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PORNOGRAPHER FOR HIRE
Toiling at day labor in the world of smut.
In 1978, the Reverend Jim Jones, a self-proclaimed Apostolic Socialist Preacher, increased the world-wide awareness of Kool Aid immeasurably, by moving his "People's Temple" flock from the city of San Francisco to an obscure corner of Northwest Guyana, where he led them in a ritualistic mass suicide, leaving over nine hundred rotting, bloated corpses for the world's Paparazzi to record for posterity. At Camp David, in rural Maryland, Egypt and Israel shook hands on a peace agreement while, in Lawrenceville Georgia, Larry Flynt, the publisher of Hustler Magazine, was paralyzed by gun shots from an unknown assailant. In England, the birth of the world's first test tube baby was recorded – conceived through In Vitro Fertilization. Before the year would end, Atlantic City would legalize gambling, the Love Canal would be declared a federal disaster, and Garfield the Cat would enter syndication. In the Spring of 1978 I got a call from Roy Seretsky, who had an office in New York's Film Center Building where I also had space for years. I knew Roy only slightly, and he knew me mostly by reputation. He also knew of my association with Dibi (Robert 'Dibi' DiBernardo) and the Gambino crime family. I was considered a protected guy, which meant I was untouchable, a status I reveled in. Dibi, in deference to my friendship with the late John Liggio, had kept the status of "connected" from our relationship. Instead I was considered a "friend" of the family, and friends were protected, without the reciprocity that would be demanded of a "connected" guy, or an "associate". An ideal situation.
New York's Film Center housed everyone from the makers of Deep Throat to many Oscar winners.
A year before, I had met Roy during the shooting of 'Fiona on Fire', a movie I was reluctant to direct. Fiona was written and produced by Ken Schwartz, who owned a film editing facility a few floors above my office in the Film Center. Schwartz was an affable man who I had gotten to know through renting his editing rooms to do post production on Waterpower, a movie I had produced a year earlier. Ken couldn't get over Waterpower – how well he thought it turned out, and how absurdly kinky it was. He mentioned to me more that once that, if he ever got the opportunity to produce a film of his own, I would be the only director he would consider. I had been directing adult films for six years, and had always written and produced my own projects, a situation that I was not anxious to change. Working with long-time collaborator, cameraman Bill Markle, I had always written and produced everything myself. But Ken was relentless, and suddenly the opportunity presented itself. He had written a script based on Otto Preminger's 1944 classic "Laura" and, through Roy Seretsky, had come up with the
Marlene Willoughby meets a sad end in FIONA ON FIRE, a movie I never wanted to direct.
money to produce it. The idea of working with someone else's material was unappealing to me, and I declined Ken's offer. But sometimes a situation can dictate a change in direction. A film I was planning had been cancelled by its backers, who were restructuring and temporarily out of business, and I found myself unemployed. This, combined with Ken's relentless pursuit and offers of a hefty director's fee, changed my position. So I took the job and hated every minute of it. Although I was allowed to hire Markle as the Director of Photography, that hire was my limit. Ken had written a complicated screenplay, with tricky dialogue that even experienced actors would have trouble with, and he expected porn performers, who had difficulty with the simplest scripts, to deal with it. It was impossible. Not only had Ken written the script, but he would also do the casting, so that actors I didn't know, who had little experience, and even less talent would show up on the set to wrangle with dialogue they had no hope of delivering in any believable way. And, as the film's director, I was supposed to sort all of this out – make it happen. It was hopeless. Bill Markle did a great job, as always, giving the movie a professional look, but the performance of most of the cast was laughable. At the end of every shooting day, after begging Ken to
After FIONA ON FIRE I swore I'd never hire myself out as a director again.
simplify the dialogue, I swore I'd never do anything like this again. Two or three times, during Fiona's eight shooting days, Roy Seretsky would show up on the set, look around, and then quickly disappear. I had maybe one or two conversations with him, certainly nothing memorable. A year after we wrapped the set on Fiona, I was surprised to hear from him. Roy had one of the most unique jobs in show business. He scouted investment opportunities in theatrical and motion picture production for organized crime, particularly the Bonanno family. He had put together financial packages for many Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", which had enjoyed a long and profitable Off-Broadway run, was wholly Bonanno funded, the arrangements made by Roy. Their biggest success was twenty percent ownership of "Cats", which made them a fortune. On the film side, Roy was offered all or part of almost everything produced by Dino DeLaurentis. Roy had backers for a script that my old nemesis
The Broadway Musical CATS was mafia owned, and made the boys downtown a fortune.
Ken Schwartz had written and wanted to direct, a comedy/sex version of Dracula. The budget was huge, maybe $150,000, which was more money than had ever been spent on what would still have to be considered a porno movie. The script was hilarious, but the backers were nervous. Roy asked me to meet with him, along with some of the Colombo people. My part in this meeting would be to act as consultant in order to advise them on the profitability of the project. The meeting was held at Lanza's Restaurant, on First Avenue and Twelfth Street. Roy, myself, and two of the Colombo people would participate. My good friend and sponsor John Liggio, a ranking member in the Colombo family, had died of lung cancer a few years before, and I recognized one of the Colombos from the funeral. He worked under John, and knew of our friendship, so the mood of the meeting was warm and friendly. They laid their cards on the table and I advised them as best I could. Ken Schwartz, who wrote the script and was lobbying to direct it, wanted to cast Jack Wrangler, a notoriously gay porno actor, famous for his live-in relationship with singer Margaret Whiting, as Dracula. Mafia members are born homophobes, and they were nervous about putting up the
Lanza's Restaurant on First Avenue was kept open for meetings like this one.
biggest budget ever spent on a heterosexual porno movie (Dracula) starring a notoriously gay actor (Jack Wrangler). Wrangler had told Schwartz that if he got the part his good friend, famous Broadway wardrobe designer, William Ivey Long, would do the costumes. A stage-struck Schwartz was smitten with the idea of Long's participation and, although I had no idea how that would add to the project's profitability, I continued to listen. I heard them out and told them what I thought. Ken's script was hilarious, and had real possibilities if correctly handled. I had met Wrangler a few times and liked him. I told them that Jack might make a very campy and funny Dracula. When asked if I would cast him I told them that, with a budget this big, it could be risky. I suggested that if the decision were mine I would cast Jamie Gillis as the moody vampire. On the Schwartz/directing issue I told them that he would probably be fine, but he should be closely watched. First time directors have a tendency to overshoot, and in 35MM that could lead to stock and lab overages that could be substantial. The meeting ended and we went our separate ways. I left the meeting hungry because the food at Lanza's was awful. The place was kept open exclusively for meetings like this one, not for its cuisine.
Jack Wrangler, pictured here with his main squeeze singer Margaret Whiting, would have made a funny, campy Dracula, but the mob's homophobia wouldn't allow it.
A few days later Roy called. He asked me if, as a favor (a big word with these guys), I would take the job of assistant director on the picture in order to keep an eye on Schwartz. I declined. Having an obvious spy in the crew would only serve to make the first time director nervous. Roy had his back-up offer ready. He said that if I would direct the movie for a flat fee he would hire Gillis to play the lead, and I would have final say on all casting. This would mean a month in the city, and I had been training for a major dressage competition in Rhinebeck in a few weeks, so this was not an appealing idea. Also, it seemed like Fiona redux, which was an awful thought. But I knew that, if I said no, the Colombo's would pressure the Gambinos, and I would get a call from Dibi suggesting I do this for the good of all concerned. So I caved. During pre-production it became obvious that the whole project was quickly becoming a mess, but there was one exception. Ken Schwartz, who had been kicked upstairs as Producer, and was becoming strangely
Jamie Gillis wound up playing the moody vampire. He was my first and only choice.
unstable, had hired a typist/PA on the production who caught my eye. He was a skinny, mousy guy with thick glasses, and a mid-western accent, who seemed to be an island of quietly assertive competence in the sea of chaos that this production was becoming. This was Mark Silverman, who would become my producer and friend for the duration of my tenure as a pornographer. The shooting of "Dracula Exotica" took over three weeks. I had a script supervisor and even an assistant. There was a production manager named Bill Milling, who I loathed on sight, and the biggest crew I had ever seen, much less worked with. Ken Schwartz spent most of his time going over sketches with William Ivey Long, the famous Broadway wardrobe designer, who took the job because he thought his friend Jack
Broadway costume designer William Ivey Long, who thought his friend Jack Wrangler was playing the lead, quit after the first week of shooting.
Wrangler was going to play the lead. Long quit after a week. The first night of pre-production, Milling and I got into it over something. As the shouting got louder, and the tension approached the red line, Mark Silverman, who was the lowest ranking production assistant in the crew and had the title "typist", walked right over to the shouting parties and said, "Hey, do either of you two assholes want coffee?" I was in love. With one line Mark was able to diffuse the argument, and even get a few laughs. My kind of guy.
Dracula Exotic turned out to be a big disappointment.
I was happy with the look of the dailies. If only Ken Schwartz could handle post-production, he'd have a huge hit on his hands. By the end of the first week of shooting Schwartz, who had been growing more unstable with each production day, had a nervous breakdown. It seems that earlier in the day, William Ivey Long, the wardrobe designer, who was disappointed at the absence of Jack Wrangler, quit the project, and Ken flipped out. I was in a screening with Bill Markle and Robbie Lutrell, the special effects designer, when Mark Silverman burst in. "We have a big problem", he said. "Ken has flipped out, and Bill Milling is running around like a lunatic, making phone calls and telling anyone who'll listen that he's taking over the picture". I told Mark to get Roy Seretsky on the phone. I told him not to give details, but that he should get over here right away. Ken was sitting behind his desk mumbling something and had become completely dysfunctional. I guess that being responsible for this sized budget had gotten to him. Anyway, Roy showed up and straightened Milling out, and we kept shooting. Ken gradually recovered his ability to speak and by the end of shooting seemed normal, but wasn't. The responsibility for the huge budget had gotten to him, and the loss of his famous wardrobe designer was the last straw. He never seemed to recover his original enthusiasm for the project. Ultimately, Dracula Exotica was a real disappointment. The cast, particularly Jamie Gillis, Vanessa Del Rio, and Bobby Astyr were terrific. The sets were elaborate. The locations were lush and inventive. Ken's script was funny. But the picture just never worked. Schwartz, who seemed to have lost all faith in the production, and in order to save a few shekels, hired Robby Lutrell, the special effects designer on the project, who had never edited anything in his life, to cut the picture. The dailies had great potential, but the finished picture was flat. Robby couldn't cut sex, and he couldn't cut comedy, a bad combination. Dracula Exotica could have been a breakthrough picture for all concerned but, because Ken cheaped out in post production, all that expensive footage, that took us all so many long shooting days to achieve, was wasted. If asked, I probably would have cut the film for nothing, and the result might have been quite different. But I wasn't, and this time I swore, and stuck to it, never to work as a hired gun again.
In the 1970's, New York's Pussycat Theater, owned by the Bonanno crime family, was the number one venue in the country.
I'm going to take a moment here to explain why adult movies with big budgets like Dracula Exotica were, from an investor's point of view, pure folly. During the Seventies there were a finite number of first run adult movie houses in major cities, just as there were a finite number of second and third run (where the real profit was made) houses in the suburbs and rural areas. In 1978, the year I made Dracula Exotica, a Porn Feature made its reputation playing the big houses in NY and LA. This assured that picture of major play in the rest of the big cities. The biggest play date
Mickey Zaffarano, a Bonanno family Capo, operated the Pussycat Theater for the mob, He died of a heart attack during an FBI raid on the theater.
was the Pussycat Theater in NYC. The Pussycat played the biggest pictures, not because of their quality, but because of the familial connection of the backers. Since the Pussycat was owned and operated by New York's Bonanno crime family, it stood to reason that a Bonanno funded picture would be first choice, guaranteeing a nice profit for its investors. A full page rave review, written by Al Goldstein, would appear in Screw the week of the opening, with quotes galore, available for the print ads and one-sheets. Goldstein was on the Bonanno's payroll, and did what he was told. If no Bonanno funded picture was available then a Gambino funded picture would play the house, followed by a Colombo funded picture, etc. The rule of thumb was that the first run houses in major cities made back the picture's negative cost, and the second and third run houses in the hinterland made the profit. The same is true in television, where the network run makes back the production cost, and syndication makes the real profit.
The formula was: Dollar one of profit was reached at 2.5 X negative cost.
So a Movie like Dracula Exotica, which had a production cost of $150,000 and additional lab costs (internegative, and release prints) of $30,000 had a total negative cost of $180,000. This meant that it would not make dollar one of profit until it grossed $450,000. That's a number that might take years to reach. The only reason that the budget was so big was to make Ken Schwartz feel good about himself. He convinced Roy Seretsky, who arranged the financing, that he could produce a "Breakthrough" movie that would make them all rich and Roy bought into Ken's fantasy, a bad decision, from a purely business point of view.
When I was approached by Cal Young, that same year, to make a picture with Dom Cataldo's money, I was careful about how I approached it. This was Cal's first attempt at a "better" movie, and I liked both of these guys, and wanted them to do well. Also I had a piece of it. So I designed the production to maximize profitability. I came up with a great title (Afternoon Delights), wrote a screenplay that revealed itself in vignettes (more bang for the buck), shot the movie in 16MM, specifically designed to be blown-up to a 35MM internegative, and limited the 35MM release print run to ten (you rarely needed more). Dom Cataldo was a highly ranked sub-boss in the Colombo family with gambling operations in Brooklyn and Queens, so opening Afternoon Delights at the Pussycat was assured. That would mean that the two pictures would have pretty much the same play dates throughout their runs.
Let's compare them: THE TALE OF THE TAKE:
Dracula was ultimately a disappointment to its backers.
DRACULA EXOTICA: "The Heavyweight Champ and disappointment to its backers"
Negative cost $180,000
Dollar one of profit reached at $450,000.
Gross revenues (as of '83) $550,000. (I know this number because Seretsky, who was pissed at Ken Schwartz, told me)
Profit: $100,000. or 56% of its negative cost.
Afternoon Delights turned out to be a cash cow for its investors.
AFTERNOON DELIGHTS: "The Lightweight Challenger, and little known cash cow"
Negative cost $60,000 (production cost $40,000…blow up and print run $20,000)
Gross revenues (as of '83) $500,000.
Profit $350,000. or 580% of its negative cost.
Which investment would you rather have made? The moral to this story is that, back in 1978, as long as you were connected, spending more than $60,000 on an adult movie was pure folly. Other than freakishly profitable blockbusters like, Deep Throat, Behind the Green Door, and some others, most adult movies made the same money, provided they were 'Family' financed, and looked good. The pictures I made for Reuben Sturman a few years later were made with video in mind somewhere down the road, so they had to appeal to a wider audience, namely couples. Sturman wanted a "Look", was willing to pay for it, and it was money well spent. He had the foresight to understand where the business was going. At this point the 'Families' were coming to the conclusion that there was more money in heroin and cocaine than in porn, which was basically the end of them.
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In July 2017, we marked the announcement that Sites B and F had formally been dropped from council plans to build a new East P&R by making a speech at umbrella group Bath Deserves Better's public meeting. We thanked the council for taking this brave and sensible decision then went on to set out the need to permanently put the Meadows beyond risk of development. We called for a far better understanding as to why people are in their cars and what would motivate them out of them (before we lurch to the next similar situation, as risked by the council statement that it already had an alternative list of schemes to deliver) and for a much more consistent adherence to the Nolan Principles of Public Life. Follow these links for the Speech and Slides
In May 2017, during the Spring 2017 campaign for the West of England Mayor, we met with candidates from the Green Party, LibDems and Labour. The Conservative candidate who was subsequently elected, Tim Bowles, did not respond to our invitation to meet and discuss the best way to solve Bath's transport issues while also protecting Bathampton Meadows. Here is the presentation we shared with those we met.
In Feburary 2017, opposition Councillors 'called-in' the cabinet decision of 25th January and the BMA both submitted a report and spoke at the meeting alongside the Bath Preservation Trust, Transition Bath and National Trust. We spoke about the sub-standard nature of the Cabinet paper, the superficial and inaccurate nature of the rationale subsequently published, as well as other aspects of the call-in, such as the misrepresentation of the public consultation. Although the majority Conservatives on the panel all voted against the call-in and it wasn't upheld, we had strong support from our own Ward Councillors and opposition members on the panel for which we are very grateful. We have published a letter to supporters following the meeting.
In January 2017, the Cabinet took a decision about a preferred site that we believe to be unsound. Here is our initial review of the B&NES paper
In January 2017, we submitted a complaint concerning written reports made to Council and Cabinet.
In late October 2016 we released a video that illustrated the under-usage of Odd Down car park. This car park is so rarely at capacity that giant weeds cover sections of it. The Council has since cut these plants back and tried to say that it was overspill for Christmas Market time. This is simply not the case – the original planning application to extend Odd Down makes no reference whatsoever to any areas being overspill or peak parking. The forecasts put in front of the planning committee were plain wrong. Worryingly, the same forecast tool is being used for the east of Bath.
In early October 2016 we met with the new Council Chief Executive Ashley Ayre to talk him through the reasons for our campaign and set out a summary of our research. If you're new to the campaign this is a good starting point to have a read through.
In May 2016 we responded to a new set of forecasts released by the Council that tied the success of a new east of Bath P&R to providing a bus shuttle to the RUH hospital, despite the hospital opening a car park of the same size in the same period and having not asked the Council to provide this facility. The forecast usage of the park and ride was also at odds with peoples' daily lives and showed that the car park would continue filling until 3pm when it would then remain far fuller later in the evening that any existing park and ride in the city. There was no explanation as to why our lives would alter in this way and it was only because we turned a table of data into a chart that we could identify what was being put forward.
In March/April 2016 we commissioned automated traffic counts in Batheaston for five weeks to measure the impact of the holidays on traffic levels. This was in response to the clear change in congestion patterns seen in the area when schools are off and also out of frustration that the Officer in charge of the park and ride proposals has a wider remit than just park and ride and yet had dismissed the school run as a "non-issue" at the March public Scrutiny Day to examine an integrated solution for the East. Such refusal to engage with the issue of the school run persists today.
In March 2016 we took part in the Scrutiny Day to examine an integrated transport solution for the East of Bath. This was a session that had been agreed in the November 2015 Council resolution and attended by a range of speakers and participants. At this session we expanded on the ideas we had set out in February at the Bailbrook House Hotel and brought new information about critical parking reports that had been withheld from the Public Consultation and report to Full Council in 2015. In the afternoon we participated in a workshop to explore alternatives to an East park and ride. We were extremely disappointed in the Scrutiny Panel write up and recommendations following this day, which itself had clearly concluded against a large-scale Park and Ride for the east of Bath. Our publications from this meeting were:
Our Report and Presentation
A statement of the things we had heard as participants on the day
Our recommendations for consideration by the panel following the day, including alternative transport solutions
Our response to the report published by the Council following the day
In February 2016 we held a public meeting at the Bailbrook House Hotel, attended by Council Leader Tim Warren, Strategic Director Place Louise Fradd, Cllrs Liz Richardson, Alison Millar, Martin Veal and Geoff Ward. At this meeting we set out the background traffic and pollution situation to the East of Bath, as well as the under-usage of the existing Park and Rides. We focused too on the lack of research and data in the process, especially why people travel around Bath and who might use any new park and ride. We explained to the meeting that it would contravene the EU air quality directive to site a park and ride in an area, such as the Meadows Basin, where pollution would reach illegal levels. We did this in a way not presented in any of the Public Consultation materials, which themselves had lacked any robust data.

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What made the day that much better was having on the most comfortable dress. Not only that but it's cute! When it comes to style I first prefer comfort and this dress is just that. The kids and I are all wearing Old Navy and I think they would agree with me that we sure do love a good Old Navy outfit! Be sure to shop our looks above.
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Mangesh Ghogre is a crossword constructor who has had puzzles published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. He is credited as being the first Indian to have constructed crosswords for the LA Times and the Wall Street Journal. His crosswords have also been featured in publications like Games and World of Puzzles.

Ghogre was recognized as the first India-based crossword constructor for the Los Angeles Times in 2010 and in 2012 became the first Indian to judge The New York Times crossword puzzle tournament. In 2014, the New York Times published one of Ghogre's crosswords for the US Independence Day edition on July 4 which was aimed at bringing the people of India and the US closer together.

In 2019, Mangesh Ghogre created a Mahatma Gandhi-themed crossword to celebrate his 150th birth anniversary, which the NYT published on October 2.

Career
His interest in crosswords began in the year 1997, when, in order to develop a good vocabulary for the GMAT, he started solving crosswords originally published in the Los Angeles Times.

After several rejections, his first crossword was published in the Los Angeles Times. As a tribute to the city of Mumbai, he published another crossword in the LA Times with the byline "Mangesh Mumbaikar Ghogre". Ghogre also continues to participate as a judge in the world's largest crossword tournament, the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

Ghogre is an investment banker by profession. A resident of Mumbai, Ghogre is an alumnus of Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), from which he graduated as a mechanical engineer, and NMIMS, where he secured an MBA degree with specialisation in finance. In June 2019, Ghogre was featured in Fortune magazine'a annual list of the 40 under-40 sharpest minds in business.

Ghogre also contributes to the "Speaking Tree" column of the Times of India.

In 2022, he was granted the prestigious Einstein Visa for his extraordinary skills in making American crosswords.

In December 2022, Mangesh Ghogre resigned from Nomura and moved to the US. According to The Economic Times, Nomura completed 27 IPOs while Ghogre was employed as the head of the bank's equity capital markets division, including a number of deals worth over $500 million.

References

Crossword compilers
Living people
1980 births

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During my fledgling medical career, I've come across a variety of diseases and drug names that make no damn sense. Half the battle in learning pharmacology is being able to repeat drug names that sound more like the title of a D-movie playing at 3 a.m. on the sci-fi channel than comprehensible english (Seriously, you try to pronounce Levetiracetam or Eculizumab).
However, no drug or disease or anatomical structure with a ridiculous name has truly bothered me like pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. When I first laid eyes on this asinine collection of letters on page 331 of my 2017 edition of First Aid, I was immediately taken aback. I read it to myself several times over, trying to see if my mind or eyes were playing tricks on me. To my dismay and disappointment, there truly exists a disease named pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism.
I tried to deconstruct this monstrosity piece by piece. "Hypoparathyroidism" is easy enough. "Pseudo Hypoparathyroidism" also makes intuitive sense. You know, like hypothyroidism, but not really. By why, why deities of the medical world, why would anyone in their right mind discover this disease, and add another "pseudo" in there? Pseudo-pseudo-hypoparathyroidism. Like I said, if pseudohypoparathyroidism is kind of like hypoparathyroidism, but not really, what does that make its successor – kind of like that disease that's kind of like hypoparathyroidism but not really, but not really. This has caused me a great deal of distress, if you couldn't tell. Who would do such a thing?
There are only two explanations that make sense – either Fuller Albright wanted to troll and haunt medical students long after he passed away, or – he was completely stoned. Believe what you wish, but I personally subscribe to the latter theory.
Being a creative scientific mind full of intrigue, Fuller then swiped some weed from the lab. He went back to his research to further study parathyroid endocrinology, fueled by his cannabinoid creative spark. Eventually, he noticed patterns and discovered a disease presenting similarly to his previous discovery of pseudohypoparathyroidism, with a slight twist.
I can picture the exact moment. Surrounded by colleagues and research assistants, Mr Albright was adorned in his white coat, stroking his facial stubble while periodically taking puffs of a cannabis-tobacco mixture in his pipe. The room was silent and all that could be heard was the flickering combustion in his smoking apparatus. Behind glossy blood-shot eyes, he pondered… 'what shall I name this disease, which is a slight variation of my previous discovery, pseudohypoparathyroidism'.
At last the silence was broken. With a slight grin, Albright smugly claimed – "I've got it". The others in the room looked at the doctor amidst the smoke cloud, as he continued… "Pseudo-PSEUDO-hypoparathyroidism". He thought to himself – genius. The colleagues sat there puzzled, thinking… this guy is stoned out of his mind. Nevertheless, these spineless yes-men were afraid to contradict their superior, as Dr. Alright was a man of significant scientific pedigree after all.
Shame on them. Shame on them all. Because now, we are left with a glaring blight in the medical canon – pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. I sit here, writing this post, still equally puzzled and frustrated, that a man achieves the pinnacle of a scientific career decides to give his discovery the dumbest name of all time.
It's an insult to the profession. You know, I see internet click-bait posts and Facebook rants all the time about the public's distrust of doctors. It is both frustrating and often unfounded. But I mean, how is the public supposed to trust doctors when one of our own named a disease "pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism"?
Don't get me wrong – it's not the long, convoluted, Chinese finger trap of a name that floors me, because that comes with the territory of medicine. What really keeps me up at night about pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism is the fact that he could have named this disease anything else. I mean, he didn't have to go full Virchow and name everything he discovered after his last name, but come on, just name the damn thing "Fuller's Hypoparathyroidism" and call it a day.
If there is one positive about this senselessly named disease, it's that I'm pretty sure I won't get a question on pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism wrong on Step 1.
Or maybe the ghost of Fuller Albright will haunt me for writing this post on test day and I will get it wrong. Now that would be the ultimate tragedy.


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Barbados MP Take Shots At Buju Banton Over Drug Conviction
by M. Stephens May 10, 2019
M. Stephens Author
Buju Banton maybe free from prison but his "Long Walk To Freedom" continues.
A Barbados government official has taken a swipe at the Grammy-winning reggae star over his past drug conviction. Buju Banton drew a massive crowd to his concert in Barbados two weekends ago bringing out major star powers like Rihanna and some high-level government officials who were in attendance at the show. St Philip North Member of Parliament Dr. Sonia Browne was speaking during a recent debate about substance abuse where she made some disparaging remarks about the Gargamel.
"I don't think we quite understand the seriousness of drug use and abuse," Browne said. "Let me clear it by saying I am a fan of Buju Banton; I admire his music. But when we got a society that more or less romanticizes a gentleman coming out of prison after spending a decade of incarceration on drug charges; when on his long walk to freedom – I'm not too sure from where – but when we can romanticize that, and greet somebody like this at the airport and give them one of the biggest concerts."
Buju Banton reggae singer
Browne insists that she loves Buju Banton music, but she is not in support of him performing at a sold-out show in Barbados because of his drug conviction. "We have a man like Mr. Banton, that stepped out of prison and I'm sure is a virtual millionaire. We need to change the focus of who we look up to for young people," the MP continues.
A rep for Buju Banton told Urban Islandz that the singer is aware of the criticisms and fight that he is currently receiving.
"Buju is aware of the fight that he is getting, and he did expect it even before it started happening," the singer's rep said. "This is why his tour is called 'Long Walk To Freedom.' We knew that being freed from prison doesn't mean your free. We knew that his journey would be long. Believe me, when I say that Buju Banton is the strongest person I know mentally, this will not deter him. The 'Long Walk To Freedom' continues."
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GALERIE SONO invites you to the opening reception of our 2017 Welcome to Spring Show featuring more than 20 new paintings by international superstar Hunt Slonem.
The artist will be signing copies of his new hardcover book entitled Birds during the reception between 6 – 9pm. Click here to view a selection of his paintings.
We've had a great start to 2017. Galerie Sono is pleased to announce representation of 3 exciting new artists and to welcome back an old friend. Casimir Ferrer is a French artist who creates dynamic figurative paintings with bold colors and energetic movement such as "Reveillon a Paris" pictured below. To view additional paintings, click here.
Natale Addamiano is an Italian painter whose recent series "Ciele Stellati" (Starry Skies) has received international acclaim. We are pleased to present a wonderful selection of these paintings including "Mappa Stellare". For additional paintings by Addamiano, click here.
We are also pleased to exhibit for the first time colorful New York City scenes by Brazilian artist Rene Nascimento like "Times Sq. 7th Ave.
To view other paintings by Nascimento, click here.
Finally, the gallery is thrilled to have back the colorful landscape paintings by Brittany artist, Jean Duquoc whose work we sold to many collectors throughout the early 2000's.
Pictured here is another dramatic painting from his "Soleil Rouge" (Red Sun) series entitled "Un Couchant d'Automne" (Autumn Sunset). Click here to see additional works by Jean.
The gallery has a fantastic fresh new selection of paintings on display so we hope you will stop by this month to see all the new work.
Winter Group Show featuring new paintings by Richard Lang Chandler kicks off the New Year. Opening reception is Saturday, January 14th, 6-9 pm.
Our first show of 2017 is a group exhibition featuring new paintings by the newest member of our artist family, Richard Lang Chandler. Like so many artists, he has split his attention between fine art , most recently exhibiting with the former David Findlay Galleries in NYC, and advertising. His paintings simply buzz with vibrant colors whether portraying idyllic landscapes or populated cityscapes. His compositions feel familiar but with a dramatic interplay of bright light and cool shadow. His skies are typically bursting with strokes of many colors. His paintings are a treat for the eyes and reasonably priced for those with an interest in collecting. To view a selection of his paintings, click this link.
We also have a great selection of seascapes from Boston artist, Teri Malo that are amazing and well worth a trip to the gallery. New paintings from her studio neighbor, Janet Montecalvo will also dazzle the viewer with her finely detailed images of nostalgic neon signs and facades. We also have new paintings from Rimi Yang as well as a varied selection of paintings by Hunt Slonem, Carmelo Blandino, Craig Mooney, Kevin Fitzgerald and Onyeka Ibe. We hope you will stop by and enjoy the show.


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Midnight Cowboy: A Buck in New York
WHATEVER YOU HEAR ABOUT MIDNIGHT COWBOY IS TRUE.
Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. Photo: United Artists
When John Schlesinger went to Hollywood in the late 1960s, he had already made a career for himself as a thoroughly British filmmaker, capturing his country from all perspectives in several lauded movies. He showed the world Northern England in A Kind of Loving and Billy Liar; Darling was one of the first films about "swinging London"; and then he went out into the country (and back in time) for Far From the Madding Crowd.
Schlesinger may not have seemed like the perfect guy to depict contemporary New York City, but it's often true that it takes the eye of a stranger to spot what's special about a place. This Englishman takes us to the seedy underbelly of the city, the way it looked at the time, but as in Darling he also captures the counterculture of the era.
Hoping to become a male prostitute
Joe Buck (Jon Voight), a dishwasher in Texas, has a plan. He quits his job and gets on a bus headed to New York where he intends to become a male prostitute, hoping to attract rich women with his cowboy outfit. It doesn't go well; one of his first encounters ends with him paying the woman. Joe is a naive man, unfamiliar with the city and its hustlers. One of them is Rico Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), called "Ratso", a sickly thief with a limp who takes Joe to a pimp he recommends, earning $20 from the Texan. "Rizzo's "help" turns out to be a scam. After a few miserable days where Joe is locked out of his hotel room after failing to pay the bill, Joe suddenly runs into Rizzo again. At first, Joe threatens to beat him up, but he ends up staying at Rizzo's place, letting him teach him how to hustle…
Turning half the novel into flashbacks
This is an excellent way to adapt a novel. James Leo Herlihy's "Midnight Cowboy", published in 1965, spends a good part chronicling Joe Buck's life in Texas and New Mexico where he tries to form meaningful relationships while growing up, only to learn that most boys and girls he meets are interested in his body, not him as a person. The relationships he does have, with his grandmother and a girl, end in tragedy. It's only later in the novel that Joe comes to New York and meets Rizzo. Screenwriter Waldo Salt gives us a series of clues to Joe's personality and past by inserting flashbacks, staged by Schlesinger in an uncomfortable way that makes us understand that these are not pleasant memories for Joe.
A clear sign of the times in the film is the countercultural scene that Joe and Rizzo find themselves in.
His sexual ambivalence remains a potent theme and is one major reason why the film initially received an X rating; apparently, the young needed to be protected from gay influences. A clear sign of the times in the film is the countercultural scene that Joe and Rizzo find themselves in, visiting a party that looks like one of Andy Warhol's Factory hangouts; in fact, one of Warhol's best-known "superstars", Viva, makes an appearance there, and a socialite character in the film was reportedly inspired by another Warhol "superstar", Edie Sedgwick.
Two exceptional ingredients in this gritty, compelling film tower above everything else. One of them is the music, with John Barry's instrumental theme and Harry Nilsson's rendition of the 1966 song "Everybody's Talkin'" firmly lodged in one's brain after seeing the film. The other is Voight and Hoffman's performances. The former got his breakthrough and was famously paid minimum wage for a role that would earn him fame and an Oscar nomination; the latter was concerned that his role in The Graduate (1967) would typecast him as a nice, young man, but his transformation into a dirty, rugged con man is as convincing. It is their friendship that provides the film's devastatingly emotional core.
Midnight Cowboy 1969-U.S. 113 min. Color-B/W. Produced by Jerome Hellman. Directed by John Schlesinger. Screenplay: Waldo Salt. Novel: James Leo Herlihy. Music: John Barry. Editing: Hugh A. Robertson. Cast: Dustin Hoffman (Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo), Jon Voight (Joe Buck), Sylvia Miles (Cass), John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Barnard Hughes… Bob Balaban.
Trivia: Bob Dylan wanted to contribute "Lay Lady Lay" as the film's theme, but didn't finish the song in time.
Quote: "I'm walking here! I'm walking here!" (Hoffman)
Oscars: Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay. BAFTA: Best Film, Direction, Actor (Hoffman), Screenplay, Editing.
Last word: "I think one of the things that I've often been attracted to is a kind of fantasy/reality theme. That, for example, is one of the things that attracted me to Midnight Cowboy. I liked the notion of a fantasy about what New York was like to somebody who was really naive and the reality of the experience of going there in order to be a hustler, to make it. What drew me to the book finally, though, was its humanistic terms, the underlying seriousness of the theme of loneliness, the need for some kind of commitment from another human being. I felt there was a terrific movie there." (Schlesinger, Film Quarterly)
Tags: Best Picture Winners, Bob Balaban, Drama, Dustin Hoffman, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, LGBTQ, Sylvia Miles
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Movies made primarily for theaters, video on demand (VOD) or released straight to cable, video, DVD or Blu-ray receive a star rating from 1 to 5. This also applies to films originally made for a theatrical premiere but then sold to streaming services.


WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Sunday, October 5, 2014, Concerned Women for America and America Takes Action, Gov. Mike Huckabee's C4 organization, will hold a rally in Washington, D.C., to show support for Israel. The rally seeks to highlight the threat of global terrorism and the movement in the Middle East to squelch the nation of Israel.
"It's time for the United States to join together in prayer and support for Israel. I have been to Israel nearly 30 times over the past 41 years and have never seen the nation under such threat. Israel is our closest ally and friend in the Middle East, and they are suffering due to the weak policies of the Obama Administration. The president has done little to recognize the growing threat of Hamas. God has protected this tiny, but increasingly powerful nation, and it's time for the United States to do the same. Please join me in Washington, D.C., on October 5 to show Israel that we are with them and we pray for peace.
Upper Senate Park is north of the U.S. Capitol Building on the corner of New Jersey Avenue and Constitution Avenue.
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Registration is requested for the event. For more information or to register, click here.
For an interview with Penny Nance, please contact Alison Howard at ahoward@cwfa.org or 202-266-4816.
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Media who wish to attend the press event, please RSVP to Alison Howard at ahoward@cwfa.org.
Concerned Women for America is the nation's largest public policy women's organization with 500,000 participating members across the country, over 450 Prayer/Action Chapters and Home Teams, 600 trained leaders, and over 30 years of service to our nation.
America Takes ACTION (ATA) is Gov. Mike Huckabee's newly formed C4, founded on the principle that societal change is a result of good people uniting and acting together. ACTION stands for Activating Citizens to Impact Our Nation.


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Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is the primary tourist destination to see giant pandas in Chengdu. It is a non-profit research and breeding facility for giant pandas and other rare animals. The panda base is located at Futuoshan Mountain in northern suburbs of Chengdu with only about 10 kilometers from downtown Chengdu, and can be reached within 35 minutes by taxi.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is also known as Chengdu Panda Base. It is founded in 1987 for the purpose to protect the endangered pandas and some other rare species including giant pandas, lesser pandas, black-necked cranes, and white storks. In order to create the best natural environment for the rearing and breeding of giant pandas, verdant bamboo and other plants have been cultivated to provide diet and habitat for pandas. Also necessary facilities are constructed in the base.
Integrated scientific research and breeding of giant pandas, conservation education, tourism education, and panda cultural events, Chengdu Panda Base have made a lot for the education and scientific research of pandas. The Giant Panda Museum inside the panda base which was opened in 1993 was built to improve the scientific research and public awareness of the protection of wild animals. It is the only museum that theme in rare and endangered animals in the world. At the museum there are collections and exhibitions of pictures and materials that educates characteristics and habitat of giant pandas, and also efforts the base haven made. Also collections of specimens, fossils, and models of giant pandas are gathered in the museum.
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The 1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal was the first season of the DFB Ligapokal. It began on 5 July 1972 and ended on 6 June 1973.

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Knockout stage

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Final

References
Kicker Fußball-Almanach 1974  [Kicker Football-Almanac 1974] p. 36, Kicker
Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2001  [Kicker Football-Almanac 2001] p. 246, Kicker

External links
Kicker.de

See also
1972–73 DFB-Pokal
1972–73 Fußball-Bundesliga
1972–73 Fußball-Regionalliga

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U.S. Agriculture Trade: Overview and Update on Current and Emerging Issues
The U.S. agriculture sector is highly competitive in the global marketplace and has been a source of strength for the U.S. trade balance. Over the past quarter century, the negotiation of trade agreements, such as the WTO's Uruguay Round Agreement and NAFTA, have increased market access for U.S. farm exports and strengthened the rules that govern global trade. This success has also brought challenges, not only to import-sensitive farm segments, but also to exporting commodities that find themselves the target of foreign retaliation. Recently, China threatened retaliatory tariffs on a range of major U.S. commodities, in response to U.S. threats of action against China's intellectual property practices. These steps followed new U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminum, solar panels, and washing machines, which prompted Chinese dumping and countervailing duty investigations against U.S. sorghum exports. This seminar will review recent developments in U.S. agriculture trade, including the rising risks of a trade war with China, as well as the renegotiation of NAFTA and the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. It will also take a closer at what's happening in the WTO as well as the prospects for new trade deals.
This webinar was recorded on May 16, 2018. To listen to a recording of the webinar, please click here.
John Gilliland is an international trade attorney with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, in Washington, D.C., where he advises clients on a range of international and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on agriculture.
Prior to joining Akin Gump, he served as International Trade Counsel to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, where he was responsible for oversight of U.S. international trade policies and disputes. Before his work for the Senate Finance Committee, he was a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR). He's currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at American University's Washington College of Law. He received his law degree from the University of Alabama and his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University.


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I sometimes feel like a castaway on a deserted island. Surrounded by water, without a drop to drink. From the vantage of a passing cruise ship my situation looks idyllic, I'm a happy man in his own private tropical paradise. If only that mirrored the reality of my existence: marooned, desperate for rain and talking to seashells. A misconception wrapped in a conundrum that would drive many people mad.
My life is viewed like that island – as being a private paradise, wanting for nothing, enjoying the ease and fortune and fame that comes with "having your name on the box." Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, I once worked for uber-successful companies like id Software and Electronic Arts, even had brief moments of (some would say undeserved) fame.
The reality is that I've worked for 12 years (out of 20 in the industry) as an independent game developer, far away from the safety and certainty of a well established corporate HQ. Being independent means my income isn't guaranteed. Neither is my development work. It's a constant, ongoing effort to secure business for myself and my studio. These efforts have produced games, but not security. Because most of the work I've done as an indie has been under standard publisher-development agreements, the support only lasts until the game is delivered.
To understand the challenge of this existence, look no further than my first months living in Shanghai. I'd spent every dime of my savings to get across the Pacific and build a new life for myself. To survive while working to secure a new development deal I lived on less than $5 a day and rode on the back of someone else's bike. I tell this not to paint a picture of woe, I genuinely enjoyed those days of humble struggle, but to illustrate for you the truth of who I am. Not wealthy, not a name on a box, not someone with a sense of entitlement or a massive ego. Just a person, like you, overcoming obstacles so that I can have a chance to do the work I love.
This is my message in a bottle, an attempt at wiping out those misconceptions that keep me trapped on this island.
Now that we're seeking funding via Kickstarter we might have a chance at something better. Self-publishing to web, mobile and via platforms like Steam and Kongregate also helps increase our chances of actually turning a profit. These efforts cannot be successful without a broad understanding of who I am, what Spicy Horse is about as a studio and the support that comes with those things. Support from you, from fans of the "Alice" games, from supporters of independent game development , from those who would like to see the traditional publishing models disrupted so that unique ideas can have a chance.
Please, do what you can to spread the word. Tell your friends, family and seashells that Spicy Horse needs their support to get OZombie made and to continue making unique content for many years to come.
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It's the #1 most recommended baby registry item of every new mom, but this week, the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play Sleeper is at the center of some heated controversy.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling for the device designed to help infants fall asleep to be recalled "immediately," after new data from Consumer Reports found 32 infant deaths linked to the sleeper since its debut in 2009. This comes just a week after Fisher-Price stated that 10 infants have died while using the Rock 'n Play since 2015.
"This product is deadly and should be recalled immediately," said Kyle Yasuda, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in a statement.
Despite the AAP pressing for a recall, and even amidst Fisher-Price's own fatal findings, the company has refused to issue such.
They did, along with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), issue a joint warning to consumers Friday about the dangers of the product, but stopped short of a recall.
Fisher-Price, which stood by the safety of the Rock 'n Play and said a recall was not necessary, can keep selling the product. Here's why.
Each of the 10 reported deaths occurred in cases where the infant rolled over from their back onto their front while unrestrained by the product's harness.
The warning recommended that consumers not use the Rock 'n Play with children older than 3 months or those who can roll over, according to the federal regulator, the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
As my own personal side note: if a harness is provided for the product's safety use, and you as a parent choose not to use it, that does not automatically make the company responsible for bodily harm or death. They provided measures necessary to keep a child safe while using their product, but they cannot be held responsible if you choose not to use said safety measures.
Still, we're talking about 32 babies who have lost their lives here. There's no room for blame-shifting or taking safety lightly.
"It is essential that the product warnings and instructions are always followed," he said.
But the AAP argues that Friday's consumer warning didn't go far enough to protect infants.
"The Rock 'n Play inclined sleeper should be removed from the market immediately. It does not meet the AAP's recommendations for a safe sleep environment for any baby. Infants should always sleep on their back, on a separate, flat and firm sleep surface without any bumpers or bedding," Dr. Rachel Moon, chair of the AAP Task Force on SIDS, said in the statement.
Conversations are swirling among moms on social media this week saying this was a "must have" after giving birth to their kids. Several also reiterated that it was a temporary item, retired the second their child showed signs of rolling.
This has me chatting this morning.
What do you think? Should this product and those like it be on the market?
When our kids watch us spend time with Jesus, they will begin to understand that our love of God grows when we spend time in His presence.


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Swimming champ Michael Phelps banned for 3 months
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Age: 23 (Date of birth: June 30, 1985)
Place of birth: Baltimore, United States
Unusual physique with a long torso and comparatively short legs, provides minimal resistance in the water.
EARLY SUCCESS
One gold medal at 2001 world championships (200m butterfly)
Four gold medals at 2003 world championships (200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley, 4×100 medley relay)
FIRST OLYMPICS TRIUMPHS
Six gold medals at 2004 Olympics in Athens (100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley, 4×200 freestyle relay, 4×100 medley relay)
Two bronze medals at 2004 Olympics (200m freestyle, 4×100 freestyle relay)
FIRST POST-TRIUMPH STUMBLE
Sentenced to 18 months probation in December 2004 after pleading guilty to drunken driving in Maryland.
STAR CONTINUES TO RISE
Five gold medals at 2005 world championships (200m freestyle, 200m individual medley, 4×100 freestyle relay, 4×200 freestyle relay, 4×100 medley relay)
Seven gold medals at 2007 World Championships (200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley, 4×100 freestyle relay and 4×200 freestyle relay)
OLYMPICS HISTORY IN BEIJING
Eight gold medals at the Beijing Summer Olympics to eclipse Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven (400m individual medley, 4x100m freestyle relay, 200m freestyle, 200m butterfly, 4×200 freestyle relay, 200m individual medley, 100m butterfly, 4×100 medley relay)
Earns $1 million bonus from sponsors
Becomes most successful Olympian of all time with a career tally of 14 golds, five more than anyone else.


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Gari Jurjewitsch Napalkow (, wiss. Transliteration ; * 27. Juni 1948 in Nischni Nowgorod) ist ein ehemaliger sowjetischer Skispringer. Er sprang für Burevestnik Gorky.

Werdegang
Am 6. Januar 1968 gewann er bei der Vierschanzentournee ein Einzelspringen in Innsbruck; in der Gesamtwertung wurde er Sechster. Im folgenden Winter gewann er in Oberstdorf, wurde in der Gesamtwertung aber nur Fünfzehnter.

Der Winter 1969/70 war der erfolgreichste seiner Karriere. Bei der Vierschanzentournee wurde er Dritter, und bei der Nordischen Skiweltmeisterschaft in Vysoké Tatry wurde er mit Siegen auf der Normal- und der Großschanze Doppelweltmeister.

Bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 1972 in Sapporo erreichte er auf der Normalschanze den siebenten, auf der Großschanze den sechsten Rang. Ein Jahr später bei der Skiflug-Weltmeisterschaft 1973 in Oberstdorf landete er im Einzelfliegen punktgleich mit Lennart Elimä auf dem 41. Platz.

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