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Brought from the Commons; read a first time, and to be printed.
Lord Taylor of Gryfe: My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. First, I should outline the purpose of the Bill, which is to prohibit professional boxing. It has nothing to do with boys' clubs or stopping amateur bouts. It is concerned simply with professional boxing and perhaps the debate could limit itself to the impact of professional boxing on our national life.
I speak with the full support of the British Medical Association. I suggest to your Lordships that the opinion of that authoritative body should be given some weight and consideration when making a judgment on the Bill.
The Bill has a long history. It was introduced by Lady Summerskill way back in 1962. I introduced the Bill in 1981 and again in 1991. I introduced it in 1991 because at that time most of us felt sensitive about that issue due
Since then, of course, Bradley Stone, a young boxer who hoped, by going into the ring in London, to be able to pay off his mortgage and get married, has died in the ring in London.
And then some of us no doubt saw the last exhibition of national notethe fight between Nigel Benn and Gerald McLellan. It was the experience of watching that fight which induced me again to introduce this Bill. I remember quite clearly watching the fight because Nigel Benn emerged into the ring with a great deal of excitement and hype and across his dressing gown were the words "The Black Destroyer". Therefore, there was no doubt as to what was his purpose in the ring. By the same token, his opponent, Gerald McLellan, who as a hobby raises bull terriers in the United States, had said:
That spectacle takes place in a ring. There is great excitement.
I received a letter this morning from a 16 year-old girl who is writing an essay on this subject at her school. I do not know who she is but she lives somewhere in Maidenhead. She quotes also Gerald McLellan:
Is that the kind of spectacle which we, in a civilised society, with some standards of human decency, should encourage or even permit? I am not a natural "banner". I am a bit of a libertarian. But there are certain activities which we introduce in our society which are stamped as being civilised. Boxing is not one of them.
Cases of damage to boxers are well documented in the literature of the British Medical Association. It is not only that people are killed in the ring, it is also the delayed effect on hundreds of boxers who subsequently suffer from dementiathe punch-drunk syndrome. The example of that which is known to most noble Lords is, of course, the sad and pathetic case of Muhammad Ali. He was a brilliant athlete in his day, but here he is today going about without much knowledge of what he is saying or doing. Muhammad Ali is one case which is well known. However, there are many cases of young boxers who are similarly afflicted. We must not only count the people who have been killed in the ring; we must also count those who have suffered long-term damage.
Very few boxers make money out of the business, although the initial incentive is that they hope to do so. That is particularly true now of young blacks, whereas it used to be more true of young working class boys.
In previous debates it has been pointed out to me that other sports are dangerous and people ask why we do not ban them. Of course other sports are dangerous, but boxing is the only sport in which people are committed to doing damage to other people. That is the purpose: knocking them unconscious. That is the buzz.
Of course, people are damaged by playing rugby football or other sports. But that is not the purpose of the sport; it is incidental to it. Other people have told me that boxing teaches discipline. But do we need that kind of thing to teach discipline? Is the only way that we can teach discipline to introduce youngsters into the ring to try to knock each other unconscious? People also say that it is a good thing that the boys' clubs practise boxing and that they do not do very much harm, indeed, they do some social good. I would concede that point. But the Bill is not about boys' clubs. I am not sure that it is the only way in which one keeps boys off the streets of the East End of London or Glasgow. There are other sports and other activities which could be encouraged and which are much more socially desirable than boxing.
If one considers, for example, the Nigel Benn versus Gerald McLellan fight, it will be realised that all such contests are created in an atmosphere of excitement and hype. What we are doing is glamorising violence in a world where violence is one of the greatest dangers to our society and to decency in that society. Let us forget about boxing being a noble art. The man who wins is the man who knocks the other fellow unconscious. That is the purpose of the sport.
Certain people have pointed out to me that if we ban boxing we will drive it underground. However, that has not happened in Scandinavia, where the sport has been banned. No one can believe that boxing would survive as an underground sport. We banned cockfighting in this country. Why did we do so? Why did we ban bare knuckle fighting? We did so because we felt that such things were offensive in our society.
The British people have shown a great sensitivity as regards the welfare of animals. We have seen that in recent cases involving the export of animals abroad. We have in the past banned cockfighting. I cannot understand the people who become all alarmed and excited about damage to animals and who are not equally and deeply concerned about damage to other human beings in a public spectacle. I would suggest to those of us who really want to see a better and more decent society that we should seriously consider why this so-called sport should not be banned. I leave it at that at this stage.
During the previous debate on this subject there was a most moving contribution from the noble Lord, Lord Soper, who looked at this matteras inevitably he wouldas a Christian. I try to do the same myself. I consider that our lives are a treasure given to us by God and we have no right to destroy this intricate mechanism or do damage to our bodies if we live in trust. I suggest to those noble Lords who profess the Christian faith that this is a most unchristian activity of setting one human being against another intent on doing him physical damage. I beg to move.
Moved, That the Bill be now read a second time.(Lord Taylor of Gryfe.)
The Viscount of Oxfuird rose to move, as an amendment to the Motion that the Bill be now read a second time, to leave out ("now") and at the end insert ("this day six months").
The noble Viscount said: My Lords, my noble friend Lord Shrewsbury is unable to be with us this evening but I draw comfort from his interest in the subject. Probably most noble Lords know that he spoke in the previous debate on this matter on 4th December 1991 when the noble Lord, Lord Taylor of Gryfe, introduced exactly the same Bill as is before your Lordships. On that occasion the Bill was rejected. It is only just over four years since your Lordships have had the chance to address the subject. We must ask what has changed to make it essential that we have to invest parliamentary time on the same subject again, and in such a short timescale.
I would remind your Lordships that last evening the Commons were presented with a similar Motion on a 10-minute Bill and that was defeated on a ratio of 2:1, or 120 votes to 60. That does not mean to say that we cannot have our own opinion.
My experience of boxing goes back to my school days. I have no hesitation in admitting that in those days I was feared when I went into the ring. However, I drew strength from being taught properly and from winning a couple of bouts at the end of the day. It was part of the character forming training in a school that prided itself on the number of old boys who ended up as members of the country's national rugby side, the All Blacks.
Today the sport suffers from the voice of the "banners" but it serves a function. It helps young men to learn discipline, responsibility and competitive skills, particularly, I understand, within the National Association of Boys Clubs. Even though the noble Lord, Lord Taylor of Gryfe, would rather we did not discuss this, and even though the proposal is to ban professional boxing, boxing as a sport has to be considered.
I believe that if the promotion of this sport were to be made illegal, as defined in this Bill, there would be a most dangerous result. The management of the sport would fall into the hands of the unqualified. It would be driven underground, and therefore be deprived of the valuable regulation that is required to avoid many of the obvious pitfalls inherent in what is a potentially dangerous pastime, as in the case of other confrontational sports such as kick-boxing. I understand that kick-boxing was banned in Ontario. It has now moved to Quebec, where it continues. Even sports such as karate and other closely allied Japanese personal confrontational sports are all, in essence, included in this Bill.
In considering the merits or otherwise of this sport of boxing we are not dealing with a recent phenomenon but a sportsome would say even an art formthat can be traced back to the ancient Greeks, even to 688 BC.
Since the 18th century boxing has been made very much more acceptable in the eyes of many by the use of padded gloves, the invention of which is generally credited to Jack Broughton, who was for many years champion boxer of England. There is even a thought
The most popular 18th century teacher of the art was John Jackson, sometimes known as Gentleman John Jackson. Among his pupils was Lord Byron, who when chided for keeping company with a pugilist insisted that Jackson's manners were:
It was around 1866 when John Chambers and the 8th Marquess of Queensbury drew up a code to cover all boxing contests in the United Kingdom. Those rules remain substantially the governing rules of boxing today.
If we were debating this evening the possibility of new codes of practice to tighten up the existing regulations concerning improved referee responsibility or tighter medical controls on the sport, I for one would be prepared to give the proposals a sympathetic hearing. So, I believe, would the British Boxing Board of Control, whose work has been unstinting not only in protecting the sport but also in going beyond even overseas control bodies in ensuring that the boxer is fit to undertake the task he faces and that there are no problems before he goes into the ring and as soon as the fight is over. Such protection is available right through the fight, and is an example to every institutional body of this type.
Sadly, that is not the case. The Bill we are debating tonight, as drafted, proposes an outright ban on boxing for profit. As I have said, that would have the effect of driving underground into an unregulated regime an activity which rightly requires a certain level of regulation. But it also requires a high level of exposure.
I have been advised that there has already been one case of a senior boxer, who fears the advent of this very Bill or similar legislation, who has been involved in such an unlicensed fight. If that continues, then we face real problems.
The noble Lord, Lord Taylor, spoke of Norway, Sweden and Iceland, where professional boxing has been banned. I do not know whether he is aware that the distance from Sweden to Denmark is a little over half-an-hour by ferry. All the boxer has to do is to go by boat to Denmark where he can be licensed; and with perhaps a little more money in his pocket he can come to this country. Therefore the question of this issue going underground has nothing to do with the situation in that country. In fact, our friends from Scandinavia may possibly be rather more law-abiding than we are, and for a very good reason. Their ethnic and cultural structure is more consistent than ours. Instead of going underground, those who wish to pursue a professional boxing career can simply get on a ferry.
I well remember when I lived in Sweden that Ingemar Johanssen was the country's hero at the time he fought for the world heavyweight championship. We are considering the future of an ancient sport which has shown itself ready and willing to adapt to sensible regulation over the years. Adaptation and not banning is the answer. I beg to move.
Moved, as an amendment to the Motion that the Bill be now read a second time, to leave out ("now") and at the end insert ("this day six months").(The Viscount of Oxfuird.)
Lord Addington: My Lords, in speaking to this Bill there are two matters that I have to make clear. First, I do not speak on behalf of my party. As I believe we are about to find out, it is a subject which will split all parties in your Lordships' House. I have an interest too, although non-pecuniary, as I am vice-president of the Lonsdale Club.
The noble Lord, Lord Taylor, stated that he was interested in professional boxing. Amateur boxing would not be able to survive for the simple reason that the Bill, as drafted, refers to no boxing matches for profit. Amateur boxing clubs survive on funds generated from their displays and tournaments. The noble Lord shakes his head, but let me assure him that that is correct.
The Bill totally fails to take into account the fact that many other full contact, striking martial arts take place in this country. If this measure has to be all encompassing, it should take those into account. I refer to kick-boxing or Thai boxing. The Bill would have to defineit does not do soexactly what one means by boxing. As we all know, the way one gets round something that has an illegal name is to give it another name. The Thai equivalent in Englishkick-boxingwould quite easily get around this Bill. There is also full contact tae kwon do and karate. Those sports are infinitely more dangerous because one is allowed to kick at the head.
One has to take into account that martial arts are the greatest growth area in sport in Britain. That is a fact. There is a great diversity of activity. When people go into a martial arts contest, they seek to achieve physical dominance. Most of those sports are regulated by a points system. The stoppage can be regarded as a way of terminating the contest when someone is unfit to continue.
The noble Lord made a good and well-crafted speech on the moral ground that one is seeking to destroy someone. Possibly the stoppage may be regarded as a safety valve. It depends how one looks at such matters.
No matter what is said on the issue, boxing is a martial art, if one defines such sports as karate as being a martial art. Such sports do not make contact all the time but limit contact until the higher levels of the sport. Moreover, how long will it be before we stop any game in which you drive at somebody or run at them, as happens in Rugby Union or Rugby League, to try to knock them out of the way? That is allowed in both those rugby football codes. I know because I have played those games. On occasions, you run at someone to knock him out of the way and another person will run at you to try to knock you flat. That is the sport.
On the grounds on which the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, has brought forward this Bill, those two sports of Rugby Union and Rugby League would have to be
It may surprise noble Lords to know that the sport which carries the highest death toll in this country is hill-walking. Moreover, motor racingand motorcycling, as my noble friend says in an asidealso carries risks. Many sports are inherently dangerous. I suggest that this Bill is fundamentally flawed in both its drafting and approach. We can discuss the moral arguments later. However, I suggest that the Bill itself does not address the issues raised in the noble Lord's speech. The Bill is too narrowly drawn. It is a blunt instrument and badly aimed. It aims at professional boxing but it will eliminate the way in which amateur boxing is funded.
I hope that, when noble Lords consider how they will vote on this amendment, they will take into account all the secondary issues. They should not simply consider the very good speech of the noble Lord, Lord Taylor. As it is currently constructed, the Bill will stop any sport which is deemed to be boxingor any martial artat an amateur level because it will cut off its funding. We must consider this matter very carefully.
Lord Brooks of Tremorfa: My Lords, as my noble friend Lord Taylor reminded us, we have debated this topic on a number of occasions. The last time I went into some detail of the history of boxing in the United Kingdom. I do not intend to do that again tonight. It is rather late and I do not feel that we should profit much from it. In any case, the noble Viscount, Lord Oxfuird, has done it for me.
However, I want to make clear at the outset that I am an administrative steward of the British Boxing Board of Control, a member of the area council of the Wales Boxing Board of Control and a patron of the Welsh Ex-Boxers' Association. I also have a number of other involvements in boxing. None of them is financial. Indeed, if there is a financial input, it comes from my pocket.
I have been fascinated by boxing ever since I was a very young boy. My uncle had a gymnasium in Cardiff in the area where I was born, which was a very much deprived area. I learnt a number of lessons as a result of being taught by my uncle how to defend myself. I learnt that it was wrong to bully. I learnt that it was wrong to suffer bullies. I also learnt humility.
I remember that, after I had been going to the gymnasium for a couple of years, I was bullied by someone in my school. He was the bane of my life until I could stand it no longer and we fought. I beat him; and I beat him because of the disciplined training I had received from the gymnasium I attended.
Let me bring that experience up to date. A couple of years ago a world champion was due to defend his title in the north of England. On arrival here it was discovered that he was medically unfit. The television
At that time Steve Robinson had a mixed record. My answer was that I did not believe it would be a mismatch. I did not think that Robinson would win, but I felt that he would be a worthy opponent. In the event Robinson won the World Boxing Organisation featherweight title. Steve Robinson is a black boy from a council estate in Ely, a very deprived estate which had terrible publicity a few years ago. At the time he fought for the title he was earning £80 a week stacking shelves in a supermarket. He has gone on to defend the title five times, has earned hundreds of thousands of pounds and is now settled for life.
I cannot describe Steve Robinson adequately. He is one of the most humble young men I have ever met. A great deal of affection has grown for him in Cardiff. He is a role model for the many hundreds of young people on the Ely estate. But the irony is that about the time he won that title, two young thugscontemporaries of Steve Robinson from the estatewere sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for beating to death an innocent elderly man. I am not suggesting that Steve Robinson might have turned out to be a thug if he had not been a boxer with the discipline that had been instilled into him by virtue of that. But I suggest that if those young thugs had had the discipline that Robinson received in the gymnasium, one elderly innocent man might still be alive today.
That is one of the lessons one is taught. I am afraid that I was never very good at boxing. In fact I share a distinction with the late, great, Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champion of the world. He boxed 49 times and won all 49 contests; that is 100 per cent. I boxed four times and lost on each occasion. That is 100 per cent. also, whichever way one looks at it.
My noble friend Lord Taylor of Gryfe says that Sweden abolished professional boxing and yet it has not gone underground. Of course not; it has gone across the border. Young men of ability in boxing who wish to make a career in the professional game have simply gone across the border to Denmark and taken out a licence. Ingemar Johannsen can be seen at the ringside at British shows commentating for Scandinavian television. So even if the Bill were successful, it would not stop young British boys turning professional and earning money boxing. They would simply pop over to France, Belgium, Germany or wherever, take out a licence, and the fights in which they were engaged in other countries would be beamed by satellite television to this country. That is the reality of life.
I am not suggesting that simply because we have modern innovations there is no merit in what my noble friend is trying to do. But the burden of the case is this. There are many thousands of young men in this country who go to boxing gymnasiums and learn the disciplines and skills of boxing. And if anybody believes that there is no skill in boxing then they should try it. I do not know of one champion at any level who was a mere slugger. One must learn the science of boxing to become a champion. There is great skill involved in it and we
Lord Belhaven and Stenton: My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, is what we Scots call "a bonny fighter". I am not sure whether that is apposite to the Bill but we have been here before, as has been pointed out, and I dare say we will be here again. The noble Lord's views on boxing are consistent and very well known to your Lordships. I used to agree with him, but I have changed my mind, as he knows and as I have told him. So let me say, first, where I agree with him.
I agree that professional boxing is a barbarous sport. I do not really agree with my noble friend Lord Oxfuird, because there is no real protection against the brain damage caused by professional boxing. There cannot be. It is the closest thing we have to the gladiatorial games of ancient Rome. It is a mixture of skill and savagery. That is why it is popular; and, so long as human beings remain what they are, it is likely to remain popular. That said, no one today becomes a professional boxer without being aware of the risks of long-term brain damage. It is voluntary, unlike the gladatorial games, and often very rewarding financially. It may be, and often is, that when the boxer has amassed his fortune his damaged brain does not allow him to enjoy it very much or possibly keep it for very long. If he is not aware of these risks at the start, he will probably be too stupid to be a good boxer and his brain, such as it is, will remain unimpaired.
I part company with the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, because he wants the sport to be banned. We are at the stage today when far too many people want to ban activities of which they disapprove. I hasten to acquit the noble Lord of being one of those as his views have been consistent over very many years. But here we are. We have smoking, drinking, fox hunting, boxingI could go on. There is a long list of activities which are now legal but which various pressure groups wish to make illegal. That cannot be a healthy state of affairs in a free country.
I have recently received letters which the British Medical Association has been good enough to write to me. I dare say that I am not alone among your Lordships in that. The latest was, predictably, on boxing. As I recall, the letter started with the proposition that the case against amateur boxing is not proven. It ended with the statement that the British Medical Association seeks a ban on all boxing. Why all boxing? I suppose that it would like us to end up with notices depicting a pair of boxing gloves with a red line through them in all boys' clubs and gymnasiums, in the same way as the ubiquitous no smoking notices.
I am aware that doctors have to be there to pick up the pieces when we fall ill owing to our own foolishness, but I would say to the BMA that it knows better than most of us that life is a very uncertain thing. There is a certain randomness in the way in which the British Medical Association chooses those activities of which it disapproves. I shall not say much about this, but we all know that sodomy leads to AIDS. However,
Free men have a right to a free choice. Smoking, boxing, fox hunting and drinking alcohol all carry risks. But people have a right to take those risks. Whether we approve or disapprove of those activities is up to us, but I do not believe that they should be banned by law.
Lord Airedale: My Lords, if this Bill gets its Second Reading, as I hope it will, we shall certainly be in for an interesting Committee stage. My noble friend Lord Addington will see to that.
I was discussing professional boxing the other day over the lunch table with the noble Lord, Lord Allen of Abbeydale, and I was saying to him that I could not understand why anyone wanted to spend £100 or more on a ringside seat when if one liked that sort of thing one could see it for nothing on the box. The noble Lord said to me, "You are forgetting something. With a ringside seat you have the added thrill that you may be bespattered with blood". I must say that that is one of the things that would not appeal to me.
The fans will tell you that they do not go to watch anybody get hurtoh no! They go to watch the skill. Why is it that most of the big fights are between big men? Do not the little men exercise just as much skill as the big men?
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At SoCal Plastic Surgery Center, we offer state-of-the-art technology and the latest procedures and methods for the best possible surgical experience for our patients. We accept most insurance for illness and accident reconstructive surgery. Contact us today for an examination and/or a cosmetic consultation.
The consultation is your chance to explore your treatment options and to spend time getting to know Dr. Ha face-to-face. Rest assured knowing Dr. Ha is a great choice for a board certified plastic surgeon.
Dr. Dong Ha, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Diplomate of American Osteopathic Board of Plastic Surgery, combines today's innovative treatments with time-tested, classic techniques to achieve the most successful results possible. Dr. Ha is also a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS). From his main office in Alhambra, and in Arcadia, California, he offers cosmetic surgery and medical spa services for Pasadena and Arcadia. Dr. Ha's skillful and distinctive treatment combinations yield exceptional results with minimal recovery time.
Dr. Ha understands that you know how you want to look. And he listens. He provides you with the medical knowledge you need to get the look you want. And he loves every single miraculous transformation he is privileged to perform.
Dr. Ha holds numerous memberships in professional organizations including the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, the American Osteopathic Association, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Ha serves as Clinical Associate Professor at Western University of Health Science. He is affiliated with Alhambra Hospital Medical Center, Beverly Hospital, Garfield Medical Center, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pacific Ambulatory Surgical Center, and Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital.
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
1997-1999 Meridia South Pointe Hospital-Cleveland Clinic Health System. Cleveland, OH Board Certified
General Surgery
1993-1997 Mount Sinai Medical Center. Cleveland, OH Board Eligible
1992-1993 Brentwood Hospital. Cleveland, OH
Medical School
1988-1992 OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. Tulsa, OK
1983-1985 Northeastern State University. Tahlequah, OK
1986-1988 University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK
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Alhambra Hospital Medical Center. Alhambra, CA
Beverly Hospital
Pacific Ambulatory Surgery Center
Garfield Medical Center. Monterey Park, CA
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital. Whittier, CA
Huntington Memorial Hospital. Pasadena, CA
Program Chair Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery section Annual ACA meeting, San Diego, CA. Oct 2004
Program presentation: Management of complicated wound/VAC closure-ACA meeting San Diego, CA. Oct 2004
Associate Professor Western University of Health Science College of Medicine. Pomona, CA
American College Of Osteopathic Association
American Osteopathic Association
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Pilotstudie zur Evaluierung eines Impfstoffes mit Salmonella typhi Ty21a als Träger für rekombinante Urease von Helicobacter pylori
Abstract (Summary)Helicobacter pylori urease was expressed in the common live typhoid vaccine Salmonella typhi Ty21a (Typhoral() yielding Salmonella typhi Ty21a(pDB1). Nine volunteers received Salmonella typhi Ty21a(pDB1) and three control volunteers received Salmonella typhi Ty21a. No serious adverse effects were observed in any of the volunteers. Ten out of 12 volunteers developed humoral immune responses to the Salmonella carrier as detected by antigen-specific antibody-secreting cells but only two volunteers seroconverted. A total of five volunteers showed cellular responses to the carrier. Six out of nine volunteers that had received Salmonella typhi Ty21a(pDB1) showed a T-cell response to Helicobacter urease in at least one of the three assays for detection of cellular response (Proliferation, T-cell-Elispot, IFN-gamma Elisa). No volunteer had detectable humoral responses to urease. Salmonella typhi Ty21a(pDB1) is a suitable prototype to optimize Salmonella-based vaccination for efficient cellular responses that could mediate protective immunity against Helicobacter.
Bibliographical Information:
School:Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
School Location:Germany
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:Helicobacter pylori Salmonella typhi Vaccine Cellular immune responses
Date of Publication:07/19/2004


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Top 100 Agencies 2015: Eveo
While 2014 was a year when many healthcare agencies focused on making—and completing—the leap to full digital capabilities, Eveo went in the opposite direction, transitioning from digital shop to full-service agency.
"This was a transformational year for us, restructuring to became a full-service agency," says founder and CEO Olivier Zitoun. "It's easy for an agency to say it is a strategic partner, but this has been about us putting ourselves in our clients' shoes to take a full 360-degree view of what they are doing and to be able to articulate strategies that will help them." Too often, "full-service agencies talk about providing an out-of-the-box solution but then, at the end of the process, wind up with an ordinary, predictable approach, including e-mail and brochures."
He says that San Francisco–based Eveo's digital background puts it in a better position to uncover novel ways to change customer behaviors. "And now we have the ability to start from strategy and go all the way to tactics. We can finally be a true partner to our clients."
As a result of the reorganization, head count is down from 150 in 2013 to 124 last year. "We made some changes and found there were some resources we didn't need." And revenues for 2014 were about $16 million, roughly flat from the prior year's.
It won nine new accounts, including work from AbbVie, Allergan Botox, rEVO Biologics and Genentech's Activase, for the management of acute ischemic stroke in adults.
The initiatives Zitoun is especially proud of include its ongoing work on ShoutMD, the social platform for doctors developed by Alphaeon Corp. and launched in 2013. He says it is the first closed social community in healthcare "and it continues to take off. There are 4,000 doctors using it, with about 40 engagements per day. And we expect 10,000 doctors by year's end."
And for Genentech, it launched 4Her, which he says is the first app for breast-cancer patients to connect with one another. Designed for women with HER2 breast cancer, it's meant to be used at the point of infusion. But rather than simply providing information about the drug the patient is getting, "it offers something more meaningful and a way to connect with others going through the same thing," says Zitoun, including games and stress-reducing meditation exercises. "Customer experience is completely undervalued and underworked in pharma," he says, "so these are opportunities to give patients a superior experience."
And he's equally excited about a project set to launch this summer, a pro bono effort developed in partnership with Family Reach, a group that helps families of cancer patients. "Most people don't know that about 40% of personal bankruptcies in the US are due to medical bills. We're developing an app that is like Kickstarter for these families, where people can sign in and literally pay bills for people who are struggling."
As far as industry trends that seem most significant, he concedes that agency consolidation is still a challenge for independent shops. "It's not new, but it's still there, and a lot of our bigger clients are going through the whole process." But it's a trend that's also worked in Eveo's favor, "pushing us to find a new type of client. We're not abandoning big pharma, of course, and those are very important clients to us. But it's also pushed us to work with interesting smaller and medium-size companies, beyond the traditional drug and diagnostic space. It's worked out well."


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Museum Collection Centre
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The Museums Collection Centre is an amazing treasure trove of objects spanning a wide range of subjects.
Visitors taking one of our tours can view a huge array of objects not currently on display at the Museums of Edinburgh, Childhood and the People's Story. Many are classified as Social History; these include tools and technology from local industries such as printing or brewing; familiar domestic objects from granny's kitchen and parlour; shop signs and billboards which were part of everyday community life; as well as more decorative Scottish pottery and glass.
Some groups of objects relate to communities such as Leith or Newhaven, who had quite specific local trades, or to businesses which once thrived along the coast, but have long since disappeared.
Together, these varied collections tell us so much about the lives of local people from the past.
Scottish manufacturing may be of specialist interest, but within Edinburgh it produced, among other things, items in pottery or glass which combine function and beauty and which are truly stunning to look at. There is something for everyone in the childhood section, from dolls houses, prams, bicycles and train sets.
All the objects have stories to tell us - who made them, who used them and what they were for, and taking a tour will open new windows into the past. Although the Centre is primarily a storage and research facility (and therefore many items are boxed for conservation purposes, or are stored in cabinets and racks), there is still much on open display to see.


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A traumatic injury can happen at any time: a car accident, a fall, an animal bite. As one of four trauma centers in Orange County—and the only one dedicated exclusively for kids—CHOC Children's is ready to treat traumatic injuries 24 hours a day.
Critically injured children from across the region are transported and transferred to CHOC because we have the pediatric expertise only a children's hospital can provide. Our trauma team is trained to care for children and their unique physiological, anatomical and emotional needs, and our protocols and equipment are specially designed for pediatrics.
CHOC is committed to creating a safe community for families in Orange County. Our injury prevention program addresses the most common causes of childhood injury by providing parents and children with safety tips and education. Topics include teen driving, chemical poisoning in the home, car seats, drowning prevention and more.
We know a trauma can have lasting effects on a child and family. Beyond treating an immediate injury, we do everything possible to minimize the emotional impact of a trauma, as well as focus on the child and family's needs after a trauma, whatever they may be. Our compassionate and skilled support services include:
No other trauma center in the region offers the whole mind-body care you'll find at CHOC.
CHOC Children's trauma center is located at The Julia and George Argyros Emergency Department, on the first floor of the Bill Holmes Tower. From La Veta Avenue, turn on to Pepper Street, pass the main entrance to the hospital, and turn in at the second driveway under the Emergency sign. Valet parking is available.
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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: Time For Self Reflections (Part 6 of 6)
Lesson 12 of 14
Objective: SWBAT independently reflect on their own level of learning and work collaboratively to critique other groups' inquiry lab presentations.
Big Idea: Some times looking in the mirror is the hardest thing we can do. Students will reflect on their own experiences and inquiry lab reports, as well as review other classes' group projects specifically critiquing the lab procedure and data analysis.
This lesson is the final of six lessons that were created to reinforce the scientific method and provide the students an opportunity to create their own inquiry lab. I encourage you to review the student inquiry labs that were presented in the previous lesson using student created Google Drive Presentations. This introductory unit guided students through the process of creating their own inquiry labs, conducted their own investigations, analyzing the data from their labs, and developing a presentation to share their findings. Now, the students need to take a step back and reflect on their depth of learning and collaborative experiences so they can move forward and use this knowledge in the future.
As the students enter the classroom for today's lesson, they will need to pick up four half-sheets of paper which are the Presentation Evaluation Forms that we will use later in the lesson.
The lesson begins with a video clip below from Debbie and Friends singing about the Magic Mirror from Snow White. The video is 7 minutes long, but I only show the first 90 seconds to get the students excited about reflections and thinking about the Magic Mirror.
At the conclusion of the video clip, briefly review the Magic Mirror's ability to be all knowing. Then, pose the following question to the class, "If you had a Magic Mirror in your life, what would it say about you." Students love to speculate about their imaginary mirrors; therefore, I keep the discussion focused on the lesson for time sensitivity purposes. Then, pose the question, "If your Magic Mirror was reflecting about your effort, learning, and collaboration in Biology class during our most recent unit, what do you think your Magic Mirror would say?"
I then go into more detail about the value of self-reflection and the importance of being able to evaluate your performance and learning in an effort to strive for constant improvement. Keep the mirror in mind as you begin your self-reflection.
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Ask each student to get out a sheet of paper and title it, Inquiry Lab Reflections. Students need to respond to at least three of the provided prompts for the first and second paragraphs. Students will need to answer both parts of the third paragraph to assist the teacher in assessing group effort, cohesion, and productivity. Click the link for the list of Mirror Mirror Reflection Writing Prompts.
This activity is designed for students to take an introspective to asses their personal efforts and determine their level of learning throughout this multi-day scientific inquiry unit. Through this analysis students will be able to identify their individual strengths in both the collaborative experiment and class presentation. Students will also determine areas of growth targets to focus on the next time an collaborative inquiry lab/project is assigned.
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In preparation of today's lesson, I have reserved ten laptops, enough so that each lab group of four students has access to one of the devices. This activity will require that the students have access to other groups' presentation, so it is necessary that I pre-load a different class period's presentation on the laptops for the first class of the morning to evaluate. For example, Period 1 classes will evaluate Period 5's presentations. I have organized the lap tops in ten stations on the counters around the perimeter of my classroom. Students will rotate in a clockwise pathway to view at least three peer presentations, more if time allows.
The concept that students are exposed to work that is created outside of our class period is an untapped enrichment resource that I think is invaluable. By allowing the students to evaluate work done by their peers from other class, the students are afforded the opportunity to watch a wide-range of inquiry lab concepts and a variety of Google Drive presentations. Each class has it's own personality and this activity exposes the students to fresh, innovative ideas!
The students will use the four Group Presentation Evaluation Forms on the half sheet of paper that they received on their way into class to record two commendations (one concerning the presentation itself and the other regarding the scientific content), one recommendation to improve, and one fact they learned from the presentation. Students are encouraged to utilize the Suggested Prompts for Student Critique as they formulate their responses on their evaluation sheets. When each lab group gets up from their seats, say "select a presentation". They will view their selected presentation from the lap top and record their comments on their Group Presentation Evaluation Forms Students will have 7 minutes to view the presentations and need to wait at their stations until I call out, "rotate to your new presentation" when the time is up. Groups will visit four laptops of their choosing as only one group is at a laptop at a time.
Students will turn in their Group Presentation Evaluation Forms at the end of the period. Read through the forms and then return them the student groups whose presentation has been evaluated. The Group Presentation Evaluation Forms will serve as another piece of data to assist in the self-reflection process for each group.
When the first class of the morning is wrapping up their class period, ask each lab group to send their recorder/secretary from the prior student-developed inquiry lab to one of the laptops, so the they can login and access their group's presentation. This way the laptop will be ready for the second class to evaluate the first class' presentation. As we progress through the day, Period 2 students will evaluate Period 1's presentations and Period 3 students will evaluate Period 2's presentations. This process will continue until we get to the last class of the day.
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This is a time for the students to provide verbal feedback to the teacher regarding this multi-day inquiry lab unit. There is no structure or leading questions. Place this list on the overhead projector for students to view to remind them how far they have come over the last few days.
- Day #1: Worm Beat - A teacher-developed lab to reinforce the scientific method
- Day #2: Asking The Right Questions - A student-developed inquiry lab
- Day #3: Putting Ideas Into Action - Students are able to conduct their approved inquiry labs
- Day #4: Making Sense Of The Data - Students work in their collaborative lab groups to analyze the data and create their Google Drive Presentations
- Day #5: Lights, Camera, Action - Student groups present their inquiry labs using Google Drive
- Day #6: Mirror, Mirror - A time for self-reflection and group evaluation
This section is another opportunity to reinforce the importance of reflection to your students in an effort to continually grow as a Biology student, a budding-scientist, and a critical thinker!
As the this multi-day inquiry unit advances, I will remind students how each day is scaffolded to the next to enable the students to understand the progress they are making during their study and mastery of the scientific method.


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This is the January 31, 2014 episode of Ringside Report Radio. Hosted by Dave Simon and Fred Garcia.
Simon and Garcia previewed UFC 169 on this episode including every preliminary bout and the main event UFC bantamweight championship bout between Renan Barao and Urijah Faber.
Jonathan Chaimberg appeared on this episode to discuss coaching strength and conditioning for Team Australia on The Ultimate Fighter: Nations.
All this and much more MMA on this 1-hour episode.
Saturday February 1, 2014
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.
—Main Card- Pay-Per-View- 10pm Eastern—
Renan Barao (C) v. Urijah Faber- UFC Bantamweight Championship
Jose Aldo (C) v. Ricardo Lamas- UFC Featherweight Championship
Alistair Overeem v. Frank Mir- Heavyweight
John Lineker v. Ali Bagautinov- Flyweight
Jamie Varner v. Abel Trujill0- Lightweight
—Televised Preliminary Card- 8pm Eastern- Fox Sports 1/ Sportsnet 360—
John Makdessi v. Alan Patrick Silva- Lightweight
Chris Cariaso v. Danny Martinez- Flyweight
Nick Catone v. Tom Watson- Middleweight
Al Iaquinta v. Kevin Lee- Lightweight
—Online Preliminary Card- 6:30 pm Eastern- UFC Fight Pass—
Clint Hester v. Andy Enz- Middleweight
Tony Martin v. Rashid Magomedov- Lightweight
Neil Magny v. Gasan Umalatov- Welterweight
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IHTM: I Tried a Skincare Product That Jacked Up My Skin Barrier So Here's How I Handled It
I basically called my mom for help. Except when I say mom, I mean an esthetician.
Yeah, I'm talking about packaging again.
So I was going through some stuff in our beauty "closet" when I came across this:
I don't know if I wasn't wearing my glasses, or if I was just distracted, but I thought to myself, "What genius publicist sent us one of those baby footprint plaster kits?"
Totally not what it is.
It's the Baby Foot Easy Pack. (CONFUSING NAME, for one thing.) They're exfoliating socks for grownups that are somehow infused with lactic acid, glycolic acid, and a bunch of natural extracts to make dead skin cells peel off a few days into wearing them for an hour at a time. And by "wearing" I mean tolerate them being taped to your ankles. Seriously.
Anyway, I would've totally written this off as a non-beauty product had I not taken a second look. Has that ever happened to you?
Today's QQ: What's the most confusing beauty product packaging you've seen?


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NYC Reads 365 is a challenge that encourages New Yorkers to read daily. What a fabulous idea!
On November 2, New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña and children's author Jon Scieszka visited P.S. 133 in Brooklyn to announce the kick-off NYC Reads 365, a citywide, multi-year literacy initiative to promote daily reading.
Via NYC Reads 365, all pre-K-12 schools in the city will receive materials and resources to promote daily reading both in and outside of school that include age-appropriate reading lists, posters, bookmarks, and support and training sessions for school staff and parents. Students and their families can access those materials online as well, at a dedicated NYC Reads 365 website.
"Reading opens doors and expands opportunities for our children, in and out of the classroom," Fariña said in a statement. "For me, reading Spanish fairy tales with my father as a young girl inspired a love of books and a love of learning, and ultimately inspired me to become a teacher. As we give New York City students and families resources to make daily reading a reality in their lives, I know that we are going to be a better city for it."
In addition to creating enthusiasm for reading, NYC Reads 365 will help bolster the work of reading coaches that will be assigned to all elementary schools by fall 2018. Coaches will be identified and trained by the NYC Department of Education beginning this spring, and the first coaches will be assigned to high-needs schools starting next fall.
Read the entire article.
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Quotient rule
From Conservapedia
|This article/section deals with mathematical concepts appropriate for late high school or early college.
The Quotient Rule is a rule in calculus pertaining to the derivative of a variable or function divided by another. It can be written as follows:
Alternatively, in prime notation, it can be written as:
It is easily remembered by the rhyme "Low 'D' High minus High 'D' Low, draw the line, and square below" (the denominator times the derivative of the numerator minus the numerator times the derivative of the denominator all over the denominator squared).
Let f(x) be the function:
and suppose we want to find its derivative, f'(x). By applying the quotient rule we get:
and so the derivative of f(x) is simply:
Rules for finding derivatives
- Power rule
- Constant-multiple rule
- sum rule
- Chain rule
- Product rule
- Quotient rule


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About Our Church
What We Believe
Did you know God is the eternal Father?
God the eternal Father is the Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. He is just and holy, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. The qualities and powers exhibited in the Son and the Holy Spirit are also revelations of the Father.
Bible verses
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Genesis 1:1
Revelation 4:11
1 Corinthians 15:28
John 3:16
1 John 4:8
1 Timothy 1:17
Exodus 34:6, 7
John 14:9
Revelation 4:11
1 Corinthians 15:28
John 3:16
1 John 4:8
1 Timothy 1:17
Exodus 34:6, 7
John 14:9
Genesis 1:11 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Revelation 4:1111 "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being."
1 Corinthians 15:2828 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.
John 3:1616 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
1 John 4:88 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 Timothy 1:1717 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Exodus 34:6, 76 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation."
John 14:99 Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
- 1. God speaks to us through the Bible?
- 2. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit co-exist as one eternal God?
- 3. God is the eternal Father?
- 4. Jesus Christ died, rose, and lives to save you?
- 5. The Holy Spirit restores, comforts, guides, protects, and sustains God's children in the way of salvation?
- 6. The world was made in just six days?
- 7. You are awesomely created?
- 8. There is an ongoing battle between good and evil?
- 9. Someone has paid the supreme price for your sins?
- 10. You can be totally free?
- 11. God is more powerful than Satan?
- 12. You are invited to be a part of God's family on Earth?
- 13. God's people strive consistently to keep His commandments?
- 14. God has a place for you in His community?
- 15. You can start your life over again?
- 16. There is a celebration that expresses our closeness to Christ and willingness to serve others?
- 17. God gives us special gifts and talents so we can live fully for Him?
- 18. God speaks to His people today through the gift of prophecy?
- 19. God gives us the power to obey Him?
- 20. God gives us a specific 24-hour period each week to rest, reflect on Him, and spend time with our families?
- 21. God wants us to take care of all that he has given us?
- 22. God has given us guidelines for living well?
- 23. God designed families?
- 24. Jesus Christ is our advocate and judge?
- 25. Jesus is coming back to this earth?
- 26. Death is a temporary state of unconsciousness?
- 27. God will bring an end to suffering and death?
- 28. We will live with God in our new home forever?


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JMS Section Index | Page 5
Is there a way of setting up JMS for secure communications? Essentially, I want to be able to restrict topics to authorized users only.
JMS implementations typically provide a text-based console and/or graphical browser for setting the security for each topic and queue, including access lists. JMS clients can read and process a u...more
How should I take care of issues like security while implementing a QueueConnectionFactory and other administered objects in JMS?
JMS does not define a security API. JMS implementations provide vendor-specific security facilities, typically, through a text-oriented console or a graphical browser/console. For this reason, (d...more
Where can I find the API documentation for Java Messaging Service (JMS)?
The JMS API documentation is available from Sun's J2EE API documentation page.
When there is an asynchronous listener on a JMS queue, a new thread is spawned to handle each new message being passed to the queue.
When there is an asynchronous listener on a JMS queue, a new thread is spawned to handle each new message being passed to the queue. If the message processing takes time, and a large number of mes...more
Are there any open-source JMS implementations?
Open Source JMS implementations include: spyderMQ, which is part of the jBoss project - http://www.jboss.org/ and OpenJMS, which is sposored by intalio - http://www.openjms.org/more
Is there a way to have mutiple instances of the consumer running on different server instances read from the same queue and ensure that each message is processed by one and only one of the consumers. I'd like to do this to spread the load over the various machines.
JMS specifically does not define how messages delivered to a queue are load balanced across multiple consumers. It does not define an optional mechanism for doing this. The reason it does not is...more
In a system where one client sends a message to one specific peer out of thousands, is it appropriate to use a single queue and have the peers find their messages using selectors?
This is one possibility, but very slow, I think. Every message has to pass every receiver to check if the specific message selector does match. Also, not every vendor supports multiple receivers ...more
Consider two processes A and B. A wants to send a message to B's queue and A wants B to reply to A's message. For example, A sends to queue 'Consumer' that B creates, and B sends the reply to A's 'Producer' queue. How would the clients implement this scenario?
First,client 'B' cannot create a queue 'Consumer'. This is an administration task, performed by administration tools. If the queue exists, 'B' can look up the queue and can create a QueueReceive...more
How do you bind a queue to a context for subsequent applications to look up? If queues are created in the context of a session, how can they be used by another session?
A client cannot create a queue, except temporary queues. If your question refers to the createQueue() method of a QueueSession, the JMS 1.0.2 specification states, that this method is not to creat...more
Does the J2EE reference implementation support the JMS?
The current release of J2EE (1.2.1) support EJB 1.1 specification so it doesn't implements JMS over EJB. This kind of EJB appears only in the EJB 2.0 specifications (available at http://java.sun....more
OK, so EJB doesn't support user-created threads. So how do I perform tasks asynchronously?
If your EJB does not need to know about the results of the aynch calls, then you can use JMS to send an asynch. message to another part of the system. Another alternative is to place the multithr...more
What books cover JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface)?
Check out The JNDI Tutorial. It's also available on the web. For other books that are relevant to JNDI, check out Are ther any books that provide decent JNDI coverage?. more
Are there any JNDI tutorials?
Yes, check out The JNDI Tutorial online and/or buy a copy of it here. more
I am quite new in JMS and would like to try it out. Can you please suggest any complementary software?
See the Vendors' page at the JMS site at Sun.
Has JMS replaced Java Message Queue? More importantly, which technology should a developer be using?
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This article contributes to a growing conversation by identifying trends in an expanding body of research on practices used to support BYMOC. As the field moves toward clearer recognition of what constitutes "effective" practice, afterschool professionals are playing an important role in empowering and organizing BYMOC to achieve more equitable educational, economic, health, and life outcomes.
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The New Orleans City Council signed off Thursday on a package of financial incentives for the planned Costco big-box warehouse store in the Carrollton area. The incentives, which could total nearly $6 million, include both infrastructure improvements and tax breaks. The measures, which were strongly backed by Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration, were approved 6-0.
The membership-only facility will occupy the vacant 14.7-acre site of the former Carrollton Shopping Center, across South Carrollton Avenue from Xavier University. Like other Costco outlets nationwide, it will sell both general merchandise and food and will feature a pharmacy, tire center and gas station.
Costco officials, who hope to open the store in the late summer of 2013, originally requested $9 million in incentives, but the administration and the New Orleans Business Alliance agreed to provide no more than $5.775 million.
They include as much as $3.3 million in tax breaks -- $660,000 a year for five years -- to help pay for site elevation work needed to meet FEMA base elevation requirements to mitigate flooding and to stabilize the site by driving 2,600 timber piles.
The money will come from diverting 1 percentage point of the city's total 2.5 percent general sales tax on sales at the store. Sales are projected to rise from $80 million a year to $150 million a year during the store's first five years of operation. The city will put the 1 percent into a special trust fund, which will reimburse Costco for its expenditures on pile driving and site elevation.
In addition, the city will directly spend from $2.1 million to $2.475 million of Disaster Community Development Block Grant money to improve streets, sidewalks, curbs, catch basins and lights around the new store, including on Palmetto, Cambronne, Dublin and Dixon streets. A left-turn lane also will be added to Carrollton Avenue.
Aimee Quirk, Landrieu's top economic development adviser, said that even with the tax rebate, the city expects to receive a total of more than $6 million in sales tax revenue and $1.7 million in property tax revenue from Costco during the store's first five years. With the end of the tax rebate, the city's sales tax take is projected to grow to $2.2 million a year.
The store also is expected to create 213 permanent full-time and part-time jobs at an average annual salary of $36,000, resulting in an annual payroll of $7.5 million, the council was told.
Quirk said the city will get "a strong return" on an investment without which Costco would not have agreed to build a store in New Orleans. City guidelines call for offering such inducements only when they are essential to getting an important project completed.
Councilwoman Susan Guidry, whose district includes the Costco site, said she is confident it will be "truly a catalytic project."
Two weeks ago, without advance notice but with a shower of compliments for Costco, the council approved the architectural plans for the project, removing or modifying some provisos recommended by the City Planning Commission that company officials had opposed. In the most important change, the council agreed to let Costco have 670 on-site parking spaces, well above the 499 that the commission recommended.
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In late September, Trevor Tanner, ex-lead singer of 80s Goth Rockers The Bolshoi, toured the East Coast of the USA performing a repertoire of The Bolshoi classics in acoustic format. I flew across the Atlantic to catch several gigs on the tour—
For every one of the classic 80s New Wave acts frequently celebrated in today's pop culture and cited as influences by contemporary bands, there are a dozen more criminally unsung and overlooked acts, who deserved equal success to the likes of The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, Depeche Mode etc., but as things turned out, they remain consigned to obscurity. If there is just one band from that sea of obscurity who really did have solid potential to add to the list of international success stories, The Bolshoi are certainly strong contenders. They had everything it took to become huge – insanely catchy tunes that stood nicely on the barrier between Alternative and mainstream, quirky and eccentric but also radio-friendly, and a charismatic frontman in Trevor Tanner, whose mere stage presence could command the attention of an entire crowd. Sadly it was not to be- despite huge success in Latin America, Russia and parts of Europe, The Bolshoi never found commercial success in the UK and dissolved after three studio albums and a 4th one that remained unreleased until 2015. Famously dubbed 'the best band in the world that no-one's ever heard of', they may be unknown to the wider public but have retained a wildly enthusiastic fanbase, while frontman Trevor Tanner has gone on to carve a remarkably prolific and eclectic solo career. This last year has seen The Bolshoi's legacy finally celebrated with the release of a 5-CD box set in November last year, consisting of re-mastered versions of all three of their 80s albums (Bigger Giants (1984), Friends (1986) and Lindy's Party (1987)) together with the long-overdue release of their fourth album Country Life (1988) and a 5th CD of unreleased demos and live recordings. To coincide with this, Trevor Tanner last month released his new solo album, Trevor Tanner's Bolshoi Favourites, containing acoustic reworkings of many of The Bolshoi's classics in-keeping with Trevor's current style, as a nod to his legacy and roots as a musician. Funded by fans via a successful Kickstarter campaign, the release of the album was accompanied by a tour of America's East Coast in September through to October 2016, co-headlining with Jay Aston of Gene Loves Jezebel, fellow legends of 80s Gothic Rock. I flew out to the USA last month to catch three of the gigs on this tour- at Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA (Sep 23rd), Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA (Sep 26th) and the Bowery Electric, New York, NY (Sep 30th).
The best band in the world that no-one's ever heard of
The Bolshoi stood out beautifully in the sea of 80s New Wave bands; they made powerful, anthemic pop-rock tunes infused with a mish-mash of styles; Post-Punk, Goth, Glam Rock, Electronica, Psychedelia, French Chanson, Folk, Cabaret – all these styles are evident in the depths of The Bolshoi's back catalogue; often conflicting styles, but all stunningly melded together into one coherent entity so distinctly The Bolshoi. Their raw power and vitality made them a sensational live act, fronted by the wry, sardonic vocal delivery of Trevor Tanner, whose style was infused with a
This mixture of paranoia, bewilderment, amusement and frustration all comes out in The Bolshoi's lyrics
touch of Shakespearean melodrama and a deadpan eccentric English humour. The lyrics told tales of suburban hypocrisy, superficial façades, the seedy and cynical underbelly beneath the innocent exterior of middle-England churchgoing families. Trevor Tanner wrote many of the songs alone in his bedroom on his acoustic guitar, before the full band (consisting of Nick Chown (bass), Jan Kalicki (drums) and Paul Clark (keyboards)) rocked them up and turned them into the masterpieces we heard on record. A close listen to The Bolshoi's back catalogue reveals the voice of a young musician who seems to have experienced a lot of awkwardness in his youth, a sense of not fitting in, never quite accepting or being convinced by the whiter-than-white façades of those around him. This mixture of paranoia, bewilderment, amusement and frustration all comes out in The Bolshoi's lyrics and the raw energy of the music; a burning intensity and subtle anguish beneath the surface let out in a mocking style that is never bitter or overtly angry, more playfully cynical with a dose of sarcastic black humour. This was all unleashed onstage sensationally, with the engaging stage presence of possibly the 80s' most unjustly overlooked charismatic frontman. A natural showman and a true born star, but sadly (I use that term tentatively for reasons I'll go into later) one that was not to be destined for Wembley Stadium alongside the likes of Robert Smith and Bono.
For this listener, The Bolshoi is the best band not only of the 80s, but… ever. I'm aware that's a subjective opinion on my part. But The Bolshoi are the band that cuts it best for me and has touched me the most deeply. Born too late to have been familiar with them in their heyday, I got into them in the early 00s in my days of heavy Goth clubbing, and I could wax lyrical about the experience of discovering them. Without sounding too over-the-top, it was like falling in love; like getting into a really intense and passionate relationship that you just know is going to be right for you. The recollection of the night I first listened to their Best Of album still sends chills through me. They hit the mark with me where other bands failed; they perfectly captured the emotions I felt as a socially awkward Autistic youth struggling with confusion at the hypocrisy and cynicism of everyday society. In a way that was never overtly angst-ridden or self-pitying, nor self-aggrandizing, just delivered with a wry good humour and a solid laugh at the absurdity of it all. Their songs could make me laugh out loud and bring me to tears at the same time. They got me through a hell of a lot of rough times; helped me discover myself, helped make me the person I am today. In the early days of Facebook I set up a fan group for The Bolshoi, which I still run to this day and through which I connected with members of Trevor's management team as well as Bolshoi keyboardist Paul Clark. When this Kickstarter-funded tour was announced, I set out to the USA to catch the tour, and finally see Trevor perform live.
After The Bolshoi dissolved in 1990, Trevor Tanner emigrated to the USA, and since then has kept himself busy as a highly prolific singer-songwriter, experimenting with styles equally eclectic as his days in The Bolshoi. He is best known in the USA today as frontman with Celtic Folk Rock trio Rathkeltair, one of the most popular bands on the Celtic Festival circuit on the East Coast. But alongside this he has released six solo albums, and plays regular gigs in his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, many with his latest project Gypsies Ginger, which he describes as 'gypsy thieving pikery', with both original songs and covers inspired by gypsy folk history and the philosophy of 'getting away with it'. A lot of this could sound far removed from The Bolshoi, a band generally associated squarely with the mid-80s Gothic Rock movement. It could seem a long stretch from brooding Gothic Rock to bagpipes, traditional Irish and Scottish Folk tunes and gypsy folk. Yet play his more recent works alongside The Bolshoi's albums of the 80s and it all seems to flow naturally together as a coherent whole, much as The Bolshoi's own mish-mash of styles did in their self-contained back catalogue. The sardonic humour, deadpan delivery and deep, intelligent lyrics are still just as much there, only evolved and matured. It is the spectrum of a truly talented musician with a hell of a range of influences. It is an insight into the unsung genius that is Trevor Tanner.
Trevor Tanner has remained adamant that there will never be a Bolshoi reunion, despite much demand from fans old and new. Considering how solidly he has moved on, we can hardly blame him. Churning out new songs by the moment, he's totally not someone to wallow in nostalgia or sentimentality about the past. And this tour is undoubtedly not about nostalgia nor an attempt to relive past glories. This tour of America's East Coast sees the songs performed in the reworked style that we hear on the new album, only with the added dynamic of Trevor's ever-captivating stage presence, audience interaction and unrivalled showmanship. As stunning as he is on record, this man is in his element in the live environment.
The live show
As stated above, I caught three shows on this tour, in Decatur, Philadelphia and New York. All in small, intimate venues with a great atmosphere; ideal for acoustic artists.
Before I go into Trevor's set, I must give a huge shout of approval to Jay Aston, frontman with fellow 80s Goth Rockers Gene Loves Jezebel, who co-headlines the dates with Trevor. While I may be focusing on Trevor in this article, Jay's role on this tour is equally worthy of an article in its own right. A powerful and engaging singer-songwriter with one of the most distinctively beautiful voices I've had the pleasure to hear in the live environment, Jay Aston opens each night on the tour to stunning effect. His delicate vocals and trademark 'banshee wail' are deliciously seductive and enthralling in the intimacy of the small acoustic venues, resonating perfectly against his distinct guitar style. His stage presence is both humble and powerful at the same time; he chats casually with the audience in between songs before delivering entrancing tunes that send a chill through the whole venue. Looking fantastic, and musically on top form, Jay Aston is another fine example of a musician from the 80s New Wave movement who has only gained in power and integrity with the passing of time. As with Trevor, his performances on this tour are a mark of progress rather than nostalgia, and he proves a force to be reckoned with. He opens each night beautifully with his set and could justifiably have headlined, but Trevor proves to be a hard act to follow.
Trevor is accompanied on the tour by Daniel Hunting, a young bassist from Trevor's hometown of Jacksonville, who joins Trevor for his regular weekly pub gigs in his hometown. Dan plays acoustic bass, and does nothing short of a fantastic job. Whilst totally nailing the basslines laid down three decades ago by Bolshoi bassist Nick Chown, Dan adds his own unique touches to each of the songs and immediately makes his presence strongly felt. He and Trevor make the perfect team and their excellent musical chemistry becomes even stronger throughout the tour.
Each set opens with The Bolshoi's classic 'Sunday Morning', an ode to the hypocrisies of religion and the pretensions of devoted churchgoers. Always a heartfelt song, descriptive of Trevor's childhood, the sentimentality behind the lyrics still comes across in Trevor's vocal delivery. Fans sing along in unison with the chorus, and the strong love for this underground New Wave classic is all too evident.
The romantic, cabaret-tinged 'Pardon Me' is introduced at each show as being about "a phrase you say when you're sorry… but you're not really sorry. Like I never am." A firm fan favourite, this sarcastic ode to social indifference is delivered to perfection at each show; an embodiment of Trevor's trademark dry humour, delivered in a bittersweet manner, harking back to The Bolshoi's early influences from Jacques Brel to late-60s Bowie.
'Happy Boy', one of The Bolshoi's earliest singles and a live favourite back in the day, is an engaging crowd-pleaser, with Dan making a fine claim to the song's classic brooding Gothic Rock bassline and benefiting from some solid improvisation towards the end. Trevor tells us in New York that this song was originally written about Donald Trump. Whether true or not, the song nevertheless seems nicely relevant to this particular point in history, with its lyrical themes of rebellion against the establishment combined with a smug self-satisfaction.
Each gig sees a splendid rendition of The Bolshoi's 1987 single 'Please'. A keyboard-heavy disco-funk tune in its original incarnation, this song works amazingly well in acoustic format, with Trevor's staccato guitar techniques and Dan's bass groove.
The Decatur gig sees a gorgeous rendition of the bittersweet ballad 'Crack In Smile' from the Lindy's Party album, dedicated to long-time fan Lissa Vrtjak, who travelled from Illinois for the show. The brooding emotional intensity of this classic works nicely in the immediate, strangely tranquil atmosphere of Eddie's Attic, and it seems a shame that this song was not performed at the subsequent shows I saw.
The song 'Fly', the opener of The Bolshoi's Giants EP, gets an outing at each of the shows, and at all of them it proves a particularly striking moment. Expressing dissatisfaction at the rocked-up form in which the song was originally released, Trevor delights in giving us a stripped-back acoustic performance in line with the version on his current album, as he originally wrote the song, alone in his bedsit on his acoustic guitar. The stripped-back version certainly benefits from a deep intensity strangely missing from the original. The new album has been promoted with the tagline that "Sometimes the greatest songs get even better". This particular performance definitely lends some nice credibility to that claim.
Further songs include 'Giants' itself, for which Trevor tells us the inspiration, of how the song was inspired by a marijuana trip he experienced in his youth (weed stolen from his mother!) in which he hallucinated electricity pylons coming alive, thus being the 'Giants' of the title. 'A Way', one of the band's most popular singles and the song that introduced me to The Bolshoi, sounds flawless at each show, its tale of secretly dysfunctional families, teenage pregnancy and preoccupation with reputations never failing to thrill as long-time fans sing along with every word. 'Looking For A Life To Lose', from 1986's Friends album, is given a great reworking on the new album, and works brilliantly in the live environment, again sounding superior to its original incarnation.
Decatur's show sees an outing for the brand new song included on the Bolshoi Favourites album- the song 'Friends', written by Trevor as 'the title track that could have been' for the band's 1986 album. Lyrically alluding to the album's original intended title 'Friends or Fiends', the song is a nice showcase of Trevor's continued ability to write songs with an instantly catchy hook.
Laugh-out-loud dark humour interspersed with a real sense of heart-wrenching melancholy
But one of the ultimate highlights of each show certainly has to be the set's closer; Trevor's cover of Jacques Brel's chanson classic 'Ne Me Quitte Pas' translated into English as 'If You Go Away'. Covered by many artists including Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield, Marc Almond and countless others, Trevor has recorded his own version specially for the Bolshoi Favourites album as a nod to the band's early influences (while they never covered this particular song, they did cover Brel's 'Amsterdam' which was a regular opener of their early live shows). Trevor's take on this legendary heartfelt ballad is enthralling to watch, captivating the audience entirely at each of the shows. In between verses, Trevor tells us that "The next verse is in French. And I'm not French. But I am pretentious, so I'm going to sing it anyway," before proceeding to sing the next verse in French whilst reading from a handwritten lyric sheet. Who else could manage to inject such a touch of dry humour into a performance of a profoundly moving ballad whilst succeeding in preserving the song's original sentiment? Only Trevor Tanner could. This has always been his skill as a songwriter and as a live performer. Laugh-out-loud dark humour interspersed with a real sense of heart-wrenching melancholy, that artists all the way from Scott Walker to Jarvis Cocker would have killed for. He still has it, after over 30 years.
The gig at the Bowery Electric, New York, the final gig I was able to attend on the tour, is a particularly special night. This is a standing venue rather than a seated one, so the audience gets to dance, and the atmosphere is livelier, allowing Trevor and Dan to relax more and experiment a bit. (Unfortunately it also means some ill-mannered punters choose to talk loudly during Jay Aston's set, but a feisty lady from Cuba who I convinced to come to the gig after she got chatting to me in the bar above quickly shuts them up.) Trevor and Dan join Jay Aston for the final song of his set, and then Jay joins Trevor and Dan at the end of their set for a full-on improvised jam session. The chemistry between the three of them is amazing, and a testament to the talent and integrity of devoted musicians. Between the three of them, they rock the house, and New York is left more than satisfied.
I would have happily attended every gig on the tour had it been financially possible. This tour was a fantastic and moving experience, and Trevor, Dan and Jay seemed to be having the time of their lives. It is a true testament to the talent of these unsung legends of 80s New Wave. But more so, it's a testament to the integrity of true, professional singer-songwriters and musicians, who know better than to succumb to over-the-top posturing or the whole Rock Star complex. This is why, as much as they deserve to be every bit as famous as The Cure, Morrissey, U2 etc., it may not actually be such a bad thing that The Bolshoi – and Gene Loves Jezebel – have remained underground. Their music has not become lost in oversized venues devoid of atmosphere such as Wembley Arena. Instead we get to hear it in small, intimate venues, up close and personal, with a fantastic setup.
Trevor Tanner's talent and passion for what he does really shone brightly throughout the tour. Through his breathtaking performances and his banter with the audience in between songs, he proved himself a natural born showman, who just can't help but be great in the live environment. He's come a hell of a long way and moved on from The Bolshoi's heyday, but isn't afraid to celebrate his past and how it's made him the musician he is today. Cruelly there are still many people, even some Bolshoi fans – particularly in the UK – who aren't aware of just how productive he remains as a musician to the present day, and it would be great to think this tour may spread the knowledge of his work and just what a colossal, solid and massively impressive back catalogue he has. From The Bolshoi, to his short-lived early 90s band Kite, to his solo albums, his work with Rathkeltair, Celtic Soul and Gypsies Ginger (heck, we might as well even include the Punk band Moskow he was part of in Trowbridge shortly before starting The Bolshoi), this man has a solid body of work spanning almost 35 years, covering all styles from Goth to Glam to Cabaret to Celtic Folk to Country to Electronica- it's almost a case of you name it, Trevor Tanner's done it. And all in a style that is uniquely, distinctively Trevor Tanner, all the way from the Celtic bagpipe-driven Folk Rock of 'Durty Wullie' through to the techno-disco trance of 'Shame Game'. We need more than The Bolshoi box set, we need a Trevor Tanner box set, encompassing everything he's done over the past 35 years. He could easily do a full-scale tour as himself performing material from all his multitude of different projects. If The Bolshoi were the best band in the world that no-one's ever heard of, then Trevor Tanner is easily the best singer-songwriter in the world that no-one's ever heard of.
The music world doesn't realize the genius of Trevor Tanner just yet, but the thing is, Trevor Tanner doesn't realize it either. Out of all the musicians I have had the pleasure of meeting, Trevor is easily one of the most humble, unpretentious (no matter what he says!), unassuming and conscientious of them all. There's no ego about him, no Rock Star complex, no jealousy towards more famous musicians, no shame in openly doubting himself. He just does what he does, and happens to do it more brilliantly than even he realizes. And he really cares about giving his audience the best show possible. Upon my first meeting with him before the gig in Decatur, he immediately welcomed me, knowing right away who I was and thanking me for flying all the way from the UK for the tour. After the gig in New York, he bought me a drink as thanks and showed me about the sincerest, most heartfelt gratitude I've ever had from any musician. Perhaps it's apt, given just how much his music has meant to me. Before we parted ways after the New York gig, he even asked me "You're not pissed off, are you?" Absolutely not Trev, I loved every minute of it. It was worth every moment of jetlag and every moment of strenuous travel. His 2011 solo album was titled Musical Charlatan, seemingly a self-alluding title. Well if this is what a charlatan's like in the music world, we don't need to bother finding the real deal. Trevor Tanner is an unsung genius with a hell of a body of work and a legacy. And it's time more of the wider music world woke up to him.