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Osteonecrosis of the Hip and Bisphosphonate Treatment (BONES)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00781261
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Verified January 2013 by University of Sydney.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : October 28, 2008
Last Update Posted : January 14, 2013
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Osteonecrosis of the hip is an important cause of musculoskeletal disability and finding therapeutic solutions has proven to be challenging. Osteonecrosis means death of bone which can occur from the loss of the blood supply or some other means. Although any age group may develop osteonecrosis, most patients are between 20 and 50 years old. The most common risk factor is a history of high steroid treatment for some medical condition. The next most common associated condition is a history of high alcohol use. There are some cases of osteonecrosis that occur in patients that are otherwise completely healthy with no detectable risk factors.
In the earliest stage of the disease, x-rays appear normal and the diagnosis is made using MRI. The advanced stages of osteonecrosis begin when the dead bone starts to fail mechanically through a process of microfractures of the bone. As the disease progresses, the surface begins to collapse until, finally the integrity of the joint is destroyed. A wide range of surgical treatments with variable success rates have been proposed for the treatment of the osteonecrosis to preserve joint integrity, including core decompression, whereby the venous hypertension that ensues is lessened and revascularisation may be induced leading to bone repair. Nonsurgical treatment options are limited and usually result in a poor prognosis. Early stage disease can be treated with protected weight bearing and physiotherapy, however some studies have shown protected weight bearing to be associated with a greater than 85% rate of femoral head collapse. Unfortunately most studies indicate that the risk for disease progression is greater with nonsurgical treatment than with surgical intervention. There are no established pharmaceuticals for the prevention of treatment of osteonecrosis. Evidence is increasing that the nitrogen containing bisphosphonates may be beneficial in the treatment of osteonecrosis. One bisphosphonates (alendronate) has been evaluated in 60 patients diagnosed with osteonecrosis of the hip. Recent clinical studies have shown very promising results. All patients had symptomatic improvement after one year. Although the follow up time ranged from 3 months to 5 years, only 6 patients progressed to the point of needing surgery.
|Condition or disease
|Drug: Zoledronic Acid Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
Osteonecrosis (ON) of the hip is an important cause of musculoskeletal disability and finding therapeutic solutions has proven challenging. Patients who are affected with ON are often relatively young, usually in the third to sixth decade of life. ON of the hip is an increasingly common cause of musculoskeletal disability. It can cause pain with or without loss of function of the joint and often ends in substantial use of health care resources and disability. ON of the hip usually progresses to severe destruction of the femoral head with resultant degeneration of the hip joint, in most cases requiring joint replacement.
Early diagnosis has been made easier using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), however no common satisfactory therapy has been developed for the early stage of the disease. Early surgery aimed at preserving the femoral head has been proposed, such as vascularised fibula grafting. However, the results of this invasive technique do not seem to be widely reproducible, and more minor interventions such as core drilling have high failure rates. Evidence is increasing that the nitrogen containing bisphosphonates may be beneficial in the treatment of ON. Data from clinical trials with patients with ON of the hip suggested that the bisphosphonate alendronate would reduce pain and disability and may reduce progression to femoral head collapse that usually would require surgical intervention.
With this study we aim to determine the efficacy of bisphosphonate therapy (zoledronic acid) versus placebo for reducing pain and disability in ON of the femoral head necrosis (palliative endpoint) and to investigate the effect of bisphosphonate therapy versus placebo in reducing progression to femoral head collapse and the need for surgical intervention (therapeutic endpoint).
Methods This will be a 2-armed double-blind randomised trial of a) zoledronic acid 5mg annually for 3 doses b) placebo drug infusions. Participants will be recruited primarily from rheumatologists and orthopaedic surgeons from multiple centres in Australia. We plan to include 4 major centres in capital cities in Australia and each centre would recruit approximately 30 participants. Potential participants who meet the eligibility criteria will be identified by their treating Rheumatologists or Orthopaedic surgeons, followed by a screening assessment conducted by the study research staff. Eligible participants will be randomised prior to the start of treatment. Prior to treatment, the study research staff will perform a baseline assessment over the phone, including demographic details, age, sex, duration of symptoms, medical history including prior surgery, trauma and medication use and known risk factors for ON. Furthermore at baseline, the Rheumatologists or Orthopaedic surgeon will perform a clinical evaluation using a slightly modified Harris Hip Score (HHS). The study research staff will contact the participants every 6 months to monitor the participant's condition and evaluate pain and disability. Additionally the participants will have a clinical evaluation and MRI scan at 12 months.
This novel clinical research protocol will aim to provide further evidence of the protective value of alendronate or zoledronic acid in patients with ON of the hip. It will determine whether bisphosphonates slow the progression of symptoms as well as the progression to total collapse of the hip. Additionally it will seek to answer questions regarding the comparative effectiveness and also cost-effectiveness of the use of bisphosphonates in early disease. The results of this study can lead to change in treatment of early disease ON and delay and possibly prevent surgical intervention.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|120 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomised Controlled Trial of Bisphosphonate Therapy in Osteonecrosis of the Hip
|Study Start Date :
|August 2009
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|December 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2013
Placebo Comparator: Control
Subjects in the control group will receive a placebo drug for a 1 year period
Drug: Placebo
Subjects in the control group will receive a placebo drug for a similar period
Active Comparator: Zoledronic Acid
Subjects in this intervention group will be given 5mg Zoledronic acid as a single injection
Drug: Zoledronic Acid
Subjects in the intervention group B will be given 5mg Zoledronic acid as a single injection.
- reducing pain and disability in the hip [ Time Frame: 1 years ]
- reducing progression to femoral head collapse and the need for surgical intervention [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- aged between 18-90 years,
- symptoms of pain and disability in at least one hip joint, or
- positive MRI findings stage I or II on the ARCO classification
Exclusion Criteria:
- previous hip joint surgery on the affected hip
- severe pain and disability at rest if treating clinician has recommended surgery
- radiographic or MRI findings suggestive for stage III and IV on the ARCO classification
any iv bisphosphonate within the prior 2 years or any prior use of bisphosphonate preparations, except according to the washout schedule:
- 2 years (if use > 48 weeks),
- 1 year (if used > 8 weeks but < 48 weeks)
- 6 months (if used > 2 weeks but < 8 weeks)
- 2 months (if used < 2 weeks)
- active primary hyperparathyroidism
- hypothyroidism, not appropriately controlled with long-term thyroxine therapy
- history of iritis or uveitis, except due to trauma, and resolved for > 2 years prior to study
- self-reported history of diabetic nephropathy or retinopathy (if diabetic, Hb A1c > 10%)
- urine dipstick greater than or equal to 2+ protein at screening
- AST or ALT greater than twice the upper limit of normal and/or alkaline phosphatase greater than twice the upper limit of normal
- serum calcium > 2.75 mmol/L (11.0 mg/dL) or < 2.00 mmol/L (8.0 mg/dL)
- serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations < 15 ng/L m) baseline renal insufficiency (calculated creatinine clearance less than 40 mL/min and serum creatinine greater than 175 mol/L) at V1
- a history of invasive malignancy of any organ system, treated or untreated, in the past five years; excluding, basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, colonic polyps with non-invasive malignancy which have been removed, ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS), and carcinoma in-situ (CIS) of the uterine cervix
- any candidate patient with severe dental problems or current dental infections and/or any candidate patient with recent or impending dental surgery within three months of dosing
- women of childbearing potential not using the contraception method(s) specified in this study (specify), as well as women who are breastfeeding
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00781261
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We encourage all registered Democrats in Randolph County to attend your annual precinct meeting. This year we'll be electing officers to serve a two year term. Each precinct needs at least 5 people to organize their precinct, and they will also need to elect three officers: Chair, Vice-chair, and Secretary. If your precinct is unorganized, you will have no representative on the County Executive Committee and no vote on important matters such as nominating Board of Election members and naming replacements should a candidate for elected office withdraw. You will also be electing your delegates to the 2019 Randolph County Democratic Convention and have the opportunity to present local resolutions for the issues you care about.
Even if you do not wish to or cannot serve as a precinct officer, we need your vote and voice to organize.
Tues., Feb. 5th, 6:30 pm: Asheboro South, Grant, Southern, Southwest, Tabernacle, and Union Grove precinct meetings
Randolph County Democratic Party Headquarters
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Asheboro, NC
Mon., Feb. 11th, 7 pm: Archdale, New Market, Trinity, and Trinity Tabernacle precinct meetings
Archdale Library Meeting Room
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Tues., Feb 12th, 7 pm: Level Cross, Providence, and Randleman precinct meetings
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You will need to attend the meeting for your precinct. To find it, use the State Board of Elections website: https://vt.ncsbe.gov/

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Colour Coding Your Commute
How fast or slow is your TTC route?
The TTC is many things: essential, frustrating, a lifesaver, a hassle, sometimes friendly, sometimes dirty, sometimes slow. And sometimes, just plain beautiful.
Another thing about the TTC: it tends to attract map-makers. There are fantasy maps picturing what a dream transit system might look like in 2030, dynamic maps which show you where streetcars are in real time—even joke maps imagining what each station might be called if the TTC sold off all the naming rights (anyone feel like a trip to St. George Stroumboulopoulos Station?). And once in a while, there are very nifty data visualization maps, like the one above.
Created by Toronto resident James Fisher, the map shows the relative speed of all the TTC's surface routes—buses and streetcars—by colour coding them. Red routes are the slowest and blue routes the fastest. "I figured it would be a fun side project," he wrote to us by email, "really just out of curiosity."
Fisher, 27, works in web development and has a background in data analysis. But he wanted to take that further and: "learn more about visualizing large data sets. So I started messing around, learning about how to get the data, how to clean it up, and how to draw it." He scraped the data from the TTC NextBus feed, which is available via the city's Open Data project, and created a script using an open source programming language called Processing to extract the results. "It's really just a big version of connect the dots," Fisher explains. "Every vehicle has a set of GPS coordinates and a time. You just draw out all of the places a bus or streetcar has been, then connect those with a series of lines. Because you know the distance between dots and the time, it's easy to calculate an average speed."
Fisher says he was inspired by the work of digital cartographer Eric Fischer (no relation), whose colour-coded maps of the United States have garnered widespread acclaim.
Using information from one hour of travel (the maps above represent six hours of travel) Fisher also created this short video animation, which shows the route-by-route layering of data, and a quick timelapse of the vehicle positions:
He isn't done with the TTC yet, either. We asked him what other visualization projects he had coming up and he told us that, given the richness of the data available, he was tempted to keep working on transit maps, maybe one of the stops with the longest wait times. It won't make the buses come any faster—but at least we'll get a pretty picture out of it.
Click on the thumbnails to see larger versions of each map…
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Pope gets photobombed hard by the world's smiliest dog
LONDON — If you're having a frustrating morning, we strongly advise that you take a moment or two to look at these photos of the Pope meeting smiley dogs.
On Wednesday, outside the Vatican in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis was greeted by a dog training group.
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As he soon learned, it's almost impossible to take a serious photo when you're surrounded by happy dogs:
Fortunately, when it comes to dogs, the Pope is just as gleeful as the next man.
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Scott has specialized in high-stakes litigation and complex legal analysis throughout his career. He launched his legal career as a federal judicial law clerk at the district court and appellate levels. Scott then worked as a litigation associate in a New York law firm, where his practice focused on complex commercial litigation. From New York, Scott moved to Colorado where, after completing another federal clerkship, he began work representing government agencies, first as defense counsel for the City and County of Denver and then in a prosecutorial capacity for the City and then the state Attorney General's Office. Scott has also worked as an adjunct associate professor of law and a university faculty member teaching legal writing, negotiation and oral advocacy to undergraduates and law students. Throughout his career, Scott has gained extensive experience in both civil and criminal matters and has often been engaged in the work of an investigator, developing facts, questioning witnesses, tracking down evidence, and objectively analyzing (and clearly writing about) complex facts. Scott's background in the most demanding legal environments and academic settings has equipped him with an especially sophisticated ability to analyze and write – skills that ILG clients benefit from in using Scott for their investigations.
Scott has relished the opportunity to throw himself into investigations full time at ILG as his focus has always been in getting to the heart of what happened. As a Senior Investigator at ILG, Scott leads complex investigations and uses his superior analytical and writing skills to deliver sophisticated assessments of the facts and world-class reports to our clients. Scott's practice areas include harassment, discrimination, retaliation and other misconduct, whether in the private or public workplaces or educational settings. In his time at ILG, Scott has conducted hundreds of investigative interviews in cases large and small.
He brings to the work a commitment to professional development. Scott holds AWI-CH status, having attended the Association of Workplace Investigators Training Institute. Scott has also attended training through the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA) as part of ILG's Title IX practice area, and has completed the 32-hour training program required to conduct EEO investigations for federal agencies. Furthermore, he also recently completed a two-day training program on trauma-informed interviewing techniques.
Scott recently relocated to central Pennsylvania with his family. In addition to his ongoing work with ILG, Scott teaches a course in employment law and policy at Penn State.
Scott graduated with honors from Brown University, holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Rutgers University and graduated first in his class from the Fordham University School of Law. When not immersed in investigations or spending time with his family, Scott tries to sneak in the occasional swim or find a rare quiet moment to read.


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Mi Mix 3 is a truly all-screen phone with a slidey secret
With one look at Xiaomi's Mi Mix 3, it's pretty easy to tell what the Chinese electronics giant was going for. The phone looks extremely similar to the iPhone XS, with just a slightly sharper silhouette and a near-identical two-camera vertical stack. But you'd be doing the phone a disservice to call it a ripoff. It certainly aims to take on Apple and Samsung at their own games, and at the much friendlier price of $749 to boot, but it has some tricks all of its own as well.
The Mi Mix 3 features a lovely 6.39-inch OLED screen at Full HD, which makes it slightly bigger and slightly less sharp than either the iPhone XS or Galaxy S10. But it has something both of those phones lack: a truly uninterrupted display. There's no wide notch at the top of the Mi Mix 3, and no Samsung-style hole punch either. Instead you slide the entire display down to reveal a front-facing camera, sensors and earpiece sitting behind it.
This trick takes a few goes to get used to — you need to grip the screen with your thumb and pull down if you want to do it one-handed — but it feels just like those old phones with slidey keyboards. The whole thing is secured by magnets, which gives it a solid but friction-free feel. There's some nice software attached too, so you can open the camera app in selfie mode automatically when you slide, or set some other shortcut. You can even answer calls by sliding open, and hang up by closing, which is satisfying. If you want to talk without sliding, there's a small hole in the top of the display to let sound through to your ear.
There are a few options for audio cues when opening and closing the slider too, in case you really need your phone to sound like a zippo lighter or a samurai unsheathing his blade, but I was fine keeping it muted. The one downside of the slider is that it adds quite a bit of weight to the phone, with the Mi Mix 3 coming in at 218g versus 177g and 157g for the iPhone XS and Galaxy S10 respectively.
Elsewhere there's a dedicated Google Assistant button and standard round fingerprint scanner, but apart from the slider the most notable aspect of the design is that, while the front is covered in Gorilla Glass 5 and the curved frame is aluminium, the rear is actually ceramic. With curved sides and a mirror-like finish, the material gives the grey-black body a beautiful liquid-like vibe, accented by a gold badge and the aforementioned camera stack. The ceramic material should, in theory, also offer superior protection from scratches and cracks than a glass back.
I generally don't conduct resilience tests on loaned smartphones I review, but it appears that whoever had this particular Mi Mix 3 unit before me isn't so kind. The display was absolutely hammered with scratches, some of which looked to have been sustained at quite a high speed, but the ceramic back (once cleaned of fingerprints) was practically flawless. Whether that's by chance or resilience I can't say for sure, but it's a good sign considering your options for protective cases will be limited on a sliding body smartphone.
Under the hood there's a 2018 flagship-class Snapdragon 845 processor and 6GB of RAM, so performance is very good, and 128GB of storage. The 3200mAh battery easily lasted me all day, and supports up to Quick Charge 4.0+ so you can top it up entirely in less than an hour. Wirelessly you can get from dead to around 30 per cent in half an hour. Most impressively, the phone actually comes with an 18W wired charger and 10W wireless charging pad in the box, so you get the full charging capabilities without having to buy extra accessories.
Those who must have the latest and greatest and don't mind a price bump should note that a 5G variant of the Mi Mix 3, featuring the Snapgragon 855, has launched elsewhere in the world. There's no announcement yet of an Australian release.
The Mi Mix 3's cameras make for good all-round photography, but they aren't as stellar as the rest of the package. There's a pair of 12MP primary snappers, one wide and one telephoto. Only the standard wide camera has image stabilisation though, so if you're going for zoom you need to have steady hands. Results are detailed and colourful, and there's a quick-but-noisy night mode for low-light shooting.
On the slider there's a 24MP selfie cam that makes for solid shots, and a 2MP depth sensor so that, like with the primary cameras, you can get those fancy faux-bokeh portrait shots.
On the software front, the phone runs Android 9 with Xiaomi's MIUI on top. Like most Chinese Android variants, this one makes Google's software feel quite a bit more like Apple's, doing away with the app drawer and making system functions stark and rounded. Swiping right from the home screen you'll get App Vault, which works a lot more like iPhone's Today View than Google's Feed. You have a choice of gestures to navigate the phone, or the older-style three-button Android setup.
Yet compared to Samsung and Huawei, Xiaomi takes a much lighter tough to Android. Most of the core Google functions are still there, you can get by without creating a Mi account and some additions — like the slick multi-tasking and recents screen — a really great. Of course there'll be no pleasing Apple die-hards or Android purists with this approach, and the interface could use some extra polish, but it only takes a few days to adjust to.
With its all-screen front and ceramic back the Mi Mix 3 is a gorgeous phone, but it's also powerful and packs a fun and useful camera-sliding gimmick. I have a few minor complaints, including the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack, no official waterproof rating and a fairly mediocre bottom-firing loudspeaker. But all up, considering the much lower price, this is an attractive alternative to the more mainstream flagship smartphones.


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Once again, dear friends, you will see that I have drawn on you for inspiration. My dislike of fruitcake has come up in more than one conversation in the last couple of days. And by more than one, I mean two. Fruitcake dissenters, you are not alone.


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Variety: Natural Tourmaline - Top Quality.
Weight: 1,62 ct.
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Dec 23, 2016
A special short episode just in time for Christmas. Here we review an article published in The BMJ entitled "Dispelling the nice or naughty myth: retrospective observational study of Santa Claus."
This article, while funny, was also touching.
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Guide to the in-hospital fanny pack:
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Good taste is relative. While pink mesh zip-ups and the power suit/white tennis shoe combo might seem like a good idea to some, I think it's safe to say that most people (including Glamour) beg to differ. Other trends that seem outrageously offensive at first (super skinny jeans, for example) can eventually break into the mainstream and rise to "season staple" status. The undying, collective affection for Crocs and Uggs, however, is a class all its own. (Trend forecasters are still scratching their heads.)
Three qualities that are always in good taste? Beautiful fabrics, spot-on tailoring, and accessories that make an ensemble one's own. Taking things a bit more literally, good taste might also be defined by quality ingredients, simple execution, and a perfectly paired glass of wine. In this vein, I was quite excited to attend the launch of Gilt Taste at Cedar Lake last week, the latest no-membership-required concept from the savvy ladies behind the cult e-commerce darling, Gilt Groupe. At the helm of the culinary spin-off is Editorial Advisor and all-around lovely lady Ruth Reichl, whom many know as a former New York Times restaurant critic and, more recently, the last editor-in-chief of the now shuttered Gourmet magazine.
Ruth Reichl, Tyra Banks, and Susan Lyne at the launch party for Gilt Taste.
"I believe that Gilt Taste is the next generation of food media, giving you everything you love about food in one place: ideas, inspiration, recipes, stories and the ability to buy the best," said Reichl. "It's going to be the food magazine of your dreams." She spoke with equal enthusiasm at the launch event, explaining that the website represents Gilt Groupe's first integration of content and commerce. Gilt Taste will offer access to products and ingredients previously only available to chefs, as well as items designed exclusively for site.
Eric Ripert, Ken Friedman and Laurent Gras attend the Gilt Taste launch party.
Just because this party brought out the city's most notorious foodies didn't mean the crowd wasn't dressed to the nines. I spotted Hamptons cover star Eric Ripert, looking dapper as ever, as well as Ken Freidman, Laurent Gras, and TFS fave, Tyra Banks. As I walked away with a gift bag full of Gilt Food-endorsed truffle oils, parmesan cheeses, and gourmet chocolates, I decided my own definition of good taste included both the well-dressed…and well-fed.
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A big thanks to everyone who attended and helped make this year's Village Day a great success. The weather was glorious, everyone seemed to have a good time – especially the youngsters – and our local schools benefited directly from the fundraising.
It was great to have our local MP Nick Herbert to open the event, and we are hoping that this piece will run in tomorrow's County Times.
If you took any photos on Saturday, please send them to me at the address below, to form part of gallery for this year's event. Or even better, join our Thakeham Community Facebook page and post your pics there directly.
Looking forward, there will be a changed context for the 2018 Village Day, as Thakeham Primary School will by then be based at Rock Road, and other location options will be considered (including Abingworth football fields). This gives an opportunity to review and further improve the event. If you would like to get involved, please get in touch.
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"Vanishing priories take a lot of explaining."
IN THIS ONE... Throwing salt around, the Doctor destroys the Fendahl before it eats all life on Earth.
REVIEW: Wanda Ventham joins Shirley Eaton in the elite golden girl club when she becomes the Fendahl, a vaguely Atlantean (see The Time Monster) goddess/golden statue with large eyes drawn over her eyelids and the habit of posing like a Weeping Angel. In fact, if you look straight into her eyes, bad things happen. You're either frozen in fear or you go mad entirely. And she can drink up your soul. Alas, it's not much of a role for the actress who has to stand still with her eyes closed at most times, with nary a line to say. Moss is turned into a fendahleen very early on, as the Fendahl tries to build up its gestalt, but though I understand the explanation, it still looks very confused on screen. Fendahleen appear out of nowhere, the Fendahl haunts the house, and the Doctor's solution is a little abstract (not using rock salt to shoot the monsters - that's classic Who around-the-house monster weakness stuff - but the time scanner bit etc.). At barely 19 minutes of new material, it all could have used a bit more rigor.
Perhaps the most difficult thing to take about Part 4 is Max's death. He has looked into the Fendahl's eyes, his mind has snapped, and he realizes what fate awaits him, so he aims to commit suicide. That's harsh for Doctor Who in and of itself, but since that suicide would delay the creation of the gestalt of which he was supposed to be part, it could be seen as a kind of self sacrifice common on the program. However! It's the Doctor who hands him a gun! I'm not saying the Doctor's never enabled someone to sacrifice themselves, but this is a particularly graphic image of assisted suicide, and no point is made about it being a sacrifice until much later. At least we don't see the shot, though we do see the body, which mirrors Part 3's murder of Fendelman who could be clearly seen with a bullet wound to the head. Image of the Fendahl is perhaps the apogee of Holmes' violence in Doctor Who. This is almost too adult for its family audience.
This story is so dark - in fact, it tells us our dark side may well come from the Fendahl's influence in our evolution, shades of 2001's monolith - we appreciate its moments of comedy all the more. Mrs. Tyler is a tough old bird, who thinks she'll one day be "too old for this". There's some Tomfoolery with the Doctor showing four fingers when he indicates three minutes. And then there's the coda with Leela finally getting back into her classic costume and the Doctor reprising the "I like your new dress" gag. As if to tell us we are indeed returning to our regularly-scheduled all-ages program, there's even a bit with K9. It feels a bit tacked on, the issue of whether the Doctor thinks of the tin dog as an "it" or a "he" so far back, it hardly seems important at all, but I think the audience won't notice through its relief.
VERSIONS: The Target novelization isn't markedly different from the televised story.
REWATCHABILITY: Medium - Creepy, moody and disturbing, it goes a bit too far in the latter direction. I enjoy it the way I enjoy Torchwood, but the Doctor's presence makes me uneasy.
STORY REWATCHABILITY: Medium - Clearly very influential to the makers of New Who, it nevertheless feels like a story from another show, like say a post-watershed Quatermass series. Ultimately ill-suited to the series (including the off-model Leela), though I of course appreciate its qualities - mood, Lovecraftian horror, Boucheresque zingers, and big existential ideas.
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- Peder said...
I'm a little bothered by the ancient evil relic/possessed person/chased around the old house formula. There has been a lot of that in the past few seasons.
- March 4, 2013 at 12:43 AM
- Siskoid said...
I agree, it does feel like a distillation of the Holmes Gothic era. Though present day, the setting (the house) is Victorian/Edwardian, just like Fang Rock, Weng-Chiang, Pyramids of Mars, etc.
Of course, possession is one of the major tropes in Doctor Who, so it's hard to get away from it for long.
- March 4, 2013 at 8:57 AM
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By 'active' language I mean 'A' or 'B' according to the aiic definition.
I've been playing around with the aiic directory and saw that most interpreters in the countries where there are many aiic interpreters have only one active language. But if you move to smaller countries, especially outside of Europe, there appears to be more interpreters with many active languages.
Is my observation borne out by statistics? If yes, does that reflect another 'breed' of interpreters? Is that in any way the result of a different market? And ultimately, what does it say about the quality and professionalism of those interpreters?
asked 12 Oct '11, 20:49
Vincent Buck
This question hasn't been getting the love it deserves. So I'm adding this comment to bump it up the home page again.
(26 Jan '12, 15:29) Vincent Buck
More specific information on what countries you are referring to would be helpful, but let me pick up on the bit of information you do mention, i.e. "especially outside of Europe," and relate it to your second question on different markets. When one thinks of Europe, two large institutional markets spring to mind - the EU and the UN. Both "reward" interpreters for having several passive languages. For work in the EU, an A accompanied by 3,4 or more passive languages is a good combination. The UN, with fewer working languages, still looks for an A with 2 or 3 passive languages for most booths. So what you saw in the directory in many western European countries will certainly be affected by this market demand.
National private sector markets, even in western Europe, will often "reward" interpreters for having at least two active languages as there are many 2-language conferences. If you look at Germany and France, for instance, I suspect you will find many A/B combinations, and again I think it is at least partly market driven. Interpreters will be more motivated to improve a non-native language to the point of making it into a valid B when they know that doing so will increase their marketability.
Now let's take a look at a part of the world far from Europe: Asia. National markets there are very much organized around 2-way booths, with the largest market usually being for local language A (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, etc.) with English B. Two-way booths are the rule, and training programs are organized around that market reality (and the fact that there are very few EN or other A's with either a B or C in an Asian language).
To sum up, I think what you describe is most likely a reflection of market demand. And I don't think that it reflects on either the quality or professionalism of interpreters. Colleagues with a double A or an A/B combination and those with an A/C,C C combination can offer the same degree of both quality and professionalism - or the lack of the same if it comes to that.
answered 03 Feb '12, 16:48
...;-) I hadn't seen it before, so thanks for bumping it up :-) and let me say flat out that I'm a double B into each of which I work out of my every other language (although of course mostly in retour situations involving my A + B<>B) so I've got three active languages.
My answer to the main question is as many as they can, wherein "can" stands for "are capable of" and capable means of course professionally capable. Even if one's market is all passives into national market active, it never hurts to have some of those passives actually be active; in present-day markets, I'd even go as far as to say that schools should insist on candidates normally having one retour (preferably EN) excepting exotic combinations and/or specific institutional markets.
I'm not sure I understand the references to different breeds and different levels of quality and professionalism, please elaborate :-).
answered 27 Jan '12, 04:34
Regarding the last question, I don't think it would be impossible to find combinations that were first shaped according to purely competency-based criteria, and then reshaped on the basis of market demand.
I may be wrong, but I think it is difficult to talk about this as a group trend, as quality and professionalism are very personal attributes which cannot be ascribed to any group in general.
answered 03 Feb '12, 15:02
It depends where in the world you are and who you work for....
In Canadian Parliament for instance in Ottawa, parliamentary simultaneous interpreters are split between French>English and English>French. You work in the respective booth according to your mother tongue, although it isn't abnormal for those interpreters to switch booths if they're completely bilingual. In Canada's west coast city Vancouver, simultaneous interpretation is most often freelance and allocated according to when multilingual conferences are held. Interpreters hired thus are almost always expected to work into and from the A and B languages in order to cut down on overall costs.
Consecutive interpreters also respectively work bidirectionally. Only major institutions with multiple languages employ mono-directional interpreters; in which case, usually a minimum of two C languages and one A language is expected of you. European Union interpreters tend to (although not always) interpret from multple related C languages (i.e. Danish, Swedish, German; Italian, Spanish, Portuguese etc.) because they are easier to acquire if one already knows a sister language.
I should note that in the UN, Arabic and Chinese interpreters work bidirectionally with English and/or French. To my knowledge, none of the English, French, Russian, or Spanish interpreters have Chinese or Arabic as a C language. Interpreters (and translators) of Asian and Middle Eastern languages most often work both directions by default because so few Westerners have such a language in their repertoire.
In sum, if you are freelance you need a B language. If you wish to increase marketability, add a C language or a second B language. If you are aiming for a major insitution, an A language and 2 to 3 C languages are sufficient, I believe.
answered 29 Mar '12, 20:38
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The moral of the story? Get written contracts.
answered 21 Feb '12, 13:39
Let me comment on another outlying market: South America. Here the rule is retour and most of the work is two way Spanish-English. So most interpreters have an A in Spanish and B in English and some have additional select Cs. Whenever there are three languages and the organizer is not prepared to pay for air travel and perdiem of foreign interpreters with the required combination, then we have two two-way booths with relay of the third language. What is also becoming prevalent in the private market is to have N-1 meetings: either the English or the Spanish booth disappear, the latter most often...
answered 22 Feb '12, 16:43
Vicky Massa
How does South America deal with more exotic language combinations with Spanish, i.e. Chinese, Swedish, Arabic, Greek----provided the odd need for such showed up?
(10 Apr '12, 16:10) jdecamillis
Imagine that for us French is an almost 'exotic' language... One of our younger members needed 5 years to complete the requisite 150 days in order to join AIIC. There are some exotic languages interpreters in Brazil and most Embassies have their own interpreters for their languages... When Arabic, Russian or Chinese are needed, they are hired in North America, Europe or Asia...
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Sometimes I'm asking myself if I have really to use Symfony? Why not the other PHP framework? Or do I have to know when/where to use another PHP framework for the specific cases, e.g. maybe CakePHP would be better exactly for THIS project? And should I insist on choosing a symfony as a platform for the coming projects?
The thing is that I had not too big experience working with the other frameworks except self-written. And when I was introduced to symfony I figured out it's something that could really save my time. And yes I know the main differences between Symfony, CakePHP and Zend.. But how could I know if the other less popular frameworks are so worthless that it's not even worth to try them. And why to try? Too much questions 🙂 Maybe that's just a winter depression and I'm sitting here and asking myself all this stupied questions.
However it would be interesting for sure to hear from the guys who came to symfony from the other frameworks. Or opposite, are there any developers who had to migrate from symfony to one the other frameworks. Here is a list of actual PHP frameworks and comparison table can be found here: http://www.phpframeworks.com/:
Akelos PHP Framework
DIY Framework
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PHP on TRAX
Seagull Framework
Symfony Project
Zend Framework
ZooP Framework
I did not know there are sooo much of them. Well, and I must say there are the others not listed here. E.g. the latest one I got into my RSS subscription is SimplicityPHP: http://wiki.simplicityphp.com/
The thing that looks obvious to me – quality of PHP frameworks are getting better and better. What I know for sure I'd never come back to working with PHP without framework. There was a post by Manuel Lemos about possibility to use set of classes instead of single framework: http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/52-Recommended-PHP-frameworks.html and that's what I'd not do at this moment. Of course, what he wrote makes sense but I'm too tired to tie together all that classes, writing wrappers and the other bullshit.
What about you?
Well, I'd need to mention here Javascript/AJAX/CSS frameworks but that's another big stuff to talk about 🙂
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That's a problem I often thought about. I discovered symfony 2 years ago, when it was 0.4 still, and since then I loved it. But hey, if you don't know anything else, how do you know for sure that's the best?
At this time for me, it was anyway very better of my long php3/c++cgi time. At least I got some direction, from the beginning, on how to organize my code. When I was younger, i developped code with my own pseudo-frameworks (in php3, yeah i know that was mostly hackish), but with my today's experience with symfony, I'm beginning to think that behind the fact it helped me a lot in development, it showed me some clean design pattern, some thing i will stick on for ever, just because that's making my life easier.
If tomorrow django 2.0 comes out and kicks asses, I'll maybe stick to it. And if Rails 2 is even better I will too. But as symfony 2.0 will rocks them all, why am I wondering? well… yeah, I'm Symfoniac. are you?
So I am to come back to the original subject. Am I symfoniac? well in a sense, yes, but it's more the way symfony made me think I get reward from. I could maybe have got this from Django, CakePHP, RoR, or even some weird stuff like jelix, but my experience in the early atempts in clean web developments were to come with symfony.
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Safe Keeping is a side quest in Dragon Age: Inquisition
There are fragments of a ruined key scattered throughout Villa Maurel. If the fragments are reassembled, the key may unlock something of value.
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Finding one of the key fragments will initiate the quest.
Walkthrough Edit
- There are three key fragments to be found inside Villa Maurel. They are located:
- in the room south of the dining hall.
- in the private chambers, south-west off the courtyard.
- on a side table in the southernmost room.
- Once the three key fragments are found, proceed to the southernmost room (if you're not there already) and break down the destructible door so you can access the "lyrium éperlan" - rune restoration device
- Place the key fragments on the device and have a mage energize the machine.
- Take the newly formed key and unlock the vault located in the previous room.
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- A piece of the Invasion mosaic can be found in the same room as the rune restoration device.
- One of the chests in the vault always contains:
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the college basketball coach accused of throwing a punch that led to the death of a New York City tourist (all times local):
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A college basketball coach who threw a punch that killed a New York City tourist has pleaded not guilty to an assault charge.
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MLS Week 32: No parity, FCD, Picault & Bello impress, RSL disappoints
October 08, 2018
Parity not there in 2018
The 2018 MLS regular season is drawing to a close and that is always a time for a reflection. Typically, MLS games are tough to predict and sometimes there just isn't a lot separating teams. With the league now at 23 teams, there is far more of a distinction between good and bad.
The bad teams in the league this year are just awful. Orlando City, Colorado, San Jose, Chicago, New England, Houston, and Minnesota are all just tough watch. Whenever matched up against a good team, none of them seem competitive.
The numbers show just how bad some of these teams are. Colorado has lost seven games in a row, has been outscored 22-1 in that span, and has a league-worst -30 goal differential. Orlando has been shutout in four straight games. San Jose has lost six in a row and has a league-worst 20 points this season from 32 games (a total of just four wins).
Of course there have been some upsets along the way, but these teams have been brutal and are typically outmatched by Atlanta United, the New York Red Bulls, Sporting Kansas City, FC Dallas, and other teams safely in the playoffs. There is a lot separating the teams these days.
This season threw us some curveballs. Who thought Toronto FC would be so bad? Or that LAFC would be so good in its inaugural year? Or that the Philadelphia Union would be this good? But the league is getting easier to predict and that points to the importance of investing in academies and visionary front office personnel.
The growing gap between the haves and have nots in MLS is a good thing. It's not like Major League Baseball where market size is a huge factor of success. In MLS, teams from small cities and with small budgets can compete well. It's about decision making from the higher-ups within organizations. The rules in MLS used to be geared towards parity. Now there are simply too many front office decisions that have to be made that have a huge impact on teams.
Hopefully the rules continue to open things up - like with the elimination of geographic homegrown player restrictions, larger budgets for homegrowns, the increased ability to reinvest beyond the cap after the sale of players. The more forward thinking decisions are rewarded, the better the league will be.
Bello starts & scores
Few would deny that George Bello, 16, is one of best American teenage prospects right now. He is the cornerstone of the U.S. U-17 team and it is easy to envision a scenario where he plays in both the U-17 and U-20 World Cups next year – like Josh Sargent did in 2017.
Bello earned his second start for Atlanta United on Saturday at his usual left back position and in the 17th minute, he scored his first professional goal.
Great news seeing US U-17 left back George Bello, 16, score his first goal for Atlanta. Huge upside on this kid https://t.co/xeFMgqmCtB— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) October 6, 2018
Atlanta won the game against New England 2-1 and remained atop the race for the league's Supporters Shield. With Bello rewarding the faith placed in him by Tata Martino, will he continue to earn starts into the playoffs?
The injury to Miguel Almiron will certainly see of Martino changes his approach towards playing youth. Can Martino win with as subpar lineup like the Red Bulls can?
Regardless, it is clear that the rest of the media are starting to grasp the potential of Bello.
.@ATLUTD's goal-scoring rookie @_georgebello getting a lot of post-game love from media. pic.twitter.com/R0WfEAawVN— Gabriel Gabor (@MLSGabor) October 6, 2018
Parker's assist
Tim Parker was not called up to the U.S. national team for the upcoming camp. While the Long Islander had a few bad games in September, he is back in fine form again.
Last weekend, he scored against Atlanta United in a huge 2-0 win. On Saturday, he set up fellow central defender Aaron Long with what was probably the league's assist of the weekend - Long was called up to the U.S. team but perhaps Parker should have as well.
After scoring vs Atlanta last weekend, did Tim Parker get the MLS assist of the week tonight? Nifty flick set up Long's header pic.twitter.com/4u4UBS1gl5— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) October 7, 2018
Picault, Union make a statement
As discussed, Aaron Long has made a strong case for earning another call-up to the U.S. national team. With the struggles of American defenders in Europe the past two weeks, it is very possible that Long earns his first cap in the October friendlies.
After earning a call-up to replace the injured Christian Pulisic, Fafa Picault meanwhile made a huge statement on Saturday – as did the entire Philadelphia Union. The Manhattan-born Picault, 27, scored two goals in a dominating 5-1 win over Minnesota United.
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The moves.
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There were a lot of grumblings about Picault's involvement with the U.S. team because of the enormous profile of the player he is replacing at the last minute. There are others that also were asking for Romain Gall instead.
All Picault can do is play well, and play with confidence. He at least gave American fans something to talk about and possibly look forward to in the games ahead.
Meanwhile, Philadelphia clinched a playoff berth and it has one of the more intriguing rosters of all the teams in the playoffs. There are no household designated players. Instead are a bunch of players that fit really well together – including several U.S. youth internationals.
Tonight @PhilaUnion started seven #USMNT-eligible players and two Jamaicans, one of whom played @NCAASoccer, the other two years in @USL. You can build a good team domestically if you put the work in. #Doop #PHIvMIN— Brooke Tunstall (@YesThatBrooke) October 7, 2018
FC Dallas were the weekend's big winners
There is finally separation at the top of the Western Conference as FC Dallas took advantage of a Sporting Kansas City slip to move four points clear at the top. After its 2-0 win over a poor Orlando City, Oscar Pareja's team was the biggest winners in MLS this weekend.
Dallas has never played like one of the league's elite teams this year but it has been mostly steady and has avoided long, poor runs. Next up will be two tricky games against DC United on the road and Sporting Kansas City at home.
There were other very good performances aside from Dallas. Philadelphia was dominant although its playoff status is pretty well known. Montreal came up big against Columbus in a desperate situation although DC United can and should overtake the Impact regardless of how well the Canadian team performs due to games in hand. DC United rallied to beat Chicago although it should beat Chicago at home. LAFC also took care of business against a Colorado team that is in a full meltdown.
But Dallas stood out because it was a game it had to win and it wasn't necessarily easy given the conditions which forced a lengthy weather dely. It wasn't flashy, but it was effective and professional. Like Picault and others, right back Reggie Cannon will arrive in his first U.S. national team camp with momentum.
Real Salt Lake were weekend's biggest losers
You expected Orlando, San Jose, Minnesota, and Colorado to have bad performances this time of year. They are bad teams with nothing to play for.
But Real Salt Lake has the talent to make the playoffs (maybe not go far, but at least qualify for the post season). Combine that with the fact the team was playing at home in altitude, against a beatable opponent, with huge playoff implications on the line, there is no excuse for a 4-1 loss to Portland. None.
A win would have seen Mike Petke's team leapfrog into fourth place and go four points clear of the playoff line. The seventh place Galaxy did not win and it creating an opening. Everything was there for the taking.
Instead, Real Salt Lake did not look ready for the moment. Petke's young team was simply not prepared mentally to rise to the occasion. The maturity of Portland's Sebastian Blanco and Diego Valeri was simply too much. RSL should have had a better answer, and it didn't. That's not the mark of a playoff team.


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My Dying Wish
When that day comes for my life to pass before me, when I am old in age, I want to reflect on my life knowing the condition the world was in when I came improved through my existence.
I want to leave earth knowing during my lifetime there was one tear not shed due to my encouragement, one soul not rejected because I had loved.
I want to know one less stomach went hungry; one less child was lost.
I want to know in my heart, believe with my soul, and feel within my spirit I did a job "well done." And not because I did anything "spectacular" and "noteworthy," but because I helped a life with the one life given to me.


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nxt #191 match card
Match 1 - Singles - Apollo Crews vs. Elias Samson
Commentary: Tom Phillips & Corey Graves
Ring Announcer: Greg Hamilton
Sponsor: Tapout & JC Penney
fast-forward...Cathy Kelly introduced highlights of American Alpha's NXT Tag Team Championship victory over The Revival, followed up by a brilliantly emotional interview with the new champs...Highlights of Asuka winning the NXT Women's Championship at NXT Takeover: Dallas were next, followed a superbly understated promo from former champ Bayley...Highlights from Austin Aries' win over Baron Corbin on his WWE debut at NXT Takeover: Dallas aired, followed by a top quality promo from Aries...More highlights from NXT Takeover: Dallas followed showing Finn Balor retaining the NXT Championship over Samoa Joe at NXT Takeover: Dallas was next, followed up by a spot on promo from a knackered looking Balor and Joe refusing to be interviewed...A recap of Elias Samson interrupting Apollo Crews on NXT #190 aired as the pair prepared for their match later in the night...
crews defeats samson
In hindsight, I'm glad this match was put on this show and not included on the NXT Takeover: Dallas live special, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the match wouldn't have received anywhere near the amount of attention and time it got here, and there's also a strong possibility that had it been on the live special that it would have taken time away from other matches, that were, let's be honest, more interesting that this. I've begin to be turned around on my opinion on Elias Samson over the last couple of weeks and after an impressive performance opposite Johnny Gargano on NXT #189, I feel that Samson upped his game once again. He put together some nice stuff with Apollo Crews, more than holding up his side of the bargain against his more experienced opponent. A couple of little things that he does really drew me into the bout, with his facial expressions in particular standing out. They made him look like an utter bellend and made me want to see Crews hit him in the face. Lovely stuff (not my words, the words of Shakin' Stevens)
Whilst probably won't live long in the memory, what made Crews vs. Samson so enjoyable to watch was just how hot the crowd was for both guys. Samson's pre-match song got him a load of heat with Dallas, allowing Crews to get a big pop on his entrance and the two just ran with it from there. Samson kept being a nob and Crews always had his funky offence to pull out if given the space. Best example of this was Samson trying to fuck off mid-match and Crews saying "Nah m8" and nailing his rival with moonsault. Crews finished things off with a bicycle kick and his Spin-Out Powerbomb to seemingly bring this short feud to a close. With Crews debuting on Monday Night RAW just two days earlier, it will be interesting to see just how much we see of the One Man Nation on NXT going forward, whilst Samson will need some re-building after two straight losses.
nakamura vs. zayn aftermath
Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura went to war at NXT Takeover: Dallas and just as the fans shouted "Fight Forever" this show featured the first of what is surely to be many replays of the bout stellar action over the coming weeks, months and years. As usual a great production on the highlight video from WWE, however I still think it's difficult to give the match justice in anything but it's full form. Go and watch it now! Both men gave interviews to close the show. Zayn's underdog character came across nicely as he seemed to suggest that we'd be seeing less of him on NXT, whilst strongly putting over Nakamura. The King of Strong Style had most of the talking done for him by former WWE Crusierweight Champion Funaki, but his closing line set the scene for the weeks to come and summed up his appearance in Dallas. The King of Strong Style has arrived!
atpw scale rating - 4.25/10
Obviously with this show being mostly a recap for NXT Takeover: Dallas it had a bit of an impact on the show's rating. With so many highlights packages placed back to back, you'd be forgiven for thinking that this weeks so was completely missable. That being said, Apollo Crews vs. Elias Samson was a very watchable match, that showed both men could own it on a big stage. It was a shame that WWE decided not to tape more action for this week's show, as they have previously done at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn and NXT Takeover: London, just to give the show a bit more beef.


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Ex-NYU professor Heleen Mees was arrested Monday night for allegedly stalking and harassing Willem Buiter, her ex-lover and Citigroup's economist.
Apparently their relationship goes back some time. Mees' doctoral thesis in economics at the Erasmus School of Economics, available online, is dedicated to Buiter. The version hosted on the website of the Wagner school, her former employer, has a full page inscribed "For Willem," along with the famous quote, "may you live in interesting times."
In the preface, Mees writes "Finally, I want to thank Willem Buiter who was so kind to meet with me in the summer of 2008 in London to discuss possible avenues for a doctoral thesis. Our meeting proved to be the first tangible step towards this thesis."
The thesis, defended in August 2012, is titled "Changing Fortunes: How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis." It argues that "the build-up of savings in China and oil-exporting nations, which were heavily skewed towards fixed income assets, depressed interest rates worldwide from 2004 on," and that this, as much or more than anything Wall Street did, helped create the housing boom and financial crisis.
He's also thanked in the acknowledgments "for his thoughtful comments and continued encouragement."
The thesis in full can be found here. Here's a screenshot of the dedication page:
And the preface (the reference to Buiter is at the end):


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A 302-room, 17 acre resort for couples only sits on a spectacular peninsula, surrounded by the warm Caribbean Sea. Pigeon Island, home to our annual St. Lucia Jazz Festival, combines historic British & French flavor that unfolds at Sandals. The resort offers
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If a room with a spectacular view from your private balcony and a little pampering is a prime necessity…look no further! This room features a four poster king size mahogany bed, 37" flat screen television, a well-stocked mini bar and beautifully tiled floors.
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View: Caribbean Sea, manicured gardens
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View: Beach, pool, manicured gardens, Rodney Bay
Truly unique. This room affords the luxury of stepping from your patio directly into the Lagoon Pool. Truly a romantic escape to paradise. A Mahogany four poster king size bed, exquisite tiled floors, 37" flat screen television, a love seat and one
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View: Lagoon Pool
Extraordinary British Colonial style characterizes this lavish suite, which highlights an expansive living room with a plantation inspired sofa and chaise lounge, 37" flat screen television and a four piece dining set. The adjoining bedroom features
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views of the lush tropical gardens or lagoon pool completes the setting
View: Lagoon Pool, gardens
Occupancy - 2 adults
All suites feature exquisite mahogany furnishings, a double-sized balcony or patio and two full bathrooms. The bathroom adjoining the bedroom comes complete with its own whirlpool and walk-in shower. The suite's living room is tiled and a hardwood
floor compliments the mahogany bedroom furnishings. A Plantation- style sofa with matching chaise lounge ad a four piece dining set completes the living area. Jalousie doors afford the luxury of your private sanctuary that includes the comfort of a four poster
'Reflections' king-sized bed. This suite is complete with two 37" flat screen televisions, two chaise lounges on the balcony and a two piece patio dining set
View: Sunset pool, beach, Rodney Bay
This Rondoval Suite is located in a lush tropical setting moments away from the Beach. It features a large interior living area with a sofa, occasional chair, desk and 50" flat screen television. The 'Grande Rondoval' king bed sits at the center of
the suite and at the back of the suite lies an enormous bathroom with Roman tub, separate walk-in and outdoor showers and two vanities. One can step outside unto their private pool deck and enjoy an outdoor shower, or slide into your private whirlpool or into
your private plunge pool. In fact you even have your own private hammock. For those discerning guests who are looking for a new and elegant experience that offers a different view… here it is!
View: Gardens
The unique location of these amazing suites place them footsteps away from the water's edge...This Rondoval suite features a large circular interior living area with a sofa, occasional chair, desk and a top of the line 50" flat screen television. The
'Grande Rondoval' king bed sits at the centre of the suite and at the back of the suite lies an enormous bathroom with Roman tub, separate walk-in and outdoor showers and two vanities. One step outside unto their private pool deck and enjoy an invigorating
outdoor shower, or slide into your private whirlpool or into your private plunge pool. In fact, you even have your own private hammock! For those discerning guests who are looking for a new and elegant experience...here it is!
This exclusive suite and only one of its kind in the group, offers the best of everything. From its impressive size to its unmatched views in every direction, it sits beautifully on the fourth floor of the Cap Estate Building. The expansive living
room boosts a lounge setting and adjacent to it a kitchenette equipped with a microwave and bar set-up. Its double sized balcony overlooks the Beach and Rodney Bay. As you graciously climb the staircase to the upper floor, nestled towards the island of Martinique,
you are sure to find the Master Bedroom extending to an outer large deck overlooking the ocean. Hidden just beyond the Master Bedroom is another intimate deck just for the two of you furnished with an outdoor shower and panoramic view of Rodney Bay. To further
enhance this two bedroom suite, there is an additional bath upstairs in close proximity to the Master Bedroom with a six head shower and separate whirlpool. This suite features flat screen televisions in the Master Bedroom, second Guest Bedroom and Living
Room. It features twenty-four hour room service and ultra exclusive Butler Service to complete the magic View: Sunset pool, Beach, Rodney Bay, Gros Islet, Fort Rodney, Caribbean Sea
These gorgeous over-the-water bungalows convey an intimate connection to the Caribbean Sea and deliver complete immersion of the fine turquoise waters and rich marine life below. Glass floor panels and lit water ensure you can enjoy undersea views at any
time. Couples can also admire the beauty of the ocean from their private outdoor Tranquility Soaking Tub for two or over-water hammocks. Every bungalow captures the height of luxury with hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, custom crafted king-size beds adorned
with soft linens and plush pillows for the ultimate sleep experience. Inside, each bungalow is also equipped with a smart TV and a large ceiling fan to stay cool while enjoying fresh Caribbean breezes. The bathrooms are equipped with his and hers sinks, a
large backlit mirror adorned with mosaic tile, and a walk-in rain shower. Outside, your private patio is also equipped with an extended sun deck, outdoor shower, sun loungers, and a bistro set for two. Butler Elite service, which handles every detail of your
vacation with unobtrusive grace, and 24 hour room service are included to complete your over-water vacation.
The Bayside Restaurant represents the culinary diversity of an equally diverse locale. With flavoursome Caribbean cuisine, guests from near and far can enjoy Bayside by day for buffet-style breakfast and lunch; and bask in its enchanting essence with dining
by night for an exquisite a la carte dinner. Indoors or on the terrace, romance abounds. Dine beneath the stars, indulge in candlelit dinners, or gaze out onto a seemingly endless blue waterscape while welcoming over the cool, sea breeze.
With a unique collection of intriguing, flavorful dishes, Bombay Club is the go-to place for scenic views, great times, and exotic fare. The mere mention of the city of Bombay conjures up images of ancient open-air markets buzzing with activity that heightens
the senses—tables laden with shimmering silks, racks hung with geometrically patterned rugs, gleaming silver and copper vessels and, at the heart of it all, baskets overflowing with a multi-hued array of aromatic Indian spices, like cardamom, chili peppers,
ginger, coriander, saffron and nutmeg.
With a charming outdoor seating arrangement just steps away from the beach, Neapolitan-style pizza doesn't get any better than Dino's Pizzeria. Dino's Pizzeria-or as many guests call it-Pizza Heaven, has the feel of an old, Neapolitan street scene blended
with the historic charm of the Caribbean.
Experience the warmth, comfort, and pleasures unexpected at Gordon's on the Pier. Located atop a magnificent pier and offering an innovative twist to popular seafood delicacies, this outdoor restaurant is perfect for romantic dinners for two. Upon arrival,
you'll glimpse the beauty of this remarkable destination with panoramic vistas of Saint Lucia's famed Rodney Bay. Colourful Caribbean accents come to life in the vibrant décor, flickering mounted lanterns, open exhibition kitchen, and Gordon's signature steak
and seafood delights.
Discover the Sweet Life. Inspired by Saint Lucia's most famous scion and Napoleon's empress, Josephine's is a gourmet crêperie serving authentic French crêpes and delicious desserts. Sweet and savory treats such as crêpes stuffed with chicken and spinach
and mouthwatering apple and oat crumbles make this one-of-a-kind eatery a must-visit for guests that crave the sweetest things in life.
Follow the tantalizing aroma of exotic spices and perfectly grilled delights to Kimono's, a vibrant restaurant that serves up Japanese cuisine in a most captivating way. Kimono's boasts mouthwatering cuisine prepared by skillful chefs who entertain with
cookery tricks right before your very eyes!
Jacquot's Lobby Bar 4:00PM – 12:00AM
The Olde London Pub 5:00PM – 2:00AM
Piano Bar 6:00PM – 11:00PM
Beach Bar 10:00AM – 11:00PM
Sunset Pool Bar 10:00AM – 5:00PM
Palladium Night Club 9:00PM – 2:00AM / Discotheque 11:00PM - 2:00AM
For more than 300 years, pubs have provided a carefree ambiance and comfort to those who wanted to relax with good ale and a good joke after a hard day's work. Pubs are most certainly fundamental to British culture. Samuel Pepys, famous for his detailed
17th century writings, even described pubs as the "heart of England." Olde London Pub serves the same purpose as those time-honored public houses of yesteryear, where people gathered together to enjoy life and a cold one in a vibrant atmosphere.
There's nothing quite like the dining experience at Soy Sushi Bar, a quaint restaurant tucked behind bamboo fronds and adorned with unique Oriental décor, dim lighting, and fresh, delectable sushi. Giving guests a taste of the Far East with traditional
and contemporary sushi creations, Soy is named after soy sauce, a customary ingredient in the art of sushi. This remarkable sushi house offers exciting flavors and exotic sushi creations made-to-order. Guests can enjoy a nightcap, pre-dinner cocktail, sushi
and saki amid the great ambiancee of stone statues, pendant lighting, and mahogany furniture
Believed to have originated with Jamaica's Arawak Indians, jerk cookery began as a preservation method. The Maroons of Jamaica, who once sought refuge in the island's Blue Mountains, eternalized the Arawak's ancient jerk technique by spicing or seasoning
the meat, wrapping it in leaves, then placing it on hot rocks over a lattice of wood. This technique evolved with the use of different spices to the cooking style that we know today as Jerk. At the Jerk Shack, chefs apply the jerk cooking style using a marinade
or paste that incorporates pimento (allspice) and scotch bonnet peppers.
The Mariner Seaside Bar & Grill is something special. A place where guests come for delicious, grilled food and a cold one, this beachside bar and grill doesn't disappoint. With traditional grilled delights such as grilled fish and beef burgers, guests enjoy
the mouthwatering, flavourful food, followed by a peaceful walk along the beach.
Toscanini's restaurant takes its name from famed Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini who was renowned for his intensity, perfectionism and his passion for his craft. The same qualities are represented in the fine, Italian cuisine at Toscanini's
The sandy pathways of Barefoot By The Sea create the casually sophisticated ambience of this charming restaurant, where you're invited to dine barefoot. Dig your toes into the soft, white sand while savouring delectable, create-your-own-dish fare. With the
sparkling sea just steps away, there's no better way to dine Caribbean style.
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I was going to merely link a video to facebook to share it with everyone. But on watching the videos, I decided it wasn't going to do him justice. His work NEEDS to be seen, if you haven't seen his incredible time lapse videos, you're life is not complete.
The man I'm talking about? His name is Terje Sorgjerd, a Norwegian photographer also known as the master of time lapse videos. Keith Loutit, who's that? (no offence dude). Since I'm still losing my shit over how ridiculously awesome these videos are, this post won't have much writing it.
Here's the first video that put him on the map (so to speak)
The Aurora from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.
This video was shot in and around Kirkenes and Pas National Park bordering Russia.
The next video is a more recent work, capturing the Milky Way fromthe highest summit in Spain, El Teide. It is one of the best places to photograph the stars.
The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.
Like I said, my new hero.
p.s. If you're not impressed … stop hating 😉