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[Loadstone] log errors mysterious?
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Sun Oct 18 23:37:52 BST 2009
Ok this is weird. log analyzer says log file is fine but track to route generator says otherwise. take a look.
Loadstone GPS NMEA log analyzer
Average NMEA data
The coverage during this trip was : 67%.
The fix during this trip was: Differential GPS .
The number of satellites in view during this trip was: 10.
The number of satellites used during this trip was: 8.
The accuracy during this trip was: 11 meters.
The speed during this trip was: 26.89 KM/H.
The reliability of this database is: very good.
Average calculated data
Reliability score: 94%.
Moving heading deviation: 11 degrees.
Drifting heading deviation: 29 degrees.
Total heading deviation: 14 degrees.
Speed diviation: 1.95 KM/H
Exclusions (speed < 0.25 KpH): 17%.
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This stuff is ACE. I only have a nitpicky crit for you. I'd like to see more color in each piece. They are all just images in different value of 1 color.
But this is all great, in my opinion. That one with the kngiht and girl on horses feel very desolate, and sorrowful. Great atmosphere, man
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I saw the sketch for the elf one, and had to click the link to see the final. Badass monochrome.
the first one is amazing. big fan of your work.
I think the head in the first character should be more accented, that would be my only crit.
Anyways, it's a pleasure to see such skillS.
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woah the ice king pic is just... woah
Freezing cold and hard as a rock.
great images, I like much the the intensity and power showing in Ice heavy cavalry.
my only little crit is for the first one: there's something strange in the two horses size, but I cannot figure out what's wrong. I have several horses reference and it looks like they have very long legs compared to the bust, especially on the second one...
The greatest pictorial value lies in all the things the camera cannot do.
these are top notch! I love them!
G*dD*amn these are frickin sw33t! I especially like the mood of the first one and the bitter, rock hard cold in "ice king".
Interesting pieces, there is too much shinyness in the first one, and the face needs to be lighter,it gets lost in all the brightness. The rest look pretty good, interesting style you have.
nice stuff, post some more!!!
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Green councillors are objecting to a planning application (18/00570/FUL) made by the university to install security gates, walls, a hedge and signage - all to discourage members of the public from using the footpaths across Chancellor’s Wharf.
This is despite a legal agreement signed at the time of the original construction requiring the main route through the site to be maintained ‘at all times’, and the canal-side route around the two other accommodation blocks from ‘sunrise til sunset’.
Castle Ward Green Cllr Dave Brookes said “These footpaths link the canal towpath to the south end of the city centre, and they are well-used and need to be preserved. Sending people up the steep ramp or steps by Basin Bridge will not work for older people and those with disabilities. At the other end of the site people will be forced to cross Aldcliffe Road at a dangerous point opposite Queen Street.”
“I understand that the university has had some problems with antisocial behavior by some street drinkers. However, Chancellor's Wharf is inside the boundary of the City Centre Public Space Protection Order, so there are other ways that the problem could be tackled without closing the area to the law-abiding public.”
The main route runs between the canal towpath at Basin Bridge (off Aldcliffe Road) and the area near the pedestrian bridge across to the Water Witch, on the canal side of the south west accommodation block, and via the path through Chancellor’s Wharf car park. The secondary route follows the canal-side around the two north east accommodation blocks.


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Despite the name, it is not located on Feldspar Street as it would imply, the station's three surface entrances are actually located on Union Drive West between Frankfort Avenue, Emerald Street and Castle Drive, at the borders of City Hall, Suffolk, and Castle Garden City; two entrances are located on the eastern side of Union Drive West, while one is located on the western side. The station may have been named such to avoid confusion with the Emerald and Frankfort Avenue stations (though why it wouldn't have simply been called Emerald West, Frankfort Avenue South, or some such other name to distinguish it from the other two stations is unknown).
Feldspar is in close proximity to Castle Garden City's piers, from which the player can acquire a boat, either to reach Happiness Island and the Statue of Happiness, or for other purposes. A street vendor is also based on the northeastern entrance to the station. The station is unremarkable otherwise, sharing the same entrance and platform design as all other subway stations in the game.


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Collection: A Collection of Drawings of the Principal, Antique Buildings of Ireland >> The Abby at Howth, 7 M: from Dublin - first view G:B: delt. 1773...
The Abby at Howth, 7 M: from Dublin - first view
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View of the ruins of Howth Abbey, County Dublin, Ireland, overlooking the sea. In the foreground on the left are a man and child. The man has his right arm raised and pointed at a sheep in front of them. In the centre foreground is another man who is reclining on the grass and looking at the abbey.
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Page number inscribed in ink u.r.: 47
Signature of the artist inscribed in ink l.l.
Title inscribed in ink u.c.
Physical description: 1 drawing : watercolour ; 22.7 x 29 cm.
Citations/References: Beranger's Antique Buildings of Ireland / with text by Peter Harbison. - Four Courts Press in association with the National Library of Ireland, Dublin 1998 p. 114-115
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Attributed to Gabriel Beranger, (ca. 1729-1817).

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Expediting the Development of Advanced Therapies such as CAR-T cells by making use of FDA’s RMAT designation
by Annegret Vaggelas
How does RMAT work and which products are considered for the designation?
In 2017, the first CAR-T cell therapies (Kymriah, Yescarta) have been approved by FDA. End of June 2018, EMA followed by recommending marketing authorizations for both of them in the EU. These first in class medicines hold enormous potential to cure some of the deadliest and largely untreatable cancers and are expected to shift the focus of medicine from treating symptoms or delaying progression to curing diseases. Further CAR-T cell therapies are under development and are expected to reach the market not too far from now.
The development of CAR-T cells and other cell and tissue engineered products is frequently associated with challenges due to their complex and unique nature. In addition, these types of products are often developed by small- and medium-sized enterprises who are not as familiar as big players with drug development and regulatory processes. The US FDA has responded to this challenge beginning of 2017 by launching the Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation, an expedited program dedicated to regenerative medicines, in order to accelerate the speed to market for these innovative therapies by providing frequent interactions with the agency and intensive guidance on efficient drug development. The RMAT program is open to companies developing cell- and tissue-based therapies, tissue-engineering products, and combination treatments including genetically modified cells, that lead to a durable modification of cells or tissues. Until June 2018, 18 products have been granted RMAT designation including Juno’s CAR-T cell therapy JCAR017 (recently acquired by Celgene). Regulatory tools, like RMAT, are precious as timely engagement with regulators can be crucial for the development process and thus provides the potential to shorten the development time. The RMAT designation should be considered as part of the integrated development and regulatory strategy for advanced therapies in the US. Figure 1 provides an overview when to consider RMAT and other US tools:
Abbreviations: LCM: Life Cycle Management; R&D: Research and Development; CMC: Chemistry Manufacturing and Control development; NC: nonclinical development; I: phase I clinical development; II: phase II clinical development; III: phase III clinical development; A: approval/authorization; L: Launch
In our recent publication called “Expediting Drug Development: FDA’s New Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy Designation” for the Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science (TIRS), we have presented the RMAT designation in detail, outlined other existing FDA regulatory tools aiming at expediting approval and discussed the overall value of these programs. Additionally, we provided recommendations for companies developing these very specific and complex therapies on how and when to consider these tools for an integrated development and regulatory strategy. If you are interested, please do not hesitate to check it out HERE. If you would like to receive the full publication, please get in contact with us.
Besides expedited programs also detailed guidance documents can help facilitate the development of these new and rapidly evolving technologies. Alone in 2017, FDA has generated 5 new guidance documents on gene and cell therapies and announced at BIO 2018 that they intend to release six new sets of guidance in July focusing on product-related issues as well as on accelerated clinical endpoints. Moreover, FDA introduced a new program within the CBER, called ‘Interact,’ for pre-clinical, early engagement for cell-based and regenerative therapies. This program should advise companies on how to get products into the IND stage, help solve CMC issues and focus on the requirements for preclinical testing. This demonstrates that FDA is committed to making these game-changing therapies available to patients. It was also announced after the European Commission/EMA–FDA bilateral meeting in June that regulators on both sides of the Atlantic plan to closely collaborate by encouraging early parallel scientific advice in order to develop common scientific approaches in the regulation of these medicines. These could facilitate the preclinical and clinical development, and the way data collection on these types of medicines can be optimized after authorization. We believe that if regulators accept their new role as enabler between science and healthcare systems this will allow them to create appropriate regulatory requirements, which ultimately benefit patients.
The EMA’s response to the FDA’s breakthrough and RMAT designation is the so called PRIME status, which both, Kymriah and Yescarta, received in 2016. PRIME stands for Priority Medicines and aims to support the development of medicines targeting a high unmet medical need. Though the PRIME scheme is open to all of product categories, a lot of advanced therapy medicinal products were among the designated products, underlining the great potential of this product class. For more information on the PRIME scheme, please refer to one of our other publications HERE.
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Need to read? Good holiday books for children
Here’s some great information from Reach Out and Read Oklahoma, a program of Smart Start Central Oklahoma, about reading to your kiddos during the holidays:
Reach Out and Read Oklahoma, part of a nationwide school readiness program, is encouraging parents to read holiday books to their young children this time of year. The organization has put together a list of the best seasonal books for children, including books about Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.
“The holidays are the perfect time for families to come together and read,” said Steve Davis, director of Reach Out and Read Oklahoma. “Spending quality time together through reading every day can help stimulate a child’s development, prepare them for learning in the classroom and lead to success later in life.”
Reach Out and Read targets children who are at greatest risk for school failure and illiteracy and provides them with high-quality children’s books and their parents with reading tips and guidance on the importance of reading aloud. Fourteen research studies confirm that Reach Out and Read works – families served by the program read together more often, and their children enter kindergarten better prepared to succeed, with larger vocabularies, stronger language skills, and a six-month developmental age over their peers. Reach Out and Read is a program of Smart Start Central Oklahoma.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Neno's Award and One Lovely Blog Award
Thank you Adoribible and Jesse Noe ! ! I very much appreciate you thinking of me and Psyche Connections. I love getting awards! I like the creative aspects of the making of these also! You are much appreciated! Please check out Adoribible. She is a fun and sincere gal.
Jesse blogs at The Art Blog 1968. Jesse is an Artist, A Philosopher and a Thinker who lives his belief in diversity and support for others. He is madly in love with beautiful ....inside and out...Julian of Hopeless Believer. Check these wonderful folks out. You will be glad you did I believe. Jesse has show over and over his determination to live life fully and to seize the day.
Much thanks to everyone who shares their awards. Thank you also for your your great patience in my lag in getting the recognition for these wonderful awards posted! You are much appreciated!
The reason I love blogging is the incredible opportunity to "meet" such creative and talented people. I love the diversity and I have and am learning an incredible amount about people...how we are all so different and yet so inherently alike.....Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your ideas and the heart of who you are through your blogs.
The award is:
* a dedication for those who love blogging and love to encourage friendships through blogging.
* to seek the reasons why we all love blogging.
The aims of this award:
* As a dedication for those who love blogging and love to encourage friendships through blogging.
* To seek the reasons why we all love blogging.
* Put the award in one post as soon as you receive it.
* Don't forget to mention the person who gives you the award.
* Answer the award's question by writing the reason why you love blogging.
* Tag and distribute the award to as many people as you like.
* Don't forget to notify the award receivers and put their links in your post.
It is with pleasure that I pass this award along to some truly inspirational bloggers. I do realize that some of you may not participate in posting blog awards. I totally leave that decision up to you....Just know that in my thinking you deserve this award and I love bringing attention to what I feel are excellent blogs. Thanks for participating in whatever level you choose if it is only a smile for the recognition of your talents!
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A gift for every reader....Please take this one away with you...The One Lovely Blog Award..... Thank you for enriching my life with your blog!
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A New Pizzeria Has Opened In Downtown Brampton
If you've visited Downtown Brampton in the past year you may have noticed the "best panini and pizzeria in town" sign located at a storefront on Main Street.
However, many people did not know the name of the place that was claiming to be the best in town until a few months ago.
Pizzanini, dubbed the "best panini and pizzeria in town" has finally opened its doors! So, people visiting Main Street have one more Italian restaurant to choose from.
While places like Vesuvio Ristorante or Fanzorellis have a wide array of food choices, Pizzanini focuses on pizzas - not to say that they solely have pizzas.
Located at 18 Main Street South, Pizzanini offers many different types of flatbreads. They have Mediterranean Chicken, Tandoori Chicken and Hawaiian and more for the meat lovers. For the vegetarians, they offer veggie, corn or cauliflower pizza. People can also create their own pizza.
Not only do they have pizza, but they also offer salads, hot dogs and dessert!
People can pick and choose from a wide selection of salads to put in their salad bowl.
And don’t forget about dessert, restaurant-goers can munch away on the Nutella nini!
The restaurant is open from Monday to Saturday from 11 a.m to 8 p.m.
Will you be trying the "best panini and pizzeria in town?"
Photos courtesy of Pizzanini.
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Last April my fiance accepted a job in Phoenix, and we decided our relationship was strong enough for the long distance thing. We drove all the way from Minnesota, to Phoenix, with a car packed of his belongings. I flew back to Minnesota, and the next chapter of our lives began. The long process of finding the […]
“A city built by the people, for the people.” Indeed Amsterdam was built slowly, and over water. Sometimes referred to as “Venice of the North,” one thing I would highly recommend doing in Amsterdam is a canal tour. Tourism is a huge part of the economy in this very liberal country. Paris is known for […]


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People commonly think of medical malpractice as a situation involving doctors, but nurses sometimes are implicated in these incidents instead. A person who believes he or she was harmed by the negligence or carelessness of a nurse may consult a medical malpractice lawyer in Queens County, NY and explain what happened. This attorney can help the person learn whether the experience may be considered actual malpractice.
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Parallel visionaries tell the microhistories of Chinese Exclusion resistance
The late 19th century United States was a nation entangled in its own contradictions. Bounty and liberty were promised to white industrialist families who defined the era’s narrow vision of propriety and modernity. But those on the fringes of an increasingly white and Christian “land of opportunity” tell a different story. Two anti-Chinese Exclusion activists and public intellectuals, Wong Chin Foo and Yan Phou Lee, had intimate knowledge of the unevenly distributed American dream at the height of the Gilded Age.
Wong and Lee, both writers who published in English at a time when few written records of Chinese immigrants were preserved, personify two types of moral and religious leadership at the forefront of Chinese Exclusion resistance in the late 19th century. At the first Faculty Reseach Fellows talk of the 2023-2024 academic year, Kathryn Gin Lum described her work tracing the contexts that gave rise to their activism. Gin Lum is professor and department chair in religious studies, in collaboration with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford. She is also professor, by courtesy, of history in affiliation with American Studies and Asian American Studies. Her in-process book, tentatively titled The Excluded: Chinese Immigrants and the Soul of a Nation, provides a window into the formation of Chinese American identity under Chinese Exclusion through Wong’s and Lee’s parallel lives.
Wong Chin Foo was among the first known Chinese American activists. Orphaned through the Taiping Rebellion, he was raised by American Baptist missionaries. Wong immigrated to the United States in his early twenties, where his confrontation with American xenophobia inspired his work as a public intellectual. The forefront of his advocacy was the battle against the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, but the arc of his work spanned the fight against Chinese women’s coercion into the sex trade and the promotion of wider education about Chinese culture, particularly Confucianism. Wong endeavoured to make sense of and push against exclusion across domains of his activism, often in ways that were accessible to white people. He insisted upon the dignity of Chinese Americans—a term which he is believed to have originated.
Wong and Lee, both writers who published in English at a time when few written records of Chinese immigrants were preserved, personify two types of moral and religious leadership at the forefront of Chinese Exclusion resistance in the late 19th century.
Yan Phou Lee arrived to the United States in 1873 through the Chinese Educational Mission. A Yale graduate, Lee published the memoir When I Was a Boy in China, the first book in English written by an author of Asian descent. He sought to position himself as a bridge between American and Chinese cultures, which he accomplished by dispelling stereotypes about infanticide and non-nuclear family structures among the Chinese. Lee’s writing and activism was avowedly Christian, whereas Wong proclaimed himself a Confucian missionary.
“Wong and Lee hold up a mirror to the so-called family values of white Americans,” Gin Lum argued. This is clear in their complementary anti-exclusionist theses in The North American Review, where Lee retorted to Wong’s “Why Am I a Heathen” with his article, “Why I am Not a Heathen.” Both critiques of exclusionist logic purposefully complicated the idea of America as a bastion for pious white, Christian, heterosexual families. Wong wished to lay the contradictions of American life bare: “Love your neighbor as yourself is the great Divine law which Christians and heathens alike hold, but which the Christians ignore.”
Wong embraced the word “heathen,” a slur used to connote Chinese ancestral idolatry and immorality, in his denunciation of white American moral hypocrisy, arguing that it was the supposed Chinese heathen who most closely aligned with American moral values. In his rejoinder, Lee abandoned heathen as an exclusively Chinese term and instead embraced it as a signifier of collective moral failure. “I cordially invite all heathen—whether American, or English, or Chinese—to come to the Saviour,” he wrote.
Wong’s and Lee’s pursuits of a pluralistic American identity was not without their own forms of prejudice. “What both of them offer to white audiences is a vision of the United States as a nation that could and should open its gates to Chinese immigrants, Christian or not,” Gin Lum added, “but I also want to be attentive to the ways they conformed to societal norms and expectations to try to achieve acceptance.” When speaking about Chinese male immigrant laborers who lacked higher education and English fluency, Wong derided the group as sexually immoral and inferior. Anti-Black and anti-Indigenous sentiments were also present in his work. “In advocating for the rights of Chinese people to settle and become citizens, Wong also bought into a white supremacist, settler-colonist mentality,” Gin Lum concluded.
The Excluded: Chinese Immigrants and the Soul of a Nation depicts Wong and Lee up-close and in historical conversation with the long specter of anti-Asian hate in America. Gin Lum resists the simplification of these men, showing Wong and Lee to be both steadfast and contentious figures of 19th century American identity under Chinese Exclusion. Their story is one of pushing the United States to live up to its values, a pursuit that remains the nation’s most perennial struggle.


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A thought occurred Sunday as Green Bay's Ryan Grant ran 62 yards for a touchdown on the game's first play from scrimmage.
Who is the Bears' defensive coordinator responsible for allowing this to happen?
Oh, right, essentially Lovie Smith is.
The Bears' head coach said when asked the reason for the defense's slowest of slow starts, "I wish I knew."
After Green Bay won 21-14, Smith could have had the same response about coaching mismanagement costing two timeouts on one play, about his team's 13 penalties and about Jay Cutler still throwing damaging interceptions deep into December.
The defense alone is a symptom of a disease that the Bears inflicted on themselves this off-season. The defense was so deficient last year that Smith felt compelled to take over the playcalling this year.
New Orleans, Green Bay and Denver also knew last winter that they had to improve on defense. Ah, but their head coaches weren't smart enough to take over that unit.
No, those teams hired veteran defensive coordinators - Gregg Williams in New Orleans, Dom Capers in Green Bay and Mike Nolan in Denver.
Last season the Saints and Broncos finished 8-8 and the Packers were 6-10. To this point this season they are, in order, 13-0, 9-4 and 8-5.
For the mathematically challenged, that's a combined leap from 22-26 to 30-9.
Meanwhile, with Smith splitting time between head coaching and defensive coordinating, the Bears have regressed from finishing 9-7 in 2008 to a current 5-8.
Seems like maybe turning a defense over to an experienced coordinator full time was a better strategy than turning it over to Smith part time.
This isn't necessarily Smith's fault. The Bears traditionally are stingy paying assistant coaches, and Williams, Capers and Nolan are worth more than less.
Anyway, with Capers directing the NFL's No. 1 defense, the Packers beat the Bears for the second time this season.
Again, this is just another symptom of the Bears' disease. Something is off kilter throughout this organization right now and needs to be rebalanced sooner than later.
Apparently that something won't be anything as dramatic as firing Smith. The Green Bay game likely was the last chance to make ownership think about it, but superficially the Bears' loss wasn't as disgusting as it needed to be.
Not even probably finishing below .500 and definitely missing the playoffs for the third straight season is likely to cost Smith his job.
Here's my theory about the Bears' latest loss: Green Bay could have named the final score but decided not to embarrass their bitter rival.
"I think we definitely left some points on the field during the first half," Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy said without mentioning whether it was intentional.
If the Packers won by, say, 40-14, and the Soldier Field crowd booed mercilessly, the McCaskeys would have had to reconsider retaining Smith.
At least give Smith credit for noticing that "this season hasn't turned out exactly the way we would have liked."
Here's another thought that occurred Sunday: Maybe the Bears should keep Smith, hire a defensive coordinator and let the new guy essentially double as head coach.

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My friend & I have discussed learning Tai Chi. We are in our “upper” years and need to start slow then build up to more aerobic exercises. So instead of discussing, we have committed to each other & now I to my fellow nurses: I will learn a new position each day until the whole sequence is smooth and flowing. Thank you for this opportunity.


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Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer with Animal Samaritans. Our volunteers play a vital role in the success of Animal Samaritans’ mission of Improving The Lives of Animals and People.
We call them volunteers, but to the staff, and the animals, they are heroes. Wherever they serve, volunteers are a highly valued resource to Animal Samaritans.
Help us help the animals and your community! Become a volunteer for Animal Samaritans. As a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit, Animal Samaritans relies on caring volunteers to help with its many programs and events. If you are interested in supporting our cause with your time and abilities, we’d love to hear from you.
Please note, you must be at least 18 years old to volunteer for Animal Samaritans. For a list projects that you can do at home, Click Here.
The shelter provides animals with a safe environment to live out their lives until a “forever home” is found. Volunteers help the animals feel more comfortable at the shelter by interacting with them through play, grooming, and conversation. Generally provide love until permanent adopters can be found. This is an important job to help socialize the animal and therefore increase their chances of becoming adopted.
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Animal Samaritans holds several annual fundraisers, which raises much needed proceeds and awareness for our organization. Volunteers are always needed to help organize and run the event. Our Angels Auxiliary is a group of volunteers who specialize in organizing and putting on special events.
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A weekly roundup of ophthalmic news from around the web.
Ophthalmic dispensers are now devices and not drugs, says the FDA. Ophthalmic dispensers (e.g., eye droppers and eye cups) packaged in combination with an ophthalmic drug have been regulated historically as drugs by the FDA. However, based on an April 2021 US Court of Appeals decision, the FDA issued updated its guidance this month that any ophthalmic dispenser deemed to be a device will be regulated as a device and not a drug. Manufacturers of combination dispenser-medication products will be given 12 months to comply with these new regulations. US Food and Drug Administration
Antabuse as a treatment for retina pigmentosa? Mouse model data show promise. Researchers at the University of California Berkeley found that giving disulfiram (Antabuse) to mice with retinoic acid (RA)–induced retinal activity improved their vision. Disulfiram, a retinoic acid receptor inhibitor, is a longstanding treatment for alcohol abuse, and retinoic acid has been studied as a possible cause of retinitis pigmentosa and related conditions. Dr. Richard Kramer, lead investigator of the mouse study and the retinoic acid research program, said “If a vision-impaired human were given disulfiram, and their vision got better, even a little bit, that would be a great outcome in itself. But it would also strongly implicate the retinoic acid pathway in vision loss, and that would be an important proof of concept that could drive new drug development and a whole new strategy for helping to improve vision.” Small studies in humans are set to begin later in 2022. University of California Berkeley, Science Advances
Revised UK guidelines for glaucoma recommend SLT for ocular hypertension. In its January 2022 update to UK glaucoma diagnosis and management guidelines, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) added a new recommendation for the use of 360° selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) as first-line treatment for patients with either newly diagnosed ocular hypertension with IOP of ≥24 mm Hg or chronic open-angle glaucoma, especially if they seem to be at risk for visual impairment. A separate evidence review for this new guidance can be downloaded from the NICE website. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
New study links psychologic distress and visual impairment in older adults. Visual impairment’s effect on psychologic distress (PD) (e.g., anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder) in older persons (aged ≥65 years) were studied in a Taiwanese general population cohort. Ten percent of the cohort had diagnosed PD, but that subgroup had significantly greater rates of blindness and low vision than those without PD. Conversely, having blindness conveyed a greater risk of developing PD over the long term; smoking, lower education levels, and low body mass index also were risk factors. Given these results, the authors propose that “early referral for [visual impairment] examination and treatment should be implemented in clinical practice, particularly among patients suffering from psychologic problems.” Journal of Clinical Medicine
Good outcomes are seen with long-term pegcetacoplan injections for GA. There is currently no FDA-approved treatment for geographic atrophy (GA), but pegcetacoplan, already approved for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, has the potential to be that treatment due to promising 18-month data. Results from the phase 3, sham-controlled, 36-month DERBY and OAKS trials found that pegcetacoplan given either every month or every other month led to significant reductions in GA monthly lesion growth. Full study results will be presented at upcoming medical meetings, and a new drug application is expected to be submitted to the FDA in the 2nd quarter of 2022. MedCityNews, Globe Newswire


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July 9, 2013
MARCUS PAUL RIGNEY, Plaintiff,
ELLEN M. HESEN, et al., Defendants.
THOMAS B. RUSSELL, Senior District Judge.
This matter is before the Court upon Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. (DN 10.) Plaintiff has responded, (DN 14), and Defendants have replied, (DN 15). This matter is ripe for adjudication. For the following reasons, Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (DN 10) is GRANTED.
Plaintiff, Marcus Rigney, is the father of two minor children who are central to this lawsuit, which he brings against both former and current officers and employees of Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services ("the Cabinet") Department for Community Based Services ("DCBS"). In his Complaint, Rigney alleges that "[t]he supervisors of the [Cabinet's] Salt River Trails [sic] Region have allowed an improperly or undertrained social worker to constantly violate the Kentucky State Statutes and the Kentucky Administrative Rule under which the Cabinet is to work without proper hearings." (Pl.'s Compl. ¶ 1, DN 1.)
The underlying facts follow. In June 2009, after she moved to another county with the children, Plaintiff lodged allegations of drug use against his children's mother, which led to a dependency, neglect, or abuse petition being filed with the Bullitt Family Court. On June 25, 2009, the court granted Rigney emergency custody. However, on July 15, 2009, upon motion by the children's guardian ad litem, the court awarded temporary custody to the Cabinet. After a formal hearing on the neglect petition, the court granted custody to the Cabinet, which then placed the children in foster care. Rigney v. Bartholomew, 2012 WL 3637218, *1 (Ky. Aug. 23, 2012). Rigney's parents requested that the children be placed with them in lieu of foster care; however, "Ms. Pridemore testified she didn't trust them and the children remained in foster care." (Pl.'s Compl. ¶ 15.)
While the proceedings progressed in family court, Rigney alleges that Pridemore would "thwart" his efforts to comply with the family court's orders. ( Id. ¶ 18.) As an example, Rigney alleges that: "when he had to work out of town, Ms. Pridemore would call and demand he do a drug test right then. He would ask where to go and she would not say anything. Later she would tell the court he had refused." ( Id. ) Pridemore also allegedly "told another worker from a different county that if the biological Mother could just get out of jail and get off drugs that she would be the better option than any of the three Rigneys." ( Id. ¶ 19.)
"In 2010, the mother was arrested for drug trafficking and jailed, so the Cabinet began working with [Rigney], who was allowed visitation with the children on a regular basis." Rigney, 2012 WL 3637218 at *1. In August 2011, Rigney's parents were also granted visitation with the children. Id. However, in November 2011 after discovering that "the daughter had an injury on her butt",  the Cabinet filled out an emergency custody order affidavit. (Pl.'s Compl. ¶ 21.) After what the trial court called a "temporary removal hearing, " the court suspended both Rigney and his parents' visitation with the children. Rigney, 2012 WL 3637218 at *1. "After this hearing, Plaintiff was again not permitted to see or speak with his children and at the time did not know what the allegations were all about." (Pl.'s Compl. ¶ 23.)
Thereafter, "Rigney and his parents filed a petition for a writ of mandamus with the [Kentucky] Court of Appeals requesting that the order discontinuing the father's contact with the children be stricken, that all petitions, summonses, and information as to the grandparents be stricken, and that the Cabinet be required to turn over information to the proper authorities for further investigation." Rigney, 2012 WL 3637218 at *2. As he does in the instant lawsuit, Rigney argued that the procedure used by the Cabinet-a temporary removal hearing-was inappropriate because the Cabinet already had custody of his children and amounted to a denial of due process. After "[t]he Court of Appeals denied the petition in a short order", Rigney appealed to the Kentucky Supreme Court. Id. After observing that Rigney "continues to pursue only the merits of his claim and does not discuss whether a writ is even available in his circumstances" and noting that it would "not conjure up a showing of the prerequisites where a petitioner has failed to do so", the court affirmed the decision in an August 23, 2012, opinion. This lawsuit followed one week later.
In the instant litigation, Rigney brings claims against former Acting Secretary for the Cabinet, Ellen Hesen; former Commissioner of the DCBS, Patricia Wilson; Administrator for the Salt River Trail Service Region of the DCBS ("Salt River Region"), Nelson Knight; Clinical Associate for the Salt River Region, DeDe Sullivan; Supervisor in the Salt River Region's Family Services Office, Rachel Cochran; and Salt River Region Social Worker, Sarah Pridemore. (Pl.'s Compl. ¶¶ 5-10.) Rigney brings claims against all defendants in their official capacities and against Pridemore "personally and in her official Capacity." (Caption of Pl.'s Compl.) Specifically, Rigney alleges that Pridemore:
made the decision not to allow any contact between the father and his children. She gave the information to the Cabinet attorney to stop grandparent visitation without a hearing thus causing Plaintiff's family to have no contact with his children. Her conduct continually violates federally protected procedural due process rights of the Father and his fundamental right to choose for his children. She used her personal opinion to deny family placement of the children violating the Cabinet's own administrative rules.
(Pl.'s Compl. ¶ 10.)
Rigney asserts that, through certain alleged procedural failures by the Cabinet and the family court, the defendants have violated his due process rights under both the Fifth and Fourteenth amendments. Specifically, Rigney alleges that, prior to the Court's award of temporary custody to the Cabinet, "no petition [was] filed against the Father and on [sic] summons issued to the Father in violation of KRS 620.070." ( Id. ¶ 13.) Rigney further alleges that, contrary to state law, the court held a formal abuse and neglect hearing more than 45 days later. ( Id. ¶ 13.) Rigney also complains that the Cabinet's motion for emergency custody in November 2011 "was not appropriate as the Cabinet already had the custody of the children." ( Id. ¶ 21.) Finally, Rigney alleges that the Cabinet is "trying to terminate Plaintiff's rights to his children again without due process of law." ( Id. ¶ 25.)
In his prayer for relief, Rigney requests the Court to issue an injunction against the Salt River Trail Region of the DCBS prohibiting them "from discussing, writing any documents about or entering any twist report about the Plaintiff and that the children be immediately returned to him." ( Id. ¶ 26.) Later, in his response to Defendants' motions, Rigney clarifies that he wants the Court to order that his state case be transferred from Bullitt to Jefferson County. (Pl.'s Resp., 7, DN 14-1.) Rigney also seeks monetary compensation against Pridemore "for the costs he has expended in trying to obtain his children, " (Pl.'s Compl. ¶ 1), including attorney's fees. ( Id. ¶ 26.)
Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss Rigney's claims against them in whole or in part. First, Defendants contend that the bulk of Rigney's claims are barred by the relevant statute of limitations. Second, Defendants move for dismissal of Rigney's claims against Sarah Pridemore under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), arguing that Rigney's allegations against her fail to meet the Rules' facial plausibility requirement and that Pridemore is protected from suit by both absolute and qualified immunity. Third, Defendants argue that jurisdiction over Rigney's claims are barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine or the domestic relations exception to federal jurisdiction. Fourth, Defendants argue that in the event the Court finds jurisdiction is proper, it should abstain from exercising that jurisdiction under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). Finally, Defendants argue that Rigney's Complaint is barred in part by the doctrine of sovereign immunity and the Eleventh Amendment.
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require that pleadings, including complaints, contain a "short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." Fed.R.Civ.P. 8(a)(2). A complaint may be attacked for failure "to state a claim upon which relief can be granted." Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). When considering a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, the court will presume that all the factual allegations in the complaint are true and draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the nonmoving party. Total Benefits Planning Agency v. Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, 552 F.3d 430, 434 (6th Cir. 2008). "The court need not, however, accept unwarranted factual inferences." Id. (citing Morgan v. Church's Fried Chicken, 829 F.2d 10, 12 (6th Cir. 1987)). And although a "complaint attacked by a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss does not need detailed factual allegations, a plaintiff's obligation to provide the grounds of his entitlement to relief requires more than labels and conclusions, and a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not do." Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007) (citations omitted). Rather, the plaintiff's "[f]actual allegations must be enough to raise a right to relief above the speculative level on the assumption that all the allegations in the complaint are true (even if doubtful in fact)." Id. (citations omitted). A complaint should contain enough facts "to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Id. at 570. "[O]nly a complaint that states a plausible claim for relief survives a motion to dismiss." Id. at 1950.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) provides that a party may file a motion asserting "lack of subject-matter jurisdiction." Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1). "Subject matter jurisdiction is always a threshold determination, " Am. Telecom Co. v. Leb., 501 F.3d 534, 537 (6th Cir. 2007) (citing Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Env't, 523 U.S. 83, 101 (1998)), and "may be raised at any stage in the proceedings, " Schultz v. Gen. R.V. Ctr., 512 F.3d 754, 756 (6th Cir. 2008). "A Rule 12(b)(1) motion can either attack the claim of jurisdiction on its face, in which case all allegations of the plaintiff must be considered as true, or it can attack the factual basis for jurisdiction, in which case the trial court must weigh the evidence and the plaintiff bears the burden of proving that jurisdiction exists." DLX, Inc. v. Kentucky, 381 F.3d 511, 516 (6th Cir. 2004). "A facial attack on the subject-matter jurisdiction alleged in the complaint questions merely the sufficiency of the pleading." Gentek Bldg. Prods., Inc. v. Steel Peel Litig., 491 F.3d 320, 330 (6th Cir. 2007). Where there is a factual attack, the Court must "weigh the conflicting evidence to arrive at the factual predicate that subject-matter does or does not exist." Id. "If the court determines at any time that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the court must dismiss the action." Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(h)(3); see also Bauer v. RBX Indus. Inc., 368 F.3d 569 (6th Cir. 2004).
Because subject matter jurisdiction is a "threshold issue, " Am. Telecom Co., 501 F.3d at 537, the Court first will address Defendants' arguments that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction. Defendants argue that Rigney's demand that his children be restored to him is barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, which deprives federal district courts of subject matter jurisdiction over claims seeking review of cases decided by state courts. See District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462 (1983); Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923). In other words, this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over "cases brought by state-court losers complaining of injuries caused by state-court judgments rendered before the district court proceedings commenced." Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Indus. Corp., 544 U.S. 280, 284 (2005). Defendants contend that Rigney is such a plaintiff, losing temporary custody after a state trial court's decision and again when the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Kentucky denied his petition for a Writ of Mandamus.
In support of their argument, Defendants note that the Sixth Circuit previously held that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies to interlocutory orders and to orders of lower state courts. Pieper v. Am. Arbitration Ass'n, Inc., 336 F.3d 458 (6th Cir. 2003). However that decision, rendered two years before the Supreme Court's decision in Exxon Mobil clarified that the doctrine had "narrow" and "limited" application, has since been called into question. See Nicholson v. Shafe, 558 F.3d 1266, 1276-77 (11th Cir. 2009). In fact, the Sixth Circuit itself has noted that "[a]fter Exxon Mobil, it remains an open question in this circuit whether Rooker-Feldman applies where, as here, the plaintiff files suit while the state case is still pending on appeal." Shafizadeh v. Bowles, 476 Fed.App'x 71, 72 (6th Cir. 2012). Because the Sixth Circuit has not decided the specific issue, the Court declines to apply the Rooker-Feldman doctrine in this case.
The Court does, however, find that the domestic relations exception warrants dismissal of Plaintiff's Complaint. Generally, federal courts have no jurisdiction over domestic relations matters. Ankenbrandt v. Richards, 504 U.S. 689, 703 (1992); Catz v. Chalker, 142 F.3d 279, 290 (6th Cir. 1998), abrogated on other grounds by Exxon Mobil, 544 U.S. at 284. Rather, state courts have exclusive jurisdiction over these matters. See Ankenbrandt at 703-04. Rigney contends that the domestic relations exception does not apply because (1) "[t]his is not a divorce" and (2) he is "not asking the Court to review or decide the substantive issue of neglect or abuse." (Pl.'s Resp. at 8.) As to his first argument, Rigney fails to explain why the exception would be so limited. The Supreme Court has clearly stated that the exception "divests the federal courts of power to issue divorce, alimony, and child custody decrees. " Ankenbrandt at 703 (emphasis added). Secondly, Rigney requests that the Court issue an injunction requiring the return of his children, which is essentially the same as issuing a child custody decree. See Danforth v. Celebrezze, 76 Fed.App'x 615, 616 (6th Cir. 2003) ("[F]ederal courts lack jurisdiction where the action is a mere pretense and the suit is actually concerned with domestic relations issues."). That Rigney styles his claim as civil rights violations does not change this calculus. See Lunsford v. Ky. Cabinet for Health & Family Svcs., 2012 WL 2880577, *3 (E.D. Ky. July 13, 2012) (citing Partridge v. State of Ohio, 79 Fed.App'x 844, 845 (6th Cir. 2003)).
Finally, the Court finds that the Younger abstention doctrine applies to Rigney's claims. Under Younger abstention, a federal court may not grant "injunctive or declaratory relief that would interfere with state judicial proceedings pending at the time that a federal complaint is filed." Shafizadeh, 476 Fed.App'x at 73 (citing O'Neill v. Coughlan, 511 F.3d 638, 643 (6th Cir. 2008)). Abstention in favor of state court proceedings is appropriate where there exists: (1) an ongoing state proceeding; (2) an important state interest; and (3) an adequate opportunity in the state judicial proceedings to raise constitutional challenges. Middlesex Cnty. Ethics Comm. v. Garden State Bar Ass'n, 457 U.S. 423, 432; Tindall v. Wayne Cnty. Friend of the Court, 269 F.3d 533, 538 (6th Cir. 2001).
A review of Rigney's complaint makes clear that the Court must abstain from adjudicating his claims. First, Rigney is a party in a state court child custody proceeding that is pending before the Bullitt Family Court. Second, the proceeding involves an important state interest, namely, child custody matters. See Meyers v. Franklin Cnty. Court of Common Pleas, 23 F.Appx. 201, 204 (6th Cir. 2001) ("Indeed, cases out of the Supreme Court and this Court make it clear that abstention is generally appropriate in matters of family relations such as child custody."). Rigney asks this Court to interfere with this important, ongoing state proceeding in several ways: by issuing an injunction that would require the return of Rigney's children to him, despite a state court order to the contrary; by barring social workers with the Salt River Trail of the DCBS from working on Rigney's case; and by ordering a transfer of jurisdiction to the Jefferson Family Court. Rigney asks the Court to do so without citing any case law or making any coherent arguments as to why the Court should exercise such extraordinary power to grant the relief he seeks, if indeed, it would even have such power. Finally, Rigney offers no argument that the state appellate process would not give him adequate opportunity to air his grievances concerning the Cabinet and Bullitt Family Court's alleged failure to follow state-prescribed procedures. Thus, even if this Court were to have jurisdiction over Rigney's claims, abstention is appropriate. Rigney's claims must be dismissed. See Shafizadeh, 476 Fed.App'x at 73 (quoting Beltran v. California, 871 F.2d 777, 782 (9th Cir. 1988) (" Younger abstention requires dismissal of the federal action")).
For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, (DN 10), is GRANTED. An appropriate order shall issue.

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1. Hatfield and the North — "Halfway Between Heaven and Earth" (instrumental) → "The Yes No Interlude" (live at the Rainbow Theatre, London, 1975-03-16)
2. Hugh Hopper and Alan Gowen — "Fishtank I" (from Two Rainbows Daily, 1980)
3. Manogurgeil — "Poliisien Kesäkoti" (Live at Lepakkomies, Helsinki 2008-06-12)
4. Dashiell Hedayat — "Long Song For Zelda" (from Obsolete, 1971)
5. Elton Dean and Hugh Hopper interview excerpts (from unknown TV documentary)
6. Kevin Ayers interview excerpt (BBC Radio 4, 2007-08-25)
7. Caravan — "Asforteri" (from If I Could Do It All Over Again..., 1970)
8. Syd Arthur — "Planet of Love" → "Hermethio" (from Moving World EP, 2011 — now available from Dawn Chorus)
9. Gong — "Sold to the Highest Buddha" (from Angel's Egg, 1973)
10. Hatfield and the North — "Shaving is Boring" (from Hatfield and the North, 1974)
11. Kevin Ayers and the Whole World — "Rheinhardt and Geraldine"/"Colores Para Delores" (from Shooting at the Moon, 1970)
12. Caravan — "Nine Feet Underground" (live on BBC Radio One, 1971-05-16, released on Green Bottles for Marjorie, 2002)
13. Soft Machine — "Hope for Happiness" (from The Soft Machine, 1968)
14. The-Quartet — "Canterbury Tales (Prologue/The Chav's Tale/The Check-Out Girl's Tale/The Deacon's Tale)" (from Shattering, 2008)
15. Soft Machine — "Facelift" (live on French TV programme L'Invité du Dimanche 1969-12-07)
16. Egg — "A Visit to Newport Hospital" (from The Polite Force, 1971)
17. Hermetho Pascoal — "Forró Brasil" (from Ao Vivo Montreux Jazz Festival, 1979)
18. Syd Arthur — "Exit Domino" (from Moving World EP, 2011 — now available from Dawn Chorus)
19. Steve Hillage — "Ether Ships" (from Green, 1978)
20. Robert Wyatt interview (from WLTV television documentary, 1991?)
21. Robert Wyatt — "The Sight of the Wind" (from Dondestan, 1991)
22. Miles Davis and Gil Evans Orchestra – "Blues for Pablo" (from "The Sound of Miles Davis" TV concert, recorded at CBS Studio 61, NYC, 1959-04-02)
23. The Happy Accidents — "Street of Desire" (from Masters of the Baloonafon DVD soundtrack, 2006)
24. Egg — "I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside" (live at unknown venue, 1971, released on The Metronomical Society, 2007)
[voiceover ambience: Brian Eno, "1/1" (piano by Robert Wyatt), from Ambient 1: Music for Airports]
Erratum: During the interview segment, I somehow failed to mention that Daevid Allen was also (of course) part of the pre-Softs "Mister Head" lineup that resided and practiced in Sturry in the summer of 1966.
From Robert Wyatt's "My Top Ten", Let It Rock magazine, January 1975:
[Selections 4, 3, 2 and 1 to be played in subsequent podcasts!]
5. "Blues For Pablo" by Gil Evans and Miles Davis. This is from an LP originally called Miles Davis Plus Nineteen, which was Evans' first attempt to arrange a complete series of inter-related mini-concertos for Miles, who plays mainly flugelhorn in a bigband context. It's harder to play the flugelhorn than the trumpet, which tends to make even flugelhorn virtuosi like Clark Terry, Art Farmer and the great Johnny Coles play more carefully , thoughtfully than many trumpeters. As the title suggests, there is a certain similarity between the music of southern Spain and the early blues of the southern States, which Gil Evans exploits beautifully without using the obvious link instrument, the guitar. In fact Gil Evans was, as far as I know, the first 'jazz' arranger to supplement the traditional 'ethnic' dance band instruments with French horns, flutes and other instruments usually associated with the European orchestral tradition. Incidentally 'Blues For Pablo', like the other tracks on this record, is only a couple of minutes long, which demonstrates Gil Evans' roots as an arranger for 'pop' dance bands, and makes each individual piece nice and tight (if I'd been a radio DJ at the time I'd have pushed them as worthy competition to Sandy Nelson and Duane Eddy on the instrumental singles market).
6. "Sex Machine" by Sly and the Family Stone. Sometimes, when I've got nothing else to do, I sit and speculate about Sly Stone's innovations in the recording studio. He used to be a disc jockey and as anyone who admires the work of Kenny Everett knows, DJs have a unique opportunity to muck around with tape recorders and create a sort of surreal continuity with their between-record link pieces — to make a musical entity out of an otherwise more-or-less random series of records. Also a successful American DJ has to be fast, slick, tasteless and dramatic — a great education for a musician. One major difference between Sly Stone's courageous production stunts and, say Frank Zappa's, was that the basic band recording always had the immediacy and excitement of a good live gig. Larry Graham in particular, is a spectacularly useful bass-player and singer.
7. "Flying" by the Beatles. A lot of people didn't like the Magical Mystery Tour film because it was amateurish (the cameras didn't dart in and out ot the lead singer's nostril's like they do in professionally made music films) or pretentious (they were actually trying to do something interesting): or something. Belonging as I do to the gullible hippy generation whose critical faculties are irredemably blunted by drugs, sex, and bad PA systems, I thought it was great. The LP of the same name was even better, because they filled it out with their recent amazing singles. The most magical and mysterious piece on the record though, for me, was Flying' which essentially seems to consist of a twelve-bar blues, except that all the chords are major, and the singing 'white'. So white actually, that it sounds like the 'Volga Boat Song', part two.
The effect is um what can I say oh you know the usual string of misleading, inadequate adjectives, um, how about 'this record is very nice so I like it'. P.S. I though the Beatles much more daring and inventive than most of us 'progressive' groups of the late sixties (apart from the Pink Floyd). Something to do with endless studio time replacing endless live gigs, I should think.
8. "Leaning On A Lampost" by George Formby. Yet another Daring, Wacky Northerner Apart from being Daring, Wacky, and Northern, George Formby was a shit-hot ukulele player, not half so stodgy as his many imitators - he'd have made a good rhythm guitarist. Apart from which this is a useful record to play to anybody who still thinks that Bob Dylan invented good lyrics. While I'm at it I'd like to mention Frank Crummil. Ahem, "Frank Crummit". Thank you.
9. ''Hold On I'm Coming" by Sam and Dave. I vividly remember as if 'twere yesterday the day I saw the amazing Stax circus come to town. And best of all I remember Sam and Dave striding on stage from either side and meeting in front of Booker T's gang all hammering away like it was the encore already-very exciting. Once again how can mere words convey etc. etc.
Goldie does a version of this song which apparently accentuates the title's erotic possibilities - more power to her, er, elbow and everything, I say; but nevertheless I doubt if her version matches the original in terms of pure musical excitement. On the other hand, there's probably no such thing as pure musical excitement – apart from The Old Grey Whistle Test of course.
The way Stax records were recorded made them perfect for discotheques rather than posh stereo systems etc, on which, like many good dance records e.g. west-Indian dance records, they sound comparatively stark and dry. Conversely, many so-called "well-produced" records, when pumped out over a busy dance floor, are about as helpful to dancers as a carpet of wet cement. I mention this because it's puzzling trying to work out why things are or have been popular, if you don't take into account the original context. I'd like to continue in this vein and discuss the amphibious life of the sea lion but I know enough about joumalism to know that you're supposed to stick to the point. So here's my last record.
10. "Get Out Of My Life Woman" by Lee Dorsey/Allen Toussaint. These two made a series of great singles, and if anybody's got a spare copy of the LP of this title they made together, I'll give anything except perhaps my right arm for it. I gather Lee Dorsey's not working as a singer any more, runs a garage or something. Never mind we've still got John Mayall. Toussaint belongs to the great tradition of musicians from New Orleans with names thought up by a French Stanley Unwin. Some of my favourite of these voodoo-swamped names include Bechet, 'Slow-drag' Pavageau, Alphonse Picou, Barney Bigard, Joseph 'Zigaboo' on drums on this particular record but whoever it is ought to be famous. He saved my bacon, anyway, by showing me a way to combine the triplet feel of the earlier swing bands with the more violent military-band-derived eighth note feel favoured in moderb rock circles. Now I hastily leave you to ponder the exact meaning, if any , of the phrase 'modern rock circles'.
Daevid Allen on meeting William Burroughs:
[from Magnet Magazine, 1999-10-01:]
Allen soon left London and relocated to Paris, where he lived at the Beat Hotel. "One of the first people I met was (William) Burroughs," says Allen. "I moved into the room that Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky had just vacated, and Burroughs was looking for a jazz band to play while he performed dramatic versions of (his cut-up book) The Ticket That Exploded with Ian Somerville and Brion Gysin. My room was right next door to Brion's — he was doing interesting tape loops similar to Terry Riley, who was around, too. Burroughs invited me up to his room and said, 'Well Dave, there's two ways that I can communicate this information to you. One way will take 30 years and the other will take five minutes. Which way you do want it?' Anticipating instant sodomy, I said, 'I think I'll take the 30 years.' He was happy with that and told me, 'I've got this job and I want you to play.' We put on the show and there was the weirdest collection of people in the audience. Burroughs had one scene with nuns shooting each other up with huge syringes. Terry Riley came, and we ended up playing together outside in the street with motorscooter motors, electric guitar and poetry. It was wild."
[from The Scotsman, 2009-11-20:]
The 71-year-old majordomo of incorrigible hippy space-rockers Gong had fled the conservatism of his native Australia in search of wild adventure and beatnik cool, pitching up in Paris where Burroughs was holding court in the Beat Hotel. "It was 1961 and I was more than a little intimidated by him," says Allen. "But he wanted me to play music at his poetry readings — I was a jazzer back then — so he suggested we first go up to his room where he got behind this desk like some Brooklyn insurance salesman. 'Well, Daevid,' he said, 'there are two ways of doing this. One way will take ten minutes, the other will take the rest of your life.' I assumed the first way might have involved sodomy so I opted for the latter.'


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Marcus Braddock looks ahead to Sunday's trip to Bolton
The last time we played Bolton was a couple of seasons ago and we lost both games as the Trotters followed Sheffield United into the Championship. Since then, the fortunes of both those clubs couldn't be more diverse with United becoming the toast of the Premier League and Wanderers rooted to the bottom of League One. The reasons for their low position is a 12 point deduction for entering financial administration, which is always sad to see from a fans point of view. Obviously the lack of finances is also a contributory factor to their league position and as sad as it is, this is a pattern we've seen before in this division. Like Icarus, as clubs attempt to fly ever higher, they diminish their means for staying there and end up passing us as they fall.
As we already know, the impact of their financial punishments has been that relegation is almost certain but for a superhuman effort that on current form seems unlikely. The early weeks of the season saw them lose or draw pretty much every game until September when they started to draw more than they lost. This seems to have roughly coincided with new owners arriving and appointing Keith Hill as manager with Wanderers suffering just five defeats in their fifteen games since then. They've also kept five clean sheets since Hill arrived, as opposed to just one before his arrival.
The Trotters have six points so far in SkyBet League One which includes the 12 point deduction, so even without the deduction, they would still be in the bottom three by two points. However, if looked at over the last eight games, Bolton's form is actually better than our own by two points with a 50% win record and only a couple of defeats. Their last two of games have seen them win 3-2 at home to Southend and then draw 0-0 at Sunderland on Boxing Day in League One.
They've been pretty good at home since October, losing just once, in the F.A. Cup against Plymouth and beating the likes of Fleetwood, Man City Under 21's and Milton Keynes. The one major blip for Hill's Bolton was the 7-1 demolition they suffered at the hands of Accrington which was a reminder of some of the heavy defeats before Hill arrived although the Trotters were down to ten men after a quarter of an hour when defender Josh Earl was sent off.
Top scorer for Bolton is 36-year-old Irishman Daryl Murphy with six goals since joining them in September. The 6'2 striker has had successful spells in England with Ipswich, where he scored 50 times in 133 games and more recently with Notts Forest, where he scored thirteen times in 60 games between July 2017 and closed season 2019.
Top on assists for Bolton is 28-year-old Doncaster Loan midfielder Ali Crawford, who has three after just 9 games since joining in September. Crawford started his career with Hamilton where he made over 200 appearances and scored almost 40 goals. He made the move to England in 2018 when he Joined Doncaster but he's not been a regular starter at the Keepmoat Stadium and opted for game-time at Bolton. Sadly, he's been sidelined since last October, which leaves striker Joe Dodoo who has two assists so far this season.
The 24-year-old striker was signed in October and has two goals to add to his two assists from thirteen games in all competitions. The ex-Leicester City trainee has also spent time with Rangers, Charlton and Blackpool since arriving in the U.K. from Ghana aged eight.
Michael Salisbury from Lancashire. Games this season: 19. Yellow cards: 58. Red cards: 8
Neither manager has reported any fresh injury concerns. Ollie Norburn still is getting over a bug and might not feature.
Sam Ricketts has mentioned his fondness for Bolton, having spent four years there, he's also cautioned against complacency, given their recent problems.
This is going to be a much more difficult game than it may have been if we'd played Bolton earlier this season but it won't be the first time a team has had an injection of cash partway through the season. I have a feeling that the next time we play Bolton, it may be a fair a bit more difficult again, with a transfer window about to open. However, the current reality is that we can expect a tough game against a hard-working team that will give very little away.

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Titan Comics released the first volume of their newest Doctor Who graphic novel adaptation today, Doctor Who Vol. 1: Alternating Current, which is written by Jody Houser and features art from Roberta Ingranata.
The story sees the Tenth Doctor collide with the Thirteenth Doctor, teaming up to battle Sea Devils. The pair is assisted by Rose Tyler, marking her official return to the comics.
To help promote the new release, we worked with Titan to kick off their blog tour for Doctor Who Vol. 1: Alternating Current. We were able to speak with writer Jody Houser and learn about how she feels the comic book medium offers a chance for different story-telling, her research process for the series, why the Sea Devils were chosen as the villains, and more!
In addition to her comments, we have also included some interior art courtesy of Titan Comics.
"Probably the closest [thing I've worked on] would be Faith and the Future Force at Valiant, which is also a time-traveling story about trying to undo damage to the timestream."
"Comics, like every storytelling medium, has its unique strengths, but one of my personal favorite things about comics is that it really lets you see an artistic team's view of that world. Working with Roberta and Eren over the years has been a real joy, particularly in seeing the new planets and aliens they create that still feel very much like Doctor Who."
"[When doing research], I try to watch a lot of relevant episodes, both in terms of the Doctor and the aliens/other characters that appear. [Choosing the Sea Devils as antagonists] was something of a group decision when breaking this story... We wanted to see a classic favorite who hadn't yet appeared in our run of the comics."
"I think we keep getting bigger. Multiple Doctors, a timeline in flux, Sea Devils AND Skithra? We're juggling a lot, but it's a LOT of fun."
What do you guys think? Does this seem like a title you'll be adding to your collection?
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