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This is a shout out to my client William Todd Schultz and his new book An Emergency in Slow Motion about Diane Arbus. When I was studying in London for my junior year, I lived in a single room in a dorm in South London. All the girls ditched the dorm in favor of a flat on the King’s Road. But I stayed. I craved solitude more than anything. And this cinder block room was the room of my own I had longed for. It was the year I read Hardy, Dickens, Hopkins, and Larkin. The year I drank red wine and ate peanuts from a cellophane sleeve while I read aforementioned writers. It was the year I started to write academic papers in the first person. The year I saw Truffaut’s Wild Child. It was the year I went hunting for psychedelic mushrooms with a pale young man who looked a little like a mushroom and wore crepe soled shoes. And the year I hung exactly one poster in my room: twin girls  in matching dresses and hairbands.

Thus began my love affair with Diane Arbus. And so it was my great good fortune to connect with William Todd Schultz who was at work on a psychobiography of the photographer. He had even been in touch in a series of long phone calls with Arbus’ last psychiatrist. But more than this extraordinary new window into her life, I loved his approach to understanding this great artist. He looked at each of the central mysteries of her life in a way that I found thought provoking, tempered with common sense and respect, and complex. Ever since I was a teenager, I have always been fascinated by the great artists who took their lives. This book is tremendously helpful in thinking about the making of art and the unmaking of a life.

It’s such a huge topic, artists who take their lives. I don’t know where to begin to ask a question.

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  1. I used to read every book about artists who committed suicide and had a death book, where I collected poems and essays about death. Fortunately I never took my life, but came very close. Had an aborted attempt and my sister-in-law made me promise to wait until my 18th birthday. I went into countdown mode. Fortunately a wonderful group of pagans entered my life and their unconditional love caused me to change my mind. I care very much for people who hurt so much that they see death as the only option. My hope is that the memoir I’m writing will help hurting people find a way out. I’m almost done with the rough draft.

  2. “An Emergency is Slow Motion” Good God. I love the title.

  3. The woods are lovely, dark and deep.

  4. I admit I’ve never hear of Diane Arbus so I did what any of us do nowadays when we don’t know. I Googled her. Apparently she lived in Westbeth at the time of her suicide. I had many friends who lived down there. It was a strange place. I was always terrified of being alone in the hallways. I remember hearing about a kid who died in the elevator shaft and my friend’s sister, she tried to kill herself there, too. Come to think of it, it was the only time I ever sleepwalked. I don’t usually believe in this sort of stuff but I wouldn’t be surprised if darkness lived in those walls.

  5. Such a big story, filled with many joys and sadnesses, but I was close friends with the playwright Sarah Kane before she took her own life, as she warned us she would do. Her last play, 4.48 Psychosis, was written right before her death and tells a lot of the story, psychiatrists and all. She also lived in South London, in Brixton, and I stayed there with her once. I’ve been telling some funny anecdotes about her lately on Dennis Cooper’s blog, and Dennis really appreciates her work. An amazing artist and very sweet person. I loved her a lot.

  6. Fabulous title. For my MFA thesis, back in ’88, I wrote a sonnet in Arbus’s voice, just after reading Patricia Bosworth’s biography. Yes, you read that correctly. It was my favorite poem in the entire sequence.

  7. It’s cool. I wouldn’t know where to begin to propose an answer.

    • Franzen on Wallace: “He was lovable the way a child is lovable, and he was capable of returning love with a childlike purity. If love is nevertheless excluded from his work, it’s because he never quite felt that he deserved to receive it. He was a lifelong prisoner on the island of himself…. [E]ven after his slow and heroic construction of a life for himself, he felt undeserving. And this feeling was intertwined, ultimately to the point of indistinguishability, with the thought of suicide, which was the one sure way out of his imprisonment; surer than addiction, surer than fiction, and surer, finally, than love.” (Jonathan Franzen, “Farther Away,” The New Yorker, April 18, 2011)

      • Absolutely. I read this piece too. In a lot of ways it applies to the life of the person I’m writing about now, for my next book, Elliott Smith. What’s unusual for Arbus is that suicide took her more or less by surprise. It wasn’t an idea she kept toying with. She tried it just once, and she succeeded (though I don’t believe her intent was to die; in fact, most “suicides” want at once to live and to die).

      • Mr. Schultz, this is ironic. My first thought, after reading the title of your new Arbus biography, was that it was evocative of the title: “The Delicate Sound of an Explosion.” This was the title given to a 1998 interview of Elliott Smith that was conducted by a photographer, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.

        I’ll definitely read your Arbus book, but I will be eagerly awaiting your Elliott Smith biography.

      • To “old school”–very deeply into the Elliott book now. I’ve read the interview you mention. btw, one idea for the ES book title is: “The Reflected Sound Of Everything.”

  8. Not intended as an “answer”, but, perhaps, an observation: It is a value they put on themselves.

  9. Those twin girls, in black and white, and matching outfits? I think I love them.

    I’m fascinated by all of you who knew of these people when you were kids. I can’t imagine having that. I didn’t know of artists until I was in my 20’s. The adults around me didn’t believe in art, and they spoke the word “artists” like it was a cancer.

  10. Actually, that shellfish post a few days ago had me conjuring head-in-the-oven scenarios. That leap, the freedom, the ultimate expression. It’s a sort of enjambment that’s the ultimate enjambment, and hence the fascination.

    Me myself, I’m much too pedestrian to consider such a thing, but it doesn’t stop me from being fascinated by those who do.

  11. I have a photography book by Francesa Woodman who took her life very young, long before she had produced the body of work that Arbus left behind. An Emergency in Slow Motion already sounds like such a painful compelling book. In Woodman’s photographs, despite the beauty weirdness and light, you can see Death seeping in so quickly.

  12. What is it about depression and brilliance that so often seems to join them in lockstep? Such gifts these writers and artists left behind but such a price.

  13. “The thing that’s important to know is that you never know. You’re always sort of feeling your way.”
    Diane Arbus
    An Aperture Monograph

  14. Suicide is the answer to the age-old question, “why me?” The suicide’s answer is to remove “me” from the sentence, leaving the rest of us with “why?” and the pain that was merely discharged, not extinguished, with the slash of a blade, the blast of a gun, the swallowing of pills and alcohol, the single step off of solid matter into nothingness.

    I’m less interested in artists who commit suicide than I am in those who consent to fade into irrelevance in the eyes of the world, living large in a smaller sphere.

    Arbus’ photographs, more than most other kinds of art, are mirrors more than portrayals. A compassionate person will respond compassionately, and with interest, to the real people she frames. Others only see their own pain, inner ugliness, and freakishness laid bare.

    I don’t know what Arbus thought of her subjects, but from where I stand, they’re not freaks—they form a near-majority of human life on this planet. An hour spent at PeopleofWalmart.com will confirm that. Maybe that in itself is too painful for some to live with.

    In my college years, I would alternate between wanting to drive my candy-apple metal-flake ’76 Camaro off a bridge into the Intra-Coastal Waterway or plowing it into the Weejun-shod, Madras-clad students who traversed the campus of the University of Miami. Instead, I fell in desperate love, got knocked-up and dumped, and then campaigned for my own beatification as a martyr over the next 20-odd years. Same mindset as the suicidal one, but this way, at least there’s hope that I’ll grow up and out of it someday. Besides, my life has not been completely devoid of love and goodwill toward others.

    • So much in that comment TP.

      I’ll pick up on this point:

      “I’m less interested in artists who commit suicide than I am in those who consent to fade into irrelevance in the eyes of the world, living large in a smaller sphere.”

      This reminds me of an interview with Paul McCartney on BBC Radio 4 the other day. He was plugging his new ballet and the interviewer asked him if he still thought he could “top” his music from The Beatles days. McCartney acknowledged that the Beatles was “as good as it was ever going to get.” But he said that doing something other than music didn’t feel right, so he stuck with music.

    • Great post, TP. There’s this idea in Buddhism that the energy in those impulses (bridge, Madras), and in their source, that if you can tap into it, will not only be a powerful healing force but also a compass towards enlightenment. When I gave up hoping I would grow out of all the “its”, it was pretty cool what opened up. Of course the next day I went back to hoping and ambivalence.

  15. Well there is some hard science behind the marriage of art and madness. The suicide of artists is so romanticized in our culture but I’ve worked with many mentally ill artists and they are much like anyone else who is severely depressed or psychotic. Suicide is fascinating from afar but close-up it’s sad and messy and incredibly complicated.

  16. She is unique. That is hard.

  17. I was enthralled with Arbus as a teenager and 20-something and it will be great to revisit her with this book. Frankly, her suicide is not something I’ve kept with me all these years …more the haunting eyes of so many of her subjects. Great post, thank you….

  18. suicide is an accident.

  19. I tend to fixate not on what these individuals accomplished, but what more they might have done with their art and their lives if they had continued to pass that open window.

  20. […] reading Betsy’s post on Diane Arbus, my mind trails back to 1977-79. I can’t help but think about Westbeth, the […]

  21. My first encounter with suicide was in high school – I prevented a fellow student from taking her own life. She spent months in a hospital, never returned to our school and it was a forbidden topic in front of the teachers. In the first six months after ‘Katrina, I knew two people who committed suicide. Both were kind, giving people who were just overwhelmed with the stresses from living in that apocalyptic-like environment. Such an ultimate decision to the frightening power of despair leaves me weak-kneed. ‘Don’t know if I’ll be able to read this book.

    • The sad thing is that suicide leaves devastation in its wake. Those left behind have to cope, and the person who caused the pain has fled the scene. Sometimes I think just waiting one more day can bring a change. But those who are hurting so intensely can’t see a way out. I am glad you helped your fellow student. Sad that the teachers didn’t let you talk about it.

  22. I don’t know where to begin. Diane Arbus’ black and white photographs are some of the most powerful images I have ever seen. Her suicide disturbs me, as does the suicide of nearly anyone, famous or not. I say nearly anyone because for some people it’s not only an option, but fels like the only option. Anyone who has experienced tremendous depression or pain knows what I’m talking about. Anyone in complete physical pain with only a short time left to live knows more than I do. I’ve known people who have taken their lives and Bobbi’s
    statement above about the sad, messy, incredibly complicated aspects are all too real. I thought my heart had been broken before but it wasn’t until one of my best friends killed himself that I knew what pain really felt like. In some ways, his reasons made sense, but the reality is I don’t know what his reasons were and can only guess. It’s the same with anyone — we can only guess. And even if you come up with a reason, does it really matter? Nothing changes, everything changes.
    My thoughts are: anyone reading this post and thinking of suicide should say something. Talk about it. It might be th hardest thing you’ll ever do, but hopefully it won’t be the last.
    (Kay Redfield Jamison’s book, “Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide” helped me. I don’t know if I’ll read “An Emergency in Slow Motion”, but I do know I’ll find out more about it).
    Peace to all. And much love.

  23. I had a conversation with a colleague this weekend about why writers can be so difficult to work with. In part I think it’s that awful alchemy of extraordinarily sensitive soul meets brutal profession.

    I think this also factors into the prevalence of depression/ suicide/ substance abuse among artists.

  24. But, as Bobbi said, we should not ignore the hard science of it. Romanticizing suicide doesn’t seem right. I think “we” totally did that with Sylvia Plath and maybe Hemingway.

  25. Just bought this book last week after reading about it and haven’t started it yet. Arbus created the kind of images that you can’t look away from, but that are painful to see. Her subjects often have strange, clear, wounded expressions that reveal feelings of mine that I’d never want anyone to see. I didn’t know it was one of yours, Betsy. I’ll appreciate it more.

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Pontius Pilate by Warren Carter

Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea (26-37 CE) during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius (14-37 CE). His claim to fame is his role in crucifying Jesus.

We do not know many details about his life. Apart from the New Testament gospels, two first-century Jewish writers, Philo of Alexandria (Embassy to Gaius 299-305) and Josephus of Rome (Jewish War 2.169-77; Antiquities of the Jews 18.55-89), briefly mention him. An inscription discovered in Caesarea in 1961 and some coins also attest to him.

His appointment as governor, nevertheless, indicates that he came from a wealthy, powerful, elite family that was probably well connected with the emperor Tiberius. Most likely he had previous military and administrative experience. Philo’s and Josephus’s accounts of Pilate’s actions suggest insensitivity to Jewish customs typical of elite Roman prejudices toward provincials.

Pilate: A Weak Wimp …?

Scholars have debated Pilate’s role in Jesus’s crucifixion. Pilate has usually been understood as a weak figure whom the Jerusalem leaders bully into crucifying Jesus. This reading emphasizes that Pilate thinks Jesus is innocent, wondering “what evil has he done?” (Mark 15:14; Matt 27:23; Luke 23:4, Luke 23:14-22). Yet he is weak and cannot stand up to these leaders (Mark 15:11-15; Matt 27:23-27; Luke 23:23-25; John 19:12-16). Threatened by possible crowd violence and by accusations of his disloyalty to the emperor if he does not crucify Jesus (John 19:12), Pilate tamely yields to their demands. This approach constructs Pilate as a weak wimp, powerless and disinterested.

Throughout two millennia, Christian interpreters have diminished Pilate’s role in Jesus’s crucifixion for several reasons. A long Christian tradition has blamed the Jerusalem leaders and crowds for Jesus’s death. In the early centuries of the church, apocryphal stories emerged that removed all responsibility from Pilate and transferred it to the Jerusalem leaders. One story has Jesus giving Pilate permission to crucify him while blaming the Jewish leaders. Another story has the emperor Tiberius and Pilate blame the Jews for Jesus’s execution; Tiberius punishes them with a military attack and scatters them from Judea. Foregrounding the Jerusalem leaders emphasizes their responsibility. Such readings are marked by a strong anti-Judaism tone.

Moreover, Christian interpreters have often read the New Testament passages concerning Pilate with the presupposition that the gospels deal with religious, not political, matters. The governor Pilate is understood to be reluctant to get involved in what Christian interpreters have often depicted as a religious dispute involving Jerusalem’s religious leaders and Jesus, a religious figure. Pilate has to be bullied into action by the Jerusalem leaders as they pursue their religious agenda against Jesus.

… or an Astute and Strong Governor?

This “weak Pilate” approach, however, has unrealistically played down the power and responsibilities entrusted to Roman governors. Governors were the face of Rome’s empire and power in the provinces. Pilate represented Rome’s political and economic interests, defended its hierarchical societal structure, and ensured submission and order in the provinces. As governor, Pilate exercised military, political, social, judicial, and economic power for the benefit of Rome’s ruling elites. Governor Pilate was not a wimp. Pilate’s apparent reluctance to execute Jesus can be understood very differently, then, in the context of Pilate’s power as governor.

His initial refusal of the Jerusalem leaders’ request to crucify Jesus is a ploy, a strategy to assert his dominance. As Judea’s governor, Pilate rules in alliance with the Jerusalem leaders. These leaders were not just religious figures. Josephus identifies them as the native rulers of Judea (Antiquities 20.251). Pilate shared with them the common interest of maintaining the imperial system that secured their wealth, power, and status as ruling elites. Yet tensions and power struggles for ascendancy marked this ruling alliance. Rome stacked the deck. The governor appointed the chief priests and maintained the power to execute challengers to the system.

The Jerusalem leaders saw Jesus, his followers, and interested crowds as a threat. He openly proclaimed the “kingdom” or “empire” of God and was called “king of the Jews” (Mark 15:2; Luke 23:2). This title is treasonous since only Rome could appoint or sanction kings in provinces; they had not sanctioned Jesus. So to protect their position as rulers against a potential threat, they ask Pilate to crucify Jesus.

Since Pilate’s allies are concerned about Jesus, so is Pilate. They share common interests in maintaining the status quo. But he can’t instantly yield to their demand; that would make him their lackey. Rather, he uses their request to subordinate them further. He makes them beg. Several times he says he sees no threat. Each time they beg for Jesus’s crucifixion, submitting themselves further to Pilate’s power. When the crowd joins in begging, Pilate learns that there will not be a riot when he crucifies this kingly wannabe.

Governor Pilate completes an astute piece of governing. He does what they want but only after he has increased his power over them.

Warren Carter, "Pontius Pilate", n.p. [cited 15 Jun 2021]. Online: https://bibleodyssey.com:443/en/people/main-articles/pontius-pilate

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Warren Carter
Meinders Professor of New Testament , Phillips Theological Seminary

Warren Carter is Meinders Professor of New Testament  at Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa OK. He is the author of numerous books, including What Does Revelation Reveal? (Abingdon, 2011), John and Empire: Initial Explorations (Continuum, 2008), and The Roman Empire and the New Testament: An Essential Guide (Abingdon, 2006).

Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea during the reign of Emperor Tiberius.

Did you know…?

  • We know few details about Pilate as the Roman governor of Judea (26-37 CE) apart from his dealings with Jesus.
  • As a governor, Pilate would have had previous military and administrative experience.
  • Governors represented Roman rule and interests in their province in tense alliance with local leaders, exercising great power for the benefit of Rome’s ruling elites.
  • Pilate was recalled to Rome in early 37 CE, charged with misgoverning, but Emperor Tiberius died before a trial. Pilate then disappears from the historical record.
  • Pilate’s role in Jesus’s crucifixion has been debated. Was he weak and wimpy, bullied into crucifying Jesus by the Jerusalem leaders? More likely, he strategically “plays with” his allies by “refusing” to crucify Jesus. The more they beg, the more power over them Pilate acquires.
  • Subsequent church traditions create various imaginative stories about Pilate, thereby constructing him variously: to be a villain who commits suicide for crucifying Jesus; a Christian to whom the risen Jesus appears; a saint honored by the Ethiopian church; and a martyr executed by Tiberius who does not understand that Pilate does God’s will in crucifying Jesus.

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Mark 15:14

14Pilate asked them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him!”

Matt 27:23

23Then he asked, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified!”

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4Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for an accusation against this man.”

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Mark 15:2

2Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “You say so.”

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22 “Brothers and fathers,x listen now to my defense.”

When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic,y they became very quiet.

Then Paul said: “I am a Jew,z born in Tarsusa of Cilicia,b but brought up in this city. I studied underc Gamalield and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.e I was just as zealousf for God as any of you are today. I persecutedg the followers of this Wayh to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,i as the high priest and all the Councilj can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associatesk in Damascus,l and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

“About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.m I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

“ ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked.

“ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth,n whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. My companions saw the light,o but they did not understand the voicep of him who was speaking to me.

10 “ ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked.

“ ‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’q 11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.r

12 A man named Ananias came to see me.s He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.t 13 He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.

14 “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestorsu has chosen you to know his will and to seev the Righteous Onew and to hear words from his mouth. 15 You will be his witnessx to all people of what you have seeny and heard. 16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptizedz and wash your sins away,a calling on his name.’b

17 “When I returned to Jerusalemc and was praying at the temple, I fell into a tranced 18 and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’

19 “ ‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprisone and beatf those who believe in you. 20 And when the blood of your martyra Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’g

21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”h

Paul the Roman Citizen

22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him!i He’s not fit to live!”j

23 As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaksk and flinging dust into the air,l 24 the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.m He directedn that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this. 25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”o

26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

27 The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”

“Yes, I am,” he answered.

28 Then the commander said, “I had to pay a lot of money for my citizenship.”

“But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

29 Those who were about to interrogate himp withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen,q in chains.r

Paul Before the Sanhedrin

3The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews.s So the next day he released himt and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrinu to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.

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Jesus before Pilate

1 Then the whole body of them got up and abrought Him before Pilate.

2 aAnd they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man bmisleading our nation and cforbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is 1Christ, a King.”

3 So Pilate asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and said, aIt is as you say.”

4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “aI find no guilt in this man.”

5 But they kept on insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, astarting from Galilee even as far as this place.”

6 When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

7 And when he learned that He belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to aHerod, who himself also was in Jerusalem 1at that time.

Jesus before Herod

8 Now Herod was very glad when he saw Jesus; for ahe had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had been hearing about Him and was hoping to see some 1sign performed by Him.

9 And he questioned Him 1at some length; but aHe answered him nothing.

10 And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there, accusing Him vehemently.

11 And Herod with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking Him, adressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate.

12 Now aHerod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.

Pilate Seeks Jesus’ Release

13 Pilate summoned the chief priests and the arulers and the people,

14 and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one who aincites the people to rebellion, and behold, having examined Him before you, I bhave found no guilt in this man regarding the charges which you make against Him.

15 “No, nor has aHerod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him.

16 “Therefore I will apunish Him and release Him.”

17 [1Now he was obliged to release to them at the feast one prisoner.]

18 But they cried out all together, saying, “aAway with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”

19 (He was one who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection made in the city, and for murder.)

20 Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,

21 but they kept on calling out, saying, “Crucify, crucify Him!”

22 And he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has this man done? I have found in Him no guilt demanding death; therefore I will apunish Him and release Him.”

23 But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail.

24 And Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted.

25 And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he delivered Jesus to their will.

Simon Bears the Cross

26 aWhen they led Him away, they seized a man, Simon of bCyrene, coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus.

27 And following Him was a large crowd of the people, and of women who were 1amourning and lamenting Him.

28 But Jesus turning to them said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

29 “For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘aBlessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

30 “Then they will begin to asay to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’

31 “For if they do these things 1when the tree is green, what will happen 2when it is dry?”

32 aTwo others also, who were criminals, were being led away to be put to death with Him.

The Crucifixion

33 aWhen they came to the place called 1The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

34 1But Jesus was saying, aFather, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” bAnd they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

35 And the people stood by, looking on. And even the arulers were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; blet Him save Himself if this is the 1Christ of God, His Chosen One.”

36 The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, aoffering Him sour wine,

37 and saying, “aIf You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!”

38 Now there was also an inscription above Him, “aTHIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

39 aOne of the criminals who were hanged there was 1hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the 2Christ? bSave Yourself and us!”

40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

41 “And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving 1what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”

42 And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come 1in Your kingdom!”

43 And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in aParadise.”

44 aIt was now about 1bthe sixth hour, and darkness 2fell over the whole land until 3the ninth hour,

45 1because the sun was obscured; and athe veil of the temple was torn 2in two.

46 And Jesus, acrying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, binto Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.

47 aNow when the centurion saw what had happened, he began bpraising God, saying, “Certainly this man was 1innocent.”

48 And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, began to return, 1abeating their breasts.

49 aAnd all His acquaintances and athe women who accompanied Him from Galilee were standing at a distance, seeing these things.

Jesus Is Buried

50 aAnd a man named Joseph, who was a bmember of the Council, a good and righteous man

51 (he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was awaiting for the kingdom of God;

52 this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

53 And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain.

54 It was athe 1preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to 2begin.

55 Now athe women who had come with Him out of Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how His body was laid.

56 Then they returned and aprepared spices and perfumes.

And bon the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

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Sergio Tomasso says:

As a bike experten could you give me a advise?
A road bike is not suitable for my city rough roads, so I’m thinking about a cyclocross bike.
As the most affordable are the CAnnondale CAADX TIagra and the Merida cyclo cross 500( both about at the same price in POrtugal), knowing the 500 as a more advanced gear system, overall which you think is better? Or there is even a better bike for a budget around 1000 to 1400€?
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SmF says:

Hi, I’m looking forward to change my 29’r for a Merida cross 500 2016 model.
What about that model compared to the 2015 model. Any significant changes?
Only question marks for myself are the brakes (feel & power) compared my SLX disks on the 29’r. Also the brakelevers on top of the handlebars do look a bit odd.

Gary Hedworth says:

Hi Cannondany…great review of the Merida Cyclocross 500…
I was just interested to know if you could fit a front fender/mudgaurd to the carbon fork
I know the fork has holes down towards the thru axle but can’t see any at the top of the fork…
I guess if you take the front wheel off is there a treaded hole up the centre of the fork? Many Thanx

Robin Robin says:

Great review! Have a little question though. Looks like we only got through axle in the front wheel, but the rear wheel is using a standard quick release right? Is there any potential problems like having to adjust the rear brake every time you install the rear wheel?Why we don’t get through axle in the rear?

Md Alamin says:

Hi, how’s your cyclocross competition…..

BAS 11C says:

What’s with the angle? Is it wide?

Lars Bo Jensen says:

Has anyone bad experiences with the cabling getting filled with mud and not working anymore (especially for the rear derailleur)? I am considering the Merida 700 CX 2016.

Виталий Киселев says:

great review! but what about the tire clearance, especially in lower chain stays, can the bike handle wide tires, like wtb nano? thx!

Hardi Erstu says:

Hi, I have had my Merida cyclocross 500 about a year. I picked this model because it has mud guard mounting holes, disc brakes, and also thru axle. And I liked also the the drivetrain with 46/36 chainring. It has good gear ratios for me. I wanted a bike with a lot of easy gears, but still have also some faster gear for downhill on tarmac.

You liked the way how cables enter the frame from the shifters, but I thought it’s weird and could be better. After a while, the brake cable started to squeak in that hole where it enters the frame when turning the handlebar. So it might chew the cable after all? I applied some Teflon grease to there.. Maybe some silicon based grease would have been better? But I think the type of Teflon I used isn’t also too aggressive for plastic and such things. At least that’s what it said in tube. Grease stoped the annoying sound.

Year ago when I bought the bike, they were pretty expensive in local store, since it was new model. So I instead bought it online from Germany. I got it something 180€ cheaper from there. Even though, I had been warned by local bike shop that I might not get any bike at all, if buying online, and how the bikes sold online are all bent and bad and whatever.. Well the bike I got really had it’s rear wheel undished by one millimeter to right, because the rear triangle was bent 1 mm to left. And later I discovered that also the front end also isn’t straight.. Fork was holding the opposite direction.. to right. Maybe 4 to 6 mm..
Well I don’t think it got damaged by it’s long journey from Germany to Estonia. Also I don’t believe that I would have got better bike from local dealers.. I suspect it’s not also some quality issue or accident in producing…
Rather I believe that the bikes are often bent this way for the same reason, why they decided to leave that shifter cable you mentioned in video opened for the dirt and why the rear dropouts had those weird openings there. Of course, I might be wrong and paranoid. And a bad person. But, but well.. somehow I have got such impression.

Yeah that one mm for rear triangle is acceptable. Unfortunate, but acceptable. But the fork has about 5mm difference by my measuring that actually took a lot of effort for me. Since I wanted to get smaller measure. It might be actually a whole cm too. But..
Even that 5mm might not cause much problem, but I still don’t like that. I just don’t like such things. For me this bike isn’t that cheap. If they make unstraight bikes. They should warn, that they might be a bit so or so.

The rim tapes used on my bike, were also very irritatingly stubborn, when changing tires. They don’t want to stay put, moving to left and right under to bead, making the installation of tire difficult.. The tire was wobbling and did not get straight even after some ridding. And I think it was because rimtape wasn’t in center properly. Didn’t they have some wider rimtapes to use? I clued them to rim. And then used some liguid soap to get the tire properly beaded. And now it’s almost straight on rim.

But it’s good bike. I think.. I like it. Except some fault.. But Much better than my old 8 speed cross bike was.. because that one was already 7 years old. And 3 times cheaper.

Also I would have liked shorter crank arms for the 52 size frame. It came with 72.5 cranks.. I think it was 72.5… Some other brands had shorter crank arms fitted on similar sized cx bikes. I think shorter ones would work for me better.. also would leave more clearance for front wheel. And maybe the handlebar could be narrower too? But I’m not sure. Maybe it’s normal for a cx bike. But I suspect that these meridas have same length of crank arms and with of handlebars for all sizes.. maybe stem length is only different. ^_^

Md Alamin says:

Hi hello, I like to buy merida cyclocross 300 2016 model. Can u tell me little more about the 300 model.

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As a dental practice, you’re going to want what’s best for your business. You might be surprised to discover that dental marketing is something that is available for your dental practice. Of course, it would be more cost-effective for you to handle your own marketing, but there are more benefits to hiring a professional dental marketing company to take care of your marketing strategy.

For one, a well-thought-out marketing strategy can do wonders for boosting your dental practice by helping more potential dental patients find your practice, especially within a given area. A good dental marketing strategy is also a good way of establishing your practice as a reliable source of dental information and advice.

Overall, when done right, a good marketing strategy can really help your dental practice grow. In order to do that, you’re going to need to work with the right dental marketing company. Here are some tips to help you hire the best marketing company for your dental marketing needs.

Can’t I just handle my own dental marketing?

When you start thinking about marketing for your dental practice, you might be seriously considering handling your own dental marketing instead of having to hire a professional company to handle your dental marketing.

After all, how hard could it be right? This is something that we highly advise against, because a good marketing strategy takes a while to plan, not to mention industry-specific tools and a certain skill set to understand how well a marketing strategy will work with your intended audience.

It would be more beneficial for you and your dental practice to hire a company to handle your dental marketing.

Is it a dental marketing company, or a general marketing company?

If you’ve started looking at marketing companies, take a good look at the kind of marketing they do. Do they handle all kinds of marketing, or are they specifically a dental marketing company?

It is possible that a marketing company has experience in dental marketing while catering to other types of marketing strategies, and that’s fine, as long as the company does have experience in dental marketing.

You don’t want to have to pay a marketing company to use your dental practice as a way to try out different dental marketing strategies without any actual results.

What kind of strategy do they have in mind for your dental practice?

When you’re in the process of considering a dental marketing company, try to ask them about the marketing strategy they might have in mind for your dental practice.

They don’t have to have anything absolutely specific, but it helps if they can outline a general idea of what kind of marketing has to be done for your practice.

Make sure that they don’t say anything vague like a better social media presence, they should be able to tell you how they plan to strengthen your social media presence and other aspects of your marketing that needs to be worked on.


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Israel-Palestine ceasefire leaves Netanyahu ‘more powerful’ as Hamas hurt ‘massively’

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The truce was announced on Thursday evening following a meeting of the Israeli security cabinet amid mounting calls from the international for a de-escalation in Gaza. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now “more powerful” according to Sky News’s Mark Stone. Meanwhile, Hamas has seen its military capabilities degraded “massively,” according to the Middle East correspondent.

Mr Stone told Sky News viewser: “In terms of what’s been achieved well politically Benjamin Netanyahu is now more powerful than he was 12 days ago when he was fighting for his political life.

“Militarily the Israelis have managed to degrade Hamas’s capabilities massively.

“However it is worth stressing they were surprised by how capable Hamas was at being able to strike places like Tel Aviv.”

In a statement confirming the ceasefire, Israel’s security cabinet said the decision had been “accepted unanimously”.

The statement read “The Political Security Cabinet unanimously accepted the recommendation of all security officials, the chief of staff, the head of the Shin Bet [internal security agency], the head of the Mossad [foreign intelligence] and the head of the National Security Council, to accept the Egyptian initiative for a bilateral unconditional ceasefire, which will take effect at a later date.

“The chief of staff, the military echelon and the head of the GSS reviewed before the ministers Israel’s great achievements in the campaign, some of which were unprecedented.

“The political echelon emphasizes that the reality on the ground will determine the continuation of the campaign.”

On the Palestinian side, Hamas announced the ceasefire would be “mutual and simultaneous”.

Israel-Gaza: CCTV captures moment of strike in Petah Tikva

Mr Stone said: “For Hamas, they can claim that they put themselves at the centre of the quest for Palestinian equality, Palestinian statehood.”

He added: “But where does it leave the people? Well, Gaza in a mess again and in terms of that elusive two-state solution.

“The core problems here in Israel Palestine nothing has changed here at all.”

In total, at least 230 people have been killed in the Hamas controlled territory in the recent clashes while in Israel, 12 people have been killed, including two children.

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Fighting erupted on May 10 after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad began launching rockets into Israel from Gaza after Israeli security forces and Palestinians in East Jerusalem clashed around the Al-Aqsa Mosque, a highly sensitive holy site in the Old City.

In response, the Israeli airforce has carried out multiple sorties against infrastructure and militant linked targets across Gaza.

Some experts have feared fighting may continue right up to the ceasefire which has been set for 2 am local time on Friday.

Times of Israel contributor Tal Schneider told Times Radio: “I have to tell you that in the last 24 hours before the ceasefire we usually see lots of violence.”

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Friday, December 17, 2010

Wheelbarrow Load, and a Silent Night

Remember the trashpicked wheelbarrow?
I sanded it down, painted it, and now it's off to it's yuletide recipient- my 2 year old nephew.

I wanted to send it via UPS ground through my office, so I strapped it on the back of Gilbert, pushing the limits of my luggage straps.

It was so sunny and relatively warm  that I ended up stripping down to just my cords, a very thick wool sweater, gloves and scarf,  and still being too warm.  I know that Uggs are considered a fashion crime by many, but I have the smooth leather footed version that looks a little better, and boy are they toasty warm!

In the evening, I had a very calm and quiet ride home, thanks largely to off street paths.  I rode the Vassar street cycletrack all the way down to the "secret" shortcut through Ft. Washington park,  and thence through quiet residential streets in Cambridgeport to Trader Joe's, and then along the river path home to Harvard Sq.

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With very few cars, and on a crisp cold night, the city seems so quiet-  all I can hear are the soft noises of my bike- the whirr of the wheels, the click of the freewheel,  the small noises of chain and axle.

I've made some tweaks to my saddle position and am feeling unusually connected and tuned into the bike.  Everything just feels so natural, like the bike is an extension of my body that I use to get places simply and quickly.  What a pleasant and calm ride- the best kind of silent night.

Oh, and Somervillain really wants me to remind people of the Illuminations ride in Somerville,  and say that Bloc 11 closes at 8 on Saturdays, so we will probably go to 1369 instead.   For best results, meet us at the ride, and we'll all decide where to go from there!

  1. I guess i have only been riding my bike during dawn and dusk commuting hours but I only wish I had the thick-blood to call this weather "warm"! I have some magical clothing layers that work wonderfully, and yet my feet still get cold. ah well.

    i love the residential streets of cambridgeport, especially at 6am when I ride through there with not a single soul on the road!

  2. JPTwins,
    Riding at 1:30 in the afternoon made a world of difference. I had been in a cold house all morning, but riding to work mid-afternoon, under the full glare of the sun was almost pleasant! Try the Smartwool tights- they're amazing.

  3. sigh... jealous of midday riding.

    it's actually only my toes that are cold, and I'll probably try those heating pads that fit in your shoe. I just got my wife some of the smartwool tights based on your Orvis suggestion. thanks!

  4. I'm getting smartwool tights for Christmas! I can't wait to try them.

    JPTwins-- what do you wear on your feet for your commute? Are you wearing wool socks and wind-proof shoes? I'm discovering that one without the other (i.e., windproof shoes but no wool, or wool but air-leaky shoes) simply doesn't cut it on the really cold days.

    Also, FYI I may not be able to make it to the Illuminations tour because I will be out of state earlier in the day, but if not I still hope to make the meet-up afterward.

  5. Hi there!
    As a fellow architect (wannabe architect, actually, since I'm a student at the moment!) and crafts person, I was interested by Velouria's post from the very first lines - and then I saw your bike and I loved it!
    Yay for the christmas lights!
    Happy holidays :)

  6. Thanks for mentioning the short cut! I went to "discover" it yesterday. I love the little park it's connected to. So moody.


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Kyowa Kirin Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for the Self-administration of CRYSVITA® ▼ (burosumab) to Treat X-Linked Hypophosphataemia (XLH), a Rare Metabolic Bone Disorder

Kyowa Kirin Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for the Self-administration of CRYSVITA® ▼ (burosumab) to Treat X-Linked Hypophosphataemia (XLH), a Rare Metabolic Bone Disorder

Kyowa Kirin Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for the Self-administration of CRYSVITA® ▼ (burosumab) to Treat X-Linked Hypophosphataemia (XLH), a Rare Metabolic Bone Disorder

Self-administration of CRYSVITA could offer additional options for healthcare professionals to meet the needs of XLH patients and their carers, ensuring continuity of therapy during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (TSE:4151, Kyowa Kirin) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended that CRYSVITA® (burosumab) be approved for the option of self-administration for the treatment of X-linked hypophosphataemia (XLH), a rare metabolic bone disease that impacts children and adults. The Committee indicated that, in addition to healthcare professionals, some patients or carers may be suitable to administer CRYSVITA, at the recommendation of the treating physician in its licensed indication for the treatment of XLH in children and adolescents aged 1 to 17 years with radiographic evidence of bone disease, and in adults.1

Abdul Mullick, President of Kyowa Kirin International, said: “The global pandemic has seen huge demands placed on healthcare systems, which has greatly impacted patient care. COVID-19 has also made some patients reluctant to visit healthcare facilities for fear of infection or of interrupting critical care of patients diagnosed with coronavirus. One of the ways in which Kyowa Kirin can help is by giving healthcare professionals increased flexibility to help patients receive treatment in the way that best suits their needs. The self-administration of CRYSVITA is a great example of meeting physician and patient needs and is one of the ways in which we are delivering on our purpose, to make people smile.”

CRYSVITA is administered by subcutaneous injection.2 CRYSVITA treatment will still need to be initiated by a physician experienced in the management of patients with metabolic bone diseases. Subsequently, if the patient is receiving a stable dose, the physician may recommend that administration can be performed by the patient or carer following appropriate training. The first self-administrated dose after drug initiation or dose change will need to be conducted under the supervision of a healthcare professional.

Dr Raja Padidela, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, UK said: “Self-administration of medicines can help some patients maintain their independence and also empower them to take better control of their condition. In addition to XLH patients with mobility issues, this news could also be of benefit to parents of younger children with XLH, who may have less time to attend appointments at health centres or accommodate visits from home care nurses for administering injections. Many injectable treatments for chronic diseases, such as insulin for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, are successfully self-administered by patients. For XLH patients, the treating physician will assess which patients are appropriate, ensuring those self-administering are competent and comfortable doing so.”

The European Commission (EC) will review the CHMP recommendation and a final decision on the variation application to add the option of self-administration of CRYSVITA to the current approved SmPC is expected in the coming months. Self-administration of CRYSVITA remains unlicensed until the EC decision is issued.

▼This medicinal product is subject to additional monitoring.

About X-linked hypophosphataemia

X-linked hypophosphataemia (XLH) is a rare, genetic disease that causes abnormalities in the bones, muscles, and joints.2,3 XLH is not life-threatening, but its burden is life-long and progressive, and it may reduce a person’s quality of life.4

People with XLH have a genetic defect on the X-chromosome, which causes an excessive loss of phosphate through the urine and poor absorption from the gut, resulting in chronically low levels of phosphate in the blood.4,5 Phosphate is a key mineral needed for maintaining the body’s energy levels, muscle function, and the formation of healthy bones and teeth.6,7 While there is no cure for XLH, therapies aimed at helping to restore phosphate to normal levels within the body may help to improve the symptoms of the disease.8

XLH is the most common form of hereditary rickets.9 It can sometimes appear in individuals with no family history of the disease, but is usually passed down from a parent who carries the defective gene.10

About CRYSVITA® (burosumab)

CRYSVITA (burosumab) was created and developed by Kyowa Kirin and is a recombinant fully human monoclonal IgG1 antibody against the phosphaturic hormone fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). FGF23 is a hormone that reduces serum levels of phosphate by regulating phosphate excretion and active vitamin D production by the kidney. Phosphate wasting and resulting hypophosphataemia in X-linked hypophosphataemia (XLH) is caused by excess FGF23. CRYSVITA is designed to bind to, and thereby inhibit, the biological activity of FGF23. By blocking excess FGF23 in patients, CRYSVITA is intended to increase phosphate reabsorption from the kidney and increase the production of active vitamin D, which enhances intestinal absorption of phosphate and calcium.

CRYSVITA has been available for clinical use since 2018. The first approval came from the European Commission, that granted a conditional marketing authorisation for CRYSVITA for the treatment of XLH with radiographic evidence of bone disease in children one year of age and older and adolescents with growing skeletons. In 2020, this authorisation was subsequently expanded to include older adolescents and adults.2

CRYSVITA is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for patients with XLH aged 6 months and older and by Health Canada for patients with XLH aged one year and older.11,12

In 2019, CRYSVITA received approval from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for the treatment of FGF23-related hypophosphataemic rickets and osteomalacia. In 2020, CRYSVITA was reimbursed by National Health Insurance (NHI) in Japan as a self-injection presentation for the treatment of FGF23-related hypophosphataemic rickets and osteomalacia.

In January 2020, Swissmedic approved CRYSVITA for the treatment of adults, adolescents and children (one year of age and older) with XLH.13

Kyowa Kirin and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE: Ultragenyx) have been collaborating in the development and commercialisation of CRYSVITA globally, based on the collaboration and licence agreement between Kyowa Kirin and Ultragenyx.

About Kyowa Kirin

Kyowa Kirin strives to create and deliver novel medicines with life-changing value. As a Japan-based Global Specialty Pharmaceutical Company with a heritage of 70+ -years, we apply cutting-edge science including an expertise in antibody research and engineering, to address the needs of patients and society across multiple therapeutic areas including Nephrology, Oncology, Immunology/Allergy and Neurology. Across our four regions – Japan, Asia Pacific, North America and EMEA/International – we focus on our purpose, to make people smile, and are united by our shared values of commitment to life, teamwork/Wa, innovation, and integrity. You can learn more about the business of Kyowa Kirin at:

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1 European Medicines Agency. CRYSVITA EPAR product information. Summary of Product Characteristics. Available at: Last updated: March 2020. Last accessed: May 2021.

2 Linglart A, Biosse-Duplan M, Briot K, et al. Therapeutic management of hypophosphatemic rickets from infancy to adulthood. Endocr Connect. 2014;3:R13-30.

3 Haffner D, Emma F, Eastwood DM, et al. Consensus Statement. Evidence-based guideline. Clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis and management of X-linked hypophosphatemia. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2019;15;435-455.

4 Skrinar A, Dvorak-Ewell M, Evins A, et al. The lifelong impact of X-linked hypophosphatemia: Results from a burden of disease survey. J Endocr Soc. 2019;3:1321-1334.

5 Beck-Nielsen SS, Mughal Z, Haffner D, et al. FGF23 and its role in X-linked hypophosphatemia-related morbidity. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019;14:58.

6 Pesta D, Tsirigotis DN, Befroy DE, et al. Hypophosphatemia promotes lower rates of muscle ATP synthesis. The FAESB Journal. 2016;39:3378-3387.

7 Unnanuntana A, Rebolledo BJ, Khair MM, et al. Diseases affecting bone quality: beyond osteoporosis. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011;469:2194-2206.

8 Insogna KL, Rauch F, Kamenický P, et al. Burosumab improved histomorphometric measures of osteomalacia in adults with X-linked hypophosphatemia: a Phase 3, single-arm, international trial. J Bone Miner Res. 2019;34:2183-2191.

9 Carpenter TO, Imel EA, Holm IA, et al. A clinician’s guide to X-linked hypophosphatemia. J Bone Miner Res. 2011;26:1381-8.

10 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. X-linked hypophosphatemia. Available at: Last updated: February 2018. Last accessed: April 2021.

11 Health Canada. Regulatory Decision Summary – CRYSVITA. Available at: Last updated: April 2020. Last accessed: April 2021.

12 Available at : Last accessed: April 2021

13 Swissmedic. Crysvita, injektionslösung (burosumabum). Available at: Last updated: January 2020. Last accessed: April 2021.

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In Light Of Binance Reorg, MIT Developer: “Bitcoin’s Software Has Been Downgraded In The Past”

MIT Developer: “Bitcoin's Software Has Been Downgraded In The Past”

Following the recent attack on Binance which saw the premier trading platform lose around $40 Million worth of digital assets, many people from within the global crypto community have been saying that it is time for BTCs dev team to “reorganize/tweak the currency’s framework” — citing the example of a similar centralized decision that took place around 6 years ago when BTC Guild’s hash rate was “leveraged to downgrade the main chain from Bitcoin 0.8 to version 0.7”.

A Closer Look At The Situation At Hand

Even though some Bitcoin proponents have been trying to push for a reorganization of the Bitcoin Core (BTC) blockchain, the conversation has largely attracted negative publicity — with most crypto enthusiasts claiming that such a move would go against all of BTCs central governance principles and thus could have disastrous financial repercussions for the altcoin industry as a whole.

For those of our readers who might not be aware of what the term ‘blockchain reorganization” means, it is essentially a process that can be initiated when a chain of recorded blocks is invalidated via the use of a hacking method (like a 51% attack) — wherein a group of miscreants are able to push miners back to a point where they once again have to start their activities from a particular block height.

In essence, if the above-mentioned technique were to be invoked today, it would theoretically allow Binance to roll-back on all of the transactions that caused the exchange lose around 7,000 BTC.

Other Details Worth Pointing Out

  • As mentioned previously, back in 2013 a reorganization of the BTC chain was carried out in order to erase a substantial loss from the premier currency’s ledger.
  • Dishing out his two cents on the issue, Vitalik Buterin recently stated in an interview that he disagreed with anyone who wanted to restructure BTC’s principal chain since it “opened up serious questions about the nature of the Bitcoin protocol and its commitment to ‘decentralization.’”
  • Buterin then added that the only reason why the upgrade from v0.7 to v0.8 was even possible in the first place was because “over 70% of the Bitcoin network’s hash power was controlled by a small number of mining pools and ASIC miners, and so the miners could all be individually contacted and convinced to immediately downgrade.”

  • Bitcoin's Software Has Been Rolled Back Before

Final Take

In closing out this piece, it should be mentioned that over the course of the past 5-6 years BTC has gained widespread investor attention, as a result of which a decision as huge as this would largely be viewed as a violation of the ethical code laid out by Satoshi Nakamoto when he first conceived of BTC.

With that being said, it now remains to be seen what the Bitcoin community decides to do from here on out.

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Switzerland’s FINMA FinTech License Helps Blockchain Firms To Accept Up To 100 Million Swiss Francs

FINMA License Enables Non-Banks To Accept 100 Million CHF

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is Switzerland’s financial regulator and it is looking to now offer blockchain firms fintech licenses.

The license will allow holders to accept 100 million Swiss Franks from the public, so long as the funds are not invested or has interest paid upon in. Those who are interested in the license must provide FINMA with the following information:

  • Business description, including information on proposed activities, geographic scope, customers, and staff
  • Business and financing plan with both a positive and negative outlook for the coming three years
  • Information how customer funds are stored
  • Any conflicts of interest
  • Parties that have direct or indirect holdings of five percent or over

The interested platforms must reach out to FINMA on their own and all of their projects must be cleared by the authority as well. The project’s participants must also be cleared and information on them should be provides, which includes their identity, address, criminal record, and any legal proceedings. As for platforms, there are minimum capital requirements and they must agree to a financial audit in the event that they would like to reapply for the license at some point.

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Thailand Crypto Regulations See 50+ ICOs and 20 Trading Exchanges Apply for Licenses

Though the numbers are still climbing right now, there has been at least 50 different enterprises that have noted their interest in hosting their ICO in Thailand. Thailand has recently been working with regulators to release the framework for licensing and operation, which was released in June. The framework included multiple aspects of licensing cryptocurrency and working within the market in the country, based on details provided by the Thailand SEC.

In the report from the SEC, three of the ICO portals that have shown interest already have followed through with their application. However, just like other countries and other industries, there is no assurance that each application will have an approval.

The most difficult and complicated part of an ICO is typically the whitepaper, which is simply a document that explains the business’s technical and commercial details. Typically, these documents act as the best source of information, even explaining the process of their sales. Investors that may eventually take part in the ICO rely on the whitepaper to gauge how successful they believe the project will eventually be.

Even though the number of ICO applicants is still small, the Thai SEC showed that there were 20 companies that specifically applied to become cryptocurrency exchanges locally. This is most likely due to the last few months of establishing stronger and more definitive regulations, following a ban to prevent banks from getting involved in cryptocurrency transactions. By May, the prohibition was lifted by a royal decree, with the understanding that there would need to be strict limits and laws established to govern the exchanges.

The Commission’s secretary-general, Rapee Sucharitakul, made the following remarks about this surge:

“License approvals are being processed. Many companies interested in opening digital asset exchanges have said digital assets and cryptocurrency trading in the Thai market are quite active.”

In order to complete the licensing process, it can take up to 150 days. During the first 90 days, the SEC is required to review the documentation, and then deliver it to the Ministry Of Finance. Once received, the deliberation process has 60 days to reach a decision. From here, the financial industry will need to keep its eyes on Thailand to see what comes next.

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