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Palma de Mallorca, August 2019
The discussions on this site are about form, the semiology of images, and the relationships between images and their time and environment, as much as they are about art. We are therefore not shy of addressing from time to time topics which might address a more social angle, or sometimes seem more judgemental than analytical.
While visiting a few art galleries in Palma de Mallorca, the author could not but marvel at these two opposite worlds separated by only a hundred yards, that of the Gerhardt Braun Gallery, on the one hand, and of ABA Art Center, on the other.
The former has become a little empire: it can boast vast, well organized showrooms on both sides of the street, and it actually seemed that the whole street was under rapid conquest. The works shown there are a magnificent example of art manufactured for a well-targeted segment of the market, let us call it the "upper-middle segment", upper for the wealth level, middle for the visual education level, quite representative of the tourism which owns or rents large houses and motor boats on the island. Let us take two paradigmatic examples, that of the Energy Ray exhibition of Francesca Martí and of Summer Madness by Leon Löwentraut.
The work of Francesca Martí immediately pleases the eye. Colours are vivid, parts of it is easily recognizable thanks to a "signature character" which has the appearance of a toy man with no distinguishable features, and a brilliant way to quote as remotely as possible a few major contemporary artists so as to borrow some of their light without actually appearing to repeat their work. The works are neither small nor very large, ideally suited to fit into a room of reasonable size. Last but not least, we are given to think that there is an underlying message, which is put forward in the opening poster; no further captions needed.
Here is the attempted message: "Francesca Martí focuses on the human dynamic. Through her art, she analyses human behaviour, whenever people are gathered together in crowds at political demonstrations, in religious rites, at border controls, commuting to work, or even as a group of fans at a sporting event. Martí looks at the role of leaders, followers and congregations. Her figures wander through the cityscapes she has photographed in Madrid, New York, Shanghai, Stockholm and other urban hubs. She has called these sculptures her Believers. They are explorers migrating to new, brightly coloured territories. Sometimes these figures all follow the same path, as in Martí's Energy Ray installation, a procession of Believers advancing with the determination of a lightning bolt. Meanwhile, a series of works in Perspex boxes by Martí features the enlarged heads of anonymous mannequins and blocks of bold, neon colours. Surreal chains of figures move in single file across expressionless faces. "the life-like figures of the mannequins are without a soul, but they are given new spirit by the energetic Believers walking across the topography of their faces" explains Martí. They are like explorers discovering new lands"".
I quote the text in full as it is very enlightening, in a sense. First is a general approach that sounds anthropological: art has something to tell us about human gatherings, and who is not interested in such a topic? Then we have the setting of large, modern metropolises, which brings to topic closer to us, who live in those cities, or other ones similar. Enter the character of the Believer. This is a brilliant name, admirably ambivalent. You may use it as a positive sign – to believe implies having a purpose, an inner energy – or as a negative sign, as a faceless believer could just as well be a moron who follows any crowd out of ignorance and blind acceptance. We then learn that the Believer is an explorer, full of energy: here we have the positive charge. But what exactly is the message, by the way? There is none. The message is that you are induced to feel that there is one, and probably feel obliged to project your own. Once you have projected your version of the message on the work, it becomes a mirror of your own thought process, and you are therefore more convinced of the relevance of the message which you have elaborated yourself.
Formally, the enlarged Believer has the texture, the mirror skin of a Jeff Koons, or of Schütte's Kleiner Geist (see illustration), while the "expressionless mannequins" constitute a three-dimensional quotation of pop' art, bright colours included. But the synthesis is original, and cannot be denied a degree of seduction. The artist is definitely using the codes of a highly visible segment of contemporary art, readily accessible in any serious art fair.
This is not to say that Francesca Marti is an artist to be discarded; in fact, she is quite brilliant in her use of the image, her tuning it to the desires of the market, and her great mastery of visual impact; she does produce pieces which deserve more than a passing interest, as she possesses a wide range of technical and expressive abilities in different media as illustrated here-below.
This, at any rate, is art for the market. The sign that is the image has become a product, and there is a market for signs made receptacles, just as in the political arena there is a market for ideologies made receptacles, or recipients, which can be filled by any angers, frustrations or desires. We will call this group of images "receptacle forms". Receptacle forms are images which are capable of connoting a mood, a period, a tonality, and can be "filled" (or not) by any number of symbols, concepts, ideas. They are not an opera aperta, an open text in the sense given by Umberto Eco in his fundamental essay of 1962, where Eco developed the theory of an art work open to the interpretation of its reader (or viewer). In fact, Opera aperta had a subtitle, form and indetermination in contemporary poetics, which related to the refusal by a number of writers or composers to accept any organic development of the text, any necessary causation, introducing, precisely, a degree of non-determination, of non-necessity between what is stated and what is received. The receptacle form does not lend itself to the viewers' co-construction as it is not made in order to propose or state something which might then be completed, oriented differently, or specified; nor is it related to a built-in "indetermination" of the image.
Rather, the receptacle form is an emblem; it is meant to circulate as a reflexive sign which designates itself as a work of art emanating a certain mood, a certain Stimmung, and designates its owner as a participant in the art community, one who knows and speaks the generally accepted codes, rather like a coat of arms in blank, or to be completed, akin to some drawings in children's books. A coat of arms would have signalled a grandee, irrespective of the heraldic meaning; the analysis of its contents would then have told a family story, an ambition, a set of values.
The receptacle form could be compared to a vase in which you may decide – or not – to insert the flower-concept which you like, so that the whole – the vase with the flowers – may be considered as a totality, an art work, by yourself, while the "vase" retains all the visual characteristics to be considered potentially as an art work by the circle in which you evolve, perhaps only after you will have explained verbally your concept, i.e. made the flowers mentally visible.
The case of Leon Löwentraut is even more impressive, from a semiotic perspective. This young German artist is presented in the following manner: "Leon Löwentraut born in 1998, discovered his passion for art at the age of seven and started painting together with his mother. Today, he is one of the best know up-and-coming artists of the present day. His works are versatile, deal with people and interpersonal (sic). Inspired by Picasso, Matisse and Basquiat, he combines wild colours and shapes. Not infrequently he paints with the tube directly, instead of using a brush. His works show us the people behind the social façade. He lives and works in Dusseldorf". This text is next to a portrait of the artist in the manner of the young Warhol.
The words that count here are wild and versatile. It does not matter if artists have been painting from the tube for more than sixty years now; wild is what everyone loves, and versatile means not trapped in or by any system, it means freedom. Mr Löwentraut is launched by the German promotion system as a great star ("Sein Name ist Löwentraut. Leon Löwentraut. Der 20-jährige Star der Kunst" – His name is Löwentraut. Leon Löwentraut. The 20-year-old star of the art – do we read on Orange by Handelsblatt. Please note the subtle "his name is Bond. James Bond" allusion…). The artist poses on the internet as a rock-star, and managed to convince UNESCO to commission paintings relating to the UN "global goals"; at twenty-one, he apparently donates for school projects in Africa, from the wealth acquired, and makes it known.
As transparently mentioned in the caption, his works immediately bring to mind a synthesis between a watered-down, "good boy" version of Basquiat, and a distant reminiscence of the Picasso of the 1950's and beyond – think of the Femmes d'Alger of 1955 (illustrated) or Claude et Paloma Jouant of 1950 , or the Reflexions on works by Pablo Picasso by Vladimir Zunuzin, though with a use of the brush and the tube that emphasises stripes and contour, filling the space of the canvas to the maximum bearable extent. The same principle applies: this is art which implicitly refers to formal inventions by, or visual signatures of, major artists – the current jargon would say "re-appropriates" past works – but with a twist which makes the synthesis both new enough to escape repetition and recognizable as a "relative" of great art.
A perfect illustration of what I called a receptacle form, and a great achievement of art-for-the-market with the additional medal of institutional acknowledgment and support.
In another showroom of the same gallery are shown pieces which seem directed to a slightly different, lower market segment, where the allusions are less necessary than the joke, the amusing, the mirror effect to some extent. As an illustration a couple of samples are shown here-below. The dolls are a reflection of – rather than on – a large segment of society, but their visual seduction and lack of context cancels any potential trace of derision, or rather turns it into a smirk. Part of these productions are in fact quite effective as a backdrop for selfies, as I could witness.
To the very opposite of this very effective machinery stands an initiative such as that of the ABA Art Lab, which was founded in 2004 by Alejandra Bordoy Bennàsar and Maria Isabel Bordoy Bennàsar, two ladies who act as art advisors and curators for private clients, and dedicate a space in Palma de Mallorca for the production and exhibition of, and discussion around, art which is not commercial by destination; ABA seems more interested in the exploration of new visual expressions of contemporary issues, in the sharing of a poetry of forms, in a quest for visual elegance in the expression of an artist's purpose.
An example is ISHOKUJUŪ, an exhibition of the works of Tatiana Sarasa. The word is formed from the juxtaposition (which I am linguistically unable to comment…) of the Japanese words for clothes (i), food (shoku), and home/refuge (juū), the three fundamental needs of humanity. Each aspect is illustrated by very simple materials – wool, paper, threads out of natural fibers… – elegantly organized so as to suggest their necessity, their vulnerability, and their connection to human life and to one another. The artist has spend a long period in Japan to master a number of local techniques, and produced every single element of this installation by herself, from cutting the wool on a sheep's back to dying and spinning it.
She illustrates the "clothing" part of the installation with a series of six very simple white shapeless cotton shirts on which are written Virginia Woolf's words "let us never cease from thinking"; under the shirt marked "thinking" is a small pile of salt, which signifies purity in Japan. That thinking should be pure.
Tatiana Sarasa, who was born in Barcelona in 1966 and showed her work mostly in Catalunya and the Baleares, is clearly not the only artist to advocate a return to the essential conditions of life, a refuge, simple clothes and indispensable food, as a solution to the hubris of our civilization and the resulting environmental disasters. In fact, Arina Loze is another case in point, who uses entirely different means of expression (see article), and tens of other names could be found in any contemporary art school of the "western" world. This idea is everywhere in the air. But it is expressed with utmost coherence, which makes it much more convincing, more genuine, and more touching. The art here lies precisely in achieving such visual and emotional coherence in the expression of the idea, an idea complemented by that of re-establishing the physical relationship between humans and matter in the age of virtuality, of parallel worlds, of generalized schizophrenia where the same individuals clamour in favour of preserving the environment and escape reality in every possible way, from fake selfies posted on social media to addiction to digital games, from artificial procreation to body-enhancement, from remote controls to the reliance on algorithms for innumerable decisions. The sentence of Octavio Paz, quoted in the presentation document, is well-chosen: "handicraft teaches us to die and thus teaches us to live".
This quotation is from a remarkable conference by the great Mexican poet Octavio Paz on 7th December 1973, of which it is worth quoting a couple more sentences: "The return to craftworks in the United States and in Western Europe is one of the symptoms of the great change occurring in today's sensitivity. We are facing another expression of the critique towards the abstract religion of progress and the quantitative vision of man end nature…Craftworks do not wish to live for millenia, nor are they in any hurry to die soon. They go by with the days, they flow with us, they wear out little by little, they do not look for death nor deny it: they accept it. Between the timeless time of the museum and the accelerated time of technology, a craftwork is the beat of human time. It is a useful object but also one which is pleasant to see; a lasting object, but one which has an end and accepts to have an end; an object which is not unique like the art work, and which may be replaced by another object which is similar but not identical. Handicraft teaches us to die and thus teaches us to live." These words spoken in 1973 were clearly not prophetic in the sense that civilization has run its course in the exact opposite direction; perhaps their time has not yet come, and as we know one of the purposes of art is prophecy.
The question put forward by these simultaneous exhibitions in the small art centre which is Palma de Mallorca is not entirely vain: two visions of vastly unequal power coexist, and the receptacle form wins hands down in terms of market value, visibility, noise, while openly admitting in its own statements that it has nothing much to say. It is there to be, to circulate, just as great lounge music: you feel good with it, you want to sit in that lounge with those pretty-looking people, sipping great cocktails and spending a few words of approval for the DJ, the subtlety of his playlist, of his transitions. After a year of heavy work, you may spend a week or perhaps even two in that monastery, or that yoga class, and go on some Ayurveda diet. The question, which is also far from new, is that of the disconnect between desire and thought, price and value, success and relevance, to an extent which seems to be growing. And what drives this disconnect, to a very large extent, is image. In all the senses of the word.


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Wireframing is a crucial part of just about any process involving screen design. It predominantly enables you to determine the detailed structure of your design. This makes it a lot easier to prepare and organize the layout based on the way you would like your user to take the information in.
Just like an architectural blueprint, you must see the design in a black-and-white diagram before you can actually figure out how to build the actual structure of the house.
This is similar to screen design as you won't be able to build pixel layers in photos or create codes without understanding where the details are likely to go. At a much complicated level, a wireframe can also be very beneficial in identifying how the user reacts to the program.
Importance of Wireframing
Wireframing is important mainly because it makes it possible for the designer to plot the layout and interplay of an interface without getting sidetracked by colors, typefaces and content. If the user won't be able to determine what to do with a black and white wireframe, it won't matter what color or typeface will be used in the design.
Just like the groundwork of any building, the wireframe needs to be formidable prior to deciding if you should give the structure a pricey coat of paint.
Wireframing tools effectively make the technique of developing an application or website less complicated. This is by means of creatively stripping the product down and making it possible for everyone involved to concentrate solely on features and user interaction.
Clients must understand how your prepared application or website will be of great use to them. However trying to explain each function verbally will only make them understand the majority of features through their own imaginations. Wireframing tools prevent this from happening.
Wireframing Choices
Today, the market of wireframing tools has progressively blossomed, and each offers varying degrees of efficiency. Several tools work extremely well with basic wireframes, while some allows designers to develop a working prototype.
Creativity should always come first over any part of the design process. This means taking advantage of wireframing tools free downloads or free programs to see which software works right for your skills and your project in mind. With the vast choices of wireframing tools these days, finding the best one for you can be a daunting task.
Here are 15 great wireframing tools. Please keep in mind that for this article I only tried to select the best free or trial based wireframing tools. I hope out of all these choices you'll find the one that fits your exact needs. Good luck!
Web based drag and drop wireframing.
Transform your Web & Mobile (iOS, Android) designs into clickable, interactive Prototypes and Mockups.
A user-friendly online tool that allows you to create sitemaps, wireframes, and network charts.
Super simple way to wireframe. Start drawing, undo, redo, copy, cut, paste, delete, Align, etc.
Quick mockup creation and prototyping tool.
Wireframe faster & create amazing user interfaces.
Create a website wireframe to conceptualize the core elements of your website during the planning phase.
Interactive wireframes for web and mobile UI designers.
Project software designed specifically for website creators. Content, mockups, attachments, architecture and notes all in one place.
Mockingbird helps you you create and share clickable wireframes. Use it to make mockups of your website or application in minutes.
Mockup your website and apps in seconds!
Design and collaborate user interface blueprints for websites and apps.
Lovely Charts
Create professional looking diagrams of all kinds, such as flowcharts, sitemaps, business processes, organisation charts, wireframes and many more….
Build intuitive, powerful wireframes for smarter web development.
iPhone Mockup
Quick & easy iPhone mockups.

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Three friends make soup the same way every day. One morning, the Duck wants to change his job and stir the soup, but the others think he'll do a terrible job. After a squabble, he leaves the cabin in a huff. The cat and the squirrel look for the duck high and low. When they find him, they invite the duck back and make a delicious pot of soup by sharing all of the jobs of soup making.
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Psoriasis, the most prevalent autoimmune disease in the United States, affects approximately 7.5 million people.1 A chronic, relapsing disease, psoriasis is characterized by thick patches of inflamed scaly skin resulting from excessive proliferation of skin cells.1,2 Psoriasis is designated as "moderate" if it involves 3% to 10% of the body surface and "severe" if it involves more than 10% of the body.3 An estimated 25% of psoriasis cases are moderate or severe.4
Patients with psoriasis are at an increased risk for psoriatic arthritis, heart disease, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, eye disorders, and obesity.2 Psoriatic arthritis affects up to 30% of patients with psoriasis.1 Psoriasis also increases the risk for Parkinson's disease, kidney disease, and other autoimmune diseases.2 In some cases, psoriasis can be disfiguring and lead to disability.1
Plaque psoriasis is the most common form of psoriasis, appearing as raised, red patches covered with a silver or white scaly accumulation of dead skin cells. These patches, which appear most often on the knees, elbows, scalp, and lower back, can be itchy and painful.5
Psoriasis, often misperceived as simply a cosmetic problem, is a major health problem for nearly 60% of those affected.4 Aside from having a profound impact on patients' quality of life and self-esteem, psoriasis can lead to depression, social isolation, and diminished work function and productivity.2
Furthermore, psoriasis is associated with considerable financial burden for patients and for the healthcare system. Results of a systematic review indicate that the total annual US costs attributed to psoriasis were $35.2 billion in 2013, reflecting $12.2 billion in incremental medical costs, $11.8 billion in diminished health-related quality of life, and $11.2 billion in lost productivity.6
Effective management of psoriasis demands ongoing monitoring and treatment. The therapeutic goals for psoriasis include slowing skin growth (to reduce inflammation and plaque formation) and smoothing the skin.2
Psoriasis treatments are used alone or in combination with other therapies.5 Topical treatments for psoriasis include topical corticosteroids, vitamin D analogs, anthralin, topical retinoids, calcineurin inhibitors, salicylic acid, and coal tar.2 Phototherapy with artificial ultraviolet A or B light is sometimes used alone or in combination with medications.
Systemic therapies (oral or injectable) also are used, including methotrexate, retinoids, cyclosporine, and the biologic immunomodulator agents, including the tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors adalimumab (Humira), etanercept (Enbrel), and infliximab (Remicade), as well as the interleukin (IL)-12/23 inhibitor ustekinumab (Stelara).2
Cosentyx a New Treatment Option for Plaque Psoriasis
On January 21, 2015, secukinumab (Cosentyx; Novartis), a human IL-17A antagonist, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.7 Secukinumab, a biologic immunomodulator drug administered by subcutaneous injection, is indicated for patients who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy or a combination of both therapies.7,8 Secukinumab is the first IL-17A to receive FDA approval for the treatment of patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.9
As part of its approval, the FDA required the manufacturer to include a medication guide to inform patients that because secukinumab affects the immune system, it may increase the risk for infection.7
Commenting on this approval, Amy Egan, MD, MPH, the FDA's Deputy Director of the Office of Drug Evaluation III, said, "Plaque psoriasis can cause significant skin irritation and discomfort for patients, so it is important to have a variety of treatment options available to patients."7
On January 15, 2016, the FDA approved 2 new indications for secukinumab—for the treatment of adults with active ankylosing spondylitis, and for the treatment of adults with active psoriatic arthritis.10
Dosing and Administration
Secukinumab for injection is administered via the Sensoready pen or a prefilled syringe. The recommended dose of secukinumab is 300 mg by subcutaneous injection at weeks 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, followed by 300 mg every 4 weeks. For some patients, a dose of 150 mg may be acceptable.8
Directions for preparing the Sensoready pen and prefilled syringe are included in the drug's prescribing information. The secukinumab lyophilized powder is reconstituted in a vial with sterile water for injection. Reconstitution should be performed by a healthcare provider.8
Secukinumab is available in several dosage strengths and injection forms, including 150-mg/mL solution in a single-use Sensoready pen; 150-mg/mL solution in a single-use prefilled syringe; and 150-mg lyophilized powder in a single-use vial for reconstitution for healthcare professional use only.8
Mechanism of Action
Elevated levels of IL-17A are found in psoriatic plaques. IL-17A is a naturally occurring cytokine involved in normal inflammatory and immune responses. Secukinumab is a human immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to the IL-17A cytokine and inhibits its interaction with the IL-17 receptor. Secukinumab inhibits the release of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines.8
Treatment with secukinumab may reduce epidermal neutrophils and IL-17A levels in psoriatic plaques.8
Clinical Trials
The safety and effectiveness of secukinumab were evaluated in 4 multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 clinical trials comprising 2403 patients with plaque psoriasis who were candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapy.7,8 Enrolled patients were aged ≥18 years, had plaque psoriasis involving at least 10% of body surface area, and a Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score ≥12.8
In the 4 trials, the end points were (1) the proportion of patients whose PASI score was reduced by at least 75% (PASI 75) from baseline to week 12 and (2) treatment success (clear or almost clear) according to the 2011 modified version of the Investigator's Global Assessment.8
Trials 1 and 2: The ERASURE and FIXTURE Studies
The ERASURE study (Trial 1) was a 52-week, randomized, placebo-controlled trial that included 738 patients who received subcutaneous therapy at weeks 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, followed by dosing every 4 weeks. Patients were randomized to secukinumab 300-mg or 150-mg doses for the first 4 weeks, followed by the same dose every 4 weeks, or to placebo.8,11
The FIXTURE study (Trial 2), also a 52-week, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, included 1306 patients; 327 patients received secukinumab 300 mg, 327 patients received secukinumab 150 mg, 326 patients received placebo, and 323 patients received a biologic active control (etanercept 50 mg twice weekly for 12 weeks, then once weekly).8,11 This discussion is limited to the data related to the secukinumab and the placebo groups.
The results of Trials 1 and 2 are shown in Table 1. In both studies, a greater proportion of patients who received secukinumab than those who received placebo or a biologic control met the PASI 75 criterion at week 12.11 At week 12 of Trial 1, a PASI 90 response was achieved in 59% of the secukinumab 300-mg group, 39% of the 150-mg group, and only 1% of the placebo group.8 At the same point in Trial 2, a PASI 90 response was achieved in 54% and 42% of the secukinumab groups versus 2% of the placebo group.8 The investigators concluded that the effectiveness of secukinumab in these trials validated IL-17A as a therapeutic target.11
With continued treatment through 52 weeks in Trial 1, the initial PASI 75 responses were maintained in 81% of patients receiving secukinumab 300 mg and 72% of those receiving secukinumab 150 mg. In patients whose skin was clear or almost clear at week 12, responses were maintained for 74% of patients receiving secukinumab 300 mg and 59% of those receiving secukinumab 150 mg.8
At week 12 in both trials, improvements (vs placebo) in the signs and symptoms of itching, pain, and scaling were reported in the 39% of patients who participated in self-reported assessments.8
Trials 3 and 4: The FEATURE and JUNCTURE Studies
The FEATURE study (Trial 3) included 177 patients randomized in a 1:1:1 manner to secukinumab 300 mg, secukinumab 150 mg, or to placebo. In this study, treatment was self-administered via a prefilled syringe once weekly to week 4, followed by the same dose every 4 weeks for up to 12 weeks.8,12
In the JUNCTURE study (Trial 4), 182 patients were randomized to receive secukinumab 300 mg, secukinumab 150 mg, or placebo. Treatment was self-administered via the Sensoready pen once weekly to week 4, followed by the same dose every 4 weeks for up to 12 weeks.8,13
The results of Trials 3 and 4 are shown in Table 2. In both studies, secukinumab 300 mg and 150 mg were superior to placebo at week 12.8,12,13 The PASI 90 responses at week 12 were similar to those in Trials 1 and 2.8 Moreover, the secukinumab prefilled syringe (Trial 1) and Sensoready/autoinjector pen (Trial 2) were associated with high usability.12,13
Adverse Events
The most common adverse reactions (>2%) associated with secukinumab in clinical trials were nasopharyngitis, diarrhea, and upper respiratory tract infection. Additional adverse events reported in >1% of patients using secukinumab were rhinitis, oral herpes, pharyngitis, urticaria, and rhinorrhea.
The rates of adverse reactions reported by >1% of patients with plaque psoriasis through week 12 in the 4 primary clinical trials are shown in Table 3.8
Secukinumab treatment is contraindicated in individuals who have had a serious hypersensitivity reaction to secukinumab or to any of its excipients.8
Drug Interactions
Live vaccines. Before initiating therapy with secukinumab, patients should receive all age-appropriate immunizations according to current immunization guidelines. Patients receiving secukinumab should not receive live vaccines.8
Nonlive vaccines. Patients using secukinumab may receive nonlive vaccinations. The clinical effectiveness of meningococcal and influenza vaccines has not been assessed with secukinumab.8
CYP450 substrates. The formation of cytochrome (CY) P450 enzymes can be altered by elevated levels of certain cytokines during chronic inflammation. Thus, secukinumab, an antagonist of IL-17A, could normalize the formation of CYP450 enzymes. When initiating or discontinuing secukinumab concomitant with CYP450 substrates, consider monitoring for therapeutic effect or drug concentration and consider dosage modification of the CYP450 substrate.8
Warnings and Precautions
Infections. Serious infections have occurred in patients treated with secukinumab. Caution should be exercised when considering secukinumab use in patients with a chronic infection or a history of recurrent infection. If a serious infection develops, secukinumab should be discontinued until the infection resolves.8
Tuberculosis. Before initiating secukinumab treatment, patients should be evaluated for tuberculosis. Secukinumab should not be administered to patients with active tuberculosis infection. In patients with a history of latent or active tuberculosis for whom an adequate course of treatment cannot be confirmed, antituberculosis therapy should be considered prior to initiation of secukinumab. Patients who receive secukinumab should be monitored closely for signs and symptoms of active tuberculosis during and after treatment.8
Crohn's disease. Caution should be exercised when secukinumab is prescribed to people with active Crohn's disease, because exacerbations of Crohn's disease (serious in some cases) were observed in clinical trials. Secukinumab recipients who have active Crohn's disease should be monitored closely.8
Hypersensitivity reactions. If an anaphylactic reaction or other serious allergic reaction occurs, secukinumab should be discontinued immediately and appropriate therapy initiated.8
Use in Specific Populations
Pregnancy. There are no adequate well-controlled trials of secukinumab in pregnant women. Secukinumab should only be used during pregnancy if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus.8
Nursing mothers. It is not known whether secukinumab is excreted in human milk or absorbed systemically after ingestion. Caution should be exercised when secukinumab is administered to a nursing woman.8
Pediatric use. Secukinumab has not been evaluated in pediatric patients.8
Geriatric use. Although no response differences were seen between older and younger patients who received secukinumab, the number of patients aged ≥65 years was not sufficient to determine potential differences.8
The FDA approval of secukinumab, the first IL-17A antagonist for patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, marks the availability of a new therapeutic option for this patient population. The safety and effectiveness of secukinumab were demonstrated in 4 clinical trials that included 2403 patients with plaque psoriasis. The clinical response to secukinumab was superior to that of placebo and included clear or almost clear skin. In addition to the clinical benefits demonstrated in these studies, secukinumab, which is available in single-use (Sensoready) pens or prefilled syringes, may provide appropriate patients with convenience and ease of use in managing plaque psoriasis.
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2. Mayo Clinic staff. Diseases and conditions: psoriasis. June 17, 2015. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/psoriasis/basics/definition/con-20030838?p=1. Accessed June 10, 2015.
3. National Psoriasis Foundation. About psoriasis: psoriasis severity. www.psoriasis.org/about-psoriasis. Accessed June 10, 2015.
4. National Psoriasis Foundation. Statistics. www.psoriasis.org/cure_known_statistics. Accessed June 11, 2015.
5. National Psoriasis Foundation. Plaque psoriasis. www.psoriasis.org/about-psoriasis/types/plaque. Accessed June 10, 2015.
6. Vanderpuye-Orgle J, Zhao Y, Lu J, et al. Evaluating the economic burden of psoriasis in the United States. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2015;72:961-967.e5.
7. US Food and Drug Administration. FDA approves new psoriasis drug Cosentyx [press release]. January 21, 2015. www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm430969.htm. Accessed June 10, 2015.
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9. Novartis. Novartis announces FDA approval for first IL-17A antagonist Cosentyx (secukinumab) for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis patients. Press release. January 21, 2015. www.novartis.com/news/media-releases/novartis-announces-fda-approval-first-il-17a-antagonist-cosentyxtm-secukinumab. Accessed June 24, 2015.
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Bose Corp is the latest company trying to make another dollar off of you without your permission. Bose Connect, the companion app to the swag $350 Bose headphones, is not the Jane to your Jack that maybe we all hoped it to be.
Yesterday, Kyle Zak filed a lawsuit against Bose Corp claiming that the Bose Connect app has been collecting users's data and selling it to third-party advertisers without permission.
Bose Connect is a free app for iOS and Android, with 500,000 installs on the Google Play store, and a pretty solid rating of 3.4.
In light of this troubling news, Bose Connect's ratings have started to drop with users saying that the app is really just spyware fit for collecting a user's music preferences, podcasts, or any other audio, and then selling it to advertisers.
Really now, in this day and age, should we even be surprised? It seems like everywhere we go there is another company trying to make another dollar off of our personal data.
According to Zak, in an interview with Reuters, all the media information from the app is sent to third parties such as Segment, a site that promises to collect all of a company's customer data and "send it anywhere." Which just sounds so great, I mean, who wouldn't want their data spread across the world wide web without their permission?
People should be uncomfortable with it. People put headphones on their head because they think it's private, but they can be giving out information they don't want to share.
After buying his new headphones, Zak was instructed by Bose to get the most out of his headphones by downloading the Bose Connect app. Then, he was required to provide his name, email address, and the serial number of the product he purchased.
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Well, in a few words, they are hard to breed and raise. If you are interested in a more elaborate explanation, here it is… If you have asked around or at least read a little bit about this breed, you should know by now that Frenchies have very small litters, quite a few health challenges, they have to be artificially inseminated and brought to this world by a C-section. All this and all the complications that go with it are the main reason why breeding and raising French Bulldogs is very demanding, expensive and sometimes very stressful job. In my experience and from what I have heard from other reputable breeders, there are cases where you can do everything right for the mother and the puppies and there is still no guarantee they will all survive and be all right.
Now, here are some, not all, but most important facts you need to consider, before you claim that a healthy French Bulldog puppy from a reputable breeder costs too much!
In order to do things properly, you need to find a proper stud dog from a breeder you can trust. French Bulldogs are known to have some health problems with breathing, back, eyes… If you find a trustworthy breeder whose dogs have all the papers including the ones relating their health, you will minimize potential health problems of your puppies. Every amateur can mate two dogs, but doing it the right way takes knowledge, time, money and experience. As a breeder, you have the responsibility to your dogs and their future owners to do it properly.
Otherwise, the dogs can suffer or even dye, you will waste your time and money and since you did not do your homework in order to produce healthy puppies, even if you sell some of them and make some money, you will end up with quite a number of angry clients and trust me, you don't want that!
Typical French Bulldogs have very slim hips and short legs, so in most cases the male is unable to mount the female and reproduce naturally. Therefore, they need to be artificially inseminated, which means checking hormone levels and temperature in order to determine when the female is ovulating. French Bulldogs are small dogs and because of that and the fact their babies have a large head compared to the rest of the body, the female needs to deliver puppies by caesarian section. All this requires many visits to the veterinarian, sometimes even late at night. Very often unwanted complications can occur with the mother or the babies and all that means many vet bills. Since typical Frenchie mom is small, she gives fewer babies than some other larger breeds. It is usually 2 to 4 puppies per liter. Sometimes it is only one puppy, sometimes even five, but let's say three is the average. It is also very important to determine the best time for c-section. If you take the babies out too soon, the lungs are not fully developed and they might die. If you take them out too late, they can detach from the placenta and again, die! Sometimes you do all that is in your power and still you loose some of the puppies or even all of them. If you are lucky and they all survive, that is just when the party begins for you! They are very fragile and sensitive and they need 24 hour attention. Sometimes, the mother instinct kicks in too late or it doesn't kick in at all and that means you have to step in and do all the things that mother would normally do. Sometimes there is no milk or, as more often is the case, there isn't enough of it, so you have to bottle feed them every few hours for the first few weeks. You also have to rub their tummies to stimulate proper digestion and watch over the puppies constantly when you leave them with the mother, so she wouldn't accidentally suffocate them in her sleep. It is clear to you by now that means no sleep for you for days or even weeks. Your whole life is on hold button during this period and even after you have done everything you could, there is still no 100 % guarantee none of the puppies will die. Now, imagine your disappointment and sadness when you actually lose one or all of them? You have wasted your time and money, you are tired, exhausted, hopeless and you have to do it all over again!
Now, we are talking about Frenchies that are typical representatives of the breed according to certain standards. Off course, you can hear that someone somewhere had a French Bulldog female which gave birth naturally or gave more than five puppies, but it is usually inappropriately large female with very suspicious origin. In that case, we cannot talk about serious and reputable breeder. Most of them are imported from who knows where, without papers and no one can guarantee those puppies will be healthy or what their temper will be like. We only breed top quality dogs. It is best for us and our clients. That often means you have to pay for a champion stud dog, but it is money well spent. Even if you want just a pet, it is important that their parents or grandparents are show quality. Champion origin on the other hand does not always guarantee that your puppy will also be a champion. That depends on way you treat your dog, proper nutrition, hygiene and exercise… But one thing is for sure- good origin will give you a healthy, good looking dog, with predictable temper. So paying an extra dollar is a good investment! Buying a French puppy is not time to be cheap. It can cost you a lot more in the future, paying for medications, treatments and vets.
When buying a Frenchie, we suggest you ask around and make sure you are dealing with a reputable and reliable breeder. There are many of those who only care about the money. So called "backyard breeders" import and breed dogs of suspicious origin with or with out papers. They only care about selling a dog to you, and after that, they are gone! They do not give you any health guarantees against genetic diseases, they will not offer you mentoring or advices and they will not take the dog back for any reason. They don't even care if a dog dies, because they already have another one on the way. A reputable breeder knows that in order to breed and raise a dog properly, it takes devotion and they only raise a small number of dogs at the time. Backyard breeders do not care about the dogs, or clients. They are dealing with dozens of dogs at the time and didn't take the time and money to raise them themselves. That's why they can afford to sell them cheaper. You are the one who will end up with a sick or bed tempered dog, so the choice is up to you. If money is the issue, you better consider adopting a Frenchie from some rescue center, rather than buying a cheap Frenchie from a sleazy breeder. Trust me, you'll have time to regret it.
Now, another reason French Bulldog puppies cost a bit more, is because raising newborns is 24 hour job. And there is no paid vacation or any vacation at all! It means feeding, cleaning, watching over them all the time! They are adorable and we do it because we love them and this job, but that often means having absolutely no time for yourself, your family and friends, when you have a fresh bunch of babies. French puppies are very sensitive and fragile and one more reason why your job is so important, is because the moms instinct kicks in a bit late or, sometimes, doesn't kick in at all. So, guess who gets to play the "mom" part? It is not so rare the mom has no milk or doesn't have enough of it, so you have to bottle feed the babies every two hours, you have to clean them the space around them. That means no sleep for you, for days or even weeks!
One more funny thing- Frenchie babies don't know how to poop and pee on their own. The mother usually needs to lick their genital area in order to stimulate babies to defecate and urinate and if the mom's instinct has not kicked in, as it so often happens, than you also have to do this sublime duty. Now, that's what I call dirty job! Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I love dogs and everything about them, but if you want a proper French Bulldog puppy, you should know that someone out there went through quite some trouble to raise them and deliver them save and sound to you. In addition, since as we have mentioned, it is not so uncommon for the mom or some of the babies to die during the whole process, after a few weeks and many sleepless nights, you forget everything you went through and you are just happy that mom and the pups are all alive and healthy.
Unlike suspicious and so called "backyard" breeders, we care about our puppies even after we deliver them to their new owner. We keep in touch with them, we are there for them if they need any advice. We also love to exchange photos, videos and emails and we are always glad to hear that "our" babies are ok, no matter where they are. We raise them all ourselves, since the moment we leave the vet, so we tend to get a bit emotionally attached. We deliver them to new owner when they are at least eight weeks old, vaccinated and with all health related papers.
That is our professional ethics and obligation and that is how we do it! If you ask me, that is the only way to do it properly!
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Weekly food prep is leftovers. Leftovers are saving us this week. Thanks again Mom and Carol!
Monday, March 5, 2018
TWTW - the one I would like to do over except not really
Weekly food prep is leftovers. Leftovers are saving us this week. Thanks again Mom and Carol!
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That storm was no joke - I was happy they let us go early from work! xo, Biana-BlovedBostonReplyDelete
I was begging for an early release from work but no. My tutoring/nanny job canceled so I was super happy to be home early. Even happier we didn't lose power and very happy that it stopped raining by the time I met friends for dinner.ReplyDelete
Saturday was a movie and total exhaustion and Sunday was chores and church.
How can I help Mike from CT? Please let me know.
I'm usually thankful to come into work after weekends like that -- a chance to sit and focus on other things. Hope your job is like that so you can take some time to breathe today! I think March is just trying to prove that it can still come in like a lion ... but enough already.ReplyDelete
Wow - thank God it's Monday? Can you send me the link to donate to Mike's campaign? I'm off FB for Lent...ReplyDelete
Holy mother you need to sit on your ass for a day. Your weekend exhausts me and I ran a 20 mile race on Saturday. Hope you get your balance back it sounds like you need it but so awesome you have so much framily you've surrounded yourself with! Happy Monday and it my birthday! Boom!ReplyDelete
So glad that you made it home and didnt get stuck in the city, but a HUGE bummer about the power outage...and the other things we texted about. Your food pics are making me salivate!ReplyDelete
Ahh - people step up in the worst of times, dont they? Makes it all a little more doable.ReplyDelete
I kept seeing all the reports on that storm & was shocked. Glad its over & hopefully that's the end of the bad weather for awhile!
Phew . . . I don't think that's a weekend to repeat . . . and perhaps you need a weekend from your weekend! Love that you have family and framily to lean on!ReplyDelete
gratitude tears are the best tears. I'm loving following on this journey with you.ReplyDelete
Totally in awe of all the good you and Mike Doyle do.ReplyDelete
Love. Your. Momma.
Having people you can count on is truly uplifting and humbling. I'm excited for both you and Mike and the difference you guys can make!ReplyDelete
All the love to you. That is all.ReplyDelete
Good luck to MFD as Election Day draws near and I hope you can at least rest this weekend. I hope good results and a pedicure or massage are in your future as a thanks for your hard work!ReplyDelete
Matt had a rough time Friday afternoon too. He got on at Suburban and when he got to Jefferson they told everyone to get off, all lines down. He walked to City Hall and took the subway and then caught the 55 bus which took him to the Willow Grove Mall where I picked him up and we arrived home to no power. It took him 3.5 hours to get home, which is better than being totally stranded but still a bummer! I'm hoping this storm for Wednesday turns out to be much ado about nothing, but it's not looking good.ReplyDelete
Got a little chuckle at the title of this post but I can see why and it shouldn't be funny. Friday was not in your favor but thankfully you were saved by an amazing and reliable friend. I love to hear you have such a strong support system to get you through the days. Amazing food brought your way and so much support for MFD's campaign from your close ones and newcomers. Sounds like a successful milestone! Emily @ Martinis & BikinisReplyDelete
I've been thinking the past few months (for obvious reasons) about how crazy it is that despite all of the technology and innovation we have now, weather still just completely fucks us up.ReplyDelete
Bruce's face in that one photo - LOL!ReplyDelete
I'm glad your power wasn't out for too long, but that'd SUCK in this weather.
Gosh, I love all the stories of family and friends and strangers-turned-friends helping you guys out!! Nothing's better than humans being good to one another!
Facts of life is stuck in my head now! You are so lucky to have a great ladies to help you out! I am so sorry about the logistical nightmare between the car, the poop and the power. Glad you can see the silver lining and got a book and nail paint in to boot!ReplyDelete
So glad you had help and support! And that the power was only out over night!ReplyDelete
I always go into panic mode when the power goes out. It happens here mostly in the summer.
I'm sorry, but "Welcome to the poop house" had me cracking up! Haha.ReplyDelete
I'm glad you guys weren't without power for long, and that you've had so much love and support with the campaign.
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For the seventh annual Causeway to Causeway Paddle Challenge (C2C), a fundraiser for the Cocoa Beach Surf Museum, we made a major change to take advantage of what we have learned from previous years. From the beginning, the C2C was a 22-mile course starting from Lee Wenner Park in Cocoa Village down to the Pineda Causeway and back (with a one-way 11 short course option). Due to the prevailing north winds that begin this time of year, the paddle back to the north has often been a grueling trek against the wind and on two occasions we have had to cancel the return leg altogether.
Last year the conditions were so severe, with winds at 25 to 35 mph, we almost cancelled the event. A last minute decision to hold the event as a one-way paddle to Pineda paid off with the most exciting event in the history of the C2C. The conditions created the perfect scenario for a downwind paddle that allowed paddlers to essentially surf down the river for 11 miles.
This year the course was changed to a one-way paddle from Lee Wenner Park south to Oars and Paddles Park, just north of the Eau Gallie Causeway, a total distance of 17.5 miles. We were hoping for the blustery weather we typically get this time of year, but, of course, the weather did not cooperate. Instead we had sunny skies, mild temperatures and light winds. However, no one seemed to be deterred by the beautiful weather since we had a record turnout of over 50 paddlers. As usual, we had a mix of speedsters and pleasure paddlers with roughly an even mix choosing the 11 mile "short" course.
For the 17.5 mile course Reid Hyle once again led the pack by a wide margin on a Surfski, with a blistering time of 2:11:46. Second was the six- man outrigger canoe of Team YOLO with a time of 2:29:30. In third was paddler Andrew Morriss coming in at 2:30:20. The top finisher for the 11-mile course was Helga Goebel in the 12'6″ SUP category, taking a break from the nearby SUP throwdown contest, with a time of 2:08:59. Right behind her with a 1-2 finish for the ladies was Kristen Apotsos coming in at 2:11:40, followed by Christian Grouse, on a 14ft SUP, at 2:12:36.
The C2C is a non-trophy event, but this year was a special occasion and awards were given to the only two individuals who have attended every C2C since the first in 2007. Chip Bock received "The Golden Hammer Award" and Gary Wise was presented with "The Golden Ballbuster Award" for subjecting themselves to the annual punishment for the last seven years. I handcrafted the awards out of 2×4's, items from Harbor Freight, and a can of gold spray paint.
As always, the event ended with lunch and a raffle, giving everyone a chance to re-fuel and socialize. Thanks to Doubles Beachside for providing the sub sandwiches and Sunseed Co-op for the fruit, snacks and drinks. A thank you also to our sponsors providing the raffle items – X-Trak, Paddleboard House, Dry Case, Blue water Polarized and Paddle Style… What's Yours?
Mahalo to our volunteers who worked hard to make this happen: Boat operators – George and Nyla Trossett, Matt and Johnny Bellina, Larry Rother and Capt. Kim from Sea Tow Sebastian; Timekeepers/Sherpas -Tommy Ricketson, Ron Casey, and Jim Dale; Official photographer, Georgette McWilliams; Drivers Bill Tweedie of Myco Trailers, Casey Baker of Resolute Racing Shells and Jennifer Meecham from Epic Boardsports; and finally, Melody DeCarlo our food-prepper and President of Cocoa Beach Surf Museum.


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The mission of the National Rifle Assn. (NRA), whether they want to admit it or not, most likely not, is to put as many guns on the street as possible. They can deny this all they want, but over the years it has been clearly established that Wayne LaPierre's NRA works for gun manufacturer's not its 5 million or so membership. These poor slobs eat up LaPierre's rhetoric, passing it around like facts, which most aren't, while gun makers drool over profits. Their stated mission is to protect the 2nd Amendment and the rights of gun nuts. Simply analyzed, it is a glaring oxymoron.
They just filed a claim in New York against Governor Andrew Cuomo that his "blacklisting" is "jeopardizing" their mission. No doubt they did not define their mission as "to put as many guns on the street as possible," which would seem to me to invalidate the charges to begin with. If they chose that flowery crap about the 2nd Amendment, although this may be true, it is not the real meaning about their existence. It is to sell more and more guns and LaPierre and the NRA will never be satisfied until every house in America is armed from a handgun to an AR-15. God help us!


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Bangkok Before India, Bangkok After India
Before I get chronological, I'm excited to say that we got to see the King of Thailand today at a public ceremony! Details at the end of the post.
India is the all-beef patty to what I affectionately call a "Bangkok Sandwich." The recipe is simple: take one destination and fly to it from Bangkok. Fly back.
Departing Chiang Mai via train.
Arriving in Bangkok.
Before our flight to India, we had a pleasant day wandering around Bangkok's Siam Square and Pratunam by our guesthouse. It's a weird area: mega malls, trains in the sky, subways, horrible traffic, towering buildings, and ramshackle and dense neighborhoods along Saem Saeb canal. The weather was hot, but we saw a lot and took breaks inside cooled malls and coffee shops.
Walkway along the edge of Saem Saeb canal. Smelly water but great ambience.
Saem Saeb Canal is a great break from the hustle and bustle of the surrounding area. It feels like old Bangkok with its narrow footpaths, wooden buildings, smells of smoke and grilling food. There are pedestrian bridges and walkways along the canal. A water taxi plies up and down, sending waves lapping into the walls. The neighborhoods off the canal are dark and densely built of whatever materials were around. It's the stuff of a post apocalyptic future. People hang out in the narrow walkways, eating at restaurants that are basically someone's kitchen. Cats and dogs wander around and sleep everywhere. Water drips from the rooftops and leaky pipes. Some of the walkways leading between homes are only as wide as a person. It was fun to explore. We ate lunch alongside the canal at a casual place with a makeshift kitchen built on boards over the water. There was a large lizard in a cage that looked very sick. He seemed to be missing his lips, and he smiled at us through his Joker mouth. It was a dreary place, but the food was standard.
A main walkway through a canal neighborhood.
Garlands hanging on a gate.
Chicken on a bike.
A disturbed iguana.
Canal walkway.
Water taxi.
On the edge of canal town, we came to garbage land. Under the highway was a land of true shanty homes, a parking spot for garbage trucks, and people who literally lived in garbage. I've never seen anything like it. It was the closest to destitution I've seen in Thailand, and it was pretty sad.
Garbage Land.
One man's trash is another man's home.
Abandoned gas pumps.
Broken glass embedded in the top of a wall near our guesthouse. This is a cheap and common security measure in Thailand.
Soccer goalie blocking a shot in a student match at National Stadium.
The weird abandoned atrium of a theater in Siam Square. This theater predates all the new mall theaters by decades.
Two ugly dogs resting on two ugly chairs in the guesthouse lobby. They belonged to the manager.
We got back to Bangkok on Tuesday night. The scary cab ride from the airport reinforced we weren't in India anymore. This town was glowing with neon and wealth. Shiny cars, glittering buildings, colored lights and vibrant enormous billboards. I felt like I was barreling through the future. I was glad to be there.
We booked a room near Hualamphong Train Station at a nice, Thai-Chinese run place. We are in a nice AC room on the 7th floor for 650Bht($18.5) a night. We had hoped to stay for one night, but all train tickets to Chiang Mai were booked until Friday. Even then, they just had seats on a day train. Oh well, a few days in Bangkok is never a bad thing.
View from our hotel balcony at night.
View during the day. Beautiful, dense Chinatown.
Boiled chicken with ginger sauce.
On Wednesday, we took the subway in search of a nearby snake farm. I had wanted to watch them milk venom. But it took some time to find the place and by then they had already been milked. Admission had increased too. The information in our guidebook was out of date. At the snake farm was an intelligent and docile bird that searched for food between people's toes.
Lake in Lumphini Park.
We spent most of the afternoon at Lumphini Park. It's large, well maintained, and home to numerous large, lake dwelling, monitor lizards. I was surprised to see these beasts stalking pigeons and frogs.
One of the Lumphini monsters.
Another ventures onto land to hunt pigeons.
J. and I played cards until it started pouring rain. We ran for cover with the rest of the park under a tarp that was strung between trees. The storm was harsh: lots of nearby thunder and lightning and pounding rain.
People trying to eat lunch and avoid the rain blowing under the main tarp.
The sky cleared and it was beautiful again. Bangkok has some amazing skies.
Clear skies again.
In the evening, we saw City of Ember. My friend Chris worked on this movie. He cautioned that the studio made some dumb changes at the end, but I thought the whole thing was pretty good. Not perfect, but definitely a smart and visually interesting film. See it and let everyone know how much you like it's visual development.
One Thursday, we took the subway all the way to the China consulate only to find it closed. We came back, caught a river taxi, got some jackfruit and iced coffees, and walked to Royal Plaza in Dusit to watch the honoring of King Chulalongkorn Day. This national holiday on October 23rd commemorates the death of King Rama V.
Truck buried in auto parts near the river taxi pier.
Grand road leading to the palace.
Policeman guarding the displays honoring the old king.
King Rama V.
Devotional fruit.
We saw people lining up as if for a parade. It seemed like something big was going to happen. In this case, it meant the King was coming to pay his respects. We waited for two hours and watched the crowd. The energy in the air was palpable as his motorcade pulled up. When the King finally arrived, some secret service type cards gestured for us to put our cameras away.
People and flags.
The King is riding in the backseat.
We only caught a glimpse. He was there for what seemed like less than a minute before his car pulled away again. I wondered what it would be like to be a man who presence is so valued. All of that pomp and ceremony lasted but a minute but took so much effort to prepare. What runs through the minds of all the police and guards and officials that wait for hours for such a short moment. What runs through the head of the King as he sees his adoring crowds and all the special actions taken just for him? Was he sitting and reading at his palace before being summoned? What did he go back to do?
I love the Thai King. I realized this while I was standing amongst the others that love him. It will be sad when he dies.
After the King left, the barricades came down and the place returned to the crowd.
It's not a party in Thailand without corn.
On our walk to find dinner, we passed through a massive street closure for the political protesters belonging to the PAD group. A large area seemed to be under temporary habitation by them. We walked down the streets and all over were the yellow colored products of propaganda: t-shirts, posters, books, videos. Hundreds of supporters were cooking each other meals and hanging out. Speakers blared some speech. Military dressed youth were running through some kind of drill. It was a creepy, cult-like atmosphere.
The tires of democracy.
I can't say I understand the politics here, but the PAD seem just as crazy and crooked as the politicians they seem to hate. It seems like no side will be a winner in this battle.
For dinner, we got some old Thai favorites and ate them at a table literally on a street. I am glad to be back. As much as a liked India, I always felt on guard and uncomfortable there (except in Leh).
Thailand is just so much better for my idea of a good time: sitting outside and watching people, eating fresh cheap food, plenty of fruit, and drinking iced coffee and tea.


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Josephine Baker, the early-20th-century African-American dancer, comic, and singer–hugely famous in Paris. Did you know that she was also a spy for the French Resistance during WWII?
It's launch day in Poland for my historical novel FOUR SISTERS, ALL QUEENS, which my publisher, Pascal, has named QUEENS.
I like their title, don't you? Choosing a title for my own book is, for some reason, difficult for me. FOUR SISTERS, ALL QUEENS was my working title, but my editorial team at Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books liked it. At Random House, I offered several inferior title suggestions before we came up with THE JEWEL OF MEDINA.
Back to the Polish version — check out the gorgeous cover! I'd pick this one up from the bookstore table, wouldn't you?
It's interesting to me how different publishers choose different covers for a book, depending on their market. In Italy, Newton Compton published FOUR SISTERS, ALL QUEENS with a bold, red-and-white cover. It debuted last May.
For those of you who don't know about FOUR SISTERS, ALL QUEENS, it's a tale of love, lust, and revenge in 13th century Europe. Think of it as sort of a medieval LITTLE WOMEN. The four daughters of the Count and Countess of Provence, educated by their mother as though they were boys, marry the kings of France, England, Germany, and Sicily.
Although brought up to honor their family first and foremost, sister turns against sister in a battle over inheritance of their beloved homeland as well as rivalries between the kingdoms they govern. This critically acclaimed book, like all my novels, explores women's power in a man's world. In addition to the four sisters — Marguerite, Eléonore, Sanchia, and Beatrice — FOUR SISTERS, ALL QUEENS introduces a number of other kick-ass queens, as well: Blanche de Castille, the inimitable White Queen of France; Isenbourg of Denmark; and Shajar al-Durr, the formidable Queen of Egypt.
The first publisher to bring out my new book, after Simon & Schuster in the U.S., was Beobook in Serbia. They released it concurrently with my U.S. release, and brought me over for a media tour and several (well-attended) signings. Loving Belgrade and the Serbian people as I do, it was a real treat.
Beobook gave FOUR SISTERS, ALL QUEENS a fairytale-like cover, which I also adore.
I'm excited to see what the rest of the world does with my book.
We've sold translation rights in the Czech Republic, Albania, Russia, and Turkey, as well. As the new covers come to me, I'll be certain to share them with you. Meanwhile, tell me — which of these covers do you like best?
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Are we witnessing what will become the 'new normal'?
On Saturday, a male spectator in the stands experienced a cardiac arrest, which caused the game of Cádiz versus FC Barcelona to be suspended for over 50 minutes, according to ESPN.
According to a statement released by Cadiz, a medical team was able to treat the man with a defibrillator successfully. At the same time, one of the Tribune camera operators suffered a seizure and fainted.
Below is the official statement from Cádiz:
On the 81st minute, the match against Fútbol Club Barcelona was stopped due to a health alert in the south end stands. The protocol established with Cruz Roja quickly came into operation, assisting a man in cardiac arrest.
One of the medical teams went to the stands with a defibrillator and a monitor, starting the resuscitation tasks. At the same time, FC Barcelona offered a second defibrillator in case its use was necessary, and it was brought to the area by the players themselves.
The resuscitation was positive after a few minutes, and the fan was transferred to the ICU of the Hospital Puerta del Mar, where he remains hospitalized.
In addition, one of the Tribune camera operators suffered a fainting spell, which was also quickly treated by the stadium's medical staff without further consequences.
The organization would like to thank the exemplary behavior of the fans in the south end of the stadium for this situation, as well as the security staff and Cruz Roja for their quick action to ensure that this incident had a happy ending.
Cadiz's substitute Jose Mari ran with a defibrillator and a stretcher to the fan behind the home team's goal before the teams went back into the dressing rooms, according to ESPN.
After a medical emergency, Cadiz goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma raced over with a defibrillator and threw it into the stands.
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Cadiz keeper Jeremias Ledesma sprinted over with a defibrillator and threw it into the stands after a medical emergency in the Cadiz vs. Barca game. Thankfully the fan is now stable, and thoughts with him. Huge praise to Ledesma for his quick thinking 👏pic.twitter.com/SRVsEjfRx8
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) September 10, 2022
From a Barcelona medical staff to the Cadiz Goalkeeper quickly into the stands. This was how a Cadiz fan who suffered a cardiac arrest during the Cadiz-Barca game yesterday life was save.
Humanity is >>> football. 🔵🔴 mas que un club. 👏 pic.twitter.com/qh7OYccUgo
— GAFFAR XAVI. (@IluvMaGaf) September 11, 2022
"The fan has recovered his pulse and they have taken him away in an ambulance," Cadiz president Manuel Vizcaino said. "He was reviving and falling again, but in the end they managed to stabilize him. The game is going to resume."
"It was not a nice situation for anyone," Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said after the game."Health is more important than anything."
My Prayers & Wishes For That Spectator Who Suffered A Cardiac Arrest During The Match Between @FCBarcelona & @Cadiz_CFIN. Respect To Ledesma For Rushing With Medical Kit & To All Other Players For Praying.
LIFE IS THE TOPMOST PRIORITY,FOOTBALL IS MORE THAN A GAME!#CádizBarça pic.twitter.com/f68UKnf5SG
— Lob Mukherjee (@lob_mukherjee) September 10, 2022
The game was resumed and Barcelona won their first match vs. Cadiz since 2006.
Barcelona win their first match vs. Cadiz since 2006 😯 pic.twitter.com/TQwEG9yMys
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) September 10, 2022


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