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Silkis - Product Information
|Galderma Laboratories
|Antipsoriatics, Topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatories
|Cream, gel, liniment or balm, lotion, ointment, etc
|Calcitriol, vitamin E (dl-α tocopherol) added as an antioxidant, mineral oil, and white petrolatum
Summary Product Information
|Route of Administration
|Dosage Form / Strength
|Clinically Relevant Nonmedicinal Ingredients
|Ointment 3 μg/g
For a complete listing see Dosage Forms,
Composition and Packaging section.
Indications and Clinical Use
Silkis (calcitriol) ointment 3 µg/g is indicated for:
- Topical treatment of mild to moderate plaque type psoriasis (psoriasis vulgaris) with up to 35% body surface area involvement.
Geriatrics (> 65 years of age)
Clinical studies of Silkis ointment did not include sufficient numbers of subjects 65 years and older to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects. See Warnings and Precautions.
Pediatrics (< 18 years of age):
Silkis is not recommended for pediatric use. Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.
- Patients who are hypersensitive to this drug or to any ingredient in the formulation or component of the container. For a complete listing, see the Dosage Forms, Composition and Packaging section of the product monograph.
- NOT FOR OPHTHALMIC or INTERNAL USE.
- Patients with hypercalcemia and patients known to suffer from abnormal calcium metabolism.
- Patients on systemic treatment of calcium homeostasis.
- Patients with severe renal impairment or end-stage renal disease.
Warnings and Precautions
Serum calcium levels should be monitored at regular intervals if risk factors for hypercalcemia are present. If the serum calcium level becomes elevated, calcitriol therapy should be discontinued and the serum calcium level monitored in these patients until it returns to normal.
Due to the potential effect of Vitamin D and its metabolites on calcium metabolism, substances that may increase the absorption of calcitriol must not be added to the ointment or used concomitantly with the ointment.
Silkis ointment must not be covered with an occlusive dressing.
Silkis is not recommended for severe, extensive psoriasis (i.e., involvement of more than 35% of the body surface).
Silkis should not be applied to the eyes, lips or facial skin.
Silkis is not approved for use in other clinical forms of psoriasis.
No more than 30 g of Silkis ointment should be used per day.
Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis
Animal data suggest that the vehicle of Silkis ointment may enhance the ability of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) to induce skin tumours (see Toxicology - Carcinogenicity). Patients who apply Silkis ointment to exposed skin should avoid excessive exposure of the treated areas to either natural or artificial sunlight, including tanning booths and sun lamps. Physicians may wish to limit or avoid using phototherapy in patients who use Silkis ointment.
Endocrine and Metabolism
If abnormal serum calcium levels are observed, treatment with calcitriol should be discontinued.
Silkis is not recommended in patients with reduced liver function.
Silkis is not recommended in patients with mild to moderate renal impairment.
Hands should be washed after applying Silkis in order to avoid unintentional application to other areas. In case of severe irritation or a contact allergic reaction, treatment with Silkis should be discontinued.
Special Populations
Pregnant Women
There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women, although studies in experimental animals have not shown teratogenic effects. Silkis should be used during pregnancy only if the anticipated benefit clearly outweighs the potential risk (see Toxicology - Reproduction).
Nursing Women
It is not known whether calcitriol is excreted in human milk. Silkis has been found in the milk of lactating rats. Calcitriol should be used by nursing women only if the anticipated benefit clearly outweighs the potential risk (see Toxicology – Reproduction).
Geriatrics (> 65 years of age)
Of the total number of subjects in clinical studies of Silkis, 14% were 65 and over. The incidence of drug-related adverse events, serious adverse events, and adverse events leading to discontinuation were higher in subjects 65 or older than in subjects 18 to < 65. In general, use in elderly patients should be cautious, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal, or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy.
Pediatrics (< 18 years of age)
There are insufficient data in patients under 18 years of age to determine the safety and efficacy in this population. Silkis is not recommended in pediatric patients.
Monitoring and Laboratory Tests
Serum calcium levels should be monitored at regular intervals if risk factors for hypercalcemia are present. If serum calcium becomes elevated, treatment with calcitriol should be discontinued.
Adverse Reactions
Adverse Drug Reaction Overview
The clinical trial adverse reaction data for Silkis is largely based on two 8-week randomized, vehicle-controlled trials as well as one long term (1 year) safety study. These data provide information on twice daily exposure in 743 patients, including 239 exposed for 6 months and 116 exposed for at least one year. The most common adverse reactions experienced were laboratory test abnormality, skin discomfort, pruritus, and psoriasis.
Clinical Trial Adverse Drug Reactions
Because clinical trials are conducted under very specific conditions the adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials may not reflect the rates observed in practice and should not be compared to the rates in the clinical trials of another drug. Adverse drug reaction information from clinical trials is useful for identifying drug-related adverse events and for approximating rates.
Silkis was studied in two vehicle-controlled 8 week studies with 419 patients treated with Silkis twice daily. Drug-related adverse reactions that occurred in at least 1% of patients in the Silkis group are shown in the following table:
|Calcitriol ointment 3 μg/g
|Calcitriol vehicle ointment
|Total number of AEs
|Total number of subjects with AEs
|36 (8.6%)
|45 (10.7%)
|Discomfort skin
|11 (2.6%)
|9 (2.1%)
|6 (1.4%)
|4 (1%)
|Lab test abnormality
|14 (3.3%)
|15 (3.6%)
In these two studies, among subjects having laboratory monitoring, hypercalcemia (albumin-adjusted calcium above the upper limit of normal) at any post-baseline point during the 8 week trials, was observed in 24% (18/74) of calcitriol-exposed subjects compared to 16% (13/79) of vehicle-exposed subjects. No subject had an albumin-adjusted calcium result over the alert level (10% above the upper limit of the normal range) at any time-point throughout the study. Hypercalcemia was not reported as an adverse event during either study.
A one -year multi-center, open -label, non-comparative study enrolled 324 patients with psoriasis. Silkis was applied twice daily for up to 52 weeks. The most common adverse events were laboratory test abnormality (8%), urine test abnormality (4%), psoriasis (4%), flu syndrome (4%), hypercalciuria (3%), pruritus (3%) and skin infection (3%). There were 10 cases (3%) of hypercalcemia (defined as an albumin-adjusted serum total calcium concentration above the upper limit of the reference range (2.15 to 2.55 mmol/L). With one exception (2.72 mmol/L), all other albumin-adjusted serum total calcium concentrations were less than 5% above the upper limit of normal. There were 3 subjects with reported kidney stones.
Less Common Clinical Trial Adverse Drug Reactions (<1%)
Skin and Appendages psoriasis (0.2%)
Post-Market Adverse Drug Reactions
Because post-market adverse drug reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.
The following post-market adverse reactions have been reported with the use of Silkis ointment: acute blistering dermatitis, erythema, pruritus, skin burning sensation, and skin discomfort. Two serious, unexpected related reports have been received which describe skin atrophy (1) and blisters over the body, burning sensation and extensive flare-up of weepy eczema (2).
Drug Interactions
Silkis (calcitriol) ointment 3 µg/g must be used with caution in patients receiving medications known to increase serum calcium levels, such as thiazide diuretics, or medications with pharmacological effects impacted by a change in calcium levels, such as digoxin. Caution must also be exercised in patients receiving calcium supplements or high doses of vitamin D.
Silkis has a slight irritant potential, and therefore it is possible that concomitant use of peeling agents, astringents, or irritant products may produce an additive irritant effect.
Drug-Food Interactions
Interactions with food have not been established.
Drug-Herb Interactions
Interactions with herbal products have not been established.
Drug-Laboratory Interactions
Interactions with laboratory tests have not been established.
Dosage And Administration
Dosing Considerations
- Silkis is for TOPICAL USE ONLY and not for oral, ophthalmic or intravaginal use.
- There is no clinical trial experience with the use of Silkis in children and there is limited experience with the use of Silkis in the elderly (see Warnings and Precautions).
- Silkis should be used in pregnant or nursing women only if the benefit versus risk is favourable (see Warnings and Precautions).
- Silkis is contraindicated in patients with severe renal impairment or end-stage renal disease.
- Silkis is not recommended in patients with mild to moderate renal impairment or in patients with liver dysfunction (see Warnings and Precautions).
Recommended Dose and Dosage Adjustment
Silkis (calcitriol) ointment 3 µg/g should be applied to the areas affected with psoriasis twice daily, morning and evening, after washing and gentle drying. No more than 30 g of Silkis ointment should be used daily. No more than 35% of the body can be treated.
No additional therapeutic benefit has been demonstrated with higher doses or more frequent application.
Missed Dose
If a dose of Silkis is missed, it should be applied as soon as the patient remembers and further dosing resumed as usual.
The affected area should be washed and dried gently. The ointment should be applied and rubbed in gently until the medication is no longer visible. The treated area should not be bandaged or occluded in any way.
Hands should be washed thoroughly with soap and water after each application.
After satisfactory improvement has occurred, the drug should be discontinued. If recurrence takes place after discontinuation, the treatment may be reinstituted.
The accidental ingestion of Silkis (calcitriol) ointment 3 µg/g may produce symptoms that are consistent with vitamin D toxicity and hypercalcemia. The initial clinical signs (polyuria, polydypsia, dyspepsia) should be confirmed with a serum analysis of calcium levels prior to initiating treatment for hypercalcemia.
Topically applied calcitriol can be absorbed in sufficient amounts to produce systemic effects. If signs of hypercalcemia occur with the prescribed use of Silkis, treatment should be discontinued.
Action And Clinical Pharmacology
Mechanism of Action
Calcitriol (1 -25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) is the naturally occurring and biologically active metabolite of vitamin D3, primarily produced in the skin by exposure to the ultraviolet rays of the sun. Vitamin D3 must be metabolically activated in the liver and the kidney before it is fully active at target tissues as calcitriol.
Calcitriol primarily regulates systemic calcium and phosphate homeostasis by effects on the gastrointestinal tract, bone, and kidney. The mechanism of action of calcitriol in the treatment of psoriasis has not been established.
The systemic exposure of calcitriol ointment 3 µg/g was assessed in 23 patients with chronic plaque psoriasis over 21 days with a total of 30 g/day application to 35% body surface area. At Day 21, the geometric mean plasma concentration values of Cmax increased by 36% over baseline and the geometric mean value of AUC(0-12hr) increased by 44%. There was no correlation between the observed elevated calcitriol levels and the pharmacodynamic parameters of serum albumin adjusted calcium, serum phosphorus, urinary calcium and urinary phosphorus.
Considerable inter-subject variability in calcitriol permeation through the skin is observed.
Storage and Stability
Store at room temperature (15° - 30° C).
Dosage Forms, Composition And Packaging
Silkis (calcitriol) ointment 3 μg/g is available in collapsible aluminium tubes coated internally with an epoxy-phenolic resin and fitted with a white high density polyethylene or polypropylene screw cap. Tubes contain 5 g or 60 g of ointment.
Silkis is a white, translucent, ointment containing 3 μg/g (0.0003% w/w) of calcitriol. Other components of the ointment are vitamin E (dl-α tocopherol) added as an antioxidant, mineral oil, and white petrolatum.


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Gastric bypass (GBP) is any of a group of similar operative procedures used to treat morbid obesity, a condition which arises from severe accumulation of excess weight in the form of fatty tissue, and the health problems ("co-morbidities") which result. If you are considering gastric bypass or have had it, join the community where we share our experiences and find support.
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How have you changed since surgery
I noticed that Im much more quiet and observe more than chat.
I found the old me that had been lost inside layers of fat and embarrassment. I love to laugh, tell jokes, poke fun, and have a good time. I couldn't do that as an obese person because then I felt like everyone was staring and making judgements. I really like that I found that person again.
I don't lay in the bed all day hiding in my bedroom....I am getting out enjoying life again as I did when I was a teenager =)
I'm down 75+ pounds and am 5 months post op, and I'd say I feel more confident. I have always been outgoing, and love life, so that part hasn't changed. Taking up less space feels good, and I think allows me to be more comfortable.
I went through a bout of 24/7 psychotic PMS. Thank god that is over! I also lost interest in groups targeted towards BBWs even though I clearly am still one.
I notice that in the year since my gb (I've lost 203 pounds!!! I'm so proud!!) I've become alot more honest with myself and with others. I don't hide my feelings. I am more reflective and don't let other people affect my moods and how I react to life. I love life and enjoy that new me, no one can take that away from me :)
I am more outgoing. I would hide in baggy cloth ( not good idea when you are big to begin with LOL ) and try not to drawl attention to myself. wouldnt go out unless I had to. now- I go out and "window shop " and I made myself do promos at work that made me go out onto the feild and talk in front of huge crowds. ( I work for a minor leauge baseball team, farm team for the nationals ) I love the feel of the crowd where before I would have run and hide. LOL I feel comfortable in my skin finally.
Nearly 130 lbs gone now, and find that I have given up the act. Before I was caught up in always having to turn my personality "on" and act like I was who I thought others would like and accept. I always felt like I was fighting for some attention because it felt like people would rather turn away from me.
Now, I'm no longer an actress, I am more relaxed and its ok to be me. I don't feel exhausted from turning the personality "on" anymore. Socializing with others feels easier and causes me less anxiety. But on the flip side of that I have become more assertive and more confident and won't take any crap from anyone. If someone says a nasty comment, I am down their throat in a hot minute! LOL
Now, I'm no longer an actress, I am more relaxed and its ok to be me. I don't feel exhausted from turning the personality "on" anymore. Socializing with others feels easier and causes me less anxiety. But on the flip side of that I have become more assertive and more confident and won't take any crap from anyone. If someone says a nasty comment, I am down their throat in a hot minute! LOL
Callie, are you sure you don't have a long lost twin sister (okay, a few years older) in Canada???? Your observations really describe me to a 'T' as well.
LOL HappyJann, I'd take you as a twin/sister anyday!! My parents did live up in northern Michigan before I was born, ya never know, LOL.
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Originally, the clip was set to premiere Wednesday night on MTV — with a special live-stream event to follow on MTV.com — but those plans have been put on hold for the foreseeable future because the video isn't finished just yet.
Mars himself took to Twitter on Monday (October 24) to break the news about the "Rain" delay and to beg forgiveness from all the "Twilight" fans out there.
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Obama aide John Brennan talks about giving Terrorist Plea Deals, unbelievable!
This guy is obviously a puppet sent out to try and defend the stupid decisions to give a Terrorist Rights as an American and a lawyer so he can have the right to remain silent! This Man attempted to murder 300 innocent people and is an Enemy Combatant that should have been turned over to the CIA and he should have been interrogated to find out what he knew and possibly extract information that could save American lives from a future terrorist plot. Krauthammer says it best in the second video below.
Krauthammer: "Insane" To Give Terrorist A Lawyer and this demonstrates The Unseriousness of the Obama Administrations "War on Terror"
Krauthammer: Obama's #1 Terror Goal Is to Send Reinforcements to Al-Qaeda By Closing Gitmo - Why are we closing Gitmo? It's insane!
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Sometimes I still cannot help but to judge a book by its cover - especially when it comes to new author for me. When it passes the first level, I'd briefly flip through the book to scan the contents and more importantly, the writing style of the author. I always believe there are many ways to present an idea. But creativity sets excellent authors apart from the rest. I want to indulge in a book that will make me continue reading it.
Here is the very first paragraph from Trading Up:
It was the beginning of the summer in the year 2000, and in New York City, where the streets seemed to sparkle with the gold dust filtered down from a billion trades in a boomtown economy, it was business as usual. The world had passes into the new millennium peacefully, the president had again avoided impeachment, and Y2K had fizzled like an ancient bottle of French champagne. The city shone in all its magnificient, vulgar, and ruthless glory.
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In which our hero, who was born to write songs, tries to figure out his life with help from the interviewer.
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Man, I'm tired and I'm boring. I just thought I'd see how you're doing. So...how're you doing, man?
Doing pretty okay, farmboy. Can't complain. How about yourself?
I told you,man. I'm fuckin' tired and I'm fuckin' boring...
I feel like I've said every word, thought every thought, and that everything from here on out is a fuckin' rerun, you know? And I know that that's not true or anything, but...fuck. I feel like I need to fall asleep so I can wake up refreshed, unafraid to start the day.
Are you afraid to start the day, farmboy?
Uh,, I'm...vulnerable in the morning, man. Pisses me off. I wake up, I don't want to go anywhere, least of all to my fuckin' job. I want to be safe at home, under the blankets, next to the radio and my iPod. But no,, I have to get up and take a shower and shave and get ready for another day at work. But lets not think about that right now.
What do you want to think about?
Kind of nothing. My mind is tired. I want to play online games, you know, word games and stuff. I want to get away from me for a little while.
Which I what I'm gonna do, I think. Play games or search the internet of read Reddit. And then I'll go to bed and fall asleep.
And then you'll wake up refreshed, unafraid to start the day!
Man, I ain't promising nothin'.
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The Waverley Solution
The marriage of Henry Morton, one of the commanders of the Covenanter army defeated at Bothwell Bridge, to Edith Bellenden, heiress of a Royalist family, resembles that of Waverley and Rose Bradwardine in its exemplary reconciliation of antagonistic factions and cultures. On the political and historical level, it is the constitutional principles and religious tolerance won by the Glorious Revolution which allow the exiled Morton to return, and his long-delayed love story to reach consummation. As in Waverley, there are prices to be paid for this resolution: the hero's principal rival must once again be permanently removed — yet retained in admiring memory — before the wedding can take place. But in Old Mortality his is by no means the only significant death. As the novel's title suggests, mortality here is omnipresent.
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The news that the lesbian couple in Massachusetts (whose landmark lawsuit made it the only state in America where same-sex couples can marry legally) has split up (but has not filed for divorce) is sure to rally the foes of gay marriage, who will see it as proof that gay people cannot be trusted to protect the sanctity of marriage.
But here's the thing: heteros get divorced every day too. So, instead of banning gay people from marrying, why don't we just ban people from getting divorced?! Whaddaya say?!! Of course, that would have changed the lives of the following people:
Ronald Reagan
Bob Dole
Neil Bush
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Henry Kissinger
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Newt Gingrich
Dick Armey
Phil Gramm
George Will
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Bob Barr of Georgia - divorced twice
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John Warner
George Allen
Helen Chenoweth
John McCain
John Kasich
Susan Molinari
Nelson Rockefeller
If the preservation of marriage is REALLY what this is about, then why are heteros allowed to divorce? Why not just go ahead and get all "Ireland" about this, and just mandate one marriage till death do you part?
Wouldn't that be the best solution for those who are so very concerned about the sanctity of marriage?


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By Linda Trischitta, Sun Sentinel
September 30, 2011
A single SUV rolled over while traveling west on Interstate 595 on its way to the Florida's Turnpike, at about 4:40 p.m. Friday. Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Mark Wysocky said traffic was slowed but there were no life-threatening injuries in the crash.
Coral Springs man accused of raping woman in back seat of SUV
By Emily Miller and Sun Sentinel
September 29, 2014
A Coral Springs man is accused of driving a woman from a Miami club to the apartment complex where he lives and then raping her in the back seat of his SUV. Justin Latibeaudiere, 26, is facing charges of sexual battery, felony battery and false imprisonment. The two met at a bar Saturday night and then the victim accompanied Latibeaudiere to Club Eleven in Miami, according to an arrest report. The victim left with Latibeaudiere in his Ford SUV, believing she would be dropped off at her vehicle.
SUV rams into apartment near Fort Lauderdale
Juan Ortega, Sun Sentinel
June 20, 2012
An SUV rammed into an apartment building on Wednesday, but no one was hurt, the Broward Sheriff's Office said. The collision happened about 7:30 a.m. in the 1800 block of Southwest 41st Avenue in Broadview Park, a neighborhood in an unincorporated part of Broward County . The driver of the SUV told a deputy his foot slipped off the brakes, leading to the collision, the Sheriff's Office said. The apartment was deemed unsafe by county officials, causing its occupants to be temporarily displaced, the Sheriff's Office said.
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Weston bicyclist dies after striking SUV
By Emily Miller, Sun Sentinel
August 14, 2014
A Weston bicyclist died Wednesday night after he swerved into a lane of traffic, striking a passing SUV. Luis Escobar, 51, was riding east in the bike lane of Saddle Club Road with a group of bicyclists around 8 p.m. when he rode out of the bike lane and into traffic, according to detectives. It is not known why he did so. He traveled across the right lane before striking the side of a 2013 Honda Pilot in the left lane, according to detectives. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue came to the scene in the 20100 block of Saddle Club Road, but Escobar's injuries were fatal, according to detectives.
Which kind of SUV do you need?
By Steven Cole Smith, Sentinel Automotive Editor
July 29, 2010
When the Ford Explorer hit the market in 1989 as a 1990 model, it was an immediate hit for one big reason -- a reason that seems odd today. Ford was among the first to figure out that a mainstream SUV needed four doors. The model the Explorer replaced, the Bronco II, had two doors, as did early models of the Toyota 4Runner, Nissan Pathfinder and Chevrolet S-10 Blazer. All those vehicles quickly grew two additional doors after the Explorer's initial success, and it's hard now to find a new two-door SUV. Suddenly SUV's were logical alternatives to staid minivans and station wagons, and soon owned that market.
West Boca Raton pedestrian struck, killed by SUV
By Alexia Campbell, Sun Sentinel
September 8, 2010
A 54-year-old woman was fatally struck by an SUV as she crossed Lyons Road west of Boca Raton on Tuesday, authorities said. Roberta Tenenbaum, 54, of suburban Boca Raton , walked in front of a 2005 GMC Yukon as she crossed the road just south of the intersection with Sonoma Lake Boulevard, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. The driver, Emanouel Legakis, 29, was traveling north on Lyons Road and slammed on the brakes during the crash, the Sheriff's Office said.
Boca cops: Couple asleep in stolen SUV
By Adam Sacasa, Sun Sentinel
September 12, 2013
A gray Ford Escape with its engine running and lights off in a motel parking lot caught the eye of an officer in the area Wednesday, according to a Boca Raton Police arrest report. It was about 2:20 a.m. when an officer ran the Georgia license plates on the SUV, only to find it was stolen out of Broward County . The officer peeked in through the tinted windows to see Joseph Edward Gibbs, 29, of Pompano Beach, and Jennifer DiMarco, 23, who has no fixed address, asleep inside.
SUV crash downs utility pole on Stirling Road
Sun Sentinel
July 1, 2011
The southbound lanes of University Drive were closed near Stirlilng Road for several hours Friday morning after an SUV crashed into a utility pole which fell across the roadway. The incident happend shortly before 7:15 a.m. It's believed the driver of the SUV was not seriously hurt. Crews were on the scene for much of the morning to clear the SUV and the utility pole from the travel lanes of University Drive. No other information was immediately available.
Man accused of ramming parents' home with SUV
By Barbara Hijek and FloriDUH
February 4, 2013
Robert John Tate Jr., 30, is accused of ramming his parents' Port St. Lucie home with a SUV, reports TCPalm in Stuart. Holy terror! Tate's mom told cops her son had been posting strange YouTube videos of himself in a Batman suit before the incident, according to the report. Get the DUHtails at TCPalm in Stuart. More FloriDUH
Plant shop owner wants to rebuild after SUV wrecks business
By Erika Pesantes, Sun Sentinel
September 9, 2014
Although Matthew Lang's plant shop was destroyed by an out-of-control SUV, he hopes to rebuild and remain firmly rooted in Fort Lauderdale. As Lang returned to his business, The Plant Boat, on Tuesday morning, he could only think of salvaging the greenery inside despite the rubble and shattered glass around him. The plants are his "babies," he said, and he was eager to water them. "They mean something to me," Lang said. On Monday evening, the driver of a white Ford Explorer smashed into the building housing Lang's business at 1130 S. Federal Hwy. No one was in the shop at the time and the motorist who veered into the building was not hurt, authorities said.
Police catch reported car thief after he gets in crash, leaves scene, report says
By Kate Jacobson, Sun Sentinel
September 3, 2014
A suspected car thief was nabbed after he crashed the stolen car and sent police on a search after he ran away from the scene. Palm Beach police said they got a call about a car accident just after 4:30 on Tuesday at the intersection of Pine Walk and South County Road. One of the drivers in the cars involved in the accident had sped off, according to an arrest report. As officers were responding to the accident, a woman called police and said a man in a car that police thought matched the description of the one involved in the accident had pulled up to her house.
Woman sees her stolen paddleboards for sale on Craigslist
By Kate Jacobson, Sun Sentinel
August 26, 2014
A woman foiled a Delray Beach man's plan to sell her the paddleboards he stole from her on Craigslist after she posed as a potential buyer and called the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, according to an arrest report. The man, Jonathan Cullen, 27, is charged with theft and dealing in stolen property. Deputies said on Sunday a woman came to a Sheriff's Office station about a report she had filed last week regarding her stolen paddleboards worth $3,800. The woman said someone had stolen two paddleboards from the top of her car. And as she was looking on Craigslist, she spotted someone selling paddleboards identical to hers for $700.
Rollover wreck spills pool chemicals in Fort Lauderdale
By Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel
August 25, 2014
Nobody was hurt in a rollover collision that spilled pool chemicals on Broward Boulevard on Monday, according to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. An SUV struck the passenger side of a pickup truck loaded with containers of chlorine and other chemicals just before noon along the 1100 block of W. Broward Boulevard, officials said. The wreckage and spill slowed traffic for more than an hour as firefighters collected the yellow plastic containers and hosed down the intersection, Lt. John Webster said.
Weston bicyclist dies after striking SUV
By Emily Miller, Sun Sentinel
August 14, 2014
A Weston bicyclist died Wednesday night after he swerved into a lane of traffic, striking a passing SUV. Luis Escobar, 51, was riding east in the bike lane of Saddle Club Road with a group of bicyclists around 8 p.m. when he rode out of the bike lane and into traffic, according to detectives. It is not known why he did so. He traveled across the right lane before striking the side of a 2013 Honda Pilot in the left lane, according to detectives. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue came to the scene in the 20100 block of Saddle Club Road, but Escobar's injuries were fatal, according to detectives.
Video shows thief stealing computer from car outside school in Davie
By Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel
August 6, 2014
At least two people are being sought for a brazen car burglary outside a school in Davie, police said. The Pine Island Montessori School's surveillance camera recorded very clear images of a man getting out of an SUV, smashing the rear passenger window of a parked car and taking a laptop computer and a purse from inside. It happened July 30, in the parking lot of the school at 5499 SW 82nd Ave., A woman had parked her silver Acura TL and entered the school to pick up her child, leaving her purse and a laptop computer on the rear seat of her vehicle, detectives said.
SUV submerged in North Lauderdale lake not occupied, BSO says
By Rachel Hatzipanagos, Sun Sentinel
August 2, 2010
The Broward Sheriff's Office has determined that a vehicle discovered submerged in a North Lauderdale lake Monday morning was unoccupied. BSO was notified shortly after 6:30 a.m. that a dark-colored SUV was in the lake along the 300 block of Bishop Thomas Road. The agency's dive team conducted a search and located the vehicle. Shortly before 8:30 a.m., BSO said divers had determined that the SUV was not occupied.
SUV strikes bus in Deerfield Beach, officials say
Sun Sentinel
April 23, 2013
Crashes and other incidents being reported on area roadways Tuesday morning by the Florida Highway Patrol and Florida Department of Transportation include: 7:50 a.m., northbound crash on Florida's Turnpike approaching Northwest 27th Avenue near the Broward/Miami-Dade County line blocking a right shoulder. 6:15 a.m., Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue says two people in an SUV were being treated for injuries after the SUV struck a school bus near Southwest 10th Street and Natura Boulevard in Deerfield Beach. No one on the school bus was hurt, the agency said.
Driver ejected from car after crashing into SUV, pole, Boynton police say
By Adam Sacasa and Sun Sentinel
August 1, 2014
An investigation is underway for a serious two-vehicle-crash that left two men injured, according to a Boynton Beach Police news release. The crash happened on the 600 block of West Industrial Avenue just after 7 p.m. and involved a 1998 Nissan Pathfinder and 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Police said Kason Meme, 31, was driving the Montel Carlo and speeding down the northbound lanes of West Industrial Avenue. Eugene Albert, 34, was driving the Pathfinder and was making a left turn onto West Industrial Avenue from Industrial Avenue to head south.
Women rescued after SUV slides into New River in Fort Lauderdale
By Wayne Roustan, Sun Sentinel
August 1, 2014
Two people sleeping on a boat woke up at a marina to the splash of an SUV falling into the river — then the screams of two women in peril. The SUV with the women inside fell into the New River about 4:30 a.m. Friday, officials said. As the current pushed the vehicle about 200 feet down the waterway, the boaters came to the women's aid. One boater helped the SUV passenger out of the water. The other boater swam to help the SUV driver, who was taken to Broward Health Medical Center in serious but stable condition.
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June 27, 2010
Julie Amisano (M.Mus., voice performance, 2005) issued a new CD, Green, in 2008. Three Norwegian songs by Agathe Grondahl on the CD were played over NPR on Feb. 2, 2009.
Whitney Ashe (B.Mus., composition, 2008) played some of his original works at Smalls Jazz Club in Manhattan over the Nov. 2729, 2009 weekend.Olympics tour to China, the Brooklyn College Chamber Choir sang Ashe's SATB a cappella "Nothing Gold Can Stay" (text by Robert Frost) in the Forbidden City Concert Hall of Beijing.
Nan Maro Babakhanian (M.Mus., voice performance, 2006) currently lives and teaches in Spain as director of the Project Canción Española. She gave birth to her first child, Ines Maro Burgos Babakhanian, on June 27, 2009.
Huascar Barradas (B.Mus., flute performance, 1988) has been having an incredibly successful career in Venezuela. He was one of the early teachers of internationally renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel when the latter was only 11. His chamber ensemble was in Manhattan for performances in May 2009. Barradas may be contacted via e-mail.
Joseph Bartolozzi (M.Mus., piano performance, 2001) earned his Ph.D. in composition from SUNY Stony Brook in 2009. In June 2009 he received the Distinguished Music Educators Award from Yale University. He teaches at Long Island City High School in New York, where he directs the band and is assistant choral director.
Romulo Benavides (candidate, M.Mus., violin performance) met Professor Hager in February 2009 and reported that he is a member of a string quartet, Sweet Plantain, based in Queens. The ensemble plays all kinds of repertory but particularly Latin jazz. According to the group's website, Sweet Plantain's performances include two in New York — one at Joe's Pub and another at St. Mark's in the Bowery.
Victor Bobetsky (B.A., 1977) is associate professor of music at Hunter College, where he directs the music-education program. In late 2008 his new book The Magic of Middle-School Musicals: Inspire Your Students to Learn, Grow and Succeed was published by Rowman and Littlefield for MENC.
Carlos Conde (B.Mus., 2004; M.Mus., voice, 2005) completed his DMA in voice performance in December 2008 at SUNY Stony Brook. In August 2010 he will become assistant professor of applied voice in a tenure-track position at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He will teach graduate and undergraduate voice students, lyric diction, vocal literature, vocal pedagogy and voice research as well as opera theater and/or musical theater. Conde is especially excited about the position because Texas Tech also has satellite campuses in Seville, Spain, and Leipzig, Germany. He looks forward to exploring more Spanish vocal literature for those programs.
Sarah Corman (M.A., music education, 2009) released her first CD of her jazz vocals, Happy Little Tune, in 2009.
Samuel "Kojo" Enninful (M.Mus., composition, 1997) visited the conservatory in December 2009 and told us about his ongoing ministry for the Methodist Church in Ghana, where he and his wife have raised four children. In addition to his pastoral work, Enninful has taught music theory courses as a research fellow for the Center for Cultural and African Studies at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. He was here on sabbatical and doing mission work in the state of Delaware. He hopes to begin doctoral studies in composition soon in this country.
Victoria Freyberg (B.Mus., performance; M.Mus., 1979) completed 25 years of teaching piano for the Brooklyn College Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts in fall 2008. A special tribute to Freyberg was made by Prep Center students and faculty at a concert in December 2008. We were sorry to learn that her mother, Golda Shtelman, 82, died on June 10, 2009, after a long illness. Our condolences go out to her and her family.
Rieko Kawabata (M.Mus., violin, 2008) is part of New York's up-and-coming diverse chamber-music ensemble Opus Nine. On Sept. 24, 2009, she was part of their concert and performed in Dvorak's "American" String Quartet.
Masha Lankovsky (M.Mus., violin performance, 2003) now serves as director of the Classical Division at the Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Michael Lee (M.Mus., viola, 2007) is orchestra director at Farmingdale High School on Long Island, where he has taught since 2005. (He has worked in that school district since 2001.) He has taken two orchestras to the NYSSMA majors (where large ensembles get evaluated), and in 2008–M, the national music honors society. He is currently considering DMA programs for further performance studies.
David Leibowitz (B.S., oboe performance, 1980; M,A,, performance practice, 1983) became the orchestra director of the CCNY Orchestra in spring 2010, where he is now an adjunct lecturer. (It is the first orchestra that CCNY has had in about eight years.) He still conducts regular concerts with the New York Repertory Orchestra that he founded several years ago.
Jonathan Levin (M.Mus., piano, 2008) gave a solo piano recital on Nov. 19, 2009, at Calvary–St. George's in Manhattan. The concert was part of a series dedicated to sponsoring the annual Thanksgiving Day dinner for the homeless at that church.
Paul Licciardi (B.Mus., tuba, 2003; M.A., musicology, 2010) and his wife, Yuka, had a baby son, Ludovico, on Sept. 19, 2009. Congratulations to them!
Sarah Loveland (Advanced Certificate, 2008) became district-wide chairperson of music for the public schools in Westbury, N.Y., as of fall 2009. We are very proud of this accomplishment!
Gretchen Mundinger (M.Mus., voice, 2008) and Onder Adsay had a baby girl, Ayla Gwynn Mundinger-Adsay, on Oct. 30, 2009. Congratulations and best wishes to all three of them!! (Ayla's name is pronounced EYE-luh; it's Turkish for "moonlight.")
Thomas Nazziola's (M.Mus., composition, 2006) Another Spring for chorus and piano (text by Kenneth Rexroth) was given its New York premiere by Cantori New York on March 6, 2010. ASCAP Award winner Mark Shapiro conducted.
Sandra Pagano (M.Mus., voice performance, 2000) set up the Long Island School of the Arts in 2000childhood program.
Matthew Reichert (M.Mus., violin, 1997) successfully defended his dissertation "Carl Bergmann in New York: Conducting Activity 1852–1876" on May 21, 2010, at the CUNY Graduate Center. He will be receiving the DMA in Violin Performance this year (2010). Reichert is coordinator of strings at the Brooklyn College Preparatory Center for the Performing Arts.
Cesar Reyes (M.Mus., piano, 2006; M.A., musicology, 2009) presented a lecture-recital at the annual meeting of the American Musicological Society on Nov. 13, 2009. Its title was: "Piano Masterworks of Mexican Nationalism."
Adelquis Salomon (M.Mus., trumpet, 2008) sent us this YouTube excerpt from his quintet's renditions of several Piazzola numbers in February 2010.
Elad Shniderman (M.Mus., composition, 2009) reports that his new sound-and-movement piece, Here, Hear, created with dancer Hank Hanstad, was performed on March 24, 2010, at the Wang Center at SUNY Stony Brook. The performance was part of that university's exciting Hybrid Geography event that groups together performances of interdisciplinary art and new media.
Allison Sniffin instrumentalist, singer, composer and member of Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble since 1996. She has performed The Polictics of Quiet, A Celebration Service, magic Frequencies, mercy, Turtle Dreams, Books of Days, and impermance. Sniffin has also engraved, prepared or orchestrated a number of Monk's works, including Possible Sky, Stringsongs and Night, and has edited a book of her piano music. She has received awards from Meet the Composer and the Concert Artists' Guild.
Yukiko Tanaka (M.Mus., piano, 2005) participated in a recital by Yoko Suzuki on Nov. 20, 2009, at the Frank and Camille Piano Salon in Manhattan. This recital was a tribute to Suzuki's teacher, the recently deceased Alicia de Larrocha. Tanaka participated in the performance of four-hand pieces by Frederic Mompou and Xavier Montsalvatge.
Erasmia Voukelatos (M.Mus., piano) continues as assistant director and accompanist for Cantigas, a Hoboken, N.J.-based women's choir directed by Joan Isaacs Litman.
Matthew Weissman (M.Mus., piano, 2006) will be finishing his performer diploma in piano performance at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in May 2010.Back to Fermata — Spring 2010


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Thursday we took a day trip north to explore the areas that we passed through on the way here but couldn't stop due to pulling the rig. This area is very scenic with beautiful beaches with cliffs and rocky slopes that join the ocean. We also traveled to the seaside town of Astoria where the huge Columbia River empties in to the Pacific.
Here are two more interesting tidbits I've learned that are unique to Oregon. There is a state law here that requires an attendant to pump your gas (or diesel). No self service here. They also have a state law prohibiting the use of handheld cell phones while operating a motor vehicle. Wish all states had this one. Btw, several folks have asked about fuel prices on the west coast. We paid as high as $4.39/gallon for diesel in Washington, and here in Oregon, it's running about $3.99. I'm sure California is going to be high too. Gas is about $.20/ gallon cheaper.
We're probably about halfway through our trip. We've been on the road almost 2 months and have put about 7,000 miles on the truck so far. Needless to say, we're having a wonderful time and know how blessed we are to be able to make this exciting journey. Stay tuned as we start the second half!
|Our Camp Site here at Tillamook/Bay City RV Park
|Pretty nice park and reasonable rates.
|Tillamook Cheese Factory
|Blocks of aged cheese headed to the slicing and packaging stations. Each block of cheese weighs about 40 pounds.
|Here the cheese is sliced, weighed, and goes through machines to package and seal the cheese. Pretty impressive process.
|Eight large vats containing milk that start the process of making cheese from milk.
|Finished product
|Al & Pat in the Tillamook VW
|We had to try it too!
|Scenic beach near Oceanside
|Very pretty
|Road leading into Oceanside
|We seem to have a knack for happening upon weddings!
|This section of beach could be mistaken for a beach on the east coast.
|Won't find this on the east coast unless you go to New England.
|Taken from a high overlook on US Highway 101.
|Cannon Beach area. This rock is locally known as Haystack because it looks like one!
|How would you like to have this for your front yard!
|Statue of Lewis and Clark in downtown Seaside
|Pretty flowers in Seaside
|Astoria-Meggler Bridge that spans the Columbia River in Astoria. We crossed it and turned around and came back just for the view. It was 4 miles across the full span.
|Local eatery in Astoria that sells fish n' chips. The food is prepared on board the little ship and customers walk up a set of steps to order and receive their food. Seemed to be very popular as there was a big crowd there.
|The Astoria Column that is built atop a 600 ft hill overlooking Astoria and the Columbia River. The column was built by the Great Northern Railroad as a memorial to Astoria's early settlers. There is a spiraling mural painted on the column depicting the early history of the region. There's a spiraling staircase inside leading to the observation tower on top. Pat and I climbed it. Pretty cool.
|View from the top
|Tillamook Rock Lighthouse. It was built in the 1800's and was decommissioned in 1957. It's about a mile offshore.
|Taken from an overlook in the Ecola State Park looking back towards Cannon Beach.
|Quite impressive, Huh!
|The Kralovics
|The Cherrys


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Citigroup Inc. is trying to encourage its corporate customers in Latin America to make more use of the Internet.
About 70% of Citibank's more than 5,000 Latin American corporate customers do cash management online. By creating digital marketplaces and online payment services, Citi hopes to spur corporate use of the Internet for other transactions as well.
"In Latin America, we don't see many marketplaces up and running or a big number of transactions," said Lilian Picciotti, Citibank's e-solutions head for Latin America. "We are offering the infrastructure to stimulate them."
Three products make up the cornerstone of the bank's strategy. Citibank Procurement Connection, which links buyers and sellers, and CitiCommerce, which automates payment- and invoice-related tasks, were both introduced in August. CitiConnect, in testing since March 2000, lets users collect payments from consumers over the Internet and is to get its wide-scale introduction Jan. 29.
Ms. Picciotti said it is too soon for Citi to measure results of these initiatives but that she is confident they will do well.
"We're trading a number of transactions," she said. "It will move fast and we're guaranteed good results."
Compared with other regions, she said, "We're growing our Internet usage here at a rate of 4-to-1."
It is estimated that 38 million Latin Americans will be Internet users by yearend.
"Compared to the United States, that's nothing, but compared to the numbers we had before, it's a lot," said Ms. Picciotti, who works in Buenos Aires and joined Citibank last year after spending 30 years at International Business Machines Corp. in Brazil.
Internet use in Latin America is growing fastest in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. "The reality is the Internet is becoming part of daily operations for our customers," Ms. Picciotti said. "We are moving ahead in a strong way."
Citibank Procurement Connection, the product of an alliance between Citigroup and the software maker Commerce One, can link buyers and sellers domestically or internationally. Citibank Brazil, the first company to implement the system, estimated in a preliminary evaluation that the bank's procurement costs would come down by 10% to 20%, and its purchasing processes would become more efficient. Citibank Mexico followed in October and Citibank Argentina in December.
This month Citibank Procurement Connection became fully operational at several Brazilian companies including Orbitall, Gimba, Compaq, Lexmark, Forma, Lucent, Giroflex, Equipa, and Office Net, and at three companies in Mexico whose names Ms. Picciotti said she could not disclose.
In another electronic procurement effort, Citibank Latin America is working with Marrakech Ltd., an Irish software company that offers an Internet trading platform for commercial transactions between buyers, suppliers, banks, and other intermediaries. Marrakech is operating its Global Commerce Network in Mexico and Argentina.
CitiCommerce aims to streamline companies' supply-chain networks by letting buyers create purchase orders, consult invoices, check the status of deliveries, and make payments.
Aventis CropScience, an agricultural chemicals firm and the first company in Brazil to test CitiCommerce, estimated that the service has helped its sales force reduce by 30% the time it spends on low priority activities. Now the sales force has more time to concentrate on service, sales promotion, and client acquisition.
Molinos Rio de la Plata, a consumer goods distributor and the first company in Argentina to use CitiCommerce, estimated that the product has freed up 30% of the time used by its sales personnel on administrative tasks. Molinos has nearly 700 products and yearly billing of about $800 million. Two other companies, one in Mexico and another in Colombia, have signed contracts with Citibank to implement CitiCommerce.


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Today I received some christmas presents in the mail! The box my mother sent was mailed in November and we've both been anxiously waiting for it to arrive. The other gift is from one of dearest friends at home. Thank-you Jenny and Mom! You are good family to have.
Here is a little glance at my Christmas in January:
Tea, hot chocolate and bath products from Jenny:
An Advent Calender. Perhaps since December is over, I should eat a chocolate every hour of the day tomorrow.
Shoes! A little scrunched but still wonderful :)
This was supposed to be part of my christmas dinner. Instead I had ox bone soup and a hot dog. Better late than never!
My mouth is full of chicken bones right now. I keep saying to myself,
" just one more.." but I can't stop eating them.
National Geographic magazines:
This shampoo is my guilty pleasure. I didn't need it but I wanted it..
The best surprise of all!! Slippers:
What is a life without Hollandaise sauce? Luckily, I won't have to find out!
I thought this was going to be a necklace but as you can see, it is clearly not! Chili peppers:


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Any experts on birds of India out there?
In response to today's early morning post, I received a comment from Dr. Vrajesh in India; he publishes My Handycam blog. Is there anyone out there who could help him?
In any event, check out his blog which consists of interesting videos -- birds as well as other diverse topics.


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As, we have begun to plow through the year and as we focus in on helping Kids in Need, there are many things about this "initiative" that I am noticing.
1.) Unlike "GI Focus" events that we have done in the past at NMC, this one is not very easily measured. In the past, we were able to see immediate fruit and numbers to compare to what we did. Examples: we raised a certain amount of money for the Rwanda Exodus Project and then sent Caleb Bislow and Dustin Eby to Rwanda to help train up these people and through those efforts, somewhere around 60,000 people heard about Jesus and some 30,000 stuck around to start churches in 27 different places around Rwanda. Those were measurable results.
With Kids in Need, our focus has a threefold goal of GAINing Awareness, GIV[E]ing Sacrificially and LIV[E]ing Differently. Of those three goals, we have noticed that the most important two are GAIN and LIVE. There are many reasons for this, but the main variable is the need to understand just what exactly is going on that needs to be addressed seems more important than just blindly throwing a bunch of money or sending a bunch of under prepared people to a certain area of need. Moreover, there is a sense of allowing the things that we learn and come to understand as real situations that must transcend simply acting in responsible ways and move to living differently, sacrificially, as the Holy Spirit prompts us to move. Because of this, this goal is very hard to measure with any amount of accuracy or, perhaps, even human satisfaction since we can't see "real" results from our efforts.
2.) This year is so much less about changing statistics and attempting to change the realities of what is going on in the world and so much more about letting our lives become an example, a depiction of the way that we want to reach the world. When it comes down to it, even giving financially to an organization is somewhat of a cop out. Especially, when the Holy Spirit has already convicted that person to alter their life that allows them to go and serve with that organization. If a person is unwilling to make the adequate changes to remain obedient and pursue God's will for their lives, no amount of money is going to change the fact that God wants that person to go and experience what it means to serve.
So, this year has to become about living our lives in ways that allows the Holy Spirit to move our lives in the ways that He sees fit and changing the way we live because of the things that He reveals to us. The hardest thing about this whole year push thing is the desire to just do something or just give this amount of money to this place. Those are great and admirable things, but that doesn't change how I live my life to better serve others and Christ.
*Just some thoughts. Not well put together that are not the direct opinion of NMC Student Ministries.*


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You hear about people flying all the time, and it has become a norm of our society. Some people fly as much back and forth for their work on a weekly basis. Instead of going on holiday some people prefer going on a cruise ship, they offer all the facilities one could want and a relaxed environment. The passengers on the Anthem Of The Seas experienced quite the opposite and wanted the whole cruise to be over within seconds. They faced more 120 MPH / 194 KMH winds and waves crashing down from 30 feet high.
Passenger's On Cruise Ship, Capture Hurling Waves Coming Towards Them Goes Viral
Anthem Of The Seas Vs Huge Waves And 120 MPH Winds. Viewed From My Room On The Third Deck. NO MUSIC!


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The Man Who Sued God (2001)
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Directed by: Mark Joffe
Starring: Billy Connolly, Colin Friels, Judy Davis
Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie when Steve and Anna are in the boat going across the harbour, in the background is a Shell petrol station on the shore. The boat is travelling from left to right across the screen, but as the camera shots change from Steve to Anna, or both at once, the Shell sign keeps changing its relative position to the boat.
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Continuity mistake: After the cockatoo smashes the pane, it can be seen wholly intact again later.
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Continuity mistake: Near the end as they are motoring through the harbour the background changes from the boats to the rocky bank and when the same angle shot is shown again it is back to the boats. Eventually they sail past the rocky bank again.
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Continuity mistake: When Billy Connelly enters the stage for the TV program "Cressida", he has a bible in his hand. Just before he sits down, he puts the bible on the table. Then, after he sits down, he puts it on the table again.
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Clarke Inc. Reports 2017 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results
HALIFAX, Feb. 13, 2018 /CNW/ - Clarke Inc. ("Clarke" or the "Company") (TSX: CKI) today announced its results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2017.
Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2017
Net income of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $3.5 million compared with net income of $25.4 million in 2016. Net realized and unrealized gains on investments during 2017 were $3.2 million compared to $20.0 million in 2016. The Company's equity holdings generated dividends of $3.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $3.5 million in 2016. The Company's debt and cash holdings generated interest income of $0.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $1.7 million in 2016. This decrease is due to the sale of debentures.
Results for the Fourth Quarter 2017
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments for the fourth quarter of 2017 were $1.1 million compared to $9.5 million for the same period in 2016. Interest income for the fourth quarter of 2017 was $0.1 million compared to $0.3 million for the same period in 2016 mainly due to the sale of debentures in 2017. General and administrative expenses during the fourth quarter of 2017 were $0.4 million lower than expenses during the same period in 2016. The Company had a net loss of $0.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to net income of $9.4 million in the same period in 2016. This was largely driven by the decrease in unrealized gains on investments during the period compared to the same period in the prior year. Comprehensive income for the fourth quarter was $10.9 million compared to $11.0 million for the same period in 2016.
For the three months ended December 31, 2017, Clarke's basic earnings per share ("EPS") was negative $0.04, compared to earnings of $0.64 for the same period in 2016.
Full Year Review and Outlook
During 2017, the Company's book value per share decreased by $0.90 or 7.8%. The decrease can be ascribed mainly to (i) $0.24 per Clarke common share ("Common Share") of positive investment performance and net income, (ii) a positive $0.85 per Common Share resulting from the recognition of additional surplus in one of our pension plans, and (iii) the payment of a $2.00 per Common Share special dividend. Our book value per Common Share at the end of the year was $10.71 while our Common Share price was $10.45.
During 2017 we received aggregate distributions from our pension plans of $33.4 million. Following the wind-up of Clarke's Nova Scotia pension plan in the third quarter, Clarke received a distribution of this pension plan's surplus in the amount of $29.6 million. More than $20.0 million of this distribution was received in cash while approximately $7.3 million is expected to be received following the filing of Clarke's year-end tax return. In the fourth quarter, Clarke received a $3.8 million pre-tax distribution of surplus from its Quebec pension plan following amendments to the surplus withdrawal rules under the Quebec Supplemental Pension Plans Act. As a result of the new legislation, the Company expects to withdraw on an annual basis up to 20% of the surplus in its Quebec pension plan in excess of a 105% solvency ratio. We expect the next distribution from this pension plan to occur in the first quarter of 2018. These distributions are not included in our net income.
At the end of the fourth quarter, Clarke commenced a substantial issuer bid for its Common Shares. Subsequent to year-end, Clarke repurchased under this substantial issuer bid 1,851,579 Common Shares or 12.7% of the outstanding Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $19.4 million. The special dividend, normal course share repurchases and substantial issuer bid resulted in Clarke returning $51.5 million to shareholders since the start of 2017.
We continue to believe that our two core holdings remain undervalued. Holloway Lodging Corp. ("Holloway") has seen business levels improve modestly in Western Canada and is performing well throughout the rest of Canada. The company's debt refinancing in May 2017 materially reduced the company's debt service. Since the third quarter of 2017, Holloway has ramped up its share repurchases which we believe are being completed at attractive prices. TerraVest Capital Inc. ("Terravest") has also seen its business levels improve modestly as a result of improved energy prices. Terravest completed several acquisitions in recent quarters and we do not believe the full benefits of these acquisitions have been realized. We believe that Terravest can further optimize its operations and drive additional EBITDA and free cash flow growth, which should cause its valuation to improve further.
During the year, we fully disposed of an energy basket debt security, which resulted in a total return of $2.9 million and an IRR of 30%. We also began to sell one energy basket equity security but have not fully disposed of this investment. Our two other remaining energy basket securities remain in a loss position but remain undervalued in our view.
It remains challenging to find investments that meet our investment criteria. While some investors may choose to alter their investment strategies or dilute their investment criteria at times like these, we are not going to do so. We understand the source of our returns over time and it is largely from investments made at times of market or industry dislocation or from company-specific challenges that we believe we can help rectify. Accordingly, our bias is to continue returning capital to shareholders until such time as more attractive opportunities present themselves.
Other Information
Further information about Clarke, including Clarke's Consolidated Financial Statements and Management's Discussion & Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2017, is available at www.sedar.com and www.clarkeinc.com.
Highlights of the consolidated financial statements for the three months and year ended December 31, 2017 compared to the three months and year ended December 31, 2016 are as follows:
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Three months
December 31,
Year ended
December 31,
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Realized and unrealized gains on investments
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Interest income
Revenue and other income*
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Comprehensive income
Basic and diluted EPS
Total assets
Long-term financial liabilities
Cash dividends declared per share
Book value per share
*Revenue and other income includes pension expense/recovery, gains on sale of fixed assets, foreign exchange gains/losses, and service revenue.
About Clarke
Halifax-based Clarke invests in a variety of private and publicly-traded businesses and participates actively where necessary to enhance the performance of such businesses and increase its return. Clarke's securities trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CKI); for more information about Clarke Inc., please visit our website at www.clarkeinc.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Use of Non-IFRS Accounting Measures
This press release makes reference to the Company's book value per share as a measure of the performance of the Company as a whole. Book value per share is measured by dividing shareholders' equity at the date of the statement of financial position by the number of Common Shares outstanding at that date. Clarke's method of determining this amount may differ from other companies' methods and, accordingly, this amount may not be comparable to measures used by other companies. This amount is not a performance measure as defined under IFRS and should not be considered either in isolation of, or as a substitute for, net earnings prepared in accordance with IFRS.
Note on Forward-Looking Statements and Risks
This press release may contain or refer to certain forward-looking statements relating, but not limited, to the Company's expectations, intentions, plans and beliefs with respect to the Company. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "does not expect", "is expected", "budgets", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "believes", or equivalents or variations of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results, "may", "could", "would", "should", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, those with respect to the future or expected performance of the Company's investee companies, the future price and value of securities held by the Company, changes in these securities holdings, the future price of oil and value of securities held in the Company's energy basket, changes to the Company's hedging practices, currency fluctuations and requirements for additional capital. Forward-looking statements rely on certain underlying assumptions that, if not realized, can result in such forward-looking statements not being achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the Company's investment strategy, legal and regulatory risks, general market risk, potential lack of diversification in the Company's investments, interest rates, foreign currency fluctuations, the sale of Company investments, the fact that dividends from investee companies are not guaranteed, reliance on key executives, commodity market risk, risks associated with investment in derivative instruments and other factors. With respect to the Company's investment in a ferry operation, such risks and uncertainties include, among others, weather conditions, safety, claims and insurance, labour relations, and other factors.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actions, events or results not to be as estimated or intended, there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Other than as required by applicable Canadian securities laws, the Company does not update or revise any such forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
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