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This is turning out to be a positively great week for Indie game fans. Just a few days ago, the cross-platform "Because we May" promo went live. Now, we have another stunning indie-games deal in the form of "The Indie Gala V".
Indie Gala follows the pay-what-you-want model that has been popularized by the massively successful Humble Indie Bundle. The fifth edition of Indie Gala V contains as many as twelve new indie-games. However, how many you actually end up getting will depend upon your tip. Minimum payment of $1 grants you access to four games, but you will need to pay $5.99 or more to get access to all the twelve games in the bundle. Not only that, folks who beat the average will get access to indie music (presumably game soundtracks) and additional goodies that will be revealed in the second week. If you stick with the default split, a part of your tip will also go to charity. This edition of Indie Gala is supporting AbleGamers (charity for children and adults with disabilities) and the Italian Red Cross. It's worth noting that the retail price of the games on offer adds up to $150, while the current average tip amount in Indie Gala is only $5.27.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Blake Griffin had 19 points and 13 rebounds, and Chris Paul added 14 points and 13 assists, propelling the Los Angeles Clippers to their fourth straight victory, 112-90 over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.
Jamal Crawford had 20 points, Caron Butler scored 16 and DeAndre Jordan 12 for the Clippers, who shot 50 percent and dominated the entire game, keeping Dallas owner Mark Cuban glued to his seat with his chin cupped in his left hand.
Vince Carter scored 16 points off the bench. Derek Fisher added 15 points, and Shawn Marion and Chris Kaman had 14 points apiece for the Mavericks, who fell to 2-7 on the road.
The game brought together past and present for the Clippers. Lamar Odom had four points and 11 rebounds in his first game against Dallas since he spent a lost season there that ended with Cuban cutting him loose in March. He was traded to the Clippers in June.
The Clippers' former frontline of Elton Brand and Chris Kaman, who helped them get within a game of the 2006 Western Conference finals, combined for 28 points for the Mavs.
Los Angeles' second unit came on in the fourth, with Crawford and Matt Barnes combining to score 21 of their 28 points in the period. The reserves showed they could put on a show, too, with Crawford setting up a reverse dunk for Eric Bledsoe, who then dunked on the Clippers' next possession, drawing cheers from the fans who bothered to stick around for garbage time.
The Mavs never managed a late run against a team they had won nine of their previous 12 against in Los Angeles.
The Clippers built their largest lead of 22 points early in the third. Derek Fisher, who signed with the Mavs last week, keyed a 15-5 run with three 3-pointers, reminiscent of his big shots while helping the Lakers win multiple NBA titles.
But the Mavs couldn't muster another sustained run the rest of the period and trailed 83-68 going into the fourth.
Dallas opened the second quarter on a 9-0 run, including seven by Carter that drew them within two points. But the Clippers responded with an offensive flurry, going on a 26-8 run to stretch their lead to 18 points. The spurt was punctuated by a variety of dunks from Jordan and Griffin, and three consecutive 3-pointers, two by Crawford.
Crawford made one more 3-pointer off Griffin's pass to keep Los Angeles ahead 60-42 at halftime.
The Clippers led by 11 points in the opening quarter, when they shot 50 percent and held the Mavs to 36 percent shooting.
Notes: F Dirk Nowitzki is on the Mavs' trip to LA, Phoenix and Houston, but still not close to playing games. He's been out all season after arthroscopic right knee surgery and watched the game from the bench. ... Crawford made three free throws, extending his streak to 51 straight since Nov. 3. ... Clippers G Chauncey Billups missed the game because of tendinitis in his left foot. ... The Clippers' run of 10 turnovers or less in their last three games ended when they committed 18 miscues. ... Singer Tamia, wife of Clippers F Grant Hill, scored a Grammy nomination for best R&B album.


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Glenn Thompson says he didn't do it to get rich, and he offers proof. If you're unable or unwilling to pay $9.99 to buy his book, he'll provide a code that will allow you to read it online for free.
Thompson, a respected trainer for more than three decades, simply wants to deliver his message. And his message is that horse racing, the sport he loves, needs a makeover.
"Somebody had to stand up for these horses," Thompson said. "And I'm honored to do it."
Thompson is the proud co-owner and trainer of Two Notch Road, a 6-year-old gelding that will run in Saturday's Colonial Turf Cup at Colonial Downs. But lately, he's been fighting to eliminate "raceday medication" of horses, which is often done for the best of intentions but can lead to disastrous results.
In his 2011 book, "The Tradition of Cheating at the Sport of Kings," Thompson estimated that 85 percent of trainers and veterinarians were guilty of it. Ten percent of them, he said, would do anything to win regardless of the consequences. Ninety percent, he said, mistakenly believe they are helping their horses with medication like B1, corticosteroids and ACTH.
Thompson spoke last year before members of Congress, where he accused the Jockey Club, the Graded Stakes Committee, and state racing commissions (among others) of being "complicit."
No, Thompson isn't interested in pulling punches. Nor is he interested in winning a popularity contest among his colleagues.
"I used to get 20 or 30 golf invitations from friends and I'd go out once a week with my buddies," he said. "I did not get one invitation last year. Not one of my buddies called and said, 'Hey, let's go play golf.' So, yeah, I lost some so-called friends.
"I'm trying to bring back horsemanship to horse racing. That's quite a chore. It's gotten better, but for a while it used to be the Wild Wild West."
With more marked stalls and third-party administrators of medication, Thompson said the cheating level is down to about 10 percent. But he still sees a need for universal rules and a horse racing commissioner.
Congress is getting involved. A bill titled "The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2013" was introduced in May. The bill would eventually prohibit a horse from receiving any medication within 24 hours of a race. It would also give the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which oversees U.S. Olympic sports, ultimate authority.
One reason Thompson chose to write the book was Two Notch Road. Because of an injured tendon, the horse had to take more than two years off from racing.
Two Notch Road returned to competition two months ago in the Grade III Red Bank Stakes in Monmouth Park (N.J.). He finished fifth. Two weeks ago, he was third in the Grade II Monmouth Stakes.
"He looks great," Thompson said. "I think he's just starting to get fit now. With a horse with a tendon (injury), you'd have to be insane to train him hard enough to win the first time out. But he hasn't missed a beat since we started him back. I'm really happy with him.
"I've given him no pain meds at all, and that's sort of unchartered territory for me. He's definitely running better without the medication, and that's sort of why I wrote the book."
Saturday's 12 races at Colonial Downs begin at 5 p.m. The Turf Cup, which has a Grade II ranking and a $300,000 purse, is scheduled to post at 7:46.
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Colonial Turf Cup (Grade II)
WHERE: Colonial Downs, New Kent
WHEN: Saturday, 7:46 p.m. post (seventh of 12-race card)
DISTANCE: 1 3/16 miles (turf)
Post Name Jockey Trainer Morning line
1 Atigun Leparoux McPeek 3-1
2 Hyper Lezcano Brown 5-1
3 Roadhog Boyce Merryman 15-1
4 London Lane Karamanos Murray 20-1
5 Swift Warrior Espinoza Terranova 7-2
6 Air Support Castellano McGaughey 5-2
7 General Logan Prado Motion 6-1
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October 6, 2020U.S. Foreign Policy
The definitive account of how regime change in the Middle East has proven so tempting to American policymakers for decades—and why it always seems to go wrong.
March 12, 2019Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Farah Pandith argues for a paradigm shift in our approach to combating extremism, one that mobilizes the expertise and resources of diplomats, corporate leaders, mental health experts, social scientists, entrepreneurs, local communities, and, most of all, global youth themselves.
March 1, 2019Arab Spring
A sweeping narrative account of the last five years in the Middle East and a timely argument of how and why the Arab uprisings failed.
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Max Boot recounts his extraordinary journey from lifelong Republican to vehement Trump opponent. From the isolated position of a man without a party, Boot launches this bold declaration of dissent an…
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A history of the last four decades of U.S. trade policies and a blueprint for how to keep the United States competitive in a globalized economy.
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A groundbreaking analysis of what the changes in American energy mean for the economy, national security, and the environment.
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A remarkably deft work of storytelling that reveals how the blueprint for the postwar economic order was actually drawn.
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A fascinating intellectual history of monetary nationalism from the ancient world to the present exploring why, in its modern incarnation, it represents the single greatest threat to globalization.
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When English folk band Mumford & Sons took the stage to accept the award for album of the year for "Babel" at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday night, they couldn't resist poking fun at the category presenter, Adele, and her dominance of the event in 2012. Because of her, they "couldn't get a look in," lead singer Marcus Mumford joked.
In a ceremony that also witnessed The Black Keys, Fun. Gotye and Frank Ocean emerge as winners, it was Adele who bookended proceedings at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
On top of awarding the night's biggest prize, the Brit singer - a six-time winner in 2012 - took the first award of the evening for best solo pop performance for her hit, "Set Fire to the Rain." Appearing genuinely shocked to be called onstage, Adele thanked her fellow nominees, saying, "We all work so hard and make it look so easy."
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In contrast, this year's Grammys was memorable for its disparaty when the final list of winners was revealed.
The Black Keys dominated the event early due to a haul of pre-ceremony awards. Dan Auerbach took producer of the year, and won rock performance, rock song and rock album alongside the band for their album "El Camino."
Best new artist went to Fun. "I didn't think we were going to win this one," said lead singer Nate Reuss, citing fellow nominees Frank Ocean, The Lumineers, Alabama Shakes and Hunter Hayes.
The trio (Ruess, Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost), who had performed their hit "Carry On" earlier in the night also took the Grammy for song of the year for their anthem to adolescence, "We Are Young." "I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote the chorus to this song," quipped Ruess, adding, "If you are watching this in HD you can tell that we aren't young." The trio have been performing together for 12 years.
A humble Frank Ocean took home his first Grammy statuette in the urban contemporary album category for "Channel Orange." His second came on the heels of the first when he won for rap/sung collaboration, which he shared with Jay-Z, Kanye West and The Dream for their work on "No Church in the Wild."
Following a standing ovation, Prince awarded record of the year to Belgian-Australian singer Gotye for the catchy "Somebody That I Used To Know" (featuring Kimbra). In his acceptance speech Gotye said that thanks to listening to artists like Prince while growing up he was inspired to write music.
Kelly Clarkson won best pop vocal album for "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You"). During the ceremony, the first "American Idol" winner performed double duty by singing a tribute to lifetime achievement recipients Patti Page and Carol King -including a moving rendition of "A Natural Woman" - before presenting the award for best country album, which went to "Uncaged" from the Zac Brown Band.
In his opening monologue, second-time host LL Cool J - who conveyed a low-key approach to his duties throughout - lightly touched on the passing of Whitney Houston and how it overshadowed much of last years' proceedings.
Drawing attention to the reportedly leaked dress code regulations that made headlines earlier in the week were presenters Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez, the latter wearing a clinging black dress that featured a thigh-high split. "As you can see I read the memo," said Lopez. "You inspired the memo," said Pitbull, as an image of Lopez' famous navel-baring Versace outfit from the 2000 Grammys appeared onscreen.
Grammys Red Carpet a Sober, Sometime Sexy Affair
As always at the Grammys, it's the performances that are the biggest draws.
Ellen DeGeneres and Beyonce heralded the return of Grammy performer Justin Timberlake after a four year absence. In what was one of the standout performances of the ceremony, Timberlake – dapper in Tom Ford tuxedo and backed by a similarly clad big band – added a retro moment when he performed his latest releases "Suit & Tie" and "Pusher Love Girl." CBS turned the telecast black and white to add suitable Rat-Pack-like atmosphere as the "SexyBack" singer was joined onstage by Jay-Z for "Suit & Tie." Timberlake's new album "The 20/20 Experience" drops March 19.
It was one of only a few high-energy moments throughout the evening. Looking like a cross between a circus ringmaster and the Mad Hatter, Taylor Swift sang her nominated hit "We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together" to raise the curtain on the show. Swift donned a white tie, top hat, tails and matching shorts and was joined onstage by acrobats and dancers for a lively, if slightly surreal opening number.
A rousing tribute to Bob Marley featuring Bruno Mars, Sting, Rihanna and Ziggy Marley brought the head-bobbing, hand-clapping audience to their feet. It was Rihanna's second appearance behind the microphone. The "Diamonds" singer proved her vocal prowess with a soulful rendering of her song, "I Want You to Stay" earlier in the proceedings.
Other notable performances included Mumford & Sons, Carrie Underwood, and Alicia Keys who joined Maroon 5 for a powerful mash up of their hits "Girl on Fire" and "Daylight," respectively. Elton John and Ed Sheeren performed a haunting version of Sheeren's nominated song "The A Team."
Following the in memoriam segment of the show, Elton John returned to the stage once more to take part in a tribute to the late Levon Helm of The Band. John was joined by the Zac Brown Band, Mavis Staples, Bittany Howard of Alabama Shakes and Mumford & Sons for a piano-driven rendition of Helm's "The Weight."
Rounding out the evening was a hip-hop mash-up featuring host LL Cool J, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and DJ Z-Trip. LL's "Rock the Bells," Public Enemy's "Welcome to the Terrordome" and the booming riff of the Beastie Boys' "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" combined to raise the roof as the final curtain came down.


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For the second time this week two missiles were fired at a U.S. Navy ship in the Red Sea, and officials believe they were launched by the same Yemen-based Houthi rebels involved in the earlier attack, a U.S. military official said Wednesday.
According to the official, the missiles were fired early Wednesday at the USS Mason, an Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyer that is conducting routine operations in the region, along with the USS Ponce, an amphibious warship. The official said the USS Mason used countermeasures, but neither missile got near the ship and there were no injuries.
The missiles were fired from the Yemen coast, which is near the location used Sunday when two missiles were launched at the same two ships.
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A second official said that it wasn't clear whether the ship's countermeasures caused the missiles to hit the water on Wednesday or if they would have landed there anyway.
The officials were not authorized to discuss the incident publicly, so spoke on condition of anonymity.
U.S. officials have said that the U.S. is weighing what military response it should take against the rebels.
The missiles fired on Sunday were variants of the so-called Silkworm missile, and both also fell harmlessly into the water. The Silkworm is a type of coastal defense cruise missile that Iran has been known to use, and the Iran has backed the Shiite Houthi rebels.
Sunday was the first time that U.S. ships were targeted by a missile launch from Yemen. Last week, an Emirati-leased Swift boat came under rocket fire near the same area and sustained serious damage. The United Arab Emirates described the vessel as carrying humanitarian aid and having a crew of civilians, while the Houthis called the boat a warship.
The deliberations about how to retaliate to the missile launches come as the U.S. considers withdrawing its support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis following Saturday's airstrike on the funeral and other troubling incidents of civilian casualties as a result of the Saudi bombing campaign.
Human rights groups have expressed outrage over the deaths and accused the U.S. of complicity, leading the White House to say it was conducting a "review" to ensure U.S. cooperation with longtime partner Saudi Arabia is in line with "U.S. principles, values and interests.


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The Magic Stick in Detroit is the kind of venue in which one could live a fulfilling life without ever leaving. Downstairs: bowling, pizza, theater. Upstairs: cozy music venue, bar, billiards, deck with (another) bar.
Despite the amenities, I hadn't been to a show that more than half-filled the Magic Stick. This show finally did it. The night began with Casino vs. Japan, a minimal electronic act celebrating a recent reissue on semi-local Moodgadget Records. I was surprised to see Casino vs. Japan on the bill, not only because the music is very different from the other two acts, but because minimal electronic music usually doesn't lend itself well to live performances. And as I arrived towards the end of the set, my suspicions were confirmed: pale dude behind a laptop wearing a beanie.
The gathering crowd showed appreciation, and towards the end of the set I realized that this type of music could fill an important role on a split bill like this one. Rather than the typical classic rock and stale pop piped in through the PA as the crowd assembles, live minimal music allows for milling about and holding conversations in the same way, but at least there's something creative going on in front of you.
During Real Estate's set, the crowd thickened considerably, growing to include: a group of kids who couldn't have been more than 12 years old, many, many teenagers in plaid shirts, and a girl with gold shoulders who brought with her a group of overdressed college students who pushed everyone aside to get to the front and take a bunch of iphone photos of themselves. And do you guys remember the Bash Brothers from The Mighty Ducks? They were there. I guess that's what a Pitchfork Best New Music review earns you.
Real Estate played an impressive set, embellished with a couple new tracks from the guitarist's solo project, Ducktails. If you could describe Real Estate's set as relaxing, which it was, Deerhunter's was anything but. The distinctive affected and noisy sound of Deerhunter was augmented by an unexpected energy that slowly built throughout the set. Perhaps it was the stage presence of the front man, Bradford Cox, who despite his weak and skinny appearance due to Marfan syndrome, was able to interpret his emotional involvement in every song in a physical way throughout the 90+ minute set. Or perhaps it was the carefully constructed set list that consistently grew in intensity and encompassed material from their three most recent albums and EPs. Or maybe it was just the mosh pit that formed several times, stressing the floorboards of the Magic Stick in an alarming manner. Either way, I was past the point of exhaustion by the time the last song ended.
Final thought: Avoid the Bash Brothers when moshing. Seriously, those guys weigh at least 300 pounds a piece. No match for skinny hipsters.


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A Randomized, Double-Blind, Dose-Response Study of the Safety and Uric Acid Effects of Oral Ulodesine Added to Allopurinol in Subjects With Gout and Concomitant Moderate Renal Insufficiency
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01407874
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 2, 2011
Last Update Posted : November 20, 2013
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|Condition or disease
|Gout Hyperuricemia Arthritis Joint Disease Renal Insufficiency
|Drug: Placebo Drug: Ulodesine (BCX4208) 5 mg Drug: Ulodesine (BCX4208) 10 mg
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|20 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double-Blind, Dose-Response Study of the Safety and Uric Acid Effects of Oral Ulodesine Added to Allopurinol in Subjects With Gout and Concomitant Moderate Renal Insufficiency
|Study Start Date :
|September 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|July 2012
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|July 2012
Experimental: Placebo
Placebo + Allopurinol 200mg
Drug: Placebo
Oral dose administered daily for 84 days.
Experimental: Ulodesine (BCX4208) 5mg
BCX4208 5mg + Allopurinol 200 mg
Drug: Ulodesine (BCX4208) 5 mg
Oral dose administered daily for 84 days.
Experimental: Ulodesine (BCX4208) 10mg
BCX4208 10mg + Allopurinol 200mg
Drug: Ulodesine (BCX4208) 10 mg
Oral dose administered daily for 84 days.
- To evaluate the overall safety and tolerability of ulodesine when combined with allopurinol in subjects with moderate renal insufficiency by assessment of percent change from baseline in CD4+ lymphocytes at Day 85. [ Time Frame: 85 days ]Level of CD4+ lymphocytes to be measured at Day 85 compared to baseline.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 69 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 to < 70 years
- Have read and signed the Informed Consent Form
- Documented diagnosis of gout
- Documented moderate renal insufficiency
- Calculated creatinine clearance of ≥ 30 and < 60 mL/min
- Willing and able to take allopurinol 200 mg every day for the duration of the Treatment
- Female participants must be sexually abstinent for 4 weeks prior to Day 1 and continue abstinence for 4 weeks after completion of study drug, surgically sterile, postmenopausal,use oral contraceptives for three months prior to study drug dosing through 4 weeks after completion of study drug, an intrauterine device for 8 weeks prior to study drug dosing through 4 weeks after completion of study drug,double barrier contraception method for 4 weeks prior to study drug dosing through 4 weeks after completion of study drug administration
- Male participants must be sexually abstinent for 4 weeks prior to Day 1 and continue abstinence through 90 days after completion of study drug, be > 1 year postvasectomy, agree to use a condom with spermicide from the start of study drug dosing through 90 days after completion of study drug.
- Willing and able to provide authorization for the use and disclosure of personal health information in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to tolerate allopurinol 200 mg every day
- Prior randomization in a clinical study with BCX4208
- Unstable cardiac disease such as: unstable angina, symptomatic arrhythmia, signs or symptoms compatible with NYHA Class III or Class IV functional status for congestive heart failure or angina, history of long QT syndrome, or QTc interval < 350 msec or > 475 msec
- Poorly controlled hypertension
- History of severe renal insufficiency
- Alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase values > 2.0 x upper limit of normal
- CD4+ cell counts by flow cytometry < 500 cells/mm3
- Hemoglobin < 10 g/dL or > 18 g/dL (males) or < 10 g/dL or > 17 g/dL (females)
- White blood cell count < 3.7 x 109/L or > 11 x 109/L
- Female subjects who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning a pregnancy within the next 4 months
- Positive serology for hepatitis B surface antigen or hepatitis C antibody or HIV type 1
- Immunocompromised due to illness or organ transplant
- Use of systemic immunosuppressive medications or disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
- Use of azathioprine or 6-mercatopurine within 14 days of first dose of allopurinol
- Use of hydrochlorothiazide in doses > 50 mg per day
- Planned use of herbal or dietary supplements
- Recipient of any live or attenuated vaccine within 6 weeks of Screening
- Planned use of uric acid-lowering drugs other than allopurinol
- Use of systemic corticosteroids within 4 weeks prior to Day 1
- Use of any investigational drug within 30 days prior to signing the ICF
- History of clinically significant and relevant drug allergies
- History of chronic or recurrent infections
- History of any type of cancer not successfully treated or in full remission for 12 months prior to Screening
- History of alcohol or drug abuse within the year prior to the signing of the ICF, or current evidence of substance dependence or abuse
- Use of other prohibited medications within the timeframes specified in the protocol
- Other medical conditions which, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator, would jeopardize the safety of the study subject
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01407874
|United States, Alabama
|Mobile, Alabama, United States, 36608
|United States, Arizona
|Peoria, Arizona, United States, 85381
|United States, California
|Irvine, California, United States, 92618
|United States, Florida
|Oldsmar, Florida, United States, 34677
|United States, Hawaii
|Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96814
|United States, Kansas
|Newton, Kansas, United States, 67114
|United States, Tennessee
|Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37923
|United States, Texas
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235
|San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78215
|United States, Virginia
|Alexandria, Virginia, United States, 22304
|Study Director:
|Alan Hollister, MD, PhD
|BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
|Responsible Party:
|BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
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|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 2, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|November 20, 2013
|Last Verified:
|October 2013
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Renal Insufficiency
Joint Diseases
Renal Insufficiency
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Crystal Arthropathies
Rheumatic Diseases
Purine-Pyrimidine Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
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Stephen J. Ellmann
Martin Professor of Law (In Memoriam)
This page remains in memory of Professor Stephen J. Ellmann, who passed away on March 8, 2019. Read Dean Crowell's message about Professor Ellmann's passing. Learn about the Stephen J. Ellmann Clinical Theory Workshop.
An award-winning author on legal ethics and an expert in clinical legal education, constitutional law, and South African law, Stephen J. Ellmann also pursues his deep interest in legal education through his work as Director of Clinical and Experiential Learning.
Professor Ellmann holds both a B.A. and J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard and served as Law Clerk to Hon. Elbert Tuttle, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth (now Eleventh) Circuit in 1976-77. As a staff attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama from 1977-83, his practice included institutional reform litigation for mentally disabled people and prison inmates, voting rights cases, anti-Ku Klux Klan suits, and defense work in capital murder trials. While in Montgomery, Professor Ellmann began a long career in legal education by teaching courses on constitutional law and federal courts.
In 1985, he started the Clinical Theory Workshop, which met first at Columbia, where he was Associate Professor of Law from 1983-92, and thereafter at New York Law School. The discussion series brings law professors from around the nation to present papers on various aspects of clinical education. On October 1st and 2nd, 2010, New York Law School hosted a conference celebrating the Clinical Theory Workshop's first 25 years, with some 150 people in attendance and 32 papers illuminating the theme: "Twenty-Five Years of Clinical Scholarship: What Have We Learned, and What Should We Work on Next?" As a clinical scholar himself, he has written extensively on the skills and ethics of lawyers' interviewing and counseling of clients. Also writing about broader questions of legal ethics, he earned the Sanford D. Levy Memorial Award from the New York State Bar Committee on Professional Ethics for his article, "Lawyering for Justice in a Flawed Democracy," 90 Columbia Law Review (1990).
Long interested in South Africa, he co-chairs the Law School's South Africa Reading Group, an interdisciplinary group of scholars who study South Africa from a variety of perspectives. He has written extensively on human rights in South Africa, both under apartheid and in the newly democratic nation that has followed the end of apartheid. He recently received the Law School's Otto Walter Faculty Scholarship Prize for 2016, for his article, "The Struggle for the Rule of Law in South Africa," 60 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 57 (2015/16).
Since the September 11 attacks he has also worked on issues of war and emergency power. He has written on racial profiling as a response to terrorism, discussed New York City's random subway searches on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show, and published a critical analysis of war powers in the post-apartheid South African constitution. His most recent essay on these issues, "Unraveling the Law of War," a chapter in Federico Fabbrini & Vicki C. Jackson eds., Constitutionalism Across Borders in the Struggle Against Terrorism (2016), argues that the struggle against terrorism is indeed a war, but that the law governing this new form of war is and should be evolving to provide greater protection of human rights in wartime.
Lawyers and Clients: Critical Issues in Interviewing and Counseling (West 2009) (with R. Dinerstein, I. Gunning, K. Kruse & A. Shalleck)
The Post-Apartheid Constitutions: Perspectives on South Africa's Basic Law (Witwatersrand University Press & Ohio University Press, 2001) (coedited with P. Andrews).
In a Time of Trouble: Law & Liberty in South Africa's State of Emergency (Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1992).
"A Constitutional Confluence: American 'State Action' Law and the Application of South Africa's Socioeconomic Rights Guarantees to Private Actors," in The Post-Apartheid Constitutions: Perspectives on South Africa's Basic Law at 444–480 (P. Andrews & S. Ellmann, eds., Witwatersrand University Press and Ohio University Press, 2001) Reprinted, as revised, in H. H. Wellington, Festschrift Issue, 45 New York Law School Law Review 21–75 (2001).
Introduction: Towards Understanding South African Constitutionalism, (with P. Andrews) in The Post-Apartheid Constitutions: Perspectives on South Africa's Basic Law at 1–19 (P. Andrews & S. Ellmann eds., Witwatersrand University Press and Ohio University Press, 2001).
"Cause Lawyering in the Third World," Chapter 12 in Cause Lawyering: Political Commitments and Professional Responsibilities, at 349–430 (A. Sarat & S. Scheingold, eds., Oxford University Press, 1998).
"Test Cases: Legal Battles and Latent Effects," in Wyatt v. Stickney: Retrospect and Prospect, at 181–190 (L.R. Jones & R.R. Parlour, eds., Grune & Stratton, 1981).
"The 'Rule of Law' and the Military Commission," (New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day III), 51 New York Law School Law Review 761-799 (2006-2007) originally published as New York Law School Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No 06/07-9 (2006). <http://ssrn.com/abstract=939603>
"The Rule of Law and the Achievement of Unanimity in Brown" (New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day II), 49 New York Law School Law Review at 741–784 (2004–2005).
"Connection, Capacity and Morality in Lawyer-Client Relationships: Dialogues and Commentary," 10 Clinical Law Review at 755–804 (2004) (with R. Dinerstein, I. Gunning & A. Shalleck).
"Weighing and Implementing the Right to Counsel" (South African Law Journal Jubilee Conference: The Impact of the Constitution on South African Law: Ten Years On), 121 South African Law Journal at 318–338 (2004).
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Amanda-Li Kollberg-Northbridge Whisky Bottle
At Design Interviews
(Excerpt) Interview with Amanda-Li Kollberg : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : To fuse roughness and elegance. It's just really meant to be a simple whisky bottle, no fuss, but with interesting and clean details that takes the level up a notch. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : This product wants to fit into a specific niche of the market, namely above the cheap stuff you put in your Irish Coffee, but below the fancier bottle you give someone who turns 60. It's for the folks who enjoy a good whisky after a dinner with friends or a long day at work but who also loves to grab a beer in the sun on Dronning Lousies Bro, the bridge that inspired the logo for the brand. Basically "sophisticated but approachable" or "high quality but down to earth" is what we went for. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : The team are currently developing and fine tuning the whisky itself and are even working on a sister or two for the original version to create a family line, but the project is in no hurry. It's about the doing it right, not doing it fast. It's a passion project from the creators side and it has no set deadline. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : Hm, a month or tow? From the ideas and sketches to the production drawings, something like that. But it was one of may projects at the time, far from a full time task, so it's hard to tell really. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : I was approached by the founder of Northbridge and we found a match in esthetics and cultural references. I was living in Berlin at the time, so it was extra fun to work on a concept that was so focused on the "essence" of Copenhagen, it made me a little home sick actually. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : The production is in the hands of the company but I was really involved in the development of the prototype bottles form the bottle factory. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : Its minimalism and storytelling I suppose. It's the first Copenhagen based whisky brand, generally Whisky is not typically associated with Scandinavia but these created aim to change that. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : The name is not created by me, but Northbridge is a direct translation of Nørrebro, one of the 10 districts of Copenhagen. It's a real working class area with about a third of it's population being first, second and third generation immigrants. It has a special vibe and culture, a laid back street life attitude. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : Hand sketching, Adobe Illustraor, Adobe Photoshop and, through Bruno, Cinema 4D. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : I had big help from Bruno Everling, a product designer I know, that helped me make 3D renderings that lead to further adjustments and desicions. I am a really happy that he could support me. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : The fact that I hadn't irked with glass before made it a big scary challenge to go in a directions that involved creating a bottle design as a whole instead of a more plain shape which a label on it. It's typical of me, I get stuck on vision and hate myself for making things so difficult, but in the end I am usually rally happy about taking the risk. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Amanda-Li Kollberg : I saw an ad for the award on a packaging site, looked into it a bit and thought "Why not". It's the first packaging design I do on my own so it was also a test for myself to see how I would do. And I am happy I joined. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the desig.[ End of Excerpt: Read complete interview with Amanda-Li Kollberg on Northbridge Whisky Bottle at design-interviews.com ]
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LITTLETON — The Firehouse Band is all about friendship, good music, helping people, concerts and celebration. The band will combine all five at a free concert and CD release party on Friday, Nov. 30, at 7:30 p.m. at First Church Unitarian, 19 Foster St., their home base.
The songs on the CD were picked from the band's repertoire, hence its name, "The Firehouse Band Christmas Music Collection." The band often provides music for the church's annual Christmas Pageant when the children act out the famous story.
"Each song tells a piece of the Christmas story," said Sara Weeks, lead vocalist of the four-member band, who is married to bass player Charlie Weeks. They still live at the Main Street location where Charlie grew up, and met Eric Semple at Acton-Boxboro High School.
"We learned to play guitar in that garage," said Semple, pointing across the driveway to the Weeks family home, near Robbins Brook on Main Street. Semple plays a range of stringed instruments, favoring acoustic guitar. The fourth band member, acoustic guitarist and vocalist Carolyn Hotchkiss, hails from Chicago and lives in Littleton. Sara Weeks is a Littleton native and graduate of Littleton High School.
Since the band came together in 1994, it has played benefit concerts for a wide variety of causes and has performed at First Church Unitarian. The group seeks tunes that fit their instrumentation, style and vocal range. Sara Weeks describes their genre as "American contemporary folk." Charlie Weeks quickly added, "With a dash of country."
That's about what to expect on the CD. "Everyone can find something that resonates. They're beautiful songs," said Sara Weeks.
"Hopefully we've done them justice," quipped Hotchkiss, always quick with a one-liner on stage and during the informal interview after the band's weekly Wednesday night practices in the Weeks's living room.
The band hopes the free concert (45 minutes of music starting at 7:30 p.m.) and party to celebrate the CD release on Nov. 30 will bring the community together at the Unitarian church, and provide a keepsake collection.
"When you do a regular CD, someone buys it and listens to once or twice, then it gathers dust," said Semple. "A Christmas album gets brought out every year and is listened to over and over."
Church members have pitched in to the effort to create the CD cover, plan the party and get the word out. Every aspect of the CD required thought and teamwork. "There was a lot of collaboration on that cover," said Hotchkiss.
The band started working on the album in February, vetting songs and searching for the right ones. "We had six right away, and then got stuck," said Semple.
The band donated the cost of producing the CD, calling it "our gift" to the community. They hope fans will pay the gift forward and spend $15 for a CD or two. "It's an excellent Christmas present for all your relations," said Hotchkiss.


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Mitch Hanson (left) and Scott Hyland (right) have been selected to the 16th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) Academic All-Star team.
16th Annual FCS ADA Academic All-Star team
Liberty's Mitch Hanson and Scott Hyland were among the 43 student-athletes named to the 16th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) Academic All-Star team.
A total of 90 student-athletes were up for consideration for the all-star academic squad from the 124 FCS programs in the country. Liberty was one of only eight programs in the country to have multiple selections to the academic team.
In addition to being named to the FCS ADA Academic All-Star team, Hyland was selected as one of seven finalists for a FCS ADA's $5,000 Postgraduate Scholarship.
Two student-athletes will receive postgraduate scholarships during the association's annual membership meeting held in conjunction with the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Convention, being held at the World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Fla., June 9-12.
The finalists include: Brett Biestek, Fordham (DL/3.78 GPA), Tanner Bleskin, Montana State (WR/3.85 GPA), Jordan Hanberry, Nicholls State (DB/4.00 GPA); Scott Hyland, Liberty (LB/3.94 GPA), Niccolo Mastromatteo, Coastal Carolina (WR-PR/3.94 GPA) Austin Pucylowski, Southern Illinois (P/4.00 GPA) and Michael Runger, Dartmouth (LB/3.77 GPA).
This is the second year in a row a member of Liberty's football team has been a finalist for the $5,000 scholarship. Last year, former standout wide receiver Pat Kelly was one of the seven finalist and eventual scholarship recipients for the FCS ADA's postgraduate scholarship.
Both Hanson and Hyland were named to the Capital One Academic All-District team, presented by the College Sports Information Directors of America, during the season. The pair also received All-Big South second-team honors after helping the Flames capture their sixth Big South title in the last seven years.
Hanson completed his junior season for the Flames in 2013 having started 23 consecutive games. He graded out fourth on Liberty's team at right tackle and helped the Flames set a new program record with 36 rushing touchdowns.
Hyland capped off his four-year playing career at Liberty having started his last 34 straight games and as Liberty's active career tackles leader (175 career stops). He ranked fourth on the team in 2013 with 57 tackles and second in assisted stops (26).
"The FCS ADA is honored to present this prestigious award to our football student-athletes each year," stated FCS ADA President Brian Hutchinson, Morehead State Director of Athletics. "Each year, these young men epitomize the definition of student-athlete, both in the classroom and on the field. Our association is pleased to recognize their accomplishments annually."
Football players from all FCS institutions are eligible for this award. Each of the nominees were required to have a minimum grade point average of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) in undergraduate study and have been a starter or key player with significant athletics credentials.
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Big 12 M5: 03.05.14 EditionPosted by Nate Kotisso on March 5th, 2014
- Through the first 16 games conference play, Baylor amazingly played themselves out of and back into contention for a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Now it appears their at-large candidacy is all but sewn up by beating Iowa State 74-61 on Senior Night in Waco. Fittingly, Baylor seniors Brady Heslip (18 points, 5-for-8 from three) and Cory Jefferson (21 points, seven boards and two blocks) led the way and helped the Bears improve to 8-9 in the Big 12. How's this for patterns: Baylor has made every even-numbered tournament year since 2008. Why mess with happy?
- On the heels of Senior Night, the Waco Tribune dove in to the story of fifth-year senior Cory Jefferson. It might sound hard to believe but Jefferson was a freshman on the 2010 Elite Eight team with guys like LaceDarius Dunn (!!) and Tweety Carter (!!!). You can tell Jefferson is a patient guy: he was willing to redshirt his sophomore season, stay on the team despite playing ten minutes per game in 2011-12 and then decided to put the NBA on hold to complete his college career in 2013. Now with a likely tournament bid and potential NBA career nearing, Jefferson is reaping the benefits of making the decision to stay in Waco.
- BREAKING: Bill Self is happy about something for once. The Kansas coach is looking forward to tonight's Senior Night festivities when his Jayhawks take on Texas Tech in Lawrence. KU plans to honor Tarik Black, Justin Wesley and Niko Roberts and here Self is quite vivid about his feelings for these players. For whatever reason, folks have negatively chimed in about the team not properly "celebrating" the program's tenth straight Big 12 title last week. At least on this night, something worth celebrating will be celebrated. Congrats to the Jayhawk seniors.
- Quietly, Oklahoma is after some valuable real estate on the final week of the regular season. The Sooners sit in second at 10-6 in the Big 12, tied with Texas but OU owns the tiebreak over UT by virtue of their season sweep. They will host West Virginia tonight and wrap-up the schedule against winless TCU on Saturday. It's amazing to think that the coaches picked Oklahoma to tie for fifth in the preseason poll with Kansas State but are now on the verge of finishing right behind Kansas. It would mark the first time that had happened since Blake Griffin's sophomore season in 2009. It's looking more and more like Lon Kruger emerging as the favorite for conference COY.
- It's now or never time for West Virginia. What WVU need to show the NCAA Selection Committee in the next ten days is that a) they can win games consistently, b) win games against quality opponents and c) win games against quality opponents away from home. They'll get a chance to do all three starting in Norman tonight, Kansas at home Saturday and during next week's Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City. But all of that starts with the type of effort the team gets from leading scorer Eron Harris. Harris is a statistical oddity for a team's top scorer: the Mountaineers are a surprising 3-7 when Harris scores 20 or more and just 2-4 in Big 12 games. Simply put WVU will need all hands to squeeze in an eighth Big 12 squad into the Big Dance.


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"Style is self-plagiarism," goes the saying, and Hitchcock certainly repeated or developed ideas throughout his career, but the 1956 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH is the only instance of his remaking one of his own films in its entirety. And he famously said that the first film was the work of a gifted amateur, the second of a professional.
But some people prefer the original — the very quick delivery of plot points, snappy pace, and loose construction, with its greater room for eccentricity and gags, is indeed quote winning. And I will go so far as to say that John Michael Hayes' script for the second TMWKTM does have a little fat: it takes a while to get going, and some exchanges between our lovely couple (James Stewart and Doris Day) feel like self-consciously "good dialogue" rather than anything which economically combines character expression with plot development — I'm thinking particularly of the scene where Jimmy and Doris muse about which of his patient's ailing organs have paid for which parts of their Moroccan holiday.
But asides from that, and the regrettable lack of Peter Lorre, and the fact that Christopher BIGGER THAN LIFE Olsen isn't as winningly odd as child-woman Nova Pilbeam, I'm afraid the remake has it all over the original. It has Robert Burks on camera, Bernard Herrmann on score, two perfectly suited stars who are great together, production designer Henry Bumstead joining the team, and some excellent bit parts too. Daniel Gelin takes over ably from Pierre Fresnay as the suave French spy who kicks off the story. The principle villains, Bernard Miles and Brenda DeBanzie, start the film so spectacularly colourless that we never suspect them of any role in the plot, and then he becomes increasingly sinister as she becomes more sympathetic. Richard Wattis, a well-known comic face of the period, gets a tiny walk-on as a flustered underling and makes every second count. And the younger of the two taxidermists featured is played, brilliantly, by Richard Wordsworth, Caroon the mutating spaceman from the previous year's Hammer hit, THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT.
All this and Carolyn Jones!
Special mention needs to be made of Reggie Nalder as the assassin, Rien (good name!). Adding exotic creep factor where Miles and DeBanzie exude normality, the facially-scarred Austrian enters movie history with a few lines and an alarming smile. Like fellow Euro-creep Daniel Emilfork, Nalder is a good actor with a great face, someone who kept being discovered by moviemakers without acquiring full-on fame. See him in Argento's THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, and Salem's Lot, always adding unbeatable production values with his alarmingly taut smile. He looks like at any moment his skin might split and let his skull get at you. And he knows it.
Fortunately, there isn't too much Reggie — an entertainment like this couldn't stand it — and Hitchcock leavens the grim child-abduction plot with humour and intrigue. But he doesn't fail to take the emotions seriously. Day's big scene, where her husband dopes her before breaking the news that their child is gone, is a showstopper, fully justifying Hitch's faith in his unorthodox casting choice (I'd love to have seen both Shirley MacLaine and Doris Day do more films for Hitch). And her utterly savage look when she re-encounters one of the kidnappers in Ambrose Chapel, London, is very impressive too.
Having been to the Marrakech International Film Festival (a luxurious affair, I recommend it if you get the chance) I always enjoy seeing the city on the big screen, even if much of the action here conspicuously takes place before a rear-projection screen. There are still some gorgeously vivid Technicolor 'scapes to enjoy.
"The Muslim faith allows for few accidents."
When the makeup man couldn't find brown makeup for Daniel Gelin to wear that would rub off on Stewart's fingers, exposing white skin, so at Gelin's own suggestion Stewart applied white paint to his fingertips which would then smear pale streaks across Gelin's blacked-up face. At any rate, this second appearance of blackface in a Hitch film is less uncomfortable than the drummer man in YOUNG AND INNOCENT.
One example of typically Hitchcockian cheek — when Daniel Gelin is chased through the streets by bad guys, he falls in blue paint, making him easy to pick out among the otherwise similarly dressed Arab populace. Then he's stabbed by an assassin (Nalder?) and the police run right past him, after the knife-man. It seems slightly implausible that they'd disregard the man they'd apparently been chasing — and why were they after him anyway? The whole sequence seems rather hard for to make sense of in light of what we later learn. But it's excellently staged.
London! The gang of showbiz cronies crashing in on Stewart and Day (as the McKennas — I dig how Jimmy Stewart usually has a Scottish name in his Hitch perfs, cf Scottie Fergusson) seem a little overstretched, but are actually the set-up to one of the most delightful last-scene pay-offs in any Hitchcock movie. And the scattered references to real life celebs like music-hall and movie star Bud Flanagan are pleasing, reminding us of the world of the original TMWKTM.
A slowly developing pleasure in this film is Bernard Herrmann's score, which confines itself to non-melodic, vaguely eastern sounds in the Moroccan sequence, until Stewart gets the phone call announcing his son is a hostage, and then a familiarly Herrmannesque spiraling tinkle announces the start of the truly Hitchcockian scenario. And the music gets more and more archetypically Herrmann as we reach London — after THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, which is an exception because it's not a thriller, this movie feels like the development of the Hitchcock-Herrmann style is going on as the movie unfolds before you. Beautiful.
I love the deserted London streets, and the eerie POV/reaction sequence as Jimmy Stewart navigates the mean alleys of Camden Town and I love the inappropriate but welcome comedy relief of the taxidermists. Many things to cherish here: the slow, pointless intrigue of the elder Ambrose Chappell giving way to the younger. The fact that all the staff are in their dotage. A camera move that circles a big cat, only to reveal it is minus a back end. The shot that posits an extremely menacing tiger head behind Ambrose Jnr, for comically exaggerated menace. The fact that Stewart's garbled story about the late Louis Bernard seems to be giving poor Mr Chappell the impression that Stewart is a maniac who wants to have his deceased friend stuffed and mounted. And the slapstick fight with swordfish and tiger as adversaries. Plus the prefiguring of PSYCHO.
More deserted streets outside the real Ambrose Chapel, in darkest Bayswater, scene of a wonderfully scary approach and look to camera by the often-alarming Brenda DeBanzie. Some tricky coming and going manages to separate Stewart and Day, although it's a little surprising how little in the way of set-piece drama is created (but the suspense never lets up, and unlike in the first version of this story, Hitch and Hayes keep the McKennas separated from their son right till the end). Surprising that Stewart has to break out of the church by shimmying up the bell-rope to the belfry, anticipating VERTIGO, when he could just have smashed a window on the ground floor.
The Albert Hall assassination attempt manages to top even the matching scene in the original film, via dazzling shots like the one showing the shadow of the conductor's baton (Herrmann in Hitch-style cameo) touching the top of each note in the score, and the amazing perspective along Nalder's gun. This is the first musical motif to reach a climax, with the cymbal clash as signal for the hitman (also dig the percussionist's POV shot looking between his cymbals!), and it's quite quickly followed by the second, whereby Doris Day's call-and-answer rendition of Que Sera Sera enables her to locate her son in the foreign embassy. (Which foreign embassy? While the thirties version kept its conspiring nation nameless, it clearly resonates with the pre-war tensions of the day; the remake shuns all reference to the Cold War and studiously avoids political meaning of any kind).
Surprisingly, the sinister ringleader, Miles's boss, is never detected, despite being the mastermind of the whole scheme, and surprisingly we don't care. As little Chris Olsen is reunited with his folks, Hitchcock, impatient with sentimentality, dissolves to our last shot, the aforementioned beautiful pay-off, so smart and unexpected and deftly delivered and hilarious that it reconfigures everything we've just seen as a splendid joke by the Master.