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Day of the Dead (Scream Factory)
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Reviewer: Rhett
Review Date: October 21, 2013
Format: Blu-ray
Released by: Scream Factory
Release date: September 27, 2013
Region A, HDTV
Codec: MPEG-4 AVC, 1080p
Widescreen 1.78:1 | 16x9: Yes
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Day of the Dead seems destined to always be the black sheep of Romeros Living Dead trilogy. It was a box office and critical disappointment upon its release, and as many of the filmmakers interviewed on this disc note, it represented the end of an era for Romero and the entire Pittsburgh filmmaking scene. Over the years the film has grown in stature thanks to home video, but it still doesnt have the cache of a Night of the Living Dead or Dawn of the Dead. Look only at the remakes of each film to tell one is a celebrated spin by Tom Savini starring Tony Todd, another was a box office smash that launched the career of Zack Snyder, and the other was a direct-to-video movie that featured a zombie barfing on the cover. Guess which one was Day of the Deads remake? Despite being the odd flick out, Day of the Dead sure has been treated well on disc its original DVD was one of the first on the format, and yet it still had a great little behind-the-scenes doc (thats never been ported since), the DiviMax DVD featured a much restored transfer and a whole spate of extras (many of which are here on this new release) and then the Anchor Bay Blu-ray brought everything to a higher definition. And now, six years later, we get yet another Blu-ray, this time from the celebrated horror preservationists at Scream Factory. They have a pretty glowing track record do they shine an even brighter light on Day or is this another one for the fire?
The Story
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Unfortunately, Logan's progress is not quite brisk enough for Rhodes, and he demands some changes, while at the same time threatens to leave the group stranded. As the group tries to round up more zombies for study, problems ensue and nerves snap. The military, lead by Rhodes, goes against the medical doctors, in the mean time unleashing the legions of zombies. Will the relationship meltdown destroy the two institutions, or will humans continue to prevail?
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The characters in Day have been locked away for months (years?) and their edgy and loud antics are just what is to be expected. Isolation and desperation has settled in, and these characters are all experiencing the worst forms of cabin fever, and Romero handles it admirably. The characters indulge in profane yelling matches, but it isn't overacting, it is a dynamic of claustrophobic human desperation. These characters are on their last legs, and they certainly show it.
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http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot10s.jpg (http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot10l.jpg)Sherman is not alone though, as Cardille, Pilato and Liberty all give stellar performances. The stone faced, but beautiful, Lori Cardille brings to the series the strongest female lead, and it remains one of the most assured and powerful female performances the genre has ever seen. Joseph Pilato is wonderfully over the top, and his shouting monologues are wholly memorable. The late Richard Liberty gives his Dr. Frankenstein character a quirky sense of awe at all of his creations and discoveries. It is an ensemble cast, and definitely up to par with the casts of Romero's other Dead films.
This review would not be complete without mentioning the groundbreaking gore by splatter legend Tom Savini. Sure, he may have done Friday the 13th, The Prowler, Maniac, Dawn of the Dead and Trauma, but none of that work even comes close to his creations in Day of the Dead. Fingers, arms and even heads are ripped off in graphic detail, and bodies are literally torn apart on screen. All of Savini's past tricks are included in this film, and it becomes a kind of "best of" compilation of his astounding work. The sheer volume of effects and the uncut nature of the film make this arguably the benchmark for all gore films to refer to. Rivaled only by Bottin's work on The Thing, Savini's make up effects here are jaw dropping in their graphic and complete nature. Definitely the high point of the trilogy when it comes to graphic dismemberment.
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Image Quality
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http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot12s.jpg (http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot12l.jpg)Reading the spec sheet, this DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono track seems like a pretty big downgrade compared to the wealth of 6.1 tracks contained on the previous DVD and Blu-ray from Anchor Bay, but in actuality, this track is the new gold standard for the film. What this mix lacks in channels it gains in actual content this mix uses the original uncensored audio track contained on the old 1998 DVD. The remastered Anchor Bay discs previously sourced a Japanese master for their surround tracks that had six minor censorship changes (Jesus becoming Stuck or Shit! becoming Right!). Thankfully, all six changes are nowhere to be found on this track, thus finally restoring the original mix the film had in theaters. While the DiviMax release had no original mono track, Anchor Bay did include it on their Blu-ray, albeit at a very compressed rate. Despite all the superlatives of ES, EX, 6.1 and the like, the Anchor Bay tracks werent much more than glorified mono tracks, and to be honest, I found this new mix from Scream Factory to sound a little fuller. Technically, the bitrate on this audio track is almost 5 times higher than the surround tracks on the Anchor Bay release, and 15 times the original mono track on the previous Blu-ray, and you can feel it. Impact sounds, from the low spectrum of boulder smashing to the highs of chains rattling all register with depth, and John Harrisons underappreciated Caribbean-cribbing synth track sounds as omnipresent as ever. Simply the best this great film has ever sounded.
Supplemental Material
The previous releases of these films had more extras than Rhodes did entrails, but this one advertises an onslaught of new Scream Factory extras, so here we go
http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot6s.jpg (http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot6l.jpg)Ported over from the previous DiviMax DVD and Blu-ray are the commentaries, one with George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Lori Cardille and production designer Cletus Anderson, and the other with fan boy director Roger Avary. The first commentary has all the participants reunited together, and it is nice to see them catching up on old times and recollecting about the now 18(!) year old movie. They talk about the fun on the set, Lori's young buttocks, the reception of the movie and what it was like working in the mines. Although some content is covered in the documentary, the track still makes for a fascinating listen, and while not fantastic, will still please fans of the Dead.
http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot5s.jpg (http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot5l.jpg)The commentary with Roger Avary (Director of Killing Zoe and my favorite film of the aughts, The Rules of Attraction) is a bit of a mixed bag. I applaud Anchor Bay (and by extension Scream Factory) for sanctioning a commentary by a true fan, rather than somebody who would probably rather do other things, but Avary's commentary is entirely off the cuff. He is not well prepared, and as a result he struggles at times for things to say. He goes into detail about board games and how he thinks kids should play guns with zombies, and some of the anecdotes fall flat. He is full of life though, and the commentary is definitely worthy of a listen, even if he doesn't bring much information to the table. Avary offers some perceptions about the film, and hearing how him and Quentin Tarantino met George before they were famous is interesting. Not all it could have been, but definitely still a commentary to be heard.
http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot3s.jpg (http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot3l.jpg)Missing from this release is the 39-minute retrospective documentary on the film that was on the Anchor Bay releases, but its been overshadowed by this even more exhaustive documentary, The Worlds End: The Legacy of Day of the Dead (1:25:26). Its Produced and Directed by Red Shirt Pictures Michael Felsher, who at this point is arguably the de facto historian for all things Living Dead after organizing the massive 4-disc Dawn of the Dead DVD set from Anchor Bay back in the day and documenting production on-set for Romeros last two Dead pictures. This new doc does Day proud by assembling virtually all the key surviving cast and crew members (minus, oddly, Greg Nicotero, who Felsher has interviewed in the past). We get new interviews with everybody, the always lovely Lori Cardille, Martin himself John Amplas, the whacky Joe Pilato and Howard Bub Sherman are just some of the people from the cast. On the crew side we get the usuals, Romero and Savini, as well as DP Michael Gornick, 2nd AD/composer (thats a dual-credit you dont see much) John Harrison and many more. What I liked about this lengthy doc is that it never really gets into the rut of people congratulating themselves or praising the picture perhaps because the film underperformed everyone involved here felt a greater need to justify the following the film has today instead with a multitude of facts, theories and anecdotes. The resulting doc is therefore a very enlightening piece that, despite all the extra material about the film already available, still rings through as fresh and informative. I popped this in to watch a snippet before bed and ended up finishing it through in one sitting. Significant time is spent breaking down each effect in great detail, but I actually found myself most compelled when the actors were talking about their craft how they approached each character (Anthony DiLeo talking about his depression and how tough it was to sustain that throughout a picture without any sunlight was particularly interesting) and how they received direction from Romero (Pilato kept cursing Romero for letting him go so big but Romero loved the performance). The doc is informative, but its also well assembled and a lot of fun. Ill leave you with two takeaway words on that: Moose Clit.
http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot8s.jpg (http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot8l.jpg)Underground: The Day of the Dead Mines (7:37) is another new extra, revisiting the Wampum mines with the facility tech from Day of the Dead, Skip Docchio. Skip is a humble and warm personality to show here, and his recollections and embarassments from Day of the Dead are great to hear. Pittsburgh horror guru and Cult Magazine mastermind Ed Demko hosts the piece, and white its well shot, its probably too well shot for what they were trying to accomplish here. The depth of field is too shallow in most of the shots from the film that Demko is re-creating, and as a result most of the memorable backdrops are blurred out in the background. It would have really helped to have had some clean shots of the locations without the personalities visible, sort of like what they do with Horrors Hallowed Grounds. Still, its an affectionate piece for Skip, who admits at the end that hes now leaving behind the mind after having worked there 35 years.
http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot1s.jpg (http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot1l.jpg)If you know anything about Tom Savini you know he likes to shoot behind-the-scenes footage of his effects, and if youve previously owned any of the Anchor Bay releases of Day of the Dead youve likely seen his footage here. The same 31-minutes of videotape based footage are included once again on this release, and its a pretty great window into what it was like to be on set back in the day. You get to see most of the major effects as they are being created in the makeup room, and then as theyre being performed and executed on set. This film is one of the high watermarks for practical effects, and its so great that there will always be all this extra footage to remind us of the brilliant work here done by all.
http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot2s.jpg (http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot2l.jpg)The Gateway Commerce Center (8:12) promotional video that was included on previous Anchor Bay releases of the film is also again included here. Its a big piece of corporate fluff, the kind that Romero actually used to make before he went on to make Night of the Living Dead. Its a very 90s look at what the mine set from the film is like today, and how it has become a major commercial and industrial storage hub. If you ever need storage space, you know where to look.
Rounding off this release are all the press and promo materials you could ask for, with theatrical trailers (one teaser, three trailers), TV spots and four different photo galleries (which were in part previously on the DiviMax DVD but nowhere to be found on the Anchor Bay Blu-ray). These galleries are updated with even more stills, including pictures of those previous Anchor Bay releases and shots of a non-zombie-inhabited Florida.
http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot7s.jpg (http://horrordigital.com/reviews/a-m/dayblu/dayblu_shot7l.jpg)As always, I have to pay tribute to Scream Factorys packaging here. Nathan Thomas Milliners art fits very well with the existing art commonly used for the film but still does what many of the better Scream Factory covers do in encapsulating key moments and characters from the film. This one even has the alligator! The art is reversible with the original poster art, although they made a gaffe in forgetting to turn off the GEORGE A. ROMEROS text layer from their design, which is just visible on the Night part of the top art (both covers must have been contained in the same file). The old Anchor Bay DVD release probably still wins when it comes to collectible packaging, though, with the Velcro Bub head and the little hand drawn notes done to look like a doctors sketch pad.
Speaking of the Anchor Bay release, Id be remiss if I didnt talk about what hasnt been ported over here. Already mentioned was the The Many Days of Day of the Dead documentary, but also missing is a solid audio interview with the late Richard Liberty and a fast film facts pop-up video track for the feature film. Lastly, yet another opportunity was missed to bring over that great 20-minute doc that had a lot more footage of Romero directing on set that was originally included on the 1998 DVD from Anchor Bay. Its never been released since, but it really needs to be. So sadly, for fans of the film, if you want all the goods at this point youd need to track down each and every release of this film. Ugh.
Final Thoughts
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http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/dayotdblu/dayotdblu_shotb9s.jpg (http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/dayotdblu/dayotdblu_shotb9l.jpg)Scream BluAnchor Bay BluDiviMax DVDDay of the Dead may have been the least respected Romero Dead film out of the gate, but these days it seems its the one that just keeps getting more relevant. It has proven itself to be timeless, with gore effects that have never been bested since, and a damning message about the human condition told with such conviction by Romero that it will always remain relevant as long as theres a humanity out there to experience it. Its relevance is probably why it keeps getting re-released, but unfortunately none of the releases seem to have the complete longevity of the film in question. This new Scream Factory release is a mixed bag the sound, although only mono, finally restores the original, uncensored sound mix, but the picture is noisier than the Anchor Bay Blu-ray, and the warmer, more saturated color temperature may put off many who remember the film as a colder, muter indictment on society. The new documentary here is fantastic, but with extras missing here from past releases its tough to call this definitive. Theres no question that Day of the Dead belongs in every horror fans collection, what version you choose will depend on your preference for image, sound and extras. The good news is that whatever version you pick, whether its Scream Factorys or Anchor Bays release, youre in for a release that does this masterpiece justice. Its a Day thats lasted 28 years may the sun never set on Romeros grim goresterpiece.
Movie - A
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The original Mono mix was on the Anchor Bay Blu too as well as the original 1998 DVD.
Good honest review!
I have a feeling Nailwraps is right though. AB's blu had the censored PCM track, but the uncensored mono track as well... can anyone confirm?
Looking back at the Anchor Bay Blu-ray, yes, that's correct, the original uncensored mono track is included. It's only at 192 kbps though while the Scream Factory mix runs at 3000 kbps. Theirs is definitely preferred. I've updated the review to address this, thanks for the notes, guys.
I am not at all a fan of Scream Factory's transfer. It's colors are definitely artificially over saturated. I wish you would have taken some screen grabs of some of the shots in the cafeteria area...whenever there are people in the background, their faces appear overtly orange.
And the reds are way too bright.
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What would happen to an economy if physical precious metals were legal tender currency?
Imagine money that had intrinsic value. How would this affect banking, government spending, saving, and consumer spending?
Better or worse than fiat money?
Mar 18 2013: the effects are many.
first, if paired with 100% reserve banking, it immediately stops inflation, and the economy returns to a slow deflation, its natural state.
second, since the government (or its sock puppet, the central bank) can not create new money to pay its debt, interest rates will rise to some 5-10%, which is the true rate following from the time preference of people.
third, since there is no inflation, bank deposits fall, as some people now will consider keeping money in some vault.
fourth, due to the rising interest rates, borrowing hugely slows down. only investments able to churn out more than 10% return will be undertaken.
fifth, a whole bunch of businesses will go bankrupt, because they were counting on cheap loans. with the rise of interest rates, these businesses will be revealed to be not profitable, and will be liquidated. entire sectors are expected to collapse, like mortgage derivatives, and their dependent fields like the construction industry.
sixth, since governments can not maintain their level of spending, political crisis will follow. those that live on benefits or otherwise dependent on the state will march on the streets, cars will be set on fire, stones will be cast, and the unions will cry doom. the current political system built on lies and deception will collapse like a house of cards.
seventh, the truth will be revealed, profitable businesses will take the place of the wasteful old and corrupt ones, honest politics will take place of the dishonest old one, wars will be ended, end the economy will grow in an unprecedented rate.
Mar 18 2013: I think this was a great analysis right up to the Seventh effect where I begin to diverge a little:
"..... the truth will be revealed, profitable businesses will take the place of the wasteful old and corrupt ones, honest politics will take place of the dishonest old one, wars will be ended, end the economy will grow in an unprecedented rate."
I think we need to take a good look at he externalities. A UN study, GAEZ calculates that we can feed 10 billion people - in the current phase we can assume that we are or will be pretty well maxed out on the ecological credit card over the next couple of decades if we get that far.
.What that means is that the New Dawn optimistically forseen by Krisztian has to take place "on the lean" - a healthy sustainable population of 10 billion without war is entirely possible within ecological limits but it would require a deeply materialist understanding and a very high discipline in the way we use material resources and accessible birth control may be a help too. I'm sure that any economy growing quickly during this time will have to be working on a zero sum basis and the role of profit itself will have to re-examined. In another post I've described the resulting state as "The new Mercantilism".
Mar 18 2013: i have to words for that: "UN study". enough said.
Mar 19 2013: I don't think anywhere near enough is said!
There is far to little attention paid to the human condition as experienced by the human species as opposed to the individual. the literature on Population all seems to point in the same direction - although the human carrying capacity of the planet is variously estimated at between 0.25 and 500 billion many of the more realistic ones estimate agree with that 10 billion area. If you're going to treat all those other people too with the same (hope fully humorous) disdain , well, well, I'm running out of words. OK, I agree, Enough said.Mar 27 2013: With 100 percent reserve banking wouldnt banks be desperate for cash and need to offer high interest rates on savings accouts, cd's, etc thus attracting peoples savings to the banks vault?
Secondly, in your opinion would this change be good or for whom would it be good for?
Mar 27 2013: interest rates are set by supply and demand. interest rate plays the same role as prices for products. if the interest rate is higher, less people want to borrow and more people want to lend. if the interest rate is lower, more people want to borrow and less people want to lend. at some point, lent and borrowed amount is equal, and the equilibrium is set.
banks has no way to change that. interest rates will rise, as they are below market level now. banks has to offer higher interest rates, but also will charge higher interest rate on their borrowers. this will lead to a shrink in total lending, which will indeed make banks desperate, until some of them go bankrupt, and we reach a new balance.
in the long run, it will be good for everyone. it will be good for entrepreneurs, as they will be able to calculate more reliably. proper market interest rate is central to the calculation of ROI and other measures. market interest rates are also good for savers. as the investment market stabilizes, one can more easily estimate future yields, and find safe investments. and it will be good for the economy, thus benefiting everyone.Mar 15 2013: The sales of billfolds would decrease signifantly.
Charles Curt
Mar 15 2013: it would be like it used to under mercantilism
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Mar 17 2013: I've voted this up though I disagree on a qualitative basis.
We simply cant go back to 1650.
A Modern Mercantilism might look like a very frugal and austere economy on the surface. People would ride to physical work on bicycles, or telecommute electronically. Wasteful and inefficient transport systems like cars would have to be stripped out of the economy, and a highly integrated web of alternatives set up.
But because of the numerous population we have now, there would need to be an underlying wireless electronic infrastructure for the rapid dissemination of knowledge and research, transactions and communication.
The currency used in this imaginary future would be base on peer to peer agreement using a currency created from an understanding of agreed environmental limits and a basic equity between humans.
The bloated financial services sector will collapse. The most numerate of this population can go to work in the brand new sector of Ecological Control of Currency Creation, the remainder will have to go into the rapidly evolving disciplines of Low Energy Materials Engineering, or Ecological Engineering (as Farming use to be called). Speculative research into Nano engineering, Space Travel etc will no longer have huge amounts of money being thrown at them, and investment will be severely reduced and necessarily targeted far more strategically and accurately to produce more bang for the buck.
The Web allows the rapid viral creation of new networks, and there will be scramble to get on board, out of the infrastructure providers the smartest first adopters will take the bulk of a vastly reduced pot.
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Mar 17 2013: ok you have an interesting point but the truth is fast transportation for the sake of lesure will never disappear and your idea of that economy is a good one but the real way we should do it is to have no economy at all and everyone just gets what they truly need and are suited for because hopefully in the future greed and selfishness will be eliminated and humans collectively choose where their recourses go
Mar 18 2013: Hi Charles,
I posted this yesterday, but it didn't tag to you comment so got lost. I've deleted it and m reposting as a response to your comment that "everyone just gets what they truly need and are suited for because hopefully in the future greed and selfishness will be eliminated and humans collectively choose where their resources go"
I said, 22 hours ago: Then you should sign up to the the GRB.net
That's another dream that won't work because of the anonymity at the heart of the system.
Mutual recognition is a prerequisite to a transactional methodology.Mar 19 2013: I assume you mean Gold? Countries with large untapped gold reserves will start mining them.It would cause an interesting shift in the balance of power.
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Yes, it is possible to have recessions and bank runs similar to our current situation with a physically backed or a commodity currency, especially following an era of easy credit. There were many recessions and bank runs before the US went off of the gold standard, as well as before the existence of the Federal Reserve System. When people do not believe that a bank can meet demand for withdrawals, there will be a bank run, which may lead to a bank panic (systemic).
In this recession, the packaging/ sale of mortgage backed securities and under the table derivatives trading, combined with Fed policy & regulations incentivizing banks to make poor loans. The market for mortgage backed securities collapsed (people realized borrowers were not creditworthy) and the market for them dried up, leading to a liquidity spiral (banks dump securities at the same time, leading to lower prices and more dumping -> need for a lender of last resort). It would still be possible for banks to package and sell loans if there was only a commodity currency, and a commodity currency would not prevent derivatives trading.
Any time there is a fractional reserve system (+ mix: poor national bank policy, perverse incentives & non-disclosure) this can happen.
Also, there can be problems with the purity of the commodity (i.e. gold) as it can be diluted which can increase transaction costs relative to a fiat currency.
To Alan:
Yes, I agree, if there were a transition back to a physical currency standard, it would be very difficult and likely cause a collapse. In my response I was focused more on the long term consequences on funding liquidity, abstracting from the transition. You bring up a good point; I don't know if there would be a satisfactory and orderly way to go back without bank runs & panics to redeem the currency for the commodity. It would probably require a complete financial collapse beforehand or a temporary, complete government control of the financial system. Bad.Mar 17 2013: "...nothing is necessary but a general panic, produced either by failures, invasion, or any other cause, and the whole visionary fabric vanishes into air, and shows that paper is poverty, that it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself." Thomas JeffersonMar 17 2013: Actually, from a longer term environmental point of view that may not be a bad thing if we could get past the first couple of years.
In the chaos we'd have to triage/restore the most essential systems first and it would be an absolutely fantastic opportunity to rebuild the rest on a fully sustainable basis (as measured by the Ecological Footprint system).
I've just posted an outline of this "New Mercantilism" on another thread - I'll see if i can recover it and post it up here if you're interested. EDIT - Found it by looking up "Full conversation" and looking down the list - right there under my name. I'm new this TED game, as you will understand....
Mar 18 2013: I would be interested in this 'New Mercantilism.' Can you give me a link?
Mar 18 2013: Hi Brian, I made the term up in response to Charles Cort's comment- "It would be like Mercantilism".
I took that to mean the phase before capitalism when trade was just starting to lubricate the move onward from feudalism. Yes, but there are aspects of modern life it would be unthinkable to lose.
If we triage those and develop essential network functions intelligently we could the reduce our ecological impact in Europe buy a factor of 4 to bring it in line with the best guess of a sustainable Ecological Footprint. Such a deeply political process could be sustained (but only under conditions of financial implosion/duress because of the deep rooted problem of vested financial interests) through intensive advertising and propaganda - impolite but brutally honest terms we should use for for the highly necessary and highly ethical process of Rapid Education/Knowledge Delivery.
I'd be delighted to cooperate with anyone interested in this thesis to promote the concept under the banner of "New Mercantilism" or any other banner you like - It been thoroughly thought through to the ultimate conclusion and I'm ethically comfortable with those conclusions. The idea is now complete and needs properly laying out, elaborating scrutiny, editing and development. Further research is needed on many facets of it (How to create more scientifically robust EF standards, Game theory, Marketing, Licencing issues and Maintenance and many others).
The Internet is a fantastic medium but NM is simply set of principles which could be established with a small manual and a pencil and paper. NM is not an ideology it is an idea. As it is science based it is inevitable that it ill change as the knowledge base increases (Initial rapid growth) , and admin overheads will also increase (linear growth). Uptake, if the principles as explained become acceptable would be exponential and hopefully keep pace with the decay of the old regime, mopping up the mess.Mar 17 2013: Well, the U.S.and U.K economy, among others would collapse and those who have a shot at a gold standard and are actually seeking one ( both Libya and Ira were moving towards that). We are locked into our shaky fiat system of "funny money" and we could easily be brought down if enough "players" change the game or insist that oil and other commodities be settled in their own gold backed currency..
I actually think currency should have a measureable common global value.but the U.S,and the U.K. could not conceivably willingly choose that without risking a long time of economic collapse and uncertainty
What we really need to do to stabilize our economy and make our currency "real" is figure out how to achieve sustainable balance..to get off needing to grow at 3% plus per year. Then we would be getting somewhere worth getting..
Mar 17 2013: I've set a common global value and designed a peer to peer money creation process - will PM a summary to any interested party.
AlanMar 16 2013: If only physical currency was accepted for business, then you start getting into logistical problems, transporting the currency would be costly & inefficient (so much for the ability to pay with credit or debit). Also, inflation & the price level would be determined by the mining of raw materials relative to the creation of new goods. Also, the fractional reserve system would likely run into some problems, slowing growth.
Mar 17 2013: Under physical currency, would it be possible to have the current recession that was caused by the housing boom among other factors?
Mar 18 2013: I don't think it would be possible to have such a large boom in the first place. But Boom/Bust cycles would still happen on a ripple scale because they are generated by human optimism / pessimism moods.
Precious metal has many disadvantages, the main one being that it ignores the real needs of man in favour of an idea. I propose a physical currency based on the concept of Land-Time, which relates directly to the human material condition. Because of the lack of a speculative upside, and omitting the (considerable!) value of "footfall" the cost of a house should tend toward;
Cost of land (in term of the lost potatoes its not growing)
Cost of Materials (in terms of land required to sequester carbon emissions + mining materials + labour).
Cost of labour (in terms of land required to support the workmen for that much time)
These "Real" costs do not change much year on year - but changes to higher technology have actually INCREASED Land-Time costs considerably. This can be reversed by designing more intelligently, using materials neared their natural state (Masonry, Timber in the round, Thatch or Slate) or very carefully chosen higher tech materials in very carefully audited contexts ( Glass is extremely expensive but lasts for very long times). In real terms the cost of a thatched cottage is the same today as it was in 1600.
This analysis is based on the Ecological Footprint equivalent of the "Perfect Marketplace" in Classical Economics. In real life a house closer to the shop or with or footfall is always going be preferable, so worth more (even in the stable Land-Time currency proposed) , just as in the real Cash Market, the inflated price of a ridiculously over-large house miles from the shops is set by the willingness of Banks to dish out mortgages and not by the theoretical "perfect marketplace" economy it exists within. .
Alan Sloan
Mar 17 2013: "... the fractional reserve system would likely run into some problems, slowing growth..."
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That's a bit of an under-statement isn't it? It sees to based on the idea that we are still growing, but slowly. In the UK and other overdeveloped economies we are contracting in real terms.
Wouldn't Fractional reserve banking completely implode at the first whiff of any alternative? Its all the world's financial authorities can do at the moment to manage a sustained and relatively gentle deflation....what do you really think would happen if people saw a realistic alternative?
Mar 17 2013: yes it would implode.
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Mar 15 2013: True Africa was colonized to exploit its resources.
I don't know for sure but I don't think it is a mineral bonanza as you describe it. There are other regions in the world that can definately compete.Mar 15 2013: Everything of value is currency. Capitalism is not restricted to arbitrary pieces of paper. A goat is money. A pencil is money.
Mar 15 2013: Unless you are speaking of a bartering economy It's just a lot easier to use precious metals.
Mar 17 2013: that may well be so but shifting for the U.S., the UK and all other nations on fractional reserve would create a major shift in the balance of power globally towards those countries that both posses critical global resources ( like gold & oil) and who have sufficient gold reserves to have a strong and viable gold backed currency. ( see my earlier Ted discussion on this)
Mar 18 2013: Power will accrue to those who have the most intellectual / creative muscle, diplomatic skills or physical military resources, I'm not sure where balance comes into it - its one of those phrases like the balance of nature which on closer inspection turns out to be a virtually chaotic system .
Money is not Gold or oil Butterflies or butter. It is a fungible concept of value and as a concept it can be very simply changed by thinking differently. The irrational fluctuating value of Gold will not go away if it is adopted as a standard unit of currency. It will still rise and fall as the need for the metal changes with fashion and technology.
If countries have no food producing capacity but they do have Oil then we have to sell them food NOT because we need the Oil (We don't, because we did the sums and worked out how to organise ourselves around the problem) but because we have an obligation toward our fellow man. If they have both food and oil , what's the problem?
Power is not found down a back alley squabbling to the death over the last barrel of Oil - it is found in the minds of the intelligent and civilised - those with the capacity to organise communities to feed, house, clothe, police and educate themselves within sustainable system boundaries.
Addiction to Oil or Gold is not power. It is weakness, and when you talk about the strength of a currency, you must also ask what value it has, what can it buy.Mar 15 2013: it happened before in rome. a lot of people think that having money linked to metals is good because it means money has intrinsic value, but that also mean that money is in limited supply. people with enough wealth could hoard their money, and we'd have a shortage of money because no-one would be able to get anyone to sell their metals and so no-one would get paid. can you imagine at the end of the month your boss saying they couldn't pay you because they couldn't get any gold, silver or anything at all to pay you with because the only people who had any weren't selling? gentle inflation is good because it means there's no benefit to hoarding, which means there's enough money moving around the economy.
to combat the huge banking scam, how about setting an upper limit on income (we have minimum wage, so make a maximum too, say $10m a year)? that way there'd be no benefit to gouging customers because the bankers couldn't possibly make any more money anyway.
Mar 15 2013: That's weird.. I honestly had that same idea about setting an upper limit to income. And $10m/year was my number too.
Here was my thought, have a flat tax rate for everyone and any income over $10 mill gets taxed 100%. This would help control concentration of wealth.
Obviously some greedy bastards would leave this country so that they could be even richer.
Mar 16 2013: why flat tax? flat tax sounds good at first inspection but it's not that simple. say i make $100,000 a year at my company and i employ 5 people at my company at $20,000 a year. we each pay 10% tax so i make $90k and they make $18k, sounds fair right? nope. all i do is re-employ people at $18k a year instead of 20, so i'm left with $110k a year, we all pay 10% tax on that meaning i make (close enough to) the $100k - i effectively get my employees to pay all of my tax for me. this is why the rich try to push for flat taxes, because they know that taxes on a curve means they can't pull this trick to get away with not paying tax.
Mar 17 2013: I'm not sure I understand your reasoning on why flat tax is bad. If you hired people at 18k then they would make 16200 and may decide it be in their interest to work for a competitor.
The flat tax wasnt really the main point of my idea anyways. I just thought it would put everybody on an equal level. Also no more deductions or subsidies.Mar 18 2013: that would seem logical, but remember if one person can do that then anyone can - the competitor would be at a disadvantage if he didn't also reduce salaries to get his employees to effectively pay all his tax for him.
a tax curve does put everybody on an equal level! you pay for what you use, and usually people with more money are employers, and have a much larger dependency on public services such as roads to ensure their goods keep moving and their customers can keep coming. completely agree that all deductions and subsidies should be ended, though there should be kickstarter funds given to advance business, to keep our quality of life improving.
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Mar 15 2013: Why Africa? Because they produce the most gold?Mar 17 2013: 100% correct Carolyn..and not just african nations ( which includes Libya by the way) but also Iraq wanted to do that. That in combination with demanding that their petroleum be settled in their gold back currency would instantly devalue the UK and US currencies to a level that would shift the balance of power.Mar 15 2013: Our country use to have silver certificates and be on a gold standard.
Mar 17 2013: until our war debt got bigger than our gold reserves..that's when we shifted to silver certificates and then we needed to have a bigger money supply than we had silver to back it so we went fiat. The whole problem is that our economy is premised on a non viable growth rate that requires a non sustaianable expansion of our mney supply that can never attain balance or stability.
Mar 18 2013: The real resource movements the currency enables are more real than the currency (but less volatile - eg wheat price goes from $7.50 per ton to $10 while physical supply/demand ratio stays pretty constant) .
But there's a problem because we don't have any very sound ideas of what we can get away with (In terms of Climate change, Fertiliser and other input costs, Oil stocks and costs of conversion to useful fuel, Food production capacity, long term capacity to monitor used fuel dumps) in crude physical terms.
The markets are supposed to value the risks on these things and generally do a good job, but one could say they are not working so well because of the speculative element. How would non - market intervention based on production planning and consumer portion control affect the international value of a Country's currency (Assuming the currency was based on the value of its own wheat stock) ?Mar 14 2013: I am not talking about promisary notes. I am referring to money that has intrinsic value. The banking system could not run it's scam if the money it was handling had intrinsic value.Mar 14 2013: It would make no difference at all for as long as banking systems exists as they do now. In fact, bankers destroyed the precious metals standards.
Once upon a time, you could hire a bank to hold your assets securely. But one day, bankers realized that not everyone wanted their assets back at the same time, so they could lend assets that they didn't own and charge interest - and no one would know about it (unless there was a run on the bank - which was prevented through the establishment of a federal reserve - a cartel of bankers - who convinced the people that the dollar in your pocket has value, and who never get around to telling you that it is nothing more than a promissory note. They could do this for as long as they had the government-granted authority to print - invent into existence - more money to cover their theft)
But one day, when they saw what had happened to them and how they had been deceived, they created a corruption free social glue to replace money as a social glue, and they lived more-or-less happily ever after.


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Adjustable angle of the earbud makes them fit directly in the ear canal and shuts off outside noises very well. Synced up to my iphone right away and great that the remote controls functions so well. Pros: Quality, fit, function Cons: None yet Was this review helpful? Yes No Love them Written By DD, Chicago on Friday, December 14, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Comfort Noise Reduction Sound Quality I love these headphones. I tried so many others and these fit and stay in my ear the best. Sound quality is excellent. Pros: Very light, great sounding Was this review helpful? Yes No not bad Written By Bryan, jefferson city, MO on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Comfort Noise Reduction Sound Quality Not a bad set of earbuds. The sound quality is very good with good bass and high end, if the earbuds played louder I would have gave them a 5 star. The SOUL sl49b earbuds are real close to the same sound quality and do get louder but the monster buds do sound better and the cord is more flexible but is smaller in size. For the price difference between the monster isport and SOUL sl49 , I would get the SOUL sl49 Pros: great sound, great for people who sweat, good noise reduction Cons: need to be a little louder Was this review helpful? Yes No A great pair of headphones for working out! Written By Crumbz, United States on Sunday, October 28, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Comfort Noise Reduction Sound Quality Having originally purchased the Bose 'sport' headphones, and being deeply disappointed in noise bleed and their inability to block out ambient gym noise... I requested a refund, and ordered these based off of Crutchfield's recommendation. The Monster iSport headphones offer decent sound blockage, eliminating any noise when the music is on. I think it's fair to say when the music is off, you will hear some ambient noise. Once sized, the fit is very comfortable, and the no-tangle cord is a welcome bonus. Pros: Custom fit via the numerous options available with the headphones. Great sound over all, with good bass response. Easy to put in and take out (felt the Bose were a tad difficult in this department) Cons: There is only one con that comes to mind. It would be nice if the volume controls would work with my Android phone. I can 'start' and 'stop' the music, but volume is left to the phone. I knew this going in, and even with that, am not disappointed with my purchase. Was this review helpful? Yes No Head sets Written By mikw, Benicia, Ca on Friday, October 19, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Comfort Noise Reduction Sound Quality They sound great and feel good! Pros: Great fit sounds good Cons: Not as loud as others Was this review helpful? Yes No iSport iAwesome for iAnyone Written By White Glossy, San Luis Obispo, CA on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Comfort Noise Reduction Sound Quality In-ear headphone perfection for any athlete... regardless of your sport! We completely fell in love with the iSport... we even want to have it's baby. For realies. Pros: Cross-Sport compatible, great fit, stylish Cons: not having a pair Was this review helpful? Yes No Running earbids Written By Dave, Wawaka, IN on Tuesday, May 08, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Took awhile to find the perfect fit with the earbud combination, but once that is done earbuds stays in the ear pretty good. Tangle free cord is nice. Don't have to worry about the moisture from sweating. Pros: Good fit. Tangle free. Nice overall running earbuds. Cons: Not as loud as I'd like. Cost 1 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes No Monster® iSport Immersion Written By mahenry, Seattle, WA on Saturday, December 10, 2011 When I got these earphones, I immediately wanted to put them in, but I was a little bit overwhelmed by the number of options for getting them to fit my ears. When I eventually did get around to trying to fit them, it felt like nothing I could do would make them stay in. As it turned out, I was basically not tucking them in correctly, but I wouldn't have known without a friend's help. I do like the number of options I have to make sure these earphones have the perfect fit. The ear clips, the ear buds .. even the positioning of the ear buds are customizable. And that's been one of my biggest complaints about other ear buds. These are really hard to have fall out, and as a runner that's very important to me; I don't want to be messing with dangling earbuds during a race! I also love the integrated controls. These are great for me as I run. * I did received these headphones at no cost in return for giving a fair, honest and unbiased review of the headphones, with no expectation of a favorable review. Pros: Very customizable Works with my iPhone for calls and controlling music. Comfortable but tight fit. These won't come out easily. Great and drowning out other sounds at work! Cons: Initial setup was a bit daunting. Still not sure I've put enough effort into setting them up perfectly for me. 6 out of 8 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes No Great Headphones for Active Sports Written By MarkR, Vail, CO on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 I'm super active in a variety of sports (cycling, running, skiing) and have struggled to find headphones that stay in place. The over the ear contraptions drive me crazy, don't fit well under my helmets and in most cases start to hurt! The standard ear buds simply fall out out of my ears. I was given a pair of iSport headphones to try without any expectation of a positive review. They took a little time to get setup with a wide assortment of fitment pieces to fit correctly 'inside' your ears. It's an ingenious design that hold the ear buds in your ear but can be a little tricky at first. Once you get the hang of it, though, it's easy to pop them in. They do a great job of blocking wind noise while cycling and have good sound quality. I always like a little more bass, but have to remember these aren't Dr Dre Beats! The most impressive feature for me was the built-in mic and controls. I had a phone conversation while riding and the person on the other end of the line was very surprised I was riding. Just walking with standard ear bud mics, it can sound like you're in the middle of a hurricane. With these, there was minimal wind noise through the mic while riding. A great feature that will allow me to participate in more conference calls while I'm excercising! The tangle free cord is a huge plus, as well. These are great headphones for the active person, especially if you've struggled with ear buds before. Pros: Great sound quality, headphones stay in place while active, mic shields wind noise Cons: Takes some time to setup fit correctly 6 out of 6 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes No Hands-on research Features and specs chart | What's in the box? | In-depth notes What's in the box? Download owner's manual In-ear sports headphones (with attached 46" cable terminated by a right-angle male 3.5mm connector) 5 Pair of silicone eartips (XS/S/M/L/XL) 5 Pair of SportClips (XS/S/M/L/XL) Clothing clip Vinyl pouch User Guide/Warranty Information Important Monster Performance/Safety Tips Monster SErvice Contact Information Information to consumers in application of EU WEEE Directive 96/2002 Monster Product Brochure Features and Specs General Fit Style In-ear/Earbud Earcup Type Closed Noise-canceling No Bluetooth No Frequency Response Not Given Sensitivity Not Given Impedance Not Given Weight Not Given Cord Length 46" Airline Adapter Included No iPod Control Yes Volume Control Yes Built-in Microphone Yes Parts Warranty 1 Year Labor Warranty 1 Year Product Research Features iSport Immersion Headphones: The Monster iSport Immersion is a high-performance, in-ear sport headphone. The iSport Immersion was designed to meet the specific demands of today's athletes and workout warriors. The in-ear sport headphone is rugged, sweat-proof, and totally machine washable. The included Pro Sound Isolating Eartips ensure an impenetrable seal that blocks out noise, water, and sweat. The advanced in-ear speaker design and MicroStrand Conductors give your tunes powerful, clear, and detailed sound. The Monster iSport Immersion in-ear sport headphones even include ControlTalk with an in-line mic and controls for your iPod, iPhone or iPad. Advanced In-Ear Speaker Design with OmniTip: The Monster iSport Immersion features an advanced in-ear speaker design with an OmniTip swivel nozzle for true "Monster-quality" sound. Proprietary Waterproof Sealed Housing: The Monster iSport Immersion in-ear sport headphones employ a proprietary waterproof sealed, UV-protected housing that you can take anywhere. They are even washable. Pro Sound Isolating Eartips: The Monster iSport Immersion in-ear sport headphones come with multiple sizes (XS/S/M/L/XL) of silicone eartips for the perfect fit, blocking out sweat and noise so you can always focus on your music and your workout. SportClips: The Monster iSport Immersion in-ear sport headphones use patented SportClips to provide a no-fail fit worthy of your toughest workout. The SportClips help to fit your inner-ear and come in various sizes (XS/S/M/L/XL). Tangle-Free/No-Loss Audio Cable: The Monster iSport Immersion in-ear sport headphone cable features Monster's patented magnetic flux tube and Micro-strand construction to provide clear no-loss audio and reduced interference. The headphone cable also features a flat and flexible profile that virtually eliminates annoying tangles and knots. Gold-Plated 3.5mm Connector: The headphone cable is terminated by an attractive and anti-corrosive, right-angle 3.5mm connector for maximum audio signal. ControlTalk w/ In-Line Remote + Mic: Monster ControlTalk consists of a a small remote + mic attached to the headphone cable. The ControlTalk remote is designed to give you music playback control of select iPods, iPhones, and iPhones; as well as hands-free calling through the in-ear headphones and in-line mic. ControlTalk offers the following functions. Music: Play/Pause, Fast Forward/Rewind, Skip/Previous Track, Volume Up/Down Phone: Answer/End Call, Decline Call, Call-Waiting, Volume Up/Down iPod/iPhone/iPad Compatibility Chart: The Monster iSport Immersion is "Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad" compatible and supports the following models and functions (as of 12/29/2011). iPod Model Generation Tested Version Audio Output In-Line Remote In-Line Mic 3.5mm Connector Audio Playback Playback Controls Answer/End Call Voice Control Hands-Free Communication Shuffle 1st n/a Y Y N N N N 2nd n/a Y Y N N N N 3rd n/a Y Y Y N N N 4th n/a Y Y Y N N N dock connector 3rd 2.0.2 Y Y N N N N clickwheel color 4th 3.1.1 Y Y N N N N mini 1st 1.4.1 Y Y N N N N 2nd 1.4.1 Y Y N N N N video 5th 1.3 Y Y N N N N classic 80GB 1.1.2 Y Y N N N N 120GB 2.0.1 Y Y Y N Y N 160GB 2.0.4 Y Y Y N Y N nano 1st 1.3.1 Y Y N N N N 2nd 1.1.3 Y Y N N N N 3rd 1.1.3 Y Y N N N N 4th 1.0.4 Y Y Y N Y N 5th 1.0.2 Y Y Y N Y N 6th 1.1 PC Y Y Y N Y N touch 1st 2.2.1 Y Y N N N N 2nd 4.2.1 Y Y Y N Y N 3rd 5.0.1 Y Y Y N Y N 4th 5.0.1 Y Y Y N Y N iPhone 2G 3.1.3 Y Y N N N N 3G 4.2.1 Y Y N N N N 3GS 4.3.5 Y Y Y Y Y Y 4 5.0.1 Y Y Y Y Y Y 4S 5.0.1 Y Y Y Y Y Y iPad 1 5.0.1 Y Y Y N Y N 2 5.0.1 Y Y Y N Y N Note: Apple iPod/iPhone software updates may change functionality results. If you download a newer software version, you may need to reset your iPod/iPhone to regain functionality. If this doesn't work, you may need to revert to the older software version or wait until a newer software update is available. Protective Pouch: The Monster iSport Immersion in-ear sport headphones come with a protective clasp pouch for transport and storage. Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team. They verify what's in the box, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Sorry, the Monster® iSport Immersion is no longer available. Looking for a similar item? Shop all All Headphones Or, you can still... Write a review Purchase accessories for this product Download the product manual Search the website Go


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ETSU's Davies helps Europe to victory at Palmer Cup
Monday, August 09, 2004BALLYBUNION, IRELAND (Aug. 9, 2004) - East Tennessee State University sophomore Rhys Davies (Brigend, Wales) won three out of his four matches over the weekend, helping the European team to a 14.5 to 9.5 victory over the United States in the Palmer Cup presented by Monster, a Ryder Cup-style competition played Aug. 6-7 at the Ballybunion Golf Club in County Kerry, Ireland. After winning his singles match 1-up over the USA's Jason Hartwick and teaming up with Gareth Maybin to defeat Matt Every and Chris Nallen 1-up in a four-ball match on Friday, Davies and Maybin dropped their foursomes match on Saturday, but Davies rebounded to defeat Matt Every 3 and 2 later that same day. A rising sophomore, Davies was the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year a year ago and finished first on the ETSU squad with a stroke average of 73.5. In addition, he finished second in the Southern Conference Championship at the Ridges Golf and Country Club back in April.
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GlaxoSmithKline, the new owner of Rockville's Human Genome Sciences, cleared a significant regulatory hurdle last week when a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel overwhelmingly recommended that its anthrax treatment be approved.
Under a federal contract, HGS began work on raxibacumab, which it brands ABthrax, shortly after the anthrax attacks in September 2001 that infected 11 people, killing five of them.
Even though it has not been approved by the FDA, the company has sold ABthrax to the federal government's Strategic National Stockpile for emergency use for years; through 2011, its sales had generated $280 million in revenues for HGS, according to its most recent annual report. Under the Project BioShield Act of 2004, the federal government may purchase products such as ABthrax that have not received FDA approval. HGS stands to receive about $20 million from the government if raxibacumab is licensed by the FDA.
In 2009, the advisory panel said it needed more trial data before it could recommend approval of the monoclonal antibody treatment. In July, HGS resubmitted its application to the FDA for approval.
On Nov. 2, the FDA's Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee, satisfied with the company's new trial data, reversed its 2009 stand and voted 16 to 1, with one abstention, to recommend approval of injected raxibacumab to treat inhalational anthrax. The FDA is scheduled to decide whether to OK the treatment on Dec. 15.
The agency is not required to follow its advisory committees� recommendations, but it usually does.
HGS has tested raxibacumab on rabbits and monkeys, because under the FDA's so-called "animal rule" it would be unethical to test it on human subjects. Under that rule, demonstrating an experimental treatment's safety and efficacy on at least two different animal species is sufficient to help it pass regulatory muster. The treatment is manufactured at the company�s small-scale plant in Rockville, according to company information.
FDA approval of raxibacumab won�t necessarily mean more production or more employees at the Rockville plant, though production would continue there, GlaxoSmithKline spokeswoman Holly V. Russell said in an email, citing confidentiality under the company�s 2012 tender to the Department of Health and Human Services� Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority�s solicitation.
ABthrax differs from other treatments in that it targets the toxins produced by the anthrax bacterium in the body, rather than the bacterium itself. Currently, the antibiotics known as Cipro and Levaquin are most often prescribed for inhalation anthrax; they can kill the bacterium, but are not effective against the lethal toxins the bacterium produces.
�Anthrax has been identified by the U.S. Government as a serious potential threat and there is a need for new treatment options in the event of an anthrax attack in the U.S.," Zhi Hong, senior vice president and head of infectious diseases at GlaxoSmithKline, said in a statement last week. "The development of raxibacumab reflects a collaboration of industry and government in response to this public health need, and we are pleased with the outcome of today�s meeting which represents years of dedication to this project by Human Genome Sciences.�
GlaxoSmithKline of London acquired HGS in July for $3.6 billion. Last month, it notified state officials of its plans to lay off 97 HGS workers. That followed notification in August of plans to lay off 114 employees. As of Feb. 1, the company had about 1,100 full-time employees, having laid off about 100 the previous month, according to a regulatory filing.
Russell declined to say how many employees are now at the former HGS location.
�The integration with HGS is ongoing,� she said. �We are maintaining manufacturing operations but cannot provide further detail.�
In other Maryland bioscience industry news:
Northwest Biotherapeutics has launched a collaboration with a British cancer center to study its experimental vaccine against colon cancer.
The Bethesda biotech already is conducting phase 3 trials of its DCVax for brain cancer. The new program with Sarah Cannon Research U.K. and the Leaders in Oncology Care of London will study its DCVax-Direct in a phase 1-2 clinical trial for metastatic colon cancer.
Sarah Cannon Research U.K. is the British arm of the Sarah Cannon Research Institute of Nashville, Tenn., which focuses on development cancer therapies and has a network of more than 700 physicians in the U.S. and U.K.
Northwest's treatment is designed to treat inoperable cancer in different parts of the body through a direct injection in the tumor, according to company information.
"Partnering with major institutions such as Sarah Cannon and [Leaders in Oncology Care] will enable us to benefit from their extensive oncology experience and broad reach, and will help accelerate our clinical trials with DCVax-Direct ," CEO Linda Powers said in a statement.
Among both sexes, cancer of the colon and rectum is second-leading cause of cancer deaths, after lung cancer, killing 20.2 per 100,000 American men and 14.1 per 100,000 American women annually, according to data from the National Cancer Institute. Individually, prostate and breast cancer each have higher mortality rates among men, 23.6 per 100,000, and women, 23.0 per 100,000, respectively.
Lung cancer, on the other hand, kills 65.7 per 100,000 men and 39.6 per 100,000 women.
Northwest has been OK'd by the FDA to hold a 36-patient phase 1-2 trial in any solid tumor cancers. The primary endpoint will be a measure of tumor response — regression — in patients' existing, established tumors. Under the new partnership, the company will seek regulatory approval of the trial in the U.K.
"We are excited to collaborate on this program with Northwest Bio," Hendrik-Tobias Arkenau, medical director of Sarah Cannon Research U.K., said in the statement. "There is an urgent need for better treatments for colon and other cancers. We believe that innovative immune therapies such as DCVax may offer significant improvements in cancer treatment and outcomes."
DCVax-Direct comprises the patient's own dendritic cells, which are the master cells of the immune system. They are activated in a proprietary way and directly injected into the patient's tumors, where they pick up the tumor biomarkers and mobilize the immune system to attack any tumors that have those biomarkers, according to Northwest information.
In animal studies, not only did injected tumors shrink, other tumors in the body did, too, indicating a systemic immune response. When the treated animals were later injected with cancer cells, they did not redevelop the cancer, which indicates immune memory.
Besides brain cancer, Northwest also is studying the therapy to treat prostate cancer and metastatic ovarian cancer.
DioGenix reported that its experimental test to diagnose multiple sclerosis was more specific in a clinical study than the current conventional test.
The Gaithersburg company�s lead product, MS Precise, analyzes cerebrospinal fluid in patients suspected of having multiple sclerosis. The recent study tested the product on both patients and healthy subjects in two cohorts of 40 to 45 patients each.
"The results of our most recent study continue to support our belief that MS Precise will be an important new tool in the management of patients suffering with MS. We have clearly demonstrated, in a series of clinical studies, the power of MS Precise to accurately identify patients in the early stages of neurodegenerative disease," CEO Larry Tiffany said in a statement. "We believe our deep sequencing approach has the potential to not only diagnose and classify patients with MS but eventually other immune-mediated neurological diseases as well."
DioGenix has started enrolling about 150 subjects in a new multisite clinical trial to further validate the results. The trial is designed to analyze subjects as they typically present to a neurologist and are being evaluated for a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis or other neurological disease, according to the company�s statement.
The test uses genetic sequencing to measure DNA mutations in cells isolated from cerebrospinal fluid. The body�s immune system, in response to a perceived challenge, generates these mutations.
DioGenix also reported that under a new alliance with Fast Forward, a subsidiary of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Fast Forward will provide up to $500,000 to support the company�s clinical trials.
According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, at least 400,000 Americans have the disease, and every hour someone is newly diagnosed.
The FDA has approved the use of Cytomedix�s system for processing small blood samples or mixtures of blood and bone marrow aspirate for use in bone-grafting applications, such as spinal fusion.
The Gaithersburg biotech�s system produces platelet-rich plasma, which can be mixed with bone graft material for such uses.
�We are pleased to reach this important regulatory milestone that will broaden utilization of the Angel cPRP System in a range of orthopedic procedures,� CEO Martin Rosendale said in a statement. �This is a significant market opportunity for Cytomedix as Angel cPRP will be positioned as a �best in class� device that offers important competitive advantages including high platelet concentration capacity, efficient reduction of inflammatory cells, and an automated, closed system for all surgical settings.�
The system works better than others because it is faster, has high platelet yields and significantly reduces pro-inflammatory cells, Cytomedix said.
About 400,000 spinal fusion procedures are performed each year in the U.S., according to the company. The associated biologics market is about $700 million annually.
Supernus Pharmaceuticals reported winning two U.S. patents for its Trokendi XR, its once-daily extended-release topiramate product to treat epilepsy.
"This is a very important development for us as we continue to build intellectual property protection for our products. Each of our epilepsy products, Trokendi XR and Oxtellar XR, is now covered by two issued U.S. patents," Jack A. Khattar, CEO of the Rockville biotech, said in a statement.
RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals has won a U.S. patent allowance for use of its thymosin beta 4 compound to treat patients with glaucoma and high intraocular pressure.
The patent will expire in 2026, according to a statement from the Rockville biotech.


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