Fellows' Corner
Pitolisant Offers Important Risk-Benefit Profile for Patients With Narcolepsy
Jeffrey Dayno, MD, chief medical officer of Harmony Biosciences, as well as John C. Jacobs, the chairman and CEO, shared their insight into the potential impact pitolisant can make in the treatment of narcolepsy and excessive daytime sleepiness.
By: Matt Hoffman
Jeffrey Dayno, MD
Pitolisant, a selective histamine 3 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist developed by Harmony Biosciences, was recently approved under the brand name Wakix for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness in adults with narcolepsy. The agent was not deemed a controlled substance by the DEA—the first narcoleptic therapy to be void of that scheduling.1
As there is an ongoing need for better and more effective medications in sleep disorders such as narcolepsy, the door was open for agents like pitolisant to enter the market. It has been shown to be generally safe and well-tolerated, based on pooled safety data from 4 placebo-controlled trials totaling more than 300 patients.2
In clinical trials, the therapy has shown to be quite effective. In a 5-year dataset, patients experienced drops in Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) scores of 3.4 points (to 13.4) through 12 months, and 6.2 points (to 10.6) by year 5. The data also show reductions of multiple symptoms of REM dysregulation, a 76% reduction in the symptoms of cataplexy, a 62% reduction in sleep paralysis, and a 54% reduction in hypnagogic hallucinations from baseline to year 1.3
To learn more about the therapy's advantages, NeurologyLive sought comment from Jeffrey Dayno, MD, chief medical officer, Harmony Biosciences, and John C. Jacobs, MBA, chairman and CEO, Harmony Biosciences. The pair provided some insight into what to expect now that pitolisant is approved.
NeurologyLive: What does this approval offer physicians treating narcolepsy?
John C. Jacobs, MBA: Wakix provides healthcare professionals managing people living with narcolepsy a new and important treatment option for their patients. While there are medications on the market approved for narcolepsy, Wakix is the first and only FDA-approved non-scheduled product for narcolepsy.
Is there a specific subgroup of patients with narcolepsy in which pitolisant can make an impact?
Jeffrey Dayno, MD: There are up to 200,000 Americans living with narcolepsy, all of whom have excessive daytime sleepiness. Wakix is the first and only FDA approved non-scheduled product for narcolepsy, and it offers an important benefit/risk profile to address the unmet medical need that exists in people living with narcolepsy.
Could you expand on the risk-benefit profile offered by pitolisant, and what particular unmet needs will be aided by its approval?
Jeffrey Dayno, MD: While there are medications on the market approved for narcolepsy, Wakix is the first and only FDA approved non-scheduled product for narcolepsy. It is a first-in-class medication with a novel mechanism of action, that works through a natural chemical in the brain, histamine, a major wake-promoting neurotransmitter.
The efficacy of Wakix for the treatment of EDS in adult patients with narcolepsy was evaluated in two multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, HARMONY 1 and HARMONY 1bis. These studies included a total of 261 patients who were randomized to receive Wakix, placebo, or active control; these patients had a median age of 37 (in HARMONY 1) and 40 (in HARMONY 1bis). Treatment duration was 8 weeks, with a three-week dose titration phase followed by a 5-week stable dose phase; 75% to 80% of the patients in these studies had a history of cataplexy. In both of these studies, Wakix demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in EDS as measured by the ESS score.
In the placebo-controlled trials conducted in patients with narcolepsy with or without cataplexy, the most common adverse reactions (occurring in ≥5% of patients and at twice the rate of placebo) with the use of Wakix were insomnia (6%), nausea (6%), and anxiety (5%).
What will the dosing variations of the therapy be, and when will it be available?
Jeffrey Dayno, MD: The recommended dose range for Wakix is 17.8 mg to 35.6 mg administered orally once daily in the morning upon wakening. Wakix will be commercially available to healthcare professionals and appropriate patients in the US in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Transcript adjusted for clarity.
1. WAKIX represents the first and only non-scheduled treatment approved for patients with narcolepsy in the U.S. [press release]. Plymouth Meeting, PA: Harmony Biosciences; August 15, 2019. finance.yahoo.com/news/harmony-biosciences-announces-fda-approval-120000845.html. Accessed August 15, 2019.
2. Scart-Grès C, Momah C, Roy M, Maski K, Piris S, Bogan RK. Sleep. 2019;42(Suppl 1):A244–A245. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsz067.612. Presented at: SLEEP 2019. June 8-12, 2019; San Antonio, TX. Abstract 0614.
3. Harmony Biosciences presents 5-year data on pitolisant at international narcolepsy symposium [news release]. Plymouth Meeting, PA: Harmony Biosciences; September 11, 2018. harmonybiosciences.com/newsroom/harmony-biosciences-presents-5-year-data-on-pitolisant-at-international. Accessed August 15, 2019.
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Elements of mass media that focus on delivering news
Electronic news-gathering trucks and photojournalists gathered outside the Prudential Financial headquarters in Newark, United States in August 2004 following the announcement of evidence of a terrorist threat to it and to buildings in New York City.
The news media or news industry are forms of mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public. These include print media (newspapers, newsmagazines), broadcast news (radio and television), and more recently the Internet (online newspapers, news blogs, news videos, live news streaming, etc.).
Some of the first news circulations occurred in Renaissance Europe. These handwritten newsletters contained news about wars, economic conditions, and social customs and were circulated among merchants. The first printed news appeared by the late 1400s in German pamphlets that contained content that was often highly sensationalized. The first newspaper written in English was The Weekly Newes, published in London in 1621. Several papers followed in the 1640s and 1650s. In 1690, the first American newspaper was published by Richard Pierce and Benjamin Harris in Boston. However, it did not have permission from the government to be published and was immediately suppressed.[1]
In 1729, Benjamin Franklin began writing a new form of newspaper that was more satirical and more involved in civic affairs than previously seen. In 1735, John Peter Zenger was accused of seditious libel by the governor of New York, William Cosby. Zenger was found not guilty, largely in part to his attorney Andrew Hamilton, who later wrote a paper in which he argued that newspapers should be free to criticize the government as long as it was true. Later, with the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791, freedom of the press would be guaranteed by the First Amendment.[1]
In the 1830s, newspapers started seeking commercial success and turned toward reportage. This began with the New York Sun in 1833. Advancements in technology made it cheaper to print newspapers and "penny papers" emerged. These issues sought out local news and coverage of society. Later, news-gathering became a central function of newspapers. With the invention of the telegraph in 1845, the "inverted pyramid" structure of news was developed.[2] Through the latter half of the 1800s, politics played a role in what newspapers published. By the end of the century, modern aspects of newspapers, such as banner headlines, extensive use of illustrations, "funny pages," and expanded coverage of organized sporting events, began to appear. Also, media consolidation began with many independent newspapers becoming part of "chains".[1]
The early 1900s saw Progressive Era journalists using a new style of investigative journalism that revealed the corrupt practices of government officials. These exposing articles became featured in many newspapers and magazines. The people who wrote them became labeled as "muckrakers". They became very influential and were a vital force in the Progressive reform movement. However, after 1912 muckraking declined. The public began to think the exposés were sensationalized, but they did make a great impact on future policies.[1]
During the 1920s, radio became a news medium, and was a significant source of breaking news. Although, during World War I, radio broadcasts in America were only given information about Allied victories because Great Britain had a monopoly on the transatlantic radio lines. For the newspapers, the government suppressed any radical or German papers during and after the war.[1]
With the introduction of the television came The Communications Act of 1934. It was an agreement between commercial television and the people of the United States that established that: The airways are public property; Commercial broadcasters are licensed to use the airways; The main condition for use will be whether the broadcaster served "the public interest, convenience, and necessity." During the Vietnam War, the media reporting directly challenged the government, drawing attention to the "credibility gap" -- official lies and half-truths about the war.[1]
Television news continued to expand during the 1970s, and by 1990, more than half of American homes had cable systems and nationally oriented newspapers expanded their reach. With technological advancements in the newsroom, notably the Internet, a new emphasis on computer-assisted reporting and a new blending of media forms emerged, with one reporter preparing the same story in print, online, and on camera for a newspaper's cable station.[1]
A "medium" (plural "media") is a carrier of something. Common things carried by media include information, art, or physical objects. A medium may provide transmission or storage of information or both. The industries which produce news and entertainment content for the mass media are often called "the media" (in much the same way the newspaper industry is called "the press"). In the late 20th century it became commonplace for this usage to be construed as singular ("The media is...") rather than as the traditional plural.
"Press" is the collective designation of media vehicles that carry out journalism and other functions of informative communication, in contrast to pure propaganda or entertainment communication. The term press comes from the printing press of Johannes Gutenberg in the sixteenth century and which, from the eighteenth century, was used to print newspapers, then the only existing journalistic vehicles. From the middle of the 20th century onwards, newspapers also began to be broadcast (radio news and television news). The advent of the World Wide Web brought with it online newspapers, which then expanded to include online news videos and online streaming news in the 2010s. The use of the term "press", however, was maintained.
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video signals (programs) to a number of recipients ("listeners" or "viewers") that belong to a large group. This group may be the public in general, or a relatively large audience within the public. Thus, an Internet channel may distribute text or music worldwide, while a public address system in (for example) a workplace may broadcast very limited ad hoc soundbites to a small population within its range.
The sequencing of content in a broadcast is called a schedule.
Television and radio programs are distributed through radio broadcasting or cable, often simultaneously. By coding signals and having decoding equipment in homes, the latter also enables subscription-based channels and pay-per-view services.
A broadcasting organization may broadcast several programs at the same time, through several channels (frequencies), for example BBC One and Two. On the other hand, two or more organizations may share a channel and each use it during a fixed part of the day. Digital radio and digital television may also transmit multiplexed programming, with several channels compressed into one ensemble.
When broadcasting is done via the Internet the term webcasting is often used.
Broadcasting forms a very large segment of the mass media.
Broadcasting to a very narrow range of audience is called narrowcasting.
In a broadcast system (television), journalists or reporters are also involved with editing the video material that has been shot alongside their research, and in working on the visual narrative of the story. Broadcast journalists often make an appearance in the news story at the beginning or end of the video clip.
In television or broadcast journalism, news analysts (also called news-casters or news anchors) examine, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources of information. Anchors present this as news, either videotaped or live, through transmissions from on-the-scene reporters (news correspondents).
News films ("clips") can vary in length; there are some which may be as long as ten minutes, others that need to fit in all the relevant information and material in two or three minutes. News channels these days have also begun to host special documentary films that stretch for much longer durations and are able to explore a news subject or issue in greater detail.
The desk persons categorise news stories with various formats according to the merit of the story. Such formats include AVO, AVO Byte, Pkg, VO SOT, VOX POP, and Ancho Visual.
The AVO, or Anchor Voice Over, is the short form of news. The story is written in a gist. According to the script visual is edited. The anchor reads the news while the visual is broadcast simultaneously. Generally, the duration of an AVO is 30 to 40 seconds. The script is three to four lines. At first the anchor starts to read the news, and, after reading one or one-and-a-half lines, the visual is aired, overlapping the face of anchor.
The AVO Byte has two parts: An AVO, and one or more bytes. This is the same as an AVO, except that as soon as the AVO ends, the Byte is aired.
The Pkg has three parts: Anchor, Voice Over, and Sign Off. At first a Script is written. A voice over anchor reads the anchor or anchor intro part.
Reading the newspaper: Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, South Carolina.
A newspaper is a lightweight and disposable publication (more specifically, a periodical), usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. It may be general or special interest, and may be published daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly.
General-interest newspapers are usually journals of current news on a variety of topics. Those can include political events, crime, business, sports, and opinions (either editorials, columns, or political cartoons). Many also include weather news and forecasts. Newspapers increasingly use photographs to illustrate stories; they also often include comic strips and other entertainment, such as crosswords.
Print journalism
Journalists at work in Montreal in the 1940s
A story is a single article, news item or feature, usually concerning a single event, issue, theme, or profile of a person. Correspondents report news occurring in the main, locally, from their own country, or from foreign cities where they are stationed.
Most reporters file information or write their stories electronically from remote locations. In many cases, breaking stories are written by staff members, through information collected and submitted by other reporters who are out on the field gathering information for an event that has just occurred and needs to be broadcast instantly. Radio and television reporters often compose stories and report "live" from the scene. Some journalists also interpret the news or offer opinions and analysis to readers, viewers, or listeners. In this role, they are called commentators or columnists.
The editor's office (Newsroom) of the Helsingin Sanomat in 1965
Reporters take notes and also take photographs or shoot videos, either on their own, by citizens or through a photographer or camera person. In the second phase, they organize the material, determine the focus or emphasis (identify the peg), and finally write their stories. The story is then edited by news or copy-editors (U.S. style) or sub-editors in Europe, who function from the news desk. The headline of the story is decided by the news desk, and practically never by the reporter or the writer of the piece. Often, the news desk also heavily re-writes or changes the style and tone of the first draft prepared by the reporter / writer originally. Finally, a collection of stories that have been picked for the newspaper or magazine edition, are laid out on dummy (trial) pages, and after the chief editor has approved the content, style and language in the material, it is sent for publishing. The writer is given a byline for the piece that is published; his or her name appears alongside the article. This process takes place according to the frequency of the publication. News can be published in a variety of formats (broadsheet, tabloid, magazine and periodical publications) as well as periods (daily, weekly, semi-weekly, fortnightly or monthly).
Newsmagazines
Cover of 2512, a monthly newsmagazine published in Réunion.
A newsmagazine, sometimes called news magazine, is a usually weekly magazine featuring articles on current events. News magazines generally go more in-depth into stories than newspapers, trying to give the reader an understanding of the context surrounding important events, rather than just the facts.
A newsreel was a documentary film common in the first half of the 20th century, that regularly released in a public presentation place containing filmed news stories.
Created by Pathé Frères of France in 1908, this form of film was a staple of the typical North American, British, and Commonwealth countries (especially Canada, Australia and New Zealand), and throughout European cinema programming schedule from the silent era until the 1960s when television news broadcasting completely supplanted its role.
Newspaper "gone to the Web" in California
Online journalism is reporting and other journalism produced or distributed via the Internet. The Internet has allowed the formal and informal publication of news stories through mainstream media outlets as well as blogs and other self-published news stories. Journalists working on the Internet have been referred to as J-Bloggers, a term coined by Australian Media Academic Dr Nicola Goc to describe journalists who [blog] and [blog]gers who produce journalism. "J-Bloggers: Internet bloggers acting in the role of journalists disseminating newsworthy information, who subscribe to the journalistic ideals of an obligation to the truth and the public's right to know".[3]
An early leader was The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Many news organizations based in other media also distribute news online. How much they take advantage of the medium varies. Some news organizations use the web only or primarily.
The Internet challenges traditional news organizations in several ways. They may be losing classified ads to Web sites, which are often targeted by interest instead of geography. The advertising on news web sites is sometimes insufficient to support the investment.
Even before the Internet, technology and perhaps other factors were dividing people's attention, leading to more but narrower media outlets.
Online journalism also leads to the spread of independent online media such as openDemocracy and the UK, Wikinews as well as allowing smaller news organizations to publish to a broad audience.
Streaming Journalism
Live online streaming journalism began on various online platforms in the late 2010s, such as youtube.com and twitch.tv (which began primarily as a live streaming platform targeting gamers, then expanding into non-gaming topics including news and political reporting and commentary).
Tea accounts are a rising class of social media accounts on YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram that report on the latest news and gossip on the internet.[4] These content creators are known to create an eco-system of drama and further escalate online scandals. While mainstream news outlets often fail to report news on influencers and internet celebrities, tea accounts have capitalized on this opportunity to meet the great demand for such news stories. Notable tea accounts on YouTube include the Shade Room and DramaAlert.
News coverage and new media
By covering news, politics, weather, sports, entertainment, and vital events, the daily media shape the dominant cultural, social and political picture of society. Beyond the media networks, independent news sources have evolved to report on events which escape attention or underlie the major stories. In recent years, the blogosphere has taken reporting a step further, mining down to the experiences and perceptions of individual citizens.
An exponentially growing phenomenon, the blogosphere can be abuzz with news that is overlooked by the press and TV networks. Due to the rise of social media involvement in news, the most common news value has become entertainment in recent years.[5] Apropos of this was Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 11,000-word Rolling Stone article apropos of the 2004 United States presidential election, published June 1, 2006. By June 8, there had been no mainstream coverage of the documented allegations by President John F. Kennedy's nephew. On June 9, this sub-story was covered by a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article.[6]
Media coverage during the 2008 Mumbai attacks highlighted the use of new media and Internet social networking tools, including Twitter and Flickr, in spreading information about the attacks, observing that Internet coverage was often ahead of more traditional media sources. In response, traditional media outlets included such coverage in their reports.[7] However, several outlets were criticized as they did not check for the reliability and verifiability of the information.[8] Some public opinion research companies have found that a majority or plurality of people in various countries distrust the news media.[9][10]
Fake news articles are untruthful-on-purpose stories. They have the purpose of misleading the reader to think one way.[11] With the rise of new media through social media, there has been an increase in fake news. This increase in fake news has progressed over time and continues to show, especially in today's media. The use of Twitter, Facebook, etc. has made it easier for false or misleading articles to be seen. The amount of misleading news articles that are produced are causing audiences to believe that every piece of information on the internet is true. A major problem is the issue of unbiased articles showing up in a timeline next to fake articles. This makes it hard for others to determine between what is fact and what is opinion. Specifically, the media coverage during the 2016 United States presidential election saw numerous misleading articles for both candidates.[12]
Media integrity
Media integrity refers to the ability of a news media outlet to serve the public interest and democratic process, making it resilient to institutional corruption within the media system,[13] economy of influence, conflicting dependence and political clientelism. Media integrity encompasses following qualities of a media outlet:
independence from private or political interests
transparency about own financial interests
commitment to journalism ethics and standards
responsiveness to citizens
The concept was devised particularly for the media systems in the region of South East Europe,[14] within the project South East European Media Observatory, gathering organisations which are part of the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM).
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Goldie Roth lives in the tyrannical city of Jewel, where impatience is a sin, and boldness is a crime. Frustrated, Goldie runs away. She finds herself in the Mysterious Museum of Dun, where she meets a boy named Toadspit, and discovers the museum holds terrible and thrilling secrets. Only a thief can understand its strange shifting rooms, and fortunately, Goldie has a talent for thieving.
Playing the game you're to spot the differences. If you do that fast, you'll get some bonuses.Your task is to get as many points as you can.
But as soon as you start playing you realize that this isn't an ordinary museum. And it is even stranger than you thought. Sometimes the whole building seems to... shift. As if a huge sleeping beast has woken up, turned around and gone back to sleep again. And when you step into the next room, it is not the one you were expecting!
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Alabama vs. Notre Dame odds, predictions, betting trends for college football playoff semi-final
No. 1 Alabama faces No. 4 Notre Dame in the semifinal of the college football playoffs on January 1.
The game moved from the Rose Bowl to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Amas. Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. on ESPN.
Alabama (11-0) is making its sixth CFP appearance and is seeking a sixth national championship with coach Nick Saban. The Crimson Tide ranked second in the FBS with 49.7 points per game with an offense that features quarterback Mac Jones, running back Name Harris and wide receiver DeVonta Smith.
Notre Dame (10-1) is back in the playoffs for the second time in three seasons with coach Brian Kelly after an impressive one-year tour of the ACC, but the Fighting Irish enter the showdown with the same questions from the greats. Games. after a 34-10 loss to Clemson in the ACC championship game. Quarterback Ian Book is 30-4 as a starter.
Here's everything you need to know about Alabama vs Notre Dame betting, including up-to-date odds, trends and our prediction for the CFP semi-final.
Alabama vs. Notre Dame Betting Odds
Spread: Alabama –19.5
Below: 65.5
Money line: Alabama –110, Notre Dame –110
The Crimson Tide opened as 17.5-point favorites, and that line is up two points. Is he largest semi-final spread in the history of the College Football Playoff.
Alabama vs. Notre Dame Historic Series
The Irish lead the all-time series 5-2, and that includes victories in the 1973 Sugar Bowl and the 1975 Orange Bowl. Crimson Tide won the final meeting 42-14 in the BCS championship game on January 7, 2013.
Three trends to know
– Crimson Tide is 4-1 S / U in the CFP semifinals, and Alabama is 3-2 ATS in those Games. The Crimson Tide is 1-1 ATS as a double-digit favorite in those Games.
– The Irish are 5-6 ATS this season. Notre Dame is 12-10-1 ATS in Games at neutral venues with Brian Kelly since 2010.
– The Crimson Tide is 8-3 ATS this season, and that includes a 2-1 ATS mark when the spread is less than 20 points.
Three things to see
– Notre Dame offensive line. In that BCS championship loss in 2013, the Irish were mistreated up front. Notre Dame's offensive line includes All-American candidates like Liam Eichenberg, Aaron Banks, RViennaainsey and Tommy Kraemer. It's a seasoned group that has to give Ian Book time to work against a talented Alabama defense that improved in the second half of the season. That said, Amas A&M, Ole Miss and Florida combined to average 374 passing yards against Alabama. Book can be successful with targets like Michael Mayer, Avery Davis and Ben Skowronek, but he needs to be more decisive on the pocketbook. That could open up the running gamKaren Kyren Williams, who is averaging 122.1 rushing yards per game.
– Alabama's running game. The Irish allowed just 3.7 yards per carry, and the defense, led by Butkus award winner Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, is solid. The Crimson Tide will test it with a running attack that averages 5.0 yards per cName Name Harris rushed for 24 touchdowns and averaged 5.9 yards per cName If Harris releases early, Notre Dame will be in trouble.
– The first trimester. With such a high margin, sometimes it is that simple. Alabama outscored its opponents 132-37 in the first quarter of this season, and has outscored its opponents 52-13 in those previous five semifinals. A quick lead would allow offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian to do whatever he wants. What will Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea do to interrupt that with his seven backs?
Statistics that matter
Mac Jones leads the FBS with that passer rating, which is higher than the 202.0 passer rating LSU's Joe Burrow put up last season. DeVonta Smith andTechieetchie are big problems for a Notre Dame secondary that had two interceptions this season, and Jones has played the best he can in big Games. Smith poses the greatest challenge to the Irish defense.
The lines on both sides will tell you right away if the Irish have a chance in another big game opportunity. Alabama's offense is clicking an all-time level, and Jones should be able to adapt early to perimeter goals. The Crimson Tide hit two long TDs in the second quarter to build a two-touchdown lead at halftime. Notre Dame threatens to turn it into a game in the third quarter when Book responds, but Alabama turns to Harris at closing time. That puts Saban within reach of a seventh national championship, which would break the record of legendary coach Bear Bryant.
Final score: Alabama 42, Notre Dame 23
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Ten great rockumentaries
29 July, 2013 in Features
Bob Dylan providing the iconic opening to 'Don't Look Back' with 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'
Our selection of cinematic gems give an insight into the fantastic, fascinating and sometimes fraught lives of musicians and songwriters
hen you love an artist's music, it's natural that you'll want to know more about the people behind it. Which is why there have been countless dozens of 'rockumentaries' made over the years. Some are essentially just concert films, with a few 'behind the scenes' clips thrown in; increasingly in the modern era, some are little more than an exercises in brand marketing. But some are true cinematic gems… and we've listed ten that we think fall into the latter category below.
Don't Look Back
Dir. DA Pennebaker, 1967
Shot in fly-on-the-wall style in black and white, this groundbreaking film by renowned documentary-maker Pennebaker follows a young Bob Dylan on his 1965 UK tour. Widely considered a classic not just of the rockumentary genre but of documentary film-making full stop, it's worth watching for the scene where Dylan mercilessly lambasts a suddenly very sheepish Donovan for hurling an empty bottle out a window alone.
Dir. Albert & David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, 1970
This film started life as a simple document of the Stones' 1969 US tour. But that tour, of course, included the infamous free concert at Altamont speedway, where 18-year-old Meredith Hunter, was stabbed and killed by Hell's Angels… and so the movie ended up being a document, instead, of the 60s dream going wrong in spectacular fashion. The DVD release includes a phone-in discussion of the tragedy on KSAN radio the following day, with Sonny Berger among the callers.
Dir. Rob Reiner, 1984
Okay, yes, this one's a spoof. But it's still one of the greatest rock n' roll movies ever made… and as just about any touring band will tell you, "It's funny because it's true". Even the arty, intellectual Cocteau Twins once described a then-recent tour as "just like Spinal Tap… right down to getting lost under the stage". But hey, enough of our yappin'…
Dir. Dave Markey, 1993
Ostensibly a tour movie following New York alt/art rockers Sonic Youth on their 1991 trek around Europe, Markey's film ended up being, as well, the definitive cinematic document of grunge at its height, with great live footage of Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr and Babes In Toyland.
Dir. Nick Broomfield, 2002
Mainstream hip-hop is a strange world where big business and street gang rivalries collide. The most obvious person to really get under the skin of that world probably wasn't a 50-year-old former boarding school boy from Somerset… yet Broomfield's attempt to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding the deaths of Notorious BIG and Tupac Shakur makes for fascinating viewing all the same. Then again, he'd had quite a lot of practice at this kind of thing – his 1998 film Kurt And Courtney could also easily have made this list.
End Of The Century: The Story Of The Ramones
Dir. Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia, 2003
Here's something you may not know about Da Brudders: after falling out over a woman (and politics), childhood friends Joey and Johnny Ramone never spoke to one another from the early 80s onwards, despite continuing to tour and record for another 15 years. The rift between them is at the heart of this great career-spanning documentary by Fields and Gramaglia – and also nearly ensured that it never came out.
Dir. Sacha Gervasi, 2008
Like Spinal Tap… but real. Canadian heavy metal band Anvil had some success in the 1980s but were then pretty much forgotten about by the world at large… until former Anvil roadie turned successful Hollywood screenwriter Gervasi made this movie. Following Lipps and Robb as they navigate the highs and lows of the comeback trail and featuring talking heads from the likes of Lemmy, Lars Ulrich and Slash, it's one of the funniest – and most heart-warming – rock n' roll films you'll ever see.
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Dir. Kenny Ortega, 2009
Initially not intended to become a movie, This Is It documents Michael Jackson's preparation and rehearsals for the mammoth concert run of the same name, which was scheduled to start in July 2009, but cancelled due to his death. Although the rumours surrounding the late MJ mean his legacy is riddled with uncertainty, there's no doubting the King Of Pop was aiming to deliver yet another historic performance. This Is It is the closest fans get to witnessing it.
Katy Perry: Part Of Me
Dir. Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, 2012
Possibly not everyone's cup of tea, but you don't need to be a Katy Perry fan to find this film compelling. Following her career from gospel-singing beginnings to the global megastar we know now, this fly-on-the-wall documentary gives us an interesting insight to her slightly unhinged, candyland pop star life. Live performances from her last world tour are shot in 3D, so viewing on the latest technology feels almost like sharing the stage with the star.
Searching For Sugarman
Dir. Malik Bendjelloul, 2012
Two South Africans set out to uncover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n' roller, Rodriguez. His career didn't last long in the US, but unknown to Rodriguez he had become a national music idol in South Africa. A touching tale with constant twists and turns… resulting in a Detroit construction site worker discovering that his long-faded musical aspirations had come true after all.
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Dealing with a leukemia diagnosis is tough for anyone. But having to manage the disease for a decade is quite a tall order.
Jasmine Johnson, who graduated from Saint Leo University in 2012, has been up for this challenge since 2009.
Originally from Baltimore, Md., Johnson and her family flocked south to Florida when she was just four years old. The 33-year-old is the eldest of four, including one brother and two sisters.
For high school, Johnson first attended Clearwater Central Catholic High School for her freshman and sophomore years before moving to Countryside High School for her final two years.
She discovered her love for soccer at age 12. In 2004, she enrolled at the University of Florida and got to play on the Gators women's soccer team. Injuries, however, sidelined her and temporarily put a halt to her college soccer career.
"When I was in high school, I tore my ACL," she says. "My mom's insurance couldn't pay for surgery, so I just kept playing through the injury. I finally had surgery on it when I was at UF, but then my other knee started acting up. It was pretty demanding playing in the SEC, and I wanted to find another place where I could play but that wouldn't cause quite as much wear and tear on my body."
Transferring to Saint Leo University
It was her continual involvement in soccer that ultimately led her to Saint Leo University after being out of college for a few years.
"I was part of a semipro team in Tampa," she explains. "We were playing against some of the local schools and played Saint Leo one time. Our coach said I should talk with the Saint Leo coach. It was Ged O'Connor back then. He said he would find money for me and a spot on the Saint Leo women's soccer team."
She received a partial soccer scholarship and enrolled in 2009.
Johnson earned her bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in sociology. She explains how she decided on this academic track.
"My goal was to be a college soccer coach," she says. "At the time, there weren't very many coaching courses or programs out there, so I had to find something that could relate to this type of career. I felt like a psychology degree was a great choice because when you're coaching young people who are becoming adults, you're more than just a coach on the field to them. They might come to you for personal or emotional support as well, and you can have a major influence on them as both athletes and individuals."
She lived on campus during all three years at Saint Leo. Two of her roommates, Aija Bent-Trinder and Malloree Enoch, were a huge help to her pushing through her health struggles.
"We experienced so much together," she recalls. "We were always there for each other during our hardships. In fact, the two of them still reach out to me to see how I'm doing."
A Supportive Community
Johnson says she could not have made a better decision than coming to Saint Leo to finish her higher education.
"When I started at Saint Leo, it was a huge eye-opener. The classes were so much smaller. The professors knew everyone's names, and I knew most of the students' names in my classes. For me, it was so much better to be in that kind of an atmosphere. It really felt like a family."
To her, Saint Leo's core value of community rings true because of the community support she has received over the years and how she continues to reach out to others in hopes of raising money for a bone marrow transplant.
She wrapped up her bachelor's in psychology from Saint Leo in 2012.
An Unanticipated Journey
She was first diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in 2009 just as the soccer season was getting underway.
"The first thing I noticed was that I didn't have any recovery or stamina," she recalls. "After the games were over, I would just sit on the field because I couldn't even get up and walk off the field. Shortly after that, I started feeling completely drained with extreme fatigue, and then I was getting severe migraines that lasted 24 hours."
Trainers in the athletics department recommended she get blood work done. A few days later, she was in class and got a phone call from trainer Barb Wilson.
"She told me I needed to get my blood work results right away. For a second, I wondered if there was something seriously wrong."
When she got to the training room, she was informed that her white count was 232, which is an extremely high number. Because of this, the doctors thought she might have leukemia.
"I honestly said 'no' and walked out of the training room. I went back to class, grabbed my bag, went outside the Abbey and started crying. My grandma had passed away of leukemia, so that was the only knowledge I had of this disease. I saw firsthand how she went downhill"
Despite having limited health insurance, one of the assistant coaches, Annie Hamel, was able to get her an appointment at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa.
"The doctor explained leukemia and all of its effects to me and then told me I couldn't play soccer anymore. At the time, that was the biggest blow of all because of how much the game meant to me. I think I was actually more upset that I couldn't play than that I had leukemia."
She was finally able to get on a patient assistance program and found a connection to someone who worked for a pharmaceutical company. She started on a medication that typically costs $4,000 per month.
"It's been an up-and-down roller coaster ride with my insurance situation, the doctors and the different medications I've been on," she confides.
The medications she has been on have improved her white count numbers, but they are not preventing new cancer cells from growing.
"I'm not feeling sick right now, but I'm not really getting better, either, in terms of the leukemia."
Professional Pursuits
While dealing with her health situation, Johnson has continued to work at several hospitality jobs. On the soccer front, she has worked for the Tampa Dynamo FC for two years and is about to embark on her third season. She has served as the head coach of several youth girls' teams.
"I'm responsible for organizing training sessions, creating schedules for each season, managing game situations and providing both emotional and psychological support to the girls. Overall, I teach them how to be respectful, goal-oriented and kind-hearted."
Her ultimate goal is to be the club director of a women's soccer program.
"I think it's so important for young girls to have women they can look up to," she says.
Finding the Perfect Match
Johnson is now seeking a bone marrow transplant, a procedure she says would essentially cure her of the leukemia. Currently, the closest person who could provide her bone marrow that could possibly help is her mom, but she is only a half-match for what Johnson needs.
"As a minority, it's also harder to find a match. So, I want to push for everyone out there to get into the registry."
She says if she can find a match, her insurance would pick up 80 percent of the cost of the transplant. That means she'd be on the hook for 20 percent of what is typically a very costly procedure.
HELP JASMINE: Check out the GoFundMe page for Jasmine Johnson to help support her in her quest to get a bone marrow transplant. She also recommends everyone sign up to be part of the registry on Be the Match.
Plus, she is holding an event called "Jasmine's Jog for a Match" on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 9 a.m. at the Summerfield Soccer Complex 11942 Big Bend Road in Tampa. The event can be found on this Facebook page with more details
Photo credit: The photographs included in this blog article were provided by Jasmine Johnson and Saint Leo University athletics and are used with permission.
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Review: Love's Victory, Penshurst Place
In August WSG member and PhD student at Birkbeck College Miriam al Jamil went to the 'premiere' of Lady Mary Wroth's Love's Victory at Penshurst Place, Kent. She reviews it here:
Inspired by a WSG notice, I obtained a last-minute ticket for the first ever professional performance of Love's Victory (MS transcription here) which was staged in the beautiful medieval Baron's Hall at Penshurst Place in Kent. Penshurst was the home of Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1651/3) whose prose romance Urania and sonnets are better known than this pastoral tragi-comedy, written between 1617 and 1619. It exists in only two manuscript copies, an incomplete Huntingdon MS and a Penshurst version on which the performance was based. The project to revive the play has been funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of Lancaster University's Shakespeare and his Sisters project which Professor Alison Findlay has been running for two years, and a film of the performance will shortly be posted on their website. It will be a valuable resource and interesting I am sure for many WSG members.
The gallery of the hall served as Venus's heavenly domain, from which she and Cupid observe the entangled trysts of four pairs of lovers, echoing aspects of Shakespeare's As You Like It. Venus demands that her power is respected and the complex web of the lovers' desires and misunderstandings is formed and untangled through rhyming couplets, in song and music. The lovers devise word games and singing competitions to while away the time. Each represents aspects of love, its fickleness and calculation, vulnerability and yearning. The dilemma of an arranged marriage makes all true love secondary, an offence to Venus which results in the tragic death pact of the true lovers Musella and Philisses in her Temple. The Penshurst MS provides the denouement of the plot which is missing in the Huntingdon version. Musella's mother is brought in and rebuked for making a forced marriage arrangement which has led to the death of her daughter. Her shame and grief convince Venus to reverse the tragic ending and restore the lovers to life again. So we all celebrate the joyful triumph of love. How could it be otherwise?
The language, arguments for love in all its aspects and guises framed in a pastoral setting was suitable entertainment for Wroth's private audience in her country house. It reflects traditions of courtly masque entertainments and aristocratic participation. Professor Findlay suggests it may have brought Wroth together with her cousin William Herbert if they both performed in the play. Certainly Mary entered into a relationship with William after her husband died. The final scene lays the blame for miserable marriages squarely on the mother and it is tempting to read Mary's personal story through the twists and turns of the plot. The performers gave energy and insight to their roles, and the evening was an encouraging contribution to the ongoing rediscoveries of women's skill and creativity to which we all subscribe at WSG. Interested readers may want to order the forthcoming edition of Love's Victory edited by Findlay and Michael Brennan once it is available on the Manchester University Press website.
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Alastair Borthwick
Alastair Charles Borthwick OBE (17 February 1913 – 25 September 2003) was a Scottish author and broadcaster whose books recorded the popularisation of climbing as a working class sport in Scotland, and the Second World War from the perspective of an infantryman.[1]
Biography[edit]
Borthwick was born in Rutherglen but raised in Troon and later Glasgow where he attended Glasgow High School and was a member of the school's Officer Training Corps.[2] He left school at the age of sixteen to become a copytaker for the Evening Times. Soon afterwards, he joined the Glasgow Weekly Herald, a smaller newspaper where, as part of a staff of five, he wrote on a wide variety of topics, including front page leads, the women's and children's pages and compiling the crossword.[3]
It was through writing for the Herald's "Open Air" page that he discovered rock climbing, an activity which had traditionally been the preserve of the well off, but was becoming increasingly popular with young, working-class Glaswegians. The nascent subculture of poor but resourceful people hitchhiking north, camping or "dossing" in caves and bothies became the mainstay of his Open Air columns, and later his first book, Always a Little Further, which was published in 1939.[4]
The book documented this social change, which Ken Wilson described as "...as if a group of East Enders had suddenly decided to take up grouse-shooting or polo," with accounts of encounters with tramps, tinkers and hawkers, and of hitching to Ben Nevis in a lorry full of dead sheep, all described in Borthwick's humorous style.[5] It became a classic and has never been out of print since its publication.
During the Second World War Borthwick served with a variety of British Army units in North Africa, Sicily and Western Europe. Initially he served as a private in the Highland Light Infantry, but due to his OTC experience was to have been commissioned as a second lieutenant on 2 September 1939.[2] However, for some reason this commission was cancelled and in the end he was not commissioned until 3 November 1941, by which time he was a lance-corporal.[6]
He worked mainly as a Battalion Intelligence Officer and reached the rank of captain. He transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps on 14 January 1941, having by then being promoted to war substantive lieutenant.[7] He transferred to the 5th Seaforth Highlanders on 13 October 1944.[8] His most significant feat came in the Netherlands towards the end of the War, when he led a battalion of 600 men behind enemy lines in the dark, relying on his sense of direction as the maps were inaccurate.[4] The Germans woke up the next morning to find the British dug in behind them.[9]
After the War, Borthwick wrote his second book, Sans Peur (republished as Battalion in 1994), which was a history of his regiment during the second half of the war. Unlike many regimental histories written by committees or retired generals, it was written from the perspective of a junior officer who fought on the front line, and was highly acclaimed.[10]
For the rest of his career Borthwick worked mainly as a television and radio broadcaster, writing and presenting programs on subjects from Joseph McCarthy to Bonnie Prince Charlie. He regarded Scottish Soldier as his best work from this period. It was a thirteen part series about the history of the Scottish regiments, told from the point of view of the infantryman.[3] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1952 New Year Honours[11] for his part in organizing an engineering exhibition as part of the Festival of Britain.[4]
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^ a b "No. 34723". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 October 1939. p. 7400.
^ a b Perrin, Jim (9 October 2003). "Alastair Borthwick". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
^ a b c Chris Hall, 'Borthwick, Alastair Charles (1913–2003)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Jan 2007
^ Wells, Colin (6 October 2003). "Alastair Borthwick". The Independent. Retrieved 11 October 2008. [dead link]
^ "No. 34846". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 May 1940. pp. 2793–2798.
^ "No. 35216". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 July 1941. p. 3975.
^ "No. 36743". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 1944. p. 4676.
^ "Alastair Borthwick". The Telegraph. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
^ "Alastair Borthwick". London: The Times. 18 October 2003. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
^ "No. 39421". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1951. pp. 12–13.
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Home Private Equity News & Analysis Investors CIRC strengthens oversight of PE investments
CIRC strengthens oversight of PE investments
Chinese regulator CIRC has issued a circular calling for insurers to review the impact private equity investments have on their 'solvency and overall returns'.
Carmela Mendoza
China's insurance regulator has issued guidelines for insurers investing, or looking to invest in private equity, with a view to intensify supervision on the major investments of insurers.
Chinese insurers navigating the private equity landscape have been told to review the impact private equity investments have on their "solvency and returns", as well as to enhance internal management systems to guard against insider trading, according to a China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) circular.
In addition, senior executives of insurance companies who hold stakes in private equity firms cannot be involved in the firms' investment decisions. GPs backed by Chinese insurers also need to hire external advisory firms for project review, investment decision-making, and risk and asset management.
The new guidelines are in line with the CIRC's heightened scrutiny on insurance companies' investments.
Earlier this month, Chen Wenhui, vice chairman of CIRC urged insurance companies to take precautions against risks. "Most traditional large and medium insurance companies keep risks under control, while for some radical firms hidden risks loom large as they experienced surprisingly fast business expansion in recent years," Chen said in an interview with local media.
Adeline Tan, head of advisory, Hong Kong at Mercer, tells Private Equity International, that the latest guidelines won't be a huge change in the governance of Chinese insurers, especially as it pertains to internal management.
"The smaller insurers, however, may be more impacted in having to use external independent providers, as they are typically less accustomed to outsourcing and may have to consider their framework for identifying, selecting and appointing external parties," Tan says. "They may also have to consider how to collaborate with these providers to achieve their end objective and demonstrate adherence to CIRC's guidelines.
"In addition, the involvement of third parties may also force a rethink of their investment decision-making process and care is needed if the advice received or the advisor experience does not meet expectations."
Tan also notes that working with third party advisors could potentially yield new opportunities and partnerships for the domestic GP while leading to some constructive changes in the industry. "The GPs may have different approaches on whether to utilise one firm for all solutions or focus on specialists. It would be useful to see how this aspect may lead to development of competitive advantage and differentiation for the GPs," she adds.
Alternative investments made up 36 percent of Chinese insurers' investments, which totalled 13.4 trillion yuan ($2 trillion; €1.7 trillion), at the end of 2016, according to data from research and consulting firm Cerulli Associates.
Chinese insurers have been drawn to alternatives ever since the CIRC lifted the industry's investment restrictions in 2012 and raised the investment ceiling to up to 30 percent of total assets in 2014. Then in September 2015, the regulator allowed insurers to set up private equity funds as long as they invest in industries deemed a national priority, such as infrastructure, healthcare, technology and biotech.
China Life Insurance Company, the country's biggest insurer is looking to invest up to five percent of its 2.4 trillion yuan ($357 billion; €325 billion) in private equity. China Life has made commitments to funds managed by Hony Capital and CITIC Capital Partners, according to PEI data.
Shenzhen-headquartered Ping An Insurance on the other hand has backed UOB Venture Management's 100 billion yuan Sino-Singapore Private Equity Fund, which targets companies in Chongqing and South-East Asia. In December last year Ping An's asset management arm also started working with the Queensland Investment Corporation to pursue cross-border deals.
Meanwhile Beijing-based Anbang Insurance Group, whose total assets reached 1.45 trillion yuan as of end-2015, gained prominence for its high-profile global acquisitions. It has invested $1 billion in South Korea's Tongyang Life Insurance, $1.95 billion for New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel and $6.5 billion for acquisition of Strategic Hotels & Resorts from Blackstone.


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To some the Brooklyn Nets guard is an entitled conspiracy theorist. To others he is a superstar millionaire with a conscience Kyrie Irving takes a moment on court during a game against the Golden State Warriors earlier this season. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA Midway through the feature film Uncle Drew, the titular character confronts the coach who lured him and his over-the-hill teammates out of retirement and into a basketball tournament at New York City's famed Rucker Park. Feeling conned into cooperating for the love of the game while a $100,000 winner's prize went purposefully unmentioned, Uncle Drew flips his totally convincing wig. "You just don't get it, do you, Young Blood," he says. "This game, the love I got for it – it's all sacred to me." Looking back, it was a hell of an acting job by Kyrie Irving. It has been two weeks since the 28-year-old All-Star guard was last seen in uniform for the Brooklyn Nets. That's counting the Barclays Center dates against Orlando last Saturday and against Milwaukee on Monday, which saw former league MVP James Harden back up his axis-tilting trade out of Houston with 66 points and 26 boards in a pair of Nets wins. "Personal reasons" was the line Irving offered up as cover for his extended leave, which ended on Tuesday. And in these quote-unquote unprecedented times, only a monster would have thought to challenge him on it. Or at least that was until a maskless Irving was caught on video celebrating his sister's birthday at a packed New Jersey nightclub last week. And while the threat of a $50,000 fine and upwards of $800,000 in docked pay for breaking the NBA's Covid-19 protocols might have compelled a lesser talent to get back to work, Irving – whose salary is $33m this year – can afford to press pause, apparently. Days after the maskless birthday video surfaced, he was spotted at a virtual event for Manhattan district attorney candidate Tahanie Aboushi that took place as the Nets played host to the Nuggets last Tuesday. It's enough to make you wonder: What's Kyrie's motivation? He has been a tough nut to crack since the LeBron-less Cavaliers grabbed him with the first pick in the 2011 draft. After posting three consecutive losing seasons to open his promising career, you'd think Irving would have welcomed King James when he returned to the Cavaliers in 2014. But Irving mostly brooded over his loss of primacy as the Cavs snapped a 52-year championship drought in Cleveland. A forced trade to Boston in 2017 should have marked the end of Irving's inferiority complex, but he bristled under the direction of coach Brad Stevens while openly pining for a seasoned ensemble. (Never mind the two rising stars he had in Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, or the veteran experience that Al Horford brought to the table.) Signing with the Nets in 2019 was supposed to be a homecoming of sorts for the New Jersey-raised Irving – and then, when an injured Kevin Durant and DeAndre Jordan joined him in Brooklyn, the culmination of a grand plan that had been brewing at least since Irving and Durant were spied huddling inside a Staples Center tunnel before the 2018 All-Star game. But all Irving has done since arriving in town is shade his greatest co-conspirator, deny first-year coach Steve Nash and pick a fight with the most pugnacious media market this side of the Atlantic. The dissenting position is about par for a player who famously has said he does not believe in dinosaurs and wondered whether the world is flat. Playing the contrarian is as much a feature of Irving's game as his unstoppable dribble and clutch shot-making. And yet: Irving is often justified in going against the grain. On a Ringer podcast last week, writer Jackie MacMullan recalled a years-ago argument she had with Irving about the NBA draft and his contention that college players "should be able to go wherever they want" given that they are not chattel – and damned if he doesn't have a point. (MacMullan's cringe response: "Yeah, you are, dude. That's the way it works!") When the NBA suspended play last summer, Irving – incidentally, the vice president of the players' union – was the most notable player to object to a restart, believing that it might steal focus from a worldwide reckoning on anti-black racism following the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. And damned if the avalanche of MLK Day tributes from Mike Pence, Mitch McConnell, Mike Pompeo and so many more willfully ignorant Republican lawmakers didn't prove Irving right on that score, too. Some say Irving's opposition to the NBA restart was meaningless as he was injured anyway. But the fact that Irving also gave $1.5m of his own money to female peers who opted out of the WNBA bubble over Covid-19 or the social justice movement hints at a deeper thought process. Hell, Stephen Jackson, the former pro and a close friend of Floyd's, recently revealed that Irving had bought a house for Floyd's family. Clearly, when it comes to the things Irving does and says – not least moving on from basketball by his early 30s – nothing is out of bounds. Even Uncle Drew, the creaky old man who wrong-foots much younger playground players with his explosive game, plays against type. Only a true artiste like Irving would dare take a character that was intended as a vehicle to sell fizzy drinks and spin it into a basketball version of The Nutty Professor. As for the experiment Irving created in Brooklyn, well, that's pretty heady stuff, too. Forget the Johnson-Pierce-Garnett troupe that tipped off the Nets' Brooklyn-era and the James-led Miami triumvirate that augured the modern epoch of player-built super teams. With the Harden trade, the Nets new Big 3 put the reigning champion Lakers on notice: they're in it to win it all. That they also reflect their local constituency more clearly than any pro team since the Brooklyn Dodgers – between the long beard, the beanpole, the truther, the hipster coach and Amar'e Stoudemire, the Orthodox Jewish assistant who also happens to be black – means they have finally overtaken the Knicks as New York's hoops standard bearers. It only took nine years. Then again, that's the view on paper – which assumes Irving, now that he is back, will be the non-ball hogging third banana on offense while assuming a greater role on the opposite end to help mitigate the loss of rim protector Jarrett Allen. To hear Nets GM Sean Marks tell it last week, Irving couldn't be happier with how things turned out. But of course there's no way to know for sure until the mercurial guard returns to work, and even then he'll still likely remain the toughest read in sports. Does he truly mean to be difficult? Is he trolling? Or is he, as Uncle Drew himself might suggest, "nuthin but a hustler"? Hoops historians will be sorting out Irving's many complexities for decades. Really, if anything's for certain about the man, it's this: keeping the world off-balance is what he does best. Now as for the shape of said world? Oof. Please. Do not get him started.


Culture, Design, Fat Nancy's Dubai
The Gates of Satwa
Walking the busy streets of Satwa is a unique experience. But turn a corner down a different direction to usual, and you'll find yourself in the back streets. Cycling these back streets is a different experience altogether.
[Originally published on I'm Not A Fiend]
From the urban neon lights of Satwa Road and Al Diyafah, just seconds later you feel transported to a sandy village. One storey buildings as far as the eye can see, dusty palm trees, and scrawny cats that eye you up and down from the top of a dumpster. Cockerels crow and goats bleat from behind fences. Who lives in these ramshackle abodes is an eternal mystery to me. In many, it seems to all be men, up to twenty. What are their lives like? It's another world, and it's right under our noses.
This is Satwa still though, and commerce remains a dominant fixture. Only now it's nothing but bakeries, tiny grocery stores, and the odd building supplies shop, whose supplies seem to have remained toppled up in the dusty shelves for decades. If you need just a couple of nails to hang up some pictures, perhaps a bearded old man will let you have them for free. It's no skin off his back, in his jungle of bits and bobs.
Every Friday afternoon, under a certain tree at a certain crossroads, a group of cheering men huddles around an ironing board. Some kind of illegal activity is afoot! Nothing more than a simple card game, but a rowdy one at that. Don't look too closely or they'll get antsy.
Cycling is the way to explore these streets. The roads are narrow, but they're flat and straight. The only traffic will be the occasional 'Satwa truck guy', and a lot of other bicycles. You can speed past house after house, peering into any gates left open. You'll catch glimpses inside, flashes of stoney courtyards and damp stairwells. Clothes seem to hang from every possible surface. Trees double as laundry stands and bike racks.
Bikes might be commonplace in Satwa, but girls on bikes aren't. I get a lot of funny looks as I speed past the jostling crowds that gather outside the chai and shawarma joints at the weekend. Bemused, confused, appalled, or admiring? I'm not exactly sure! But I'm gone a second later.
The gates themselves are a thing of beauty. Metal wrought into arabesque patterns, timeworn paint peeling and chipping away. Birds, fish, stars, and hearts, made in a bygone era. The falcons of the UAE. The bricks crumble around them, but these gates remain steadfast. They don't make buildings like this anymore. Behind the gates is usually a central courtyard. Beyond that, who knows?
One afternoon we stopped outside a house with a sculpture of two majestic fish above the front door. We were mesmerised. The house had geometric grate-work, a blue and white patterned gate, and turquoise fencing. It was simultaneously beautiful and outrageous. When an Asian man on a bicycle pulled up in front and started getting his keys out, we had to speak to him. Finally an opportunity for insight into these gates.
The friendly man revealed he was Vietnamese, and had only been in Dubai for two weeks. He was working in ship repairs. And as far as he knew about the fish? They were put there by the Arabic owners of the house. He hadn't really paid them much attention, it seemed.
The mystery of these houses remains. Because amongst all the crumbling buildings, there'll be the occasional villa painted in vibrant turquoise or terracotta. There will be carefully tended to plants outside, proud UAE flags on the walls. Love and attention has gone into this presentation.
And therein lies the beauty of Satwa. The loyalty and pride felt by its people, combined with the eternal sense of the unknown. You really never know what you're going to find around the next corner. Sandy lots are transformed into rugged football pitches or cricket lawns. Carparks are turned into town squares, housing huddles of men with cups of hot chai. But above all, these little fortresses and gates of Satwa continue to fascinate and bemuse me.
Originally written by Beth for I'm Not A Fiend
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The Channel Islands network is made up of 11 no-extraction Marine Reserves, protecting a diverse array of ecosystems
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The Northern Channel Island MPAs, located off the coast of Southern California in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, protect a variety of marine ecosystems such as rocky intertidal communities, sea grass beds, giant kelp forests and deep sea coral gardens. The Channel Islands network is made up of 11 state and federal no-extraction Marine Reserves and 2 no-extraction Special Closure Areas. Over 5,000 species of invertebrates, mammals like seals and sea lions, large open-water fish and seabirds reside there. The Channel Island MPAs protect a handful of endangered species such as the blue whale, the orca and the fur seal. The abundance of marine species in the region is largely due to high productivity driven by upwelling and its situation between warm and cold water bioregions.
The network of Channel Island MPAs are collectively managed by three entities: the Channel Islands National Park, the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. All three work together to create regulations and facilitate enforcement. The agencies also engage the ancestors of the indigenous coastal people, the Chumash, as well as other local community members. The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and National Park were designated in 1980. The portions of the area within California state waters were designated in 2003. The Reserves and Conservation Areas were then adopted by NOAA and expanded into federal waters in 2006 and 2007.
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Paddan-Aram
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.
Also known as Paddan. The region around Haran in upper Mesopotamia; Abraham's family's place of origin (Gen 25:20; 28:2, 5–7; 31:18; 33:18; 35:9, 26; 46:15; 48:7). The etymology of the name is debated and ultimately unknown. It could be another name for Aram-Naharaim or the name of another town in the region. It is central to the story of Jacob and Laban (Gen 28–31).
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The Lexham Bible Dictionary
Paddan-Aram (פַּדָּן אֲרָם, paddan aram). Also known as Paddan. The region around Haran in upper Mesopotamia; Abraham's family's place of origin (Gen 25:20; 28:2, 5–7; 31:18; 33:18; 35:9, 26; 46:15; 48:7). The etymology of the name is debated and ultimately unknown. It could be another name for Aram-Naharaim
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Paddan-Aram (Place)
PADDAN-ARAM (PLACE) [Heb paddan-ʾărām (פַּדַּן־אֲרָם)]. Var. PADDAN. A name for the area around Haran, the homeland of Abraham's family in upper Mesopotamia. This designation occurs only in Genesis and only in passages generally ascribed to the Priestly source. It appears particularly in reference
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Paddan, Padan, Paddan-aram, Padan-aram
Paddan, Padan, Paddan-aram, Padan-aram. Northwestern Mesopotamian district whose name means, "Field of Aram," distinguishing this flatland from the mountainous regions to the north and east. Paddan-aram (kjv Padan-aram) is alternately called Paddan (kjv Padan) in Genesis 48:7, the "land of Aram" in Hosea
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Paddan-Aram padʹən-āʹram or -ârʹəm [Heb paddan ʾarām; Gk Mesopotamia, Mesopotamia Syrias]; AV PADAN-ARAM. The region of Harran in upper Mesopotamia. "Paddan-aram" and "Haran" may be dialectical variants for the same locality, since padānu and ḫarrānu are synonyms for "road" or "caravan route"
Tyndale Bible Dictionary
Paddan, Paddan-Aram
PADDAN, PADDAN-ARAM Northwestern Mesopotamian district whose name means "Field of Aram," distinguishing this flatland from the mountainous regions to the north and east. Paddan-aram is alternately called Paddan in Genesis 48:7, the "land of Aram" in Hosea 12:12, and Aram-naharaim in Genesis 24:10 meaning
The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)
Paddan-aram (pay´duhn-air´uhm), one of the names for the northwest region of Mesopotamia, between the Khabur and Euphrates rivers (Gen. 25:20; 28:2, 5–7; 31:18; 33:18; 35:9, 26; 46:15). It is also called Aram-naharaim (Heb., "Aram between two rivers"; nrsv: "Mesopotamia") in 24:10. In the Assyrian language,
The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia
Padan-Aram
PADAN-ARAM. It is a region which lies largely E and N of the upper Euphrates River as it flows S and then turns E. The district lies opposite the NE corner of the Mediterranean Sea, E of the Orontes River. Haran, its chief city, was the home of Abraham from which he emigrated to Canaan. He sent a servant
The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition
PADDAN, PADDAN-ARAM. The 'field' or 'plain' of Aram (rsv *'Mesopotamia') is the name given in the area around Harran in Upper Mesopotamia, N of the junction of the rivers Habur and Euphrates in Gn. 25:20; 28:2; 31:18, etc., and is identical with Aram-naharaim, 'Aram of the rivers', of Gn. 24:10; Dt.
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Paddan-Aram (Heb. paddan-ʾărām) (also PADDAN)An area around Haran in upper Mesopotamia. Usually translated "Field of Aram" (cf. Hos. 12:12 [MT 13]), Paddan-aram is generally regarded as an alternate designation for Aram-naharaim, the territory encompassed by the great bend of the Euphrates River.
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary
Paddan-Aram [ppădˊən ârˊəm] (Heb. paddan˒arām). A region in northern Mesopotamia centered around the city of Haran; according to critical scholars the term used by the Priestly source for Aramnaharaim. The inhabitants are identified as Arameans (Gen. 25:20; KJV "Padan-aram"; 31:24; RSV "Mesopotamia")
Paddan
Paddan [pădˊən] (Heb. paddan). A short form of the name Of Paddan-Aram (Gen. 48:7; KJV "Padan").
Catholic Bible Dictionary
PADDAN-ARAM The plain of Aram, the name given to the region around Haran in upper Mesopotamia, where Abraham's family lived before traveling to Canaan (Gen 25:20; 28:2; 31:18; cf. Gen 24:10). Here too lived Laban, whom Jacob served, and here most of Jacob's sons were born (Gen 29:31–30:24; cf. Gen 35:26;
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Pa´dan-a´ram. By this name, which signifies the table-land of Aram, i.e., Syria, the Hebrews designated the tract of country which they otherwise called Aram-naharaim, "Aram of the two rivers," the Greek Mesopotamia, Gen. 24:10, and "the field (DAV, 'country') of Syria." Hos. 12:13. The term was perhaps


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Panic prevails as LPG tanker overturns
Guntur, Dec 14 (INN): Panic prevailed for some time at Lakshmi Narasimha Colony on the Visakhapatnam - Chennai National Highway 5 near Mangalagiri in Guntur district on Tuesday after a fully laden Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker overturned, leading to a gas leak. The leaking gas created a sense of panic among the resident and road users. Traffic along the highway came to a standstill, prompting the police to divert vehicles at different points. Efforts to salvage the 16-wheel-tanker soon started with a team of experts from Indian Oil Corporation rushed to the spot. The team started to make efforts to transfer the LPG to another tanker, using an emergency recovery van.
The tanker was heading for Chennai from Visakhapatnam when it lost control and overturned at a sharp curve. However, no one was injured in the incident. According to police, the curve at the spot where the tanker overturned was particularly acute since the Highway is in the process of being upgraded by the National Highways Authorities of India. Sensing trouble, the district authorities asked the Electricity Board to disconnect power supply. The district authorities also evacuated around 200 families from the area to safer places, to ward off any untoward mishaps. The police meanwhile had a tough time managing the traffic as the volume of vehicles on the Highway piled up, adding to the chaos.
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