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Online Marketing Pack – Web Banner PSDs
This Online Marketing Pack contains an essential collection of banners, provided in 10 common banner sizes and in 4 stunning colour combinations. Each banner is provided in a separate PSD file for ease of editing and exporting. This pack includes a total of 40 PSD files!
Elements in each banner are vector based and can be easily resized, and styles can be manipulated as required.
All layers within this web marketing pack are well organized and easy to navigate.
Product image is included within a Smart Object, so adding your own product image is a snap, simply open up the smart object and drop in your image.
We welcome your feedback and hope you enjoy using this pack, the perfect addition to any online marketers arsenal.
Fonts used include but not limited to:
PF Handbook Pro – http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/parachute/pf-handbook-pro/ Arial [Standard Font]
PF Handbook Pro could be easily substituted for any of the following without compromising the design:
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In today's world of developing augmented reality applications, it is very important to have the right marketing basics. This can be ideal if you already have an augmented reality application that you have created and you plan to market it.
One thing that every developer must have is a blog site. This is the platform where you interact immediately to become a client. It may take time to blog every day so it is recommended that you at least install content every week. If you want to get more knowledge about augmenting reality program then you can check out https://virtualongroup.com/interactive-augmented-reality-experience/.
This can reap amazing results because the blogs that you post can appear on search engines and therefore will drive more traffic to your website. You also have to tell other bloggers about this application for free advertising purposes because they will distribute it to others.
You also have to remember that bloggers are always looking for people to read their blogs instead of competing with them to get attention; You can use it to get your application out there, giving them some promotional codes to give to their readers.
In this way, they have traffic on their blog and you benefit by sending your application to people and before you know it your application will be well-known throughout all social sites.
The best way to get your application viral is to use YouTube. Millions of users search via YouTube every day; with a one-minute video from your augmented reality application, you can attract more people to your site. This will take some time before you make the perfect video to install, but the rewards you get will definitely be worth the trouble.

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Revisiting The Red Lip Look
Wearing Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm in Standout
I'm one of those people who love the idea of wearing red lipstick, but hardly ever wears it. I could list several reasons why this is the case, but the two main ones are: 1) it's much easier to pull off a standard pink/neutral lipstick with any makeup or outfit, and 2) because I hate being the centre of attention, and red lipstick demands a lot more attention by itself thank pinks and nudes.
However, once in a blue moon, when I need a pick-me-up, I turn to my favourite reds for help and I suddenly remember why the 'Red Lip Look' is so favoured by many of us.
It hides a multitude of sins – If you're ill, it will make you look healthier. If you have a pesky spot wanting to steal the limelight, red lipstick will gladly make sure that sucker stays obscured in the background. If your eye makeup is a bit imperfect, a red lippie will make it look like it's all part of the look!
Yes, It can be worn with a smokey eye – I've found it to be a myth that red lipstick only looks good with minimal eye makeup. On me, I quite like a heavy brown and gold smokey eye, such as the one on the pictures above, paired with red lipstick for a super glam look!
It has the power to make you feel fierce – It's actually quite magical how, suddenly, my self-esteem and confidence get a big boost when I'm sporting a red lipstick! I have no idea why, but the world is a much less scary place when looked through the eyes of a red lipstick.
Although I'm pretty sure my red lipstick collection will never come close to the size of my pink/nude lipstick stash, I believe having one or two fail-safe reds is essential and potentially life-saving for any girl. Oh dear, that statement made me feel like Elle Woods from Legally Blonde!
The two reds I feel most comfortable wearing are the Revlon Colorburst Matte Balm in Standout (the one I'm wearing on the photos above), which has a very creamy and easy to apply formula, setting to a matte finish on the lips, and the Rimmel Kate Lasting Finish Lipstick in #01, which has a more traditional matte lipstick formula and is very long-wearing.
How often do you wear red lipstick? How does it make you feel? What's your favourite red lipstick?
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Rubi Ani
I used to be all about a berry lip, but recently I've been wearing red lipstick/gloss a lot. I love the Kate Moss Rimmel London lipstick in 01, it's probably my favourite red.
Rubi | The Den | http://www.the-den.blogspot.com
Le Beauty Girl
It's such a universal red, isn't it? Flattering on most skin tones and super long-lasting :) x
khalidah mz
True red for special occasion and berry red for everyday kind of look. Love the Rimmel Kate Lasting Finish #01 too. My all time fav red lipstick.
Le Beauty Girl
Snap! That's such a great lipstick. I've had mine for years and it's still one of my faves :) x
Lana (crazybeautyland)
I would love to wear reads, but they make my lips look smaller & thinner =(
Le Beauty Girl
Mine too, but I don't mind it that much. My top lip is already thinner than my bottom lip anyway, so I just embrace it :) x
Lana (crazybeautyland)
that's nice :)


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Ball-and-socket joint
|Ball and socket joint
|Anatomical terminology
The ball-and-socket joint (or spheroid joint) is a type of synovial joint in which the ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone. The distal bone is capable of motion around an indefinite number of axes, which have one common center. This enables the joint to move in many directions.
An enarthrosis is a special kind of spheroidal joint in which the socket covers the sphere beyond its equator.[1]
Examples of this form of articulation are found in the hip, where the round head of the femur (ball) rests in the cup-like acetabulum (socket) of the pelvis; and in the shoulder joint, where the rounded upper extremity of the humerus (ball) rests in the cup-like glenoid fossa (socket) of the shoulder blade.[2] (The shoulder also includes a sternoclavicular joint.)
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 287 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ Platzer, Werner (2008) Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Volume 1, p.28
- ^ And the phalanges (toes, fingers). Introduction to Joints: Synovial Joints - Ball and Socket Joints Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- Media related to Spherical joints at Wikimedia Commons
- The dictionary definition of ball-and-socket joint at Wiktionary


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The Vegas Golden Knights are 9-12-1 on the road and 19-15-2 overall. They are in fourth place in the Pacific Division with 40 points. They will play just their 15th home game on Thursday against the New York Islanders (17-12-4).
Vegas, which is 10-3-1 at T-Mobile Arena, is starting a four-game homestand with the game against the Islanders, who have won three consecutive games after losing to the Golden Knights last week at home.
"I think going into this year you look at the schedule and we were on the road a lot," Vegas defenseman Shea Theodore told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "Definitely, it's added up, and it's been duly noted around the room how much we've been on the road. It's going to be good to finish this trip here and be at home for the majority of the next half."
Colorado and Vancouver are the only other teams that have played at least 20 games on the road.
Vegas will play 11 of its next 16 games at home before the All-Star break at the end of January.
"That makes you miss home, it's as simple as that," center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare said. "You can't really look too far ahead, otherwise you kind of get tired of it. And you can't look too much behind, otherwise, you be like, 'OK, let's end it.' This one was, you're in New York a few weeks before Christmas, so it wasn't the worst road trip ever."
Vegas coach Gerard Gallant has limited his team's practice schedule because of the amount of travel. The Golden Knights did not have a morning skate regimen before the last two games.
"I think our coaching staff has been really good with us," Bellemare said. "At times, maybe a little too nice to give us those days off."
The Islanders improved their road record to 9-7-1 with their 3-1 win at Arizona on Tuesday night.
Josh Ho-Sang, Brock Nelson and Anthony Beauvillier scored for the Islanders, who overcame an early 1-0 deficit for their first win at Arizona since 2014. Robin Lehner made 36 saves to achieve his first win since Oct. 30.
The win was also the Islanders' second in as many nights, after beating Colorado 4-1 on Monday. They are 2-0 on their current Western Conference road trip.
"Real gutsy back-to-back," Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. "Guys were blocking shots when they needed to and doing what they needed to do to make sure the puck didn't get into the danger areas. ... Two goals against in the last two games, we'll have a chance to win every night."


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After the internet images which 'seem' to depict the Bolshoi Ballet's manager, Ghennadi Ianin, in unspecified sexual acts, he has been hurriedly replaced by Bolshoi dancer Jan Godowsky.
Godowsky is maybe best known for the video of Roland Petit's Pique Dame. The Bolshoi press release was vague, but underlined the fact that Ianin, 42, wasn't engaged in unlawful sexual behaviour.
The scandal started when hundreds of people received links to the internet site which featured Ianin. Godowsky has made no statement.
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Discover the opposition, the largest party or coalition of parties who did not form government, with this fact sheet. The opposition is sometimes called the 'alternative government' and has a range of responsibilities in the Parliament, including closely examining the work of the government.
The alternative government
The opposition is formed by the largest party or coalition of parties that does not have the support of the majority of members in the House of Representatives. The opposition is sometimes called the alternative government because it could form government if it was to win the support of the majority of members.
Although the opposition is formed in the House of Representatives, there are also members of the opposition in the Senate. The opposition may or may not hold the majority of seats in the Senate.
Opposition responsibilities
The responsibilities of the opposition include:
- scrutinising – closely examining – the work of the government.
- asking the government to explain its actions.
- debating bills – proposed laws – in the Parliament.
- working on committees that examine bills and important national issues.
- providing alternatives to government policies.
Opposition leadership
By convention – tradition – the Leader of the Opposition is a member of the House of Representatives. There is also a head of opposition in the Senate called the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.
Some members of the opposition are selected by the Leader of the Opposition to be shadow ministers and are responsible for examining the work of ministers. For example, the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs closely examines the work of the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The Leader of the Opposition and top-level shadow ministers make up the Shadow Cabinet. The Shadow Cabinet is the leading decision-making group in the opposition, meeting regularly to develop opposition policies.
The opposition side of the House of Representatives.
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Bipartisan Bill to Enhance Israeli-Palestinian Economic Cooperation Introduced in US Congress
by Algemeiner Staff
A bipartisan bill meant to help create the conditions on the ground necessary for an eventual end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been introduced by Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Lowey's office announced on Tuesday.
The bill — titled The Palestinian Partnership Fund Act of 2018 — would establish a Palestinian Partnership Fund to facilitate and finance joint economic ventures and people-to-people exchanges between Israelis and Palestinians. Additionally, the legislation would instruct the Trump administration to make every effort to seek additional contributions for the fund from Middle Eastern and European countries, as well as the rest of the international community.
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Cory Gardner (R-CO) introduced companion legislation in the Senate.
Rep. Lowey said that the legislation was driven by the need to secure a two-state solution to the conflict.
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"I have always believed that a two-state solution is the only framework that would lead to two states for two peoples," Lowey said. "This legislation would be a critical step in the reconciliation process necessary for there to one day be a democratic, Jewish State of Israel and a democratic, Palestinian State living side-by-side in peace, security, and mutual recognition."
Rep. Fortenberry said the legislation recognized that a sustainable peace required "new and better economic and interpersonal linkages for prosperity and interconnectedness between the region's peoples."
Several American Jewish organizations have declared their support for the Palestinian Partnership Fund, including the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), the American Jewish Committee, and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.
ALLMEP's Executive Director Joel Braunold remarked in a statement that while "the fund will never be sufficient in delivering the peace we all want to see, it will play the necessary role in helping create the social, economic and political circumstances within which peace can be secured and sustained."


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Quilts are an image standard that Looking Glass uses to produce 3D experiences. This standard is used to describe both still and moving images (pictures and videos). Here is an example quilt picture:
Quilts serve a few purposes:
- to save and retrieve images displayed in a Looking Glass (similar to image & video screenshots for 2D monitors)
- as a compositing step in Looking Glass render pipelines found in our developer tools
- as a format to work against to manually produce lightfield photos / videos
Each tile in the quilt is a conventional 2D image of a scene. The bottom-left tile of the quilt (view 0) is the leftmost view of the scene, and the top-right tile is the rightmost, like so:
This standard may be applied to any conventional image or video filetype. The most common are
Looking Glass apps read from and write to metadata for files. The image standard is as follows:
- LKGNumViews: The number of views in the quilt.
- LKGRows: The number of rows.
- LKGColumns: The number of columns.
- LKGAspect: The aspect ratio of the quilt expressed as a fraction. This often encodes as a full floating point number and so is best to round to the second decimal point.
- LKGType: The type of file we're currently looking at. This can typically be inferred from the file format, but we have included "Image" and "Video" as a precaution.
These parameters are written to a JSON format to the UserComment section of exif data. When read properly, the data will take the following form:


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UPDATE 8pm PST | The tweet has since been removed, and 5 out of the 7 tracks have been restored to Martin's account.
Like a tornado in the midwest, or an earthquake along the California fault lines, it seems that Soundcloud takedowns can come from anywhere, at any time… even for Martin Garrix.
Martin just posted this screenshot on his Twitter of a series of emails received when Soundcloud went on an absolute bender and removed at least 7 of his tracks. Looking on his Soundcloud, though he still has 22 remaining, you can tell that many are indeed gone.
Of course, this is what happens when you have an automated system. Included in the takedowns were his tracks "Forbidden Voices" and remix of "Can't Feel My Face," ostensibly two of his most successful tracks. We have no doubt that Martin, his team, and Soundcloud will resolve this in a timely manner. However, even just the fact that it happened in the first place should be embarrassing.
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Phyffers & Fallon
Active: 1879 - 1880
Function: Sculptors
History or description: This seems to be a partnership between the Belgian sculptor and carver, Theodore Phyffers (born c.1821-76), or one of his sons, and Robert Tucker Fallon (born c.1853). Felix (1850-89) and Victor (1856-99) Phyffers were both working as carvers in 1871. Felix later became house painter and Victor a stonemason. It is possible that one of them attempted to sustain their father's practice in association with Fallon or that he made an agreement to use the name of Phyffers. The effort was short lived.
Located at 13 Bloomfield Place Pimlico Road London | View on map
1879 (Circa) - 1880 (Circa)
Associated People
Trade name of Theodore Phyffers
1879 (Circa) - 1880
This partnership may have been initiated by Theodore but could also have been between, or made by, one of his sons and Fallon. (Theodore Phyffers died in 1876).
Trade name of Robert Tucker Fallon
1879 (Circa) - 1880 (Circa)
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under sculptor Post Office London Directory, 1880 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Listed under sculptor Post Office London Directory, 1879 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
p. 1795
Post Office London Directory, 1879 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
p. 1795
Post Office London Directory, 1880 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
p. 1812
Citing this record
'Phyffers & Fallon', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=ann_1296502153, accessed 02 Oct 2022]


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The plane from Doha to Frankfurt was already delayed on departure. Then, when it approached Frankfurt, it keeps turning in circles for about another hour (apparently due to weather and congestion reasons). At some point it was was announced that the plane had to land in Stuttgart to refill the plane. Once there, we were welcome by some heavy snow showers which completely covered the plane; they had to clear it and one hour later we could take off to Frankfurt.
Since I arrived 5 hours late in Frankfurt I missed my connection to Luxembourg, but managed to catch another flight that took off 15 minutes later. And even my luggage didn't miss the connection – bravo to the logistics in Frankfurt!


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Grand Funk Railroad
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Don: mel, hit that on the second intro.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: yeah, I think it sounds better to stop it quick.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: yeah.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: okay, like you did, (noise) like you did,
(noise) like you did, I'll stop my cymbal quick, then, on the second intro.
Mel: (muffled)
Don: alright, alright.
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Don: the tape is rolling.
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Don: here we go. this is grand funk railroad and here
comes the count. one, ...
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Don: one, two, three, four ...
(musical intro)
Don: cut! why did you stop that?
let all of them ring. the second intro,
the second time he goes ..
. you know, in the song, when we go back into this part?
Mel: yeah.
Don: that's what I mean. the first ...
Mel: (muffled)
Don: you know, like we're coming out of .
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dum, da; da, dum, da; da, dum,
da, dum, da, da, da, da, da ... da ... dratum, bap! stop that one.
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Don: that's the only one.
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Don: just that one, let the rest of them ring.
okay. here we go again, grand funk railroad.
here we are ... buddy r. review,
right here on ... on ... want me to get on with it?
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One, two, (pause) tape is rolling?
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Just let me take it, my mind can't make it without ...
I can't take it, said I just can't make it.
Just let me take it, my mind can't make it without ...
I can't take it, so you best not take it.
I've been waitin' for such, such a long, long time,
To tell you all about these feelings of mine.
Something tells me there just has to be a better day,
And that's why I came here to say ...
Growing up, I was free in my childhood years,
And now they tell me I can wash away my tears.
These tears explain the way, it's the way that I feel,
Because the freedom they give me is real.
I want freedom, the kind that they promised me,
Just for livin' in this country.
I want the freedom, the kind that makes me feel strong,
But, let me tell you, something is wrong.
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A missed opportunity?
The patent saga
In July 1975 Milstein gave a presentation on monoclonal antibodies at an internal Medical Research Council (MRC) meeting convened to discuss the safety of genetic engineering. After his presentation, he was approached by Tony Vickers, a scientist by training and an administrative official of the MRC . Vickers was interested in learning more and requested the proofs of the article Milstein and Köhler were about to have published in Nature.
Struck by the commercial possibilities for hybridoma technology, Vickers quickly looked to patent the technique and immediately alerted the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), the body responsible for patenting MRC inventions, to see if they could file a patent. Action needed to be swift because British patent law does not allow for the disclosure of any work such as publication of an article prior to filing an application for a patent.
While Vickers was quick off the mark in his attempt to get a patent for Köhler and Milstein's technique, intervening before the Nature article went into print, it was to take the NRDC several months and some prompting by the MRC before any action was taken. The response came in the form of a letter shown here, written in October 1976. By this time the opportunity for patenting the technique in Britain had been lost as by now the method had been published in Nature. The NRDC staff made it clear that while they recognised the possible medical and commercial value of hybridoma technology, they were unable to 'identify any immediate applications' so had taken no action to file for patent.
Political storm
The failure of the NRDC to patent Köhler and Milstein's technique was to become the subject of much controversy in the late 1970s, a time of economic and political anxiety in the wake of the decline in Britain's manufacturing sector, and consequent rising unemployment. One of the most vehement critics of the failure to patent the technique for monoclonal antibodies was Margaret Thatcher, a chemist by training, who was elected Prime Minister in 1979.
Thatcher's criticism became much more damaging as a result of the publication of a report in 1980 by a joint working party then investigating the commercialisation of biotechnology in Britain. The report pinned much of the blame for the failure to patent on the shoulders of the scientists themselves. The paragraph in the report that incensed Milstein read as follows:
'There appears to be a lack of awareness in practice of the obligations on recipients of government money and of the rights of the NRDC. This must be remedied. We are concerned that a lack of appreciation of the NRDC, particularly by young scientists, may continue to result in situations such as that which occurred over monoclonal antibodies where patent protection was not sought early enough and British advantage was reduced.'
The Wistar Patents
The anger over the non-patenting of Köhler and Milstein's technique was reinforced by the granting of two patents to Hilary Koprowski, Carlo Croce and Walter Gerhard for the making of monoclonal antibodies against tumours and influenza virus antigens in October 1979 and April 1980. These were the first ever patents awarded for the making of a monoclonal antibody.
What was particularly galling about the Wistar patents for monoclonal antibodies was the fact that they had been created using the X63 myeloma cell line originally supplied by Milstein to Koprowski back in September 1976. Making broad claims, the Wistar patents provoked major controversy in Britain and in the international scientific community. Many regarded the Wistar patents as patenting what many saw as effectively Milstein and Köhler's technique. Questions were accordingly asked about why Milstein and Kohler's technique had not been patented, leading to a major shake-up of British government policy on patenting and the commercialisation of biotechnology.
Milstein's supply of the cell line to Koprowski was in keeping with the tradition among many scientists at the time. The only conditions Milstein imposed on recipients was that they acknowledge in publications where they had sourced the cells and that they seek permission from him if passing them on to other scientists. He also made it clear that recipients should not patent any products from the cells. This stipulation, however, was difficult to enforce as demonstrated in the case of Koprowski.
At the heart of the debate over the British failure to patent monoclonal antibodies was the extent to which Koprowski had ignored Milstein's request that no products be patented from samples sent by Milstein to other scientists.
Some of Milstein's frustration over the affair can be seen from a note he scribbled on a letter from Koprowski in November 1976, requesting his permission to pass on Milstein's cell line to another colleague, Norman Klinman. This was written next to a comment by Koprowski stating, 'Dr Carlo M Croce's and my studies with our line progress satisfactorily and if we get any positive results in producing monoclonal antiviral antibodies we will let you know immediately.' To which Milstein retorted, 'He never did! Instead in June 77 he took a patent without even letting me know.'
In 1980 Nicholas Wade, a science journalist, published an article in the widely disseminated journal Science, capturing some of the sentiment around the patenting of monoclonal antibodies. He wrote, 'Milstein did not apply for a patent on his technique. He gave away his plasmacytoma cells in the usual scientific tradition of free exchange, asking only that recipients should not patent any hybridomas made from the cells and that they should not pass them on to third parties.'
Wade quoted Milstein as stating, 'We were too green and inexperienced on the matter of patents', indicating that in the past the British Medical Research Council encouraged its scientists in the past to make methods freely available. As Milstein put it 'We were influenced by that psychology. We were mainly concerned with the scientific aspects and not giving particular thought to the commercial applications.'
Wade went on to argue: 'The Wistar Institute seems in a sense to have jumped into the gap which Milstein and Köhler left. A broad patent for monoclonal antibodies raised against tumour cells was granted on 23 October 1979 to Hilary Koprowski and Carlo Croce. A similar broad patent covering the antibodies to viral antigens was issued on 1 April 1980 to Koprowski, Croce, and Walter Gerhard.' Wade also cited Milstein's unhappiness over the breadth of the Wistar patent application, for, as he put it, 'they are essentially patenting our procedure'.
Overall, Wade's article raised concerns about the extent to which Koprowski had broken an agreement with Milstein not to patent any product based on the cell line he had supplied. Angered by the implication that they had stolen Milstein's procedure, Koprowski and Croce responded in a letter to Science denying they had contravened an agreement.
The difficulty Milstein had in countering Koprowski and Croce's argument was because he could not find any letters in his files to verify whether Koprowski had explicitly signed a letter consenting to the general conditions he placed on all recipients of his cells not to patent any products.
Nonetheless, other letters between the two scientists indicate that Milstein was upfront that this was a condition in sending his cells. For example, a letter written by Milstein to Koprowski in May 1977 concerning the transfer of his cell line to another colleague states very clearly that products arising from such cells should 'not be made the subject of any patent rights'. Given that Koprowski received this letter a month before the Wistar Institute applied for a patent for their monoclonal antibodies this is particularly striking. As Milstein poignantly wrote later in pencil on this letter, 'Yet Koprowski took up a patent in June 1977!'
Milstein only became aware of the Wistar patent after receiving a letter written by Eric Tridgell from the NRDC in March 1979. The news came as a total surprise. What he found particularly shocking, as he wrote in response to Tridgell's communuication, was the fact that the Wistar application represented,'a blanket for deriving any clone directed against any virus and using myeloma cells from any origin.'
Patents and the sharing of cells
In many ways the problems that occurred with Koprowski reflects the casual arrangements that were in place for sharing cell samples in these years. A more formal procedure was only put into place in 1978 at the request of the NRDC when they began seeking a patent for Milstein's development of a new line of monoclonal antibodies derived from rats. From this time on recipients were expected to sign a form waiving the right to patent before the cells were actually sent. As one MRC official admitted to Milstein, however, the difficulty was how far this could be enforced.
Like many scientists at the time, Milstein viewed patents as slightly distasteful, a matter best kept separate from scientific discovery and invention and sorted out by lawyers. Moreover, Milstein believed he had done his duty by having sent a preprint of his Nature article when asked to do so by Vickers in July 1975. Some years later when asked whether he was unhappy not to have patented his and Köhler's technique Milstein was heard to reply, 'I was not unhappy, Margaret Thatcher was'.
Looking back in his later life, Milstein would come to see the NRDC's failure to patent as in some ways a blessing. Crucially, it allowed him greater freedom to publish and get on with his research. Had the NRDC moved forward on a patent, he might have been forced to become more secretive about his work. Moreover, in not patenting the cells he and Köhler had created, many scientists were able to move much faster in working out their application.
In many ways Milstein's attitude was reflective of the more general dislike of commercialisation within the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the 1970s. The situation was reinforced by the fact that scientists working within British government-funded biomedical laboratories were not entitled to any royalties accruing from patenting their innovations at the time. This sentiment only really began to change in the 1980s when the MRC established a new scheme allowing for the sharing of royalties with inventors.
While stimulating intense political debate in the late 1970s and early 1980s, some doubt the degree to which the missed patent for Köhler and Milstein's technique contributed to any real loss in the long-term. They argue that there would have been only minimal financial gain from a patent for the type of monoclonal antibody that the two scientists created because it had limited applications and required considerable refinement before it could be clinically applied.
For both Milstein's recollections and those of his contemporaries of the patent saga see E.M. Tansey et al., eds,Technology Transfer in Britain: The Case of Monoclonal Antibodies Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine, vol 1 (London, 1997)


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Focus: Yemen and Saudi Arabia - Mar 7, 2016
'Shocked and profoundly saddened' Pope Francis calls nuns killed in Yemen martyrs and and victims of global indifference - America Magazine
VIDEO: Pope Francis prays for martyrs of Yemen attack - Reuters.com
Yemeni officials blame Islamic State for killing four nuns, kidnapping priest - UPI.com
UN reports sharp rise in civilian casualties in Yemen - VOA
U.N. warns against slowing recent increase in aid flow to Yemen - Business Insider
Yemen's food crisis deepens as banks cut credit for shipments - Reuters
Saudi Arabia rejects UN Security Council action on Yemen aid crisis - Yahoo News
Rights group: Saudi Arabia used U.S. cluster bombs in civilian areas - CNNPolitics.com
European Parliament calls for Saudi arms embargo over Yemen bombing - Reuters
David Cameron boasts of 'brilliant' UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia on the day the European parliament votes for an arms embargo - The Guardian
ARCHIVE: EU criticises British arms sales to Saudi Arabia - The Guardian
Hollande under fire for awarding top French honour to Saudi royal, bilateral ties sealed by major arms deals - France 24
Saudi Arabia diverts French arms originally intended for Lebanon to its own military, 'So the contracts [with France] will be completed' - THE DAILY STAR
The Golden Age for Saudi-French relationship, that is how a French official described it - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
Since September 2014, the Obama Administration has notified Congress of proposed foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia with a potential value of more than $21 billion - Vox
REPORT: Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations - Congressional Research Service
Former US ambassador to Yemen: Yemen's destruction is one cost of the US-Saudi alliance - The Boston Globe
ARCHIVE: Saudi Arabian foreign minister: British and US military 'in command room' for air strikes on Yemen - The Guardian
Saudi Arabia has been Hillary Clinton's 'top priority' for years, showering missiles and fighter jets on an extreme human rights abuser - Alternet
Conference examines the U.S.' 'special relationship' with human rights abuser Saudi Arabia - Alternet
Amnesty International: Governments must halt all arms flows to the Yemen conflict that could be used by any of the warring parties - Amnesty International USA
Report: Arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Qatar almost triple in four years - Middle East Eye
Saudi Arabia's unholy war: Riyadh has failed to achieve its military strategic goals in Yemen, its campaign has boosted popular support for the Houthis - The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Yemen's ousted president is still a stumbling block for Saudis - Bloomberg Business
Cable, Dutch gov't official: Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen motivated partly by oil pipeline fantasy - mintpressnews.com
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Whatever its motive, Apple's on the right side...so far: Apple Champions Privacy; Government Seeks to Trash It
By Alfredo Lopez
Truth can be stranger than fiction...or at least more surprising. Apple Computer is the current champion of privacy against U.S. government attempts to expand its spying on us. The company, a frequent NSA and FBI collaborator in the past, finds itself in the strange position of confronting a federal court order to dislodge its iPhone security system, an action Apple insists will cripple encryption as a privacy-protection measure.
Scalia, Shmalia: Corporate Front Groups Helped Win Supreme Court Stay of Obama Clean Power Plan
Supreme Court Junket King Scalia Dies While Vacationing with Wealthy Patrons at Private West Texas Getaway
By Dave Lindorff
It's appropriate that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died at a luxury resort while freeloading as the guest of thus far unidentified wealthy sponsors as one of 40 guests at a private quail-hunting vacation party.
Duplicitous diplomacy: Ambassador Reflects on American Respect for Real Democracy
By Linn Washington, Jr.
Mohamed Yeslem Beisat, an ambassador for the Western Sahara, knew he faced a serious uphill struggle when began his position in Washington, D.C. years ago as the representative for his country that is located on the northwest coast of Africa.
"Liquid Freedom": First Company to Export US Crude Oil Now Exporting Iran's Oil
Army of Lobbyists Push LNG Exports, Methane Hydrates, Coal in Senate Energy Bill
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He's the best, but is he all we need?: The 'Bern' and the Internet
By Alfredo Lopez
Bernie Sanders' stunning success in the campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination, highlighted by what is effectively a victory in the Iowa caucuses this past Monday, provokes serious thinking about what a Sanders presidency would look like.
Banana Republic: U.S. Fracking Pioneer Aubrey McClendon Bringing Practice to Argentina
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
Aubrey McClendon, the embattled former CEO and co-founder of Chesapeake Energy, has announced his entrance into Argentina to begin hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") in the country's Vaca Muerta Shale basin.
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Leaked EPA Document Showing Water Contamination Could Be Smoking Gun in Federal Lawsuit
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
A PowerPoint presentation obtained from a source and published by DeSmog in August 2013 has made its way into a major hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") related legal case, which is set to go to trial soon in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Being Where I Really Need to Be
By Joy First
Friday January 8 marked another day of flying to Washington, DC for a week of activism – again. I was feeling sad leaving my family for a week and not looking forward to what I knew I was going to have to do in speaking out against the crimes of our government.
While in DC I stayed with my dear friend Malachy and his family and that is always a comfort to be in their home. Each day was filled with activist work. On Saturday we vigiled against drones at the CIA and I had the opportunity to share what we are doing at Volk Field in Wisconsin where we have been holding monthly vigils against drones for over four years, along with occasional nonviolent direct actions risking arrest. On Sunday we met with a doctor who is the head of Physicians for Social Responsibility in the DC area. He would like to engage more doctors from that organization in civil resistance. He thinks it is a critical time for more people to take to the streets and work for peace and justice.
On Monday we went to the White House where our friends from Witness Against Torture were holding their annual vigil marking 14 years since the first men were imprisoned and tortured in Guantanamo. It was a moving vigil as about 20 activists in orange jumpsuits and black hoods walked into the picture postcard area in front of the White House. As the police began pushing the rest of us back to the sidewalk in Lafayette Park I resisted and held my ground as long as possible. For over an hour, our voices were raised together as we sang:
We hear a beautiful sound
It is the breaking of chains
We see a path of hope
We have found the way
Let them go home
Let them go home
Let them go home
Let them go today
Eventually those who had been standing in the picture postcard area joined us and we gathered in a circle in the street again and ended the vigil. A number of men have recently been released from Guantanamo after 14 years of false imprisonment and torture, but Obama could have released them when he became president seven years ago, cutting in half their time there.
As we stayed busy for several days, Tuesday January 12 was weighing heavily on my mind and I was anxiously waiting for that day when the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) was planning a nonviolent direct action. On January 12, the day Obama was going to give us his State of the Union address we were going to deliver a petition to the U.S. Capitol on the "Real State of the Union" outlining what was really going on, along with ideas for solutions. We also had a list of war crimes that had been committed by our government that we wanted to share.
I woke up early on Tuesday morning. Malachy and I had a big breakfast knowing we may not eat again for a long time. We took the Metro to town and as we walked by the Capitol we scoped it out, paying attention to where we might want to go to deliver the petition, and noticing the police – how many there were and where they were. We met up with Max and Janice and the four of us looked at the situation to get a better sense of how the action could unfold.
We gathered together at 11:00 am at a church near the Capitol. It always feels so good to great my old friends and comrades in the struggle. I have been risking arrest with many of them for over ten years now.
I was helping David Barrows stretch out his banner "The Real State of the Union" on wooden poles when Malachy came over and told us that he just heard that Tim Chadwick had died. Tim had been a regular at NCNR actions for many years, but I had not seen him for a couple of years. I was shocked and deeply saddened to hear this news. Tim was an amazing activist and never gave up on trying to change the world, and we all knew that we had to continue with our action for the day in his honor.
The group who was going to risk arrest met together in a corner of the church hall to do final planning for the action. We decided we would attempt to deliver the petition to Joe Biden, president of the Senate, as well as vice-president of Obama's administration. After the planning meeting, we all gathered together for an open mic where we were inspired hearing about what others were doing and sharing stories of past actions.
At 1:30 pm we left the church and gathered on the street corner near the Supreme Court and across the street from the Capitol. We were planning to set up on the sidewalk directly in front of the Supreme Court, but the police there would not allow us to set up the model drones and so we moved to the corner with our drones – another infringement on our First Amendment rights.
We had a rally with a number of speakers talking about the issues of war, poverty, racism, and climate crisis that brought us together that day. Though we sent out a press release, the only media attention we got was from the foreign press, with just one local independent media person. It is a real failing on the part of our mainstream media that they do not provide coverage showing dissent, with people talking about these important issues.
At about 2:30, after each person risking arrest was able to share why they were engaging in nonviolent civil resistance, we walked toward the Capitol with petition in hand. There was a long roadway leading from the sidewalk to the Capitol and we thought we might be stopped, but we were able to get to the steps of the Capitol before an officer stopped us and told us we could not go any further.
We told him we wanted to deliver a petition to Biden, as well as a list of war crimes, and he said we couldn't, but that he would escort us to the grassy area where we could protest. We told him that we were not there to protest, but rather we were citizens who were attempting to deliver a petition to our government for a redress of grievances, a First Amendment right. By this time, some members of our group were on the steps holding a banner saying, "Stop the War Machine: Export Peace". The officer said they needed to come down off the steps, and at that point the rest of us walked up the steps and stopped short of a chain blocking us from going further with a sign that said there was no access to the public past that point.
Art Laffin, who was there with others in solidarity, led the group in singing "We shall not be moved" and as we sang an officer gave us three warnings that we needed to get off the steps. As we held our ground they started handcuffing those on the steps and told the others that they had to leave if they didn't want to be arrested.
It was probably less than 15 minutes between the time we arrived at the steps of the Capitol and the arrests began. I expect they wanted to clean up quickly before people started arriving for the president's version of the state of the union.
The 13 arrested included Eve Tetaz, Alice Sutter, Janice Sevre-Duszynska, Joy First, Trudy Silver, Linda LeTendre, Joan Nicholson, Carol Gay, Max Obuszewski, Malachy Kilbride, Martin Gugino, Phil Runkel, and Brian Terrell. In addition, there were others who were important in making this action happen including our jail support David, Don, and Paki.
We were taken in vans to the Capitol police station where we were processed and released with a court date of February 3. When we compared citations after the action some read we were charged with blocking, other citations noted the charge was incommoding and obstructing.
I will be surprised if the government goes through with prosecuting us. It seems the government is dismissing a lot of cases against activists over the last few years. In this case, we were exercising our First Amendment rights, simply and peacefully attempting to deliver a petition to our government. We did block or obstruct anyone. We were standing against a chain, we did not cross, that had a sign reading the public did not have access past that point. What did we do wrong? Why were we arrested?
The charges may be dismissed, but it would be better if we went to trial and could bring these issues into the courtroom. If we continue to be arrested and then the charges are dropped before trial, it appears that the government is using that as a way to block our access and not allowing our grievances to be heard.
As we have noted in many actions over the last several years, the government is becoming less and less accessible to the citizens. If you are part of a wealthy corporation or have a lot of money, you will have the ear of those in power in DC. But the rest of us do not have a way to access our government about our concerns. We have written letters that have not been answered. We follow up with visits to the White House, Congress, the Pentagon, the Department of Justice etc. and we are refused a meeting with anyone in a policy-making position. My friend Linda said that as the crimes of the government become greater and greater, accessibility to the government becomes less and less.
I do not take action because I want to be arrested, though I know I put myself at risk for being arrested for the actions I take. I am engaging in nonviolent civil resistance and I am acting in resistance to the crimes of the government. I am not the one who is breaking the law, but we have many in our government, including Obama, who should be prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
These actions are not something I relish doing, but I feel a deep spiritual calling to do this work for my grandchildren and all the children of the world. I am not suffering by the minor inconvenience of being arrested, but there is much grave suffering by children, mothers, and fathers, sisters and brothers both here at home and around the world because of the illegal policies of our government. And so, when I do an action like this I know I am exactly where I need to be and speaking out exactly as I need to be speaking. There is no place else in the world I needed to be at that moment, but on the steps of the Capitol trying to deliver a petition of our grievances.
There are so many grave ills facing the world - war, poverty, racism, climate crisis, and systemic violence to name a few. Please consider taking to the streets. We need more people in the streets engaging in nonviolent civil resistance. That is the only way we will bring about real and lasting change. We will not survive unless we do. It is up to we, the people to demand change.
Video of the January 12 action
The Actual State of the Union, or FDR's Four Freedoms Become Obama's Four Questions
Originally published by Telesur
President Barack Obama used his final State of the Union speech to claim that "America is leading the fight against climate change," while in reality the United States is far and away the worst offender, per capita, in the ongoing mad race to render the earth's climate uninhabitable. We "cut our imports of foreign oil," Obama brags, as if earth cares what flag its pollution belches into the air under. "Gas under two bucks a gallon ain't bad," said the President, wildly missing the mark. Yes, it is bad, if you're trying to preserve a livable planet, not just win cheap applause.
"I'm going to push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources," said the president. He made no mention of changing the way the U.S. government hands out subsidies to those industries.
The state of U.S. militarism also took a leap into an alternate reality. The President openly (if understatedly) bragged: "We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined." He was open about the global chess board he's playing on: "Russia is pouring resources to prop up Ukraine and Syria — states they see slipping away from their orbit." And, somehow, "surveys show our standing around the world is higher than when I was elected to this office, and when it comes to every important international issue, people of the world do not look to Beijing or Moscow to lead — they call us." They do? All people of the world? It's just two years since a Gallup poll found the United States widely viewed around the world as the greatest threat to peace. When Russia and China vetoed war on Syria, much of the world wondered why they couldn't have tried to save Libya.
The President claimed that U.S.-created Middle Eastern disasters he helped to exacerbate are "conflicts that date back millennia." He also proposed -- no joke -- "winning" in "destroying" ISIS this year. Hmm. About closing that prison in Guantanamo and ending those wars in Afghanistan and Iraq ... ? After years of taking credit for "ending" the war on Afghanistan, Obama has switched to not mentioning it.
Also gone missing: the U.S. Constitution. "With or without Congressional action, ISIL will learn the same lessons," said this former "Constitutional law professor," promising presidential war regardless of Congressional action. On Syria, Obama euphemized, "we're partnering with local forces." Is that what you call them now? He also opposed "calls to carpet bomb civilians" after he led the dropping of over 20,000 bombs on mostly Muslim countries just in the past year.
The supreme value in this speech, as in the presidential debates it mocked, was revenge: "When you come after Americans, we go after you. ... [W]e have long memories, and our reach has no limit."
Remember Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Four Freedoms? Speech, worship, want, and fear? Obama has now proposed Four Questions. I'm paraphrasing:
1. How do you make a fair economy? (well not by bailing out the bankers and then coming out against them in a speech 7 years too late).
2. How do you make technology work, including on climate change? (what if the solution to climate change involves less technology? what if blaming technology and globalism for a bad economy overlooks the long-forgotten promises of the Employee Free Choice Act and the prize-winning marketing campaign of Obama 2008?)
3. How do you keep America safe and lead the world but not be the world's policeman? (Has the world asked for a leader? Why isn't cooperation an option?)
4. Can our politics reflect what's best in us? (Whatever.)
After seven years of worsening climate, ocean, plutocracy, wars, blowback, surveillance, retribution for whistleblowers, secrecy, presidential power abuses, and drone murders, this is what you've got for us, Mr. President?
The lesson I take away is this: Pay little attention to 2016 campaign promises. Pay great attention to mobilizing the public pressure that has been missing for seven years.
Yellen has to raise rates: What's Behind the Fed's Decision to Raise Interest Rates in a Struggling Economy?
By Dave Lindorff
Much has been written over the past few weeks in the financial press and the business pages of general interest newspapers debating the wisdom of the decision in December by Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve Board to raise interest rates for the first time in almost a decade.
Emails: US Government Facilitated LNG Business Deals Before Terminals Got Required Federal Permits
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
Emails and documents obtained by DeSmog reveal that the U.S. Department of Trade has actively promoted and facilitated business deals for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry and export terminal owners, even before some of the terminals have the federal regulatory agency permits needed to open for business.
Obama's Oily Christmas Gift: Faster Pipeline Approvals
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
Just over a week before the U.S. signed the Paris climate agreement at the conclusion of the COP21 United Nations summit, President Barack Obama signed a bill into law with a provision that expedites permitting of oil and gas pipelines in the United States.
Big Oil Argued for U.S. Crude Exports to Fend Off Iran, But First Exporter Vitol Group Also Exported Iran's Oil
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
The American Petroleum Institute (API) successfully lobbied for an end to the 40-year ban on exporting U.S.-produced crude oil in part by making a geopolitical argument: Iran and Russia have the ability to export their oil, so why not unleash America?
"Miracle of American Oil": Continental Resources Courted Corporate Media to Sell Oil Exports
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
A document published by the Public Relations Society of America, discovered by DeSmog, reveals that from the onset of its public relations campaign, the oil industry courted mainstream media reporters to help it sell the idea of lifting the ban on crude oil exports to the American public and policymakers.
What winter?: No Denying It, Climate Change Is Happening Now
By Dave Lindorff
The leaves came off the last trees -- a crabapple, a willow and a hardy Norway maple -- during the first week of December this year, surely the latest I can remember seeing leaves on trees since we moved to the Philadelphia area 18 years ago. But it's not just that.
Senate Passed Bill Expediting Fossil Fuel Extraction on Native American Land Two Days Before Paris Agreement
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
Photo Credit: Indigenous Environmental Network
Federal Court Gives Blessing to Covertly Approved Enbridge Cross-Border Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
A federal court has ruled that the Enbridge Alberta Clipper (Line 67) cross-border tar sands pipeline expansion project, permitted covertly and behind closed doors by the Obama Administration, got its greenlight in a legal manner.
Groups Ask Columbia University To Reveal Funding Behind Exxon-Tied Center on Global Energy Policy
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
Final exams and winter break loom large for students at Columbia University, but at the upper echelons of the university's administration, new calls for transparency about the funding of a university affiliated center are likely to create plenty of homework as well.
Meet the Lobbyists and Big Money Interests Pushing to End the Oil Exports Ban
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog
The ongoing push to lift the ban on exports of U.S.-produced crude oil appears to be coming to a close, with Congress agreeing to a budget deal with a provision to end the decades-old embargo.
Obama's Speech, Translated into Candor
By Norman Solomon
Here is a condensed version of President Obama's speech from the Oval Office on Sunday night, unofficially translated into plain English:
I kind of realize we can't kill our way out of this conflict with ISIL, but in the short term hopefully we can kill our way out of the danger of a Republican victory in the presidential race next year.
As a practical matter, the current hysteria needs guidance, not a sense of proportion along the lines of what the New York Times just mentioned in passing: "The death toll from jihadist terrorism on American soil since the Sept. 11 attacks -- 45 people -- is about the same as the 48 killed in terrorist attacks motivated by white supremacist and other right-wing extremist ideologies.... And both tolls are tiny compared with the tally of conventional murders, more than 200,000 over the same period."
While I'm urging some gun control, that certainly doesn't apply to the Pentagon. The Joint Chiefs and their underlings have passed all the background checks they need by virtue of getting to put on a uniform of the United States Armed Forces.
As much as we must denounce the use of any guns that point at us, we must continue to laud the brave men and women who point guns for us -- and who fire missiles at terrorists and possible terrorists and sometimes unfortunately at wedding parties or misidentified vehicles or teenagers posthumously classified as "militants" after signature strikes or children who get in the way.
We can't see ourselves in the folks we kill. But I know that we see ourselves with friends and coworkers at a holiday party like the one in San Bernardino. I know we see our kids in the faces of the young people killed in Paris.
Also I know we don't see ourselves in the blameless individuals who have been beheaded by our ally Saudi Arabia, which has executed 150 people this year mostly by cutting off their heads with swords.
Nor should we bother to see ourselves in the people the Saudi government is slaughtering with airstrikes in Yemen on a daily basis. We sell the Saudis many billions of dollars worth of weapons that make the killings in San Bernardino look smaller than puny. But that's the way it goes sometimes.
I gave a lofty major speech a couple of years ago about how a democratic society can't have perpetual war. I like to talk about such sugary ideals; a spoonful helps the doublethink medicine go down.
Let me now say a word about what we should not do. We should not be drawn once more into a long and costly ground war in Iraq or Syria. The United States of America has colossal air power -- and we're going to use it. No muss, little fuss: except for people under the bombs, now being utilized at such a fast pace that the warhead supply chain is stretched thin.
Yes, we're escalating a bit on the ground too, with hundreds of special operations forces going into Syria despite my numerous public statements -- adding up to more than a dozen since August 2013 -- that American troops would not be sent to Syria. Likewise we've got several thousand soldiers in Iraq, five years after I solemnly announced that "the American combat mission in Iraq has ended."
But here's the main thing: In the Middle East, the USA will be number one in dropping bombs and firing missiles. Lots of them! It's true that we keep making enemies faster than we can possibly kill them, but that's the nature of the beast.
In Afghanistan too. At the end of last year I ceremoniously proclaimed that "the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion" and the United States "will maintain a limited military presence in Afghanistan." But within 10 months I changed course and declared that 5,500 U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan into 2017.
Midway through this fall -- even before the terrorist attacks in Paris -- the United States had launched an average of about 50 airstrikes per week in Syria during the previous year, and the New York Times reported that the U.S. military was preparing "to intensify airstrikes against the Islamic State" on Syrian territory.
And according to official Pentagon figures, the U.S.-led aerial bombing in Iraq has topped 4,500 airstrikes in the last year -- approaching an average rate of 100 per week.
Our military will hunt down terrorist plotters where they are plotting against us. In Iraq and Syria, airstrikes are taking out some of the latest ISIL leaders, heavy weapons, oil tankers, infrastructure. I've got to tell you that these actions will defeat ISIL, but I've got to not tell you that the airstrikes will kill a lot of civilians while launching new cycles of what gave rise to ISIL in the first place -- inflaming rage and grief while serving as a powerful recruitment tool for people to take up arms against us.
In the name of defeating terrorist forces, our air war has the effect of recruiting for them. Meanwhile, in Syria, our obsession with regime change has propelled us into closely aligning with extremist jihadi fighters. They sure appreciate the large quantities of our weapons that end up in their arsenals.
You don't expect this policy to make a lot of sense, do you?
Norman Solomon is the author of "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death." He is the executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and co-founder of RootsAction.org.
Exposed: ExxonMobil Funding Influential Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy
On reading Mumia in gaol: Torture and Other Abuses Make Turkey as American as Apple Pie
By Linn Washington, Jr.
On the topic of torture the nation of Turkey could teach some gruesome techniques to ISIS, the terrorist movement executing a savage reign across Syria and beyond (reportedly with Turkish government support).
A half century of US hospital bombings: Gen. John Campbell, Commander in Afghanistan and Serial Liar
By Dave Lindorff
"US forces would never intentionally strike a hospital."
-- US Commander of NATO Forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Campbell
An invisible US hand leading to war?: Turkey's Downing of a Russian Jet at the Turkish/Syrian Border was an Act of Madness
By Dave Lindorff
In considering the terrifying but also sadly predictable news of a Russian fighter jet being downed by two Turkish fighters, let's start with one almost certain assumption -- an assumption that no doubt is also being made by the Russian government: Turkey's action, using US-supplied F-16 planes, was taken with the full knowledge and advance support of the US. In fact, given Turkey's vassal status as a member of US-dominated NATO, it could well be that Ankara was put up to this act of brinksmanship by the US.
Where's the truth, and how can you find it?: The US Corporate Media are Essentially Propaganda Organs of the US Government
By Dave Lindorff
By Dave Lindorff
Are the American corporate media largely propaganda organs, or news organizations?
Warmongers & Peacemongers: Learning How Not to Rule the World
By John Grant
[Al Qaeda's] strategic objective has always been ... the overthrow of the House of Saud. In pursuing that regional goal, however, it has been drawn into a worldwide conflict with American power.


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rowan came home from her dad's last night-and has been a total dream. she was so cute and snugglie...passing out the 'i love you's' left and right. then, at bed time she went in and went potty, turned on her beach boys, and climbed right in so we could read some silly stories. then, she let me pull the blankets up and tuck her in...wait, i am getting ahead of myself-rowan HATES (well, hated) to have blankets on her. if you pulled them up, she would kick them down screaming. if you asked if she wanted blankets she would scream no. so, last night was totally a milestone. then, she noticed she was out of water and instead of screaming, getting out of her bed, and banging on the door-she calmly stayed under the covers and nicely called out for more water. awesome. oh, and she is still potty trained...going strong!
annnd then, she is still sleeping-which is rare for this hour.
then, to top it off. my three week old puts herself to sleep. i swaddle her up, lay her down. and she goes to sleep. that little girl just ceases to amaze me! then, last night-she totally reached up and grabbed tim's fingers and he is was wiggling them in front of her while they were having daddy/ stella time. genius.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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OCTOBER 30: OTAGO DAILY TIMES: A Waimate man is "peeved off" with the NZ medical system, saying doctors are not proactive enough in contacting men and getting them to go for a prostate cancer check. READ MORE>
AUGUST 19: NZ HERALD: Fisher & Paykel Appliances chief executive John Bongard says he has been grappling with prostate cancer for the past year and will leave the business at the end of the year. READ MORE>
AUGUST 16: OTAGO DAILY TIMES: A protein found in the prostate gland could hold the key to developing a more accurate screening test for prostate disease, University of Otago researchers say. READ MORE>
JULY 18: STUFF: A 49-year-old Christchurch father dying from prostate cancer is surviving on food bought by friends because his insurance company refuses to pay out on his life policy, claiming he failed to mention his father was diagnosed with the disease at a young age. READ MORE>
JULY 16: DOMINION POST: A UK scientist and one from Norway have challenged Otago University professor Murray Skeaff's report from a Prague conference that a study due out soon will clear folic acid of its potential links to prostate cancer. They say he omitted to mention a Norwegian study presented to the meeting – which found an overall increased risk of cancer in two trials (including deaths) – and point out the Prague conference on Homocysteine Metabolism last month voted by majority to oppose mandatory fortification of foods with folic acid. READ MORE>
JULY 16: DOMINION POST: Any decision to mass-medicate a population cannot be taken lightly, says the paper in an editorial today. First, there are safety concerns: two peer-reviewed US studies have linked excessive folate to higher rates of prostate cancer in men and inflammatory bowel disease in children. There has also been concern that in elderly people, high levels of folic acid might mask low levels of B12, which can lead to neurological damage. READ MORE>
JULY 16: SCOOP: TVNZ has announced the four charitable organisations – including the Prostate Cancer Foundation of NZ – will get free on-air advertising for the next two years. The TVNZ Community Support Foundation sponsorship provides charities with free air time worth up to $50,000 a month, which allows the recipients to promote their services and drive fundraising activities. READ MORE>
JULY 15: DOMINION POST: New Zealand has effectively been given the green light to axe rules forcing bakers to add folic acid to bread from September. The office of Australian parliamentary secretary for health Mark Butler told Wellington's Dominion Post newspaper it was New Zealand's call whether to proceed with the trans-Tasman standard, agreed in 2007. READ MORE>
JULY 14: NZ HERALD: Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson says she will seek a review of the use of folic acid in bread – but not until a month after bakers have started adding it. READ MORE>
JULY 14: OTAGO DAILY TIMES: There is no evidence of an increased cancer risk from plans for bakers in New Zealand and Australia bakers to fortify their bread with folic acid, a leading scientist says. A big "state of the art" scientific study which has not yet been published, "shows that there is no increase in cancer risk with high-dose folic acid," said Professor Murray Skeaff, a specialist in human nutrition at Otago University. READ MORE>
JULY 12: TVNZ: Green Party MP Sue Kedgely has again raised the possible danger of folic acid causing prostate cancer, weeks before a new NZ law will force bakers to include folic acid in all bread as a "vaccine" against birth defects. TV presenter Paul Holmes – a prostate cancer survivor – today interviewed Kedgely and food safety Minister Kate Wilkinson, who says she can do nothing. SEE HERE>
JULY 12: SUNDAY STAR-TIMES: Prominent Labour local body politician Mike Lee (59) revealed today he has "mid-range aggressive" prostate cancer and is undergoing external beam radiation and hormone therapy. The Star-Times today reveals the story of how this hit him at a time when his position of chairman of the Auckland Regional Council was under severe pressure, following the organisation's disastrous backing of a David Beckham soccer match in Auckland last year. READ MORE>
JULY 3: TVNZ: The Rowing for Prostate charity crew who had lost contact with race organisers in the Indian Ocean several days ago are safe and well. READ MORE>
JULY 2: GUIDE2.CO.NZ: Parliament's health select committee has issued terms of reference for its inquiry into early detection and treatment of prostate cancer. READ MORE>
JUNE 27: OTAGO DAILY TIMES: Many men in New Zealand are suffering side effects after radiotherapy and surgery for prostate cancer which would never have killed them, and a screening programme would increase this, says University of Otago public health researcher Dr Brian Cox. READ MORE>
JUNE 27: EUREKALERT.ORG: Higher selenium levels in the blood may worsen prostate cancer in some men who already have the disease, according to a study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute the University of California, San Francisco. READ MORE>
JUNE 27: URO TODAY: The results of a new study of men screened for prostate cancer show that erectile dysfunction increases in a non-linear fashion with age, consistent with the findings of previous reports. READ MORE>
JUNE 19: STUFF.COM: Prostate cancer testing and treatment will be investigated by MPs after concerns the Health Ministry's guidelines on testing are outdated. READ MORE>
JUNE 11: STUFF: Men with locally advanced prostate cancer are more likely to die if their doctors shorten the time they are treated with hormone-suppressing drugs. READ MORE>
JUNE 8: NZ DOCTOR: Some 50 per cent of men diagnosed via a PSA test would never experience symptoms if left untreated, says a NZ epidemiologist who has analysed the large randomised studies reported recently. READ MORE>
JUNE 6: MANAWATU STANDARD NZ: About one in five cancer patients throughout the central North Island in NZ is not getting the radiotherapy that could help them because there aren't enough treatment machines. READ MORE>
MAY 26: STUFF: NZ Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson has called for more robust systems to be implemented at Nelson Hospital after a man underwent unnecessary prostate surgery. The 67-year-old man underwent radical surgery in 2007 after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer by a locum senior pathologist. While the surgery was uneventful, the man experienced ongoing urinary incontinence and another pathologist reviewed the diagnosis and found no evidence of malignancy. READ MORE
May 18, 2009: OTAGO DAILY TIMES: A man whose family has been devastated by prostate cancer is calling on Queenstown's support as he rows his way towards $10,000. READ MORE>
April 29, 2009: OTAGO DAILY TIMES: An experimental treatment added four months to the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer in a study that tested an entirely new approach to fighting the disease, doctors reported on Tuesday. READ MORE>
April 29, 2009: NZ HERALD: MILWAUKEE (AP) – For the first time, leading medical groups in the US are advising millions of healthy men who are regularly screened for prostate cancer to consider taking a drug to prevent it. READ MORE>
April 22, 2009: NZ DOCTOR: Opinion is still divided over the value of prostate cancer screening in the wake of the results of two widely anticipated trials. Interim results from the US-based Prostate, Lung, Colo-rectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Screening Trial and the Euro-pean Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPRC) trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine last month (18 March online). Locally and internationally, prostate cancer screening proponents and sceptics have interpreted the results as representing further justification for their position on prostate cancer screening with regular prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing and digital rectal examinations (DREs). READ MORE>
April 17, 2009: STUFF: Pedalling the length of New Zealand has helped raise awareness about prostate cancer, men's health campaigner Rick Martin told the Orewa Rotary Club. Last November Mr Martin cycled from Bluff to Cape Reinga, covering 2088km in 18 days. READ MORE>
April 15, 2009: 3NEWS: An experimental treatment that takes an entirely new approach to fighting prostate cancer extended survival in a late-stage study, its maker announced Tuesday. READ MORE>
April 8, 2009: STUFF: A prostate cancer drug that takes a new approach to blocking tumour growth helped more than 40 percent of men with advanced prostate cancer. READ MORE>
March 29, 2009: NEWSTALKZB: Radio Network station Radio Sport is putting the focus on prostate cancer this morning. Between nine and 10 o'clock, veteran host Phil Gifford will talk about his battle with the disease. READ MORE>
March 25, 2009: NZPA and VOXY.CO.NZ: The study behind controversial research findings from the US that found a common blood test for prostate cancer has no benefit in reducing deaths has been challenged by Australia's and New Zealand's peak body for urological surgeons. Having carefully reviewed the study into Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood tests undertaken in the US, the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand believes that there were design flaws in the US study which invalidate the results. READ MORE>
March 20, 2009: STRAIGHT FURROW: A POPULAR blood test to detect early signs of prostate cancer does not save lives and causes many men to undergo needless surgery, according to the most definitive research yet into the controversial issue. READ MORE>
March 16, 2009: NATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW: People who are heavier drinkers are much more likely to develop prostate cancer, according to a new international study. READ MORE>
March 14, 2009: RADIONZ: Men who consume two or more standard alcoholic drinks a day are 20% more likely to develop prostate cancer than men who drink less. READ MORE>
March 6, 2009: AUCKLAND HARBOUR NEWS: OCEAN ADVENTURE: Rowing For Prostate team members, from left: Billy Gammon, Peter Staples, Tom Wigram and Matt Hampel are set to take part in the first ever Indian Ocean Rowing Race next month, to raise funds for the fight against prostate cancer. READ MORE>
March 3, 2009: NZPA Images: Photographs of Kiwi team in the Indian Ocean Rowing Race, Rowing for Prostate. READ MORE>
January 28, 2009: ODT: Auto enthusiasts will be spoiled for choice at the Rilean Car Show next month, when more than 300 rare vehicles will be on display in Queenstown as part of the Queenstown Auto Extravaganza. The weekend is designed to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand. READ MORE>
January 17, 2009: DOMINION POST:More than 80 per cent of Maori with early-stage prostate cancer in the Wellington region are not treated for the killer disease, Otago University researchers have found. READ MORE>
January 15, 2009: TVNZ: Prostate cancer experts have urged the US Congress and the incoming Obama administration to make a major research commitment to find better detection methods, including what they call a "man-o-gram". READ MORE>
January 1, 2009: STUFF: The Health Ministry's foot-dragging stance on prostate cancer screening for Kiwi men is criminal, patient advocates and doctors say.
A study by Wellington researchers of prostate screening and treatment, published in the December edition of the international journal Pathology, suggests the ministry's outdated guidelines could be costing 200 men their lives each year.
Lead researcher Associate Professor David Lamb, who heads radiology services at Wellington Hospital and chairs the Cancer Standards Institute, said the ministry did not recommend testing men with no symptoms of prostate cancer, but the study showed that early detection saved lives and money.
"The ministry needs to withdraw the outdated guidelines, provide new ones and invest more resources in encouraging New Zealand men to seek screening from their GP."
Prostate Cancer Foundation president Barry Young said the present guidelines were "absolutely criminal".
"Prostate cancer doesn't have any symptoms in the early stages – that's the insidious nature of the disease."
Despite the enthusiasm with which men embraced "Movember", when more than 25,000 grew moustaches to raise more than $1 million for the foundation, awareness of men's health issues was not high in New Zealand, he said.
Though it would be good to have a national prostate screening programme, the priority should be to promote screening for men with a family history of the disease.
"If your father or uncle or brother has had it, it's usually not a matter of if [you will get prostate cancer], it's when. There are men who are walking time bombs and they don't know it."
Professor Lamb said the traditional arguments against prostate screening – that there was a high risk of false diagnosis and unnecessary treatment – were no longer valid because screening and treatment were now very advanced.
"It is also not good enough to say that prostate cancer is slow-growing and may never cause symptoms or early death."
Professor Brett Delahunt, chairman of the institute's scientific committee, said screening had the potential to save 200 lives each year by halving the risk of a cancer not being diagnosed till it had spread.
"As about 600 men now die annually from prostate cancer, the resultant reduction in prostate cancer mortality would be substantial."
Professor Lamb said the institute was not yet recommending a population-based screening programme such as that for breast cancer, because the research was still to be completed.
"What we are saying is that men, particularly those aged 50 to 70, should feel able to request prostate screening from their GPs, and some men with a family history of prostate cancer should expect to be offered screening … Health authorities need to update their guidance to the community and to medical practitioners."
John Childs, the ministry's principal cancer adviser, said prostate cancer testing was freely available through the public health system for men who requested screening from their doctors.
But Cancer Society president Dalton Kelly said there was a lack of public awareness of prostate cancer screening.
"I would like to think all those blokes sporting moustaches for Movember were also inspired to get themselves screened but I suspect not."
December 1, 2008: NZPA: Movember has this year fallen victim to the worldwide financial crisis, false rumours and an election raising only about a third of the money than last year. More than 12,800 moustachioed men have so far raised $590,789 – with the final figure expected to be about $700,00, co-founder Jim Slattery told NZPA. But the amount was well down from last year's $2.1 million. READ MORE>
November 21, 2008: 3NEWS: Prostate cancer shares some surprising statistics with breast cancer. According to the latest figures collated, the incidence and mortality rates are almost identical. READ MORE>
October 1, 2008: PHARMAC PRESS RELEASE: PHARMAC is to begin funding treatments for two types of prostate disease in men – prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). From 1 October, finasteride (Fintral) will be funded for BPH, and from 1 November bicalutamide (Bicalox) will be funded for advanced prostate cancer. READ MORE>
September 29, 2008: GOVERNMENT PRESS RELEASE: New resources going out to GPs and medical practices will provide better information to help men decide if they want to be tested for prostate cancer, said Associate Minister of Health Damien O'Connor. READ MORE>
September 3, 2008: STUFF: Bite of blue sausage anyone? Cricketing legend Sir Richard Hadlee and the Wizard were cooking up a feast of blue bangers in Christchurch's Cathedral Square yesterday to raise awareness of prostate cancer.
September 1, 2008: STUFF:Government drug buying agency Pharmac is to fund treatments for two types of prostate disease – prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).From today finasteride (Fintral) will be funded for BPH, and from November 1 bicalutamide (Bicalox) will be funded for advanced prostate cancer. READ MORE>
August 17, 2008: STUFF: An anti-cancer drug discovered in Auckland has been shown in clinical trials to significantly improve the survival rate of prostate cancer patients, a London-based drug company has announced. READ MORE>
July 23, 2008: STUFF: A new drug is giving hope to sufferers of prostate cancer. British scientists are hailing the drug abiraterone as potentially the most significant breakthrough in the field for 70 years.
July 23, 2008: TVNZ: A new drug called Abiraterone is being hailed as a potential breakthrough in the fight against prostate cancer, which kills 600 New Zealand men a year. READ MORE>
July 23, 2008: NZ HERALD: A new prostate cancer drug showing stunning results in Britain could successfully treat hundreds of New Zealand men. READ MORE>
July 18, 2008: NZ HERALD: A firm advocate of getting a personal WOF every year, Rick Martin is preparing to set off on a crusade he calls Brotherhood, a bike ride the length of New Zealand to raise awareness of the value of a simple annual check-up, including prostate cancer screening. READ MORE>
JUNE 12, 2008: EAST & BAYS COURIER: Movember is no more.
The campaign that raised money, awareness – and smiles – has shaved New Zealand from its beneficiary list because of a disagreement about how funds should be spent.
A total of $3 million has been raised for the Prostrate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand through men being sponsored to grow a moustache during November.
Prostate Cancer Foundation president Barry Young says the three-year relationship with the Australian-based Movember group officially ended last week.
"Demands by Movember to be involved in approving how and when donations might be spent in New Zealand were just not acceptable to us. Funds raised here, for New Zealanders, should not be subject to approval or demands by the Australian organisation.
"We can't just dish out $10 bills to people in the street, we have to be sure the projects we support are genuine and well-placed. We have a responsibility to our people to spend their money wisely.
"We are in discussion with a number of great companies who have stepped forward to support our work of education, advocacy and research on behalf of the men of New Zealand. We will announce new fundraising plans soon."
Mr Young says the campaign had been "absolutely brilliant". He thanked those who took part and wished the Movember organisation well.
JUNE 11, 2008: STUFF: Moustache fundraiser Movember is to return, but proceeds will not go to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Instead, money raised from the annual facial hair fundraiser will go to other men's health initiatives, believed to include the Cancer Foundation, which ran a campaign last year highlighting male health concerns…yesterday, Movember's organisers said despite funds no longer going to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the event would continue. READ MORE>
JUNE 9, 2008: STUFF: Mo men are bristling because the Australian organisers of "Movember" have given their Kiwi counterparts the chop after a row about control of funds raised.
Prostate Cancer Foundation president Barry Young announced yesterday the agency that could no longer take part in the annual November fundraiser because organisers had turfed it out last month.
Movember, which was first held in 2006, gave the ailing foundation a new life, raising $800,000 in its first year and $2 million last year, when 26,000 Kiwi men spent a month cultivating a moustache.
The Australia-based Movember Group, which has copyright of the event, had sought control of how the New Zealand-raised funds were spent, Mr Young said.
"We were told that unless we spent the money in a time frame approved by them, and on projects approved by them, then we would not be the beneficiary of any further Movember campaigns."
The foundation was disappointed, but the situation was not tolerable when donations had been made in good faith to the New Zealand branch. "It is a huge blow."
The Movember Group did not return calls last night.
Mr Young said the foundation had taken a cautious approach and spent "very little" while it investigated prostate research in New Zealand, which, unlike Australia, had little previous data.
It planned to announce a two-year Wellington research project in the coming days, but the organisers had wanted the money spent faster, Mr Young said.
May 1, 2008: STUFF: The Government has confirmed it will spend $164.2 million over the next five years on a cervical cancer immunisation programme…Prostate Cancer Foundation president Barry Young today welcomed the news but also called for more education and awareness campaigns on prostate cancer for which there was no vaccine.
He said men needed to find out if there was a history of the disease in their family and if there was should go to their doctor and get checked.
Health Minister David Cunliffe was asked today whether there would also be money for prostate cancer screening.
Mr Cunliffe said his health associate Damien O'Connor was leading a programme to develop new strategies for helping with men's health issues and an announcement would be made about that "in due course".
A Parliamentary committee last year rejected a call for a national prostate screening programme for men over 50 but said guidelines were needed to help men with symptoms. READ MORE>
April 15, 2008: STUFF: Buck's back – this time in the front row of a campaign urging men to get checked for prostate cancer.
December 19, 2007: GOVT RELEASE: Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor today welcomed the public discussion around screening for prostate cancer. The Minister was responding to recent media coverage on a review of research on prostate screening published by the recently formed Cancer Standards Institute. READ MORE>
August 18, 2007: BOP TIMES: A $2.7 million robot will be used to operate on people for the first time in New Zealand at Tauranga's newest private hospital. READ MORE>
February 20, 2007: UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND RELEASE: Research at The University of Auckland suggests selenium supplements may reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men. READ MORE>
October 31, 2006: CONSUMER MAGAZINE: We report on prostate health, and why the PSA testing debate is a key issue for men. READ MORE>
June, 2006: UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO MAGAZINE: New Zealand's Brushtail Possum (TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA) may provide the key to new treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). READ MORE>
April 15, 2006: LISTENER: Why won't the government fund Viagra for prostate cancer survivors? READ MORE>
May 1, 2004: LISTENER: Prostate cancer kills about 550 New Zealand men a year. So, why do health officials reckon that men are better off not knowing if they have it? READ MORE>
June 19, 2002: OTAGO UNIVERSITY RELEASE: The estimated 42 to 60 million couples around the world who rely on vasectomy for contraception can find reassurance in a major New Zealand study that shows no link between the procedure and increased risk of prostate cancer. READ MORE>
February, 1993: BRIAN EASTON WEBSITE: The recent outburst over the relative importance between prostate cancer and cervical cancer has numerous aspects to it, some of which illustrate economic principles. READ MORE>


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The 'Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' Trailer Mystery
All you need to do is follow the money. We think
Over the weekend, the biggest mystery among fans of Stieg Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series was a 90-second red band trailer (that is one that the ratings board at the Motion Picture Association of America has deemed appropriate for all audiences) which mysteriously showed up on YouTube on Saturday. The first look at David Fincher's English-language adaptation of Larsson's novels, the trailer features rapid-fire shots of stars Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, while a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" by Trent Reznor (who wasd also Fincher's musical collaborator on The Social Network) and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Karen O blasts on the soundtrack.
All in all, it's a great trailer, but nobody's taking responsibility for it. Sony, which is releasing the film on December 21, isn't linking to the footage, nor have they demanded that YouTube user dobvlvstiuwir take down the footage, which is clearly real, and has already been viewed more than 1.4 million times. Officially, Sony is saying the trailer was illegally recorded before a screening of The Hangover II this past weekend.
Fine, but then why not just link to an official version? And isn't a bit curious that dobvlvstiuwir only joined Youtube the day the video was uploaded? That, and the exceedingly high quality of the footage prompted the Hollywood Reporter's Gregg Kilday to lay out the case for the teaser as a stealth-marketing ploy for the film. Practically, it makes sense, notes Kilday, since "leaking it via YouTube means the studio doesn't have to go through the exercise of making the video an 'age-restricted' posting on its official site" and the buzz can only help build anticipation for the film. (Kilday also shoots down the suggestion that the footage came from a European theater: "[T]he trailer is preceded by an MPAA red-band, advising that the preview has been approved by the MPAA for mature audiences...why would theaters in Europe be showing an MPAA advisory which is aimed at U.S. moviegoers.")
Our take: it's a buzz-building effort by the studio, yes, but also an ingenious way of getting around Led Zeppelin's pricey licensing fees.


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Small gifts make up friendships. However, you should select them carefully. mono offers a repertoire of small accessories that delight and mean a special personal value - with the product line "mono present".
If you let giro by the designers Jessica Battram and Christina Schäfer out of the year 2004 on the truncated apple, the apple becomes neither brown nor dry.
A round thing out of the mono present-selection, the apple peeler mono-giro that cuts apples in a spiral-form surrounding the core.


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Check out a sneak peek of Bishop Thomas Weeks, III new online reality dating show. In this episode, Weeks discusses with his staff the criteria of his perfect mate. The staff starts brainstorming with age restrictions and start off with the minimum age being 30, however Weeks gets them down to 25. He also points out that the woman can't be ugly…and must be "easy on the eyes." His search is worldwide…get your applications in now! 😆
This knee-grow is trippin! ?