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Election 2012: Celebrities Who Support Barack Obama (GALLERY)
35In these cool fall temperatures, it seems Hollywood has caught campaign fever.
With the 2012 presidential election just around the corner, the stars are gearing up to place their votes.
But who is rooting for the incumbent President Barack Obama this time around?
If observers have learned anything over the past few weeks, it's that celebs aren't shy to express their political leanings. In fact, they wear them right on their sleeves — or their backs, in Madonna's case.
Many stars have staunchly advocated for Obama's reelection, using their celebrity status to influence the public. And they just love to speak their political minds. From pro-Bama video messages to self-led Twitter campaigns, everyone has their own to way of endorsing their favorite candidate.
Even the less-outspoken celebs show their support by hosting mere $40,000 per-plate fundraisers, or making generous contributions to their party of choice.
But it will all come down to who can bring in the most support by Election Day, on Nov. 6.
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So how does this work? If you belong to the Sikh faith – or any faith other than Christianity you're not good enough to run for office?
Who the heck cares what her religion is?
It is her policies and ideas that worry me, not whether she is a Sikh, Muslim, Jew or Buddhist. You Republicans are really like scared little kids, anything slightly different than yourself scares the heck out of you.
Booo, now go home and hide under your rock.
WHY would RELIGION play ANY role in politics??
Is this the Middle-Ages or the 21st century?? It DOESN'T matter what religion she follows, what matters is whether she is a good leader with the right ideas!
She just needs to wait a few more years for the old racist whitetrash that makes up the core of the GOP to die off.
I can't stand the Democrats, but the Republicans (at least, in the South) are like the Taliban.
Yuo read an article like this and have to ask- why does anyone support Republicans? I realize that this is just a lunatic making this statement but there are crazy statements and accusations made on almost a dialy basis by member of this party and they are across the spectrum of nonsense.
If it is these people that put the men and women that claim to be Republicans in office, what does it say about the Republicans in office?
Let's give someone the third degree about every aspect of her religious beliefs, and then, if we find any microscopic inconsistencies, let's call her a lying, heathen b*tch because, hey, you know, what would Jesus do?
I'm not from South Carolina and I won't vote for her anyway, but these concerns by the evangelical right are ridiculous. The woman says she converted – take her at her word. What would be her agenda for lying? If she had changed her religion from one main line Protestant religion to another no one would question her word. This whole thing smacks of the Birthers at it again. She made the primary cut as the Republican candidate. Do they think the "Liberals" put her up to it? When are the evangelicals going to wake up and realize theirs is not the only game in town?
Hmmm, I thought we came here FOR freedom of religous choice?
I"m all for Haley to run, and win. If I lived there, I'd vote for her. I just think there is a big "good ole boy" contingent in SC that are against her.........
Afraid of her ideas? Haley made herself one of the least popular politicians in the Capitol by introducing a bill that would require elected officials to disclose publicly how they vote on legislation.
South Carolina is one of the few states that let lawmakers do so in secret. This allows them the luxury of voting, pain-free, to give themselves perks, such as the generous retirement benefits they approved in 2008.
By the way, Mitt is not "Christian enough" for some ... maybe now being Methodist is "not Christian enough" –
So as the GOP eats their own, over all things religion, I have to agree with "Anonymous", read an article like this and have to ask- why does anyone support Republicans?
There is a very simple answer to all of this;
Vote NO in NOvember to the party of NO.
Yes, they're right about Haley's religion. She's not a Christian. She, like all Repugnants, worships the Almighty Dollar.
The totally bigoted Republicans show their true colors once again as they lash out and eat one of their own in a disgraceful and bigoted attack on anothers religion. How can anyone with even a hint of a conscience support Republicans in any manner when it is so obvious that they wish to do nothing less than shove Christianity down the throats of every living and breathing American, if you are not a dyed in the wool bible slapping christian you are not good enough to run for office, to vote or even to breathe, these are the true bigoted and despicable beliefs of the most malignant party in the history of the USA, the GOP=Greedy Old Pigs
I cannot believe how medieval the Republicans are. It's unreal to me that here in the 21st century...in 2010 for crying out loud....that these people say the things they say. The republicans stay in power by routinely appealing to the most uneducated elements of our society with utter tripe. It's unreal!
Her religious affiliation has no bearing on the race. We have separation of church and state.
Where have I seen this game played before? Oh! during the 2008 presidential elections. Barack Obama's religion was questioned then. And did that work? HELL NO IT DID NOT. I am not a Republican and will never be but I think they should leave Haley alone. The more they do this, the more the drive people to her.
Bob, who ever you are!!!!!You can NEVER take a politician at their word. Truer words were never written than GOP=greedy old pigs.
The Republicans are such a joke. All they care about is whether someone is the right color. The right religion. The right nationality. The right pedigree. Being capable of doing the job never enters into the equation.
Who gives a rip. Only James cares...
This be bible thumping country y'all and we don't like anything NEW and or DIFFERENT! If you ain't at church meetings on Sunday marnin then you ain't no good christian and we don't bother with your kind.
Only racists, bigots, and fools who pretend to be good christians and go to Sunday marnin meeting are good enough for us!!
I hate republicans in general and particularly loathe Haley but really, her religious beliefs are her own business.
There is a very simple answer to all of this; Vote NO in NOvember to the party of NO.
It is a simplel answer;
Vote No in NOvember to the party of (in my best Homer Simpson Impression) Dooh! In other words, bye bye liberals!
Now to the story at hand. The lady said she was a Christian. Leave it at that! I though only God could look into a human soul!
I am confused, exactly what difference does her religion make?
It seems that conservativess are so fixated on candidates being the "right" religion that Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, and others should have no illusions. They may donate to Republican causes, they may vote for Republicans, but they will never be accepted as Republican leaders or candidates.
DISGUSTING! when will the IGNORANT right learn to STOP the hate using religion as a ploy! They are getting worse and worse trying to brain wash this country, and now even the holly rollers of their party are not GODLY enough! CHURCH AND STATE MORONS!!!!!!!!!!
This is nuts. If the religions think they should have a say in what happens in the government, then make religions pay taxes!
Welcome to Bigoted, Racist, and Ignorant South Carolina!!!!


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How could i use a NPN transistor and a LED/Zener to make a css ? Regards , Lukas |
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ESL Headphone Direct Drive Solid State Amp
Stumbled on an ESL headphone amp circuit in a TI application note I thought might be of some interest.
I attached a copy of the relevent pages in case the link disappears in the future...hate it when that happens. http://www.ti.com/lit/an/snaa046/snaa046.pdf |
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that one´s on for quite a time ;-) What I find very annoying is the fact that there are a couple of failures in the schematic. More and more I get the impression, that circuits presented in application notes never made it even to the breadboard, but are just intellectual baby spoo. It is for at least 20 years now possible to cut and paste correct schematics into a document. Why are there still major faults in many and even simple schematics of global players like TI, LT et al? jauu Calvin |
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I must admit I didn't give the circuit more than a quick glance since it is not really of interest to me at this time. But, I posted it since I figured others might be in search of such a circuit. If it is not too involved, and you have the time, you might describe the required corrections to the schematic to achieve a working circuit. A 60 second look and I noticed: 1) the -15 VDC supply was mislabeled as +15 VDC 2) the balance resistor R11 is missing from the schematic 3) the +OUT line fails to connect to the drain of Q2 4) Q1 & Q2 most likely IRF720, not IRF72 Are these the type of things you are talking about? or are you saying there is something fundamentally wrong with the circuit. I know National used to provide PC board layouts and even demo boards for some circuits in their application notes. This provided some level of confidence that the circuits would work as described. But, this was certainly the exception rather than the rule. Last edited by bolserst; 26th April 2012 at 08:25 PM. |
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Several years ago I have built successfully a rather simple direct drive amp. The op amp was driving a high voltage FET in class A. Current source was made by using another FET and string of LEDs. The amp is lying somewhere in the garrage but schematic seems to be lost. I could dig my archives if anybody is interested in. BTW - Calvin - a long time Regards, Lukas. |
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So, is anybody into making electrostatic headphones as well?
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the list of corrections are what I found also. In addition one should check the wattage of the drain resistors R8, R9. Since the circuit runs in class-A, just 3W will be low. My gut-feeling says, stay well clear and enjoy the fireworks. Again, since running in class-A the Pot R11 takes on the current of both MOSFETs, hence it wattage needs to be observed. But in any case is it a rather bold idea to run loads of currents over the wiper of an pot. Stability of the amp needs also to be observed. Adding external gain stages and include them into the feedback loop and driving capacitve loads a local loop (here C1) is almost always required. It might be, that a modification of the local loop is required to get the amp stable. One might want to check what is happening at the amps outputs when starting and shutting down the amp. The Bias generating resistor-networks values are weird. Here a Bias voltage of just 200V results, which must lead to gross distortions as soon as the signal voltage reaches or superseeds these 200V. A correct coltage would be >=400V or at least as high as the ESL-panel allows for. R15 could be much smaller, or omitted with alltogether and optionally R16 could be raised in value up to ~1Meg. jauu Calvin |
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I have messed with these types of circuits in spice and on the bench.
I have built a small version to prove the concept. But I haven't made one large enough to drive an ESL nor have I finished my ES headphones yet. Here are a few designs that I posted a while back, All Discrete Class-A Headphone Amp I drove a Piezo element to very high volumes on a 170v supply and quite cleanly as well,I might add. jer |
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http://www.edn.com/file/15429-101404di.pdf?force=true I believe 2 junctions are missing at the + and - 1000V inputs and the junction of R23 and the output should not be there. Scale this back to +/- 400 and it might be about right. Of course you need a total of 4 (2 inverting) for stereo push/pull. G² |
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Thanks for the links to the National Semiconductor / Texas Instruments Application note and to the EDN article. I agree that stability could be an issue driving the capacitive load.
It's a pity the semiconductor companies don't have the time to prototype the application circuits properly. A rather weak excuse for the schematic errors is that they can be redrawn by the documentation / marketing department to conform to a 'company standard' so cut and paste may not be an option. Inter department rivalry and politics can also cause grief. I am currently working on the design of a discrete high voltage direct drive amplifier that uses the capacitive load for frequency compensation. I am in the design stage and still need to prototype the circuit. I am using a push pull class A output stage using stacked N and P channel MOSFETS running in class A with a quiescent current of about 10 mA. Supply voltage about +/- 950 V. Peak single ended output voltage about +/- 920 V. |
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Part of the BFI's great set of DVDs which hold British documentaries from the 1930s, Farewell Topsails is one of the shortest and one of the most impressive documentaries that I have ever seen. Humphrey Jennings makes a documentary filled with the haunting melancholy notes of the accordion which is itself haunting. In Jennings' own day the trade which ran out of the southwest was dying- the sail ships were being abandoned for motorised industry and steam (this was the world before Beeching when Britain's railways spanned the country in triumph). "Once there were hundreds" he tells us "but now there are only half a dozen left. The children have even commemorated some of them stone, in the nearby harbour... others are rotting away finished, they are gone and their crews with them." The sadness and gentleness of those lines represents the tenor of the entire piece- it may be short but it is poignant- and throughout it runs this line of accordion music, a thread which connects the ships to the sailors and to sentiment.
Sentiment may not be important- who am I to say. But this is a world that we have lost- a world that was passing as this film was being made- a world that cinema came just in time to capture- ten more years and the ships would have sailed for a last time and we would not have this monument to a type of life that endured for hundreds of years. Watching it inspired me with admiration for the skill that sailing required- the number of ropes and knots, the strength of the sailors and the majesty of the ship gliding upon the still waters of the Eastern Atlantic. Obviously there are reasons that this kind of life died- but that is no reason not to admire and appreciate its beauty. Amongst the saddest sights of Jennings' film is the sight of ships rotting in harbours, sailors standing by docks in hope that the age of Drake and Hawkins will return. Captain Dudley running the Alert is filled so Jennings tells us with the poetry of the sea in his soul- for him the ship is alive- a beast for whom he feels affection. It is a nostalgic film- but it portrays something that we will never see again that cinema arrived just in time to capture and that we need to see to understand something of the experience of those who came before us.
This film raises for me one of the strengths of cinema- I'm minded of it when I read James's excellent commentaries on early football- we are incredibly lucky to have these early documentary films- they are amongst the jewels of world cinema. We are incredibly lucky to have early films at all- we can see through them a little of the world that we have lost. Seeing is important because it can tell us things that the greatest book or fullest record cannot- it can bring us face to face with the faces of the past. When I see something like 'Farewell Topsails' I am catapulted into another era in all its immediacy- of course it was authored but it is still authentically from the thirties in a way that the best modern historical drama cannot be- and that gives me a sense of how close the thirties are to us and how strange they are. But it also gives me another sense which is a sadder one- because we stand in the first eddy of the cinematic and televisual age- our great grandchildren will see centuries back. Think of what we have lost- imagine what James could do with a film of football as played before the Association drew up rules in the 1870s, think of what it would be like to see rugby as played before Rugby. Watching 'Farewell Topsails' made me aware of something- this is a film about the decline of the sail but we have nothing from the time that sail was triumphant and dominated shipping- our vision of the past is limited.
I think part of that sense is amongst the reasons Jennings made this film- the commentary definitely suggests it. There is an attempt here to capture something before it dies- so that we can remember it. And I think it succeeds- eight minutes is too short- but this is a visual poem, composed of commentary, shot and music- the accordion plays us in and plays us out, giving it a musical rhyme. The poem though tells a story of how clay made in St Austell is shipped out to Glasgow and London- and how the means of its shipping is the sail boat for now- but how that industry is dying. The story is not the point- the point is the pictures of the sailors waiting on the docks, pulling down the sails and of the proud ships making their way into the night- both metaphorically and literally.
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- goodbanker said...
This is a lovely piece. Without fail, among the many things I really like about these blogs is the way you pick perceptively at the historical jewels that are hidden in records that others wouldn't think to mine. It is a mark of a first-rate and entertaining historian in equal measure.
If I were to challenge you on this piece, though, it would be on two specifics:
1. the accordion may not be the best instrument with which to accompany a short film about a declining trade: in a different context, the accordion was the dominant musical influence that overwhelmed the (recessive) folk music of Eastern Europe (Romania in particular) in the early twentieth century - its fixed tonality all but wiped out a more varied music that didn't fit with the fixed semitone intervals that are the staple of modern western music.
2. you mourn the fact that "we have nothing from the time that sail was triumphant and dominated shipping - our vision of the past is limited". But, in the same way that film allows you to glimpse the early twentieth century, doesn't art (say of Turner) give you something of an equivalent glimpse of a time when sail was top dog? - Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:30:00 pm
- Gracchi said...
Goodbanker- thanks for your comments- and thanks for the correction about the accordion- I was not aware of that! And it definitely adds a measure of irony that Jennings probably wasn't aware of.
I know what you mean about paintings- and yes you get something of that immediacy from them- though of course the art of art itself is pretty modern. Personally I don't find art as immediate as film- its a failing on my part that I've never got into art- but I think there are two reasons why film si very interesting. Firstly it gives you a real idea of movement- at least these films do- go earlier and that might become more difficult- so you get an idea of gait and mechanism. Secondly there is sound- the labour exchange film involves the accents of the unemployed in poplar at the time- again that's not accessible through art. There is something special about seeing a human being as you might see them in actual life through the lens of a camera- its something I'm still sifting inside my head- but I do think there si something special about it. - Friday, October 24, 2008 12:31:00 am


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Director Louis Malle's (My Dinner With Andre, Elevator to the Gallows) 1975 dive into surrealism, Black Moon, begins promisingly enough. In the near future, 15-year-old Lily (Cathryn Harrison) drives through the countryside, running over badgers as she flees the war that has erupted between men and women. This isn't some small skirmish, we're talking full-scale armed conflict. If you think of it from a Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus point of view, this isn't just another war, or a reaction to a new wave of modern feminism, it's also kind of intergalactic conflict, so that's fun.
The premise is sound, and Black Moon evokes images from many of it's surrealist forbearers. There are nods to Jodorowsky, Warhol, and Buñuel—the latter especially prominent as his daughter-in-law collaborated with Malle on the script—and the plot is propped up on an Alice in Wonderland framework, with heavy elements of a Homeric quest thrown in for good measure. And what's not to like about a semi-post-apocalyptic battle of the sexes? That sounds like a good time to me.
My problem with Black Moon is that it becomes the kind of overindulgent, unnecessary ego stroking that makes me hate art, and by the end, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard. As the film nears its climax you want something, anything, to happen, but then you realize this isn't that kind of movie, and what you get instead is a ten-minute sequence of naked children singing. The whole thing is absurd, which I certainly realize is much of the point, and as it continues, the film becomes increasingly difficult to take seriously, or actually watch.
After escaping an all-male firing squad, and wrecking her car in the middle of the woods, Lily follows the mangiest unicorn to a country estate that initially appears abandoned, but she soon finds otherwise. There is a bedridden old woman (Therese Giehse), who primarily speaks in gibberish, suckles at her daughter's teat, and is best friends with an enormous rat; a pair of androgynous siblings (Joe Dallesandro and Alexandra Stewart), both named Lily; a talking piglet in a high chair; and of course the aforementioned gang naked feral French children, because it's not '70s surrealist cinema without at least one naked child.
The majority of Black Moon watches like you took someone's dream journal from the nightstand next to their bed and made a movie out of it. Things happen without motivation or cause, random moments are stitched together with only the most tenuous threads, and there are long slow shots of various insects crawling. There is almost no dialogue, and it is the random animals that do most of the talking. Malle creates a film where the characters communicate through nonverbal methods, but not in the usual ways this is accomplished, like body language and expression. No, in Black Moon characters talk through a sort of telepathy, just by looking at each other, or, primarily in Boy Lily's case, through sensual touching.
Black Moon is an experiment, I get that. Malle wanted to do something different, to push the boundaries of what film can be. This is certainly different, but I think there is a very good reason it ranks among his least successful films. By the time you near the end Black Moon is so tedious, and dare I say boring and pointless, that I wished I had watched in fast-forward. Like I said earlier, fingers on a chalkboard.
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SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, November 24, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NicOx S.A. today announced that the third pivotal phase 3 study for naproxcinod in patients with OA of the hip showed a highly statistically significant result (p<0.001) on all three co-primary efficacy endpoints of the trial. Naproxcinod 750 mg bid showed the same gastrointestinal (GI) adverse event rate and a similar blood pressure profile to placebo. Naproxcinod is the most advanced compound in a novel class of anti-inflammatory agents known as Cyclooxygenase-Inhibiting Nitric Oxide Donators (CINODs).
Following the positive results from the 301 and 302 studies in patients with OA of the knee, 303 represents the third phase 3 study for naproxcinod to achieve p<0.001 on all three co-primary efficacy endpoints. The 303 study is also the final pivotal trial that NicOx plans to include in the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in mid-2009.
"This study has demonstrated clear-cut efficacy for naproxcinod 750 mg bid in hip OA, in addition to providing reassuring blood pressure and safety data," said Thomas J. Schnitzer, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine at Feinberg School of Medicine, who advised NicOx on the design and analysis of the trial. "Meeting the primary endpoints of this study is a significant achievement, considering the difficultly in controlling the symptoms of hip OA patients. Few studies with other anti-inflammatory agents have focused only on people with hip OA, in part because of the increased difficulty in demonstrating efficacy in this population compared to knee OA. Additionally, the fact that the blood pressure data for naproxcinod and placebo were similar at all time points is also encouraging, as there is a definite need for new anti-inflammatory agents that do not increase blood pressure."
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The blood pressure data for naproxcinod 750 mg bid were consistent with those obtained in the 301 and 302 studies. Blood pressure was measured using standardized and controlled office blood pressure measurements (OBPM) at baseline and at weeks 2, 6 and 13 (see NOTE). At all time points, the patients treated with naproxcinod 750 mg bid showed a very similar blood pressure profile to those on placebo. In addition, naproxcinod 750 mg bid showed a clear reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP) compared to naproxen 500 mg bid at all time points. No stand alone statistical analysis of the blood pressure data from the 303 study was pre-specified.
As planned, NicOx will pool the blood pressure data from the three phase 3 studies (301, 302 and 303) according to a prospectively designed protocol that has been submitted to the FDA. The Company will disclose the top-line results of the pre-specified statistical analysis on the pooled data in the coming weeks.
Naproxcinod and placebo show the same gastrointestinal (GI) adverse event rate
Naproxcinod 750 mg bid showed good overall safety and tolerability. The percentage of patients who experienced one or more GI adverse events was the same for placebo and naproxcinod 750 mg bid at 15.5%, compared to 19.2% for naproxen 500 mg bid. In terms of the percentage of patients who experienced at least one adverse event overall, this was lower for naproxcinod 750 mg than naproxen 500 mg bid. There was not a single serious cardiovascular or serious GI adverse event in the naproxcinod arm during the 13 weeks of the 303 study, in contrast to the placebo and naproxen 500 mg bid arms.
Pascal Pfister MD, Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Research and Development at NicOx, commented: "We believe these are extremely good results, with naproxcinod demonstrating clear efficacy in this difficult type of osteoarthritis patients and showing the same GI adverse event rate as placebo. The blood pressure data are consistent with previous studies and we are keenly awaiting the important results of the pre-defined statistical analysis in the next few weeks, following the pooling of the 301, 302 and 303 blood pressure data. We are confident that these results will clearly demonstrate naproxcinod's non-detrimental blood pressure profile, in contrast to naproxen."
Design and results of the 303 study
The 303 study was a 13-week, double-blind, placebo and naproxen controlled trial in patients with OA of the hip. 810 patients were enrolled at 120 clinical centers in the United States, Canada and Europe. Eligible patients had a diagnosis of primary osteoarthritis of the hip of at least three months in duration and were randomized on a 2:2:1 basis to receive naproxcinod 750 mg bid, placebo bid and naproxen 500 mg bid, respectively.
The three co-primary endpoints of the study compared the efficacy of naproxcinod 750 mg bid to placebo, in terms of the mean change between baseline and week 13 in the following scores: the WOMAC(TM) pain subscale, the WOMAC(TM) function subscale and the subject's overall rating of disease status. The results demonstrated that naproxcinod was superior to placebo with high statistical significance (p<0.001) on all three of these co-primary endpoints. These were the same endpoints as those used in the 301 and 302 phase 3 studies. No statistical comparison was made between naproxen 500 mg bid and the other two arms on the efficacy endpoints, due to the 2:2:1 randomization in the study, although numerical data show that naproxcinod 750 mg bid behaved in a similar fashion to naproxen 500 mg bid on these efficacy scores. NicOx entered into a full-service agreement for the conduct of the 303 study with Covance Inc., a global contract research organization (CRO).
NOTE: Office Blood Pressure Measurements (OBPMs) were performed by a health care professional during a patient's visit to the treatment center using a standard technique and equipment (i.e. a sphygmomanometer). OBPMs were performed in the morning and the time between intake of study-drug and measurement of OBPM was between 2 and 4 hours.
NicOx (Bloomberg: COX:FP, Reuters: NCOX.PA) is a product-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and future commercialization of investigational drugs for unmet medical needs. NicOx is applying its proprietary nitric oxide-donating technology to develop an internal portfolio of New Chemical Entities (NCEs) in the therapeutic areas of inflammatory and cardio-metabolic disease.
Resources are focused on the development and pre-commercialization activities for naproxcinod, a proprietary NCE and the first compound in the Cyclooxygenase-Inhibiting Nitric Oxide-Donating (CINOD) class of anti-inflammatory agents for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis. Naproxcinod has completed three pivotal phase 3 studies with positive results and the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is projected for mid-2009.
Beyond naproxcinod, NicOx has a pipeline containing multiple nitric oxide-donating NCEs, which are in development internally and with partners, including Pfizer Inc and Merck & Co., Inc., for the treatment of prevalent and underserved diseases, such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, widespread eye diseases and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Peek Inside my room
12 comments:
- mbcialini
Loved looking at these pictures. Gave me some great ideas, although I wish I knew your sweet Mamma. Tell her the chair covers are darling! Loved all the little accents of zebra print on the dividers. Do you have center signs for sale on TPT?
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- Dynelle Dunn
Wow, I love your colour scheme, everything looks amazing. I am still *patiently* waiting to get back into my classroom to get it ready to go. Anyways, I am trying whole brain teaching this year, and I LOVE your hundred chart idea for the scoreboard. BRILLIANT!!
http://firstgradefunmrsdunn.blogspot.ca/ - August 28, 2012 at 3:39 PM
- Mrs. Griffith
I thought I was in love with my room, but I think I like yours even better! So many cute little ideas that add so much personality. Thanks for the great ideas!!
For the Love of First Grade - August 28, 2012 at 6:12 PM
- Michelle Griffo
I am so excited about your blog! I just found you...and your classroom is ADORABLE! :)
Apples and ABC's - August 30, 2012 at 10:12 PM
- 2 Super Teachers
Super Cute "Reading Hub"!
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- Mother of Jungle Girl
I agree, the chair covers are sooooo cute. Did your mum use a pattern or is she beyond that? I would love to give these a go!
- February 3, 2013 at 1:11 PM
- amycita
love your room! i too, teach littles...mine are preschoolers! i am always amused with their honesty and candor...i wrote about some of their hilarious comments on my blog. http://firefliesandtunacans.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-preschool-littles.html
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- Audra
Do you have something covering your ceiling lights?
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- Christina Travers
Does your mom make the skirts to sell? I would love one for my classroom.
- June 27, 2013 at 8:54 AM
- Tammie
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March 25, 2014 Tout Wars RecapNational LeagueThere are a lot of different ways that fantasy players determine who is or isn't an "expert," but looking at who does or doesn't win an expert league is our collective shorthand. On this count in Tout Wars, I have fallen short. I have now had four tries at winning a title (in the NL-only part of the league), and all four times I have fallen short. Oh sure, I've had a couple of very good seasons. I finished tied for third in my rookie year in 2010 and came in second last year. But as any fantasy player—expert or not—will tell you, winning is the only goal that matters. I'm not exactly disappointed in my lack of a title thus far (how disappointed can you get when you're losing to Nate Ravitz, Steve Gardner, and Tristan Cockcroft?), but like everyone else who plays competitive fantasy sports, I want to win. Despite this lack of success, I generally spend less time looking back and more time looking forward. Last year's auction conditions aren't going to duplicate this year's, and not merely because of mild owner turnover. Rookies, players coming over from the AL via trade or free agency, and injuries rapidly change the landscape from one year to the next. You can't simply look at last year and build on that this year. However, you can't look too much at this year either and simply expect to win either. Allow me to explain. Tout Wars is the last expert league to auction, after CBS and LABR. It's tempting to simply look at the LABR prices, use them to attempt to identify trends, and call it a day. There are several problems with this approach, but the biggest problem with it is that unless you were at the auction, it's hard to know when a price was indicative of a trend and when it was just a weird hiccup during the auction However, between all of the earlier expert auctions and drafts I had already participated in along with my own take on valuations, I did have a general idea of how I thought my auction would go: It was very unlikely I would own a player costing $30 or more I would not buy an ace starting pitcher Go where the market takes me with saves Go after "my guys"
Buy a balanced team So how did it actually play out? I would not own a player at $30 or more I purchased Hamilton ($22), Wright, and Upton very early so right away I had $181 left to spend on 20 players. As I expected, Goldschmidt, McCutchen, and Votto all went for par prices ($38 apiece; Votto netted this because Tout Wars moved from BA to OBP this year). The only players I felt a slight pang of regret on at the time were Hanley Ramirez ($30) and Troy Tulowitzki ($29). Both cost $2 under my bid limit and both went to Kreutzer. If I had missed out on Wright and Upton, I probably would have pushed Ramirez and Tulo up another dollar, but since I already had a decent core I decided to wait. I felt better about this at the end of the auction when every single middle infielder I had listed at more than $1 was purchased. Had I grabbed Hanley or Tulo, I would have been saddled with two complete scrubs and a star middle infielder with injury concerns. Getting 400-450 plate appearance from one of those studs plus two back-ups could have been the kiss of death. In retrospect, I'm glad I avoided buying Hanley or Tulo. I would not buy an ace starting pitcher Go where the market takes me with saves As noted above, I didn't expect closers to go quite as cheaply in Tout Wars, because the closer market is usually more aggressive than it is in LABR. And sure enough, I was right. Kreutzer did buy a closer, and every owner except for Lenny Melnick did buy at least one closer, so on the whole closers were more expensive. Table 1: NL-Only Expert League Closer Prices
Table 1 lists all of the NL closers with the exception of Aroldis Chapman, whose price dropped considerably between LABR and Tout Wars after he was hit in the head by a line drive; including him here doesn't help illustrate the price difference among all of the expert leagues. It turned out that the Tout Wars closer market was more aggressive than LABR but less aggressive than CBS. In CBS, I opted out of buying a closer since every closer except for Henderson went for a par price or higher. In Tout Wars, I couldn't pass on the cheap tandem of Henderson ($11), Veras ($8), and closer-in-waiting Rex Brothers ($6). For me, this was a best-of-both-worlds scenario. I got my guys cheaply while others paid mostly par or above par for their closers. Henderson in particular seemed to freeze the room; everyone was waiting for the next group of closers expecting bigger bargains that didn't come. Go after "my guys"
I bought all of my pitching "targets" and missed out on my hitting "targets" more often than not. Buy a balanced team Table 2: The Baseball Prospectus, NL-Only Tout Wars Team
On the whole this is a very balanced team. I have a projected starter at every offensive position once Maybin comes off of the DL. If Hamilton pans out, I have purchased way too much speed, but Bourjos, Maybin, and Owings aren't potential zeroes in home runs either. I should get a lot of runs/RBI with this team assuming the rookies don't wash out entirely. The pitching staff has the balance that I wanted. The Johnson injury news was announced three hours or so after the auction, but even if Johnson misses a significant amount of time, I like my front four, and I believe Bradley will be up sooner rather than later. I was particularly pleased that I was able to add so much strikeout potential with every pick except Niese. It is difficult to gauge your team immediately after an auction that is as fast paced as Tout Wars, but sitting back home two days later going over my results, I'm pleased that I executed most of my goals. I have more balance than I have ever had in Tout Wars and while I purchased a significant number of rookies, I have enough solid players on my team that I can even withstand one or two washouts. Even if I only hit the midpoint of my team's ceiling, I'm in a position to contend, which is just about all anyone can ask for in an expert league of this caliber.
Mike Gianella is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @MikeGianella
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19 comments:
WOW Julie! Published in PAPER!!! WooHoo, so super exciting, congrats!!!! That layout is amazing, lovely to have one of your very faves be your first in print~
That Magpie layout is incredible!!! Love that cool edge work, bet it was fun to do as well.
Ahhh, trains. I feel your pain here as well. Plus we play, vroom vroom (rolling cars back and forth on the wood floor) over and over and over and over. But, I love him...Congratson getting published! And in such an amazing mag as well!! Wow :-)
I´m going to get started on your sketch for Magpie Club today, I LOVE what you did with it!
And when it comes to trains, I do understand you, but I nderstand your boy even better! I loved playing with trains whan I was a kid :-) Luckely I had three youger siblings, so my parents did not have to play train all day long :-)
SiriCongratulations on your publication, Julie! You are the best kept secret in the magazine publication world! Now the word will be out!! :) Your little scientist is too cute! Love the pics!! My girls' obsession at that age were Peter Pan and Babar. {sigh} LOVE your latest LO. The flower is amazing and what a neat border effect! Love the sketch as always!! :)
ReplyDeleteOh Julie!! I am SO VERY HAPPY and EXCITED for you!!! Congratulations!! You truly deserve it!! Your LO's and sketches are fantastic!!
Those pics of Ryan are just too cute... I can't wait to see what you create with them. Ben, who was 3 in Dec. has a massive obsession with trains as well. He loves to paint and play play doh, but I think that kit you got would be a wonderful thing too. He is such a hands on kid. I can not make a meal that he is not there helping me!
Love this month's LO with Tara's kit!! Very cool border effect!!Congrats on the ST pub, Julie!!! That's fabulous, and your layout is incredible. I have been watching for this mag to come in the mail because my very first pub is in that issue, too!!! It's just a card, but I'm excited nonetheless. Gorgeous work with that kit, too. I can't wait to see what you do for CMD. Looks like you get to play with lots of Jenni Bowlin this month :)


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Legally Libel, How Credit Scores Are the New Debtors Prisons.
Posted by Ken Bingham in This Blog on June 11, 2011
Back in the middle ages if a man owed money and couldn't pay he would either become an indentured servant, which was a nice name for a white slave or cast into debtors prison.
As time went on banks and lenders realized this was bad for business because it created a disincentive to borrow money since one's freedom was at stake. Debtors prisons were abolished and bankruptcy laws were passed to protect borrowers from imprisonment and harassment by creditors. these laws were designed to create a check and balance on lenders and borrowers to make each side responsible. When creditors risk losing their investment through bankruptcy, it encourages them to make wiser decisions on whom they trust their money. On the flip side bankruptcy made borrowers less responsible by creating a seemingly easy way to escape debt. Credit bureaus were established to keep a record of borrowers payment history to help creditors make sound decisions and instill responsibility on borrowers.
Through the years the balancing mechanism which had existed between creditors and debtors have been lost because creditors devised schemes to take advantage of low credit scores. It became profitable to loan money to risky borrowers because they would still be ahead even if a certain percentage of borrowers defaulted on their loans because they could charge higher interest rates and late penalties. This easy credit seemed to be a boon to consumers and those who previously did not qualify for loans could now buy a car or a home. In reality however, it reintroduced irresponsibility on both sides, and as a result the number bankruptcy filings skyrocketed.
In an attempt to stem the tide Congress passed the Bankruptcy Reform Act in 2005. The idea was to put responsibility back into the equation by making it more difficult for debtors to absolve debt. It was meant to give debtors some protection from abusive lenders but it did not go far enough and it swung the balance squarely on the side of credit card companies and lenders. Like many things Congress does it too followed the law of unintended consequences. In a sense it gave lenders a license to be irresponsible and created an incentive for creditors to engage in risky behavior. It also has made credit card companies and fly by night payday lenders much more aggressive in there tactics to get people into debt and keep them as long as possible. On the surface it seems like a bonanza for them but instead it has created a disaster that has left many lending institutions in ruins and actually increased the number of personal bankruptcies and foreclosures.
Credit bureaus were meant to help creditors and debtors be responsible but they have evolved into two headed hydras that now rival even the IRS in their ability to destroy lives. The public is remarkably complacent about credit reporting agencies because they think it does not effect them as long as they pay their bills on time. However, a person can pay their bills religiously and still have a low score because payment history is only one of the many metrics used to determine a credit score. Some things that contribute to lower scores are a high debt to income ratio, too many credit inquiries by loaning institutions, and not having enough debt all can negatively effect your credit. There are life events that can effect your score such as a loss of a job, pay cuts, unexpected medical expenses, and since the score is no longer used solely for borrowing and lending money it has far reaching consequences that can effect your employability and your life. It has now become a de facto debtors prison that can keep a person from obtaining housing, getting a job, raises , and promotions. It has created a catch-22 situation where people can never pay off their debts because they can't get a good paying job in order pay then down. Since many poor people have low credit scores it makes it increasingly difficult to get out of poverty, keeping them perpetually poor.
Since credit reporting agencies have such an awesome impact on people's lives it should be expected that they keep accurate and up to date information, but they do not. The burden of keeping their records accurate falls squarely on the consumer who, in the most part, have very little knowledge of how credit agencies work. When credit bureaus make mistakes it is you who are responsible, not them. In situations of identity theft they make it very difficult to repair the damage further victimizing those who are effected. They also make it very difficult for the average person to obtain, understand, and fix the problems they create. One reason errors occur is because they rely mostly on creditors to report negative and positive data in a timely manner. Many creditors simply do not report accurate information, and are more likely to report negative information than positive. Creditors and credit reporting agencies are not held responsible for the errors they make so there no real incentive for them to spend time and money insuring accuracy. They are free to report erroneous, inflammatory, and libelous information to your employers, landlords, government agencies, and lenders without any risk to themselves. Any other entity that worked this way would be open to lawsuits and public outrage. They are one of the few institutions who can legally libel with little or no consequences to them.
It is time for people to wake up and demand real reform to our credit reporting system. We must demand and require creditors and reporting agencies to keep accurate, real time information and hold them responsible for errors. The burden of proof should be on the institutions. It should be modeled after our court system, which is an assumption of innocence until proven guilty. If they cannot prove an item on a report is accurate then it is incumbent on them to strike it from the record or at least flag it for further investigation. They should be held responsible for erroneous information and be held liable for damages with fines, damage awards and punitive damages. They have become so powerful though that even lawmakers are afraid of them so unless people demand change things will never change.
Detroit – an argument against free market forces
Posted by Becky Stauffer in Bailout, Bush Failures, Economic Exploitation, Unemployment on November 19, 2008
Pure free-marketers argue that the automakers should be allowed to fail and go bankrupt without any taxpayer aid. I'm predicting this lame duck congress will do nothing, but that as soon as the new president and congress are seated in January, help for the industry will be forthcoming.
As I listen to various opinions this morning arguing both for and against bailout, one thing that everyone seems to accept is that millions of people's lives are going to be drastically changed. The other consensus is that the big three automakers were arrogant in ignoring the demands for lighter, more gas-efficient cars while they continued building bigger, heavier, more gas-guzzling vehicles than ever. And congress failed to mandate greater gas efficiency saying the free market should dictate not the government (thank you gas and oil lobbyists).
The reality of allowing those huge corporations to fail will have not a ripple but a tsunami effect through our already-devastated and fragile economy. It's the people I worry about. The taxpayers will be picking up that tab, too. And that will include unemployment benefits, health care, food and housing, all while the government loses significant tax revenue from productive working people.
Arguing for bankruptcy, Mitt Romney advises restructuring with the government's help. Even Mitt admits that the govenment must have a role in saving these companies. And the reason is, they are so big and the impact on our country so great, we can no longer leave it to the management of these companies alone to make decisions that will affect all of us in the end.
And so my point. The pure capitalistic free market ideas don't work when we've allowed companies to be come so big that failure can actually take all of us down. This is why AIG was bailed out. This is why we are bailing out undeserving banks and reckless home buyers. Those of us who were not reckless are having to pay a big price. Reasonable and prudent regulation should have been applied to protect the public interest before things reached this state. This seems to be an impossible concept for conservatives to grasp. They worship at the altar of capitalism with no strings attached.
Time permitting, I'll follow up this post with one on my favorite old deregulator himself, Phil Gramm.


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