data scientists, and drug delivery experts. Finch will become the licensed manufacturer of the treatments that OpenBiome supplies to clinicians and researchers in support of its mission to expand safe access to FMT and catalyze research in the human microbiome. Finch will invest significantly in upgrading the quality systems used for this manufacturing process and incorporate its novel drug delivery system to enable targeted release of the microbes at the site of infection in the colon.
Over two years of planning and negotiation have gone into designing this collaboration. Finch and OpenBiome are independent organizations, each with a separate Board of Directors, and they will remain so. However, the two organizations share members of their leadership teams, a situation that creates the risk of a conflict of interest. So, we followed a process that involved a number of precautionary steps to ensure that any contracts and agreements to which OpenBiome committed were in the best interests of OpenBiome and our nonprofit mission.
Independent internal oversight: The OpenBiome Board of Directors created an Independent Subcommittee composed of Directors with no financial, managerial, or familial ties to Finch. The Independent Subcommittee oversaw development of and gave final review to all contracts between the two organizations.
Independent external oversight: The Independent Subcommittee received support from external legal counsel, who were hired to ensure that the agreements were fair and truly in support of OpenBiome's mission and goals. An external valuation firm was hired to evaluate the royalty agreements between the two companies and to ensure that they were fair and in line with market comparables.
With these governance protections in place, OpenBiome and Finch worked together to establish a series of contracts that would form a broad-based strategic affiliation between the two entities.
The Master Strategic Affiliation Agreement, Quality Systems License, and related documents provide the legal infrastructure for the strategic affiliation. They were developed, reviewed and approved by the Independent Subcommittee, the Finch Board of Directors, legal counsel, and valuation firm. OpenBiome is licensing to Finch its intellectual property and know-how related to FMT manufacturing and donor screening and management. In exchange, Finch will pay OpenBiome a customary set of payments including an upfront sum, milestone payments, and royalties on FIN-403 and future products along with providing a guaranteed supply of FMT material to OpenBiome. The agreements also provide a contractual framework for OpenBiome and Finch to follow should they collaborate on clinical research, or exchange stool samples and data.
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With just over three weeks to go before it opens its doors to the public, the final touches are being made to Mansfield's new £9m bus station.
The new station opens its doors for business on Easter Sunday (March 31) and takes bus travel in the town well and truly into the 21st century. To mark the completion of the building, a ceremony attended by Patrick McLoughlin, Secretary of State for Transport, will take place on March 18.
The Secretary of State will arrive in Mansfield by train where he will be met by the Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, Coun Kay Cutts; County Council Chairman Coun Carol Pepper and the Executive Mayor of Mansfield, Tony Eggington.
The guests will cross from the railway station to the new bus station via a brand-new footbridge which links the two, helping to create a transport "hub" in the town, encouraging more people to travel by public transport and playing a crucial part in the regeneration and future prosperity of the town centre.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at the entrance to the bridge and, following a tour of the new building, the Secretary of State will unveil a commemorative plaque in the main concourse area.
Among the guests at the ceremony will be pupils from the Queen Elizabeth Academy who, along with pupils from King Edward Primary School, contributed towards a time capsule which has been buried beneath the station, showing future residents of Mansfield what life was like in the early 21st century.
Situated in the heart of the town, the new bus station is just 180 metres (195 yards) from the market place and will be used by more than five million passengers a year – that's more than East Midlands Airport. The new building is light, airy and safe, with extensive use of glass. It is fully enclosed and has a comfortable waiting area with plenty of seating, toilets, a baby changing area, shops and refreshments.
It also boasts a staffed travel information office, electronic timetable information, CCTV cameras linked to the town centre system and automatic doors separating the waiting passengers from buses. Its high-tech video wall can be utilised by local businesses and community groups, which will help provide local information on a variety of subjects.
A Family Fun Day will take place at the bus station on Easter Saturday, March 30, giving local people their first opportunity to take a look at the new facility before it opens for business the following day.
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To the trailhead: Access Boulder Canyon (Colo. 119). Drive about 15.6 miles to Nederland. From the round-about, go north on the Peak to Peak Highway (CO 72) for about 8 miles to Ward. Turn left (west) on Brainard Lake Road (CR 102), driving about 5 miles to the Brainard Lake Recreation Area large parking area on the right.
Distance: About 4.5 miles out and back
Difficulty: Moderate
Elevation gain: Gain and lose 225 feet
Dogs: No, from November through April
Information: There is a $9 fee/five days to enter during the summer months when the entrance station is staffed. There is no fee this time of year. Info: Boulder Ranger District, U. S. Forest Service 303-541-2500.
The wind threatened to be feisty, whistling over the Indian Peaks the Saturday we traipsed through Roosevelt National Forest on snowshoes en route to lovely Brainard Lake. However, aside from a few wind gusts, the day stayed calm and bright.
The three of us started our hike by parking in the large lot just outside the locked gates (Brainard Lake Recreation Area winter closure until mid-June).
Snap on your snowshoes and follow the snow covered clearly marked trail to the left of the warming hut, accessing the Sourdough Trail and then the Waldrop (North) Trail as you make your way into the trees.
Routes here include snowshoe only trails and routes for cross-country skiers. No dogs are allowed from November to April. Be mindful to honor the Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) designated ski trail and not snowshoe or hike on it. There's only a bit of up and down along the route and it's easy to follow the correct trail by looking for the intermittent bright blue diamonds high on the trees.
If you've studied the large trailhead kiosk map before starting out, you'll eventually have a choice of trending right to access the South St. Vrain Trail or stay left along the Waldrop Trail/Snowshoe Trail - both leading west toward Brainard Lake.
Just before the lake, you'll come upon a large sign centered in an open valley. Consult your hiking partners, the trail sign and a map to decide where to go next. Or rest a while, take some pictures, maybe have a snack and return the way you came.
The day we were there, we opted to hike south 1/8-mile toward Brainard Lake Road and meander two-miles back to our car along the broad, snow-covered road.
Here's a good trail map to put as a screenshot on your cell phone: cmcboulder.org/resources/brainardskimap.pdf.
Bette Erickson, is the author of "Just for Visitors - Where the Locals Hike" (Westcliffe Publishers, $8.95). Contact her at email@example.com.