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Habitual snoring and atopic state: correlations with respiratory function and teeth occlusion
- Anna Maria Zicari1,
- Giuseppe Marzo2,
- Anna Rugiano1,
- Camilla Celani1,
- Maria Palma Carbone1,
- Simona Tecco†2Email author and
- Marzia Duse†1
© Zicari et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
- Received: 15 February 2012
- Accepted: 3 November 2012
- Published: 7 November 2012
Allergy represents a risk factor at the base of sleep-disordered breathing in pediatric age. Among allergic diseases, the atopy is characterized by a tendency to be "hyperallergic." Sleep-disordered breathing is also known in orthodontics as correlated with the morphology of craniofacial complex. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between atopy and sleep-disordered breathing (oral breathers with habitual snoring), comparing atopic children with sleep-disordered breathing (test group) with nonatopic ones with sleep-disordered breathing (control group), in the prevalence of dento-skeletal alterations and other risk factors that trigger sleep-disordered breathing, such as adenotonsillar hypertrophy, turbinate hypertrophy, obesity, and alteration of oxygen arterial saturation.
In a group of 110 subjects with sleep-disordered breathing (6 to 12 years old), we grouped the subjects into atopic (test group, 60 subjects) and nonatopic (control group, 50 subjects) children and compared the data on the following: skin allergic tests, rhinoscopy, rhinomanometry, night home pulsoxymetry, body mass index, and dento-facial alterations.
Even if our results suggest that atopy is not a direct risk factor for sleep-disordered breathing, the importance of a physiologic nasal respiration in the pathogenesis of sleep-disordered breathing seems to be demonstrated in our study by the higher prevalence of hypertrophy in the adenotonsillar lymphatic tissue, odontostomatological alterations, alterations of the oxygen saturation to pulsoxymetry, and higher prevalence of obesity observed in our children with sleep-disordered breathing, in percentages higher than that of the general pediatric population previously observed in the literature.
The importance of a physiologic nasal respiration in the pathogenesis of sleep-disordered breathing is demonstrated in our study.
- Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)
- Atopy
- Dento-facial morphology
- Allergy
- Oral breathing
- Snoring
The primary snoring or habitual snoring without alterations of the sleeping pattern and gaseous exchanges;
The upper airway resistance syndrome with fragmentation of the sleep and alteration of gaseous exchanges;
The obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) with alterations of the sleeping pattern and desaturating events [1–3].
Despite the scarce attention to the problem, because many hypoventilatory obstructive disorders are not always pointed out by the parents spontaneously, these have been representing in the last 10 years, a worrisome cause of morbidity in pediatric age, with significant impact on the socioeconomic aspect and the quality of life of children and their families.
By simply investigating one of the most frequent symptoms, habitual snoring, we learn from the anamnestic studies of the recent literature, that its prevalence varies from 2.5 to 34.5% [4].
The large range is mainly related to the lack of standardization of the definitions used by the single authors: in more "restrictive" studies, habitual snoring is pointed out only if the symptom is "always" present; therefore, the prevalence varies from 1.5 to 6%; if the symptom instead falls under the general definition of "habitual" (without frequency ratio), the prevalence increases from 5 to 12% [5].
Within the sphere of multidisciplines, allergy represents a risk factor at the base of this phenomenon, which is often attributed as the cause of SDB [6, 7]. Indeed, the allergic inflammation concurs directly to the mechanical obstruction of the nasal cavities (turbinate hypertrophy) and/or nasopharynx (adenotonsillar hypertrophy) and indirectly to odontostomatological alterations; however, to date, there is a debate on how and to what extent allergy is related with the respiratory disorders.
Among allergic diseases, the atopy elevated levels of total and allergen-specific IgE in the serum of patient, leading to positive skin-prick tests to common allergens [8]. A patient with atopy typically presents with one or more of the following: eczema (atopic dermatitis), allergic rhinitis (hay fever), allergic conjunctivitis, or allergic asthma [8].
Within the sphere of multi-disciplines anyhow, SDB is known in orthodontics as correlated with the morphology of craniofacial complex [9].
Today, in literature, it still lacks evidence of a particular rule associated with the atopy in relation to SDB.
The development of craniofacial structures and nasal breathing has long generated interest and controversy.
This controversy lies in whether nasal obstruction leads to oral breathing or not and, especially, in whether it is capable of causing changes in dentofacial development. There has always been a certain belief that nasal obstruction affects facial growth. However, there is no conclusive evidence that there is a causal link between both factors. Normal breathing requires the free flow of air through the nose. Respiratory function associated with chewing and swallowing, plus correct muscular action of the lips and tongue, encourages adequate facial development and growth. Upper airway obstruction involving oral breathing can be harmful when it is present at the time of development of the face, orofacial skeleton, and teeth [10].
In our study on a sample of children with habitual snoring and oral breathing, we wanted to evaluate atopy because this may affect some risk factors that trigger the SDB, such as adenotonsillar hypertrophy, turbinate hypertrophy, obesity, impaired arterial oxygen saturation, and dento-skeletal abnormalities.
The identification of diseases at the base of the upper airway obstruction, which atopy is not solely responsible, is essential to set a correct and timely multidisciplinary therapeutic approach to prevent chronic disorders and the onset of complications that are sometimes permanent.
In fact, the atopy could adversely affect the clinical condition of the young patients, causing a chronic inflammatory state that is in addition to that caused by upper respiratory tract infections.
Several studies [11–13] have highlighted the strong association between atopy and the severity of sleep disorders, of which, atopy is considered an important risk factor that requires a greater attention in the setting of the correct treatment plan.
Description of the sample
Atopic SDB subjects
Non atopic SDB subjects
(60 subjects)
(50 subjects)
Range 6–12 years
8.5 ± 1.5
8.3 ± 1.6
The ethical approval for the experimental research was given by the ethics committee of the university. The research was carried in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration. Informed consent has been obtained from the parents of the children involved in the study.
The subjects were then divided into two groups on the basis of the skin allergic tests (Lofarma allergens skin prick test) for common inhaled allergens (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides farinae, Alternaria tenuis, Parietaria officinalis, Cynodon dactylon, Olea europea, Lolium, cat and dog dander).
Two groups were individuated: (i) subjects with SDB and atopy (test group, 60 subjects), and (ii) subjects with SDB without atopy (control group, 50 subjects).
Clinical evaluation of the degree of tonsillar hypertrophy, according to the criteria of Mallampati. Patients were classified as follows: (i) patients with a low Mallampati scores (scores 1 and 2), and (ii) patients with high Mallampati scores (scores 3 and 4) [15];
Anterior rhinoscopy.
Assessment of adenoid hypertrophy through fibroendoscopia, considering as hypertrophic adenoid grades 3 and 4 according to the criteria of Cassano [16].
Active anterior rhinomanometry (Rhinospir PRO 164) before and after nasal decongestion test. According to the rules set forth by the International Standardization Committee on Objective Assessment of Nasal Airway, corrected for the pediatric reference values indicated in the literature. [17] The rhinomanometry was considered positive when the degree of obstruction ranged from moderate (43-56% of p.v.) to very severe (<29% of p.v.).
Night home pulsoxymetry (Respironics 920M, Profox software): with desaturation clusters of 5 or more between 10 and 30 minutes; the test was defined "positive" if 3 or more desaturation clusters were present, and three desaturations with drop of SaO2 below 90%; "negative" in the absence of desaturation clusters and drops of SaO2 below 90%; and "nonconclusive" if less than 3 desaturation clusters were present [18].
Body mass index (BMI) evaluation was subdivided into four categories: underweight BMI < 3rd percentile, normal weight between 3rd and 90th percentile; overweight between 90th and 97th percentile; obese > 97th percentile [19].
Lateral skull radiograph with orthopantomography of the dental arches on which we performed cephalometric analysis according to the Tweed method to assess skeletal class.
Objective intraoral examination with evaluation of the dental class, overbite, overjet, midlines, cross-bite, and bad habits (atypical deglutition, labial incompetence, and suction of the finger and inner lip).
Alginate moulds of the dental arches and study of the plaster moulds with evaluation of the dental arch perimeter, the transpalatal width, and analysis of the space.
Statistical analysis
The two groups considered in this case control study were as follows: (i) the test group that included SDB atopic children, and (ii) the control group that included SDB nonatopic children.
The χ2 test was used to compare proportions between the test and control groups for all the considered variables. The statistic meaning was defined at p < 0.05 level.
Adenoid hypertrophy: 36% (21/60) in the test group vs. 78% (39/50) in the control group (p = 0.001) (Table 2).Table 2
Main results in the sample
Atopic SDB subjects
Non atopic SDB subjects
Statistical significance
(60 subjects)
(50 subjects)
Adenoid Hypertrophy
36% (21/60)
46% (39/50)
Tonsillar hypertrophy
32% (19/60)
46% (23/50)
Turbinate hypertrophy
68% (41/60)
60% (30/50)
16.6% (10/60)
58% (29/50)
Positive rhinomanometry (obstruction from 43% to <29% of p.v.
80% (48/60)
78% (39/50)
Positive/Non conclusive pulsoxymetry
50% (30/60)
42% (21/50)
Tonsillar hypertrophy: 32% (19/60) in the test group vs. 46% (23/50) in the control group (not significant difference) (Table 2).
Turbinate hypertrophy: 68% (41/60) in the test group vs. 60% (30/50) in the control group (not significant difference) (Table 2).
Over-weight: 16.6% (10/60) in the test group vs. 58% (29/50) in the control group (p = 0.005) (Table 2).
Positive rhinomanometry (obstruction from 43% to <29% of p.v.): 80% (48/60) in the test group vs. 78% (39/50) in the control group (not significant difference) (Table 2).
Positive/nonconclusive pulsoxymetry: 50% (30/60) in the test group vs. 42% (21/50) in the control group (not significant difference) (Table 2).
Decrease of the transversal palatal diameter: 65% (39/60) in the test group vs. 88% (44/50) in the control group (p = 0.04, significant difference) (Table 3).Table 3
Relationship between orthodontic anomalies and atopy
Reduced transversal palatal diameter N (%)
Skeletal class II
Atipic swallowing
Atopic SDB subjects
39/60 (65%)
24/60 (40%)
21/60 (35%)
54/60 ( 90%)
Non atopic SDB subjects
44/50 (88%)
24/50 (48%)
15/50 (30%)
47/50 (94%)
Second skeletal class: 40% (24/60) in the test group vs. 48% (24/50) in the control group (not significant difference) (Table 3).
Cross-bite: 35% (21/60) in the test group vs. 30% (15/50) in the control group (not significant difference) (Table 3).
Atypical deglutition: 90% (54/60) in the test group vs. 94% (47/50) in the control group (not significant difference) (Table 3).
From epidemiologic studies on multiple risk factors able to affect respiratory disorders during sleep in the pediatric age, various predisposing conditions may coexist in the same subject, thus requiring a multidisciplinary approach.
Recent evidence has suggested that prematurity, maternal smoking during pregnancy, maternal age and weight gain during pregnancy, prenatal complications (such as maternal high blood pressure and gestational diabetes), and perinatal complications related to prematurity are associated with childhood SDB [20]. Also, low socioeconomic status and race seem to influence the incidence of prenatal and perinatal complications [20]. A recent study also indicates familial clustering of SDB (SDB caused by adenotonsillar or tonsillar hypertrophy), which is an important information for clinicians [21].
Our study, performed on SDB children, aimed at estimating the prevalence of the main risk factors with the analysis of the role that the atopy has in determining and/or favoring them, performing a comparison between SDB atopic children (test group) and SDB nonatopic children (control group).
In this sample of SDB children, a prevalence of atopy (55%) higher than that observed in previous literature regarding the general pediatric Caucasian population (10-15%), as reported in other studies, [22] was observed probably because of a selection bias that was expected because the patients were consulting a Special Service of Pediatric Allergology. This observation does not alter the validity of the results because the aim of this study is to highlight the differences between 60 SDB atopic children and 50 SDB nonatopic children.
A high prevalence of hypertrophy in the adenotonsillar lymphatic tissue in the whole sample of SDB children (54.5% adenoid hypertrophy, 38.1% tonsillar hypertrophy, and 21.5% tonsillar and adenoid hypertrophy) was also observed. This prevalence resulted significantly higher in SDB nonatopic subjects (control group) with respect to SDB atopic subjects (test group), suggesting that in our cases, the infective etiology seems to prevail, in contrast with some works [23] that attribute an immunogenic role in the adenoid hypertrophy, [24] to the allergic reaction. Recent literature shows that pediatric SDB patients with adenoid hypertrophy could be effectively treated with 4-week course of mometasone furoate, whereas allergy, obesity, and sinusitis seem not to affect the result of the treatment [25].
With recent studies as basis, adenotonsillar enlargement and tonsillar hypertrophy seem to mediate at least in part the epidemiologic association observed between SDB (mostly sleep apnea) and wheezing/asthma [26]. Elevated concentrations of leukotrienes and oxidative stress markers have been detected in the exhaled breath condensate of children with asthma and probably contribute to bronchoconstriction [26]. Moreover, SDB children with sleep apnea have increased expression of leukotrienes and leukotriene receptors in adenotonsillar tissue [26]. Probably, viral respiratory infections may induce inflammation and oxidative stress in the asthmatic airway, enhancing not only the bronchospasm but also the biosynthesis of leukotrienes within the pharyngeal lymphoid tissues, which promote adenotonsillar enlargement and sleep apnea [26].
In the whole sample of SDB children, modest prevalence of obesity was observed, higher than that of the general pediatric population previously observed in the literature (35.4% in our SDB sample vs. 11%), [27] which is mainly prevalent (at a statistical significant level) in the control group of SDB nonatopic subjects (58% in the control group and 16.6% in the test group): contrary to what is observed in adult age, [28] the role of obesity in determining SDB is still debated in pediatric age [29].
In addition, high prevalence of nasal obstruction to rhinomanometry and alterations of the oxygen saturation to pulsoxymetry in the whole sample of SDB children (79% and 46.3%, respectively in our whole sample) were detected, which seem not related in significantly statistical terms, with the atopy. Despite the said exams being not resolutive for SDB diagnosis, they appear to be useful to point out and follow up possible complications associated with nasal obstruction, oral respiration, and allergic inflammation. In a recent study, pediatric patients with positive environmental allergic rhinitis showed SDB and sleepiness scores (on questionnaires) higher than population with normal values, suggesting that children with allergic rhinitis are at increased risk for SDB, and screening should be considered in this population [30].
Generally, rhinomanometric values are in agreement with symptom severity and duration (persistent and intermittent allergic rhinitis) and the degree of allergic inflammation (concentration of inflammatory cytokines) [31] in patients affected by allergic rhinitis. Our results suggest that the nasal obstruction, despite the atopic or nonatopic state of the subjects, appears correlated to rhinomanometry alterations.
The presence of numerous odontostomatological alterations, with various percentages in the whole sample, was observed: (a) significant reduction of the transverse diameter, equal to 75% of the cases in the whole sample; (b) a second skeletal class in 43.6% of the cases in the whole sample; (c) a cross-bite in 32.7% of the cases in the whole sample; and (d) an atypical deglutition in 91% of the cases in the whole sample.
About the palatal diameter, literature reports an increased prevalence of SDB in the population with cleft palate, with an even greater prevalence in patients with Pierre Robin syndrome [32].
The presence of numerous odontostomatological alterations in our sample of SDB children, both atopic or nonatopic, suggests that nasal obstruction, no matter how it is induced, is associated with altered dentofacial development at the point that orthodontic therapy has been proposed as solution for respiratory problems and oral breathing [33, 34]. With the data in literature as basis, craniofacial features considered to be risk factors for SDB include small mandible and/or high and narrow hard palate associated with a narrow nasomaxillary complex [35]. At the same time, the degree of nasal obstruction is correlated to the severity of snoring and OSAS so that the use of rhinomanometry is suggested as screening test before polysomnigraphic recording in children with suspected OSAS [36].
In particular, the high percentage of children with atypical deglutition detected in our whole sample, reflects the literature data that show how this disorder is present in 50% of three-year-old children and persists till twelve years of age, in 25% of the cases [22–39]. In any case, regardless of the atopic or nonatopic state, the atypical deglutition seems to be significantly related to the oral breathing because of the high prevalence of this disorder found in our whole sample of SDB children. Recently, a research stated that a cranial lateral cephalometry is required to study cephalometric characteristics if polysomnography points out any pathology referring to SDB [40].
Considering the two groups of atopic and nonatopic children, we observed some little differences between the two groups, although not statistically significant.
These odontostomatological characteristics were found in slightly higher percentages in the group of SDB nonatopic subjects (control group), which coincides with the group with greater adenoid hypertrophy. The slightly higher prevalence of decrease of trasversal palatal diameter in nonatopic group seems related to the oral breathing because of adenoid hypertrophy that is prevalent in this group. Cross-bite resulted with a slightly higher prevalence in SDB atopic subjects compared with nonatopic group, although no significance was detected (35% vs. 30%), in accordance with a previous study, [38] suggesting a possible genetic relation.
Considering the role of atopy in SDB subjects, on the basis of our observations, atopy seems not often related in significantly statistic terms with various risk factors that trigger SDB (adenotonsillar hypertrophy, turbinate hypertrophy, odontostomatological alterations) and with particular dento-facial characteristics, except for a reduced transversal palatal diameter (p < 0.05). Children with SDB also show a high prevalence of atypical deglutition that certainly contributes to trigger malocclusions because of chronic oral respiration.
The limitation of this study concerns the selection of subjects that was made not in a pediatric general population but in a sample of children who have been evaluated in a service of pediatric allergology (in which it is obvious to find a high prevalence of atopic children).
In conclusion, the key point of the characteristics of SDB children seems to be the nasal obstruction, and even if our results suggest that atopy is not a direct or important risk factor for snoring and OSAS, the importance of a physiologic nasal respiration in the pathogenesis of SDB seems to be demonstrated in our study by the higher prevalence of the following: (i) hypertrophy in the adenotonsillar lymphatic tissue, (ii) numerous odontostomatological alterations, (iii) nasal obstruction to rhinomanometry and alterations of the oxygen saturation to pulsoxymetry, and (iv) modest prevalence of obesity—characteristics observed in our whole sample of SDB children, in percentages higher than that of the general pediatric population previously observed in the literature.
We acknowledge Dr Enrico Marchetti for his contribution in the interpretation of data and in the drafting of the manuscript. We acknowledge S.P.I. (Professional Editing Service; http://www.proof-editing.com) for the editing of english language.
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envisioned. Those working since the 1970's or
after are now bearing another big impact: AGEISM.
For those nearing retirement today, it is a scary time. Our parents had pensions,
many of them with company contributions, some were mandated contributions by the
employees and they were protected in value. Employers welcomed workers of all age.
Today employers sought reduced exposures by transitioning pensions into programs
through brokerage and other companies. This exposed employees to incremental
risks and now owning their own plans rarely with the knowledge and insight to care
for their "nest egg" in their retirement years.
While financial investment is a very complex area and faces dramatic changes like that
of September 9, 2016 where markets generally dropped 3.5 to 4.0%, we will focus on
areas that employees or job seekers over 40 can consider in regard to employment.
1. This is NOT the same Job Market or Employment Relationship Your Parents Had
This requires a different approach in your employment, starting with learning new
skills. If there is training you can take advantage of, take it ... even if all of those
enrolled are under 30. This is an opportunity to learn what is new PLUS map that
with your considerable experience and insight to be a strong employee. You can
teach a class but you teaching first hand experience is a different story.
Colleges are not known for programs to retrain or update older workers which is
a growing segment of society. In a story by "60 Minutes" they found many of those
unemployed due to skills were in the 40 and above age groups.
2. Community Colleges are not just for "the youngsters" any more.
In 2010 a program called 50 Plus Completion Strategy was created essentially to
help those 50 and over complete post-secondary education degrees.
If you are employed, ask your employer about education benefits to build yourself
in areas the company is needed more skilled workers. If you are not employed,
seek funding from federal training programs through Workforce Investment
Network. You paid tax dollars for decades ... get your fair share to continue being
a wage earner and tax payer.
3. Employers seek knowledge transfer from older to younger workers but there are
signs they do not embrace younger to older. WHY?
Both reduce training costs and allow the student and experienced practitioner to
learn from the skills each has creating an enhanced return on the time invested.
Experienced and recently hired team members can benefit and build better working
relationships enhancing the ability of the company with more skilled people.
4. Companies assume workers have an option to retire at 66. This is unrealistic.
The multiple financial impacts to home values, savings lost, stock value washed
out since 1975 are significant. The average worker is looking at a retirement age
no less than their early 70's due to loss in employee managed retirement accounts,
termination of pensions and reductions in some employer contributions. Cities are
in trouble in their ability to meet current obligations. Skyrocketing medical costs,
skyrocketing insurance costs, increases in food, energy, water, clothing, cards, etc.
are making it more challenging for those nearing retirement to retire as planned.
Working beyond into their 70's versus 60's is not an option for this group and an
alarm bell for the younger generations and leaders of the country and companies.
5. Taking pride in being tech-illiterate is damaging to yourself and many others.
This raises question not about age but about maturity and responsibility in their
efforts to support the employer as business conditions and tools evolve. Those
who feel no reason to learn are providing multiple reasons for becoming a target.
6. A good workforce works together.
This includes time together in the office and out of the office. Who expects to see
a 60 year old being pulled by a speedboat for body surfing and one should question
younger workers on the same activity. Being a part of the team is important as
competitive pressures rise at companies and the ability for all team members to
support each other as needed. Be part of one team working responsibly together.
7. Fidelity reported that nearly half of the "Baby Boomers" will not have sufficient
funds to cover basic expenses in their retirement. The solution is to cut
spending, save more and potentially supplement income while protecting your "nest
egg" while you are nearing the last 15 to 20 years of employment. If this is not
addressed we all may be facing incremental taxes to provide minimal retirement
protection should older workers not be afforded the opportunity for continued
productive work and contributions before they can begin retirement.
IF you are not stopped over AGEISM upon submitting your Resume or completing a
Background Check Form, you can leverage some or all of the following:
What are the objections to hiring "old people"?
1. Don't know as much as younger people (oven 40 or younger)
Discuss about the books you have read in your field to keep up with
changes and learn new areas that are of interest to you.
Shows (a) you want to learn, (b) you enjoy learning, (c) you can learn
2. Are not able to keep the pace with others (age 40 or younger)
Discuss your activities in sports, outside activities which requires a higher
level of energy and/or concentration to perform well.
Shows (a) you have the energy, (b) you have the drive, (c) you are a fit
3. You are older, don't like distractions, won't help others (age 40 or younger)
Discuss how you help others learn, show key points to look for when having
a problem, how to remove roadblocks in resolving challenges.
Reminds them of your greater experience and insight and willing to share
4. Your age is a potential risk to your availability and added medical costs
Are you healthy now and for many years past? Do you visit your Doctor
only for your Annual Physical and they are all good?
Reminds them of the risks of sterotyping people as old, sick and slow
5. You may be hiding something from them on your medical background
First, this is not a medical examination and second, sometimes you do take
additional medication, like Nyquil to control sinus drainage at night.
Over the counter, non-narcotic and gets you a good night's sleep.
You do not abuse medications or take items not legally available to you.
If your physicals are good, offer a Doctor's note that you are in good health
6. They don't think as well or as fast as they once did
This can be pure nonsense but don't ask if they lay people off at 40.
Have you been responsive in this interview providing detailed information?
Have you demonstrated memory issues or any communications deficiencies
Some employers are interested in finding the best available person for the job
they have open. If they can physically and mentally perform these tasks using
good communications skills, they are a qualified candidate.
Others are using different sets of rules which is not in their long term interest.
They will either be caught or find few applicants coming to fill their open jobs.
If someone "plays dirty", do you continue wanting to play with them?
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Since I wanted to see a good series, I guess I shouldn't complain about what I saw last night. I mean, the game did go into overtime afterall. I'm just bummed that the series is now 3-1 L.A. when it very easily could be 3-1 Orlando going back to L.A. if Courtney Lee hits that last-second shot in Game 2 or if Orlando missed only 14 free throws instead of 15.
Does Orlando even bother with Game 5? Is there a point? If they win on Sunday, they have to travel to L.A. and win two games. Rather than hop on a plane again, don't you think that they're just going to roll over and start their vacations? Look it's obvious that these teams are very evenly matched, but it's also obvious that L.A. has a far superior coaching advantage. Now L.A. has the mental advantage because they've won two very close games. That's what good teams do. They win tight games. The other teams just come close.
This might have something to do with the makeup of the team and probably has a little more to do with the makeup of their coach. Stan Van Gundy looks and acts like the epitome of the super control freak, mind gaming, jerk basketball coach. I noticed this on a few occasions, most tellingly in his completely erratic substitution patterns. The surest way to manipulate a player is to control his playing time; coaches have the complete power to regulate how much you contribute, which has a direct affect on the player's perceived worth. Guys that get consistent minutes on this team are Howard, Lewis, Turkoglu, and Pietrus. So four guys get solid, dependable minutes, they know their roles. I can't begin to explain what Van Gundy is thinking with regard to Lee, Redick, Alston, Nelson, Battie, or Gortat. He jerks those guys around like he's trying to start a lawnmower. It's insane. How does Redick go from playing 8 minutes in Game 1; 27 minutes in Game 2; DNP – Coach's Decision in Game 3; and 17 minutes in Game 4? How does Lee go from getting the potential game-winning play called for him to playing not at all in the fourth quarter and playing freaking seven minutes the entire game? He's a guy that can actually create his own shot when they were DYING for that guy last night. How does Alston, a guy whose contribution is one of the main reasons that Orlando is in the finals in the first place, get sat down for the entire fourth quarter when he was getting to the rim AT EASE throughout the game? Has Van Gundy ever explained to Gortat or Battie what their roles are? He seemingly plays them whenever he feels like it.
Another reason why he looks like a jerk is one simple sequence when Redick was exiting the game. As he was walking off of the court, he passed Van Gundy who was standing with his arms crossed with his left hand on his chin, Van Gundy didn't even look at him but ignored him completely, for no reason. It's as if Van Gundy was trying to be cool by not acknowledging one of his players. It's not as if Redick was being yanked at that point because he was playing poorly, he wasn't. He was just getting subbed out.
I simply fail to see very many redeeming qualities in Van Gundy from a personality perspective and from a scheme perspective. It looked like they had absolutely no good out-of-bounds play to run at the end of the game. They had to call a timeout twice and nearly got a five-second call. It looked painful. How could they have such an awesome play drawn up in Game 2 (the aforementioned Courtney Lee lob) and then have absolutely no other end-of-game type of play? It's almost like a musician who puts out a CD with only one good song on it, while the rest are unlistenable.
Getting back to the point, Van Gundy decided to employ what I like to refer to as the "Best Way to Lose a Game That You Should Absolutely Win"-strategy, which is do not foul under 10 seconds (or 10 point something) when you're up by three. I get the bends when someone tries to defend the strategy NOT to foul. Why, in the name of Lorenzo Romar, would you not foul in this situation? Why, why, why, why? The loss is so preventable and we see it over and f'ing over again. I just don't understand it.
Just for good measure, here's another reason why Van Gundy seems like a complete jerk and probably not a very good coach:
"In retrospect we gave [Fisher] too much space to shoot the ball," Van Gundy said. "We played like we were trying to prevent the layup. We just didn't play Fisher, just didn't guard him."
So instead of saying that he has a very bad coaching philosophy (not fouling), Van Gundy is blaming his players for not executing. Nice. (by the way, he's right… Nelson screwed up huge there giving Fisher, a guy who can shoot, too much room.
I've got one more thing about Orlando, the collective, and their coach. I'm not sure why ABC decided to lay it on so thick with the "this team is a bunch of happy guys who love to have fun with each other"-shtick. To illustrate this, they talked about how they were watching a specific play on game film of Turkoglu not even attempting to close out on a Trevor Ariza three. Of course, Ariza made it and Turkoglu says that he did close out. The team "voted" and said that he did not. I was waiting for them to bring something else to the story, perhaps something funny to show how these guys are all fun-loving and get along. I'm still waiting. That's the best story that they could come up with? If so, then that's pathetic. What I see is a team who plays loose during parts of the game, but tends to seize up at other parts either because they don't have the right guys on the floor together at one time or they just can't close out games.
Speaking of which, just as I praise Rashard Lewis L.A. decides that he is indeed a very dangerous man and slaps great defense on him, so much so that he plays 46 minutes and goes 2-10 overall (with both makes coming from beyond the arc). He made one shot in regulation and shot ZERO free throws. That's inexcusable, especially since Odom played only 28 total minutes due to foul trouble. If Rashard is one thing, it's passive, and if you body him up, he won't respond well. That seemed pretty apparent on Thursday night. Especially that sequence where he was trying to establish high post position and Kobe didn't let him. Rashard just kind of wilted. I hated seeing that, but it was familiar to me because I've seen it many times when he played in Seattle, I just thought that he outgrew it and was tougher now. He shows flashes, but he's not a killer, and probably never will be. On the other hand, Turkoglu is somewhat of a killer. He hits big shots and the ends of games and he's so damn crafty getting to the hole and hitting timely jumpers. He did so last night, but he also disappeared when their offense needed a boost late in the fourth.
Since I looked at this last game, I'll do it again. By my count, the two teams combined to miss 10 wide-open threes last night, with Lee starting off the festivities very early by missing three identical shots from the baseline.
Wide Open Misses 1st
Lee (same spot on as the first on the baseline)
Lee (same spot on as the first on the baseline)
Wide Open Misses 2nd
Vujacic (nice to know that this guy who has been playing with pants made of manure is going to get a ring)
Wide Open Misses 3rd
Wide Open Misses 4th
Again, I don't know if 10 is a high number or not, but there you have it.
A random thing that I noticed during the course of the game was the interview that Doris Burke did with Dwyane Wade. First, Wade looked like he may or may not have been baked. His eyes were extremely red, although if he was under the herb, he performed well. That's what a professional does. Second, during the interview, a meatheadish Orlando fan appeared in the background and screamed: "Kobe Bryant is a pampered little b*tch." Nice. Represent, Orlando. Represent.
Enough has been said about the refs, but I feel like I need to say this, when Pietrus fouled Kobe on Kobe's duck-his-arms-under-your-hands-and-then-come-up-swiftly-acting-like-he-got-hacked move, Pietrus was pissed and began walking over to the ref wearing No. 48 and gesturing toward him. The ref yelled back, "Don't point at me!" Dude, seriously? Who do you think you are? Don't point at me? He must have been raised by a "Don't point at people, it's rude"-family, because he was hypersensitive. It's a good call, I guess, and definitely a smart move by Kobe to get a defender to back off of him, but it's still weak sauce.
Aside from the horrendous free throw shooting out of Howard, and his proclivity for possessing zero post game, I liked what I saw out of him last night. He was competing and was actually pretty tough out there, although he should not ever let Kobe punk him like he did when he yanked the ball away from him. They got tangled up and Kobe kind of elbowed in Howard's direction, that's fine. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about when Howard followed Kobe down the floor like he was trying to explain something to him and Kobe turned around and said "WHAT!?" as in "What the F do you want?!" Howard looked like he was trying to reason with Kobe and tell him that he didn't mean whatever it is that he did. Instead, he should have told Kobe that he was lucky that he didn't snap him in half. Just my opinion. But overall, I liked what I saw out of Howard. He's seemingly showing some signs of leadership as evidenced by him kicking the ball out from the post to a wide open Turkoglu who passed up the shot and drove into the lane only to pass it off again. After that sequence, the action stopped and the camera focused on Howard who said frustratingly said, "Turk! Shoot the ball, shoot it." Looks like a positive for Howard.
The whole "Land of the Lost" and now "Year One" integration into the NBA historic games is very difficult for me to follow. Look, just show the trailers and be done with it. Anything beyond that is really weird. As an aside, the thing about Jack Black and Michael Cera is that they are such versatile actors, always stretching themselves to play such diverse roles…
Speaking of movies, it looks as though we're going to be treated to yet another one of those Apatow movies (Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen in "Funny People"). Look, I really liked "The 40-Year Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up" and "Superbad"… although I don't know that Apatow did all of those, but you get my point. They all feature Seth Rogen. I did not care for "Pineapple Express" although parts were funny and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" was funny as well, but I have my limits. Let me explain. Actually, it's best if I start by asking this question: Do all of these movies need to feature a dude who is, for lack of a better word, a complete sissy? What's with all of the crying? Do guys cry more than I realize? It's not as if I've never cried, but I've never sobbed uncontrollably unless it involved a death in the family. I'm also fine with being sensitive about things, but sensitive to the point where you've completely turned into a 13-year old girl with no control over her emotions is not acceptable behavior for a man in his late thirties. I don't care if it's a movie or not. These movies are funny, but they'd be much funnier, and less apt to make me mad, if they didn't have so many pansy dudes in it crying at the drop of a dime.
I'd like to say about few words about Andrew Bynum if you don't mind. Here's the thing, I actually feel bad for the guy. One minute he looks like he can be a force on both side of the ball. He seems to lake touch offensively, but that can be learned through practice. But here's the thing, he doesn't do himself any favors because he stomps his feet and whines like someone just told him to go to bed right before Charlie Brown's Christmas and it's pretty clear that the refs absolutely hate him. That foul call in the third when he and Howard were battling for a loose ball was unbelievably unfair. I can think of no other reason that the call went against him than they hate him intensely. He's got to knock off the little baby routine or he's in for a long career.
Speaking of Bynum,
it may be just me (and it probably is) but everytime I see him I think of Mykelti Williamson.
A guy who I do not get to see enough of in the movies or on TV. I loved the guy in almost any role he's ever had. Starting with when I first saw him playing fence turned QB Levander "Bird" Williams on "Wildcats." He was great in "Forrest Gump," cool in "Heat," and absolutely awesome as Fearless in one of the best shows NBC decided to ruin, "Boomtown." I loved that show. I missed the first half of the first seasons it had its first run, then caught up on a Bravo marathon, and then caught the second half as they were released. If you're unfamiliar with the show, I'm not surprised. It lasted one full season and NBC brought it back for a second, only to show like six episodes. It was a cop show, but it had a unique way of telling a story from different angles. It was wonderfully casted and beautifully shot. The writing was good, the acting was great (although some of the characters were over-the-top) and I liked their storylines, even though some of the stuff was unbelievably creepy. It also featured some established actors (the aforementioned Williamson, Donny Wahlberg) and some up-and-coming guys who were in "Band of Brothers" such as Neal McDonough, who is evidently, currently selling his soul on that dreadful "Desperate Housewives" show, but hey, he's making a buck, I can't kill him for that. The show also featured two really great guest appearances by Neil Patrick Harris and the guy who played Bunny Colvin in "The Wire." Speaking of Bunny, another thing that made this series so cool was their use of music, especially during Bunny's episode, which featured Scarface's "The Fix" and Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones Pt. II" (although it was a remix). Incredible stuff that was very fitting.
I was excited for the second season and then I saw ads for it and nearly threw my heel threw the TV. They were touting a "new cast" featuring Vanessa Williams. Vanessa Williams? She's so bad that it would be an insult to all horrible actresses to call her horrible. I guess they thought that they needed "star power" to engage the audience. So it just became another run-of-the-mill cop show with a "tough" boss in Williams. Great decision. After watching the first episode of the second season, I sent an email to NBC and shortly thereafter the series was cancelled. I have mysterious powers. Either that, or it was abundantly clear that people hated it (at least those people that deigned to even watch).
That was my long way of telling you that Bynum looks like Bubba from Forrest Gump (without the dangling lip, of course).
Since we're talking about Bubba, here is a shortlist of actors that I like that aren't in enough stuff for my liking:
• Mykelti Williamson (see above)
• Delroy Lindo (I loved him in "Get Shorty," "Ransom," "The Cider House Rules," and others. His voice is cool and he's got an awesome presence).
• Wood Harris (I could always use a little more Avon Barksdale in my life).
• Idris Elba (… the same can be said for "Stringer Bell." One of the baddest of bad characters of all time).
• Sam Rockwell (I'm told he's in a movie called "Moon" that has a chance to be really, really, really cool. I'm looking forward to it).
• Michael Keaton (Am I crazy, or could he have had Tom Hanks's career? I'm convinced that he could have. Just watch "Mr. Mom" and tell me that the guy in that movie couldn't have been the same dude in "The Money Pit." Could he have played Forrest Gump? Sure. How about the gay dude in "Philadelphia"? Maybe. A very dramatic role, but hey, he had a death-sentence disease in "My Life." In quite a twist of fate, both of them will be featured in "Toy Story 3" so we've got that to look forward to.
• Noah Wiley (if I would have told you that he would be best known for, in fact ONLY known for, playing Carter on ER, would you have believed me? I saw big things for this guy, his agent has some explaining to do.)
So, I'm hoping Orlando has a ton of pride and climbs back to 3-2 sending the series back to L.A. It's pretty clear that these two teams are even so to say that they have "no chance" to win isn't accurate. They can win, but I just doubt that they will.
At least the draft is coming up soon…


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Fast, fun read full of British mannerisms which includes her research on pioneer running women and her suggestions for beginner runners.
my source: browsing in Waterstones Books St. Andrews, Scotland
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Review: Truly Experiences Lunch at l'Atelier de Joel Robuchon:
When I was approached by Truly Experiences and asked to review their service I hesitated a bit. They offered to send me a voucher for 'something' and then I'd go along and report back on how it went. What might the 'something' be? bungee jumping is SO not me and I never had any yearnings for a fish pedicure or to have a go at paintballing.
I stopped hesitating once I took a look at their site because Truly Experiences only offers a very carefully selected range of experiences to please even the pickiest recipient. You can pick from michelin starred tasting menus, city breaks and really rather special spa experiences. And, there wasn't anything I would have been unhappy with on the list. I can see how it would take some of the pain out of finding a gift for 'someone who has everything' or even 'someone who has almost everything' because it's a beautifully curated list of unusual gifts and experiences. All of which have a luxurious theme in common.
As it happens, what I was sent, in a rather beautiful black ribboned gift box, printed on heavy cream cartridge paper was a voucher for lunch for two at l'Atelier de Joel Robuchon in London. Delicious! I know because I have eaten there before that the food is really very good. And since last time I went there it was to experience a special potato tasting menu (yes really), I was quite keen to go back and try the real thing.
It took me a while for me to find a suitable date, but eventually I did phone up to book my table. The concierge at Truly Experiences was charming and took my booking. The system didn't quite work because I didn't get the promised confirmation e-mail, but whether that is a problem with the system or with my own mail I couldn't say. In any case, I phoned back myself to confirm and was told that everything was nicely organised. And I turned up to the restaurant with my voucher – which proved, as promised, to be quite unnecessary. Just as if I'd booked myself – or had a rather special PA to do the work for me – everything was in order.
The lunch menu offers ranges from two courses without wine at £29 up to four courses with wine at £59, reasonable value for michelin quality food. And the matched wines, which my dining companion ordered, were all very good. There's a complimentary amuse bouche too, we were served a rich base of foie gras with a slim layer of port reduction topped with a parmesan foam.
I chose the duo of crab meat and avocado with tomatoes and sherry vinegar coulis for my starter.
It looked pretty enough without the tomato coulis – but really rather stunning with. A good balance of flavours, the parmesan crisps added a welcome bit of extra texture
My dining companion's egg dish was perfectly presented and perfectly cooked with a runny yolk hidden by layers of Iberian ham
Throughout the meal we did enjoy the spectacle of watching our dishes being constructed by the chefs behind the counter. It made the whole experience very personal and intimate. 'La Broche du Jour' turned out to be spit roast chicken. I was curious to see what could be done with a relatively simple dish.
The answer was a beautifully cooked portion of chicken that was so good I ate the skin, served with tiny cherry tomatoes, a little thyme and some pureed potato. We were given a large extra portion of potato along with a dish of aubergine fritters and a rather special cauliflower dish that had a cheese sauce hidden in the florets before being coated in a tempura batter.
All very beautiful and perfectly cooked with nice al-dente cauliflower. The Red Mullet was also immaculately cooked and presented. I rather like the idea of the fish layer between the pastry base and tomato topping – a great way to minimise the risk of a soggy bottom.
Our idea with desserts was meant to be to share. But my companion developed something of a love affair with his 'choux praline' which came with blood orange jelly and caramelised nuts and I don't remember actually trying it.
Meanwhile, it would have taken a lot to separate me from 'La Pomme Chiboust' a rather spectacular apple dish served on a speculous biscuit with chestnut cream on the side.
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, London has just lost its second michelin star. I'm not enough of a michelin junkie to really know whether that was deserved or not, but I can say that it was one of the best ONE star michelin meals I've had. There are a few things you need to be aware of if you intend eating lunch there. While for dinner service the first floor dining room offers table service, the lunch menu is offered on the ground floor with what l'Atelier themselves describe as 'Counter Dining'. I loved sitting and watching the chefs at work, but it might not be the best place to take an elderly relative. It is though, a very good value option and there's more choice than a normal fixed price menu (6 starters and 8 main courses). The matched wines for my companion (four generous glasses) and my large glass of white wine, together with some sparkling water gave us a bill of around £45. That seemed a very fair price, although it might be nice if the Truly Experiences gift had the option to add in wines as part of the meal.
So, Truly Experiences was a great success for me. I can't think anyone would be disappointed by the range of options available – and presentation and delivery of the gift matched the premium positioning. Now if anyone would like to gift me this little sailing trip I'd be a VERY happy girl
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon
13-15 West Street
London WC2H 9NE


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Missional Activities, Projects and Communities
Maybe God is speaking to you about getting involved or starting something missional but you don't know what, with whom or who to ask. This is an attempt to capture many of the activities, projects or communities that are already running and those which are developing. There is a short description and contact point for further information.
2nd Sunday
Providing traditional activities for the elderly in Oakley, with a view to creating space for spiritual conversations for those who desire.
Contact Wendy Thurston
Be Sharpe
Helping the young unemployed in Basingstoke get valuable life skills, training and experience in a working environment. Please see the website.
Contact Chris Blow
Beacon Group
We meet at the Beacon Pub (35 Kings Road, RG22 6DJ) most Wednesdays 7.30pm. It is a really nice pub with a great atmosphere. We eat, drink, discuss, pray, share, meet new people and generally try to be a blessing. Everyone welcome.
Contact Jon Coombs
Bouncing Beans
A weekly parent/carer and toddler group for children aged 0-4years.
Contact Lynne Jones 01256 212191
Bramley Prayer
What began as a prayer gathering and keeps prayer at the core is branching into all kinds of connections in this geographic area, covering youth work, elderly, scouts, neighbours.
Contact Richard & Caroline Wadsworth
Café Teen
A youth outreach in Overton
Contact Earl Robinson
Cufaude Village
A network of friends creating social space for mutual support and welcoming whether inside or outside the church.
Contact Hazel Marchment
Discovery Bible Study for ladies
Discover more about the Bible in a relaxed atmosphere.
Contact Helen Harding 01256 811355
English Café
Currently two cafes, in Popley and Town Centre, in which English is taught and deep relationships built.
Contact Margaret Monger
International Group
Focussed on welcoming and reaching some of the international communities in our town. It seeks to create a family friendly gathering place, as well as developing meaningful relationships. Its foundation is African and Indian, but is open to all nationalities.
Contact Shanu & Hannah Nayak
Luncheon Club
Serving 50+ senior members of the community in Tadley with weekly meals and friendship.
Contact Hugh Norris
Marriage Survival Course
A marriage course in Tadley.
Contact Richard & Carolyne Oates
Messy Church - Oakridge Methodist Hall
Communicating biblical stories to children, parents and carers through art and craft.
Contact Margie Mendelsohn
Oakley Outreach
A geographically focussed group of people who serve the community through drama, crazy golf, serving the elderly in song, and whatever they can imagine!
Contact Paul & Ann Davis
A parenting group in Tadley for both church and non-church.
Contact Richard & Carolyne Oates
Peter Saints' Choir "Sounds of Hope"
A 30-40m plus choir seeking to perform spiritually uplifting music contain the gospel message wherever invited!
Contact Peter Saint
The Purple Company
Provides entertainment to luncheon clubs and residential homes for the elderly across Basingstoke and the surrounding area.
Contact Ann Davis
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Diff Grep File extensions and illegal characters
I'm copying my music from my PC to my laptop, currently my PC uses .flac files, however my laptop HDD is too small for this so I am converting to MP3s.
I have done this previously with my mp3 player with small files and I'm going to make decent MP3s for the laptop (-Q2 or VBR=192kbps kind of quality)
The laptop runs windows 7 and I don't want to change it (its for uni, need to use photoshop, IE and word everyday, so I probably won't even dual boot this) but the PC runs Linux.
To check the files have all copied correctly from one mp3 size to another in the past I had used diff and grep commands. However, if I do this with flac and mp3 it simply lists every file because they are all "different" can I tell diff or grep to look at the file names only and ignore the extensions?
Also, is there a way for grep to find all the files with non-windows friendly file names so I can quickly edit by hand? (tried batch convertors but too complex for my needs)
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You can use the "basename" command to get the part of a filename without its extension:
[alex@niamh ~]$ basename myfile.mp3 .mp3 myfile


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Colour Therapy
December 22nd, 2009
Colour therapy is one of a range of complementary treatments gaining in popularity these days and, like many of them, it has in fact been around for thousands of years.
In Europe, colour was an important part of the doctrine of the Four Humours which was a cornerstone of medicine until the Renaissance. Each humour had its own colour. Phlegmatic was white, melancholy yellow, choleric black, sanguine red, and practitioners diagnosed imbalances in the humours by the colour of the complexion, the tongue and of body waste. Today colour therapy is a holistic treatment, like many complementary therapies, treating the whole person physically, mentally and emotionally.
Of course, you can use colour therapeutically in your garden, and while any colour you choose will be diluted by other colours, the one you choose as the main colour can stimulate or relax you, and generally enhance your feeling of well-being.
Red, for example, is the colour of energy, of love and passion, it is a stimulant. Orange is the colour of joy, of movement, and activity in general. Yellow, another warm colour, is optimistic and stimulating, but this time to the intellect. It helps concentration and the absorption of information. Green is the most balanced colour in the spectrum. Green is the colour of new life in the plant world and so has become a symbol of renewal and hope. It is also an optimistic colour, but peaceful and calming too, which makes it an ideal colour for relaxation and contemplation. As a balanced colour, it encourages balance in us. It counteracts stress, and is an ideal colour for gardens since it is by far the most dominant colour in the plant world. It is a calming colour which can be spiced up with the addition of red or made cool with touches of white
If you decide you want to use colour in a more controlled way in your own garden, you might find it helpful to do an analysis of the way it looks now. Are you happy with the way it looks? What about your containers? Are they a mixed collection of materials and colours? Painting them all the same colour will add unity to the overall look. Are there hot colours like red at the far end of the garden? Try moving them closer to the house and replacing them with blues and greys to make the space appear larger. Look at the garden at different times of the day. See where the sun falls at different times, and how the changing light afffects the colour. Look at the garden through the seasons too, this is where your garden diary can be a wonderful tool. But at the end of the day, use colour to please yourself and enjoy the colours of your garden.
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36 CFR § 7.18 - Hot Springs National Park.
(a)Commercial Vehicles.Permits shall be required for the operation of commercial passenger- carrying vehicles, including taxicabs, carrying passengers for hire over park roads for sightseeing purposes. The fees for such permits shall be as follows:
(1) Fleet operator; equipment that includes any combination of commercial passenger-carrying vehicles, including taxicabs. Calendar-year permit - $25.
(2) Bus operator; equipment limited to a single bus-type vehicle with passenger-carrying seat capacity in excess of eight persons. Calendar-year permit - $20.
(3) Taxicab operator; equipment limited to a single vehicle with a capacity of not over eight passenger-carrying seats. Calendar-year permit - $12.
(4) The fees for permits issued for commercial passenger-carrying vehicle operations starting on or after July 1 of each calendar year will be one-half of the respective rates mentioned in paragraphs (a)(1), (2), and (3) of this section.
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In a recent interview with Digital Spy, Hammer Films CEO, Simon Oakes, has stated that a new Dracula movie in the works. He went on to say that Hammer is "looking at the possibility of a contemporary Dracula."
Simon Oakes also hinted at the possibility of resurrecting Frankenstein as well. When speaking to Digital Spy he stated that "Certainly in my time with Hammer, we will definitely do a Dracula. We will do a Frankenstein if we can find a route in."
The full article can be found at Digital Spy
From the 1950's until the 1970's Hammer Films made a total of 9 Dracula films and 6 Frankenstein films starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. John Forbes Robertson took on the role of Dracula in The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires in 1974. Which was the last Dracula made by Hammer Films.
The production of the Hammer Frankenstein films also finished in 1974 with Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell, starring Peter Cushing and Shane Briant. Shane Briant playing the young assistant to Cushing's Baron Frankenstein. Now nearly 40 years later, it would be amazing if Hammer Films would bring back Shane Briant to assume the role of the Baron himself.
It is exciting news to see Hammer Films finally making a comeback. With their recent success, The Woman in Black taking the world by storm, one can only hope that they will be back on top and ready to make more of the horror films that we have all come to cherish.
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Seattle Business magazine is looking for individuals and organizations pioneering efforts to advance Washington's world-class health sector.
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Seattle Business magazine is looking for individuals and organizations pioneering efforts to advance Washington's world-class health sector.
Dr. Paul Ramsey begins most weekday mornings by rowing on Lake Union. On weekends, he's likely to do bike rides of 50 or 100 miles. These rituals — daily journeys, if you will — have helped prepare him for a 40-year-plus career in medicine and administration.
In a partnership with the Washington Health Alliance (WHA), Seattle Business magazine this year selected one category from the WHA's annual Community Checkup ranking of health care organizations and looked at the overall performance of the medical groups serving commercially insured patients.
For Fred Hutch researcher Dr. Oliver Press, academic medical research is all about sharing and collaborating. "If enough people work together on a problem," he asserts, "we can conquer it."
Through a range of treatment programs and support services, Navos Mental Health Solutions transforms the quality of life of people vulnerable to mental illness and substance use disorders.
Through innovative and empowered antibody-based therapies, Seattle Genetics, the largest biotechnology company in the Pacific Northwest, is improving the lives of people with cancer.
Former Microsoft employees Anne Weiler and Mike Van Snellenberg transformed the quality of patient care in 2012 with their Seattle-based technology startup, Wellpepper. They were motivated to improve patient experiences and reduce health care costs after seeing firsthand how the system failed their own loved ones.
Former Seattle Seahawks football coach Chuck Knox once said: "Nothing speaks so loudly as your actions." Dr. Jeff Tomlin refers to that quotation when describing his leadership position at EvergreenHealth.
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When I was boy, if your parents wanted to buy a stereo music system to play the family LPs, they had basically two choices: component or console. And they were very different indeed.
Component stereo systems looked a lot like modern stereos. That is, you purchased individual parts of the music system – turntable, speakers, amplifier, tuner, perhaps a pre-amp – typically buying the best component from the top manufacturer. Then you wired it all together and built some shelves to hold all of these diverse components of different sizes and shapes and all of their messy wiring. It was expensive, time-consuming to get everything to work right, and unless you were into industrial chic, pretty ugly to look at (especially the wires). But the sound was incredible. . . especially so as this was the analog era of phonograph needles and vacuum tubes (if you ignored the pops and clicks).
The other alternative was a console system. Simply put, these were stereo systems for people who care less about aural performance and more about furniture. Though there were a few exceptions, console stereos either piled all of the components, including the power supply, in a single box, or stuffed them (including the speakers) into a credenza or some other piece of large furniture – I even saw one system disguised as a wooden flower cart – where it drew the least amount of attention to itself as possible. The two distinguishing features of console stereos were: a) They inevitably used lower-grade components, because their owners didn't know the difference; and b) All you had to do to make them work was to plug them in. The surrounding enclosing furniture aside, console stereos cost a fraction of components, and their mediocrity was obvious in their murky, muffled sound.
But their owners didn't know, or care; and that's why Sears and Wards sold millions of them to middle class consumers – and also why collectors today will pay big money for a vintage Marantz receiver or Dual turntable or Klipsch speaker, old console stereos are most often found in landfills.
High technology is famous for generating an endless supply of innovative new products, but those of us inside the game also know that technology also has a tendency to repeat itself, especially in the big picture. Perhaps that's why, when I survey the world of business management – "enterprise" – software, I can't help but be reminded of my parents' stereo system.
Read the literature from Oracle, SAP, Microsoft or IBM – especially their endless product price lists – and it's hard not to conclude that "suite" is not only the favorite catchword of these corporate giants. . . but that "suites" are the new console stereos of the enterprise software world: that is, they are catch-all offerings typically filled with high-sounding, but ultimately obsolete and second-rate software offerings.
Actually, this shouldn't be surprising: these massive companies were largely created, after all, by the acquisition (many of them unfriendly) of scores of smaller and more dynamic companies. Then, most notably in the case of Oracle, within months after these companies were absorbed Oracle either fired or drove off almost all of the original employees – not least the technical people who created those flagship products. And that in turn means that, those same famous products, which now hold high-profile positions in the company's enterprise software suite, haven't been properly tended and upgraded for years.
In other words, that Siebel or Peoplesoft or Hyperion apps may not only still bear the name of their famous corporate creators, but may still be the same product of a half-decade ago. The giant companies offering these suites seem to believe that some kind of magic occurs merely by affixing the SAP or IBM logo to the front of the box.
These software applications may have been the best of their kind when Oracle or SAP bought them – but now they are the fuzzy speakers and wobbly turntables of enterprise software. And the motive for creating these mediocre suites is largely the same as those for the old stereo console makers: many customers aren't willing to devote the time and money needed to obtain 'best-of-breed'; they'll settle instead for a cheaper, wider portfolio of famous name offerings – sometimes because they don't know better, but just as often because it's easy to sell to upper management. In other words, they want to match the couch and coffee table and they aren't too worried about how it sounds.
Unfortunately, there is one thing that the old consoles offered that today's enterprise software suites do not: integration. At least, with the old console stereos, the value offering was that you didn't have to string wires and connect multiple power cords – you merely plugged the system in and you were ready to go. One might assume that the same would be true with today's enterprise software suites – which, though "cheaper" than individual best-of-breed offerings, still cost thousands of dollars. But in fact, the same cut-rate attitude towards investing any new intellectual capital into these products carries over into the task of actually making them work together. You will look in vain for a true turn-key product suite in the enterprise software industry. Indeed, the punch-line of a joke going around the industry these days says: the only thing integrated is the invoice.
Needless to say, this marketing scheme can't go on forever. Without on-going development or integration, these famous apps are now shadows of what they once were. Customers get smarter, especially when their bosses start asking questions about why all of that new software they paid for isn't contributing anything to the bottom line. One scenario is that the suite-makers will finally make the massive investment they need to update and integrate the aging software in their packages – but nothing in their history suggests they will do so.
The more likely scenario is the one that eventually killed the stereo console: technological advance. One day, those millions of console owners looked up and realized that tuners and receivers had gotten smaller, less conspicuous and easier to use. That the turntable had been replaced by a cassette, then CD, player and that the speakers no longer even needed wires. . . and that's when the big stereo console was moved out to the curb for pick up.
That same transformation is taking place right now in the enterprise software world, whether or not the big companies admit it. Their world is being turned upside down. Smart customers have begun to ask themselves why they need to spend sizable sums to acquire libraries of outdated software with fancy names that aren't even tied together, when they can at last go the component route and rent powerful, new best-of-breed software, all of it increasingly integrated, from the Cloud. That's why the Big Software companies have been acting scared lately -- and have been scrambling to introduce pseudo-'Cloud' services to buy some time.
But a reckoning is near. Even for the most unsophisticated stereo console owner, it became obvious that the second-rate sound that was enough for Mantovani not longer worked with "Sgt. Pepper." That same moment is coming for enterprise software suites – and those companies selling them better move fast before they too are kicked to the curb.