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Rated PG
Copyright 1976 Dino De Laurentiis Company
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on 26 June 2007
The Characters:
Dwan - Jessica Lange! Her name used to be "Dawn," but she changed it to Dwan for reasons never really gone into. Found adrift in a life raft.
Jack Prescott - Jeff Bridges! Jack is a primate paleontologist, and a scruffy hippie-ish one at that. Pines for Dwan but finds intense competition from a giant ape.
Fred Wilson - Charles Grodin! Abrasive, greedy, and outright stupid executive of the almighty Petrox Corporation. Squashed.
Captain Ross - John Randolph! The wise old captain of the Petrox Explorer.
First Mate Carnahan - Ed Lauter! Co-leads the rescue party with Jack. Does a fatal bellyflop off a log bridge and into a deep chasm.
Roy Bagley - Rene Auberjonois! Roy is (apparently) a geologist and is the only person in the world Fred Wilson can be considered friends with.
Joe Perko, Boan, Sunfish, Garcia, and Timmons - Some of the ship's crew. Most of them die.
King Kong - Rick Baker! The real star of the movie, a giant gorilla with a real short temper. Machine-gunned by army helicopters, he swan-dives off the Twin Towers.
The Plot:
The Petrox Corporation has learned that there may be oil fields on a newly-discovered island somewhere in the South Pacific, an island eternally wreathed in fog and concealed from view for hundreds of years. It was only found by accident, when a N.A.S.A. spy satellite went off course and photographed it by mistake (how's that for a coinky-dink?). Petrox executive Fred Wilson spearheads an expedition to the island to search for the oil, in order for Petrox to get ahead of its competitors in the current (at the time anyway) Oil Crisis. Unknown to anyone, though, primate paleontologist and Princeton professor Jack Prescott has stowed away aboard their ship, the Petrox Explorer, and he has very different reasons for wanting to visit the island, as he reveals when he makes his presence known during a speech Wilson is giving about the island to the ship's crew. It seems that Wilson's island may not be as undiscovered as he thinks, as Jack recounts a variety of prior discoveries of the island by various other countries throughout the years, all of which have been hushed up. He is aware, though, of a cryptic message written on the life boat of one of the ships that ran aground there: "From thy wedding to the beast who touches heaven, lady, God preserve thee."
As interesting as Jack's stories are, Wilson becomes very angry when he discovers he is a stowaway. Proving to be an extremely paranoid fellow, Wilson believes Jack is actually a spy from a rival oil company and orders him locked up in the brig. But while Jack is being forcibly escorted thus by a pair of sailors, he happens to glance and sees something on the horizon which turns out to be a life raft containing Dwan, a beautiful woman in an evening gown. She is unconscious, so the crew brings her aboard and put her in Captain Ross' cabin. Since no one else has any medical experience, Wilson lets Jack out of the clink and agrees to let him be a part of the expedition after all, if he'll try and help Dwan. He does, and when she comes to, she tells her story. Turns out she's an aspiring actress who was aboard a friend's yacht when a storm hit. As far as she knows, she's the sole survivor. The journey to the island continues, with Dwan and Jack becoming fast friends and starting to fall in love, etc., and then, finally, we arrive at the dang island and Jack, Dwan, and Wilson lead a landing party ashore. They quickly discover some pools of what might be oil, and meet the natives living on the island; the chief, wearing a gorilla costume, sees Dwan and tries to buy her from the Petrox party. When Wilson refuses, the natives attack the group, but are driven back by gunfire. The landing party retreats to the ship.
As in the original, the natives won't take no for an answer and that night they sneak out to the Petrox Explorer and kidnap Dwan, although one of them accidentally drops his bracelet. When Jack finds said jewelry on the deck of the ship and Dwan is nowhere to be seen, he quickly realizes what happened and alerts the others. A rescue operation is mounted. Meanwhile, Dwan, dressed in native ceremonial attire, is tied between two pillars on the other side of a gigantic wall that separates the native village from the rest of the island. This goes about the way you'd expect: King Kong, played here by special effects guru Rick Baker in suit (but a good one, no matter what anyone says), takes Dwan away. Jack takes First Mate Carnahan and some of the Petrox Explorer's crew and sets off into the jungle after Kong to try and save Dwan. Ironically, she may not actually need saving, as it turns out. Despite a rocky start where she keeps trying to run away, enraging Kong, she and Kong soon become fast friends and he even gives her a bath by holding her underneath a waterfall. Jack, Carnahan, and their party catch up to Kong at a gorge bridged by a huge fallen log. Kong rolls the log, sending Carnahan and the men to their deaths, but Jack survives and continues after Kong.
He's able to whisk Dwan away when Kong becomes preoccupied fighting with a giant python (which was originally supposed to appear earlier and attack Jack and Carnahan's party, but the scene got cut). Kong kills the snake and chases after the two lovebirds, determined to reclaim Dwan. But what none of them know, however, is that in the meantime, Wilson has been up to no good. You see, the "oil" seen earlier turned out to be no good, and, faced with the utter failure of the expedition, Wilson has hatched a maniacal scheme to capture Kong and use him as Petrox's mascot. So when Kong chases Dwan and Jack back to the village, they accidentally lead the big ape right into Wilson's trap and Kong is subdued by a buttload of chloroform. Following a tense and awkward return trip to the States, Kong is put on display at Shea Stadium in New York City, during which Dwan participates in a phony re-enactment of the native ritual from the island, and is "offered" to the chained Kong. Needless to say, Kong very shortly thereafter escapes, causing a panic. He kills Wilson by stomping on him, destroys an elevated train, and eventually recaptures Dwan. The army is called in, and they pursue Kong to the World Trade Center. Boxed in with nowhere else to go, Kong, Dwan in hand, climbs up one of the Twin Towers...
I'm one of this movie's few fans; I'll go ahead and say that. King Kong 1976 is a movie that I feel is often unjustly panned by people. I first saw the movie in the early 90s (I'm unsure precisely when) and I remember being initially disappointed that there were no dinosaurs, only a hokey giant python. However about two years ago I was inspired to revisit the film when I read online all the really awful things everyone says about it. I remembered being upset about no dinosaurs, but that was my only problem with the movie. Surely it couldn't be as bad as everyone said it was. Luckily the local video store had it for rent and I gave it another whirl as soon as I got home. I found it to be a little slow in parts with some hammy acting, but otherwise surprisingly not that bad. Since then, I've become a defender of the film whenever people start going off on it, and I have never, ever understood the sheer hatred people seem to have for it.
Things I Learned From This Movie:
An island can remain undiscovered for hundreds of years, if properly hidden by perpetual fog.
Excess carbon dioxide is caused by giant gorilla breath
Horoscopes really work!
Never shoot at a giant ape while standing on a log bridge over a bottomless chasm.
Giant apes are naturally attracted to blonde human women.
Anything certified by the New York City government is worthless.
Chloroform gas clouds only affect giant apes.
Stuff To Watch For:
46 mins - So, is Dwan drugged or what?
47 mins - Okay, Ape Mask Guy is really freaking me out...
53 mins - The big reveal, Kong does his thing.
69 mins - Boy, I hope for her sake his breath doesn't stink.
74 mins - White sailors die; token black sailor lives.
81 mins - Kong, you perv!
90 mins - So why isn't the chloroform knocking them all out?
104 mins - "Great was the fear and trembling?" Oy...
117 mins - Hey, it's John Agar!
Audio clips in wav format
Starving actors speak out
Captain: "You know, I've got to admit, for a New York desk guy, you've got a lot of guys."
Fred: "Guts, hell! I sold this one to the board. If that island doesn't produce huge, I'll be wiping windshields."
Fred: "Ah! God!"
Jack: "You all right?"
Fred: "Just fell in a God damn hole."
Jack: "No you didn't."
Fred: "What do you mean I didn't? Look at me!"
Jack: "You're not in a hole. That's a footprint."
Jack: "Listen, there is a girl out there who might be running for her life from some gigantic turned-on ape!"
Radar Operator: "Radar update: monkey plotted 1800 yards West by Northwest, heading zero-eight-niner, velocity two two miles per hour. Estimated monkey time to your position: five minutes or less."
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Jack is hiding out on a ledge as Kong rolls the rest of the rescue party off of the log. I hope that my last words are not, "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" (Does that count as more than one word?)
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Re: King Kong (1976)
Reply #1.
Posted on June 27, 2007, 03:16:44 AM by
Well, OK, the log-rolling scene does make it look like this movie's a bit hokey. I don't see why anyone would hate it, though. I mean, there's a kind of humor in repetition, and this certainly had some humor to it that way, intentional or otherwise.
King Kong: Grrr!
Guy falling off log: Aaaaaaaaah!
King Kong: Grrr!
Guy falling off log: Aaaaaaaaah!
King Kong: Grrr!
Guy falling off log: Aaaaaaaaah!
Re: King Kong (1976)
Reply #2.
Posted on June 27, 2007, 08:13:01 AM by Greenhornet
I was in the air force when I saw this one. Everybody LAUGHED at the "tragic" ending!
Why did they bother to have a cast? That jerk hippie did almost EVRYTHING as the origonal cast!
In the theaters, hippie-boy cheered when the chopper hit the building. In the TV version, this was eith cut out or they have him cheering when the guys with the flame-throwers got crushed. BUT since the torch-men were on the roof of the tower hippie-boy was on, he couldn't possible see that happen!
De Laurentiis, BITE ME!
Re: King Kong (1976)
Reply #3.
Posted on June 27, 2007, 09:17:08 AM by
Thanks for the great review, Koosh.
You brought back a childhood memory for me: I was nine when I saw this and I remember bawling my eyes out when Kong bit the pavement.
I agree, this film was unfairly panned: IMO, it was better than the original and miles better than the sequel.
Re: King Kong (1976)
Reply #4.
Posted on June 27, 2007, 12:21:37 PM by
A rather enjoyable outing, though I remember it dragging a bit--I was just 14 at the time. I am not the only one, however, that thought Peter Jackson's remake was s l o w. I give a well-deserved nod to Rick Baker's ape-up, but I still prefer Willis O'Brien's stop-motion monkey shenanigans.
Re: King Kong (1976)
Reply #5.
Posted on June 27, 2007, 09:10:24 PM by
Jessica Lange was quite the babe back in the day. She looks even better in the remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice (though you have to put up with Nicholson in the buff as well in that).
The 1976 version has its quirky charms at times, I'll give it that, but overall it just doesn't do anyting for me.
and I also didn't have any problems with the Peter Jackson version.
Re: King Kong (1976)
Reply #6.
Posted on June 28, 2007, 06:49:58 AM by
I loved the Peter Jackson version. The first section which everyone complains about as being "too slow" is important for the character development of all the major players except Kong, and the movie isn't just about him. But then I do have a real soft spot for movies set during the Depression, don't ask me why.
I also loved the 1976 version though, and I thought the original was goofy. Not just for the special effects, which were pretty standard for the time, the original just never resonated with me.
Re: King Kong (1976)
Reply #7.
Posted on June 28, 2007, 05:59:51 PM by
Sorry, I absolutely despise this and the horrendous sequel, King Kong Lives. I was under the impression only Dino thought highly of his wretched version of a monster classic. It's just utterly putrid. The effects are awful, the modernisation of the film is diabolical, it's just bad,bad, BAD!
In fact the nicest thing I can say about it is that it is better than KKLives but to be fair, a film of a dog turd being rolled around a tumble dryer would be more entertaining. It's not good bad, it's just garbage.
Re: King Kong (1976)
Reply #8.
Posted on June 29, 2007, 05:53:18 AM by Happenstance
"White sailors die, token black sailor lives."
Oh, for... Given that in 90% of horror/monster movies the token black guy dies horribly (occasionally just tossing his life away to save the white stars, as in the end of
), this isn't something even the most race-obsessed insecure little white boy should get his panties bunched up over.
Beautiful John Barry score. (Like there's any other kind of John Barry score?)
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stevesjk wrote:But its not 100 per cent fool proof though because ive seen with my own eyes a hand fed cockatiel do very poorly in an aviary setting and ive seen the same with a budgie. Individual needs have to be taken into account. They end up too soft and easy to bully.
As was mentioned them as a individual means nothing, Thats just like saying humans could do well mentally living with a Parrot and not ever being around humans I know I would be broken lol as much as I prefer my Parrots company I could never not be around humans.A hand fed cockatiel would be happy with other birds assuming he has a friend/mate nobody said they have to live in a Aviary once again.

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By Chrissy P.
age: 15
Character List
1: Samantha Spade: Patient, shy, and knows when to hold her tongue in certain situations, or else tries her best to get out of it. She loves to learn, understanding, and is basically Mellow. Plus, she lets this happen; but she uses her Morals to make decisions.
2: Samuel (Sam) Spade: Impatient, wants things to happen. Outgoing, outspoken and from learning from experience, develops the ability to talk his way out of situations; but innately smooth and sneaky and can get out of anything. Cruel sense of humor, teasing. But also Ambitious.
3: John Winsted: Cissy, and is no muscle man. Fat and short, but looks to Logic for Power, and Facts to answers.
4: Mr. Conan Douglas: Sam and Samanthas guardian. He is compassionate toward them, and only wants whats best for them. Tight businessman.
5: Young Detective: A hard-boiled young looking man.
6: Woman 1: Can be the same as woman 2. But differently dressed, flaky.
7: Meyer Lansky: A man with no emotion. He does his job easygoing and doesnt care about anything else.
8: Angelo Bongioanni (Angel): Hit man. With a smooth serious side.
9: Mr. Allan Jones: Old and vengeful. But has hidden compassion.
10: Operator: Ditsy.
11: Sergeant Thomas: Stern. By-the-book.
12: Irishman: Looks and sounds Irish.
13: Woman 2: Can be the same as Woman 1, but dressed differently, proper.
The start of the play is on a small street, we, as the audience, see only a small well-to-do house, like the kind you see in Chicago, a bakery that says Joness Bakery on the window, a two-story small office building, and a lamp post, with a street sign coming out of it saying Bush Street, on the side of where the small two-story office building is. As the play begins we see a small boy, about 10, looking out into the night/audience, he has no emotion in his face, the window is open and a spot is on him. On the side of the street with the lamp post, the light is directly shining down in one direction, and there is a man standing underneath the light with a cigarette in his mouth, puffing out smoke and leaning, with very much coolness, on the lamppost. He has a brimmed hat on and an overcoat, he looks exactly like a young hard-boiled detective from the famous detective movies.
Curtain Opens.
The boy has stared for a few moments at the YOUNG DETECTIVE underneath the lamp; he seems to have always done this. Now WOMAN 1 enters. She walks onstage from S.L. to S.R., the boy whose name is SAMUEL SPADE SAM watches her walk all the way to the YOUNG DETECTIVE and the two begin to talk in low tones underneath the light. Just then a girl, 12 years old, pops up from behind SAM, her name is SAMANTHA SPADE, she is wearing PJs just like SAM.
All the dialogue is written in 1920s talk and all the characters should have 1920s accents. The play is set in San Francisco.
Scene 1.
Dry up.
Youre such a Dumb Dora.
Witty and Sarcastically.
Looks whos talking.
Succumbing to him, she sits beside him in the windowsill and watches the pair under the light for a moment.
What do ya think this time?
I figure that she dont know from nothing, but she has a lot of dough, probably from her husband, thats why shes here-her husband.
Questioning still.
How do you know she has a lot of dough?
Look at her get-up, she looks-
Now your on the trolley.
Well, she dont look that tasty to me. (SAM laughs. Pause. SAMANTHA smiles at him.) I guess Ive taught you well, huh cousin?
Youre the Bees Knees!
SAMANTHA laughs. The pair on the corner finish their little chat, and go through the door to the office building. SAMANTHA lets out a yawn.
I think its time for bed, if our old man wakes up hell give us the bums rush outta here.
And how.
Just as SAM goes back out of the window frame, SAMANTHA calls back to him.
Comes back into the frame.
What do you think I should be when I grow up?
A mom.
SAMANTA gives him a harsh look.
Ok-OK! You dont look at me like its a caper or something, if you want to be something you can always be a secretary or something. Or how bout a reporter, I know you love to write, you can real stories, instead of fake ones.
SAMANTHA ponders it for a moment, then opens her mouth to say something, then takes it back. SAM notices it.
What is it?
Really, what?
Ponders for a moment, then smiles.
I cant tell you.
Why not?
Its a secret.
SAM roles his eyes and sighs, while SAMANTHA laughs.
Lights out.
Scene 2.
Before the Show starts there should be some Jazz music- or the theme song from The Maltese Falcon, or the Sam Spade Radio Shows- and in between some scenes if wanted, but unless in a few mentioned places shouldnt there be any; it adds effect to the situation. Here the music, required for this part, is mellow, yet slow enough not to feel sad. There is an eerie San Francisco fog that walks about the stage; some of it should be upwardly and not entirely covering up the floor. Time has passed= now SAMANTHA is 15 years old, and SAM is 13. Both characters have changed to a more mature side, although the basic sides of them are somewhat the same. Now as the scene opens up, the lights should be dim as to symbolize the sunrise, and the temperature of which the room is chilly. SAMANTHA is taking a morning walk, with a very solemn face, she enters from S.L.-as soon as she has walked all the way to the other side, and stops directly at the small office building, SAM enters in from the door of the small house. He says nothing but slowly walks over to her, meanwhile the office building has been boarded up and SAMANTA is trying to take off some of the boards that cover up the door.
Not meaning to scare her.
Ive tried that already.
Samantha lets out a scream, and somewhere very faint, a sound of a boat blow horn is heard. It rings twice.
After a pause, of catching her breath.
You scared me .
What do ya doin anyways? Are you planning to rob the place?
Yeah, like Baby Face Nelson.
SAM laughs.
There is pause. SAMANTHA turns around to door of the office building and begins once again to try to pry off the planks of wood, and SAM steps away a little to let her work; both of them are wearing coats over their PJs.
Finally breaking the short silence between them.
I told you, Ive already tried that. (There is another short pause. The light grows intensity, little by little stronger.)
Theres a lose one on the side, that one- Yeah! Pull on it!
Just as she does, MEYER LANSKY enters. He is wearing a somewhat the same clothes as the YOUNG DETECTIVE was, but different. Although his kneecaps are dirty, with dirt and he is wearing tan pants. He enters in from S.R., the sound of a boat blow-horn comes in again, as he walks in. SAM notices the man, and pulls quickly on SAMANTHA. SAMANTHA turns around but does not move. Neither does SAM, both are frozen. As MEYER LANSKY moves over to the door, he stops in front of the pair.
Addressing only SAMANTHA.
Pardon me, Gorges. (Then to SAM.) Sir (Then to both.)
What are you two rag-a-muffins doin up in at this time? Alcatraz is just starting up right now-.
Pause. The sound of the blow horn comes in this time; twice as usual, but even more faint.
Whatever reason were here for, its probably the same reason you are.
MEYER LANSKY eyes him cautiously, and then lets out a laugh.
Aint that so?
Meanwhile, this whole time, SAMANTHA has been looking at the detective; eyeing him up and down. Not out of admiration, but out of suspicion.
Very politely and lady like.
Excuse me sir- but may I ask- why your kneecaps are all dirty.
MEYER eyes her for a moment.
Why arent you a curious doll.
Its very unlikely that you have gone and thrown yourself into some dirt would ya, I mean, not at this time in the morning.
Besides, a total stranger coming up to a pair of hoodlums in the morning just isnt right you know.
Cunning and polite.
Let me start over. My name is Meyer Lansky, my brother, was the one that shot himself over a week ago- you guys probably knew him. This was his office, on the second floor, and he owned the first for his home. He was a Dick, you know one of them, Private Eyes, real good at it too. Never married, and neither am I- about two months ago he started haven money troubles, though he was a good Dick and I dont know how was gettin himself into all that trouble. Anyways, he couldnt pay the rent or the bills and they were threaten to evict him, so if the two of you didnt read the paper, or wasnt here to see the cops wheel the body away, put two and two together.
Where were you when your brother got wheeled away?
Los Angles. I got the news a few days later when I got back into town.
You seemed pretty sad.
Trying to cover up.
I am- Im devastated But you know, Im not the kind to show emotion.
Well, nice to meet you all- hope to see you all again soon.
Same here.
MEYER exits off S.R.
Well that was interesting.
There is a pause as SAMANTHA crosses over to the boarded door again, and surveys the building. SAM looks straight ahead for a moment and begins to bite his nails, after MEYER had left. The fog is clearing up, and the lights have gotten much stronger.
Turning to face her.
What do you make of it? It sure came out of nowhere.
Quietly changing the subject.
What do you think of this building?
What? Is this a trick question?
Answer my question.
Strongly, Retort.
Answer mine.
Never mind. Do you remember when we were littler, and we used to watch the guy, you know Lanskys brother, our secret detective friend-Thats what we used to call him. Well anyway, this guy had a lot brains, he looked fine and by his job was probably getting a lot simolians from doin it. We lost touch with him as we got older, but I doubt that he started to run out of money.
Maybe he was having business problems.
Do you remember that time he bought that really fancy lookin car?
So what?
So what happened to it?
Maybe he traded it for something else- Then it would be parked right outside this curb.
Exactly! Mr. Lansky said that he lived on the first floor. His car would be right out here. I think he was having problems with his dough but he always had people coming to him, we saw, every day I would notice people coming to him, though I think, he never accepted them for a while. And lost a lot of money because of it.
Well what makes you think he wasnt accepting them?
Pause and the lights on stage are strong. Plus, fog has stopped.
What should we do now?
SAM moves over to look her in the face, and then stops. He looks O.S. to S.R., where the other guy exited. MR. DOUGLASS voice is heard backstage, from the house.
In worry and anger.
Sam! Samantha!
Smiling, cunning.
Im sorry, but I have to go see a man about a dog. (Begins to run off S.R.)
Sarcastically and angrily.
Where are you off to?
Turning back, showing no emotion, but cunning- then smiling.
Our new friend Lansky just came out of the corner drug store, and his pants look like the color of Ocean. Not like before when they were the color of the sidewalk. And you once told me that in of your books, this guy shadows, this, other guy, around town- Wish me Luck!
You cant go without me!
Thats true- so you wanna come?
It wouldnt hurt to know someone elses onions.
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Singer-actress Hilary Duff has sold her Toluca Lake estate for slightly less than its asking price of $5.5 million.
The buyers are designer Don Stanzione and Sheri Callan, owner of Callan Advertising, which focuses on the independent film industry.
The reinvented Mediterranean mansion, built in 1951, features a central courtyard, high ceilings, an industrial-style kitchen, a gym, a billiards room, multiple offices, art and dance studios, a bar, five bedrooms, six bathrooms and 9,277 square feet of living space. There is also a swimming pool and spa next to an outdoor living room on the nearly half-acre walled property.
Duff, 24, who had her own Disney Channel show during her teens, became a mother in March. Since the former teen idol starred in "Lizzie McGuire" (2001-04), she has appeared on "Gossip Girl" (2009). Her film work includes the "Cheaper by the Dozen" movies (2003 and 2005), "The Cinderella Story" (2004) and the 2012 comedy "She Wants Me." Among her albums are "Metamorphosis" (2003) and "Dignity" (2007). She also has launched several fashion lines and written a series of three young-adult novels.
Public records show Duff bought the property in 2004 for $3.5 million. She married former pro hockey player Mike Comrie in 2010.


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Company to Start a Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of GCS-100 in Chronic Kidney Disease
SAN DIEGO, CA. - (MARKETWIRE-December 5, 2012) - La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (OTCQB: LJPC) ("La Jolla" and "Company"), a leader in the development of therapeutics that target galectin-3, announced today that the FDA Division of Cardiovascular and Renal Products has approved the Company's Investigational New Drug Application ("IND") for GCS-100. La Jolla will start a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of GCS-100 in patients with chronic kidney disease ("CKD").
"FDA approval of our IND allowing us to proceed with our clinical trial in patients with CKD is a major milestone for La Jolla," said George Tidmarsh, M.D. Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of La Jolla. "Chronic kidney disease patients suffer an inexorable decline with very limited treatment options. Our desire is to one day help these long-suffering individuals."
Chronic kidney disease currently affects 14% of Americans or approximately 49 million people in the US. The United States Renal Data System, 2012 Annual Data Report, states that in 2010, costs for CKD reached $41 billion for Medicare alone. Overall per person per year ("PPPY") costs for CKD were estimated at $22,323 for Medicare patients of age 65 and older and $13,395 for patients of age 50-64. Patients with CKD may progress to End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD). According to The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases as of 2008, there were 547,982 individuals in the US under treatment for and 88,630 deaths per year from ESRD.
The study will be an open-label, multi-center, test of weekly doses of GCS-100 in patients with Stage 3b and 4 CKD. The primary objectives of the study include evaluations of the safety of a single dose of GCS-100 (Part A) and repeat doses of GCS-100 (Part B). Secondary study objectives will include evaluating renal function and other markers of activity in CKD. The study will be open to patients at least 18 years of age with moderately severe to severe renal impairment. The Company anticipates screening of patients will start this month and the first patient will enter the study in January of next year. The trial will be conducted at centers in the US and include some of the top investigators in the field of CKD. While it is not currently anticipated, the study design may be amended from time-to-time to comply with requests from the FDA, the governing Institutional Review Board, study investigators or at the discretion of the Company.
"We believe the clinical trial is well designed and we have engaged some of the best investigators in the world," Tidmarsh added. "The successful filing and approval of the IND underscore the dedication and competency of the La Jolla team, and I am proud of their hard work. We look forward to analyzing data from the study which we expect to have by late next year."
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Recognizing that voters did not understand much of what a university did, President Norman P. Auburn advocated campus growth and beautification as a means of gaining increased public support – and he succeeded greatly. Auburn oversaw tremendous growth in enrollment and the campus itself, fueled by municipal tax levies and private fund-raising. During his tenure, Memorial Hall and Kolbe Hall were among the many buildings constructed, the land that is now Lee R. Jackson Field was purchased, and plans were organized for financing the building of E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall. Because he engineered such significant growth and the transition of the institution to a state university, President Auburn is regarded, along with Buchtel and Kolbe, as a founder of the University.
A University District is established to control construction immediately adjacent to the campus.
The College of Business Administration is formed.
On May 1st, the kangaroo is declared the official mascot of the University because, "It is fast, agile and powerful with undying determination - all of the necessary qualifications of an athlete."
The Institute for Rubber Research is created.
The vote to amend the city charter to allow the University to receive operating funds from taxpayers initially fails by 64 out of 95,626 votes. A recount shows the amendment passing by 262 votes.
The University's first doctoral degree is awarded, in polymer science. In so doing, Akron becomes the fifth Ohio university to offer doctoral work, following Ohio State, Western Reserve, Case and Cincinnati.
The School of Law is established.
For the first time since the days of Buchtel College, students reside on campus, due to the opening of a new 98-bed men's residence hall, which would later be named Ritchie Hall.
The University of Akron receives its first state tax monies.
Work begins on a formal plan that will guide future development of the physical campus.
The Community and Technical College is formed.
In a five-day span in October, U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson and his opponent for the presidency, Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, each visit campus.
The Institute of Rubber Research is renamed as the Institute of Polymer Science.
On July 1, The University of Akron officially becomes one of Ohio's state universities.
The College of Fine and Applied Arts and the College of Nursing are formed.
The Challenge '70 Capital Campaign is launched. The largest fund-raising campaign in the University's history, its goal is to raise $10 million by 1970, with most of the funds targeted toward building a performing arts hall.
Buchtel Hall, the only remaining structure from Buchtel College, is gutted by fire. It will be restored and will reopen in 1973.


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ICC asked to investigate alleged Venezuela abuse
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan civil rights group has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged physical and psychological abuse of detained young protesters at military bases following last month's disputed presidential election.
Nearly 200 people, most aged between 15 and 22, were arrested during the street protests and some were subjected to "inhuman and degrading treatment, and even forms of torture," says the complaint filed by Foro Penal Venezolano at the Hague-based court on Wednesday.
The alleged abuses occurred April 15-16 in the cities of Valencia, Barinas and Barquisimeto and included forcing detainees to sing pro-government songs, dousing them with urine and beating them "multiple times with frozen water bottles," according to the complaint.
It says some female detainees were "forced to strip naked in front of other prisoners and male soldiers."
The Defense Ministry and the Attorney General's office didn't return calls seeking comment Friday.
Tensions are high in Venezuela, with President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Henrique Capriles trading bitter accusations after Maduro's narrow election win on April 14. Capriles claims Maduro won through fraud and thousands of his supporters protested in the streets in several cities after the election.
The government says at least nine of its supporters were killed in attacks by opposition supporters and dozens were injured. It also claims opposition supporters damaged government offices and Cuban-run neighborhood medical clinics.
The opposition vehemently denies the accusations.
Foro Penal Venezolano is comprised of more than 200 lawyers who represent what its coordinator, Alfredo Romero, calls political prisoners.
In the complaint, it named some of the military commanders it said were in charge during the detentions, including Army Gen. Freddy Hernandez Parababi and Col. Edgardo Zuleta, Lt. Col. Rafael Quero Silva and Lt. Col. Henry Arellano Gallardo of the National Guard.
The rights group asked the ICC to request more information about the detentions from the Venezuelan government and to launch an investigation.
Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz has said authorities are investigating only two complaints of alleged mistreatment by police officers against detainees.


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'House of Cards' Dives Into Dirty D.C. Dealing
Netflix original series "House of Cards" peeks behind the curtain of sex, love and corruption in modern Washington. Executive producer and show-runner Beau Willimon joins Lunch Break on the eve of the series premiere with an inside look into the new drama. Photo: AP.
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— City of Brockville (@BrockvilleON) April 9, 2018Organizations across Ontario were paying tribute to the victims of last week's fatal bus crash.The bus carrying the junior hockey team to a playoff game collided with a semi truck in northeast Saskatchewan on Friday, killing 15 people and leaving 14 others injured.The fatalities included 10 young teammates, ranging in age from 15 to 21, and five team personnel. Like many people across the country, the Wilsons placed a hockey stick on their porch in what has become a universal tribute to the lost players.The book of condolences is the product of city staff's collaboration with Brockville's Irvine Funeral Home.The tragedy also hit close to home for Mike Galbraith, a funeral director at Irvine who helped coordinate the book of condolences."As a hockey dad, as a parent, as a funeral director, I can appreciate the chaos that's going on," he said."Sometimes, people need an outlet."Signing a book of condolences is a small way of confronting the powerlessness one feels in the wake of such a tragedy, said Galbraith."This one's kind of near and dear to the heart," he added."If I had the means and the time, I would fly out there today on a plane and help them out."The Brockville Braves plan on contributing one dollar from every ticket sold to Tuesday's Game at the Memorial Centre to a crowdsourcing fund for the victims. Galbraith said another version of the book of condolences will be set up at the arena ahead of that game."It will all be added to one and sent off at the end of the week," he added.Some 30 people had signed the city hall book as of mid-afternoon Monday, as word of the tribute began slowly to spread.Some of the people signing came from out of town, including Prescott, Mallorytown, Delta and Kingston.All of the local signatures and messages will be conveyed to Humboldt city hall.Elsewhere locally, organizers of the Brockville Winter Classic Weekend used their Facebook account to post tributes to the Broncos and a link to the crowdsourcing page.Brockville Mayor David Henderson said the scope of the tragedy extends beyond the world of hockey."I think it wa...http://www.recorder.ca/2018/04/09/brockville-area-joins-in-mourning
Flyers and Marlboros. (Vince Talotta / Toronto Star)Pejcinovski was a promising prospect in next year's Ontario Hockey League draft. "We remember him as a teammate and friend," West said, urging the boys to "sit together, support each other, and keep playing the game." And they did, but with a twist. The two teams tossed their sticks into pile at centre ice — with no discernible divide between Flyers and Marlboros. Players picked sticks at random, shuffling them like a deck of cards into two new teams.They then peeled their rival jerseys and put on new ones, black or white with a capital "R," for Roy, in burgundy. The colour in the boys' socks — orange and black for the Flye...
Hunter Chamberlain and their son, Bentley, died last Tuesday. Their SUV, northbound on Highway 69 near Parry Sound, crossed the centre line and collided with a transport. The SUV caught fire. Ontario Provincial Police have not released the names of the deceased pending identification by Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences. Whitehead's best friend, Rebecca Chapman, launched a GoFundMe appeal (https://www.gofundme.com/help-support-jodey-whitehead) on Friday to help Victoria's mother, Jodey Whitehead, pay for funeral costs. Her goal was $2,000. That target was exceeded by more than 50 per cent within 24 hours with $3,186 donated by 66 contributors by 10 a.m Saturday. By Sunday afternoon, the tally grew to $5,980 from 136 donors. In an update, Chapman thanked donors and said the appeal was finished. "As per request by the family, I will be closing donations and taking the funds to them," she said. "They decided that this is an overwhelming, but very appreciated amount of support, and that they would like me to close the fund as we have reached nearly $6,000."Many donors offered their condolences about the trio's death. "My heart goes out to anyone impacted by this tragedy," said Danielle Heatley. "I can't imagine the pain of losing a child and grandchild," said MaryClaire Wood in a post. "I pray you find the strength to deal with this terrible loss."Thanks to everyone for their generosity," said Jonathan White...http://www.saultstar.com/2018/02/11/funeral-cost-appeal-tops-goal


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NYC Marathon Returns After Boston Bombing
Security will be tighter for this weekend's New York City Marathon, the city's first since the deadly terrorist bombing of the Boston marathon last spring. Josh Dawsey reports on the News Hub.
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Prepopulating ApplicationsBy Eileen Feretic | Posted 2010-02-04 Print
To optimize its operations and save energy, the Lantmännen cooperative created "the world's largest private enterprise cloud."
Prepopulating Applications
After completing the server virtualization and consolidation effort, Jansson's next step was to prepopulate Microsoft Office packages that could be downloaded from the servers to the Riverbed boxes. He also moved the control of which employees get to have particular applications to the front line. When a manager gets a new employee, he or she decides which software and services that individual needs, then goes to the Web page and clicks on the desired applications.
"We give all our employees an ID—Identity Lifetime Management from Microsoft—and on that profile we build the apps we're going to roll out to them," Jansson explains. "New employees get empty PCs and press F12 to access the apps approved by their manager. Applications are cached on the PCs, but are stored on the Riverbed boxes.
"We realized that downloading the applications over our WAN would have taken too much time, so we prepopulated our Riverbed boxes on the LANs with all the applications and shortcuts to storage. That cut the downloading time to 20 minutes per PC."
As soon as a new employee connects to the network, the PC will synchronize. If someone loses a PC, it takes only about 20 minutes to get a new one up and running with access to that person's applications and files.
Lantmännen users can log onto the cloud's Web page and—in a secure environment—access every application and service they are approved to have. If they are working remotely, that can access the site using Citrix.
Jansson's organization works as an internal IT supplier, and managers are charged for each service their employees use: software applications, e-mail and storage. "We have a service-level agreement for each service, and our prices are in sync with how good the SLA has to be," Jansson says. "Does the manager need a 2-hour SLA or a half-day SLA? That helps determine the cost."
Because managers know how much they are paying for each employee's technology services, they can control costs and budget appropriately. Three times a year, managers are asked if all their staff members are still working for them. If one or more employees have left the department, IT will lower that manager's costs.
"In addition, we can see how our services stack up against outside services with the same functionality," Jansson says. "We can determine which services are overpriced and can look into alternatives. Our job is to keep the price tag as low as possible and to have local accountability so people don't get more than they need. That keeps costs down."
Another way Lantmännen is keeping its technology costs down is by selling some services to other organizations in the agriculture industry. "We're selling WAN optimization and wireless capacity," Jansson says, "and it's helping us have a shorter return on our investment."
Currently, Lantmännen keeps most of its data in-house, but Jansson hopes to increase capacity by making part of the private cloud public in the future. "We're looking at incorporating new cloud vendors to get the benefits of scale, but I don't know when that's going to happen," he says.
"I do know that our security management process is critical. We won't move to a public cloud until the necessary security is in place. And we'd want a larger number of services, including storage, as well as lower prices.
"Finally, each country's data needs to be stored in that country because they all have different legal and HR systems. So whatever cloud provider we go with must be global."
Lantmännen also strives to partner with companies that are as socially conscious as it is. "We have a code of conduct that is the core of our business," Jansson explains. "Our employees must go through an educational process to learn our code of conduct, which covers ethics, environmental issues and chemical processes. Everyone has to take a test on this subject and get a diploma.
"We're proud to sell quality, well-priced products produced by farmers who eat their own food. We have strict standards for organic food. And we recycle and reuse anything we can to save the environment.
"I really think we're making a difference. If I didn't think that, I'd be working somewhere else."
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Williams held serve and pulled to 5-4. Victoria Azarenka was serving in the next game and needed just two points to win, before Williams rebounded and won the next three games to defeat the top-ranked player in the world, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.
It's Williams' 15th major title, capping a season that also saw a victory at Wimbledon and two Olympic gold medals.
It was far from an easy victory, as Williams struggled throughout the match.
Obviously I would have wanted to win easy," she said afterward. "But at the same time, this is more exciting to win because you don't really know what's coming. You don't know what to expect, and then you get it."
For Azarenka, being so close to victory was obviously a disappointment.
"Being so close, it hurts deeply to know you don't have it," she said. "You're close, you didn't get it. But at this moment, you know, I have no regrets. I felt like I gave it all there."
Azarenka said she had a feeling that Williams was on the verge of mounting a comeback.
"Well, there was no other choice for her to do, so, yeah, in the back of my mind I had that coming," she said. "So that maybe was a little bit of hesitation for me."
This was the second Grand Slam final Azarenka found herself in this year. She beat Maria Sharapova, who she also knocked out of the 2012 U.S. Open, in the Australian Open earlier this year.


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In a pure sukoon, we even don't pronounce the vowel. If the pure sukoon doesn't pronounce any vowel, how can we avoid the meeting of two sukoon?
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I asked a question about the pure sukoon and rawm. Thanks for removing my doubt. But now it raises a new doubt. As you taught,a "pure sukoon" means to drop the vowel on a letter, and the "rawm" means to drop 2/3 of a vowel and to keep 1/3 of the sound. You also taught on the presented letter, such as the "m" of the letter "antum" it's prohibited to use rawm,but only pure sukoon is allowed, to avoid the meeting of two sukoon. But according to my understanding, Rawm=1/3 vowel while pure sukoon=0 vowel, at least we pronounce the vowel if it is rawm, thought shorter than an ordinary vowel. But about pure sukoon, we even don't pronounce the vowel. If the pure sukoon doesn't pronounce any vowel, how can we avoid the meeting of two sukoon? This question tortures me recently. So thanks very much for answering!
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
is not allowed on a vowel that is a "presented" vowel, or a conditional one such in the case of a vowel added on a word because it ends in a sukoon and the first pronounced letter of the next word has a sukoon. This vowel is not part of the original make up of the word and not normally there, instead is just a temporary one to be used to join the two words together and to avoid two saakin letters meeting between two words. This is the reason only a pure sukoon is allowed when stopping on a word like this. An example (taken from the lesson on the site is: . The first word here is , and this word normally has a fixed sukoon on the . In the example here though, the is follwed by , a saakinah, the first pronounced letter of the next word when reading these two words together. We then have two saakin letters meeting between two words, which is forbidden in the Arabic language. To change the situation the acquires a dhammah, but only for this situation. It is a temporary dhammah and not part of the normal occurence of this word. Therefore, it is not allowed to stop on this word with or . The only allowed way to stop on this word is with a pure sukoon.
The only time the letter word has a dhammah is in this type of case, so the normal case is that is does not have a dhammah on it.
The pure sukoon here does not prevent the meeting of two saakin letters. The temporary dhammah on the letter is to prevent the meeting of two saakin letter when reading this word with the next word. The letter is not temporary, but the dhammah on it is.
When stopping on the word there is no meeting of two saakin letters because of the stop. The next word is not pronounced when stopping on the word , so the two saakin letters between two words are not meeting. Only when reading the two words together in continuum does the condition of two saakin letters occur, and then the acquires the dhammah to avoid the two saakin letters from meeting.
Insha' Allah this gives you more understanding of the situation.
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Scholarships also funded through voluntary donation program
Mayor Coleen Seng announced today that families can now visit the Ager Indoor Playground in Antelope Park and the Bethany Park enclosed shelter in cool comfort thanks to "Lincoln Cares." The voluntary donation program which began in February has funded new air conditioning systems for both facilities. "Lincoln Cares" allows customers of the Lincoln Electric System to add $1 to their monthly bills for City improvements.
"These are the first projects funded by 'Lincoln Cares' in our community," said Mayor Seng. "We are very excited that our citizens are embracing this voluntary donation program as a way to do something extra for our City. The improvements funded by 'Lincoln Cares' will benefit many of our residents and will further enhance our quality of life."
LES officials say about 7,000 customers per month are voluntarily donating to the program. In the first five months of operation, $36,300 was collected through the dollar donation on electric bills. With matching funds provided by TierOne Bank and World's Foremost Bank (Cabela's VISA operation), the total receipts were more than $72,000.
"Lincoln Electric System is pleased to be a partner in the 'Lincoln Cares' program, but the real credit for the success goes to the companies providing matching funds and the thousands of citizens who are supporting this important effort," said LES Administrator and CEO Terry Bundy. "We hope that seeing the results of these first projects will encourage more citizens to contribute to the program."
The air conditioning at the indoor playground cost $15,000. City Parks and Recreation Director Lynn Johnson said Pepsi of Lincoln donated another $10,000 to replace the old gas-fired furnaces at the playground with heat pumps, which will save on heating and cooling costs. The air conditioning at the Bethany Park shelter cost $10,000 and will make the building more usable for summer day camp activities and for public rentals. "Lincoln Cares" is also providing scholarships to give young people from low-income families an opportunity to participate in Parks and Recreation programs, such as the summer recreation program at Trago Park.
Other projects selected to benefit from 'Lincoln Cares' donations in 2003 include restoration of the Sunken Gardens at 27th and Capitol Parkway and renovation of the Four Wars Memorial in Antelope Park.
The dollar is added to the LES bill ONLY if the customer pays the amount listed in the box identified as "total including 'Lincoln Cares' donation." LES customers who wish to donate more than $1 a month and those who pay through the automatic withdrawal system can send checks directly to "Lincoln Cares," Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation, 2740 "A" Street, Box 201, Lincoln, NE 68502. Donations are tax deductible.
For more information on "Lincoln Cares," contact the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department at 441-8264 or visit the City web site at www.lincoln.ne.gov.
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I doubt this was shown on TV, but it was really apparent that Carroll was a little bit upset with Sherman's celebrating today. After their fumble recovery (I believe that Sherman recovered it) Sherman was running off the field jiving with the ball and tossed it high in the air. This was after his interception where he was penalized for excessive celebration. Anyways the ball hit the ground and bounced right to Pete, who promptly picked the ball up and fired the ball directly into Sherman's helmet (actually hit him in the head pretty hard with the ball). He then put hsi hands up as if saying "seriously, you didn't learn a lesson earlier in the game?"
Maybe Pete was just goofing around with him but I didn't get that impression. I think all the stupid penalites, and there were a lot of them again today, is starting to wear on Pete.