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Infliximab injection is used in adults to treat Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and chronic severe plaque psoriasis. It is also used in children to treat Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis. Infliximab injection is a monoclonal antibody that works to enhance and improve the immune system.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated pediatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of infliximab injection for the treatment of Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis in children 6 years of age and older. However, safety and efficacy have not been established in children younger than 6 years of age.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of infliximab injection in children with plaque psoriasis. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Appropriate studies performed to date have demonstrated that infliximab injection is not helpful in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Efficacy has not been established.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of infliximab injection in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have infections, which may require caution in patients receiving infliximab injection.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are receiving this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
A doctor or other trained health professional will give you this medicine. It is given through a needle that is placed into one of your veins. It must be given slowly, so the needle will have to remain in place for at least 2 hours.
This medicine should come with a Medication Guide. Read and follow the instructions carefully. Ask your doctor if you have questions.
You may also receive medicines (eg, allergy medicine, fever medicine, steroids) to help prevent possible unwanted effects during the injection.
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits to make sure that this medicine is working properly. Blood tests may be needed to check for unwanted effects.
Infliximab may cause an infusion reaction, including a heart attack, stroke, changes in blood pressure, or heart rhythm problems (eg, arrhythmia), while you are receiving it or right after the infusion ends. Check with your doctor or nurse right away if you have chest pain, fever, chills, itching, hives, rash, dizziness, fainting, lightheadedness, headache, joint pain, difficulty with swallowing, shortness of breath, trouble breathing, or swelling of the face, tongue, and throat.
Your body's ability to fight an infection may be reduced while you are using infliximab. It is very important that you call your doctor at the first sign of any infection. Check with your doctor right away if you have a fever, chills, cough, flu-like symptoms, or unusual tiredness or weakness.
Serious skin reactions can occur while you are using this medicine. Check with your doctor right away if you have blistering, peeling, or loosening of the skin, chills, cough, diarrhea, fever, itching, joint or muscle pain, red skin lesions, sore throat, sores, ulcers, or white spots in your mouth, or unusual tiredness or weakness.
This medicine may increase your chance of having a lupus-like syndrome or a liver disease called autoimmune hepatitis. Check with your doctor right away if you have dark brown-colored urine, fever or chills, a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or weakness, joint pain, light-colored stools, nausea and vomiting, a rash on the cheeks or arms that is worse in the sun, severe tiredness, upper right-sided stomach pain, or yellow eyes and skin.
A small number of people (including children and teenagers) who have used this medicine have developed certain types of cancer. This is more common in patients who have lung diseases (eg, emphysema, COPD) or are heavy smokers, and in psoriasis patients who have had phototherapy treatment for a long time. Phototherapy treatment is ultraviolet light or sunlight combined with oral medicine to make your skin sensitive to light. Some teenagers and young adults with Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis also developed a rare type of cancer called hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma. Talk with your doctor if you have unusual bleeding, bruising, or weakness, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, underarms, or groin, unexplained weight loss, or red, scaly patches, or raised bumps with pus on the skin.
Using this medicine may increase your risk of getting skin cancer (eg, melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma) or cervical cancer. If you have any changes or growths on your skin, abnormal vaginal bleeding or pelvic pain, tell your doctor right away.
While you are being treated with infliximab, do not have any immunizations (vaccines) without your doctor's approval. Live virus vaccines should not be given with infliximab. Your child's vaccinations must be current before using infliximab. Talk to your child's doctor if you have any questions about this.
Women: If you have a baby while receiving infliximab, make sure the baby's doctor knows that you are using this medicine. You will need to wait a few months before giving certain vaccines to your baby. Talk to the baby's doctor if you have questions.
You will need to have a skin test for tuberculosis before you start using this medicine. Tell your doctor if you or anyone in your home has ever had a positive reaction to a tuberculosis skin test.
It is important to have your heart checked closely if you receive infliximab. Call your doctor right away if you have shortness of breath, swelling in the ankles and feet, or a sudden weight gain.
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes abatacept (Orencia®), anakinra (Kineret®), tocilizumab (Actemra®), or other medicines called biologics that are used to treat the same conditions as infliximab. Using these medicines together with infliximab may increase your chance of having serious unwanted effects.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor or nurse immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Portions of this document last updated: March 01, 2020
Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/infliximab-intravenous-route/side-effects/drg-20068387
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- Profile: I've always been a fan of Anime, but until 2001 I was never able to really see much aside from what I could catch on Cartoon Network. After a friend from work showed me some of his AMVs and told me about the Cons and such I really became active. I'm now dating the infamous Quu and have a wonderful life with him and our 4 cats.
Nowadays I travel around with Quu to various cons and help him out with the AMV contests. Check my journal or Quu's journal to see where we'll be next.
Now I hope to be making my first AMV soon.
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Since it was established in 1969, three families have had the privilege of serving the Grand Lake area as proprietors of this business. As we approach our 25th year here, we are grateful to our predecessors who built the foundations, and to the people of our communities who have supported us as we carry on that legacy.
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We are using SQL Source Control 3, SQL Compare, SQL Data Compare from RedGate, Mercurial repositories, TeamCity and a set of 4 environments including production.
I am working on getting us to a dedicated environment per developer, but for at least the next 6 months we are stuck with a shared model.
To summarize our current system, we have a DEV SQL server where developers first make changes/additions. They commit their changes through SQL Source Control to a local hgdev repository. When they execute an hg push to the main repository, TeamCity listens for that and then (among other things) pushes hgdev repository to hgrc. Another TeamCity process listens for that and does a pull from hgrc and deploys the latest to a QA SQL Server where regression and integration tests are run. When those are passed a push from hgrc to hgprod occurs. We do a compare of hgprod to our PREPROD SQL Server and generate deployment/rollback scripts for our production release.
Separate from the above we have database Hot Fixes that will need to be applied in between releases. The process there is for our Operations team make changes on the PreProd database, and then after testing, to use SQL Source Control to commit their hot fix changes to hgprod from the PREPROD database, and then do a compare from hgprod to PRODUCTION, create deployment scripts and run them on PRODUCTION.
If we were in a dedicated database per developer model, we could simply automatically push hgprod back to hgdev and merge in the hot fix change (through TeamCity monitoring for hgprod checkins) and then developers would pick it up and merge it to their local repository and database periodically.
However, given that with a shared model the DEV database itself is the source of all changes, this won't work. Pushing hotfixes back to hgdev will show up in SQL Source Control as being different than DEV SQL Server and therefore we need to overwrite the reposistory with the "change" from the DEV SQL Server.
My only workaround so far is to just have OPS assign a developer the hotfix ticket with a script attached and then we run their hotfixes against DEV ourselves to merge them back in.
I'm not happy with that solution. Other than working faster to get to dedicated environment, are they other ways to keep this loop going automatically?


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Avaran Kvistad, 19, of Crawford, formerly of Swift Falls
Funeral services for Avaran Kvistad, 19, of Crawford will be held on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the Crawford Community Building with Pastor Bill Bagley officiating. Burial will take place at the Crawford Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at Chamberlain Chapel in Crawford.
Avaron was born on March 24, 1994 in Alexandria, Minnesota. His biological mother was Eva Bacca who was a foster daughter of Steve and Mary Jo Kvistad. Eva placed Avaran up for adoption with a request that he be adopted by the Kvistad's.
Avaron spent the first eleven years of his life in rural Swift Falls, Minnesota attending school in Benson. He was involved in wrestling, hunting, and horseback riding. Avaran traveled countless miles to High School and Little Britches rodeos to support his older brothers and sisters and became a competitor himself. Through all of his travels Avaran endeared himself to everyone he met.
In 2005, Avaran moved to Crawford, Nebraska with his family where he attended Crawford Schools. He was involved in Football, wrestling (qualified 2 times to state), All School Plays (selected Best Actor) and Band. He enjoyed playing his guitar, singing, writing poetry, and reading. His enthusiasm was evident in whatever he chose to participate in.
Avaran had an interest in the military and was very proud of his involvement in the National Guard. Avaran attended the First Community Church in Crawford. His faith was a significant factor in his life. Avaran appreciated and loved his family. He thoroughly enjoyed playing with his nieces and nephews.
Avaran died at the age of 19 in Alliance, Nebraska on June 21, 2013. The family suggests memorials to the Crawford Public Library or the Crawford Rescue Unit. Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, PO Box 970, Chadron, NE 69337.
His survivors include his grandmother, Alice Kvistad of Grand Falls, MN; Father, Steve Kvistad of Marsland, Nebraska; Mother, Mary Jo Kvistad of Crawford, NE; Sisters, Maesa (Coy) Kummer of Grover, CO and their children Gracyn and Elle; Dusti (Tracy) Swan of Hubbard, TX and their children Darbi and Liam; Brothers, Tait (Lacey) Kvistad of Grover, CO. Chance (Lisa) Kvistad of Chadron, NE and their children Kayden and Miley, Xavier Kvistad of Chadron, Nebraska; Biological grandmother Judy Barrios of Lubbock, Texas; biological mother Eva Hernandez of Lubbock, Texas and her children Alexis Lee, Marie, Alexis, Inez, and Isaiah; Honorary Grandparents Jo and LaVerne McCoy.
Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainchapel.com
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Talk about THE Amazing Spider-Man.
With shock and perfectly pleasant awe I've been reading the reports about the reveal of the NEW Spider-Man now that Peter Parker has been killed off.
His name is Miles Morales. He's half-black and half-latino, which most of us mixed breeds lovingly refer to as Blatino. (Yes I represent BIG time)
How do you feel about this? Shocked, surprised, feel like it's about time? Let me know your thoughts.
Here is the report from USA TOday:
Revealed today in Marvel Comics' Ultimate Fallout Issue 4: The new Spider-Man in the Ultimate universe is a half-Black, half-Latino teen named Miles Morales, reports USA Today. The famous Peter Parker was killed off by the Green Goblin in "Ultimate Spider-Man" No. 160 this summer.
In his first appearance, he simply breaks up a fight. But readers will learn the true origin of Morales and how he became the new Spider-Man when Ultimate Spider-Man relaunches in September with a new No. 1 issue. "The theme is the same: With great power comes great responsibility," says writer Brian Michael Bendis. "He's going to learn that. Then he has to figure out what that means."
In addition to an alliterative name, Miles has a connection to his predecessor in how he received his powers. But he will have different abilities, too. Supporting characters such as Peter's Aunt May and Gwen Stacy also will give Miles nuggets of wisdom to help his transition from young kid to New York City superhero.
More possible changes in the reboot: "Italian artist Sara Pichelli, who was integral in designing the new Spider-Man's look, says, 'Maybe sooner or later a black or gay — or both — hero will be considered something absolutely normal.'"
Bendis says the change is long "overdue." Even though there's some "amazing African-American and minority characters bouncing around in all the superhero universes," the comic writer says. "It's still crazy lopsided."


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As we call this open source robot arm. So of course we will make it open and release both the design of the mechanical and electronic with the final source files after we finish this project. If you want to build one by yourself, we can send you the files after we finish the project.
Would be nice to publish the arm frame plans in a pdf format which could be printed out on standard printer paper (larger parts might have to be split between two sheets of paper). I like the wood arm frame as wood can be easily worked with simple tools. 2'x2' sheets of 5.2mm lauan plywood are available at the US home improvement stores for ~$3.
Hi!That's and awesome work.I have 3D printer, if you want i can try to print it with ABS. That would give an easy solution for making the arm.Thanks and best regards


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"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" actor Nick Stahl has been reported missing.
The 32 year-old was last seen May 9 and Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to People that his wife Roseann reported him missing Monday morning.
The actor first came to prominence as a child actor in 1993 thanks to his performance in the film "The Man Without a Face," which starred Mel Gibson. Stahl became famous as an adult when he replaced actor Edward Furlong to co-star with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 2003 continuation of the "Terminator" franchise. He went on to star in the HBO drama series "Carnivale" from 2003 to 2005, and has since appeared in the film "Sin City" and on television in "Body of Proof."
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Back in February, Roseann Stahl filed court papers stating the couple had been separated since January. The papers also reportedly requested that a judge limit his visitations with their 2-year-old daughter, Marlo, to eight supervised hours per week, and that Stahl must pass a drug and alcohol test in the previous 24 hours before those visitations took place.
In that same month the actor spent a night in jail following an arrest for his inability to pay a Hollywood cab driver an $84 fare. Stahl pleaded no contest to defrauding the driver and had his $50 fine suspended in lieu of his jail time.


text: Dear Friends, I must preface this e-mail by saying this; I opposed the Iraq War from the beginning, I despise the Neo-Cons, I never voted for George Bush and if I am a Republican, I am a Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican, not a Bush-Cheney Republican. Though I hate John McCain, I love America more (Or at least, I "intensely despise" McCain). What do these things have to do with one another? Wel,l that's what I'd like to explain. Who is this man named Barack Hussein Obama? What does he stand for? And considering his many flip-flops (go to http://massdiscussion.blogspot.com/2008/06/collection-of-obama-flip-flops.html), what are his real positions? I suggest that we examine what Obama said he believed before he became a national celebrity and the truth became politically inconvenient. (http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2007/12/the_obama_questionnaire.html) Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born to Barack Hussein Obama Sr., an agnostic Muslim communist, and Ann Dunham, an atheist Marxist feminist. Despite Obama's whitewashing of his fathers' true character (In "Dreams of My Father"), Obama Sr. abandoned him and his mother to pursue a degree at Harvard, turning down another offer that would have kept his family together. Obama Jr. was raised alternately by his mother and his mother's grandparents when the former ditched him to pursue her career traveling the world. While in Hawaii, Obama's early influences were communist revolutionary Frantz Fanon and black supremacist and socialist Malcolm X, both of whom he read with great interest and quoted with much approval. Obama's personal mentor while he lived in Hawaii was a man name Frank Marshall Davis, a communist and a revolutionary poet. (http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=75478) Shortly after Obama moved to Chicago, he began attending Trinity United Methodist Church pastored by Jeremiah Wright. For over 20 years Barack Hussein Obama listened to sermons laced with racist "black liberation theology." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_liberation_theology) And though you may respond by saying that John Hagee supported John McCain, John McCain did not belong to Hagee's church or sit in Hagee's church pews for 20 years. Obama only disowned Wright after he was "found out" by the mass media. Obama at first denied ever hearing anything controversial in Wright's sermons and then admitted that he did in his "More Perfect Union" speech in Philadelphia in March 2008. Obama made some important connections while in Chicago, linking himself with the slumlord Tony Rezko who has been indicted on charges of wire fraud, bribery, money laundering, and attempted extortion. Obama paid him political favors while serving in the Illinois state Senate while Rezko got Obama a lucrative land deal. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Rezko#Legal_troubles) Obama also connected himself with Bill Ayers, founder of the Marxist terrorist "Weather Underground", and his wife Bernadine Dohrn, also a former leader of Weather Underground. Regardless of what the Obama campaign ads state, saying "Obama was only 8 years old when Ayers committed his crimes," that's not the point. Ayers and Dohrn are unrepentant terrorists, and Obama accepted money and support from them in his campaigns for the Illinois state Senate. Despite what the Obama campaign claims, Obama and Ayers are still on good terms and have met with each other numerous times post-911, with Ayers lamenting he didn't do enough terrorism. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_ayers#Obama-Ayers_Controversy) For those of you who think an inexperienced Obama will surround himself with good advisers, I ask you to read over his list of associates a few more times. On the international front Obama supported "democratic socialist" (politically correct communist) Raila Amollo Odinga of the ODM (Orange Democratic Movement), the son of communist former Kenyan Vice-President Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga (whom Obama Sr. supported), for the presidency of Kenya when he visited Kenya. (To read the ODM platform go to http://kenyavotes.org/node/107) The endorsements Barack Obama's campaign will not advertise are his endorsements from Kim Jong-Ill, Castro, Chavez, Ortega, Hamas, Achmenijad, Farrakhan, and the New Black Panther Party. If you don't know who any of these men are, I suggest you look them up. This brings me to the issue of "change." The word "change," along with "unity" are both by-word slogans of Marxist radical Saul Alinsky. ( http://fromtheduke.blogspot.com/2008/05/saul-alinsky-another-obama-mentor-from.html) To read Alinsky's book and Obama's textbook for change, "Rules For Radicals" go to the pro-Alinsky website if you like (http://latter-rain.com/ltrain/alinski.htm). So what is my point? Obama will bring change alright. Am I saying he will bring a Marxist or Communist revolution to America? In a sense I guess, but he won't call it that. Maybe they'll call it the generic version instead "democratic socialism." For those of you who don't believe me, an argument that you might relate to is this: go to http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Barack_Obama.htm and ask yourselves this question, with a Democrat filibuster proof super-majority in the Senate, how much damage, I mean "change", will they be able to do. For those of you who find that prospect a potential paradise on Earth, remember Clinton in 1993-1994, NAFTA and the WTO. The Democrats are just as Globalist as the Republicans, the only difference is that the democrats would surrender our sovereign rights to the United Nations before acting. In a "World Democracy" such as the UN seeks to create, it will be like 200 wolves and 1 sheep deciding what's for dinner, I think you can figure out who's the sheep. (To read more on the globalism of Barack Obama, go to http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070701faessay86401/barack-obama/renewing-american-leadership.html) Another practical argument is this, with Barack Obama proposing a trillion dollars in new spending (go tohttp://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/2/14/obamas-trillion-dollar-spending-plan.html) and proposing "middle class" tax cuts, where is he going to get the money? Increased government spending, lower taxes? It sounds like the Bush-Cheney fiscal policy. Obama will not raise taxes on his rich friends (the Democrats are after all the party of the rich (http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmE4NWY3Yjc4YmJmMDJmOGU0ZmQwNGE0MjNlMDJiZTY=) So how will he raise the money for all this new spending? Probably by raising the capital gains tax. For those of you who say, "Great, 'soak the rich,'" ponder this question. With no trade barriers keeping American companies here (Obama will not change that, read his own campaign's assurances to the Free Traders), do you honestly expect them to stay here under those circumstances? Guess what that means? More jobs lost to overseas. In closing, I'm not asking you to vote for McCain, for the sake of my future, your children's future and your grandchildren or nephews and nieces future, I'm asking you NOT to vote for Obama (and a vote for McCain is just that). I will make this prediction now. If Barack Obama is elected President and the Democrats achieve a filibuster proof super-majority in the Senate, one of the first things they will do is pass amnesty for the 13-20 million illegal immigrants here (A Democratic majority will never let McCain get credit for this, even if he wants it). Those 13-20 million will not only depress the wages of American workers, they will also form a solid Democrat voting bloc for the foreseeable future. Obama's presidency will be the worst and most devastating in American history, and despite this fact, he will probably win reelection in 2012, having secured a lock on the presidency thanks to those grateful naturalized illegal aliens. The Democrats will continue to win election after election, driving this country further and further into the ground. By 2050 or sooner, America will be a minority-majority country (Not to sound "racist," but can we honestly expect America to remain a First World nation with a Third World population?), there will be no middle class to speak of, and the best situation we can hope for is to be a new "Brazil." That is, to be a highly stratified country with a small elite, no middle class and a large underclass, that is, of course, if America is even around by then. She may after all divide into various successor states like the Roman Empire did, with concentrated ethnic and immigrant populations forming new nations in various regions. If I sound like an alarmist, I am. The best situation we can hope for is 4 years of McCain and someone new on the horizon to turn things around (And I'm not talking about Sarah Palin, Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton). This election may hold the fate of America in its hands. I am a forgiving person, but our posterity may not be. Let us not imagine the day when they curse our names for what we did to them by our action or inaction. Thank you for reading.


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A true circus legend, Charlie Cairoli (1910-1980) was one of the greatest and most creative augustes of the second half of twentieth century, even though he had begun his brilliant career long before the Second World War. The son of an already famous clownGeneric term for all clowns and augustes. '''Specific:''' In Europe, the elegant, whiteface character who plays the role of the straight man to the Auguste in a clown team., Charlie, who was French (albeit of Italian descent and born in Italy), became after the war England's most celebrated clownGeneric term for all clowns and augustes. '''Specific:''' In Europe, the elegant, whiteface character who plays the role of the straight man to the Auguste in a clown team.—and a British citizen. He worked for an unprecedented period of forty years, from 1939 through 1979, at Blackpool's Tower Circus, of which he became the undisputed star and, without a doubt, the most popular attraction(Russian) A circus act that can occupy up to the entire second half of a circus performance..
An Accidental Clown Dynasty
He was born Carletto Cairoli on February 15, 1910 in Affori, a district of Milan in Italy, where his parents were appearing with their musical act. His mother, Eugénie, was born Ricono, an old French circus family of Italian origins—like so many ancient circus families anywhere else in the world. As for Jean-Marie Cairoli (1879-1956), Carletto's father, he was born in Moissac, in the southwest of France, on April 9, 1879. He had began his career as a juggler and foot juggler, and had turned into a musical "eccentric," with his wife as his partner. As a matter of fact, Jean-Marie Cairoli became a clown against his will and by accident.Cirque Pinder, then still under the management of Arthur Pinder; his contract required that he be "generally useful," a clause that was customary in the old circus (and theater) days, and really meant that an artist was expected to do whatever the management deemed necessary. Pinder was in need of a clownGeneric term for all clowns and augustes. '''Specific:''' In Europe, the elegant, whiteface character who plays the role of the straight man to the Auguste in a clown team., and Jean-Marie Cairoli was "volunteered" for the job; to soothe his reluctance, the management made a show of generosity in giving him the late Orlando Averino's rich costumes, along with a partner.
As it happened, Jean-Marie Cairoli showed a natural ability for the job, and he continued on that path with his wife as his augusteIn a classic European clown team, the comic, red-nosed character, as opposed to the elegant, whiteface Clown.; they performed a clown adaptation of their musical act as Messina et Catastrophe. Before long, Jean-Marie developed a polished and elegant clown character, and he found more seasoned partners. He became a much admired and well respected clownGeneric term for all clowns and augustes. '''Specific:''' In Europe, the elegant, whiteface character who plays the role of the straight man to the Auguste in a clown team., and eventually created a clown trio that would be one of the few that could compete on equal terms with the greatest stars of the European clowning scene at the time, the Fratellinis. Tristan Rémy, the eminent French clown historian and chronicler, said of Jean-Marie Cairoli, "François Fratellini graced the ring with his impulsive kindness. Even though Cairoli didn't have the same light in his face, the same whimsy in his eyes, he was the poet of the ring."
Jean-Marie Cairoli taught his sons, Filip (Louis-Philippe, 1899-1990) and Carletto, all the circus basics, including his own specialties, juggling and music—and also what had finally made him famous, the art of clowning. Filip, the elder, became in time an excellent augusteIn a classic European clown team, the comic, red-nosed character, as opposed to the elegant, whiteface Clown. and a remarkable juggler and musician. As for Carletto, he made his debut in the ring at the tender age of seven, in blackface and dressed as a groom: He brought his parents the instruments they used in their musical act. Ten years later, in 1927, he made his debut as an augusteIn a classic European clown team, the comic, red-nosed character, as opposed to the elegant, whiteface Clown. in the ring of the Cirque Medrano in Paris, with his father and the famous augusteIn a classic European clown team, the comic, red-nosed character, as opposed to the elegant, whiteface Clown. Porto, in the trio Cairoli, Porto et Carletto. It was not an unnoticeable debut: Cairoli, Porto & Carletto replaced the Fratellinis, who had just left Medrano for the Cirque d'Hiver.
ApprenticeshipaugusteIn a classic European clown team, the comic, red-nosed character, as opposed to the elegant, whiteface Clown., it was certainly not an easy debut. Carletto was very young—which was not a positive point since a good augusteIn a classic European clown team, the comic, red-nosed character, as opposed to the elegant, whiteface Clown. needs maturity and experience to be really efficient—and if he was flanked by his very talented father, which certainly helped, he had to contend with one of the most popular and celebrated augustes in the business, Porto (Arturo Saraiva Mendes de Abreu, 1888-1941), who was a great favorite of Medrano's audiences. The public at Medrano was very savvy in matter of clowning (the Parisian circus had indeed the well-deserved reputation of being the "temple" of clowning) and Cairoli, Porto & Carletto shared the bill with Dario, Bario & Rhum, another extremely popular trio. (Furthermore, Rhum, who was a new addition to the Dario-Bario trio, was on his way to become the greatest augusteIn a classic European clown team, the comic, red-nosed character, as opposed to the elegant, whiteface Clown. of them all.)
Nonetheless, Charlie held his own. He was a very good musician and an excellent eccentric dancer, and he had an engaging, happy personality and a good sense of timing. A Parisian critic noted a little later: "As [Carletto] danced, we thought of Grock, 'when he wasn't Grock yet'. Because Grock, at the time, was perhaps not much different from today's Carletto." Considering what Grock had become, it was quite a compliment indeed. The shadow of the great Porto loomed large, but season after season, Charlie affirmed his individuality and secured his place in the trio.
In 1934, Carletto married Violette Fratellini, the daughter of Paul Fratellini—who, incidentally, had a role similar in the Fratellini trio to that of Carletto in the Cairoli trio: the contrepitre, the character in the middle, between the clown (François) and the principal augusteIn a classic European clown team, the comic, red-nosed character, as opposed to the elegant, whiteface Clown. (Albert). Like all the Fratellini children, Violette had been trained by her uncle François; she had performed a comedy tumbling act with her sisters Regina and Tosca, called The Tomboy Girls.
The opportunity to watch the great clowns who shared the bill at the Cirque Medrano during these years was certainly a good part of Carletto's apprenticeship. The period between the two World Wars marked the golden age of classic European clowning, and Carletto had many occasions to observe such illustrious augustes as Bario Meschi, Rhum (Enrico Spocrani), Emile-Paul Loyal, Grock, Béby (Aristodemo Frediani), the Andreu-Rivels with Polo and Charlie Rivel, and Oreste and Alfredo Rastelli with Aristide "Chocolate" Ferreira.
Cairoli & Carletto in BlackpoolAlex Bugny. Jean-Marie Cairoli revived his trio with the help of his older son, the talented Filip Cairoli, who had worked before with various partners—including Alex Bugny, and the legendary clown who had "made" Grock, Antonet (Umberto Guillaume). In the winter of 1938, the Cairolis went to work in a Christmas pantomimeA circus play, not necessarily mute, with a dramatic story-line (a regular feature in 18th and 19th century circus performances). in Birmingham, England. Clem Butson, the manager of the Tower Circus, the magnificent circus building in the popular Lancashire seaside resort of Blackpool, saw the Cairolis in Birmingham and offered them a contract for his circus's 1939 summer season.
In Blackpool, the first show that featured the Cairolis in the summer of 1939 was, by all accounts, one of the best ever presented in that legendary building, with a stellar cast that included Alfred Court and his mixed group of fifteen leopards, panthers, jaguars, puma, and snow leopard (presented by Damoo Dhotre in matinees); the superb horse acts of Emma Truzzi; and the high wireA tight, heavy metallic cable placed high above the ground, on which wire walkers do crossings and various acrobatic exercises. Not to be confused with a tight wire. act of the Wallendas.
The Cairolis' appearance at the Tower Circus was quite successful; they performed a musical entrée(French) Clown piece with a dramatic structure, generally in the form of a short story or scene., in which Filip did his most memorable trickAny specific exercise in a circus act.: Juggling ukuleles while picking their strings as he throw them back up, thus producing a tune out of them. Then, on September 1, Germany invaded Poland, and in turn, France and England declared war to Germany. Nonetheless, the Cairolis were offered another contract at the Tower Circus for the 1940 season. Years spent at the Cirque Medrano, where they had to change their material every two weeks, made a return engagement in a circus that kept the same program all summer long an easy proposition: The Cairolis actually had enough material to renew their act for several seasons!
According to what Charlie recalled later, his ordeal turned out to be relatively pleasant: Many of the Italians deported to the Isle of Man had been working as chefs in British restaurants, and he remembered his sojourn there as a long gastronomic party. Nonetheless, when the proof of his French citizenship finally arrived in October, Charlie was happy to return to the main land. He and his father chose to remain in England; they went to work in an ammunition factory, and participated in variety shows for the troops. They also found engagements in music halls, and survived until the beginning of the 1941 summer season at the Tower Circus, where they had been signed anew.
Blackpool is located on the west coast of England, on the Irish Sea, and was thus relatively safe from German bombers. This fortunate situation allowed the Tower Circus to carry on its summer shows during the war—and since it was not possible anymore to bring acts from the continent, the Cairolis were very welcome indeed and became a fixture of the Tower Circus. During the winter months, Jean-Marie and Carletto Cairoli worked in Christmas pantomimes and in music hall (vaudeville). In 1943, they appeared as the "Cairoli Brothers" in the movie Happidrome, a visual version of the popular BBC comedy radio show of the same name.
The following two seasons (1944 and 1945), the Cairolis didn't appear at the Tower Circus, where they were replaced by the well-known clown Coco (Nikolai Poliakoff, 1900-1974), a long-time fixture of Bertram Mills Circus, and his sons, Michael and Sascha. This was because Jean-Marie and Carletto had started touring with the popular comedian Tommy Trinder, who had been scheduled to star at the London Palladium (London's legendary music hall, where the "Cairoli Brothers" had already worked) in a George Black revue titled If It's Laughter You're After. On account of the recent events that were turning the tide of the war, the revue was retitled Happy and Glorious; it opened on October 3, 1944 and lasted until April 6, 1946, after a record-breaking 938 performances!
Enter Charlie Cairoli
The Cairolis returned to Blackpool immediately afterwards, for the 1946 season; for the next forty-three years, Carletto would never miss another summer season at the Tower Circus. The Cairolis were as successful as ever, and indeed, with a London hit and a popular movie under their belt, their name was beginning to sound familiar beyond Lancashire, and it had gained stature in British show business. Yet, in 1947, Jean-Marie Cairoli, who was sixty-eight, decided to put an end to his long career and he retired to his native France. At this point, the loss of his partner and mentor was not a problem for Carletto: When Filip had left the family act, Carletto had taken over the center spot—and it is indeed his own considerable talent that had made the Cairolis so successful in England.Paul Freeman stepped in 1948, and remained eleven years with Charlie. Paul King succeeded Freeman in 1960, playing also a wonderful series of old characters when needed. King died in 1967, and Paul Connor, a younger partner, who brought some freshness and modernity to the act at the right time. All of them formed the long succession of Charlie's Pauls—which allowed him to bill his act Charlie Cairoli and Paul, whoever his partner was. Finally, in 1974, Charlie Junior, Charlie's son, who had already been participating in the act as an additional augusteIn a classic European clown team, the comic, red-nosed character, as opposed to the elegant, whiteface Clown. since the late sixties, took over and kept the role until his father's retirement in 1979.
But the most significant addition to Charlie's group of funny men was the diminutive, phlegmatic, and rubber-faced comedian "Little Jimmy" Buchanan, who joined Charlie Cairoli & Co. (as the group became known) in 1950, and who proved the perfect stooge for Charlie's devilish concoctions. (Buchanan had been previously featured in the 1949 program of the Tower Circus in a "funny car" act billed as Sayers and Jimmy Buchanan.)
Of course, Charlie made good use of that traditional figure of authority in classic clown comedy, the ringmaster(American, English) The name given today to the old position of Equestrian Director, and by extension, to the presenter of the show.. It started with the legendary George Lockhart, who had been for a long time in charge of the ring when the Cairolis came to Blackpool. Then it was Trevor Bale, who replaced Lockhart in 1946, Alfred Delbosq (from 1948 through 1953), Henry Lytton (who came from the theater), and finally—and perhaps more significantly—the very talented Norman Barrett, who began officiating at the Tower Circus in 1966, and remained there until 1990, long after Charlie's death. Like Charlie Cairoli, Barrett eventually became an iconic figure that everyone associated with the Tower Circus.
Each season, Charlie presented two new acts: A musical entrée(French) Clown piece with a dramatic structure, generally in the form of a short story or scene. with Paul (whoever that was) in the first half of the show, and a big entrée(French) Clown piece with a dramatic structure, generally in the form of a short story or scene. with all his company in the second half, usually involving generous quantities of water or soap. One of the most memorable was a parody of Singing in the Rain—not the movie, but the song, as it was originally performed in the MGM movie The Hollywood Revue of 1929 by Marion Davies, Joan Crawford, Buster Keaton, Jack Benny and others dressed in yellow fisherman outfits. Charlie and his partners, in the same costumes, sang and did some soft-shoe dancing under the rain provided by a water hose—while the ring floor slowly and inexorably sank into the swimming pool underneath it. (Like the Nouveau Cirque in Paris, the Tower Circus has been built with a ring that can sink to reveal a water basin.)
Off-season, Charlie Cairoli appeared in Christmas pantomimes in Leeds or Bradford, which was always an event eagerly awaited by young audiences. He also did a cameo with Paul Freeman in another movie, The Secret People (1952), starring Valentina Cortese and featuring a young Audrey Hepburn. On April 13, 1955, Charlie Cairoli and Paul (Freeman) were part of the first Royal Variety Performance ever given outside London: It was held in the 3,000-seat Opera House Theatre in Blackpool, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. Charlie performed amidst a stellar cast that included The Crazy Gang, Morecambe and Wise, Arthur Askey, George Formby, and Flanagan and Allen, among other princes of British comedy.
Charlie Cairoli's Legacy
In 1966, he was invited to participate in the prestigious Gala de la Piste, an annual fund-raiser held at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris: Carletto was returning to the French capital for the first time since the beginning of WWII, and the Parisian audience feted him as the star he indeed was. For many old circus enthusiasts, the memory of Cairoli, Porto and Carletto had never faded away. Charlie Cairoli & Co. appeared in three other editions of the Gala de La Piste, in 1967, 1972, and 1977. Charlie was also often featured on British television—most notably in the famous documentary show, This is Your Life, in 1970, where Eamonn Andrews retraced the life and career of the great clownGeneric term for all clowns and augustes. '''Specific:''' In Europe, the elegant, whiteface character who plays the role of the straight man to the Auguste in a clown team., who was already a living legend.
In December 1977, Charlie participated in the fifth International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo; the large hippodrome tent that hosted the Festival at the time was notorious for its lack of hospitality to clowning, and it was certainly not a good venue for Charlie's subtle playfulness (which was very real indeed, in spite of his fondness for slapstick humor). He didn't get a Gold or Silver Clown (no clown did—beside Charlie Rivel in the very first Festival—until George Carl in 1979), but he was awarded the Louis Merlin Trophy, one of the Festival's major prizes. "Of course," Charlie remarked afterwards, "the Gold Clown passed me by, but we have been quite a few like this; not everybody can win. But the name of Louis Merlin brings back so many good memories that, all things considered, I cannot regret anything."
The 1979 season at the Tower Circus was the last for Charlie Cairoli: In June, he had to leave the show and was hospitalized for exhaustion. Finally, in November, he announced his retirement. The Rastellis, whose clown act had been very successful in England, were called to replace him the following season. But of course, Charlie Cairoli was never truly replaced: After forty years, he had become the soul of the Tower Circus—and anyway, few would have been able to match his talent, not to mention his popularity. He died soon after, on February 17, 1980 in his home in Blackpool.
Twenty years after his death, in 2000, World's Fair, the British entertainment industry's weekly newspaper, awarded Charlie Cairoli a posthumous Life Achievement Award, which was presented to his wife, Violette. Then, in 2008, a Blackpool councilman, Tony Williams, declared that Charlie Cairoli "brought more visitors to the town than any single entertainer. Charlie has never been recognized for his massive contribution to Blackpool, and we should honour our local heroes." He called for the erection of a statue of Charlie Cairoli.
See Also
- Video: Cairoli & Carletto, Musical Entrée, in the movie Happidrome (1943)
- Video: Charlie Cairoli & Co., Pie Entrée, on Hollywood Palace (1966)
- Video: Charlie Cairoli & Co., Milk Entrée, on Live From The Hippodrome (1966)
- Video: Charlie Cairoli & Co., Milk Entrée, on La Piste aux Etoiles (1973)
Suggested Reading
- Tristan Rémy, Les Clowns (Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1945 — Reissued in 2002 by Grasset & Fasquelle, Paris) — ISBN 2-246-64022-9
- Daniel Potier and John Sheward, 97 Years of Blackpool Tower Circus (Basildon, Aardvark/Circus Friends Association of Great Britain, 1990) — ISBN 1-872904-03-3


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The Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator ever constructed, is gearing up for another attempt at actually colliding said particles, with the entire 27km ring having been brought down to an operating temperature of 1.9K—colder than outer space itself. This isn't the first time a startup of the massive device has been attempted; a bit over a year ago, particles had circulated within the LHC for over a week before it suffered a catastrophic failure. That failure has led to a series of new safety measures that should avoid similar problems, but other issues may crop up, simply due to the fact that we've never built anything quite like this before.
Of course, that may end up being a good thing. If the LHC can work its way up to its full potential, we may see things that are nothing like anything we've observed before.
The engineering
The LHC is built to accelerate particles to a speed that's so close to that of light that, for most of us, the difference could be considered a rounding error. That's fast enough that particles will run over 11,000 laps around the 27km circumference each second. Obviously, that creates a number of engineering challenges.
For one, you can't afford to have much else in the path of the particle beam, so the entire thing has to be run in a vacuum—the LHC will have an vacuum that's 10 times less dense than the atmosphere of the moon. The other challenge is that these particles will have a very strong tendency to travel in a straight line. To get them to actually run in a curved path, the LHC relies on an enormous collection of exceptionally powerful magnets to curve and focus the beam.
That's where the low temperatures come in, as the magnets require superconductive wiring to generate an appropriately strong magnetic field. That also requires prodigious amounts of electric current, which can only be delivered by wires that are also superconducting. (So much current is involved, in fact, that the LHC's operational schedule is built around the European energy supply.)
All of this means that when something goes wrong—even something small—there's a very real chance that it will go wrong in a big way. That seems to have been what happened in last year's failure, which was triggered by a major leak in the liquid helium coolant.
This is a serious danger because these, in turn, can lead to failures in the superconducting wiring and the magnets it feeds. Since the failure wouldn't spread evenly through the magnet, the carefully-balanced forces between the poles could became unbalanced, and the off-axis force can tear things apart.
Fortunately, there was plenty of opportunity to learn from this problem, and the newly revamped LHC has better monitoring equipment in its superconducting wiring, and a new system for dumping some of the energy out of the magnets once failures are detected. It remains possible that something new might pop up, but a repeat of the same issues seems far less likely.
The science
Once beams start running through the collider again, the idea is to run the LHC over the winter at half its rated power before bringing the collision energy up to its full 14 tera electron volts (TeV) sometime next spring. At that point, we should see... well, we're not entirely sure what. That's not to say that we have no idea what will happen; rather, there are a range of possibilities, some of which may be out of reach of the energies created by the LHC.
That point is worth elaborating on. Based on what we already know about the Universe, it's possible to create models that include things like the Higgs Boson (which conveys mass) and exotic dark matter particles. However, it's possible to have a number of models—in some cases, several entire classes of models—that are consistent with the data we have in hand. Some of these predict that it will take less than 14TeV to produce a Higgs Boson, others don't; a similar thing applies to dark matter.
So it's entirely possible that the Higgs will continue to elude us even after the LHC reaches its full potential. But that will also mean that, by failing to find it at 14TeV, we've eliminated a significant number of potential models, allowing physicists to focus in on the remainder. The flipside to not really knowing what we'll see is that reality may always surprise us with something either considered low probability—quantum black holes, anyone?—or something entirely unexpected.
Of course, all of this assumes that reality won't keep ensuring that the LHC breaks down, a prospect recently considered in The New York Times. Continued failures of the LHC may also constrain various models of reality, but only if we can accurately calculate the probability at which 27 kilometers worth of one-of-a-kind hardware will fail.
You can follow the LHC's progress at the CERN Bulletin.
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Most towns have grown over the past 19 centuries and some have origins which go back much further. Some towns have their roots in old Celtic monasteries, or were founded by the Normans or even the Vikings, while others grew up where medieval markets took place - or at river and seaside locations where people simply liked to live.
The examples of towns and villages presented here have been designated Heritage Towns Of Ireland because of their unique character provided by a combination of architectural styles, often spanning many centuries, which gives them - and their visitors - a special feeling for the past. What also makes these towns so special is the careful way in which their historical features are presented - be it in the shape of an explanatory Visitor centre, a signposted walk or tourist trail around the town, or the provision of a specially tailored guided tour.


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The oil is still gushing. Maybe they should just nuke it.
Dennis Hopper died. Rest in peace, Mr. Booth.
A tripping cage fighter ripped out a heart in the very untrue sounding news story.
Taliban commander Haji Amir was reportedly killed by a US air strike.
Don't fall for this Facebook scam.
In Nevada, a natural arch naturally fell.
See what happens when three people claiming to be Jesus meet in a mental hospital.
Aztec municipal workers now enjoy a four-day work week.
Check out Duke City Fix for more headlines.
It's Chris Elliott's birthday.


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Hi finch friends!
This is Becca — I posted several months ago about my work as an ornithology technician in the New Hampshire forests.
I also keep a small (but growing) colony of zebra finches in a spare room in my apartment. I can't wait to post someday to share with you my trials and tribulations as a new finch owner but longtime bird lover, though for now I post with a different purpose!
I have embarked on the journey of breeding these little birds from time to time, both for my own personal enjoyment and to encourage pair bonding to stabilize my once-squabbling colony.
Given my space limitations, however, I sometimes find myself with several babies in need of good homes. Chelsea has kindly allowed me to advertise my available birds here. She has been a truly invaluable mentor in helping me foster these fat little friends!
Right now, I am looking for homes for three CFW sisters and a CFW/Fawn male. Their parents, named Bean and Pancake, are personal favorites of mine for their especially fluffy demeanor and bold personalities.
The fledgies are still young (less than 2 months old) and seem to delight in rolling around in feces, but they are sweet and perky — and just starting to squeak tiny "beeps" of their own.
Here are a couple of fledgie photos:
Please let me know if you are interested in current or future babies! I am located in Alabama, but I should be able to ship for a fair price. I will adopt these little ones out FREE OF CHARGE to a loving home. Contact me via email.
Thank you, and happy finch keeping!


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This is the preservation site of Zillion's SafeMode.Org, one of the original and most important defacement archives ever to be published on the web. Whilst maintaining the site for posterity, the addition of a number of active security 'wiki' sub-sites ensures that it will retain its leading edge into the future. Enjoy.
Hopefully this site will be of interest to anyone researching internet security during the period covered. It is now owned
by the Security Site Preservation Group (SSPG), although the original copyright is still retained by Zillion. (c) 2016


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Genealogists tracing Colonial immigrants often bemoan the lack of official passenger lists to help pinpoint their ancestors' arrivals in America. But not the descendants of German immigrants to Pennsylvania—because that colony's English officials passed laws requiring ship captains to compile lists of their foreign passengers. Immigrants from the British Isles already were royal English subjects—rather than foreigners—so these invaluable passenger lists are unique to Germans. The lists have been published in a three-volume work called Pennsylvania German Pioneers (Picton Press, $175). Aside from the obvious benefit of pinpointing an arrival date, these records present a great opportunity for "cluster genealogy":
If you don't know your family's village, look for their shipmates whose hometowns are recorded—they may be your ancestors' neighbors. A good number of the lists show signatures of male immigrants ages 16 and above, which you can compare to wills and deeds to straighten out identities in cases of common names. Some records even give ages and list women and children.


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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Me & the UAAP Season 73 Men's Basketball trophy
How San Beda survived a mugging on their way to a Sweep 16
While watching the second round San Beda-San Sebastian game yesterday at the San Juan Arena, I came away – once again, I might add – with my thoughts on why the Red Lions were not going to be beaten.
In the first round match up that San Beda won 88-76, head coach Frankie Lim was trying out different combinations to counter San Sebastian which led early in the game. Obviously, the Stags were overwhelmed by the size of the Red Lions in almost every position. Once the interior defense of San Beda was stabilized and the Stags' MVP candidate Calvin Abueva began to flop all over the court, there went the ballgame for the champs.
Some mention was made on the shutting down of Stags point guard Pamboy Raymundo by his San Beda counterparts. I'm not sure I agree with that too much. I just thought that he deferred to his teammates a little too much. Aside from SBC's Borgie Hermida, there aren't many point guards in the NCAA who can break their man down with a quick first step and adjust in the air for their shots. During SSCR's loss to Arellano University's last week, in the botched final play of the Stags, Raymundo was able to drive through the lane and it was just a sorry play that he decided to dish to Ian Sangalang (which was also an option in the play) who lost the ball and the game eventually.
In the second round
mugging match-up between SBC and SSCR, it was Raymundo who kept the Stags in the game with his 15 first half points. Abueva really didn't lead his team much in the same span of time save for blocks, taunts, cheap shots, and fouls. With Ian Sangalang and Rey Gorospe hardly effective inside, that was San Beda's game. Abueva did take out San Beda's Fil-Ams Rome dela Rosa and Kyle Pascual out of their games with his physicality but the Stags' inability to cover Jake Pascual from medium range, Garvo Lanete from the outside, and Sudan Daniel from the inside totally killed them.
With Anthony Semerad a non-factor and his brother David DND-CD'd, Jake Pascual was the only one willing to call a spade a spade and give as good as he got. I also thought that the points that he scored right before he was thrown out were crucial as it kept San Beda ahead. But seriously, how can Pascual get thrown out and Abueva stay in the game? Obviously, the league is protecting Abueva who is being eyed to bag the MVP trophy (more so after Jimbo Aquino lost that after a suspension last year).
Anjo Caram was a surprise package when he came off the bench to score six points and pull off a heist after a miscommunication between Raymundo and Anthony del Rio up high.
San Sebastian initially dealt with the first wave of Bedan bigs but as they kept coming in waves, they were overwhelmed. Don't be deceived by San Sebastian beating San Beda 37-36 on the boards. The story right there was in the field goal percentage of the Mendiola-based squad. They shot an incredible 52% as they took the game inside. No interior D. No shotblocking. You're asking for trouble against SBC.
The result was an expected 90-82 victory for a 16-0 slate in the eliminations and an automatic berth in the finals where whoever makes it via the stepladder format must beat them thrice. It's a ridiculous idea because after that sweep they (NCAA) should have thrown the Final Four and Finals series out and handed the trophy right there to San Beda. But since some people want to mooch money off the fans and the public, a spectacle is necessary.
I said that the first time the two teams played this season, for the Stags to win, they must play basketball not basketbrawl. They somewhat played that, but minus Ronald Pascual, they didn't have enough firepower. Abueva took himself out of the game in the first half with 1 point, 4 rebounds, and 2 blocks. He did come alive in the fourth quarter with 11 points and 7 rebounds but he missed some shots and free throws that hurt his team. Raymundo scored a career high 29 points on top of 5 rebounds and 8 assists.
What I was ashamed of after the game was seeing how no one – save Anthony del Rio – who shook hands with their Bedan counterparts. And during the closing moments of the game, I thought that guys like Jaypee Mendoza and Rome dela Rosa were getting mugged in there by Abueva. At one point, I feared that dela Rosa would get bloodied after Abueva tried to deflect a pass while throwing down an elbow to his head.
I am a fan of Abueva's high-energy play and willingness to mix it up with anyone inside. If this guy were as tall as Sudan Daniel then no way will his team lose. But the bad side is his dirty play. I vow next time to keep stats on cheap shots, bad calls, and dirty plays. Those were really criminal shots that he took on Daniel and dela Rosa. Before the game began, I took Sudan aside and told him that if there's an altercation, he should just walk away. There's too much to lose for him if he decided to duke things out. But credit Su who has been constantly reminded about that by his coaches and teammates.
Congratulations to the San Beda Red Lions for their Sweep 16. Their next game is just a formality.
Hey, did anyone see those Americans behind the San Sebastian bench? Looks like they've decided to play the import game. Of course, I could be wrong here.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
At the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Alaska Aces @ the Dusit Thani Hotel
Alaska Aces celebrate 25th anniversary; retire two jersey numbers
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Game by Kirk Long. Fueled by Gatorade.
What kind of call is that?
I'm the real NBA star here! So shut your trap before I slap you with a T!
Where is my mind?
Monday, September 27, 2010
"Wala" lang
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Ateneo Blue Eagles UAAP Finals Game 1: Homeground
When Monfort got elbowed, he gave it back and then some. Stick to basketball if you know what's good for you.
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
This is literally wearing your colors
Friday, September 24, 2010
On today's NCAA games
After the San Beda Red Lions disposed of a punchless Letran College 74-56, not only did it reinforce in my mind my pre-season prediction that the Mendiola-based squad would win the NCAA title but I realized that there seems to be no way this team is going to lose.


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The Latin American Studies (LAS) minor enables students to acquire an in-depth, interdisciplinary understanding of the culture, economics, environment, history, literature, and politics of Latin America. It also provides students with the opportunity to study the experiences of Latinas and Latinos living in the United States.
Faculty and courses from Environmental Studies, History, International Studies, Modern Languages, Political Science, Sociology, Theology & Religious Studies, and Women Studies contribute to the LAS program. The increasing integration of the Americas, along with the growing importance of Latin American immigrants and their descendants in the United States, heightens the need for well-informed leaders who have a comprehensive understanding of Latin America and its relationship with the United States.
Designed to complement a major field of study, the minor in Latin American Studies helps to prepare students for employment in a variety of professional and non-profit fields and for graduate studies in a number of disciplines.
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BofA Merrill Lynch investment strategist Michael Hartnett (of "Great Rotation" fame) identifies seven things that could be a dealbreaker for the never-ending risk rally in his latest note to clients:The biggest risk to investor positioning right now is any event that causes data, yields or volatility to break out of their recent trading ranges. The big 2013 risks remain a Bond Crash (in France or the US), a Currency War (between Japan, Europe and EM) or inflation. In coming weeks we would watch the following:
1. US labour market. The most likely reason for a big sell-off in US Treasuries would be acceleration in jobs growth to +250K in payrolls. Watch small business hiring intentions (SBOIHIRE Index) as a lead indicator (as was the case in late- 1993).
2. The 2.25-2.3% level on 10-year US Treasuries, which if breached could cause mortgage convexity to kick-in and send yields significantly and quickly higher, according to Rates Strategist Priya Misra.
3. Oil. Energy prices have quietly risen of late. A further $10/b rally in WTI to above $105/b & in Brent to above $125/b (note Brent in yen terms is at 4 year high) could dampen economic activity in Q2.
4. Inflation breakeven levels. With labour markets slack and output gaps large the likelihood of inflation is low. So why are breakeven levels close to 5-year highs? Should QE, FX devaluations and higher oil prices combine and cause a breakout in breakevens bonds would react negatively.
5. Chinese exports. Thus far Asian export growth has been resilient despite poor activity data and the Japanese yen devaluation. And China, ironically, has become one of the few major countries that is not manipulating its currency lower. That could change if Chinese export growth suddenly slows. And if China needs a weaker FX, the probability of a risk-negative currency war grows heralded by a sharp drop in ADXY.
6. Will France recover before Germany slows, or vice-versa? Their respective PMIs will tell the Q2 tale.
7. Bonds and Currencies. Sometimes it is the relationship between the two asset classes that matters. If the US fiscal tightening starts to bite look for for Treasury yields to fall and the dollar to rise. If the European story deteriorates once again, look for French yields to rise and the Euro to fall. If the Japanese are really to rid their economy of deflation, then look for the yen to fall until JGB yields start to rise.
BAML technical analyst Mary Ann Bartels wrote in a separate client note that calls for a correction in the market are becoming consensus, which could postpone the actual selloff. If it happens relatively soon, she says, it could be a 3-5 per cent correction.
If it gets pushed off for a few more weeks, however, Bartels sees a pullback on the order of 5-10 per cent.
For his part, Hartnett writes, "even assuming volatility stays low and the macro remains in a trading range, the best outcome is for equities and other risk assets is to grind higher in coming months."
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2011 BMW 3 Series AWD 328i xDrive 4 door Sedan NAVI
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Available for sale is a 2011 BMW 328i all wheel drive luxury sedan. The 3.0 liter i6 engine accelerates quickly and the 6 speed automatic transmission shifts smoothly. The interior features a factory navigation system, genuine leather heated seats, heated steering wheel, sunroof, ice cold air conditioning, Harmon Kardon speakers, cd player, bluetooth, remote entry and much, much more. The body is flawless, save for a small dent on the front bumper (see images).
The tires have 80% thread remaining and the windsheld is free of cracks.
What's New for 2011
The 3 Series coupe and convertible have been slightly restyled for 2011, and have been given an additional model in the form of the more sport-oriented 335is. All 335i models receive a new, more fuel-efficient turbocharged engine. The upgraded stereo is also once again branded as a Harman Kardon.
They say that variety is the spice of life. If that's true, the 2011 BMW 3 Series can make things hotter than a habanero. You can get a sedan, a wagon, a coupe and a convertible; there are two turbocharged six-cylinders, a wickedly torquey diesel engine and a regular six-cylinder that's hardly a slouch. Then there are more add-ons to be had than ornaments for a Christmas tree. Yep, there's really something for everyone, which partly explains why the 3 Series has been so popular for so long. Oh, and the fact that it's one of the finest automobiles on the globe may have something to do with it, too.
Now in its sixth year since the last full redesign, the BMW 3 Series soldiers on with key changes for 2011. The coupe and convertible get a mild styling refresh that only the keen eyes of Bimmerphiles will notice. More important, though, is an all-new engine for the 335i models. Its output remains the same, but the switch to a single twin-scroll turbocharger in place of the old engine's dual single-scroll turbochargers combines with direct injection to improve fuel economy. Not only is the new 335i thriftier than the old one, it sips slightly less fuel than the 328i.
The old twin-turbo inline-6 lives on, however, in the new 335is coupe and convertible. This sport-tuned version produces 320 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque, with an overboost function that can briefly bump torque up to 370 lb-ft. We're guessing that the 335is will hit 60 mph in just a hair under 5 seconds. In many ways bridging the gap between 335i and M3, the 335is also features a sport-tuned suspension and exhaust, an aerodynamic body kit, sport seats and a chunkier steering wheel.
Otherwise, the 3 Series remains one of the most desirable vehicles on the road. Quite simply, no other entry-level luxury model can match the Bimmer's exquisite combination of athletic handling and premium ride comfort. Even the base suspension setup is more capable than most, while the Sport package gives it sports-car-grade cornering capabilities without the slightest hint of impact harshness. This sophisticated dual nature has often been imitated, but never duplicated.
Automotive journalists like us often wax poetic about the 3 Series, but there's a reason for that: It's just that good. With the updates made this year, we see no reason why the 2011 BMW 3 Series should fall from its perch. Of course, there are worthy rivals and the 3 Series certainly doesn't provide the most equipment for your buck. The 2011 Audi A4 (and the 2011 Audi S5), 2011 Cadillac CTS, Infiniti G37 and 2011 Mercedes-Benz C-Classcertainly deserve test-drives. But if you just make a single trip to the BMW store, we can't say we blame you.
Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options
The 2011 BMW 3 Series is available in sedan, wagon, coupe and hardtop-convertible body styles. The base model for all styles is the rear-wheel-drive 328i, while the coupe, sedan and wagon also come in all-wheel-drive 328i xDrive guise. All but the wagon are available as the rear-drive 335i, and the sedan and coupe can be had in 335i xDrive form. The coupe and convertible are available as the sport-oriented 335is. There is also a diesel-powered sedan known as the 335d. Got all that?
Standard equipment on the 328i models includes 16-inch wheels, heated side mirrors, rain-sensing wipers, automatic headlights, foglamps, "leatherette" premium vinyl upholstery, automatic climate control and a 10-speaker sound system with CD player, HD radio and an auxiliary audio jack. The coupe comes with a sport-tuned suspension, while the convertible gets a power-retractable hardtop, an upgraded stereo and power front seats with driver memory. Both two-door 328i's get 17-inch wheels and adaptive xenon headlights.
In addition to their different engines, the 335i and 335d add 17-inch wheels, adaptive xenon headlights (sedan and wagon), a sunroof (not convertible) and power front seats with driver memory. The 335is coupe and convertible get a more powerful engine, a sport-tuned suspension, 18-inch wheels, a special body kit, sport seats and a sport steering wheel.
The Premium package adds leather upholstery (heat-reflective in the convertible), auto-dimming mirrors, Bluetooth connectivity, BMW Assist telematics and, on 328i models, a sunroof and power seats with driver memory. The Sport package (all but 335is) specifies the sport-tuned suspension for convertibles, sedans and wagons (the coupe already has this as standard) and all get larger wheels, the sport seats and steering wheel, and special "Shadowline" exterior trim. The M Sport package adds many of the 335is features.
The Cold Weather package adds heated front seats, retractable headlight washers and fold-down rear seats (though the latter are unavailable in the convertible). The Convenience package adds adaptive xenon headlights (328i), front and rear parking sensors, power rear sunshade (not convertible or wagon), keyless ignition/entry and manual side window shades (sedan and wagon).
Most of the upper trim and package add-ons are also available as à la carte options. Other items include a hard-drive-based navigation system with the iDrive controller, active cruise control, an active steering system (335i and 335is only), a heated steering wheel, paddle shifters for the optional automatic transmission, satellite radio, an iPod adapter and a Harman Kardon surround-sound audio system.
Powertrains and Performance
The 2011 BMW 3 Series comes standard with rear-wheel drive, but all models but the convertible, 335d and 335is can be equipped with xDrive all-wheel drive.
The 328i features a 3.0-liter inline-6 that produces 230 hp and 200 lb-ft of torque. A six-speed manual is standard and a six-speed automatic is optional. In performance testing, we clocked a 328i sedan with the manual from zero to 60 mph in 6.4 seconds, while the heavier convertible is a few tenths of a second slower. According to the EPA, fuel economy is an estimated 18 mpg city/28 mpg highway and 22 mpg combined. The wagon and/or all-wheel-drive models are a smidge worse.
The 335i features a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 that produces 300 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque. It gets the same transmission choices as the 328i. Although this engine is new, its power numbers are the same as before, so we doubt its 0-60 times would be much different than the approximate 5-plus-second times we recorded in the past. Fuel economy is now actually slightly better than the less powerful 328i, at 19 mpg city/28 mpg highway and 22 mpg combined.
The 335is features a more powerful version of the 335i's previous twin-turbocharged inline-6, and produces 320 hp and 332 lb-ft of torque. There is a temporary overboost function, however, which bumps torque up to 370 lb-ft. A six-speed manual is standard, and a seven-speed automated dual-clutch manual known as DCT is optional. The 335is should be even quicker than the 335i. BMW's estimated fuel economy is 18/26/21 with the manual and 17/24/19 with DCT.
The 335d has a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged diesel inline-6 that produces 265 hp and a massive 425 lb-ft of torque. A six-speed automatic is standard. In performance testing, we clocked the 335d from zero to 60 mph in 5.9 seconds. Its EPA-estimated fuel economy is 23/36/27.
Standard safety equipment on the 2011 BMW 3 Series includes antilock disc brakes, stability control, front-seat side airbags and full-length side curtain airbags. The convertible lacks the side curtains, but the regular front side airbags extend up to head level and there are also pop-up rollover hoops. The stability control system integrates several features designed to improve braking performance, such as periodically wiping the brake rotors dry when the windshield wipers are in use and automatically snugging the pads to the rotors when the driver abruptly lifts off the throttle. BMW Assist Emergency telematics are optional.
In government crash tests, the sedan and wagon received four out of five stars for frontal collision protection and five stars for side protection. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the 3 Series the top rating of "Good" in its frontal-offset crash test. The 3 Series also scored a "Good" for side crash protection except for the convertible, which received the second-lowest "Marginal" score.
Interior Design and Special Features
The 2011 BMW 3 Series interiors will be familiar to anyone who has spent time in a BMW product. Classic analog gauges, sensible ergonomics and a restrained overall aesthetic combine to create a pleasant driving environment, though there's less visual pizzazz here than in some rivals.
The base seats are comfortable and supportive, while the Sport package's purpose-built seats are even more so. Materials and build quality are exceptional; even the standard leatherette (vinyl) upholstery looks and feels better than one would expect. The convertible's available heat-reflective leather does a wonderful job of keeping occupants' posteriors cool. The recently improved iDrive electronics interface that comes with the optional navigation system is intuitive and one of the best interfaces of its kind.
The rear seats are adequately roomy for adults on shorter trips, but taller passengers will complain that their heads are crammed into the roof. Trunk space is average in sedans and coupes, while the wagon offers a maximum cargo capacity of 61 cubic feet. The convertible offers a reasonable cargo hold when the hardtop is up, but predictably shrinks considerably when the top is lowered.
Driving Impressions
Driving is what the 2011 BMW 3 Series does best. The 328i's naturally aspirated inline-6 is otherworldly in its smoothness from idle to redline, and it has enough power to suit most tastes. Those in search of something more will be well served by the 335i, which maintains the 328i's refinement while adding a huge wallop of turbo torque that's always on tap. This year's new 335is doesn't feel much different from the regular 335i until you floor the throttle, at which point the overboost function provides a noticeable uptick in acceleration. For maximum mpg, the 335d is the car to get, and it serves up face-flattening torque off the line, too.
The 3 Series' sublime suspension, steering and brakes will provide endless, easily accessible entertainment. Sport package-equipped models can even keep pace with many genuine sports cars. At the same time, the 3 Series is a wonderful long-distance cruiser, boasting both a supple ride and a hushed cabin. The 3 Series' long-running double act is truly extraordinary: It speaks the language of driving enthusiasts, yet its upscale image and comfortable interior give it unrivaled mass appeal.
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) A season that began with so much promise for Southern California will end Monday in a place few would have expected to see the Trojans this bowl season.
USC started the season No. 1 in the country with a quarterback favored to win the Heisman Trophy. Losses to Stanford and Oregon took the Trojans out of the national title picture, and losses to Arizona, rival UCLA and then finally to Notre Dame sent them tumbling to second-tier bowl status.
Instead of the BCS, the Trojans (7-5) will face Georgia Tech (6-7) in Sun Bowl. Both teams are unranked and riding two-game losing streaks, and USC will be without injured quarterback Matt Barkley (shoulder).
The Trojans admit they had much greater expectations for themselves, but they also are happy to be in a bowl game after a two-year ban and will try to salvage a season that slipped through their fingers after a 6-1 start.
``We wanted to be in a better bowl game, and that's typical, but we decided our own fate and this is where we're at,'' All-American receiver Marqise Lee said. ``Things happen to the greatest teams out there. Sometimes situations happened where there's struggles, and that's what we had. So now we're here, just ready to play and focused - enjoying practice and enjoying our days here, and we'll be ready to play on Monday.''
Barkley, the first three-time captain in team history, injured his right shoulder injury in the loss to UCLA. It was announced Thursday that Barkley was not cleared to play in the Sun Bowl. He put together one of the greatest careers in USC history and is expected to be one of the first quarterback drafted by the NFL in April.
It certainly is not the season Barkley envisioned when he decided to return for his senior season and put off the NFL.
``I wouldn't say tough. It's not like you really have an example to look to as how to handle it with all the success teams in the past have had at this school,'' Barkley said. ``It's been definitely a learning lesson, not something I could have imagined, but then again nothing is guaranteed.
``When you strive for something, there are times when you're going to be disappointed. Knowing we were shooting for a very high goal . it just happens that way sometimes. But it doesn't take away from the fact of the experiences I've had.''
Barkley's injury means that redshirt freshman Max Wittek will get his second start. The first was the 22-13 loss to Notre Dame in which he was 14 of 23 passing for 186 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.
``We're fortunate it isn't the first time we've had to (play without Barkley),'' USC coach Lane Kiffin said. ``We did it a lot of games last season. The team is very comfortable with Max. It's not like all of a sudden we made him the starter.''
Lee gave Wittek a ringing endorsement.
``Based off that Notre Dame game, we had little situations here and there, but then again you know what your quarterback is capable of. Max threw two picks, but then again in the huddle he was still pumping us up,'' Lee said. ``From a young quarterback, you don't expect that. So to see that from a freshman, willing to push us, the vets, and get us there and ready to go is amazing. So I'm not worried about him at all. Monday, he'll go out there and do what he's supposed to do. He looks great. He didn't have much time to practice for Notre Dame, but now he'll be on point.''
Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said he doesn't expect USC to change much offensively with Wittek.
``Surely he's an excellent player,'' Johnson said of Barkley, ``but I think the young man that played in his place is also very talented. We only had the one game to break it down, but you can see he's got good feet, a very strong arm and he's very capable. I doubt they're going to change what they do.''
And neither will Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets, with their triple-option offense, are fourth in the nation in rushing, averaging 323 yards per game. Quarterback Tevin Washington has run for 19 touchdowns.
``It's very difficult (to prepare for),'' Kiffin said of Tech's offense. ``Luckily, we had a month to prepare for it. I don't know how people do it in a week. It took us a week to get the (scout) team to play them. It's different. In a weird way, it's like playing Oregon. There are not a lot of plays being run, but they're so good at it.''
The Yellow Jackets have to prepare for a USC offense that features two of the best receivers in the nation in Lee and junior Robert Woods, who is expected to make a decision after the game regarding whether or not he plans to enter the NFL draft. Woods is USC's all-time receptions leader, while Lee won the Biletnikoff Award and finished fourth in this year's Heisman voting.
``The two wide receivers are so talented,'' Johnson said. ``They've got a good offensive line, an adequate running game. They're just very talented all up and down at every position.''


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Donny Osmond isn't happy with Lady Gaga's new "Telephone" video, which features Beyonce.
The racy video — the full length of which features Gaga in a womens' prison and sees the pop star kissing another female inmate, writhing about in a prison yard, dancing in a bikini and a bit of semi-nudity (her bum) — has angered the most recent "Dancing with the Stars" champ.
"I'm all for freedom of speech and against any form of censorship, but all I know is that I'm a parent and I'm upset about this," Donny said on Wednesday during his "Donny Osmond Show" on radio.
The video also includes Beyonce, who duets with Gaga on the song, but Beyonce is not featured in the same kind of scenes as the boundary-pushing Gaga. Donny didn't, however, make a distinction between the two women's scenes in the video.
"I wouldn't want my child to watch this video. Would you? What do you think? Should these two extremely gifted female role models for millions of young girls, maybe, have given a little more thought to the effect it might have on their core audience?" Donny asked his audience.
Donny, known for his strong religious convictions, and for being a squeaky clean pop star during his own younger days, said he thinks the music industry should take a look at their "marketing policies."
"Unlike 20 years ago, in today's modern, viral world in which content becomes instantaneously available irrespective of age, I wonder whether the music industry might need to rethink its marketing policies with regard to making an explicit music video containing profanity, sexual exploitation, nudity, and graphic violence available to anyone with Internet access," the singer, who currently is starring in Las Vegas alongside his sister Marie Osmond — "Donny & Marie" — said.
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Australian film makers are aiming to replicate the user-generated feature film "Life in a Day" experimental project pioneered by YouTube and producer Ridley Scott. The film that resulted from that project was recently screened at the Sundance Film Festival.
Screen Australia and filmmaker George Miller are coordinating the 'Map My Summer' project.
The initiative is designed to "engage the nation in sharing the collective Australian summer experience". It may well make for an epic work of drama given Australia's tumultuous summer thus far, featuring floods, cyclones and fires of Cecil B DeMille scale.
Budding auteurs can upload videos, which must have been shot after 1 December, to the YouTube "Map My Summer" portal.
Miller will select and mentor one filmmaker to create a final short film funded by Screen Australia using the uploaded footage from the YouTube Map My Summer portal. This film will then have its premiere at the Sydney Film Festival in June 2011. ®