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Johnson & Johnson's quality catastrophe
After more than 50 product recalls in 15 months, including for artificial hips and Tylenol, the $60 billion company is fighting to clear its once-trusted name.
By David Voreacos, Alex Nussbaum and Greg Farrell
In the split second after the blast, Lance Corporal Cody Perkins thought he was still sitting in his unit's Humvee, enveloped in blinding dust kicked up by the roadside bomb. It was only when he slammed with shattering force onto the pavement that the 20-year-old U.S. Marine realized he'd been ejected from the rolling vehicle and thrown into the air.
Perkins's commanding officer was killed in the November 2005 incident outside Haditha, Iraq, and two other Marines were injured. Perkins came away with scrapes, bruises, and a fractured femur, or thigh bone. After emergency surgery in Iraq, the Mississippi native was transported back to the U.S., where surgeons implanted screws to fuse the broken bone.
That failed, leaving Perkins hobbled. A military surgeon, Dr. Keith Holley, told him that his best option was a so-called metal-on-metal prosthetic hip made by DePuy Orthopaedics, a unit of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). The new hip was being promoted as tough and durable—and thus perfect for younger, physically active patients like Perkins. On Dec. 13, 2006, Dr. Holley implanted DePuy's ASR XL Acetabular System in the soldier at the Navy Medical Center in San Diego. (Story continues after list).
Johnson & Johnson's recall rap sheet
- AUG 2008: Consultants to J&J buy defective Motrin from stores. The FDA says it wasn't notified of this "phantom recall."
- NOV 2009: McNeil pulls about 6.3 million bottles of tainted Tylenol Arthritis Pain caplets made in Puerto Rico.
- JAN 2010: McNeil expands withdrawal to include Benadryl Allergy, Tylenol, Children's Tylenol Meltaway, and Rolaids.
- APR 2010: J&J recalls 135 million bottles of meds made in Fort Washington, Pa., and closes the plant.
- MAY 2010: The FDA's Joshua Sharfstein says the U.S. may pursue criminal charges against J&J.
- JUNE 2010: McNeil expands the recall from its Puerto Rico plant to include five more lots of Benadryl and Tylenol.
- JULY 2010: Yet more recalls; company submits remediation plan for McNeil plants to FDA.
- AUG 2010: Company appoints Ajit Shetty as quality-control czar, announces corporation-wide standards.
- AUG 2010: J&J pulls 100,000 boxes of 1-Day Acuvue TruEye contact lenses; days later, DePuy recalls ASR hips.
- DEC 2010: 13 million packages of Rolaids softchews are recalled after customers find wood and metal particles in them.
- JAN 2011: J&J withdraws 43 million bottles of Rolaids, Tylenol, Benadryl, and Sinutab.
- JAN 2011: J&J announces 2010 earnings, puts lost sales from recalls and plant slowdowns at $900 million.
- FEB 2011: J&J units announce recalls of 70,000 potentially cracked syringes preloaded with the antipsychotic Invega.
- MAR 2011: J&J withdraws 585,000 surgical sutures due to concerns about compromised sterile packaging.
- MAR 2011: David Floyd, president of DePuy Orthopaedics, announces his resignation.
- MAR 2011: J&J's Animas unit announces recall of 384,000 insulin-pump cartridges that may leak.
- MAR 2011: FDA and McNeil announce consent decree that will give agency expanded oversight of three plants.
Perkins never regained the mobility he had before the injury, but he was able to resume full-time work. By late 2009, however, while he was working as a Marine criminal investigator at California's Camp Pendleton, it started—muscle fatigue at first, which led to shin splints, followed by pain in his hip that radiated up to his back and down to his knees. Soon he was unable to sleep through the night. "It's always uncomfortable," he says. "There's never a completely pain-free day."
The cause of his trouble, his current physician Dr. Richard Conn says, isn't a complication from his original injury but the replacement hip. Perkins has been told he'll need to undergo "revision" surgery to replace the ASR hip with another implant—a highly invasive procedure with a heightened risk of infection and joint dislocations down the road. It's also likely to render him unable to pass the Marines' rigorous annual physical fitness test.
"I wanted to retire out of the Marine Corps," says Perkins, who has earned two Purple Hearts. "But there's no way that can happen ... not a chance."
Now a sergeant based at North Carolina's Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Perkins has joined more than 1,000 other people who are suing Johnson & Johnson over its DePuy ASR implants, seeking damages for medical costs, lost wages, and pain and suffering.
On Aug. 26 last year, DePuy announced a voluntary recall for two types of ASR hips, including the one in Perkins's leg, but only after 93,000 had been implanted in patients worldwide, including 37,000 in the U.S. J&J says DePuy withdrew the hips for safety reasons, while denying in court papers that the devices are defective. Announcing the voluntary recall, it cited unpublished 2010 data from the U.K. showing that within five years, 13 percent of ASR XL hips failed and needed to be replaced, and 12 percent of the similar ASR Hip Resurfacing System failed. (The U.S. doesn't collect numbers on hip failure rates.) All types of implants are susceptible to post-operative problems; Australia's registry for joint implants says 3.3 percent of all implants fail after five years. But the stats DePuy cited for the recall—three to four times that norm—now appear sadly optimistic. On Mar. 9 the British Orthopaedic Assn. and the British Hip Society said preliminary data put the ASR XL's failure rate in the U.K. as high as 49 percent after six years.
The new report adds weight to plaintiffs' lawyers predictions that thousands more patients will file similar lawsuits. Case after case describes patients in pain and immobilized by joint dislocations, infections, and bone fractures. Their claims are backed by surgeons who say metal debris from the hips, made from a cobalt-and-chromium alloy, causes tissue death around the joint and may increase the amount of metal ions in the bloodstream to harmful levels. "There's so much metal, it's toxic to the tissues," says Dr. William Jiranek, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond and an orthopedic surgeon who has removed ASR hips.
Accusations of selling bum hips are bad enough; the lawsuits allege worse: that DePuy continued to push the hips even after it received preliminary numbers as early as 2007 indicating rising failure rates for both ASR models. "This wasn't driven by science. This was driven by marketing," contends Michael Kelly, a lawyer at San Francisco's Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, which has filed 75 cases on behalf of patients with the DePuy hips.
J&J has so far committed $280 million to the recalls, and has pledged to "address reasonable and customary costs associated with testing and treatment," including new hips for patients who need them. Based on the latest estimates of failure rates, Kelly and others say, the total tab could reach billions of dollars.
With $28 billion in holdings of cash and short-term securities at the end of 2010, J&J will surely weather the financial blowback from the bad hips. More troubling to customers and stakeholders, however, is that the DePuy recalls may be symptoms of a systemic quality-control problem at the 125-year-old corporation: a pattern of behavior that is distinctly at odds with the comforting image long enjoyed by the creator of brands like Band-Aid and "No More Tears" Baby Shampoo.
The DePuy crisis is one of more than 50 voluntary product recalls that J&J has issued just since the start of 2010, covering brand names that read like an inventory of the family medicine cabinet. Tylenol and St. Joseph Aspirin were recalled for foul odors people said made them sick. Benadryl and Zyrtec were recalled for botched amounts of ingredients. Rolaids were recalled for containing bits of wood and metal. Most of these drugstore stalwarts come from J&J's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit, which has been plagued by dismaying revelations about the conditions and lax controls at its factories in the U.S. It shuttered one factory in Fort Washington, Pa., for a quality overhaul. Under a Mar. 10 consent decree, that plant and two others—in Lancaster, Pa., and Puerto Rico—will remain under Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight for five years. J&J/McNeil faces fines of $10 million per year if the agency isn't satisfied with its progress.
Johnson & Johnson management, from Chief Executive Officer William Weldon on down, maintains that the company's quality-control issues are aberrations. Any suggestion of a broader malaise, says Weldon, "is just Monday morning quarterbacking. ... There's a lot of 'J&J has lost its way,' but I think that everything has been overshadowed by one company [McNeil]," Weldon says. "This is not a systemic problem. This is not an issue around J&J."
Except the problems don't end with McNeil or DePuy. Over the last 15 months, the company has also recalled contact lenses, syringes filled with prescription medications, hernia devices, and other products made by subsidiaries around the world. In the year ended Mar. 8, 2011, J&J was involved in at least 11 major recalls, as defined by the FDA, almost twice as many as Pfizer (PFE), the world's largest health-care-products company by revenue, or Procter & Gamble (PG), the world's largest consumer-products company. "I'm not familiar with another company that has had this many debacles in a very short period of time," says Ira Loss, an analyst at investment research firm Washington Analysis who has followed the FDA for more than three decades.
Moreover, J&J's woes aren't confined to the last couple of years. During the last decade, the company has been repeatedly confronted with claims that it sold a product that was defective, or that carried risks J&J downplayed in its marketing. It has been accused of paying kickbacks and using other financial incentives to promote off-label use of drugs and devices. It has been cited by federal authorities for trying to avoid the publicity of a recall by quietly buying up tainted products. And it frustrated FDA regulators who were urging the company to strengthen quality control at the factories that produced many of the recalled over-the-counter products. J&J has steadfastly denied these claims, but its own annual report for 2010 contains eight pages detailing government criminal and civil investigations and thousands of private lawsuits covering a wide range of drugs, devices, and business practices.
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working in pharma/biologics...trust me...not aberrations. it's obscene how this company can continue with Weldon on top. McNeil is a good scapegoat for a much larger problem; i.e, Weldon
I am usually happy to pay extra for name brand products because they generally taste better or work better and I trust them more, but when it comes to JJ products, the rule doesn't apply.
They lack effective and consistent quality control in the manufacture of their products. I believe it is safer for my family and myself to buy store brands than the products made by JJ it is also less expensive.
A company the size of J & J having five major recalls since last August does not seem extraordinary--especially since they now employ a "quality control czar" whose sole job is to find the problems and recall them versus regular QC teams. They do run a giant, worldwide distribution of medical supplies/drugs/etc. What concerns me foremost is what a previous poster wrote about their reactions (or actions) to maintain constant economic growth to meet expectations of being a public company. If our society continues to consistently value growth at such a high return rate of return--as investors in stocks--over quality and slower but more meaningful growth, companies will jump through hoops and do take desperate measures to "perform"--lacking an ability to take time to do the right thing versus the most profitable thing. At the the end of the day, I feel this is a product of living in an instant gratification society and nothing else.
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Match-winner, match-saver: Jason Baclig did it all against Perth. Photo: Jack Geraghty
It was apt that there was a penalty recorded 45 seconds into Saturday's Melbourne Ice v Perth Thunder match at the Icehouse. Infractions would define the controversial encounter as Thunder, the AIHL's newest team, set out to prove they would not take a backward step against the league's back-to-back champions.
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Perth hit the front with 12 minutes left in the third period, Rolph's brilliant wrist shot beating Denman high on the stickside in the corner. It took just 17 seconds for Baclig to reply, crowning his heroic game with a brilliant solo goal. 2-2 became 3-2 to the Ice with eight minutes to play when Todd Graham's shot from the point got past the crowd in front of the net.
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Ice seemed at their best when stung by adversity, revealing that the champs are not yet at their fluent best. The penalty-fest did them no favours, and in the end they would be relieved to have banked all three points to stay in touch with conference leaders Adelaide.
Perth had proved it would stand up for itself physically. Their performance in backing up the following day against the Melbourne Mustangs proved the new boys have the mental strength to be a force in the AIHL this season.
Thunder scored early in the game and had a 2-0 lead after a power play goal shortly thereafter. Thunder made it 3-0 five minutes into the second period, and held that advantage until five minutes into the final stanza, when the 'Stangs got on the board via Jake Ebner.
Gun Perth forward Phil Ginand closes on the Ice net. Photo: Jack Geraghty
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Thunder's 5-2 win leaves them with a win, an overtime loss and a narrow loss to the champions from their first three games, a meritorious debut indeed.
The young Mustangs must regroup ahead of their second Melbourne derby clash against Ice this Thursday night. After an unlucky and gallant start to the season, featuring two overtime losses, the setback against Thunder means the Mustangs will be desperate for three points to stay in touch in the Easton Conference.
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- Wow! Rumour mill in over drive. Cat stands next to someone & she's dating them? First Dan, now Joey. Same every year, every event. Bloody hell. If it's not dating rumours she's getting attacked for even knowing them. Just get over it, Cat's awesome stop with the jealousy. It's not a good look on anyone.
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and you realize that you've been writing
in past tense and present tense
and you want to rip your hair out
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and make sure they're all in the same tense
yeah i hate that
pretty intense
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Bid avarage methods in Procurement
AbstractProcurement awarding mechanisms based on average price have been advocated to soften price competition and reduce cost overruns. We show that their theoretical support is shaky. When the bid closest to the average is awarded, firms submit identical bids, making the selection extremely costly and random, without reducing opportunistic behaviors ex-post. When instead the bid closest and below the average is awarded, the equilibrium is very sensitive to firms' production and participation costs. Either it displays tougher competition than in a first price auction, or it induces firms to randomize their bids.
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- Gian Luigi Albano & Milo Bianchi & Giancarlo Spagnolo, 2006. "Bid Average Methods in Procurement," Rivista di Politica Economica, SIPI Spa, vol. 96(1), pages 41-62, January-F.
- D44 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure and Pricing - - - Auctions
- H76 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Other Expenditure Categories
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- Paul Klemperer, 2004.
"Auctions: Theory and Practice,"
Online economics textbooks, SUNY-Oswego, Department of Economics,
SUNY-Oswego, Department of Economics, number auction1, Spring.
- Paul Klemperer, 2004. "Auctions: Theory and Practice," Economics Series Working Papers 2004-W09, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
- Paul Klemperer, 2004. "Auctions: Theory and Practice," Economics Papers 2004-W09, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
- R. Preston McAfee & John McMillan, 1986. "Bidding for Contracts: A Principal-Agent Analysis," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 17(3), pages 326-338, Autumn.
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- Maris Goldmanis & Antonio Penta & Francesco Decarolis, 2012.
"Common Agency and Coordinated Bids in Sponsored Search Auctions,"
2012 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
106, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Francesco Decarolis & Maris Goldmanis & Antonio Penta, 2013. "Common Agency and Coordinated Bids in Sponsored Search Auctions," Working Papers 13-19, NET Institute.
- Decio Coviello & Mario Mariniello, 2008.
"Does Publicity Affect Competition? Evidence from Discontinuities in Public Procurement Auctions?,"
Economics Working Papers
ECO2008/04, European University Institute.
- Decio Coviello & Mario Mariniello, 2008. "Does Publicity Affect Competition? Evidence from Discontinuities in Public Procurement Auctions," CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy 189, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
- Bergman, Mats & Lundberg, Sofia, 2011. "Tender Evaluation and Award Methodologies in Public Procurement," Umeå Economic Studies 821, Umeå University, Department of Economics.
- Alessandro Bucciol & Ottorino Chillemi & Giacomo Palazzi, 2011.
"Cost Overrun and Auction Format in Public Works,"
Working Papers
17/2011, University of Verona, Department of Economics.
- Alessandro Bucciol & Ottorino Chillemi & Giacomo Palazzi, 2011. "Cost Overrun and Auction Format in Public Works," "Marco Fanno" Working Papers 0129, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno".
- Bucciol, Alessandro & Chillemi, Ottorino & Palazzi, Giacomo, 2013. "Cost overrun and auction format in small size public works," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 30(C), pages 35-42.
- Gian Luigi Albano & Federico Dini & Roberto Zampino, 2008. "Bidding for Complex Projects: Evidence From the Acquisitions of IT Services," Working Papers 2008.86, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
- Ottorino Chillemi & Claudio Mezzetti, 2014. "Optimal procurement mechanisms: bidding on price and damages for breach," Economic Theory, Springer, vol. 55(2), pages 335-355, February.
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Blog Tags: Climate Change
Sam Waterston on Acidification
Oceana board member Sam Waterston penned an op-ed on the crisis of ocean acidification for CNN.com today. Here's an excerpt:
The current acidification level hasn't been seen for at least 800,000 years, and acidification is coming on 100 times faster than at any point for hundreds of thousands for years. The levels are alarming. The rate of change makes them even scarier, because it so restricts the ability of sea creatures to adapt.
In contrast to the debate that continues about the causal relationship between this or that weather event and human activity, there is no debate about the source of ocean acidification. The change in the chemistry of the ocean is a man-made event, plain and simple, and the consequences of its continuing rise in acidity will belong squarely to us.
It will make for some uncomfortable moments around the dinner table when our children and grandchildren ask, "What did you do in the [climate] war, Daddy?" If we don't recognize the ocean's warning, the first cataclysm from man-made carbon dioxide emissions that will get our attention will be the collapse of the oceans.
If we do recognize the warning, the oceans are ready to be a solution. Power in the tides and waves is there to tap. Offshore wind power is a technology that's ready to go right now, near the great population centers on our coasts, where it's most needed.
Whale Wednesday: Save the Carbon Sinks
There's no shortage of blame to go around when it comes to climate change. Individuals are responsible for poor consumer choices; we drive the wrong cars, use the wrong light bulbs, even wash our laundry on the wrong setting. Even the poor dairy cow shares the blame for having the nerve to burp methane emissions. But Bessie isn't the only creature catching a bad rap. Sperm whales have been criticized for breathing. Yes, breathing. Apparently the carbon dioxide emitted from the roughly 210,000 sperm whales in the Southern Ocean is contributing to global warming, producing in the ballpark of 17 million tons of carbon a year. But new research suggests that we're missing a very big factor in the calculation. It's not just what the whales put out, but also what they take in.
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Blogging to Save the World
Today, everyone from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to Google is blogging about climate change as a part of Blog Action Day 2009.
And with the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (Dec 7 - 18) just around the corner, this year's theme is especially relevant.
Check out featured climate posts today at http://www.blogactionday.org/ and take action with them to stop climate change. Also, next week, 350.org is hosting the International Day of Climate Action -- check out the site to learn more about how you can get involved.
So one way or another, today's a good day to find a way to do your part, no matter how small it may be, to save our planet from catastrophic climate change.
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Measuring Economic Insecurity
AbstractWe provide a systematic treatment of the notion of economic insecurity, assuming that an individual's sentiment of insecurity depends on the current wealth level and its variations experienced in the past. We think of wealth as a comprehensive variable encompassing anything that may help in coping with adverse occurrences. The current wealth level could also be interpreted as incorporating the individual's evaluation of future prospects. Variations in wealth experienced in the recent past are given higher weight than experiences that occurred in the more distant past. Two classes of measures are characterized with sets of plausible and intuitive axioms.
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Related researchKeywords: Insecurity; Wealth Distribution; Social Index Numbers;
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- Walter Bossert & Conchita D'Ambrosio, 2013. "Measuring Economic Insecurity," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 54, pages 1017-1030, 08.
- Bossert, Walter & D'Ambrosio, Conchita, 2013. "Measuring Economic Insecurity," Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) UNU-WIDER Research Paper , World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
- BOSSERT, Walter & D'AMBROSIO, Conchita, 2009. "Measuring Economic Insecurity," Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ 07-2009, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ.
- BOSSERT, Walter & D'AMBROSIO, Conchita, 2009. "Measuring Economic Insecurity," Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques 2009-06, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques.
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
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- Bossert, Walter, 1990. "An axiomatization of the single-series Ginis," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, Elsevier, vol. 50(1), pages 82-92, February.
- Sen, Amartya, 1973. "On Economic Inequality," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press, number 9780198281931, October.
- Donaldson, David & Weymark, John A., 1980. "A single-parameter generalization of the Gini indices of inequality," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 67-86, February.
- Atkinson, Anthony B., 1970. "On the measurement of inequality," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, Elsevier, vol. 2(3), pages 244-263, September.
- WEYMARK, John A., .
"Generalized Gini inequality indices,"
CORE Discussion Papers RP, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
-453, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
- Weymark, John A., 1981. "Generalized gini inequality indices," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, Elsevier, vol. 1(4), pages 409-430, August.
- Lars Osberg, 1998. "Economic Insecurity," Discussion Papers, University of New South Wales, Social Policy Research Centre 0088, University of New South Wales, Social Policy Research Centre.
- Horst Zank, 2007. "Social welfare functions with a reference income," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer, Springer, vol. 28(4), pages 609-636, June.
- Rothschild, Michael & Stiglitz, Joseph E., 1971. "Increasing risk II: Its economic consequences," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, Elsevier, vol. 3(1), pages 66-84, March.
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- Corman, Hope & Noonan, Kelly & Reichman, Nancy E. & Schultz, Jennifer, 2012. "Effects of financial insecurity on social interactions," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, Elsevier, vol. 41(5), pages 574-583.
- Moreno-Ternero, Juan D. & Østerdal, Lars Peter, 2014. "Normative foundations for equity-sensitive population health evaluation functions," COHERE Working Paper 2014:1, COHERE - Centre of Health Economics Research, University of Southern Denmark.
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Latest Deiphago News
Below is our complete Deiphago news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Deiphago Releasing Split With Ritual Combat
Iron Bonehead Productions has announced July 25th as the international release date for a split 12" MLP between Deiphago and Ritual Combat, entitled "Accept the Mark." The label comments:
"Deiphago and Ritual COmbat, two of the metal underground's most authentically violent bands, make a pact with Satan for an exclusive split 12" MLP fittingly titled Accept the Mark. Both hordes each deliver two, characteristically blowtorching tracks: Deiphago create a humid human furnace of chaotic churn, including a cover of Sarcofago's 'The Last Slaughter,' while Ritual Combat create a ritualistic thrust of decimating decibels. Nuclear-powered violence + force in the name of Satan, exclusively limited to 500 vinyl copies, and all topped off by provocative artwork by Alexander Brown of BNB Illustrations - will you Accept the Mark?"
1. DEIPHAGO - Beast of Annihilation
2. DEIPHAGO - The Last Slaughter (Sarcofago cover)
3. RITUAL COMBAT - Red in Blood and Death
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Deiphago Embarking On First U.S. Tour
Filipino black/death warlords Deiphago will be embarking upon their first ever USA tour starting this Saturday, October 27th in Chicago. The following press release was issued about the trek:
"Riding high on the worldwide critical acclaim afforded their latest Satan Alpha Omega album - released by Hells Headbangers this past August - and considered by many to be THE most violent band around, Deiphago will be decimating 12 doomed cities across America this month and next, sharing the stage with such comrades as Nocturnal Fear, Manticore, Nuclearhammer, Prosanctus Inferi, and Ritual Combat. Below are the confirmed dates/venues, with details for each."
October 27 - Chicago, IL @ Cafe Lura w/ Nuclearhammer
November 2 - San Diego, CA @ Til-Two Club w/ Ritual Combat
November 3 - Los Angeles, CA @ 5 Star Bar w/ Ritual Combat
November 4 - San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge w/ Ritual Combat
Novemer 9 - Columbus, OH @ Cara Bar w/ Manticore & Prosanctus Inferi
November 10 - Milwaukee, WI @ Quarters/Stonefly/Uptowner w/ Manticore
November 11 - Detroit, MI @ Paycheck's Lounge w/ Manticore & Nocturnal Fear
November 12 - Buffalo, NY @ The Funeral Home w/ Manticore
November 14 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Pickwick Pub w/ Manticore
November 15 - Allston, MA @ O'Briens Pub w/ Manticore
November 16 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie w/ Manticore
November 17 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Acheron w/ Manticore More...
Maryland Deathfest 2013 Complete Lineup Announced
The final batch of bands for 2013's edition of the Maryland Deathfest XI has been confirmed, with the exception of one more band that expected for the Soundstage lineup in the next week or so. Here are the latest bands confirmed:
(the) MELVINS
ASCENSION (Germany) - Exclusive US appearance!
UFOMAMMUT (Italy)
DEIPHAGO (Philippines/Costa Rica)
The full lineup for Maryland Deathfest XI, which takes place May 23-26, 2013 is as follows: More...
Deiphago Streaming New Album
Today, Deiphago offers an exclusive stream of new album, "Satan Alpha Omega," at Zero Tolerance magazine's website. "Satan Alpha Omega" is out now through Hells Headbangers, and can be heard in its entirety for a limited time right here. The album's track listing is:
1. Intro: Extermination
2. Human Race Absolute End
3. Heretic Oath
4. Plague and Satan Triumphant
5. Exalted Hate
6. Satanmongers
7. Atrocities Absurdities
8. Crucifixation (Deicide cover)
9. Demonic Munitions
10. Satan Alpha Omega
11. Outro
Deiphago Releasing Album In August
Phillipine black metal trio Deiphago is set to unleash its third album, "Satan Alpha Omega," on August 14th via Hells Headbangers Records. Originally from the far east, in 2004 Deiphago curiously relocated to Heredia, Costa Rica for a change of venue and inspiration and enlisted the skin pounder Nazgul from Tico black metal band Mortigor. Deiphago is streaming three of the songs from this upcoming eleven-track album "Satan Alpha Omega" below, and look for updates over on Facebook. View the entire tracklisting of the album over on Bandcamp.


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Honda Engine Plant in Anna, OH Celebrates 25 Years
Government and community leaders joined with Honda associates at Honda of America Mfg.'s engine plant today to celebrate 25 years of manufacturing at Honda's largest auto engine plant in the world. In addition to producing the engines that power many Honda and Acura automobiles, the Anna Engine Plant is a driving force in the development of Honda's North American operations, and it has provided the foundations for the creation of numerous parts?
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'Meet The Spartans' Duo To Piss Us Off With 'Biggest Movie'
Thursday, May 5 by Penn Collins
Judging by the entertained looks on their faces, they must not be watching one of their own movies.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Offered 'Twins 2: The Twinening'?
Thursday, May 5 by Joseph Gibson
Or maybe 'Triplets' with Justin Bieber.
Woody Allen Acquires The Talents Of The Understated Roberto Benigni
Thursday, May 5 by Penn Collins
The world's most annoying man has hired the world's second-most annoying man.
Bertolucci Also Milking The 3D Trend
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He's pioneering new ways of showing people doin' it.
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The best, the worst, and the weirdest of what's available to stream instantly on Netflix.
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A mystery, wrapped in an enigma, ensconced in a trailer.
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Thursday, May 5 by Col. Longshanks
Post-impressionist painters should have done more superhero-themed work.
Gif Recap: 'Modern Family' – Mother's Day
Thursday, May 5 by Jame Gumb
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'The Hunger Games' Could Use A Little Wes Bentley
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They got Bentley!
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Others may have already mentioned it but this past week has seen a manifestation of coming together. I suppose that the main reason is the physical proximity of so many people at the Oracle User Group conference in Birmingham. The talks and demonstrations in the formal sessions are one thing but the social interactions are another, yet important part. The chance to re-meet old friends, the chance to physically meet people that seem to exist as some far-flung node on the Internet or email server, the chance to discuss ideas (no mater how stupid or off-the wall), and perhaps most important the chance to make new friends
Another manifestation is the people that pitched in to help Mark Rittman recover the bulk of his technical postings after his hosting provider had 'a few problems with back up' – a slight irony in that I spent part of my week preaching the need to design backup (and far more importantly RECOVERY) into a system and probably as the first part of the physical design. Thanks to all that helped Mark, the larger community is grateful too!


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The biggest knock on Coples is these statements about his motor. "His motor doesn't run on all plays". "He takes plays off". On and on, the "experts" have whined this same refrain. I however, question that notion.
As I have said earlier, why did his production go down, solely because his motor doesn't run right? Isn't it possible that the other schools, I don't know, figured out how to block him? Maybe the opposing coaches did something, I know it's radical, game plan? Just because his production went down, it doesn't mean he took plays off.
Secondly, he chose to come back to school. He could have entered the NFL draft after his 10 sack junior season. He didn't. Why? He was asked that question, and he stated he wasn't ready. Does it make sense that a guy would choose to play in school, and then not play hard? No. It just doesn't make any sense.
Finally, can't more than one pass rusher co-exist? Does Melvin Ingram have to be the only impact pass rusher? I think Demarcus Ware and Von Miller existed just fine. Bruce Smith and LT did just fine years ago.
Coples will be fine. It's time for the "know it alls" to stop bashing the pick.


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These are delicious. I made 4 tarts with the amount of filling and pears called for instead of 6 and only baked for 20 minutes instead of 23. I also sprayed the layers of phyllo dough with butter-flavored cooking spray instead of using melted butter.
Frangipane Pear Tarts
Photo: Nina Choi
Sheets of crisp, paper-thin phyllo dough encase a filling of toasted ground almonds, with red-skinned pears as the crowning touch. We call for Anjou, but you can also use Bartlett, Bosc, or Concorde pears.
Yield: Serves 6 (serving size: 1 tart)
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Recipe Time
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40 Minutes
Total: 1 Hour, 5 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 314
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated fat: 3.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 7.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2.4g
- Protein: 6.2g
- Carbohydrate: 43.6g
- Fiber: 3.9g
- Cholesterol: 45.4mg
- Iron: 1.5mg
- Sodium: 185mg
- Calcium: 48mg
- 2/3 cup blanched whole almonds, toasted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, divided
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 12 (14 x 9-inch) sheets frozen phyllo dough, thawed
- Cooking spray
- 2 red Anjou pears, cored and thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons apple jelly
- 1. Preheat oven to 375°.
- 2. Place almonds and sugar in a food processor; process until very finely ground. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons butter, vanilla, salt, and egg; process to form a sticky paste.
- 3. Place remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons butter in a small microwave-safe bowl; microwave at HIGH 20 seconds or until butter melts. Arrange 1 phyllo sheet on a cutting board or other work surface (cover remaining phyllo to keep from drying); brush lightly with butter. Top with another phyllo sheet; brush lightly with butter. Fold phyllo stack in half lengthwise to form a 9 x 7-inch stack. Loosely fold edges of phyllo up toward the center to create a 4 1/2-inch rimmed tart shell. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper; coat phyllo shell with cooking spray. Repeat procedure with the remaining phyllo sheets, butter, and cooking spray to form 6 shells.
- 4. Spread about 2 tablespoons almond mixture over each tart shell; top each with about 6 slightly overlapping pear slices. Bake at 375° for 23 minutes or until phyllo is browned and crisp.
- 5. Place jelly in a small microwave-safe bowl; microwave at HIGH for 20 seconds or until jelly melts. Brush jelly evenly over tarts.
- Wine Note: The rich, pear-and-honey flavors of Pacific Rim Vin de Glacière Riesling (Washington, $1 4/375-milliliter) deliver the right amount of sweetness (so that you actually taste the wine) without steamrolling the tarts. Be sure the wine is well chilled to bring out its palate-cleansing crispness. --Scott Jones
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Speaking of that, I think this and Buzz are two different kind of animals. Buzz is supposed to look silly and, yes, toyish. MIB is supposed to be "Real"
For that, it only gets an 8-Commendable.
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PASADENA, CA (WTVB) - Top-ranked Florida State rallied to get by number-two Auburn 34-31 in the final BCS Championship Game at the Rose Bowl. Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston connected on a two-yard touchdown pass for the winning score for the Seminoles with 13 seconds to play. The final five minutes featured three lead changes led by a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown which gave Florida State a 27-24 lead. Auburn countered on a 37-yard touchdown run with just over a minute to play, giving them a 31-27 lead. But the Tigers couldn't hold off Winston and the Seminoles in the end as FSU won its third national championship and first since 1999.
The unbeaten Seminoles finished at 14-0 and they ended a seven year run of BCS titles won by the SEC. Auburn, which had a 21-3 lead in the second quarter, closed out with a 12-2 record. The College Football Playoff system begins next year.


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Racial discrimination has affected the dating preferences of black men. Even their very own black women have less appreciation for their existence. This does not apply to all black women, however, because many of them are still behind their men. How to love a black man will need some assurance from you that you indeed believe in your man. Your high regard for your man whether he is black or white will motivate him further to become a better person.
There's a great possibility that your love for a black man can lead to a true and valuable love because, despite the historical reputation of black men, you are more interested with the real him than his ancestral myths. Here are some suggestions to guide you through loving your black man:
Society has changed a lot these days, but there are some opportunities that are still not open for black men especially in the job front. When your man is discouraged with his work, it helps when you positively react than blame him for his incompetence. Remind him that his bad experience is temporary and that good things are yet to happen as long as he continues to be determined in whatever he's doing. The man is only as good as the woman he's with.
Your black man will need your utmost support. Be his strength during his down moments. Energize him by your understanding and faith that he will find a way for all the troubles affecting your relationship. Give him the confidence that whatever happens, he's still the strong man, and you will always be right beside him to support his every step in solving problems. Be his right hand and not his competitor.
Let him shine for all his achievements. You surely have some important contributions to make, but it will be good for his ego knowing that he is recognized for all his hardships. Do not make major decisions without consulting him, and never take on the responsibility that is supposed to be his even if, in reality, you are more capable financially. A tough life can probably make you stronger, but make sure to retain your feminine qualities to always be good in your black man's sight.
It is normal that women are more inclined spiritually than men. Nonetheless, you are showing more love to your black man when you take the back seat. Let him lead or do the preaching by assisting him with his needs. Focus on the Bible, read and study together with him, but let him be the voice of your common faith.
Loving a black man means that you are surrendering your own capabilities to him, but it does not mean that you won't initiate anything for the progress of the union. Just make it look like it's his initiative. He will value your contributions more if he gets the credit. You can actually take charge but report your moves regularly to him so that he will feel that you are just acting based on his advice. It's still his call, and you are just facilitating things based on his wisdom.
How to love a black man can be a challenging effort, but it can also be very rewarding. Aside from being very passionate lovers, most black men are really devoted to their better half. If one party is tough, the other party must be the opposite for a harmonious relationship. Black men are not only aggressive-looking, but most of their qualities are increased compared to normal standards because of their constant struggle to disprove that black men are no good.


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Could a solid NFL tackle soon be on the move? ESPN's John Clayton has floated the idea that the Tennessee Titans could dangle lineman Michael Roos as trade bait after drafting Taylor Lewan #11 overall and signing Michael Oher for $20 million.
Clayton notes that Tennessee has high-priced Andy Levitre and 2013 draft pick Chance Warmack at guard, so sliding Roos inside is not an option.
Though Roos is 31, he still has a few good years left in him, and you have to wonder if he wouldn't be more valuable to the Titans as a trade chip than a swing tackle. Certainly he's not going to beat out Lewan or Oher for a starting spot in Tennessee, even though Oher is by no means a Pro Bowl tackle.
Like Eugene Monroe last year, Roos could end up being an interesting commodity. The Jaguars would up getting a fourth and a fifth for Monroe. It doesn't seem unreasonable that Tennessee could end up getting a fifth at least for Roos. Maybe more if some team gets desperate like Baltimore was last year when they picked up Monroe.
Any way you look at it, the Titans' moves this offseason indicated that they are not satisfied with what Roos brings to the table as a starter. At best, he figures in their plans only as a backup player.
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Here's a piece that reminds me of the conversations swirling around the property on Mapledale that soon after its new paint job became known at "The Barbie House." The creation of local historic districts, and the subsequent enforcement of historic preservation laws, creates a special set of challenges for preservation... Continue reading
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Color plays a critical role in restoration and preservation. Our own Sherwin Williams has played a major role in promoting the use of appropriate colors with older properties. See their work with Charleston, SC, in this article. Also, recall their work with Roger Moss and the color card from his... Continue reading
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Friend and neighbor Tom Romito is speaking to the Kirtland Bird Club. When: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 7:30 pm Where: Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval, University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 View Map · Get Directions FREE to... Continue reading
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The February 2014 issue of Old Brooklyn News published this article announcing the rolling launch of Wildlife Nation by the National Wildlife Federation. Brooklyn Centre Naturalists now part of Wildlife Nation by Gloria Ferris Brooklyn Centre Naturalist The National Wildlife... Continue reading
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Good breakout on the generational delineations, by Marie Swift. This is just a snippet. 3 DISTINCT GENERATIONS Today, there are three very distinct generations in the market for financial products and services. Marston highlights some of the major differences: 1. Baby Boomers: Born between 1946 and 1964, boomers get their name from the remarkable "boom" in the birthrate following World War II. This exceptionally large generation has reshaped ideas about youth, education, work and aging. They maintain a lifelong connection to their youth in the 1960s, which was a time of momentous cultural and political change. According to Marston, boomers... Continue reading
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Our meeting tonight, January 9, 2014, about the proposed utility work on Denison needs to address things that have been discussed here and legislated here for over 100 years. See this piece from 2007: Saturday, June 23, 2007 putting wiring and cabling underground FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law,... Continue reading
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Efforts underway to renovate and restore historic Brookside Stadium to playable condition | Plain Press
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A major unresolved challenge in biology is to decipher how cells can exist in the diverse cellular states that make up a functional organism while carrying the same genomic information.
Cell identity is determined by developmental programs that use select transcription factors that impose an epigenetic signature upon the genome thus enforcing select gene expression programs. These signatures can often be found deregulated in developmental abnormalities and later onset complex disease.
Our goal is to understand the complexity of the epigenetic landscape and its role during development, and disease progression through large scale ChIP-sequencing analysis. We combine this with in vitro stem cell based assays and model organisms to use this large scale information in order to control cell state changes.
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Creyghton, M.P., Cheng, A., Welstead, G.G., Kooistra, T., Carey, B.W., Steine, E.J., Hanna, J., Lodato, M.A., Frampton ,G.M., Sharp, P.A., Boyer, L.A., Young, R.A., Jaenisch, R. (2010) Histone H3K27ac seperates active from poised enhancers and predicts developmental state. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 107: 21931-21936.
Hanna, J., Saha, K., Pando, B., van Zon, B., Lengner, C.J., Creyghton, M.P., van Oudenaarden, A., Jaenisch, R. (2009) Direct reprogramming is a stochastic process amenable to acceleration. Nature 462: 595-601.
Creyghton, M.P., Markoulaki, S., Levine, S., Hanna, J., Lodato, M.A., Sha, K., Young, R.A., Jaenisch, R., Boyer, L.A. (2008) H2AZ if enriched at polycomb complex target genes in ES cells and is necessary for lineage commitment. Cell 135: 649-661.
Hanna, J., Markoulaki, S., Schorderet, P., Carey, B.W., Beard, C., Wernig, M., Creyghton, M.P., Steine, E.J., Cassady, J.P., Foreman, R., Lengner, C.J., Dausman, J.A., Jaenisch, R. (2008) Direct reprogramming of terminally differentiated mature B lymphocytes to pluripotency. Cell 133: 250-264.
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The things people do when they think they won't get caught absolutely astound me. Whether or not you're a dog person, you'll surely cringe at the actions of an Italian runner caught on surveillance camera from this past Sunday night. After a few dogs "annoyed him" during his run, he had the audacity to throw the puppies over a fence. Well actually, throw is an understatement. He chucked them. He even threw one into a parked trailer.
Words ... they escape me. The pure fact that someone could have it inside of them to be SO cruel to an innocent dog, it's mortifying.
Here, watch the horrifying footage for yourself. Skip ahead to around 3:15 to see the dogs go flying:
As if it's not hard enough to watch the first dog land and sit there almost motionless, it kills me to see the other puppy hit the parked trailer. The man clearly has no heart. Many of us have been on a run or walking down the street, frightened when a dog comes running. But regardless, I would never pick up a defenseless puppy and do something this wretched to it. Never. These dogs were not attacking him. They were simply wandering in his general vicinity.
According to Huffington Post, the puppies suffered some injuries but all survived. Police have identified the puppy-thrower, and the dogs are currently being cared for by the owner of the property where he threw them.
Are you in disbelief about this man's actions?
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I couldn't watch the video but I don't need to. Just reading it is enough to tell me this piece of shit human being needs to be strung up by his balls and left hangin'.
We need to name and shame this creep. He even CALLED THEM TO HIM so that could hurt them.
I couldn't bring myself to watch the video. I really hope he is punished. It infuriates me how people who abuse animals get off with a slap on the wrist. There seriously needs to be new laws made for creeps like this. It breaks my heart.
That ass hole should be thrown against a brick wall...See how it would feel!!!! Discussting ....
I couldn't watch the video but I hope that guy gets punished harshly! People who hurt animals are lower than the scum of the earth!
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She's there to talk my ear off when I need to take my mind off things.
She's always available to apply her funk to me when I'm smelling too clean.
She keeps me from getting too engrossed in writing an e-mail which is handy because I like to maintain an air of idiocy and I never want people to think I'm too lucid when I tell them things.
That's why, this Halloween, Sifu and I did just the right thing for our loyal friend. We put a lot of thought into how we could best honor the most noble little Frito-feet love rocket to ever eat week old Chinese food out of the trash and burp into our faces while we sleep. The love between two yetis and a rancid, reeking little loaf of dog meat is the kind of love that calls for:
A pig suit.
Look at that happy face. In keeping with the pig theme from this week and earlier, the weinerdog now looks as piggy as she acts.
Upon receipt of a cookie, the indignities of the pig suit were soon forgotten. The costume itself has been stashed away for another time when something utterly stupid is needed to bring levity to the situation. But it's already been established that I am an asshole. Don't be an asshole. Don't do this to your dog. Unless it really, really deserves it.
Like you know it does.
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