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Macron's embrace of Trump, not Trumpism
The display of affection between the French and American leaders runs counter to their deep differences over policies. Did Emmanuel Macron just set a model for American politics?
During his first 15 months in office, President Trump has probably never been treated by members of Congress the way he was this week by French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders are wide apart on many issues, from Iran to climate change. Yet that did not prevent Mr. Macron from embracing Mr. Trump the person.
They shook hands, hugged, and even landed kisses on each other. "It's an honor to call you my friend," Trump said. Despite their different styles of handshakes, they seem to have a genuine rapport and a relationship that goes beyond the transactional.
Cynics may say that Macron's public affection is merely a necessary part of statecraft: easy to fake and designed to score victories. Yet history also shows that camaraderie can alter politics and diplomacy. A charity of friendship opens a door for listening, respect, gratitude, trust, and common ground.
It also maintains a distinction between a person and his or her actions, thus avoiding the risk that an embrace might legitimize bad behavior or falsehoods.
The so-called bromance between Macron and Trump stands out in particular because of recent opinion surveys. By nearly 2 to 1, Americans view Trump unfavorably "as a person," according to an ABC poll in April. Among those who do not like him, 84 percent also disapprove of his job performance. These ratings are nearly as low as those for President Bill Clinton after his impeachment trial.
And in a Gallup poll last month, nearly a third of Americans do not see Trump as a legitimate president. Among those adults, 38 percent said their view was because of Trump as a person while 33 percent said it was the way he won the election. Another 24 percent cited both reasons.
As the United States heads into elections this fall, candidates in both major parties may be tempted to draw sharper lines between themselves and Trump the person, not just Trump's policies and statements. Yet democracy relies on civility toward those we disagree with. Friendship with a difficult person can help neutralize hate. And it allows people in a shared society to coexist.
"I got to know you, you got to know me," Macron said during his White House visit. "We both know that none of us easily changes our minds, but we will work together, and we have this ability to listen to one another."
The Marquis de Lafayette could not have said it better.


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Back row, left to right: 12077 Private (Pte) Hubert Bishop Tucker; 11906 Pte Bromley George Bieler; 12092 Driver (Dvr) Ernest Gabriel Williams; 11973 Pte George William Handley; 11897 Pte Nicol Thomas Allardice (later MM); 12056 Pte Norman Rosenthal; 12003 Pte Frederick Lee; Pte Jones; Pte Duggan; 11947 Pte Richmond Percival De Gruchy; 12040 Pte John Ridley Perry; Pte Henderson; 12000 Pte Stanley Latham; 12045 Pte William Poole; 11915 Pte Wilfred Albert Boys (killed in action 31 August 1918, in France); 13004 Pte Harold Ashton Louat; 11958 Pte Stewart Roy Egan; 12081 Pte John Virtue; 11985 Pte Thomas Francis Hodge; 12058 Dvr Aubrey Wallace Rutherford; 12018 Dvr Joseph McMahon; 12089 Bugler Sydney Jesse West; 12054 Pte Gerald Hercules Robinson, (later MM); 11910 Pte Leslie Norman Blakeney; 12052 Pte Edward John Rigden; 12021 Pte William Menzies; 12088 Pte Alfred Walter Webber; 11937 Pte Mervyn Montgomery Cox; 11931 Pte Verner William Cocks; 11982 Pte John Howard Healy; 11967 Pte Reginald Ernest Glennie; 11904 Pte Garnet Lyndon Barrow; 11932 Pte Joseph Cooke; 11919 Pte Percy Oswald Burdon; 12011 Pte James Marshall; 12012 Pte Archibald Andrew Martin; 12010 Pte Arthur Linden Mance; 12008 Pte Robert Hugh Mahaffey; 11950 Pte Andrew George Douglas. Third row: 12026 Pte Alfred William Moss; 12093 Pte Cyril Augustus Wilson; 12082 Pte William Wagstaffe; 12035 Pte James Aloysius O¿Sullivan; 11949 Pte Herbert George Donovan; 12043 Pte John Harper Piercy; 12101 Pte John Horace Chambers Zocchi; 12074 Pte Richard John Thomas; 11977 Pte Charles William Harrison; 11959 Pte Norman Campion Bright Farquhar (died of wounds 16 October 1917, in France); 11931 Pte Frederick Rupert Cooke; 11976 Pte Eber Henry Harris; 12020 Pte, Arthur Russell Mealey, (later MM); 12999 Pte James Robertson Gillespie; 12062 Pte Stewart Frederick Shearman; 12107 Pte Edward Richardson Figtree; 13010 Pte Thomas Edgar Temperley; 12098 Dvr Charles William Wynn; 11999 Pte Cecil Laffan; 12047 Pte Samuel Ernest Porter (killed in action 8 April 1917, in France); 11954 Pte Paul Raymond Druitt; 12083 Pte Lyall Risdon Walker; 11996 Pte Francis William Kelly; 12014 Pte William Maxwell; 11972 Pte William Charles Hampson; 12084 Pte Charles Joseph Walsh (Walshe) (killed in action 12 October 1917, in Belgium) (see also H05590); 11983 Pte Edward Batley Hemsworth; 11960 Pte Bernard Fox (killed in action 12 October 1917, in Belgium); 12080 Pte Sidney William Vanderfield; 11979 Pte Leonard Haskins; 12091 Pte John Nevil White; 12002 Pte John Leah; 11905 Dvr Hector Brooke Beeston (later MM); 12072 Dvr Edwin Thatham; 11936 Pte Leslie John Cox; 12073 Pte William Henry Taylor; 11912 Pte Charles James Bowen; 12042 Pte Cecil John Joseph Phelan; 12009 Pte John Thomas Mahon; 11969 Dvr John Stewart Haig; 11909 Bugler Richard Watson Bickford. Second row: 11903 Pte Robert Rawcliffe Barker; 12106 Pte Henry William Thackway; 11935 Pte Joseph Cornelius Cox (died of wounds 22 July 1917, in France); 12094 Pte Malcolm Wilson; 12055 Dvr Alfred Camden Rofe; 11941 Pte William Young Cunningham; 11915 Pte Edward George Carroll; Pte Hartley; 11934 Pte Alfred John Ashby Cornock; 11962 Pte Vilven Jack Francis; 12007 Dvr Harry Mervyn Machin; 12013 Dvr Edward Cecil Mathew; 12039 Dvr William Pearson; 12029 Dvr Joseph Dench Nankivell (killed in action 13 October 1917, in Belgium); 11877 Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Frederick William Gray (later DCM);11879 SSgt John Cecil Lane; 12199 SSgt Vincent Harry Casson; 11887 Sgt Richard John Watts; 11884 Sgt Gordon Rowland Ross; 12090 Sgt Charles Herbert White; 11886 Sgt Edward Creek Trouton; 11881 Sgt Samuel Richard Crook (later MM, killed in action 13 October 1917, in Belgium) (see also P01988.001); 11894 Sgt Harold John Williams; 11883 Sgt Francis Charles Meadows; 11882 Sgt Edward Duncan Lee (later MM); 11889 Sgt John Deans; 11970 Pte Charles Oswald Hamblin; 12104 Pte Ralph Denver (killed in action 12 December 1917, in France) (see also H16017); 11964 Pte Wilfred Garnet Gates (later MM); 12068 Pte John Henry Stevens; 11923 James Cape; 12066 Pte William Gordon Cumming Smith; 11907 Pte Joseph James Bell; 11994 Pte Russell Thompson Sydney Jarvis (later MM, killed in action 4 October 1917, in Belgium); 12015 Pte Alexander McKay; 12028 Pte Alan Rowat Murray; 11993 Pte Edward Roy Jamieson (later MM); 11930 Pte Harold Norman Condon; 11980 Pte Charles Hayes. First row: 11922 Pte James Stewart Campbell; 11974 Pte Henry George Harpur; 12017 Pte Harold Gavin Mclean (died of wounds 9 April 1918, in France); 11945 Pte Garnet Wilton Dart; 11914 Pte Alfred Henry Boyle; 11942 Pte William Patrick Curry; 11961 Pte George William Gordon Fox; 12016 Pte Herbert Thomas McKenna; 11939 Pte Alexander Craig (later MM); 11952 Pte Roy Dennis Doyle; 11920 Pte Arthur John Burnside; 11918 Pte Harry Gordon Brown; 11965 L Cpl William Fleming George (later DCM); 12070 Cpl Frederick Sturch; Captain Arthur Vincent Meehan; Captain Harry Carysfort Edmond Donovan; Major Edmund Frank Lind (later CBE, DSO); Lt Col Frederick Arthur Maguire (later DSO, DSM); Major Andrew Victor Honman (died of wounds 20 May 1917, in France) (see also C01629); Capt Wilfred Vickers (later DSO); Lt Claude Alfred Oxley; 11876 WO1 Leonard James Mobbs (later MSM); 11896 Cpl Harold Algernon Joseph A¿Hearn; 11956 Cpl Augustine Edward Dyer (killed in action 8 April 1917, in France); 12051 Dvr George Henry Richards; 11984 Pte George Wilfred Henville; 12044 Dvr Ronald George Ponton; Dvr 12004 Harold Frank Lees; 11981 Dvr Frank Jefferson Haynes (died of illness 6 October 1918, in France) (see also P05758.008); 12067 Dvr Harry James Sneddon; 12049 L Cpl Rodolph Herman Purkis; 11955 Pte Henry Dubois; 12075 Pte Frederick James Toby; 12036 Pte Rolfe Valentine Irwin Ormsby (later MM); 11900 Pte John O¿Connor Arkins; 12032 Pte Eric George Nicholls. 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Bottleneck Gallery will release Star Wars: A New Hope prints by Matt Taylor.
Here's what Matt had to say about his print:
"Star Wars has a very special place in my heart – it's the first movie I remember seeing in the cinema, and the toys were a mainstay of my childhood. Going to see Star Wars movies on opening day with my Dad has become a staple of my moviegoing life, so when asked if I wanted to take a swing at a New Hope poster, I was never going to say no. I tried to go as classic as I could in terms of composition and style and my determination to make this look as good as I could…I'm really happy with how it turned out, and I hope people out there feel the same. I suppose I'd better get thinking about Empire now…"
Matt's print, alongside a limited variant, will be available as a timed-edition starting today at 12PM ET through Sunday (12/10) at 11:59PM ET and can be ordered HERE.
Star Wars: A New Hope by Matt Taylor
Screen print with metallic gold ink
24 x 36 inches
Hand-numbered timed edition
Edition size will be determined by the number of prints sold through 12/10
Officially licensed by Acme Archives
Estimated to ship in 4 – 6 weeks
Star Wars: A New Hope – Variant by Matt Taylor
Screen print
24 x 36 inches
Hand-numbered edition of 200
Officially licensed by Acme Archives
Estimated to ship in 4 – 6 weeks


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The day was full of triumphant smiles and jubilant cheers as years of hard work and dedication were celebrated by more than 200 University of Maryland University College Europe (UMUC Europe) graduates at the Gartenschau Event Hall in Kaiserslautern, Germany, on April 30.
The ceremony honored more than 1,140 students stationed throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East who earned their associate's, bachelor's or master's degrees. Among the servicemembers, family members and civilians who received degrees were the first graduates to take on-site MBA courses, the first to receive the Master of Social Work and the first on-site Master of Science in Cybersecurity graduates.
"I want a better future for myself and my family. I want to create better opportunities―education can open those doors for you," said Sergeant First Class Robert Lewis, who explained that his decision to go back to school was an easy one. He added that education is a key to becoming more competitive in the civilian job market.
SFC Lewis received his master's degree in cybersecurity after earning his bachelor's degree in computer information systems management in 2013. He serves in the U.S. Army and traveled from Stuttgart, Germany, for the ceremony. SFC Lewis said that he challenged himself to make his studies a number one priority.
"I'm the first person in my family to earn a college degree. With that comes a huge sense of accomplishment and responsibility. I want to set an example for my subordinates at work and for the rest of my family."
He became so well versed at balancing work, education and his personal life, he said, that he is considering returning to school once again to earn his PhD. SFC Lewis said he also plans to celebrate another milestone later this year; he will retire from the Army after an esteemed 20-year career.
Kristina Rice, a military spouse and mother of one, flew from RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom to attend. Rice, who is a member of the first class to receive a Master of Social Work through a partnership program with UMUC Europe and Salisbury University, said she recalled the sacrifices she made in order to complete her degree.
Her husband, a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, deployed multiple times while she was working on her studies, once with only a 14-hour notice. Rice had multiple logistics to consider as she continued to travel to Germany occasionally for on-site classes.
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Wilson explained that keeping his grades up was at times no easy feat. "My wife gave birth to our first son during finals week," he said with a laugh. "The challenge of being a new parent coupled with studying for finals was an amount of stress that I had never encountered before."
Wilson attended the ceremony with his wife, his parents and his second son, who was born exactly one month before commencement on March 30.
"Today is a day I'll never forget," Wilson said with a proud smile, as he gestured toward his sleeping newborn. "It's about my children as much as it is about me. I have so many wonderful memories to share and I hope that it motivates them to also seek a college education one day."
Ambassador Marriët Schuurman, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Special Representative for Women, Peace, and Security, served as the keynote speaker for the ceremony.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world," she said, quoting the famous anthropologist Margaret Mead, who was the first woman to receive an honorary doctoral degree from UMUC in 1972.
The ambassador emphasized the importance of NATO's mission to lead by example and encouraged graduates to do the same, telling them, "As you graduate today, you will become tomorrow's leaders."
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UMUC President Javier Miyares shook hands with each graduate and welcomed them to a worldwide and lifelong community of UMUC alumni.
The largest military-affiliated commencement ceremony outside of the United States ended with cheers and smiles, as graduates triumphantly moved the tassel on their graduation caps from the right side to left after receiving their diplomas.


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Am Fam Physician. 2006;74(10):1782
Although alcohol screening and counseling of patients who consume higher-than-recommended amounts of alcohol have been shown to reduce drinking, counseling rates are low. Physicians cite many barriers to alcohol counseling, including lack of knowledge, discomfort with the issue, lack of time and training, and other concerns. McCormick and colleagues looked at actual physician behavior recorded by audiotape (rather than self-report) to determine how physicians discussed alcohol consumption with their patients.
This qualitative study was part of the Ambulatory Care Quality Improvement Project (ACQUIP), which was designed to assess the approach to six medical conditions. In this case, alcohol misuse (see accompanying table) was studied at a single site, with audiotapes taken of patients who screened positive for drinking above the recommended limits in the past year. Of the 7,700 patients eligible for the ACQUIP study, 840 (11 percent) completed the baseline survey and screened positive for alcohol misuse. Of these, 68 encounters involving 47 patients were audiotaped, with 39 encounters (29 patients) mentioning alcohol. Although the patients and physicians consented to being audiotaped, neither knew that the study was geared toward alcohol misuse.
|14 or more drinks per week
|Five or more drinks per occasion
|One or more points on the CAGE*questionnaire
|Answered, "yes" when asked, "Have you ever had a drinking problem?"
The researchers found that alcohol discussions lasted a median of 45 seconds. Although patients often disclosed potentially risky drinking behaviors, prompted and unprompted, physicians were not likely to follow up on these disclosures; they dismissed or minimized the issue. Physicians were likely to focus on nonalcohol-related topics, even when the patient linked these to concerns about drinking. If alcohol-drinking patterns were pursued, it was through closed questioning.
When physicians did give advice, it tended to be vague, without mentioning specific drinking limits. Finally, physician body language, as well as uncomfortable laughter or manner of speaking, suggested discomfort with the subject. Of note, physicians were much more assertive and direct when discussing smoking cessation.
Although patients often disclose information about their drinking, physicians do not adequately counsel them. In this study, physicians did not respond, or if they did, they were vague in their advice and appeared uncomfortable with the subject. The authors conclude that because alcohol screening and counseling has been shown to be beneficial to at-risk patients, efforts should be directed at improving physicians' communication about this issue.


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McKinley construction of the walkways in front of the main office entrance and by the statue area will begin on Monday, November 13th at 7:00 a.m. These areas will be sectioned off. The crew will start breaking the concrete later in the morning that day or Tuesday at a reasonable time to be respectful of the community closer to our school. The staff/side parking lot will be closed for the construction crew. Families will be directed to the loading gate entrance on Felton Street where the three minute loading signs are located. We will also be posting neon green signs directing you to the temporary entrance to the main office.
Construction will continue to the end of November, coming back from Thanksgiving break. We will update everyone of the progress. The safety of your children is very important to us, and we appreciate your support in ensuring that children are using the designated areas to come to school and avoid the construction zone. A school dialer will go out as well this Sunday as a reminder. We thank you for passing the word to our neighbors in the community. Feel free to contact me if you may have further questions.
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The court has effectively ordered future content management systems to avoid temporary and incidental copies.
Canadian Supreme Court Says Tech May Advance, But It Will Never Outrun Collection Societies
from the Moore's-law-but-for-license-fees dept
Michael Geist has a long and detailed post on the Canadian Supreme Court's finding that broadcaster CBC does owe royalties on incidental copies of content controlled by SODRAC, a Quebec-based copyright collective.
As odd as it seems, the CBC has always paid SODRAC for incidental copies created during the production of broadcasts, including those made when shifting broadcasts to content management systems or temporary copies made to facilitate broadcasts.
The CBC had argued that it shouldn't have to pay royalties on these incidental copies, as they do not generate revenue and only exist temporarily before being deleted. SODRAC countered that the CBC has always paid these fees before, dating back to the analog era.
At the heart of the issue is neutrality: technological neutrality. The CBC says "neutrality" means not having to pay for temporary copies of content because it should be covered (or at least exempt) by the fees it already pays to license music from SODRAC. SODRAC, however, defines technological neutrality as "collecting the fees it always has," even if transitory copies are much more transitory.
SODRAC won part of the battle. It will continue to collect fees on transitory copies. How much it will get to collect for these reproductions will be decided by the Copyright Board, which the Supreme Court is urging to examine this in light of the shift in technology. Theoretically, this should result in per copy fees being lowered, but that's still to be determined.
Geist points out that the court's decision comes to several good conclusions, but also one really bad one.
First, the good:
The principle of technological neutrality is recognition that, absent parliamentary intent to the contrary, the Copyright Act should not be interpreted or applied to favour or discriminate against any particular form of technology. It is derived from the balancing of user and right-holder interests discussed by this Court in Théberge — a "balance between promoting the public interest in the encouragement and dissemination of works of the arts and intellect and obtaining a just reward for the creator": para. 30. Because this long-standing principle informs the Copyright Act as a whole, it must be maintained across all technological contexts: "The traditional balance between authors and users should be preserved in the digital environment".
The court also takes a shot across the bow of many "copyright collectives" by refusing to buy into the "more copies = more money" theory.
The notion that "more copies mean more value and thus, more royalties" is appealing in its simplicity. However, it is out of step with the principles of technological neutrality and balance.
That's not the only shot the court took. It also undercut the copyright collectives' "job security."
[T]he court ruled that the Copyright Board may not compel a user to agree to the terms of a licence against the will of a user. In other words, Copyright Board tariffs are optional, not mandatory. This aspect of the decision will have clear reverberations for Access Copyright as educational institutions have assurances that they can decide for themselves if the collective's licence is necessary and not have it mandated for them.
But for all the good it may have done with these determinations, it undermines them by muddying the waters in term of defining "technological neutrality" and leaving many of the controlling factors in the copyright collectives' hands.
The concern stems primarily from the majority's decision to effectively expand technological neutrality to include not only a functional equivalence analysis (ie. ensuring that functionally equivalent technologies that are doing the same are treated equivalently) but add in a complex layer of valuation that will make judgements on royalties exceptionally subjective and uncertain.
For an outsider, the promise of court battles to come — thanks to differing "subjective" judgments (licensees vs. licensors) — may seem interesting/amusing. But it does no favors for the actual participants. And it does even less for participants who aren't SODRAC or an equivalent.
The future complexity from the case comes from the majority's extensive discussion on how technological neutrality factors into questions of valuation. SODRAC had argued that it did not factor at all. The majority disagreed, concluding that technological neutrality applies to both the interpretation of the Copyright Act and its application. In doing so, the majority identifies factors for the Copyright Board to consider that have nothing to do with the rights held by the rights holder:
Relevant factors will include, but are not limited to, the risks taken by the user, the extent of the investment the user made in the new technology, and the nature of the copyright protected work's use in the new technology. The Board must assess the respective contributions of, on the one hand, the risks taken by the user and the investment made by the user, and on the other hand, the reproductions of the copyright protected works, to the value enjoyed by the user. In this case, where the financial risks of investing in and implementing new technology were undertaken by the user and the use of reproductions of copyright protected works was incidental, the balance principle would imply relatively low licence fees to the copyright holder.
As Geist points out, even though this would seem to suggest that a "technologically neutral" approach — in addition to other mitigating factors — would push royalties on incidental copies closer to what they should be — zero — the court goes on to say "it will never be the case" that an owed royalty will amount to nothing. As soon as rights are "engaged," fees will follow, even if they're supposedly not mandatory and tied to fleeting copies made only to facilitate broadcast of a "finished" product. This also seems to suggest that while entities may have been given the right to "opt out" of licensing agreements, there won't be too many who will see this decision upheld by lower courts should collection societies force the issue.
As Geist sums up, the court aims for "technological neutrality" but hampers its own effort by taking the SODRAC view: fees have always been collected, therefore fees must always be collected.
The court has previously emphasized the need to prevent imposing additional, gratuitous fees on the user simply for the use of more efficient technologies. This decision runs directly counter to that, by actually supporting higher royalties for more efficient technologies.
As it stands, SODRAC et al will still collect royalties for copies that are never "distributed." It may not be as much as it was hoping for, but the Supreme Court has guaranteed that no matter how efficient technology may become, it will never eliminate those seeking to collect rent on nonexistent property.
Filed Under: canada, collection societies, copyright, incidental copies, royalties, tech neutrality
Companies: cbc, sodrac


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Gnawa LanGus: A Duke Performances Collaboration
About the Workshop
Played with percussive instruments, Qarqaba (large iron castanets), polyrhythmic clapping, and a three-stringed, bass lute-like sintir — Gnawa music draws on an abundant African-Islam history of ritualistic music believed to heal people possessed by jinn, or spirits.
Join Gnawa LanGus, fronted by GRAMMY-nominated musician Samir LanGus, on Wednesday, February 26 for a free community workshop on the indigenous music and dance traditions of Morocco and North Africa. Open to all levels of ability.
About the Instructor
Gnawa LanGus, fronted by GRAMMY-nominated musician Samir LanGus, fuses the raw hypnotic power of the centuries-old Moroccan Gnawa tradition with Berber, Indian, Saharan, and Flamenco music.
This spring, the ensemble joins for a weeklong residency as part of Duke Performances ongoing Building Bridges: Muslims in America series, a joint initiative with the Duke Islamic Studies Center and Duke Middle East Studies Center. Funded by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art and the National Endowment for the Arts, the three-year project seeks to strengthen understanding between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the Durham area. Gnawa Langus is one of several US-based artists/ensembles who, between Spring 2018 and Spring 2020, are making visits to Duke classrooms and local public schools with the aim of fostering understanding, respect, and dialogue around Muslim art and culture.
About the Location
This workshop will meet at the Living Arts Collective, located in the Trotter Building in downtown Durham.
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Chris Whitney, Founder and Director of One Generation Away, who discusses how the organization distributes healthy foods to families throughout Middle Tennessee who currently do not have access to food sources due to economic and physical barriers. The organization works with companies, grocery stores and retailers to rescue food and leverages the power of volunteerism to bring their mission to life.
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Outrageous Payout of the Year: Law Firms Awarded $35,000 Per HOUR in Suit
This is one of those stories that provides yet another reason people hate lawyers. As a practicing lawyer myself, I know that sometimes law firms and lawyers take risks and do all the work in the case on the gamble that, if they win the case or it settles, they will get a contingency fee (usually a third of whatever the client is awarded). It's an investment of sorts. But this case is ridiculous, with law firms involved earning $35,000 per hour that they worked on the case. And, in this case, it was up to the court to award proper legal fees. And Leo Strine, chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery failed to perform his duty here. It's also of note that the award was made in one of these shareholder lawsuits in which the only ones who end up winning are the lawyers, as companies pay out gazillions and the stock price often ends up plummeting as a result, regardless of the outcome of the suit.
The week before Christmas, two plaintiffs law firms got word that together they were awarded $300 million in fees for their work challenging a takeover deal.
The size of the fee, unusually high for shareholder cases, has bankers and lawyers buzzing about whether the Delaware Court of Chancery has become too generous to plaintiffs' counsel, or is rightly rewarding them for their efforts.
The award comes as the court, the nation's premium forum for corporate litigation, has proved more willing to grant high payouts when judges think lawyers have worked to earn them . . . .
The award was announced Dec. 19 by Chancellor Leo Strine. For some legal experts, it raises questions about whether Delaware judges, who have criticized the plaintiffs bar for bringing corporate cases in other courts, are trying to show that Delaware is friendly to plaintiffs.
"The message from Delaware would seem to be, 'bring it on,'" said Professor Charles Elson, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware. "Does the existence of well-compensated plaintiffs bar really create better value for investors? I don't think so."
Exactly my point. It's ridiculous to give these kinds of payouts to lawyers. So what was the case about? Well, in this case, it seems like a ridiculous suit about something that didn't harm the stockholders as much as the payout to lawyers will.
The case concerned a deal for a Mexico mining company. In 2004, Grupo Mexico SAB proposed selling its 99.15% interest in Minera Mexico SA to Southern Peru Copper [DS: now called, Southern Cooper Corp.] for about $3 billion in Southern Peru shares.
The value of the Southern Peru shares rose to $3.7 billion by the time the transaction closed in April 2005. Opponents called it a sweetheart deal meant to benefit Grupo Mexico, the largest shareholder in Southern Peru Copper.
In a lawsuit filed on behalf of Southern Peru shareholders, law firms Prickett, Jones & Elliott and Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check alleged that Southern Peru overpaid for Minera.
The case went to trial in June before Chancellor Strine. In an October ruling, he deemed the transaction "manifestly unfair" and awarded a judgment for Southern Peru that, with interest, now adds up to about $2 billion.
Last week, the judge said the attorneys would get 15% of that amount, or $300 million. The fee is expected to be deducted from the judgment amount, to be paid by Grupo Mexico by giving back some Southern Peru shares.
Grupo Mexico has said it plans to appeal the judgment to the Delaware Supreme Court. If it is overturned, the plaintiffs' attorneys might receive a greatly reduced compensation, or even none at all. . . .
There is no set rule for how much plaintiffs attorneys in shareholder cases should be rewarded. Generally, the higher the recovery, the lower the percentage the courts dedicate to fees, plaintiffs and defense lawyers say.
The $300 million fee translates into about $35,000 per hour based on the approximately 8,600 hours the plaintiffs' lawyers said they worked on the case.
They had asked for a fee amounting to 22.5% of the judgment, a figure that the defense said would result "in exactly the type of windfall Delaware courts seek to avoid." The retainer agreement originally permitted the lawyers to seek up to 30% of the amount recovered.
Can you imagine if the attorneys were granted the typical 1/3 contingency fee they get in other types of cases? Then, they would have received well in excess of $80,000 per hour. Incredible.
Over the years, lawmakers have repeatedly brought up ideas to cap fees for lawyers or reduce the contingency as the award goes up. It's an idea worth looking at, especially in cases like these, where no lawyer on earth is worth $35,000 per hour.
I'm all for capitalism and entrepreneurs who worked hard and took the risks in business reaping the rewards. But this isn't about class envy of or attacks on entrepreneurs who took gambles to create products and services to make life better.
It's about lawyers who filed a lawsuit and got a ridiculous windfall at the expense of companies and shareholders.
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The duration and characteristics of the current devastating and unprecedented Ebola epidemic highlight the need for global public health surveillance to establish preparedness mechanisms for future outbreaks. Since the discovery of the virus in 1976, at least 25 Ebola outbreaks have been recorded, on average occurring every 1.5 years with case fatality rate (CFR) between 30% and 90%.1 ,2 The largest interval between two outbreaks is 15 years, that is, from the 1979 outbreak in Sudan due to the Sudan Ebola virus and the subsequent 1994 outbreak in Gabon caused by the Zaire Ebola virus.
Remarkably, only six previous outbreaks generated >100 deaths but the approximately 11 222 deaths (as of 30 June 2015) in the ongoing epidemic is already more than seven times the number of deaths reported for all previous outbreaks combined, which is estimated to be about 1580 deaths.3 ,4 Obviously, the present epidemic is the longest, largest and most complex Ebola outbreak since the virus was first discovered about 40 years ago. The outbreak started in December 2013 in Guinea,2 spread across land borders to Sierra Leone and Liberia, and then subsequently, by some infected persons, to seven other countries (Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, the UK, Germany and the USA). In some of these countries, individuals were only diagnosed as Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases after their arrival (eg, the USA), while other countries received known patients for treatment (eg, Spain). However, in these countries, the disease was rapidly contained, thanks to improved healthcare facilities, timely patient isolation and treatment. Meanwhile, the outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone continued on …
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Queen's researchers discover simple solution to worrying levels of arsenic in our rice
Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have made a breakthrough in discovering how to lower worrying levels of arsenic in rice that is eaten all over the world.
After many laboratory experiments, they have discovered that a simple, shop-bought coffee percolator is the best method for removing the carcinogen, inorganic arsenic, from all types of rice, including white and wholegrain. The results are published in the PLOS ONE journal today.
Rice is the only major crop grown under flooded conditions. It is this flooding that releases inorganic arsenic, normally locked up in soil minerals, which is then absorbed by the plant. Too much arsenic is associated with a range of health problems including, at worst, bladder and lung cancer.
Rice has, typically, ten times more inorganic arsenic than other foods and according to the European Food Standards Authority, people who eat a lot of rice, as is the case in many parts of the developing world, are exposed to worrying concentrations. Children and infants are of particular concern as they eat, relatively, three times more rice than adults – baby rice being a popular food for weaning – and their organs are still developing.
In this new study, researchers at Queen's tested two methods of percolating technology, one where the cooking water was recycled through condensing boiling-water steam and passing the freshly distilled hot water through the grain in a lab setting, and one where tap water was used to cook the rice held in an off-the-shelf coffee percolator in a domestic setting.
Both approaches proved highly effective, with up to 85% of arsenic removed from a variety of different rice types and brands, including wholegrain and white.
Andy Meharg, Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences at Queen's Institute for Global Food Security said: "This is a very significant breakthrough as this offers an immediate solution to decreasing inorganic arsenic in the diet.
"In our research we rethought the method of rice cooking to optimise the removal of inorganic arsenic and we discovered that by using percolating technology, where cooking water is continually passed through rice in a constant flow, we could maximise removal of arsenic.
"Chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic can cause a range of health problems including developmental problems, heart disease, diabetes and nervous system damage. However, most worrying are lung and bladder cancers. This new breakthrough is the latest example of the commitment of researchers at Queen's to changing lives and advancing knowledge that will have a lasting impact around the globe."
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Disclaimer: While I aim to be unbiased, I received a copy of this for free.
I was super excited to get stuck into this collection based upon its title alone. And to be fair to it, I did think it was okay, and it was a reasonable collection of both classical and contemporary poetry. I guess the main problem that I had is that it's basically the same set of poems that I've seen in other collections like Deborah Alma's Emergency Poet books. There was also a lot of blank space.
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Taking into account the Owls' pattern of results this season and Ross Wallace feels the club can go another positive run with 12 games of the regular season remaining.
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He said: "Look how far we have come as a team and as a squad, it's a long way.
"Sometimes you just need to take that step back and put everything into perspective."
Wednesday head into Saturday's South Yorkshire derby against Rotherham in sixth spot and victory over the struggling Millers would go some way to firm up that grip on a play-off spot.
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What Actually Happens When a Country Bans Abortion
Romania under Ceausescu created a dystopian horror of overcrowded, filthy orphanages, and thousands died from back-alley abortions.
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As lawmakers in Alabama this week passed a bill that would outlaw abortion in the U.S. state entirely, protesters outside the statehouse wore blood-red robes, a nod to Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale, in which childbearing is entirely controlled by the state. Hours later, the book was trending on Twitter.
As lawmakers in Alabama this week passed a bill that would outlaw abortion in the U.S. state entirely, protesters outside the statehouse wore blood-red robes, a nod to Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale, in which childbearing is entirely controlled by the state. Hours later, the book was trending on Twitter.
But opponents of the restrictive abortion laws currently being considered in the United States don't need to look to fiction for admonitory examples of where these types of laws can lead. For decades, communist Romania was a real-life test case of what can happen when a country outlaws abortion entirely, and the results were devastating.
In 1966, the leader of Romania, Nicolae Ceausescu, outlawed access to abortion and contraception in a bid to boost the country's population. In the short term, it worked, and the year after it was enacted the average number of children born to Romanian women jumped from 1.9 to 3.7. But birthrates quickly fell again as women found ways around the ban. Wealthy, urban women were sometimes able to bribe doctors to perform abortions, or they had contraceptive IUDs smuggled in from Germany.
Yet Romania's prohibition of the procedure was disproportionately felt by low-income women and disadvantaged groups, which abortion-rights advocates in the United States fear would happen if the Alabama law came into force. As a last resort, many Romanian women turned to home and back-alley abortions, and by 1989, an estimated 10,000 women had died as a result of unsafe procedures. The real number of deaths might have been much higher, as women who sought abortions and those who helped them faced years of imprisonment if caught. Maternal mortality skyrocketed, doubling between 1965 and 1989.
"Sometimes a woman couldn't even tell her husband or best friend that she wanted to have an abortion as it would put them at risk as well," said Irina Ilisei, an academic researcher and co-founder of the Front Association, a Romanian feminist group, and the Feminist Romania website.
"For many women, sexuality represented a fear and not a part of life that can be enjoyed," Ilisei said.
Another consequence of Romania's abortion ban was that hundreds of thousands of children were turned over to state orphanages. When communism collapsed in Romania in 1989, an estimated 170,000 children were found warehoused in filthy orphanages. Having previously been hidden from the world, images emerged of stick-thin children, many of whom had been beaten and abused. Some were left shackled to metal bed frames.
Nor did the Romanian law do much to achieve Ceausescu's goal of dramatically increasing the population. "Making abortion illegal will not lead to women having more babies. So if the goal is to bring about more lives and to protect more lives, this is not the instrument to use," said Maria Bucur, a professor of history and gender studies at Indiana University.
Born and raised in Romania, Bucur describes herself as a product of the abortion ban, after her mother twice failed to have an abortion.
On Wednesday, a day after it was passed by the legislature, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law the country's strictest abortion law, which bans the procedure at every stage of pregnancy and could send doctors who carry out the procedure to prison for life.
Alabama's law goes even further than Romania's, which in principle at least allowed for exceptions in cases of rape, incest, or congenital defect. The new law allows for abortions only when there is a serious threat to the mother's health.
Romania's abortion ban was compounded by a ban on contraception, which was not mentioned in the Alabama bill. But the Trump administration took a swipe at birth control in 2017 when it allowed employers to opt out of providing it as part of employee insurance plans on the grounds of religious belief. This decision was halted by a federal judge in January of this year.
The legal tussle between the courts over abortion looks set to continue as anti-abortion groups seek to push through laws they hope will be upheld by a newly conservative Supreme Court, to which U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed two new members. So far this year, over a dozen other states have attempted to outlaw abortions after six weeks of gestation—before many people even realize they are pregnant. Last week, Georgia became the sixth state to successfully pass such a bill. Already, six states in the United States have only one abortion clinic left.
Although the laws may be struck down by the courts, anti-abortion advocates hope that they will eventually reach the Supreme Court to challenge the precedent set by the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which enshrined the right to seek an abortion.
Alabama State Rep. Terri Collins, a co-sponsor of the bill, which is now the most restrictive in the country, told the news site AL.com, "My goal with this bill, and I think all of our goal, is to have Roe vs. Wade turned over."
On the campaign trail in 2016, Trump promised to appoint conservative justices with a view to overturning Roe v. Wade. The confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh in October 2018 gave conservative justices a solid majority on the bench, raising the hopes of anti-abortion advocates.
If the Supreme Court were to change its mind on abortion, it would become the prerogative of individual states to decide how to regulate the procedure.
"We need to take into consideration the long-term consequences of legislation like this," said Charles Nelson, a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the author of Romania's Abandoned Children.
Starting in 2000, Nelson examined the impact that Romania's orphanages had on children in post-communist Romania and found that many were left with severe developmental impairment and mental health issues. For some, their confinement in orphanages even had a physical impact on the size of their brains.
Nelson said that Romania offers a cautionary tale of what happens when a state tries to control reproductive rights. The new Alabama law raises questions about what kind of support the state would provide if someone doesn't have the option of ending a pregnancy when the fetus is found to have profound birth defects.
"Does the state have the bandwidth to take care of those kids and support the families?" he said in an interview.
When communism collapsed in Romania in December 1989, one of the first acts of the transitional government was to overturn the ban on abortion. Romania remains a highly conservative country, and in recent years there have been renewed calls to outlaw abortion, spearheaded by the influential Orthodox Church and other religious groups.
Bucur, the author of Birth of Democratic Citizenship: Women and Power in Modern Romania, is skeptical that the new movement will gain any political momentum.
"I think the real, raw firsthand memory is still too present in still too many voters. I don't think there's any intelligent politicians who would make it happen," she said.
Ilisei, the Romanian activist, said that she was worried to see parts of the United States—a country that Romania had once looked to as an example—now pursuing new restrictions on abortion. "In 1989, we aspired to build a stable democracy, a pluralistic society, with equality between men and women, and the United States was the main source of inspiration," she said. "Now that is not the case any more."
Amy Mackinnon is a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @ak_mack
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A roundup of publishers about which I've recently received serious complaints (all of them documented).
At the end of 2014, the founders of Torquere Press–a well-regarded small publisher established in 2003–turned the company over to new co-owners: Kristi Boulware and Joanna Talbot.
Before the change in leadership, Torquere had been trouble-free (or at least, not generating author complaints). It didn't take long for that to change. In early 2016, a little more than a year after the new owners took over, reports began surfacing of royalty payment problems. More reports showed up over the summer, even as Torquere participated in Twitter pitch contests to find new manuscripts. Also during the summer, Kristi Boulware was arrested on a hot check charge, allegedly after payment to one author bounced. (UPDATE: the charge was dismissed on December 13 after Boulware posted a cash bond of $10,150.50.)
In an early September email to authors, Boulware admitted that Torquere was suffering "financial setbacks since losing several of our top-selling authors." Funds were "the lowest they've ever been" and the company was "trying to obtain some business funding to assist with meeting all of TP's financial obligations." As of late September, things hadn't gotten better…but, per an update posted in the Torquere authors' Yahoo group, "We are staying positive and will be sending out at least partial payments as we are able to."
Those payments never showed up, according to multiple complaints received by Writer Beware (allegedly, Torquere owes one author more than $18,000). In November, communication stopped completely, with neither Boulware nor Talbot answering emails or responding to Facebook messages from authors asking about money owed or seeking rights reversions (Torquere apparently has responded to some reversion requests, but ignoring others). Both co-owners also have removed "Torquere" from their Twitter handles and bios. No matter how you look at it, that's not a good sign.
Meanwhile, Torquere remains open for submissions, with active anthology submission calls. Given the serious and apparently escalating problems at Torquere, I'd advise authors to stay away.
UPDATE 12/13/16: Torquere is closing. They promise rights reversions but are vague on when (or if) writers and staff will be paid. Details in my followup blog post.
Caliburn Press consists of seven imprints. Only three appear to have actually published any books–including Damnation Books and Eternal Press, which Alan Leddon, then of Spero Publishing, acquired from former owner Kim Richards Gilchrist in 2015. Leddon then consolidated Damnation and Eternal with his other imprints under the Caliburn name.
Damnation/Eternal was a problem company. Writer Beware received many complaints about its lack of professionalism, with authors citing poor editing, minimal marketing, uncompetitive pricing, and, late in Gilchrist's ownership of the company, missing royalty statements and payments. Damnation's contract paid royalties on net profit, and imposed huge early termination fees–both red flags that I've warned about repeatedly on this blog.
I posted a warning about Damnation in 2013 after one author sued the company for inserting hundreds of errors into her published book and refusing to publish a corrected version. Here's another author who had to take legal action. And the Damnation Books thread at Absolute Write is loaded with complaints.
(Gilchrist couldn't be faulted for ambition. In 2010, with much fanfare, she and her husband took over long-running speculative fiction magazine Realms of Fantasy. In less than a year, they drove it into the ground,)
When Gilchrist unloaded Damnation/Eternal in September 2015, authors were hopeful that Alan Leddon would make a good-faith effort to fix the problems. Unfortunately, the situation only seem to have gotten worse. In early 2016, Writer Beware started getting familiar-sounding complaints of non-payment–not just from authors this time, but from staff. Other complaints included repeatedly-delayed publication dates, bad editing, high staff turnover, poor financial management (in an April email to authors, Leddon denied embezzling funds, but admitted that "some money is missing from business accounts"). To authors' fury, Leddon also attempted to expand the net profit royalty calculation in Damnation/Eternal contracts to enable him to deduct not just printing costs, but also cover art, ISBNs, copyright registration, and a raft of other expenses.
In April (the same month Leddon felt he had to deny embezzling company money), gobsmacked Caliburn authors got a solicitation to contribute a GoFundMe campaign set up by Leddon, through which he hoped to establish a brick-and-mortar "spiritual bookstore" where, among other items, their books would be sold. In a maybe-too-candid description of the campaign, Leddon revealed that he was "living on government benefits and an occasional few dollars from the publishing company that I started five years ago" and admitted to "years of my publishing company making less per quarter than the cost of a tank of gas". Not very reassuring for all the authors who had hoped their new boss had the resources and expertise to turn things around.
As of this writing, complaints continue to come in. Caliburn Press is still open to submissions. Writer beware.
McBride pledged to work on the problems and make Month9 great again (sorry, couldn't resist).
Unfortunately, Writer Beware is still hearing from authors who say they haven't been paid, haven't received royalty statements (or have received strange or incorrect ones), and have been on the receiving end of angry responses from McBride.
Two Month9 authors have filed suit against the company, alleging nonpayment and seeking return of the rights to their books.
Despite these issues, and the fact that overstuffing its publication list was a major source of its troubles, Month9 continues to acquire titles. Writer beware, again.


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This engaging podcast tells the story behind the book Every Page is Page One by Mark Baker, President and Principal Consultant of Analecta Communications Inc. WriterAccess Founder and CEO Byron White lets us in on the treasure trove of secrets within this book.
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When writing a book, the author uses page one as a way to hook the reader. This first page will also communicate what the reader is about to experience. In other words, it sums up the story about to be read. By page 60, the reader is no longer expecting this. They are now enthralled in the story being played out before them. Consequently, page 60 would make a lousy page to read for someone just peeking inside the book. It wouldn't place the words in context at all. When writing website material or copy, writers have to realize they are always writing page one. They are summarizing. They have to engage the reader. Educate them, communicate with them and inspire them to delve further into the content. [Tweet This]
"The Web isn't made up of websites, it's made up of individual pages." Mark Baker
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According to Baker, the quality of writing is always dependent on the writer. If they adjust to the method of writing page ones, they do well. If not, the writer inadvertently leaves the reader with something to be desired. As a result, readers tend to click another site that is better laid out and more succinct. This page one type of writing isn't emotional in nature and is best utilized for writing marketing, informative and technical copy.
Optimize For Readers or for Search Engines?
The reader and search engines are both trying to determine the purpose of the content. Therefore, writers don't have to necessarily write for SEO purposes. If they write page one type copy, search engines will gravitate towards the same content. During this podcast, Mark Baker tells us all about how readers are much like foraging animals. This too has to do with how content is written. Is it written in an easy-to-take-in manner that SEO engines prefer, or is it too hard to get?
Techniques to Write Engaging Bite-Sized Nuggets or Page One Copy:
In his book, Mark Baker shares seven principles that help writers create the kind of copy that meets the page one standard.
- Content should stand alone.
- Content should tell you one thing.
- It should conform to a type or a common layout.
- It assumes the reader is qualified. Never over explain.
- Topics should remain on one level. Don't go from detail to big picture points. Remain on the same level throughout the content.
- Content should be linked richly.
Listen to the complete podcast for even more information about the amazingly helpful book for content writers, Every Page is Page One.
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At Braintree, we don't have a vacation or sick day policy. Nothing. Nada. We don't track days off. We don't allot a certain number of days based on tenure.
The usual questions that follow this statement are: 'How does that work?,' 'Do people actually show up?,' and my favorite, 'Do you get any work done?'
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How does that work?
Not having a policy works quite well. We are all adults here, and we like to be treated as such. By trusting our employees to act responsibly, we inevitably make them feel more independent, more a master of their own fate, if you will. The focus is then put on getting work done instead of how often teammates show up. Sick? Please stay home and get better. Want to take a trip? Great! Make sure you check in with your team prior to taking off.
An example of this working is when I went to Iceland in September of last year (yes, it was awesome). I was going to be away for two weeks and it was essential that I wrapped up loose ends prior to leaving. I gave everyone a healthy notice, made sure someone would be able to take care of the essentials, and took off knowing and trusting that my duties were in good hands for the time I was away. I did check my email once or twice, but all in all, things went smoothly. Having a successful experience like this made me want to help out my fellow 'treeps even more. So, when a teammate wants to take a long weekend (or a long vacation), I am very willing to reach out and help where I can.
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Basically, we put stock in each Braintreep to make the right decision - to come to work, really own what they do, be passionate about it, and, if need be, take some time off here and there without docking days. This approach also decreases the costs associated with tracking days off.
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|Double Down Hearts
|Written by Craig Thomson
|Published on Thursday, 21 August 2008
THERE ARE WORDS WHICH FEEL TIRED and over-used when employed to describe certain things, but in this case the term 'quirky' fits the bill exactly. Kristen Schaal is still most familiar to British audiences as the sole fan and groupie in HBO series Flight of the Conchords, while her Fringe co-star Kurt Braunohler is likely to be completely unknown. Both are veterans of the New York comedy scene, however, and bring their long-standing professional collaboration to Edinburgh.
This is not really stand-up comedy, as we know it; nor is it a sketch show, nor a comic play, but Schaal and Braunohler masterfully weave elements of all three together and infuse the result with their own personal style of insanity. The show takes its name from a play the duo have written, Double Down Hearts, left languishing in development hell after being shunned by the Broadway arts elite. They perform scenes from their masterpiece (which runs, Memento-style, in reverse) intermittently throughout the evening. It provides a handy way to structure the show, allowing them to neatly extricate themselves from routines which have run their course.
They also play several short video segments - a device that has been slightly over-used by stage comedians this year, I think. Nevertheless, their pre-recorded skits are so bizarrely funny that I won't dwell on it (think tortoises on motorbikes and sheep with sniper rifles).
I'll confess that I went, as a fan of the Conchords, to see Schaal, but I left more impressed by her co-star. Don't get me wrong: she's just as much cute smiles and curls as you want and expect, and is an equal partner in this stage relationship. But, having started with zero knowledge of Braunohler, I will now be keenly looking out for him in future – expect big things, particularly if the if.comedy award does go their way.
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A New Drug Being Developed by Vertex and Parion Seeks to Treat All CF Patients
The CF community waits with warm hearts and open arms for the approval of ORKAMBI, the combination drug by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, slated to be approved next month on July 5. The excitement is well deserved because it is the first time that those with CF who have two copies of the most common mutation, F508del, will be eligible to take a drug that will correct the underlying cause of the disease. However, like all things new there is still room to improve the medication due to modest phase 3 clinical results and, in addition, just under 50 percent of the CF population will still be left without an option to take a mutation correcting drug.
It seems that these concerns have not gone unnoticed by Vertex, as this past week it was announced that Parion Sciences will receive $80 million in funding from Vertex in a collaboration to develop a novel CF medication. Unlike Vertex's CF modulators, ivacaftor (kayldeco) and lumacaftor (VX-809), the drug will be eligible for all CF patients and may be used in future trials to increase the efficacy of Orkambi.
Those familiar with CF and its therapies will be well acquainted with Vertex, who has helped to pioneer mutation-specific therapies, but fewer may know the second company in the collaboration, Parion Sciences. Parion describes itself as "a development stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to research, development and commercialization of treatments to improve and extend the lives of patients with innate mucosal surface defense deficiencies of the eye or airway." The company over the past years has begun development of two drugs, P-1037 and P-1055, which will help to target channels responsible for the dry linings of airways in CF patients that make it difficult to move mucous out of the lungs.
The company originated as a result of technology developed from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Parion originally sold rights for the drugs to Gilead Sciences, Inc., in 2007 but then entered a second deal with Gilead in 2014 to reacquire the drug rights. Then in 2014 the company received $3 million from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics (CFFT), a research affiliate of the CF Foundation, to continue development of P-1037 for use in those with CF.
P-1037 has drawn attention of both the CF Foundation and Vertex due to its potential to be used in all CF patients regardless of their mutation. The drug functions as an epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) inhibitor which helps to hydrate the airways in patients better assisting the movement of mucous from the lungs.
Why ENaC Inhibitors May Prove Beneficial For Those With CF
To better explain the action of the drug, it is necessary to explain a bit of the physiology of the cells that line the lungs passageways. In a normal functioning lung, there is what is known as airway surface liquid (ASL), which helps to support the cilia, finger-like structures extending from the cells, while also helping to float mucous above the cells and their cilia.
Mucous plays a key role in the defense of the body, especially within the lungs, by helping to trap foreign particles and bacteria. Since the mucous sits atop the ASL, the cilia are able to beat in wave-like motions to gently move it from the lungs' passages in a process known as mucocilliary clearance.
The two cellular channels that help to maintain the liquid in the ASL are the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). The CFTR promotes the ASL by allowing chloride (Cl) to pass out of the cell, into the lungs passageways and due to the charge of the Cl, sodium (Na) is attracted to follow, along with water. The ENaC counteracts the action of the CFTR by reabsorbing Na and water into the cell when the ASL gets too high. The back and forth of the actions of the CFTR and the ENaC work together to keep the level of the ASL constant.
In CF, mutations in the CFTR prevent the chloride channel from properly functioning by preventing the flow of chloride out of the cell, and for an unknown reason the ENaC becomes hyperactive drawing in an excess of Na. These actions combine to draw water into the cells, taking away the liquid that would normally make-up the ASL. Without this liquid, the mucous in the lungs sit directly on top of the cilia, preventing their rhythmic motion to properly clear out the mucous. The stagnant mucous, which naturally accumulates bacteria, then serves as a breading ground for the bacteria to produce infections in the lung.
The goal then of P-1037 is to block ENaC so that it does not reabsorb an excess of Na. The hope is that if there is Na outside of the cells then water will then flow out of the cell to help hydrate the cell's surface and aid in the movement of mucous out of the lung.
The drug is part of a phase 2 clinical trial that began to enroll CF patients in May. Parion and Vertex hope that inhibition of ENaC in the lungs will both improve lung function and reduce pulmonary exacerbations experienced by those with CF. Some time is required before results of the trials are known but the drug fills a great need in providing improved medications to all CF patients.


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Have you noticed that once you reach adulthood, you start hearing the phrase 'It's too late' very often? It's too late to create a family, it's too late to learn a language, it's too late to start ballet… But, if you're surrounded by the right people, you might also hear the inverse: don't get hung up on your imperfections, better yourself every day, you can reach your dreams… And it's true – many people take up new activities when they get older, and they don't allow negative opinions to stop them. You just have to start with small things – just 15 minutes of ballet stretches per day will get you a long way.
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If you have already taken up dancing ballet, chances are, you're already doing your stretches every day. But how can you benefit from them if you're not a professional? Turns out ballet exercises for beginners might take you a long way!
- First of all, it just gives you that wonderful feeling after the long day at work. We're spending increasingly longer times sitting at our desks, so many people claim feeling stiff and tired, even without doing too much. Stretching for 10-15 minutes every day will make the stiffness go away.
- Better performance during your exercises. Fitness exercises usually involve some cooldown afterward, but making it your daily routine will elongate your muscles and improve your performance.
- Better posture. Many people suffer from poor posture and back problems – no wonder! If our muscles are always locked in the same position. Just after a couple of weeks of some ballet stretches at home you'll notice changes in your posture!
- Flexibility, obviously. From feeling comfortable in your own body to impressing people by easily touching your toes, flexibility is something many strive for. And you can achieve it rather easily!
Warm up and elongate those hamstrings!
Hamstring stretches are probably the most pleasurable of them all! But before we can give our hamstrings that "Aaahhh!" feeling, we simply must warm up at least a little before. Even if we are not ready to drop into splits, doing side lunges without warming up might damage your muscles or even tear them!
Just five minutes of warm-up is enough: walk around the block, do some sit-ups or put on some energetic music and dance! And after that, let's get on with some basic ballet stretches.
- Parallel stance. Stand with your legs wide, feet parallel to each other, and bend down, holding your alternate elbows. If you find this too easy, touch the floor and try to reach for your alternate toes, crossing your arms.
- Straight legs. Sit down with your legs in front of you. Sit up tall, then hinge at your hips and lean forward towards your feet. Hold your belly in and try to keep your back as flat as possible.
- One leg in front. Kneel down with one of your legs out in front of you. With your hands touching the floor, bend over one leg, keeping your back straight. Make sure your other thigh is perpendicular to the floor!
Hip opening sequence
Hip openers are usually harder to do, but they feel great. It's because there are at least some of over 20 muscles that cross our hips and decrease the overload of the spine and the lower back. Just try to dedicate a couple of minutes for these ballet stretches for flexibility and strength every day and soon you'll notice the difference.
- Side lunge. You can stay in the same kneeling position, just lift your back knee and make sure your front shin is perpendicular to the floor. Keeping one of your hands on the ground, lift another hand up, gazing towards the ceiling.
- Butterfly pose. Sit down with your legs crossed, one foot in front of the other. Sit up tall and lean forward, crawling your hands in front of you. Try not to round your back. After 30 seconds of this, change the position so that the other foot is in front. You can finish it by doing a 'real' butterfly pose with your feet together. Just don't hold on to your feet, turning them upwards!
Splendid side stretches
Side benders lengthen muscles in your sides, low back and even stiff neck muscles! It's great to finish your routine of ballerina stretches with them – and continue your day (or go to bed) feeling taller and more flexible.
- Standing side. Stand up tall and lean towards one side, keeping your belly in, repeat on the other side.
- Gate Pose. Kneeling down, extend one leg to the side. Lengthen up, and lean towards your straight leg, keeping your hand on the shin, extending your other arm up. Look up when doing this.