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Forest Kapo and Jess Holly Bates are the co-creators of Inheritance, which runs as part of The Basement Theatre's Matariki season.
Inheritance: The Matariki play that explores class privilege
Sam Brooks | Culture Editor
Inheritance plays as part of The Basement Theatre's Matariki season this week. Sam Brooks talks to one of its creators about what the show wants to say.
Jess Holly Bates has quite a bit of experience making shows that start conversations.
Her show Real White Fake Dirt critiqued Pākehā privilege in a way that was both scorchingly intelligent and riotously funny. Her show The Offensive Nipple Show, created with Sarah Tuck, advocated body positivity and rampant nudity in a series of hilarious, highly physical sketches.
Her latest show, created with Forest Kapo, doesn't look to start a conversation – it looks to continue one.
Inheritance bills itself as "a quivering sitcom of the colonial present". To deconstruct that, it's a show about the inequality crisis currently plaguing New Zealand, using a variety of theatrical forms. The idea is to encapsulate both Bates' and Kapo's stories of class difference – Bates is Pākehā, Kapo is Māori – and then encourage an audience to interrogate their own privilege.
According to Bates, the show came from the pair wanting to address parts of their friendship, particularly the difference in their backgrounds. "When you have great differences in a friendship, like you find your own language to communicate, but actually when you look at the icebergs that you're standing on, it can be quite confronting. We're using our embodied experiences as a gateway to talking about a much bigger inequality gap that's happening."
A key reference point is the 'Mother of All Budgets'. The 1991 budget was the first one delivered by then-minister of finance Ruth Richardson, and it was arguably so unpopular with the public that it not only cost National the next election, but ushered in electoral reform on the whole. "I'm a child of the Mother of All Budgets, and so are a lot of us – we all carry these intrinsic beliefs about the way society is organised that aren't actually natural. They're cultural, they're political."
"In a way, it's a love song to Ruth Richardson – what would it be if you're lying in bed next to the person with a completely different experience from you, and you have to feel and build a relationship? What does that even look like?
Jess Holly Bates and Forest Kapo are the co-creators of Inheritance.
On the surface, it sounds like one of those shows that'll be confronting you with how wrong you are, and how wrong your existence is. Those shows exist, and there's a limit to how much use they can be in a world where people are engaged with so many conversations at the same time, conversations around just about every societal issue that you can name. On one side, an artist could have an audience who aren't ready to engage with what you're saying, and on the other, an artist could have an audience who are so advanced beyond what the work is engaging with that it can seem remedial. People hate being pandered to as much as they hate being preached to.
Inheritance is neither pandering nor preaching.
When Bates talks about Inheritance, she talks about it as a 'post-book show'. By that she means that this isn't a play that is trying to prove that anything exists. It's not a head's up about racism, or sexism, or classism. These things absolutely exist. "The conversation starts from the point that we've all read the book, we all know that inequality exists. It's not interesting to me to try and pose the argument, or convince this audience. I'm interested in something beyond that, so to me it's a conversation about healing, and it's the feeling of healing. And I mean that's the form as well."
There's a genuine care and keenness in making sure that the audience is held, and not just talked at. That gentleness doesn't just seem key to this work, but the work that Bates is setting out to make in the future as well. "How can we hold that knowledge, and how do we cope with what we know? It requires a real tenderness, because knowing where we stand in the world, knowing our privilege, is a hard thing to hold."
Forest Kapo, Jess Holly Bates and the proverbial money tree.
Bates is refreshingly frank about her Pākehā heritage, and what that means in the context of a Matariki season as a co-creator. "It's interesting being Pākehā and being inside the Matariki framework. You have to be very delicate with that, but at the same time I think it's important that we can fold together because I am a person of the Treaty, like that's the reason why I'm here, I'm Tangata Tiriti.
"So that's my reason for why I stand in this Matariki framework because I think it's really important to go 'Okay, what would it be not to disavow the history?' What would it be to stand here and try and actively feel and listen?' I feel firm in the kaupapa that we are building something beautiful and necessary, and that we want to open up a conversation – as opposed to in the past, where I've really yanked conversations open."
For Bates, it's about staying in the conversation and not disengaging. It's about listening ('not just with your ears, but with your whole body') and being open to what's being discussed. "If we can decolonise the conversation enough, we can go 'it's not about winning or getting it right'."
"There's no such thing as fucking it up, it's about staying in the room. Staying in the room is the whole thing, you know?"
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Are you ready to cash in on the next big real estate investing trend?
What is the biggest new trend in real estate and one of the most popular housing types, which also offers real estate investors a way to side step the competition and find bigger profit margins?
According to Fox News the "next big thing in real estate" is multigenerational housing and while this is a trend which has been emerging over the last couple of years it still has major potential.
Recent data shows over 70 million American households with two or more generations, many of which now house more than 3 generations. Still, we are only at about half the level of multigenerational households seen after the last great depression, leaving plenty of room for this trend to continue.
This is resulting from so many losing their homes and being unable to qualify for new mortgages, as a result of older generations losing their nest eggs and Americans learning to be more cautious with their spending and overhead. Plus younger generations are still unable to find work, despite taking on record levels of student debt. In fact, as much as 25% of generation X and Y are unemployed. You can count this in any way you like and discount those not applying for unemployment benefits but that doesn't mean we are anywhere near as low as 8% as some may structure the figures.
So how can real estate investing pros step up to serve those combining households and make a decent living from it at the same time?
For a start real estate investors can help those trying to sell their homes and move in with family to exit their properties quickly. Many are underwater; others aren't and may have equity but just need to sell fast.
On the flip side investors can step up to provide multigenerational home solutions by flipping larger older homes, multifamily properties or even adding lots of value to properties by adding separate living quarters in the back yard.


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6 Bailey Pierce Acknowledging the receipt of blank election returns for County Treasurer and Register of Deeds. 1838
7 Charles W. Pierce Petition recommending the appointment of Oliver T. Beale to the office of Keeper of the arsenal. 1861
8 D. Pierce Letter from Wales Hubbard with a list of persons recommending him for Reporter of the Judicial Decisions. 1859
9 Daniel Pierce Petition request that Joseph G. Jewett not be appointed to the office of Trial Justice. 1860
10 E. B. Pierce Petition for the appointment of Lou Alford as trial justice. 1860
11 E. H. Pierce Receipt of a pamphlet of laws passed by the Sixth Legislature. 1826
12 E. P. Pierce Resignation from the office of Register of Probate within Aroostook County. 1849
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18 George J. Pierce Requesting a commission to solemnize marriages for the State of Maine. 1872
19 Henry C. Pierce Recommending the appointment of Henry C. Pierce to the office of Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum. 1859
20 Isaiah P. Pierce Recommending the appointment of Isaiah P. Pierce to the office of Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum within Aroostook County. 1868
21 J. H. Pierce Petition recommending the appointment of Andrew C. Walker to the office of Superintendent of Public buildings. 1867
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23 J. H. Pierce Requesting an appointment to a commission as Commissioner for the State and to take the acknowledgments of Deed, etc. for the State within the District of Columbia. 1863
24 J. L. Pierce Transmitting a copy of the mittimus in the case of Alexander Morrisy. 1870
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Chuck Berry: After School Session
Peter Su
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Label: Chess
Take it as a given that everyone interested in rock should own some music from Chuck Berry. If there were no other way to get these songs, I'd be urging everyone to buy this. And if you want a complete collection of his early albums as they're remastered and re-released (finally? Inevitably? Maybe?) on CD, far be it for me to stop you.
The album notes talk about this album providing an "accurate and nearly complete representation of the first year and a half of Chuck Berry as a groundbreaking recording artist". Technically true, but Berry's style never changed drastically, which calls the value of scholarly completism into question. Besides, Chuck Berry was a singles artist, not an album artist. More specifically, though this is indeed not just a collection of arbitrary singles, neither is it intentionally high (or low) concept.
With most of their artists, Chess Records would group together their singles as they mounted and release them as an album. With Berry, partially because three of his big hits, including both "Maybellene" and "Roll over Beethoven", had already been released on the Rock Rock Rock soundtrack and the market could still swallow a full Berry album, Chess simply cleared their vaults of his uncollected early recordings, singles or not, and labeled the resulting product an album. Sure, there's a concept of sorts here, with songs about school days, fast cars, and dates and other teenage experiences, but that's because Berry knew who was buying his records. Moreover, he built his career on singing about school days, fast cars, and dating, so the concept is by no means exclusive; any decent compilation of his work will also function as a similar "concept album."
Which is the problem, because there are decent compilations of Chuck Berry, even compilations as great as would befit a great singles artist. The one that gives the most bang for the buck (in terms of both song selection and number of songs) is The Great Twenty-Eight, 28 absolutely filler-free songs of his best. No "Tulane", but no "My Ding-a-Ling", either, and, if you care about only songs as opposed to comprehensive canon, this is an album of uninterrupted pleasures. It's also out-of-print, though you can find it used on Amazon or Half.com and the BMG Music Club still carries it new.
There's also The Anthology, 50 songs that include "Tulane" but also "My Ding-a-Ling" and which leave off "Have Mercy Judge", the sequel song to "Tulane", in favor of some rarities. And if you're really crazy about Berry, there's also the three-disc box set that includes all his best (at a price that lets you know it). And more (Yes, that's intended to be a skewed compliment).
But, taking the middle road (and most easily available) Anthology as a guide, the question is whether the mere four uncollected songs on this budget reissue could justify, even to a completist, the expense of not going the way of the two CD comp. In ascending order of preference, those songs are:
"Together (We'll Always Be)": a slow one that shows off Berry's fondness for Nat King Cole. Not coincidentally, Berry's place in history isn't closely linked with Cole's. Stripped of tempo and exuberance, the lyric is pretty standard romantic fare, without a witty narrative or quick wordplay.
"Drifting Heart": For the most part, Berry wasn't too good at soulful. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" was social protest and it was barbed, but the deep feelings were hidden under cracks about the Venus de Milo losing her arms, cracks that fit Berry's smooth, light voice. He gets off some wordplay here, but the slow tempo (again) dampens the fun. What's worse in a ballad, he doesn't do a good job of faking sincerity.
"Roly Poly": typical classic Berry instrumental. Even without lyrics, it couldn't be anyone else's song. I even seem to detect a few chords of "Roll over Beethoven" in the solo. That said, why not go for "Roll over Beethoven" instead, which has great lyrics?
"Berry Pickin'": an odd instrumental. It's got the classic guitar licks and boogie piano, but they're set against an island beat complete with maracas. It's like "Havana Moon" sped up and combined with a "normal" Berry song. Or like Berry's take on Bo Diddley. Pretty cool, and my favorite because it's unique.
So there you are: four songs ranging from okay to good. Four songs that, in the right mood, a lot of people could come to like, but which only a completist would come to love. Besides, even a completist should admit that none of the four shed much new light on Berry's genius. Taken on its own terms, this album is great stuff at discounted price, but, considering any of the alternatives which give more music for the dollar and which include this disc's better half (or more), buy at your own risk.
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Asus will officially unveil the Padfone 2 Oct. 16, however information on the three-in-one device is already slowly beginning to trickle out.
The most recent leak comes from Italian website eeepc.it.
The site got ahold of specs for the Padfone 2 thanks to information picked up from the Japanese government's wireless device oversight agency for a product with that name.
According to the leak, the Padfone 2's packing a 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm processor, which duplicates the chip specs found inside the original Padfone.
However, this time around the smartphone/tablet/notebook might run a Snapdragon S4 Pro version, according to a report on Digital Trends.
The Padfone 2, which uses the smartphone component to power the other devices it becomes, will host 2GB of RAM, a 13MP camera and a 2,140mAh battery.
The last detail is based off an eBay listing for an Asus A68 battery pack, and although A68 is reportedly the model number for the Padfone 2, the battery's validity is still questionable.
As for the display, it looks as if this time around Asus is endowing the smartphone component with a 4.7-inch, 1280 x 720 resolution display, bumping up the original's dimensions of 4.3 inches and 540 x 960.
There's also word of cellular data at GSM 1900/850 MHz and WCDMA 2100 MHz, while it'll also support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC.
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Jan. 6: Hear me
It's the definition of insane: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. God bless George Harrison, but at times during his tenure with the Beatles I think he was insane. (It's likely I'm an insane blogger, who feels like he's writing the same post about George over and over again).
To wit: Every album session, George throws a number of songs at the wall (the wall also goes by the names of "John" and "Paul"), sees a couple stick for whatever the current record is and reintroduces a couple of the losers along with some new songs again some other time. Repeat until going solo.
Jan. 6 saw a pair of fresh George tunes, "For You Blue" (which stuck) and "Hear Me Lord" (which did not). Neither was given any significant time. And "Hear Me Lord" wasn't to be heard again in these sessions or even in a Beatles context, far as I can tell. Perhaps he finally figured out he was going insane.
Or maybe there was divine intervention.
"Well, I wrote a gospel song over the weekend, lads," George says in a lull.
"According to St. Who?," Ringo blithely asks.
"According to the Lord," George replies. "Hear me Lord, how I corner you," to laughter. (At least that last bit sounded like that, it's almost indecipherable).
A second of silence was followed with Michael Lindsay-Hogg going right into business, suggesting the band discuss the live show soon. George first touches on "High School Confidential," then he plays and sings along to "I've Got a Feeling" before pivoting right into his new song.
You could hear it in the clip — George is playing background music. As he played, Paul, Ringo and Michael Lindsay-Hogg discussed "the new Bonzo's record," — presumably The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse, which had come out in November, a few weeks earlier.
Soon, the strumming ended and conversation returned to the Cream discussion.
While Paul and Michael continue to chat about some equipment issues, George resumes on his guitar, now debuting "For You Blue," an eventual survivor on the Let it Be LP. Again, it's background music.
George cuts himself off to raise a question about Magic Alex's latest studio work and attempts at soundproofing the studio after Ringo asks, "Has Alex created his waves yet?" And after a bit of crosstalk about Alex and his "waves," Paul sings along to George's early take of "For Your Blue."
"Those soundproof walls of silence, are ringing in my ears…"
Soon enough, the band — fully ready to play, finally, as John takes to the organ — cuts away, weaving into oldies, improvisations and rehearsing newer songs (topics ripe for subsequent posts).
Nearly an hour and a half after he first strummed it (on the tapes), George returns to "Hear Me Lord." Again, it's primarily a quiet soundtrack to other discussions, among them one in which we finally hear another George — Martin — a figure so absent from the Let it Be tale, here showing up for the first significant time on tape.
Ringo plays a bit of a beat, and John makes a terrible attempt at following along on guitar.
It's more of the same after extensive rehearsals of "Two of Us" and "Don't Let Me Down," among others. Again, it's just a quick taste before they moved on.
Indifference isn't strong enough a term for how the song is met. I suppose George could have pressed it a little further as an option.
And that was it for the song. No more rehearsals during the Get Back sessions. If it was brought up during the "Abbey Road" recordings, there's no record of it I've seen. And we wouldn't hear it again until we get to the last song on Side 4 of the All Things Must Pass LP, released nearly a year after George first brought it to the Beatles.
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But, because they're conservative, they've been painted as extreme by the oh-so-tolerant left.
Augustine, and taken to the extreme by Jean Calvin, emphasizes trying to explain the mysteries of the Christian faith.
We should make this forum a sensible site than some others taking matters to the extreme by using harsh / dirty words.
Unfortunately, this too would be used to the extreme by some that would abuse the true purpose of LCM's Visitors ' Journal.
This is taken to its extreme by Mr O'Leary who is assertive in getting his pre-planned point of view across, come what may.
In 6% of cases extreme with is used
Taken to the extreme with Inception.
Or he took it to a great extreme with the book Blink.
We went to the opposite extreme with Republican administrations.
Fela at this time did not drink nor smoke nor do anything in the extreme with women.
Ecstasy and bliss (sukha) will become extreme with mental clarity and fervent faith.
Cities are going to be very extreme with the most population and least amount of food.
It's been around in many different forms in the WCO, the Coryell offense and even to the extreme with the run and shoot.
The environment was intimidating to the extreme with 40 of the 59 finalists touching down in Monte Carlo in private jets.
In the wealthy and fertile region of the Punjab, the problem was extreme with a nearly-even mixture of Hindus and Muslims.
These experiments reached their logical extreme with La Rgion Centrale, for which he built a computer-controlled apparatus.
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In the case of DS, extreme on the ear.
Of course, let's not go extreme on this.
May We Be Forgiven is extreme on many levels.
With such limited space, it's difficult NOT to sound politically extreme on Facebook.
It's almost extreme on the other side of the scale just because I'd not allergic to anything.
More Than Words by Extreme on the radio, and for the first time really listened to the lyrics.
Romney's most aggressive attempt to rebut attempts by the Obama campaign to paint him as extreme on women's rights.
Off the wall clap trap, most people think s/f are extreme on socialist stuff and these guys reckon s/f are capitalist.
Are the commenters going to vote for a guy who will be way more extreme on either of the issues they raise? Seriously?
This will be a major problem for the GOP, as it can not appear to be as extreme on the issue as its base demands it be.
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I'd not quite that extreme about things.
You see, I'd really quite extreme about it.
He got very extreme about things he cared for.
Growing more extremist? What is extreme about Mr.
Being extreme about one's preferences is another thing altogether.
At the time I thought that they were being a bit extreme about it.
That's how you can get extreme about your retirement in a quick overview.
Why should you get extreme about your retirement planning? Retire earlier.
Still, there's no need to get extreme about things; shortcuts are still possible.
Other people know and love their children and sometimes get extreme about protecting them and future generations.
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Religious lot are extreme as well as modern lot.
If all this sounds extreme as a warning/advice it simply is not.
To know more about the extreme as well as the ideal age difference in couples, read on.
The truth is the fact that you seldom really need to do something extreme as a way to slim down.
Field's lease is probably the most extreme as the sage brush, antelope brush and rabbit brush were quite dominating.
One last word of caution: The patterns of behaviour exhibited by a person with BPD become more extreme as the emotional tensions intensify.
They even went to the extreme as to bring someone to pull people aside and have that person charge the employee if they owed money to Dish.
Scientists are recognising (1) that weather events are becoming more extreme as the environment in which they occur becomes warmer and more moist.
Maddalena is one of these gifts because she is so extreme as a character and it's all so immediate and intense in her scene, which is the final act of the opera.
Mankind will be degraded by the one extreme as well as by the other! If thrifty, it will fall into dire want; if prodigal, it will fall into moral bankruptcy! 1.
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The difference in sunlight is most extreme at the poles.
It's not extreme at all to lose the property and owe the loan.
The sleepless nights mean the exhaustion is extreme at any age.
Well Lily she basically is an ' uptight ' lady, who is the most extreme at being proper.
Khurshid's arrest and dismissal as minister -- demands that are extreme at this juncture.
But the 38-year-old took her own advice to the extreme at the Moth Ball in New York City.
This leaves the song quite thin, especially since the bass frequencies are typically amplified to the extreme at sound system dances.
The estimates don't look that extreme at first glance, because they count consumption in egg yolks per week, and packs of cigarettes per day.
I know it's a bit of a rant and seems extreme at times, but this is just an example of how much of a cultural impact the series has on our every day lives.
Satire drawn to the extreme at first looks quite harmless &; humorous, but do they need such mockery in a stressful job in which they try their best to fulfil.
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That just isn't true by all but the most extreme among us.
The polarization is even more extreme among the economists and politicians who watch and criticize Bernanke and the central bank.
Practices of racism and discrimination against non-European and Muslim people are extreme among White middle-class and wealthy Australians.
The more extreme among them also expressed suspicions that the Congress wallahs had hung Kasab to dry after he was already dead from dengue.
In any case, she is by no means the most extreme among Digicel's diehard customers who routinely flatter their telecoms provider with unearned attributes.
In 1% of cases extreme during is used
My own agitation and anguish was extreme during the whole trial.
His generosity would be at its extreme during Ramadan when the angel Gabriel used to come to see him.
His condition became far more extreme during his mid-twenties, and his friends reported periods of dark despair and violent anger.
The Nour capitalized on the Salafi group already widespread believes and utilized the religious rhetoric to the extreme during their elections campaign.
The weather of Lahore is extreme during the months of May, June, and July when the temperatures soar to 45 -- 50 degrees Celsius which is the hottest time of the year.
This was tested to the extreme during the First World War, when in war-torn France, medics used essential oils on the wounded when they ran out of antibiotics in the trenches.
In 1% of cases extreme from is used
What happened to me, is extreme from trauma.
Is she a textual pretext? 284: I learned about the extreme from the extreme.
I'd wearing a mix of things that are in trend and far extreme from an everyday outfit.
Intelligently positioning the Greens as less extreme from a decade ago gains them more votes.
In Trondheim the young technologists met the Norwegian winners, Team Extreme from Gjovik, north of Oslo.
But we are already seeing an increase in flooding, droughts in some areas -- it is basically an extreme from both ends.
While the Blues weren't quite abysmal, the three goals conceded were poor in the extreme from a defensive point of view.
He has stricken the words radical and extreme from our Intelligence Agencies training programs when it comes to Islamist issues.
I'd rather have seen Sue Bradford as leader Intelligently positioning the Greens as less extreme from a decade ago gains them more votes.
So much so that the country's top centrist parties entered into a power-sharing agreement that effectively shut out voices considered extreme from participating in politics.
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The Taliban and the Sipah-e-Sahaba, yes extreme like hell but are NOT Sunnis.
Why not something more adventurous? Nothing extreme like balut; sisig or kare-kare would've been more fun.
When a character does something extreme like that, it is important that the audience doesn't roll their eyes.
Something less extreme like a period of prolonged deflation or high inflation would amount to that for many people.
Having this type of problem for quite a long period of time could turn the situation to an extreme like stomach ulcers as well as inflammation.
Now that our legislature knows they were tricked into funding something positive over 10-years ago, expect them to do something rash and extreme like defund the.
He used to dream immediately after his accident that if he could use his legs again he would be a jogger, using motion to the extreme like everyone seemed to do on television.
Doing something extreme like trashing them or burning them, will bring remorse at some possible future occasion when you have another view, and want to think back again over these times.
So Chili getting dried The food in Bangladesh can be a bit spicy sometimes but not to the extreme like it can be in Thailand or India one of the things they use bricks for is to pave roads.
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The crises may be less extreme over the next.
There is also extreme over crowding, and a scarcity of resources.
Well, that's just the most extreme over exaggeration I've ever heard.
Inequality of outcomes has become more extreme over the last three decades.
It's the thought of many social events and the extreme over indulgence that's the worry.
There is no scientific consensus that weather has got more extreme over the last few years.
To accuse someone of killing this entire site is an extreme over reaction to say the very least.
Pacific island countries are vulnerable to natural disasters which are expected to become more frequent or extreme over coming years.


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Sri Lanka and Colombia: action needed to end impunity (UN Statement)
The ICJ today highlighted at the UN the need for further action to address impunity in Sri Lanka and in Colombia.
The statement, delivered in a general debate at the UN Human Rights Council, responded to UN reports on Sri Lanka and Colombia, and read as follows:
Sri Lanka has not made sufficient progress on its commitments and obligations as reflected in Council resolution 30/1. Among the mechanisms contemplated, only the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) is operational. The process for establishing the other mechanisms, and the extent to which their composition will be based on the broad national public consultations carried out in 2016, remains unclear. The ICJ reiterates that, in line with operative paragraph 6 of resolution 30/1, the accountability mechanism cannot be seen as credible without involvement of international judges, prosecutors and investigators.
Furthermore, despite promises to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), arrests still take place. As the High Commissioner recommended, the PTA should be promptly repealed without waiting for replacement legislation. Any proposed counterterrorism law must comply with international human rights standards.
In Colombia, the ICJ shares OHCHR's deep concern about the exclusion of non-military State agents and private individuals from the scope of mandatory application of the Integrated System of Justice, Truth, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-repetition (per paragraph 90 of the Report). Furthermore, four months of unjustified delay by the Government in accrediting the new representative of the OHCHR Office, which ended only yesterday, undermined the ability of the Office to provide adequate technical assistance to guarantee victims' rights in the Integrated System, as provided for by the Peace Agreement."
[Paragraph 6 of Human Rights Council resolution 30/1 provides that the Council, "Welcomes the recognition by the Government of Sri Lanka that accountability is essential to uphold the rule of law and to build confidence in the people of all communities of Sri Lanka in the justice system, notes with appreciation the proposal of the Government of Sri Lanka to establish a judicial mechanism with a special counsel to investigate allegations of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, as applicable; affirms that a credible justice process should include independent judicial and prosecutorial institutions led by individuals known for their integrity and impartiality; and also affirms in this regard the importance of participation in a Sri Lankan judicial mechanism, including the special counsel's office, of Commonwealth and other foreign judges, defence lawyers and authorized prosecutors and investigators;"]
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Fighting the good fight against sexual harassment: New, effective initiatives
Dina Samir , Saturday 8 Sep 2012
With sexual harassment plaguing Egyptian society to the point that it can no longer be denied, the new initiatives are much more promising than before
Banat Masr Khat A7mar raising awareness in Cairo
"If women continue to silently put up with the daily sexual harassment in the Egyptian streets, the society will witness new crimes as a result of the mounting oppression women feel when they get harassed," said Noha Roshdy four years ago when she filed the first sexual harassment case in Egypt that led to the harasser being imprisoned.
Roshdy's story received great media and public attention in 2008, however, few women followed Roshdy's example. Egyptian society continued to stay hushed about the problem, which caused it to explode like a final stage cancer.
"Silence is no longer a choice" is what drove youth across Egypt to organise and seek practical, effective ways to actually fight sexual harassment.
The number of the different initiatives that work on combating this phenomena has significantly increased after Egypt's January 25 Revolution. "The revolution has inspired us to be positive and gave us hope that change is possible," Dina Farid, the founder of Banat Masr Khat A7mar movement, said, explaining that her personal participation in the revolution taught her how to build a movement.
Banat Masr Khat A7mar (Egypt's Women are a Red Line, e.g. a line in the sand) was launched this year to raise awareness on the problem through communicating with people in the streets. "We neither argue with the harassers nor lecture them. We simply talk with them in their own language," Farid said. During the Eid Al-Fitr holiday that wraps up the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the movement focused on downtown and the Nile Corniche area.
The dream of Welad El Balad (The Country's Son) an Alexandria-based initiative founded by Karim Mahrous in 2011 is to clean Alexandria of sexual harassment. To reach this dream, Welad El Balad also organised street-level awareness campaigns. Before engaging with people, the initiative's volunteers first get trained. They learn of the legal aspects, including the constitution's articles that affect sexual harassment and they also focus on the psychological aspect of the problem, including the different kinds of harassers and how to address them.
"We explain to women that the law is on their side and that they should not tolerate sexual harassment. We also educate men on the serious consequences of this act," Zeinab Ayoub, Welad El Balad campaign coordinator, noted.
Although there is nothing in the Egyptian constitution that directly addresses sexual harassment or defines it, there are three articles in the criminal law that can be applied in the case of harassment. The first is "insulting" (article 306), which can be applied to cat-calling and other verbal harassments on the street. The punishment can range from a fine of 100 LE (roughly $17) to one month in prison. The second is "indecent behavior," (article 278) which applies to cases of indecent exposure, trailing and stalking and punishment ranges from a fine to three years in prison.
The third is "sexual assault" (article 268) which covers cases of touching and other physical harassment with punishment ranging from three to 15 years in prison.
Estargel (Behave Like a Man) was launched two months ago to stop the rising problem of men riding in the women-only carriage in the Cairo underground metro is also working on fighting sexual harassment, says founder, Sherine Badr. Estargel launched door-knocking campaigns in downtown Cairo to stir discussion on sexual harassment. "The fact that society has started to realise the problem and talk about is in itself a good milestone," Badr explained.
The different initiatives are challenged by many cultural misconceptions and wrong beliefs that exists in Egyptian society on the issue of sexual harassment.
"One of the most popular delusion among men in Egypt, which we hear a lot is that 'respectable' women do not get harassed," Farid noted, explaining there is still unawareness of how massive the problem is.
"Women get harassed because they are wearing 'provocative clothes' is another common excuse harassers give and many people tend to believe," Ayoub said. "Not only is this unjust against women who have the right to walk down streets without getting harassed, regardless of what they wear, but it also implies that men are helpless people who cannot control their sexual desires, which is very insulting to men," Farid added.
To counter those arguments, volunteers utilise different approaches depending on the type of harasser they are speaking to. "For some the religious approach can be effective, while with others stressing on Egyptian values, such as nobility (shahama), could be the key," Alaa Darwish, another campaign coordinator of Welad El Balad, explained.
The other cultural barrier that adds insult to injury to women is their embarrassment and fear of reporting when they've been sexually harassed. A woman told Welad El Balad that she would not dare to report sexual harassment because her parents could think that it would be a disgrace to the family, Ayoub explained. The 2008 Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights report on sexual harassment in Egypt revealed that only 2.4 per cent of women experiencing sexual harassment reported the crime; and 96.7 per cent of Egyptian women did not seek police assistance.
Another major obstacle, Farid pointed out, is that sexual harassment has become a trend deeply entrenched in the Egyptian culture. For some harassers, especially the young men under 18, sexual harassment is just a fashion. They harass girls to brag about it and to prove they are now a grownup.
Badr also highlighted the negative role the Egyptian media and cinema have played in rooting wrong values among young people. "Media have portrayed men harassing women as 'cool' and that women like to be harassed."
In spite of the many challenges, the different initiatives have gained significant ground.
The road to overcoming the problem of sexual harassment is long and bumpy, yet, the different initiatives are armed with strategies and hope.
Welad El Balad have partnered with certain neighbourhoods in Alexandria, where they have shops there hanging their posters and cooperating with them to stop harassment and make their areas "safe" territories. Also Banat Masr Khat A7mar have managed to secure the support of street venders in some areas in Cairo who help them fight the problem.
The movement now includes former harassers who quit harassment and joined their cause. With the underground metro part of their initiative, Estargel have pressured metro officials, who have responded to their complaints by launching a new hotline for women to report violations happening in the women-only carriage.
Banat Masr Khat A7mar are working on developing different awareness ads to be aired on Egyptian TV that will target the different segments of the society with the right messages.
Also, they plan to work with popular-class (shaabi) music. "We want to infuse positive messages in this music genre that people listen to in the microbus and tok tok."
Estargel campaign are also keen on enforcing positive values through doing sketches that would tackle the issue in a comic, light way.
Welad El balad plan to launch school awareness campaigns where they talk to kids at young age about the problem of sexual harassment.
"I am optimistic that our efforts would make a change. At least now the problem of sexual harassment is unveiled, which is the first step to solving it; and we are not going to give up on the fight," Badr concluded.


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> Exclusive: JFSA with ASIC to Prohibit Aussie FX Brokers from Accepting Japanese Residents
Exclusive: JFSA with ASIC to Prohibit Aussie FX Brokers from Accepting Japanese Residents
Wednesday, 30/04/2014 | 10:35 GMT by Adil Siddiqui
Protectionism hits a new peak as Japan's financial regulator forbids Australian brokers from accepting Japanese residents. The move comes as Japan's restricted trading environment aims to eliminate 'any' leaks.
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Japanese financial regulators have been exercising their global strength in the world of currency trading, as their latest decree plans to forbid Australian financial services providers from dealing with Japanese resident clients.
Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation's currency into another nation's currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world's largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation's currency into another nation's currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world's largest tradi Read this Term Magnates has learnt that the regulator is pushing brokers to abandon Japanese-based traders.
The latest act of bureaucracy impacting the world's most liquid asset class is expected to cause mayhem to some of the largest players operating in Australia. Under the proposed terms, Australian brokers will be held responsible if they deal with and onboard Japanese clients, the United States currently enforces the same rules with international regulators.
The exact reason of the decree is unknown, however a large number of Japanese residents trade with Australian firms and the Japanese Financial Services Agency (JFSA) leveraged restrictions which were implemented in 2010 and 2011 are now being breached by residents trading with overseas firms.
The ordeal recently took place mid Q1 of 2014, during this period the Japanese regulator sent a letter to an FX & CFD broker which requested the firm to stop dealing with Japanese residents. The unnamed broker's lawyer replied back stating that the firm has not actively or directly solicited clients and these traders have chosen the said firm. The regulator consequently sent a follow-up email requesting the broker to remove Japan from its list of countries in the account opening form. Following this, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) contacted several firms about their dealings with international clients.
In another incident, an unnamed broker commented to Forex Magnates about a recent communication with the Australian watchdog, he explained: "ASIC said they are concerned about brokers misleading international clients ...and (they) require a disclaimer at the bottom of each page stating that non-Australian residents are not covered by ASIC."
The JFSA's actions were described to Forex Magnates by Japanese traders as showing how the regulatory organization is using its powers to clamp down on traders, who by their own free will and choice are optimizing the services offered by regulated brokerage firms.
JFSA's Onslaught on FX
Japan along with the United States introduced a number of reforms after the formidable 2009 G20 meeting of world leaders which labelled OTC derivatives as a culprit behind the 2008 global recession. The financial watchdog tried to curb the over speculative nature of currency trading, a practice taken up by a large number of investors, including the infamous housewives or Mrs. Watanabes.
FX as an Asset Class
FX trading has grown substantially among retail investors since the turn of the century, primarily driven by financial freedom as investors look beyond traditional brokers who were under-delivering returns. In addition, the rise of the internet and access to information has been a pivotal driver of growth in the sector. A key advantage for traders when transacting in currency derivatives is the Leverage Leverage In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders In financial trading, leverage is a loan supplied by a broker, which facilitates a trader in being able to control a relatively large amount of money with a significantly lesser initial investment. Leverage therefore allows traders to make a much greater return on investment compared to trading without any leverage. Traders seek to make a profit from movements in financial markets, such as stocks and currencies.Trading without any leverage would greatly diminish the potential rewards, so traders Read this Term or gearing element, with a small amount of margin traders can open sizable positions which provide additional profit and loss opportunities from traditional cash instruments.
The restriction on leverage in Japan has been forcing traders to amend their trading strategies. "The new rules are a misuse of power," explained one Tokyo-based trader who commented on the basis of anonymity.
"We can't run certain strategies on the pitiful margin levels, the UK and Australia-based brokers are both regulated, but why are they allowed to offer greater leverage," he added.
Japan, the world's largest FX market, according to Forex Magnates' research, has a developed brokerage and investor trading environment. The market has evolved in line with technological advancements and traders have taken heed of the prominence of automated and algorithmic trading, where higher leverage is a must.
"A lot of the EAs (automated systems) run on Martingale or Anti- Martingale strategies, you need to build up your position using small orders. With low leverage you need a lot of cash? Why trade margin products if it beats the purpose," explained Cecil Francis a Karachi-based technical trader.
Australia's Stronger Regulation
Australia's financial regulator has recently embarked on a number of measures that aim to clean up the financial services sector. Particularly for margin derivatives brokers, a number of new initiatives included; minimum capital adequacy and rules about the use and management of client money have strengthened the broking environment.
Australian brokers have seen an influx of traders applying for both demo and live accounts since the last quarter of last year.
A major factor behind the rush in the number of Japanese traders migrating their accounts to Australia has been the high leverage, with some brokers offering up to 400:1 and the segregated accounts of client funds practice.
Japan Net Benefactor
The compulsion to trade with a Japanese regulated broker is a tactic to bring traders back home. Furthermore, brokers who are searching for new markets will look to target Japan due to the sheer size of the investor base.
Immediately after the regulator determined the leverage changes, the market contracted with a large number of providers closing down or being acquired. Client numbers and trading activity was directly affected with a considerable decline in volumes, however the last eighteen months have been a blessing in disguise for Japanese brokers as the recent turmoil in the Japanese yen has reignited the passion to trade and domestic traders have ramped up trading volumes, Japanese giants DMM and GMO Click both having posted plus $1 trillion in total monthly volumes.
A JFSA ASIC Collaboration?
Forex Magnates anticipates new rules to be deployed over the coming months by both regulators which will prevent Australian brokers from dealing with Japanese residents, similar to the steps taken by US regulators. The US's commitment on safeguarding its flock took a new turn last Friday when the regulator received a legal injunction against Australian regulated, Halifax Investment Services.
Australian Brokers and Japan
The following table gives a snapshot of how brokers are currently operating in Australia.
The first column specifically looks at the firm's homepage, most non-regulated US firms will have a disclaimer directly on the homepage which states that they do not accept US residents. Although AxiTrader does not have a disclaimer on its homepage it has a specific page on the new accounts page which states that it does not accept Japanese residents.
The data shows that tier-1 providers and recently established Japanese firms regulated in Australia are not dealing with Japanese clients in Australia but redirecting them to their Japanese subsidiaries.
However, of the tier-2 and tier-3 brokers, Cyprus-based IronFX, which holds an ASIC license, is quite an interesting case where the broker states on its homepage that it does not accept Japanese residents, however on its application form the country can be chosen, although there is a disclaimer which states that it does not offer any products to Japanese residents and users can not proceed on that particular page.
This is important because of the firms that state that they do not accept Japanese residents on the homepage, all have excluded the country from the account opening form, a notion the JFSA raised with one of the brokers they contacted, as stated above.
Brokers who do not allow Japanese traders have physically removed (Japan) the country from the list.
More to Come..
Cooperation between regulators is the new norm. The G20 leaders have had consequent meetings post 2009 with new laws and directives taking shape in the US and Europe. A document dated March 2014 which summarizes the G20's developments on the supervision of OTC derivatives by the OTC Regulators Group (ODGR) stated an interesting development: "The G20 Leaders agreed, and the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors later reaffirmed, that jurisdictions and regulators should be able to defer to each other when it is justified by the quality of their respective regulatory and enforcement regimes, based on similar outcomes, in a non-discriminatory way, paying due respect to home country regulatory regimes."
Scratch My Back I'll Scratch Yours!
The true intent behind the new proposals is unclear, however it could be a case of both regulators joining forces to achieve their own objectives. On the one hand, Japan will benefit from repatriating client funds and potentially signing-up new registered brokers. On the other hand, Australia shows the world that it isn't a soft player and is serious in the way it deals with financial services.
The latter has its implications, if Sydney is keen to position itself as a regional global hub whilst competing with Hong Kong and Singapore then its needs to be more business friendly. A significant number of Chinese owned broker dealers operate in the country and any miscalculated rules could have a detrimental impact on Australia being the preferred destination for Asian brokerages setting up shop.
Forex Magnates wrote an extensive research analysis on the Australian regulatory environment in the recent QIR report.
The new rulings have their pros and cons, however with the industry hitting a glass ceiling in terms of new participants investing in the currency markets, brokers need to service traders by offering them a number of solutions, low leverage trading isn't one of them!
*This article has been updated since initial publication.
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Toll of Pandemic Sleep Issues and Stress
Mar 9, 2022 | Shift Work Disorder, Sleep Health | 0 |
Research, published in the journal Sleep Medicine, investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the sleep of workers in essential occupations, including those who worked in health care, government, and education.
"Employees in essential occupations struggled with sleep more often compared to the population before the pandemic," says Torhild Anita Sørengaard, a PhD candidate and senior lecturer at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)'s Department of Psychology, in a statement.
These findings are in line with studies from other countries, which have shown that sleep problems have been widespread during the pandemic.
Sørengaard and professor Ingvild Saksvik-Lehouillier led the research project at NTNU. They studied the relationships between sleep, workload and coping ability of employees in essential occupations, such as health care, social services, the government and education. The study followed these employees from the spring of 2020 to the present.
Stress at work and health concerns are associated with symptoms of insomnia for workers in essential occupations. This finding was not surprising as stress and anxiety can adversely affect sleep, leading to problems falling asleep and waking up during the night, the researchers say.
"Stress and worry are risk factors for sleep disorders in general, not only during a pandemic, but the extent of the stress and worries may be greater now due to the challenging situation that so many have been in for a long time," says Sørengaard.
Increased work pressure, stress and burnout were not the only causes of sleep issues. "Worrying about the health consequences of the pandemic can also contribute to sleep problems," says Sørengaard. "It's an extra burden to be afraid that you or those around you, like family and colleagues, might get sick as a result of the pandemic. Eventually, these worries can lead to sleep problems."
They also found that symptoms of burnout, such as fatigue and negative emotions associated with work, can contribute to poorer sleep. Overall, the results show that both burnout and insomnia need to be prevented early.
"Acting early and implementing measures that promote health and well-being can have a preventive effect on future illness and sick leave among these employees," Sørengaard says.
All of this should encourage action for workplaces and organizations that are particularly vulnerable in demanding situations, where the work pressure can quickly intensify, the researchers say. "It's important to recognize that several occupational groups are experiencing high workloads, and that taking care of employees is necessary both for their own health and the socially important tasks they perform," says Sørengaard.
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Arix Bioscience plc - Autolus Presents Initial AUTO1 Data at AACR
Arix Bioscience plc
LONDON, April 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --
Arix Bioscience plc (LSE: ARIX) ("Arix"), a global venture capital company focused on investing in and building breakthrough biotech companies, notes that its portfolio company, Autolus Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: AUTL) ("Autolus"), has announced that Claire Roddie MB, PhD, FRCPath, honorary senior lecturer, Cancer Institute, University College London (UCL), presented today initial data from the ongoing Phase 1/2 ALLCAR19 trial of AUTO1 in adult acute lymphoblastic B cell leukemia (ALL) as a late-breaking poster presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The announcement can be accessed on Autolus' investor website at https://www.autolus.com/investor-relations and full text of the announcement from Autolus is contained below.
About Arix Bioscience plc
Arix Bioscience plc is a global venture capital company focused on investing in and building breakthrough biotech companies around cutting edge advances in life sciences. We collaborate with exceptional entrepreneurs and provide the capital, expertise and global networks to help accelerate their ideas into important new treatments for patients. As a listed company, we are able to bring this exciting growth phase of our industry to a broader range of investors.
Initial Results from Autolus Therapeutics' ALLCAR19 Phase 1/2 Trial in Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Presented at the AACR Annual Meeting
Initial results from the trial show 88% molecular complete response at one month with
well-tolerated safety profile
Management to Hold Conference Call on April 2, 2019 at 8:00am ET / 1:00pm BST
LONDON, UK, April 1, 2019 -- Autolus Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: AUTL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation programmed T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer, announced that Claire Roddie MB, PhD, FRCPath, honorary senior lecturer, Cancer Institute, University College London (UCL), presented today initial data from the ongoing Phase 1/2 ALLCAR19 trial of AUTO1 in adult acute lymphoblastic B cell leukemia (ALL) as a late-breaking poster presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Relapsed / refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (r/r B-ALL) in adults is an area of significant unmet clinical need. Notably, no CD19 CAR T cell therapeutic has been approved for adults with r/r B-ALL. The key challenges identified in clinical studies testing standard CD19 CAR T-cells therapies in this setting are considerable toxicity associated with severe cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and high-grade neurological toxicity.
AUTO1 uses a novel CD19 binder that allows the CAR T cells to disengage rapidly after target cell encounter and kill. Data from the ongoing Phase 1/2 CARPALL trial of AUTO1 in pediatric ALL presented at the EHA CAR T Meeting in February 2019 has shown that AUTO1 has a well-tolerated safety profile without inducing high grade CRS in pediatric patients.
As of the data cutoff date of March 18, 2019 in the ongoing Phase 1/2 ALLCAR19 trial of AUTO1 in adult ALL patients, 13 patients were leukapheresed, and products for 12 patients were manufactured, including 7 with Autolus' semi-automated, fully enclosed manufacturing process. Two patients are pending infusion. Among the 10 infused patients to date, the median age is 41 and 70% were male, with median lines of treatment of 4 (the range is 2-7). Five of the ten treated patients had ≥ 50% BM blasts and were considered to be high-risk for severe CRS. Patients received a split dose based on disease burden for a total dose of up to 410 million cells.
Using the Lee criteria, there were no patients with severe CRS (≥ Grade 3), and 2 of 10 patients (20%) with Grade 2 CRS. Tocilizumab was used in 2 of 10 patients (20%). None of the patients were admitted to intensive care due to CRS. One patient developed delayed G3 neurotoxicity following high levels of CAR T expansion, which was quickly reversed with steroids. Four patients died on study, two due to progression of leukemia and two due to sepsis, a common complication of advanced ALL.
Efficacy results
Nine patients were evaluable for response at 1 month and 8 (88%) had a molecular complete response. One patient died of sepsis before the one-month evaluation point. At a median follow up of 5 months (range 0.62-10.6 months), 6/10 patients are alive and continue to be in molecular remission. There continues to be evidence of ongoing B cell aplasia and CAR T persistence.
"AUTO1 delivered promising early remission rates, CAR T cell expansion and persistence in this adult ALL trial cohort," said Dr. Roddie. "Despite enrolling patients with high tumor burden, the safety profile in the trial appears to compare very favorably to other CD19 CARs and is consistent with the safety profile of AUTO1 observed in pediatric patients in the CARPALL trial."
"These data from the ALLCAR19 study of AUTO1 in relapsed refractory ALL, while early, are extremely encouraging, with a high response rate we now associate with CAR T cell therapies, but with a potentially improved safety profile. If AUTO1 continues to be associated with a lower incidence of adverse events with additional patients treated, this could represent an important advance for more vulnerable adult patients, as side effects of these therapies, including serious cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity, limit our ability to treat these individuals." said Krishna Komanduri, M.D., Kalish Family Chair in Stem Cell Transplantation and Director, Adult Stem Cell Transplant Program at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
"The strong persistence of the CAR T cells over time, coupled with the low frequency of severe CRS events seen in these patients, represent encouraging initial data for AUTO1 in relapsed/refractory adult ALL," said Dr. Christian Itin, chairman and chief executive officer of Autolus Therapeutics. "We expect AUTO1 in adult ALL to move into a registration trial towards the end of this year."
For information about the ALLCAR19 trial, visit
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02935257?term=ALLCAR19&rank=1
Autolus management will host a conference call featuring Dr. Roddie on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 8:00 am ET/ 1:00 pm BST to discuss the ALLCAR19 data presented at AACR. To listen to the webcast and view the accompanying slide presentation, please go to https://www.autolus.com/investor-relations/news-events/events.
The call may also be accessed by dialing 866-679-5407 (U.S.) or 409-217-8320 (international) and referencing conference ID 7679666. After the conference call, a replay will be available for one week. To access the replay, please dial 855-859-2056 (U.S.) or 404-537-3406 (international) and enter conference ID 7679666.
About AUTO1
AUTO1 is a CD19 CAR T cell investigational therapy designed to overcome the limitations in safety - while maintaining similar levels of efficacy - compared to current CD19 CAR T cell therapies. Designed to have a fast target binding off-rate to minimize excessive activation of the programmed T cells, Autolus believes AUTO1 may reduce toxicity and be less prone to T cell exhaustion, which could enhance persistence and improve the T cells' abilities to engage in serial killing of target cancer cells. In 2018, Autolus signed a license agreement under which Autolus acquired global rights from UCL Business plc (UCLB), the technology-transfer company of UCL, to develop and commercialize AUTO1 for the treatment of B cell malignancies. AUTO1 is currently being evaluated in two Phase 1/2 trials, one in pediatric ALL and one in adult ALL.
About Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
According to the American Cancer Society, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is predicted to affect approximately 5,960 adults in the United States in 2018. Combination chemotherapy enables 90% of adult patients to experience CR (complete response). Despite this, the prognosis of adult ALL is still poor and has not changed significantly during the last two to three decades, with long-term remission rates limited to 30-40%. Approximately 50% of all adult ALL patients will relapse.
About Autolus Therapeutics plc
Autolus is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation, programmed T cell therapies for the treatment of cancer. Using a broad suite of proprietary and modular T cell programming technologies, the company is engineering precisely targeted, controlled and highly active T cell therapies that are designed to better recognize cancer cells, break down their defense mechanisms and eliminate these cells. Autolus has a pipeline of product candidates in development for the treatment of hematological malignancies and solid tumors.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts, and in some cases can be identified by terms such as "may," "will," "could," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," and "believes." These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the company's product candidates and research programs including the company's ongoing and planned clinical developments of AUTO1 including its timeline to move into a registration trial. Any forward-looking statements are based on management's current views and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause our actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section titled "Risk Factors" in the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on November 23, 2018 as well as discussions of potential risks, uncertainties, and other important factors in the company's future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. All information in this press release is as of the date of the release, and the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Of course, each Monday, Bob Confer does the Albany Update on Dialog on Hometown 1340, WLVL ... but there's so much chaotic crap flying across the state wires, I'm not sure we could wait that long. So I thought I'd highlight a few stories here.
The Daily News reports today: Chaos reigned Thursday at what was supposed to be a news conference for Paterson and lawmakers to lay out priorities for the rest of the legislative session.
The story goes on to say that Paterson stood between Joe Bruno and Shelly Silver as the took potshots at one another - as you can likely tell in the photo.
The New York Sun, meanwhile, says: In a vivid illustration of the topsy-turvy world of state politics, the Senate Republican majority leader, Joseph Bruno, is siding with the teachers unions and blocking the measure, while the Senate Democratic leader, Malcolm Smith, is not only supporting a cap but says he wants to restrict taxes even more aggressively than the governor.
I've said hundreds of times before, it's like the Republicans in the State Senate don't know that they're Republicans. Or could it just be that being in the majority loosens up the purse strings?
Local blogger Rus Thompson says it's the unions that are killing the tax cap. Read his thoughts here.
I mentioned a story yesterday about a NYS judge ordering the legislature to give judges raises ... but then I forgot to put it in the show notes. Here's a post from NiagaraTimes, a Republican blog in Niagara County. I agree with them maybe half the time. This is one of those times.
And finally, this is from the Free New York Blog. It says that high taxes encourage mafiosa style business practices ... and terrorism.