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Policy Analysis | May 2011
A Prescription Drug Epidemic
A study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that treatment admission for prescription pain pill abuse has quadrupled nationally in the past decade, and that this increase spans every age, gender, race, ethnicity, education, employment level and region of the country. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that about 20 percent of people in the United States, or 48 million, have used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons. Even more alarming, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, overdoses from prescription drugs in the United States doubled from 1999 to 2007, and each year more than 20,000 people die from overdoses, far more people than are killed by controlled substances like cocaine and heroin. In addition, the South has one of the highest rates of overdose related to prescription drug abuse and misuse.
National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske has called prescription drug abuse the nation's "fastest-growing drug problem," and last month he revealed a new strategy by the White House to reduce misuse of such drugs by 15 percent in five years through a nationwide education campaign; training for clinical practitioners; and establishing prescription drug monitoring programs in all 50 states (currently, only 35 states are operating such programs). In addition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking makers of pain medications to assist in supplying materials that physicians can use while counseling patients on the risks and benefits of using prescription pain medications.
When taken properly, opioids, which are synthetic versions of opium and include drugs such as morphine, codeine, oxycodone and others, can help people deal with chronic pain. However, they can become addictive or be used for nonmedical means. Abusers typically crush and inhale the pills, or inject them, in order to produce a euphoric high. Oftentimes, these drugs are obtained from friends and family members, but the growing number of pain clinics that supply drug dealers and addicts with illicit prescription painkillers has contributed to the epidemic.
Many states across the nation have begun addressing the proliferation of these "pill mills." For instance, in 2007, Utah initiated a statewide media effort, the "Use Only As Directed" campaign, to educate people on the dangers of prescription drug abuse. The state also created guidelines for clinical practitioners who prescribe opioids. The effort resulted in a nearly 13 percent decrease in prescription drug overdose deaths in just one year. Other states, such as Ohio, have created task forces to assess the problem and determine proportional responses.
Florida has become a hub for prescription drug activity. According to a report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the state Medical Examiners Commission, during the first six months of 2010, there were 1,268 deaths in the state caused by misuse of prescription drugs. More than 850 pain clinics currently are registered in Florida, where doctors prescribe about 85 percent of all opioids purchased in the United States. The state passed legislation (SB2272) last year to begin strengthening regulation on pain management clinics. Some of the provisions in the legislation included: limiting anyone paying cash for a prescription to a 72-hour supply; requiring specific training for doctors who practice pain management; and establishing a database for monitoring prescription drugs. The state is going further this year with regulation. A bill (HB7095) in the House of Representatives would ban most doctors from dispensing certain controlled substances and limit pharmacies to dispensing no more than 5,000 doses of those drugs during any given month. It passed the House on April 21 with only one dissenting vote. The slightly different Senate bill (SB818) would mandate that the state's prescription drug database conform to federal requirements. Also, the Senate bill does not include the 5,000 dose a month limit on pharmacies, on the grounds that many facilities, such as cancer centers and nursing homes, often dispense large amounts of needed painkillers. Neither piece of legislation would repeal existing law requiring a database (Governor Rick Scott pushed for such a repeal early in the session, on the grounds that it would infringe on patient privacy.)
Although other states have not seen the level of prescription drug distribution as Florida, they have been severely affected by trafficking. Among them is West Virginia. According to the state Health Statistics Center, in 2008, the latest year for which data is available, 390 people in the state died from accidental overdoses of prescription drugs. That number has quadrupled since 2001, when only 91 deaths in West Virginia were attributed to prescription drug overdoses. Overdose associated with prescription drugs is now the leading cause of accidental death in the state, accounting for more fatalities than even car accidents. The state has run a prescription drug monitoring program since 1995, but is examining ways to expand treatment and prevention programs.
Kentucky is considered a major destination state for the Florida "pill mill pipeline," an underground prescription drug network weaving north through the Appalachian states. According to Governor Steve Beshear, 82 people die each month due to prescription drug overdoses, making it the leading cause of accidental death in the commonwealth. Kentucky has been operating a variety of prescription drug treatment and assistance programs, as well as a prescription drug electronic monitoring system, for more than a decade, and has become a model for other states, including Florida. The governor's office has pointed out that patients' information has remained secure, and that there has never been a breach in the system.
Georgia, whose rural communities also have been severely affected by the influx of prescription drugs from the "pill mill pipeline," became the most recent Southern state to enact a prescription drug monitoring program. The General Assembly passed Senate bill 36 this year, which establishes a database for tracking prescription drugs and flagging patients who attempt to get multiple prescriptions filled, or "doctor shop," as well as doctors and pharmacies that repeatedly fill such requests.
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Poll: Shutdown drags Trump’s approval rating to yearlong low
President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during a healthcare roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
By Steve Peoples and Emily Swanson | The Associated Press
· Published: January 23, 2019
Washington • A strong majority of Americans blame President Donald Trump for the record-long government shutdown and reject his primary rationale for a border wall, according to a new poll that shows the turmoil in Washington is dragging his approval rating to its lowest level in more than a year.
Overall, 34 percent of Americans approve of Trump's job performance in a survey conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That's down from 42 percent a month earlier and nears the lowest mark of his two-year presidency. The president's approval among Republicans remains close to 80 percent, but his standing with independents is among its lowest points of his time in office.
“Trump is responsible for this,” said poll respondent Lloyd Rabalais, a federal contractor from Slidell, La., who’s not affiliated with either political party.
The 47-year-old has been furloughed for more than a month. He said he'd need to start drawing on his retirement savings next week to pay his bills if the shutdown continues.
"I do support a wall, but not the way he's handling it," Rabalais added. "Trump guaranteed everybody that Mexico would pay for the wall. Now he's holding American workers like me hostage."
The drop in approval comes as Trump begins the third year of his presidency under the weight of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, an international trade war that’s straining the global economy and new revelations about his push for a real estate deal in Russia during his 2016 campaign.
Compared with earlier presidents, Trump's approval rating has been relatively stable over the course of his presidency, ranging from the mid-30s to the mid-40s.
By contrast, President Barack Obama never fell below 40 percent in polling by Gallup. Still, five presidents since Gallup began measuring presidential approval have had their rating fall into the 20s at least once, including Harry S. Truman, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Trump has never fallen into that range of historic lows, but he's also the only president never to have reached 50 percent in Gallup's polling.
The new AP-NORC poll shows most Americans see the shutdown as a major problem, and they blame Trump far more than congressional Democrats for the mess that has ensnared the lives of roughly 800,000 government workers who are going without pay.
Sixty percent of Americans say Trump bears a great deal of responsibility for the shutdown. About a third place the same amount of blame on congressional Democrats (31 percent) or Republicans (36 percent).
Sixty-five percent of Americans, including 86 percent of Democrats, 69 percent of independents and 33 percent of Republicans, call the shutdown a major problem.
Trump may be popular overall with Republicans, but a sizable share holds him responsible for the current situation. Almost 3 in 10 Republicans think Trump bears a great deal of responsibility, while 73 percent of his party says he's at least partly responsible.
"The large part of the responsibility belongs to the president because he made the decision," said poll respondent Sandra Olson, of Northwood, Iowa. The 76-year-old registered Republican said she voted for Trump once and likely will again.
"We have never in my lifetime seen a president who has been so maligned and attacked and vilified," Olson said.
Trump's demand for a $5.7 billion border wall is also unpopular.
Overall, 49 percent of Americans oppose the plan to build a massive wall along the Mexican border; 36 percent of the nation is in favor. Opinions fall largely along ideological lines, with 8 in 10 Democrats opposing the wall and nearly 8 in 10 Republicans supporting it.
About 7 in 10 supporters of the wall prefer to extend the shutdown than to reach a deal without funding it, while a nearly identical number on the other side would rather the shutdown continue than provide that funding.
The poll shows significant skepticism of the president's argument that a wall would significantly reduce crime, stem the flow of illegal drugs or help the U.S. economy. The poll was conducted the week after Trump used such factors to justify his demand for the wall during a primetime address from the Oval Office.
In the nationally televised speech, he highlighted the case of one immigrant in the country illegally accused of beheading and dismembering an American citizen.
About 6 in 10 Americans do say the wall would at least slightly decrease the number of people entering the U.S. illegally, though only 3 in 10 think the number would significantly decrease. Yet just 35 percent of Americans believe the wall would make the country safer, while a majority of Americans — 57 percent— believe it would make no difference to safety in the U.S. Only 21 percent believe the wall would significantly reduce the availability of illegal drugs in the nation, though 28 percent say access to illegal drugs would be slightly reduced; 49 percent say the wall would have no effect.
On the economy, about as many Americans say the border wall would do more to help — almost 3 in 10 — as say it would do more to hurt; 43 percent say the wall would not make much difference to the U.S. economy.
Poll respondent Kelley Thorson, of St. Robert, Missouri, who backed Trump in the 2016 election, says she supports the wall but largely disagrees with the president's rationale.
"I can't say it would make us safer," the 57-year-old said. "Criminals are going to get here no matter what."
While partisan opinions of Trump have remained relatively constant throughout his presidency, the poll shows that disapproval has grown particularly among independents who do not lean toward either party.
Just 28 percent of independents say they approve, compared with 71 percent who disapprove. In December, 37 percent of independents approved of Trump's job performance, while 58 percent disapproved.
Women also are more likely to disapprove today compared with a month ago — 71 percent to 58 percent. And 76 percent of college graduates disapprove today, compared with 65 percent who disapproved in December.
The president isn't doing anything well right now, said poll respondent J. Edwin Hixson, a 71-year-old retired truck driver from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, who didn't vote for Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.
“This isn’t a reality show. We’re in serious trouble,” he said.
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by Ned Sublette
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Named one of the Top 10 Books of 2008 by The Times-Picayune. Winner of the 2009 Humanities Book of the Year award from the Louisiana Endowment for the... Read more
Humanities.Awarded the New Orleans Gulf South Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award for 2008. New Orleans is the most elusive of American cities. The product of the centuries-long struggle among three mighty empires--France, Spain, and England--and among their respective American colonies and enslaved African peoples, it has always seemed like a foreign port to most Americans, baffled as they are by its complex cultural inheritance. The World That Made New Orleans offers a new perspective on this insufficiently understood city by telling the remarkable story of New Orleans’s first century--a tale of imperial war, religious conflict, the search for treasure, the spread of slavery, the Cuban connection, the cruel aristocracy of sugar, and the very different revolutions that created the United States and Haiti. It demonstrates that New Orleans already had its own distinct personality at the time of Louisiana’s statehood in 1812. By then, important roots of American music were firmly planted in its urban swamp--especially in the dances at Congo Square, where enslaved Africans and African Americans appeared en masse on Sundays to, as an 1819 visitor to the city put it, “rock the city.” This book is a logical continuation of Ned Sublette’s previous volume, Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo, which was highly praised for its synthesis of musical, cultural, and political history. Just as that book has become a standard resource on Cuba, so too will The World That Made New Orleans long remain essential for understanding the beautiful and tragic story of this most American of cities.
World Politics: Interests, Interactions, Institutions
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Congress: The Electoral Connection, Second Edition
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Joan Lucille Chisam, 73
Updated: July 30, 2011, 4:45 p.m.
McMinnville resident and Painesville, Ohio native Joan Lucille Chisam, age 73, was born Dec. 18, 1937 and died July 29 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness.A homemaker and member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Fredrick and Emmy Marie Bauck Berg. She was married June 18, 1959 to James Chisam who preceded her in death June 2, 2008. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a son, David Chisam; brother, Fred Berg, Jr. and sister, Irene Hennessee.She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, James and Loretta Chisam, Jr. of Spencer; four daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and Doug Keener of Morrison, Susan and Eddie McCormick of Bone Cave and Kathy and Rickey Priest and Beth and Kevin Woodlee both of McMinnville; 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; sister, Barbara Huffman of Ohio; and daughter-in-law, Michelle Chisam of McMinnville.Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. today in High's Chapel with Coy Hathcock officiating.
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By Justin Ratcliffe
Compositeworks gains two 100m-plus dry docks in merger
Compositeworks has announced an agreement with the Atlantic Refit Center in La Rochelle to operate its two 176m and 107m dry docks.…
Superyacht refit specialist Compositeworks in La Ciotat has announced an agreement with the Atlantic Refit Center in La Rochelle to operate its two dry-docks of 176m and 107m in length, with exclusive access to the larger one. The merging of Compositeworks and Atlantic Refit Center, under the Compositeworks brand, is due to be completed by the end of the year, and is part of a bold strategy to expand its refit services in the Mediterranean and beyond.
"We are very pleased to be able to offer our clients more options for where they can receive a Compositeworks refit, with all the guarantees in terms of time, cost and quality that implies,” says CEO Ben Menem (pictured). “We strongly believe we can bring our expert service and technical know-how to La Rochelle, which over the past 10 years has already developed an excellent reputation for superyacht conversions and paintwork.”
“Our knowledge and experience of major refit projects, such as the award-winning conversion Enigma XK, fits well with the increasing demand for a more technical approach and state-of-the-art facilities,” adds Stéphane Marcelli, director of the Atlantic Refit Centre, shown in its current state in the first image in the above slider. “I have long believed in La Rochelle as a first-class destination for both yachts and their crews and am thrilled that to be working with Compositeworks in order to fulfil this potential.”
In conversation with SuperyachtNews, Mennen revealed that negotiations had been underway since late 2015 — well before SEMIDEP, the state-owned developer of La Ciotat’s docklands, announced in June that Blohm + Voss had secured a three-year concession to use its 200m dry dock. The news came as a disappointment to Compositeworks, which had also been in the bidding for the lease.
Located in a fully ISPS coded secure zone, the La Rochelle site is the only facility between Calais and Gibraltar devoted exclusively to superyacht refitting. Moreover, it can marshal a substantial network of marine subcontractors in Saint-Nazaire and along the Atlantic seaboard. In the first stage of an extensive upgrade of the infrastructure, Compositeworks is in the process of finalising plans for covering the largest dry dock with a permanent climate-controlled structure to a height of 34m, due to be completed by next September, at an estimated cost of between €6-8 million. There are also potential plans to expand the facility into the surrounding basin.
The only potential drawback from a client perspective is that, in terms of transport, La Rochelle is not the easiest place to get to. Mennem, however, does not believe this will dissuade yacht owners and their crews, pointing out that there are direct flights from Southampton, from Nice via Lyons, or from various European cities to nearby Nantes and Bordeaux.
“We see that Pendennis is working well and that a lot of yachts are refitting in Holland or Germany, so heading north is not a problem for these boats,” he says. “We believe it’s more a matter of creating a state-of-the-art facility and the yachts will follow. In addition, the town itself is stunning and the surrounding region offers plenty of activities for visiting crews.”
As the summer cruise season comes to an end, the CW yard in La Ciotat is already full to overflowing. The merger with Atlantic Refit Center is part of an ongoing expansion strategy as the growing megayacht fleet continues to stretch refit resources in the Mediterranean. CW already has agreements in place with neighbouring shipyards in Marseilles to use their facilities for refits on megayachts up to 140m. It is now looking to secure similar agreements or mergers with other yards outside France.
Atlantic Refit Center image: Justin Ratcliffe
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Is the pre-pack pool here to stay?
This winter we’ve seen the launch of the Pre-Pack Pool, voluntary assessment body for pre-pack insolvencies, brought in to restore trust in pre-pack insolvency as a form of business rescue.
The Pre-Pack Pool was introduced through amendments to The Insolvency Act 1986 in The Enterprise Act 2002 to best realise the assets of insolvent companies, allow for a viable business to continue and reduce job loss.
Pre-pack sales are generally agreed at a time when it is known that the company will be going into administration but before the formal insolvency of the company actually happens, preserving its value. It was intended to be a tool to enable the viable parts of a business to be sold on, separate from the debts. However, many regarded pre-packs as unfair for competitors and creditors alike.
In response to the criticism, the government amended the Statements of Insolvency Practice (SIP 16) rules which became to require insolvency practitioners to be more transparent about the process and commissioned an investigation into pre-packs.
One of the results of the consultation conducted by senior accountant Teresa Graham was the launch of the voluntary assessment body, Pre-Pack Pool (PPP). For £800 the independent group will now give its opinion on the viability of a pre-pack. They will deliver one of the three responses within 48 hours: ‘the pre-pack is not unreasonable’, ‘the case for a pre-pack is not unreasonable but there are minor limitations in the evidence provided’ or ‘case for pre-pack not made’.
Whilst marketed as an industry game changer, the Pre-Pack Pool has done little to placate the industry and respond to growing concerns over unscrupulous directors of limited companies ditching their debts through pre-pack. The announcement has been greeted with a fair degree of scepticism from those in the industry given the fact that this is a voluntary process and the insolvency practitioner does not need to take the decision of the PPP into account when determining whether the sale should proceed. As the Pre-Pack Pool is voluntary, only those with a legitimate claim who know they will pass would go to the consortium. Cases where there is a potential question mark over the viability of pre-pack are likely to avoid the scheme.
Another aim of the Pre-Pack Pool was to gain the buy-in of creditors who often feel short-changed by it. It is yet to be seen whether creditors will support a pre-pack business that has been through the system and gained a favourable review. Without it, there is very little incentive for anyone to go to the Pre-Pack Pool.
Only launched last month, the Pre-Pack Pool still has a long road ahead to gain the support of the industry and creditors alike. It will be interesting to see the first set of data reflecting on the numbers of insolvency cases taken to the body and the responses received.
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Myanmar to give central bank more autonomy
Jul 10, 2013, 5:07 pm SGT
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YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar is set to enact a new law in the coming days giving greater independence to its central bank, officials said on Wednesday, in the latest economic reform aimed at enticing foreign investors.
The new legislation was approved by lawmakers on Monday and is expected to be signed into law by President Thein Sein by this weekend, although the details have not yet been made public.
"The significant thing is that the central bank will be an independent body and will not be under the finance and revenue ministry anymore," a central bank official who did not want to be named said.
"The central bank's mandate will be in line with international standards," the official said, adding that the president would appoint a governor and three deputy governors with the approval of Parliament.
An official in Thein Sein's office said the former general would sign the bill before he leaves on a visit to Europe on Sunday.
Myanmar's quasi-civilian government has announced a series of political and economic reforms since coming to power more than two years ago following the end of nearly half a century of military rule.
In April of last year it began to overhaul Myanmar's complex foreign exchange system in a bid to facilitate trade and investment.
An independent monetary policy is seen as a hallmark of a modern free-market economy, but it is unclear how much freedom the Central Bank of Myanmar (CMB) will enjoy.
Its main role up to now, experts say, has been to print money to fund the government's budget deficit.
Unlike independent central banks such as the US Federal Reserve or the European Central Bank, the CBM does not increase or reduce official borrowing costs as a way of preventing the economy from overheating or cooling too rapidly.
"It would be very hard for the CBM to conduct an effective anti-inflation monetary policy if it simultaneously had to lend to the government through bond purchases to finance the budget deficit," said Sean Turnell, a Myanmar economic expert at Australia's Macquarie University.
"In other words, government spending and taxation matter too," he added.
A lack of technical expertise is seen as another hurdle for the central bank.
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Development of Ellenbrook commenced in 1992 and since then has been one of the fastest growing residential developments in Western Australia. In 2011, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) named the Ellenbrook statistical area as having the largest population growth in Western Australia, with an increase of 17,700 people in the ten years to 2011.
Ellenbrook now has a population of approximately 36,000 residents who live in 'villages' clustered around the town centre. There are eight villages known locally as Woodlake, The Bridges, Coolamon, Morgan Fields, Charlotte’s Vineyard, Malvern Springs, Lexia, and the recently released Annie’s Landing, the final village in the development schedule.
Occupying 150 hectares, the Ellenbrook town centre provides shopping, office space, entertainment and community services to a regional catchment of approximately 70,000 people. When completed, the town centre will have a net leasable area of approximately 217,000 square metres for retail, commercial and light industrial use, all of which will provide business and employment opportunities for the local population.
The 2011 Census (Place of Work) showed 3,300 people employed in the Ellenbrook statistical area. Whilst about 70% of these workers live within the City of Swan boundaries, the most positive sign for this rapidly growing area is that almost 60% of people who work in Ellenbrook also live in Ellenbrook.
The top three areas of employment are in Education and Training, Retail, and Accommodation and Food Services, industries which together provide more than half (53%) of all employment opportunities in the statistical area. With 30% of the population being less than 15 years of age, it comes as no surprise that Education and Training is the largest industry of employment in the Ellenbrook area, and is likely to be so for some time.
Size of Ellenbrook
approx 14.5km2
Top 3 industry sectors
Gnangara Road
Proposed land developments
Residential and industrial
Industrial land value
$350/m2
Number of people who work
3,600 (approx)
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About the Volvo 760
[Volvo 760]
The Volvo 760 was introduced to the US in 1982 for the 1983 model year as the 760 GLE sedan.
After building a reputation for being solid and safe rather than out-and-out luxurious cars. Jan Wilsgaard, head of Volvo's Design and Styling team, proposed over 50 new designs for the new car.
This new design was criticized by the media when released: Gordon Murray of Autocar Magazine said, "To me it's obscene! That goes right against the grain of what everybody else is trying to do. To me it looks like a European version of a North American car. It produces the same amount of power as a 2600 or 3500 in this day and age it disgusts me to see something about like that. It's a definite step backwards."
All that changed however when Autocar and Car & Driver got their hands on a turbo intercooled 760 they said it was one of the best handling and fastest accelerating cars they had seen in a while, thundering from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in under 8 seconds.
Turbocharged and intercooled variants were added in 1984, station wagon variants and the 740 the 760's lower-specification sibling were introduced for the 1985 model year. In 1985 Electronic Traction Control system was introduced.
For the 1988 model year, the 760 received numerous updates. From the outside, the most noticeable of the over 2,000 changes were the revised front sheetmetal, including an aluminium hood, recessed windscreen wipers, and new aerodynamic headlights.
Inside, all 760s were equipped with a new electronic climate control (ECC), a revised dashboard, three-position tilt steering, and a new stereo system. Underneath, sedans received the same multi-link independent rear suspension that was used on the 780. Along with the revised dash, the interior saw the addition of a revised dome light and many fabric accent pieces.
The Volvo 760 was also used as a police car in several countries. East German dictator Erich Honecker also often used this Volvo in his governmental car pool. For its final year of production, 1990, 760 sedans received tail lights in the style of the Volvo 780 (see below), and minor interior changes.
The 760 was discontinued after the 1990 model year (with production ending on 27 June 1990), and was replaced by the Volvo 960, an evolutionary update of the 760 chassis. The Volvo 740 outlived the 760, remaining for another two years. All 760s were built in Kalmar, Sweden.
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Martin, Noland earn SEC weekly awards
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FAYETTEVILLE — Following last week’s sweep of No. 2 Mississippi State where Arkansas outscored the Bulldogs, 27-10, and now sits atop the SEC Western Division, sophomore Casey Martin was named the Southeastern Conference’s Player of the Week. Freshman right-hander Connor Noland also took home the league’s Co-Freshman of the Week honors, as the pair led the Hogs to a 4-0 record for the week, 30-10 on the year with a 12-6 mark in league play.
Martin hit .471 for the week with five of his eight hits and six of his 10 RBIs coming against the second-ranked Bulldogs. His performance helped Arkansas to its second SEC series sweep and second sweep over Mississippi State in the last three years. He also totaled a career-high four RBIs twice, once coming in the 16-4 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff and the other in a 12-5 series-clinching victory over MSU.
The Lonoke native takes a five-game hitting streak into this week’s midweek series against Northwestern State and he has at least one hit in 15 of his last 17 games with a .391 average over his last 10 games with eight extra-base hits and 11 RBIs.
On Friday, Martin hit his first career grand slam, his eighth home run of the year, to help the Hogs earn an important series victory over the Bulldogs. He finished the game 2-for-3 and also tied a career-high three walks.
Martin now has 17 doubles on the year and is tied for the SEC lead in the category with MSU’s Jake Mangum and teammate Dominic Fletcher. He is also fourth in the SEC in total bases (97).
Noland had his best week as a Razorback, earning his first two wins of the year after throwing two scoreless frames against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and 7.2 scoreless against No. 2 Mississippi State. The win over MSU on Saturday helped Arkansas take control of first place in the SEC Western Division as it now leads by a half-game over Texas A&M.
The 7.2 innings pitched on Saturday was a season-long as he struck out five batters and scattered four hits without giving up a walk. The five strikeouts were his second-most in a game this year, two shy of his season high of seven coming in his first career outing in February
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FX orders pilot for Legion TV series with Marvel about Professor X's son
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Tag: Legion
Tag: FX
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The Marvel television empire is getting even bigger, and now cable network FX is getting in on the action. Next up: Legion, based on the comic story of Professor X’s son.
FX has placed a pilot order for Legion, which is the story of a troubled young man who may be more than human. According to Marvel, the pilot introduces the story of David Haller: Since he was a teenager, David has struggled with mental illness. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.
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David Haller is the son of Professor Charles Xavier in comic lore, though since there’s no mention of an X-Men connection, it stands to reason this could be an unconnected spinoff just focusing on this one corner of the universe with some reimaginings. Which, sure, could be a lot of fun.
The best part? The creative team is top-notch, as Fargo mastermind Noah Hawley has signed on to write the pilot with Bryan Singer (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Lauren Shuler Donner (X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Wolverine), Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Jeph Loeb (Daredevil), Jim Chory (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and John Cameron (Fargo).
Though the relationship between Fox and Marvel has been a bit chilly at times, it seems that between Legion and Hellfire they’ve worked through a lot of those issues (at least for the small screen). For fans, that’s awesome news. And FX seems to be going all-in on comics shows, what with the just-announced Y: The Last Man and Southern Bastards on the docket.
Do you think Legion is a good story for television? How would you like to see it adapted?
(Via Marvel)
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SynerScope disrupts traditional analytics
The SynerScope team benefits from the guidance of a close advisory board. The advisory board consists of leading academics in different data science disciplines and a veteran in IT product development.
Prof. Dr. Ir. Jack van Wijk
Jack (Jarke J.) van Wijk is full professor in visualization at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).
He received a MSc degree in industrial design engineering in 1982 and a PhD degree in computer science in 1986, both from Delft University of Technology, both with honors. After a short period in the software industry, he has worked for ten years at the Netherlands Energy Research Foundation ECN. He joined Eindhoven University of Technology in 1998, where he became a full professor of visualization in 2001. His main research interests are information visualization, visual analytics, mathematical visualization, and flow visualization. He is cofounder and VP Scientific Affairs of MagnaView BV.
He has (co-)authored more than 130 papers in visualization and computer graphics. He has been paper cochair for IEEE Visualization (2003, 2004), IEEE InfoVis (2006, 2007), IEEE VAST 2009, IEEE PacificVis 2010 and EG/IEEE EuroVis 2011. He received the IEEE Visualization Technical Achievement Award in 2007 for his work on flow visualization, best paper awards at IEEE InfoVis 2003 and IEEE Visualization 2005, and the 2009 Henry Johns Award of The Cartographic Journal.
Prof. Dr. Piek Vossen
Piek Vossen is full Professor of Computational Lexicology at the VU University Amsterdam, Head of the Computational Lexicology & Terminology Lab (CLTL) and co-founder and co-president of the Global WordNet Assocation (GWA). In 2013 he won the prestigious Spinoza Award of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). He is a member of several advisory boards and institutes and also participates in the Stichting Nationale ‘Denktank’ on the 2014 theme Big Data.
For many years he combined his academic career with his work in the industry and worked at Sail Labs (1999-2001): a long-term research laboratory developing language technology of the future and as a C.T.O. of Irion Technologies B.V. (2001-2009), where he developed multilingual language technology. He is/has been involved in several national and international projects, such as Acquilex-I and II, EuroWordNet I and II, Arabic WordNet and Global WordNet Grid. His latest project NewsReader develops is the "History Recorder" .
Barry Zane
Mr. Zane has over 30 years of product development experience, principally focused on large distributed and parallel software and hardware systems. He has led the development teams for several products from inception to successful customer and market segment acceptance.
Mr. Zane is the co-founder and CTO of ParAccel which was founded in 2005. Here he focussed on building a next generation analytical platform based on a unique columnar storage technology. ParAccel was recently acquired by Actian.
Prior to ParAccel, Barry Zane served as vice president of Architecture for tera-scale database appliance vendor Netezza Corp. since its founding in 2000. He was responsible for guiding all aspects of software architecture and implementation, from initial prototypes through volume shipments to leading Telecommunications, Retail and Internet customers.
Mr. Zane was CTO at Applix Inc., which he joined shortly after it was founded in 1983 and held several key development positions at the company before being named CTO in 1991. He was responsible for the development of Applixware, and was part of the senior management team that led Applix to a successful initial public offering (IPO) in 1994. Previously, Barry Zane held development and management positions at Prime Computer since 1978. He earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University.
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Student Video CD for Skills for Success with Office 2010 Volume 1
Edition: 2nd 2013
Authors: Kris Townsend, Robert L. Ferrett, Catherine Hain, Alicia Vargas, Shelley Gaskin
Buy it from $73.22
Buy new: $73.22
Skills for Successis written with today’s students in mind. The book provides step-by-step guidance in an easy-to-use format. Each skill is presented on a two-page spread with clearly numbered steps and clear instruction. Key skills required to get started with Microsoft Office are covered, giving students a complete introduction to the core tools.
Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
Binding: CD-ROM
Kris Townsend is an Information Systems instructor at Spokane Falls Community College in Spokane, Washington. Kris earned a bachelor's degree in both Education and Business, and a master's degre in Education. He has also worked as a public school teacher and as a systems analyst. Kris enjoys working with wood, snowboarding, and camping. He commutes to work by bike and enjoys long rides in the Palouse country south of Spokane.
Shelley Gaskin, Series Editor for the GO! Series, is a professor of business and computer technology at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. She holds a master's degree in business education from Northern Illinois University and a doctorate in adult and community education from Ball State University. Dr. Gaskin has 15 years of experience in the computer industry with several Fortune 500 companies and has developed and written training materials for custom systems applications in both the public and private sector. She is also the author of books on Microsoft Outlook and word processing.
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News August 07, 2018
Dave Urbanski
Former major league All-Star pitcher expected to plead guilty in federal cocaine distribution case
Former major league All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza is expected to plead guilty Friday in a federal cocaine distribution case. (Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot)
Former major league All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza is expected to plead guilty Friday in a federal cocaine distribution case, WLS-TV reported.
Loaiza was a two-time All-Star who played for the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland A's, and Los Angeles Dodgers, the station said.
Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot
Short on funds
And despite earning $43 million over a 14-year career, WLS reported that Loaiza initially couldn't come up with the $24,000 cash he needed to bond out of jail after authorities said they found cocaine in a minivan parked in the garage of a townhouse he had rented near San Diego in February, WLS reported.
Esteban Loaiza (Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot)
Federal investigators believe the property, found empty of furnishings, was being used as a transshipment point for cocaine, the station said, adding that Loaiza had driven over the Mexican border Feb. 9, the day of his arrest.
Loaiza pleaded not guilty in Southern California U.S. District Court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute 44 pounds of cocaine, WLS reported, but the 46-year-old has a "change of plea" hearing on the court's docket Friday, the station said.
A change of plea is a guilty plea in "99% of cases," former federal prosecutor Gil Soffer told the station, adding that it's known as "change of plea" because the defendant originally pleaded not guilty.
More from WLS:
After a series of court hearings, Loaiza managed to make a significantly reduced bond in May, which involved a variety of financial sources, and the ex-MLB star has been out ever since.
A straight conviction on the charge would carry a 10-year mandatory minimum prison sentence and up to life behind bars.
Loaiza's San Diego attorney Janice Deaton had no comment for the station Monday.
What once was
Following his opening-day win for the White Sox at home in 2003, Loaiza went on to win 20 more games that season — and his 21 wins that year is a tie for the most-ever victories in a season by a Mexican-born pitcher, WLS said.
Loaiza — born in Tijuana — was once married to Jenni Rivera, a Mexican-American pop singing star who was killed in a plane crash in 2012 along with six other people, the station said.
Rivera filed for divorce two months before the crash, WLS said.
(H/T: Deadspin)
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You've Got Mail at Central Perk: Nostalgic 90's Tattoos
These 90's tattoos will make you ultra nostalgic for those days when AOL sent out way too many free trial cd's.
Spice Girls, Nintendo, the Macarena...if you lived through the 90's, these pop culture phenomenons are burned into your memory...and hopefully they make you feel a twinge of nostalgia for the utter weirdness of that time. As we speed through 2019, we take a look back at some of our favorite 90's tattoos since they are perfect embodiments of all the things we truly loved, and sometimes hated, about that era. From sticky sweet bubble gum pop tunes to the cute but kind of evil Furby, check out this collection of 90's tattoos and feel the whisper of the past.
Depending on how old you were during the 90's there are many different things you could remember...a million AOL free trial cd's, the emergence of the internet, platform shoes and mini skirts, pop hits like Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" and Whitney Houston's heart struck ballad "I Will Always Love You". You may also remember old school Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Lab, and Nickelodeon's Rocko's Modern Life and Hey Arnold. Maybe you were more of the Friends or Buffy the Vampire Slayer kind of person...but you certainly remember Clarissa Explains it All, Dogma, and Daria...tons of video games like Mario and Sonic...all of these pieces of pop culture probably immediately take you back to a certain place and time.
What is funny for people who actually lived through that particular time, enough to remember it, is the fact that so many aspects of that time and place are resurfacing in pop culture now. MTV announced last year that Daria would be making a comeback. Netflix put out a trailer for a brand new series based on The Dark Crystal...and Urban Outfitters started selling t-shirts with old school icons like Sailor Moon and Aaliyah on them! It's sort of ironic, Alanis Morissette would agree, to see as ten year old teeny bopper dressed up like Baby Spice...we'd rather kick it authentic and old school with the collectors who picked up these rad 90's tattoos.
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Thundercon
Friends of ThunderCon!
Cosplay is Not Consent
Special Guests 2018
2016 Special Guests
Welcome 2019 Special Guests!
Tony Amendola - Cancelled to play Salieri in AMADEUS San Diego :(
Tony Amendola is an American actor who is best known for playing the Jaffa master Bra'tac in Stargate SG-1. Amendola is also known for his recurring roles as revolutionary leader Edouard Kagame of Liber8 in the television show Continuum and on ABC's Once Upon a Time as Pinocchio's creator/father, Geppetto. Tony starred opposite Antonio Banderas and Katherine Zeta-Jones in the Mask of Zorro, and as Father Perez in the horror movie, Annabelle. A sough-after voice actor, Tony has lent his distinctive tones to video games such as Final Fantasy, World of Warcraft and Call of Duty.
Kevin Porter
Returning because ThunderCon fans demanded it, Kevin Porter is a versatile, hard-working Hollywood actor, most known to fandom as YouTube's Batman. Which such amazing short films as City of Scars and Seeds of Arkham, he is a key feature of the fan favourite, Super Power Beat Down! An avid health nut and fitness guru, Kevin is a down to earth hero, who creates fans wherever he goes.
Read more about Kevin HERE!
Richard Brake
Best known for his role as the Night King in HBO's Game of Thrones, Richard Brake has worked in countless blockbuster movies and is a staple of British television. From Batman Begins to Kingsman: Secret Service to Cold Mountain to Thor: the Dark World, Richard brings a gravitas to every role and is highly sought-after for his ability to portray even the most menacing of villains with layers and depth.
Read more about Richard HERE!
Hugh Rookwood
Schooled at Sheridan College in Animation and Design, Hugh Rookwood is a classically trained Illustrator/Animator who's worked on independant Comic Books and Children's Book titles. He's the Creative Director of Chozen Studios, and loves Basketball, Volleyball and Martial Arts. He also loves going to cons and sharing his love of illustration/pop culture with everyone he meets.
Read more about Hugh HERE!
Steve Zmijak
'Gru. Snape. Doctor. 'Evil' has many names, but these nefarious villains turned unlikely heroes all have one name in common - Steve Zmijak! Cosplayer, comedian, YouTuber, podcaster, Steve (called Stevil by friends and foes alike) was a fan favourite last year at ThunderCon 2018. But this year, Stevil will be raiding his secret lair for other altar egos, namely Gru (Despicable Me), Professor Snape (Harry Potter) and possibly Uncle Fester from Adam's Family. So beware, ThunderCon, for our 5 year celebration theme of Heroes and Villains is about to get real!
Read more about Stevil HERE!
Stephany Lein
Born and raised in Thunder Bay, Stephany has pursued her lifelong dream of working in comic books. Currently producing work for rising Canadian Indie publishing house, Studio Comix Press, and the Clarkson Comic Studio, a collaborative business for artists in the GTA. Stephany has titles that range from children's (Skelt and Apy) to YA (Shelly) to LGBTQ (Strays), and she will be happy to talk to anyone about working in the Canadian indie comic scene.
Read More about Stephany HERE!
A prolific voice actor, he is known as the voice of Miroku from InuYasha, Van Fanel from the Ocean dub of Escaflowne, Cyclops from X-Men Evolution, Jay from Class of the Titans, Teru Mikami from Death Note, Trowa Barton from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Ryo Takatsuki from Project ARMS, Goku from Ocean's dub of Dragon Ball Z (from Episode 160 onwards), and Cole from Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. He was also the voice of Michelangelo from Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation and of Tony Stark, Wolverine and Cyclops in many Marvel comic film adaptations. On camera, he is one of only 18 actors to ha e starred in all the Stargate series that be wonderful Stargate Atlantis and is currently featured in the CW's Supergirl.
Read More about Kirby HERE!
Get Your Geek On, Thunder Bay!
2019 at the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition (CLE)!
Sat. September 21, 10:00am-6:00pm
Sun. September 22, 10:00am - 5:00pm
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Movie review: Teen love is in the air and on the Internet in ‘Love, Simon’
You don’t have to wait very long to figure out the plot device that makes this amiable little film tick. It’s revealed, in voiceover, by the protagonist, in the opening moments. No, that’s not quite right. It’s hinted at, but not actually stated, in the voiceover, but at the same time, revealed in a visual.
The narration is courtesy of high school senior Simon Spier (Nick Robinson, most recently seen as Olly, the boy next door in “Everything, Everything”). He says, to himself and the viewers, “For the most part, my life is totally normal.” There’s a pause for effect, then he adds, “But I have one huge secret.” That second part is said as he’s longingly staring out his bedroom window at the hunky gardener down below.
At that point, it’s only Simon and everyone watching in the theater, that know he’s gay. His parents and his little sister don’t have a clue. It’s never been brought up in conversations between him and his school pals Leah (Katherine Langford), Nick (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.), and Abby (Alexandra Shipp). He’s been holding in that bit of information for a long time, and now he wants to come out, or at least find someone he can share his feelings with.
The good news about “Love, Simon” is that the issue is taken seriously and respectfully, but this is for the most part a lighthearted, sweet and funny film. There’s no hitting us over the head with the politics of being gay; it’s a story that comes from the standpoint of human feelings.
It also has a measure of hipness. Can you think of another film that’s featured a lyric from a Kinks song (in this case “Waterloo Sunset”) that becomes a character’s name? No, don’t even try. But it happens here when Simon finds someone online — a similarly lonely fellow who’s ready to come out, attends the same school as Simon, and goes by the moniker Blue. Simon, ready to fall head-over-heels for this mystery guy, quickly takes on that Kinks name (he signs his text “From My Window”) but soon changes it to Jacques.
Most of what happens for the rest of the film revolves around the question of Blue’s identity. Simon wonders about that so much, his imagination goes into high gear. We see someone, in Simon’s head, typing away at a keyboard, in electronic conversation with Simon, but the camera angles are such that we can’t clearly see his face. This kind of thing later, in a smile-inducing scene, blossoms into the fact that Simon has an active, choreographed, color-coordinated imagination.
But not everything here is strife-free. Martin (Logan Miller), a goofy and obnoxious acquaintance of Simon’s, finds out about his secret, and cruelly threatens to out him unless Simon fixes him up with his friend Abby. Simon, up against a wall in that blackmail scheme and still trying to find true love, turns inconsiderate and selfish when it comes to the feelings of his closest friends.
Still, the film remains upbeat and, at times close to hilarious, especially in a few of the school scenes. Ms. Albright (Natasha Rothwell, milking it for laughs) is the beleaguered teacher trying to get through the stress of directing talentless kids in a production of “Cabaret.” Vice Principal Worth (Tom Hale) gets bigger laughs for his over-the-top delivery of the script’s best bits of eccentricity. There’s also a helping of warmth and compassion — along with that humor — from Simon’s parents (Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Garner) in the home scenes.
But the abundance of charm to be found here is due to Nick Robinson, who is not only relaxed and comfortable in the part, he’s also able to fill it with an air of honesty and lots of believable emotion, easily moving between happiness and heartbreak, then back again. If you’re concerned over whether we find out the identity of Blue, stop worrying. All you have to do is stay till the end.
“Love, Simon”
Written by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker; directed by Greg Berlanti
With Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner
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Mall of America v Black Lives Matter: The Difference Between Civil Rights and Free Speech Laws
By David Schultz (Schultz’s Take) | March 20, 2015
The Mall of America (MOA) is private property. So are the other shopping malls in Minnesota. One may not agree with that legal fact but that is the law in this state. This means that owners of shopping malls have a right to deny the public access to their property for the purposes of exercising free speech rights but that does not mean they can deny them access on the basis of race. This distinction seems to be lost in the dispute regarding the trespass prosecution in the “Black Lives Matter” case. A basic understanding of federal and state constitutional and civil rights law clarifies this issue.
There is no debate that subject to some time, place, and matter restrictions, the public enjoys broad First Amendment expressive rights on public property. In the proverbial town square the public has a right to criticize the government or make any other political statements it wishes. The Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection clause guarantees that this right cannot be denied on account of race.
But shopping malls are not town squares. In Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner, 407 U.S. 551 (1972), the US Supreme Court ruled that there is no First Amendment right to distribute handbills or express political messages in shopping malls. Malls are private property and the owners may exclude or prevent the public from distributing or expressing their political views their. However in Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins 447 U.S. 74 (1980) the Supreme Court also recognized that while there is no federal First Amendment right of the public to use malls for political purposes, state constitutions may afford such a right. That is the case in California. In New Jersey its Supreme Court in New Jersey Coalition Against War in the Middle East v. J.M.B Realty Corporation, 138 N.J. 326 (1994) ruled that shopping malls had become the “functional equivalent of downtown business districts” and therefore owners could not interfere with reasonable expression of free speech rights as protected by the state constitution.
The Minnesota Supreme Court did not follow New Jersey when it ruled in State v. Wicklund 589 N.W.2d 793 (1999) that the state constitution did not guarantee the free speech rights of the public at MOA. It rejected claims that extensive government involvement in the planning and financing of the MOA made it a public entity and it turned back arguments that the mere holding open of private property to the public for any purpose make it public property. The Court also rejected the functional equivalent argument of the New Jersey Supreme Court. The Court may have gotten it wrong then and perhaps conditions in the last 16 years have undermined the validity of that precedent making a new challenge ripe. But as of last year, Wicklund is still the law. No one, regardless of race, has free speech rights at MOA.
But just because MOA can limit the public from exercising its free speech rights, it may not exclude individuals on account of race and gender. The 1964 Civil Rights Act is clear on this matter. MOA is a public accommodation under federal law and case such as Heart of Atlanta Hotel v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964) are clear that businesses and establishments may not discriminate on account of race. In Roberts v United States Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609 (1984) the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that even under Minnesota’s anti-discrimination law, many clubs and associations would be barred from banning individuals based on gender and race. Federal and State law is clear–if the MOA were to decide to ban individuals from their premises based on race they would be acting illegally.
There is thus a difference between federal and state anti-discrimination and free speech law. This is important because it does not appear that MOA barred Black Lives Matter from protesting because of their race. If they did then shame on MOA and they ought to be sued for civil rights violations. Instead, they barred the group because current law did not give Black Lives Matter a right to free speech at MOA. When the group demonstrated there against the wishes of MOA that was trespass under current law. Whether they should be prosecuted is a different matter.
But what is critical to understand is the purpose of the Black Lives Matter protest at MOA. Were they protesting against MOA racist policies, against a State Supreme Court ruling liming free speech rights at the mall, or against Ferguson and racism in general? Again, Federal and State law make it illegal for MOA to discriminate on account of race. If that is the allegation, then the protest of MOA’s policies is powerful and ranks along side of Rosa Parks sitting at the front the bus and therefore Black Lives Matters was within its rights to do. But if the protest were to challenge current state law about the status of the MOA as a private entity that can restrict free speech rights (such as to protest Ferguson), then this is not an issue really about race but about expressive freedom. This is an entirely different issue that really is not about race and unfortunately current law does not support Black Lives Matter.
The Black Lives Matter protest at MOA entwines and confuses issues of race and speech. Whether we like it or not the law treats civil rights and expressive freedom differently. Understanding how the law differentiates between the two, along with clarifying the motives and goals of both MOA and Black Lives Matters, is critical to understanding the difficult questions in this case.
Black Spaces
So long Open Streets. It's been fun!
Lowry Avenue in North Minneapolis hosted the season's last Open Streets event. Photographer Mark Peterson was there to catch all the action.
Viva Mexico! Minneapolis celebrates Mexican Independence Day
A doughnut shop owner looks to the future on (or near) the light rail
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Best of Neighborhood News 7/5: MPD officers encouraged use of ketamine to sedate suspects
A new report indicates that the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) has encouraged Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to use ketamine to sedate suspects, even in cases when the individual was already restrained and in cases when there was no evidence of any crime committed. The report states that the use of ketamine on those arrested has increased from three usages in 2012 to 67 in 2017.
Spoken word, seed art and being Minnesotan
"Your Crew vs. My Crew" creates community amidst competition at Rondo Days [Photos]
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Still no clues on the West Broadway fire
from beyond the LOOP
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Minnesota is no utopia for workers: Labor Day and the fight for $15 an hour
Indigenous People's Day becomes a reality in Saint Paul
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Best of Neighborhood News 3/12/2019: 12 years ago, the Legislature set out to end poverty in Minnesota by 2020. How’s it going?
12 years ago, the Legislature set out to end poverty in Minnesota by 2020. How’s it going?
Could a police-free city be a viable option in Minneapolis?
Community Voices: A call for ‘regeneration’ over reparations where Black potential has been stifled
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Sounds of Blackness teams up with local high school to create anthem for Black youth
Shaping an identity-affirming space for Black males at Henry High School
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Home Car Security The Hackability of Autonomous Vehicles
The Hackability of Autonomous Vehicles
With autonomous vehicles being tested all around the world, drivers must prepare for the inevitable reality that soon there will many autonomous vehicles on the road. This raises concerns about the safety of such vehicles and whether they are actually safer than traditional vehicles.
One of the biggest fears is that an autonomous vehicle could be hacked and used to either intentionally kill the passengers or as a weapon against another individual or group of individuals.
This is certainly a valid concern and was even demonstrated in 2015 by the tech magazine Wired when they remotely stopped a Jeep on a highway to show that it is indeed possible to hack a vehicle that is in production. The demonstration even prompted Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to send a software patch loaded onto a USB drive to 1.4 million Jeep owners.
What Do the Professionals Say?
When it comes to the hackability of autonomous vehicles, there is no better person to ask than the person designing them.
A recent blockbuster The Fate of the Furious depicted a scene where dozens of vehicles were remotely hacked and used to nefarious end by driving them at a target or causing a mass pileup to trap them.
When asked about the plausibility of the scene, director of Green Hills Software in California Joe Fabbre told USA Today, “That’s Hollywood sensationalizing it, but that is not really that far-fetched. There are very skilled hackers out there who can beat through a lot of medium and low levels of robustness in terms of security that is present in a lot of cars today.”
What’s Being Done About the Hacking Threat?
You know we are entering strange times when even the most sensational Hollywood scenes are not that far from reality. The threat of being hacked has prompted numerous vehicle manufacturers to push wireless software updates to their vehicles to enhance security. Another way automakers are tightening security is by changing the way they approach the problem by hiring hackers to try to hack vehicle software in order to identify weak points.
One program in 2016 launched by a tech company in San Francisco was called the “Bug Bounty Program” and offered hackers $1,500 for each vulnerability they could expose.
Another concern that has been raised when it comes to the vulnerability of autonomous vehicle software is the fact that all of them will be connected. Systems such as Ford’s “Cellular-Vehicle-To-Everything” system will allow all of its autonomous vehicles to communicate, prompting worries that if one vehicle were to be compromised then all of them could be accessed through that one vulnerable vehicle.
Has Anyone Been Killed by a Hacked Autonomous Vehicle?
So far no official reports of death resulting from an autonomous vehicle being hacked have been made, but there has been at least one death at the hands of an autonomous vehicle. An autonomous Uber vehicle was being tested in Arizona when a woman with a bike crossed in front of it in near total darkness. The sudden object and dark conditions caused the vehicle to fail to react in time and neither did the accompanying driver. The woman was struck and killed by the vehicle, which prompted outrage at the program. It was forced to shut down and cease operations in the state of Arizona.
Another instance involving autonomous vehicles occurred when researchers at a Chinese security firm managed to hack a Tesla Model X. The researchers remotely controlled the brakes of the vehicle, opened the doors and trunk, and blinked the lights to the music that they were streaming through the vehicle. Tesla was quick to respond by pushing a security update to the Model X remotely.
What Does the Future Look Like?
The march forward into an autonomous future seems unstoppable, with Phoenix company Waymo recently ordering another 62,000 Chrysler Pacifica vans for its self-driving fleet. These are modified from the production versions you can get at Landmark South in Belton, MO.
The biggest concern with autonomous vehicles may be hacking but there are some other unnerving aspects to them as well, such as how the vehicle will respond when presented with a choice to either kill a pedestrian or drive off a bridge. That may be an extreme example, but the morality of the programming of autonomous vehicles has been a huge center of the debate. For now, automakers will have to keep on their toes and continue pushing wireless updates in order to stay ahead of the hackers.
One might even wonder with all the risks involved, are autonomous vehicles actually safer than traditional vehicles? For now, that answer will continue to evolve with the technology, but drivers should certainly begin preparing for a future where they share the road with autonomous vehicles.
The Hackability of Autonomous Vehicles Reviewed by Shubham (NeO) on March 12, 2019 Rating: 5
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5 technologies to thank the 1950s for
By Tamsin Oxford 2009-08-05T10:23:00.216Z
The decade that brought us microchips, modems and more
The first commercial modem - the AT&T Dataphone
Microchips and stored program computers
Modems, optical fibre and credit cards
Considered as one of the most conservative decades in recent memory the 1950s were a time when technology underwent a dramatic evolution.
It was less than a decade after the second World War and science was in its element; technology that had only been postulated and pondered was suddenly becoming reality.
The microchip, the modem and the personal computer popped into existence and changed the world. It sounds dramatic but can you imagine if the microchip did not exist today? Say goodbye to your iPhone.
In this decade, two men solved the integrated circuit puzzle and now corporate giants like Intel, IBM and Toshiba are galloping head first towards 0.01nm technology.
How much have these technologies changed since they began?
1. The first microchip/integrated circuit
Looking a lot like the slightly dishevelled uncle that gets drunk at family parties, the first microchip bears little resemblance to its modern equivalent. Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce of the Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation (he also co-founded Intel) are credited as being co-founders of the first integrated circuit, in spite of the fact that their creations were six months apart.
Where Jack Kilby managed to develop the first working model in 1958, Robert Noyce's version had some necessary improvements – such as the use of silicon instead of germanium and interconnecting the components efficiently. The first commercially viable microchips were released by the Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation in 1961 and were about the size of your baby finger.
They consisted of one transistor, three resistors and one capacitor, a far cry from the tiny chip of today that can hold 125 million transistors.
FIRST CHIP: It's hard to believe that this innocuous design changed the face of computing forever [Image: Texas Instruments]
2. The first stored program computer
This brings us to the very first stored program computer, EDSAC. While sitting just outside the boundaries of the 1950s in that it delivered its very first computation in 1949, it was in the 1950s that modifications to this computer made history.
The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) was one of the first British computers and the LEO 1 (Lyons Electronic Office 1), built by J. Lyons and Co, was the first computer used for business applications devised on the EDSAC model.
EDSAC used mercury delay lines for memory and derated vacuum tubes for logic. Information was input using 5-hole punched tape and output was spat out by a teleprinter. David Wheeler, the man who received the first ever Computer Science PhD, invented the subroutine with EDSAC and co-wrote the first book on programming in 1951.
However, the best part, in 1952 A S Douglas created OXO, noughts and crosses, for the EDSAC with graphical output to a cathode ray tube. This is believed to have been the world's first video game to use a digital graphic display. It's a far cry from the gaming laptop of today. Or home PC. Or desktop.
NOT A NETBOOK: EDSAC is about the size of a small house, with tubes that are over five feet long [Image: Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge]
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Facebook insists 'users are not the product' in new statement
By Sharmishta Sarkar 2018-04-24T01:05:18.113Z
It just wants you to 'connect with the people'
If you thought using Facebook was free, think again.
The old adage “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” holds true for Facebook’s business model, which many pundits have argued it build on trading users’ personal data as currency. And what the social media platform does – or allows others to do – with that data has recently copped a lot of criticism in the wake of the ongoing Cambridge Analytica Scandal.
Facebook has a tough fight ahead of it as it tries to restore its name and win back public trust, and the latest shot in that war is an official blog post titled Hard Questions , which seeks to reassure Facebook users that they “are not the product”.
Just semantics?
In the post, Facebook’s vice president of advertising, Rob Goldman, addresses the question, “If I'm not paying for Facebook, am I the product?”
“No,” is Goldman's answer. “Our product is social media – the ability to connect with the people that matter to you, wherever they are in the world. It’s the same with a free search engine, website or newspaper. The core product is reading the news or finding information – and the ads exist to fund that experience.”
While Goldman is quick to compare Facebook to a “website or newspaper”, the social media platform has historically fought against any suggestion that it’s a media company.
In fact, when questioned by the US Senate as to which companies are Facebook’s direct competitors, CEO Mark Zuckerberg struggled to come up with an answer.
No such thing as a free lunch
It's hard to define what service Facebook truly offers, even for its CEO. It not only owns the world's largest social media network, but sells advertising space and, now, hardware such as the Oculus Rift VR headset and it's seemingly delayed smart speakers.
While the company may claim its main product is the social media site itself, it's not hard to understand why Goldman's statement rings hollow.
Strictly following the flow of money, Facebook's free social networking site is largely able to make a profit through the collation and collection of user data, which is then supplied (usually indirectly) to advertisers in order to target ads.
Most would argue that this structure makes the advertisers the clients – no matter how Facebook wants to spin it – and this blog post likely won't do much to change that perception.
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“The Patriarch”: Joseph Kennedy Sr.’s Outsized Life
JFK Sr.
Jacob Heilbrunn on Joseph Sr., the anti-Semitic Hollywood dynamo who proves to be the most interesting Kennedy of all.
Updated Jul. 14, 2017 2:36AM ET / Published Nov. 21, 2012 4:45AM ET
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In his essay “Advice to Young Men,” H.L. Mencken explained that the “most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well to do.” Few Americans appear to exemplify that proposition better than Joseph P. Kennedy. At the outset of the 20th century, this ruthless businessman and investor capitalized on his wealth to become perhaps America’s premier social climber, an Irish-Catholic outsider who stormed the bastions of the WASP aristocracy. After amassing almost overnight scads of the green stuff on Wall Street (he dumped his stocks on the cusp of the Great Depression) and in Hollywood (he got in just as that boom was starting), Kennedy seemed to be able to do whatever he wanted whenever he chose, whether it was avoiding military service in World War I or bedding everyone from movie starlets to golf caddies or holding prestigious political positions. In schooling his children in moviemaking techniques and in conducting a glamorous lifestyle, his most lasting contribution was to anneal Hollywood glitter to the American political scene, a legacy that Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama have all drawn upon and furthered. But all along this empire-builder was dogged by the fear that the political dynasty he sought to found would prove his most fragile creation. His apprehensions were justified. Today only the 32-year-old Joseph Kennedy III, the great-nephew of John F. Kennedy, holds a seat in Congress, thanks to the retirement of Barney Frank.
In The Patriarch, David Nasaw, the author of biographies of Andrew Carnegie and William Randolph Hearst, chronicles Kennedy’s tumultuous life. Nasaw has had full access to family documents and scoured the archives. He seeks to clear up some myths about Kennedy—he was, for instance, never a bootlegger—and offer a truthful portrait of the man. The result is a spellbinding book.
Born in East Boston in 1888 into the family of a prosperous Irish ward boss, Kennedy enjoyed a privileged childhood that included music lessons and the best schools. All his life he played down his early years and cozy circumstances, partly, Nasaw speculates, to avoid diminishing his own later accomplishments. Though never a stellar student, he attended Boston Latin, the elite public school, and squeaked past Harvard’s entrance examinations to become a member of the class of 1912. What he displayed upon graduation was a keen financial acumen. He married Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald, the daughter of the mayor of Boston who would blissfully ignore her husband’s serial infidelities, and began his career as an assistant state bank examiner, a position that permitted him to become intimately acquainted with banking from the inside—he soon became an expert on bonds, stocks, mortgages, demand loans, overdrafts, and real-estate foreclosures. By 1914 he had resigned his post to become president of a small Boston bank, whose assets he quickly expanded. What’s more, with direct personal access to capital, he was able to finance his mortgage and real-estate holdings as well as purchase stocks. In an era when government oversight was almost nonexistent and laissez-faire capitalism was in its heyday, Kennedy excelled. At age 36 he traded in his Ford for a Rolls-Royce, hired a chauffeur, and moved his boys from public school to a private one.
But Kennedy first struck it really big in Hollywood, where he used his bank to finance his various ventures. Kennedy’s aim was not so much to become a movie mogul, but to consolidate several studios and then flip them, which is what he did. He was the Mitt Romney of his era, slashing redundant staff and instituting new accounting procedures. According to Nasaw, “he was not interested in making artful or even good pictures … but in making a profit by producing cut-rate ‘program pictures,’ low-budget westerns, stunt thrillers,” and so on. By 1927, however, Kennedy needed to up the ante to demonstrate that he was in control of a major studio. As part of that effort, he hired Gloria Swanson as his big star—according to Nasaw, “that they were sexually attracted to each other was the icing on the cake.” In the end, Kennedy dumped Swanson—to her lifelong fury—after her morbidly bizarre and expensive film Queen Kelly, which was directed by Erich von Stroheim, never made it to the big screen. Kennedy knew how to cut his losses. After some intricate deals with Hollywood panjandrums, he exited Tinseltown a multi-millionaire as he sold his shares in several companies even while small-time investors, who ended up losing money on common stock, cried foul.
It was in Hollywood that Kennedy’s mounting paranoia about the Jews also manifested itself. Kennedy saw everything in terms of ethnic groups, partly as a result of his own upbringing in Boston. Nasaw explains that Kennedy suggested he would be “Hollywood’s white, or non-Jewish knight and rescue it from the suspicion that its pictures were not to be trusted because they were produced by men who through breeding and background were morally untrustworthy.” All his life Kennedy would remain convinced that Jews acted as a cabal to serve their common interests—a mindset that would manifest itself most vividly in the run-up to World War II, when he blamed Jews for allegedly suborning Franklin D. Roosevelt from pursuing the nation’s best interests abroad.
In his first position in the Roosevelt administration, however, Kennedy acquitted himself ably. As head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, he was already familiar with the various financial chicaneries that had helped precipitate the Great Depression since he had participated in a number of questionable transactions himself. On the venerable theory that it takes a thief to catch one, Roosevelt had appointed him to run the fledgling SEC, and one of Kennedy’s first moves was to crack down on insider trading. According to Nasaw, he also outlawed abuses known as pools, corners, wash sales, and match orders. Kennedy had supported Herbert Hoover in 1928, but he now feared that the financial calamity menaced not only his personal fortune, but also the stability of America itself. He had no truck with the nonsense spouted by many of his peers about Roosevelt leading a Bolshevik crusade against big business and the American way. Instead, Kennedy had campaigned hard for FDR in the 1932 election, accompanying him on a trip to California.
Habitually unable to contain his choleric temper, Kennedy cut loose when addressing his former Harvard chums in 1937. Nasaw observes that Kennedy had received the highest honor that his Harvard chums could bestow upon him, an invitation to speak at their 25th reunion. Kennedy had hardly been a standout student, but his financial acumen had transformed him into a fellow plutocrat. The after-dinner talk was Kennedy’s chance to show that he had become part of the Harvard establishment. But unlike most of his classmates, Kennedy, who also ran the Maritime Commission, scoffed at the notion that the Roosevelt administration was destroying capitalism and turning America into a socialist bulwark. To the horror of his listeners, Kennedy did not deliver a chatty speech about their days as young swells, but, rather, delivered himself of a wholly partisan address defending Social Security and big labor. “And then, to add provocation to provocation, he praised John L. Lewis, the principal organizer of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and perhaps the single most hated man in banks, boardrooms, and Harvard clubs,” writes Nasaw. Kennedy concluded, “Without wishing to appear in a ‘Pollyanna’ role, I frankly see nothing which justifies the hate and the despair which are all around us.” Of course he was right. This was Kennedy at his best, a clear-eyed realist dispensing with conservative pieties. The reactionary bilge that his classmates were indulging in may have been emotionally satisfying, but it bore no relation to the dire reality of an economic crisis that Roosevelt was attempting to master anymore than the contemporary malarkey, to use Vice President Joseph Biden’s favorite word, about President Obama’s putative socialism does today.
Kennedy’s proclivity for sounding off, however, would lead him grievously astray as Roosevelt’s ambassador to Great Britain, a position that he had obtained in part as reward for his services to the administration and, not least, in the belief that it was best to keep Kennedy abroad during the presidential election so that he could not entertain any thoughts of the nomination for himself. Roosevelt also figured that Kennedy, as an Irishman, wouldn’t get seduced by the British aristocracy and “go native.” Here Roosevelt got it wrong. Although Roosevelt was a shrewd old bird, even he could not have anticipated the extent to which Kennedy would run amok in London, including consorting with the Cliveden set, Britain’s notorious circle of Jew-hating aristocratic appeasers, led by the egregious Lady Astor. His disreputable behavior sorely tested the limits of both the State Department’s and Roosevelt’s patience.
Difficulties were perhaps presaged by a visit of his first son, Joe Jr., to Nazi Germany in 1934. In a letter to his father, he pronounced himself most impressed by the changes that Adolf Hitler had implemented over the past year; he hailed the sterilization law as “a great thing.” He further noted, “a great deal of brutality was on private lines” but that Hitler now had “Things well under control. The only danger would be if something happened to Hitler, and one of his crazy ministers came into power, which at this time does not seem likely.” The old man was quite pleased by this missive, writing back to Joe Jr. that his “conclusions are very sound.”
Sound or not, Kennedy became ambassador in 1938, the year that Germany marched into Austria to create the Anschluss. Kennedy was unfazed. His biggest fear was not that Hitler would be stopped, but that the West would try to stop him. A second world war, he believed, would have calamitous effects, including imperiling his own children. Better to try and buy off the Fuhrer who would surely prove in the end to be a reasonable chap. Kennedy’s view of events in England was thus similarly blinkered. He idolized Neville Chamberlain and viewed Winston Churchill as a dangerous adventurer, a view that he never deviated from even after World War II had ended!
Nasaw’s account of Kennedy’s machinations in London form some of the most exciting passages in his volume. It is hard to read them without a growing sense of disbelief, shock, and sheer disgust. Kennedy’s depravity was almost boundless. He apparently informed the new Nazi ambassador to London Herbert von Dirksen that the Jews were too powerful in America and that he sympathized with the Nazi attempt to extrude them from German high society—“It is clear from the transcripts,” says Nasaw, “that Kennedy was doing his best to ingratiate himself with the German diplomats … while telling them what they wanted to hear about American anti-Semitism and Jewish media dominance, he was not saying anything he did not believe to be true.” With his belief in the omnipotence of Jewish media power, Kennedy thought it was essential to arrange for the rescue of European Jews from the clutches of the Nazis; otherwise, they would deploy their tremendous propaganda arsenal to lure America into war against Germany. Nasaw drily observes, “the fact that there was no organized or unorganized effort by American Jews to push America into a war with Germany had no effect on his increasingly hysterical thinking.”
To Roosevelt’s incredulity, Kennedy also sent messages back to Washington explaining that the moment was nigh for America itself to adopt preemptively a fascist-style economic program, one that would, as Nasaw explains, “provide a few wise businessmen such as Joseph P. Kennedy with more authority.” Roosevelt largely ignored Kennedy’s increasingly overwrought telegrams as Britain and Germany drew ineluctably closer to war. But after he saw a draft of a speech in which Kennedy announced that when it came to the fate of Czechoslovakia he could not “see anything involved which could be remotely considered worth shedding blood for,” FDR lost it. “Who would have thought,” he said,” that the English could take into camp a red-headed Irishman? … The young man needs his wrists slapped rather hard.” Once at war, British officials, too, became disgusted with Kennedy’s behavior: “Mr. Kennedy is a very foul specimen of double-crosser and defeatists,” wrote Sir Robert Vanittart, a chief diplomatic adviser to the war cabinet. “He thinks of nothing but his own pocket. I hope that this war will at least see the elimination of his type.” At bottom, Kennedy was simply delusional: “His sense of his own wisdom,” Nasaw writes, “and unique talents was so overblown that he truly believed he could stake out an independent position for himself and still remain a trusted and vital part of the Roosevelt team.”
If Kennedy displayed execrable judgment during the war, he did nothing to redeem it after the conflict had ended. Instead, he carried on with his blinkered views and remained an isolationist. During the cold war he was, in a sense, on the left—he regarded it as a profligate waste of American resources. Just as America should have reached an accommodation with Hitler, it should have reached out to Stalin. But John F. Kennedy wisely distanced himself from these views. His father’s main contribution was to help shape his image as a political candidate.
Nasaw shrewdly observes that Kennedy “had learned how to spend money and sell a `star’ in Hollywood … Now he focused those skills on branding his son as the fresh-faced, charming young war hero, with a bit of glamour and a wholesome down-to-earth quality; a Harvard man and a man of the people; a book-writing intellectual who was everyone’s friend.” Kennedy had recognized that his own political aspirations would go nowhere during the postwar era. He became a cranky opponent of American intervention, views that his son John prudently distanced himself from as a congressman and senator. Once he became president did the father become at peace with himself? Not a bit of it. While elated at his ascension to the Oval office, Kennedy was dismayed that too many Democratic Protestants had voted against his Catholic son. It wasn’t enough to win; Kennedy wanted acceptance. His whole life was devoted to using his fortune to smooth his family’s entry into the mainstream of American life. Still, the old boy had some tricks left up his sleeve. Nasaw reports that he played a key role at the inauguration: “Ever alert to the possibilities of combining entertainment and politics, he had arranged for the entire gala to be filmed and for the rights to belong to him exclusively.” Among the stars who showed up were Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte, Milton Berle, Nat King Cole, Tony Curtis, Ella Fitzgerald, Laurence Olivier, and a host of others.
But Kennedy was not done. His next instrument for political success was Teddy Kennedy, who would run for the Senate in Massachusetts when he turned 30, the minimum age to serve. According to Nasaw, “Like Jack before him and with the family fortune at his disposal, Ted spent the two years running up to the election touring the state and lining up support.” But Kennedy’s role as patriarch came to a swift and brutal end when he suffered an incapacitating stroke in December 1961. Confined to a wheelchair, he was no longer the commanding captain of the Kennedy frigate but a passive and suffering bystander as he saw two of his sons brutally murdered. Nasaw somewhat predictably calls his ending “near Shakespearean in its pathos,” but perhaps the saga of the Kennedy clan and its founder carries with it more than a whiff of F. Scott’s Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Its fortunes have proven almost as evanescent as the “minute and faraway” green light at the end of the dock, the “orgastic future” that continually recedes into the past.
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Picasso's Le Rêve bought for record sum by finance giant Steven A Cohen
Portrait becomes most expensive Picasso ever, despite seller accidentally putting his elbow through it six years earlier
Staff and agencies
Wed 27 Mar 2013 09.18 EDT First published on Wed 27 Mar 2013 09.18 EDT
Because he's worth it … Picasso's stock continues to rise – Le Rêve is the third of his works to sell for more than $100m. Photograph: Gjon Mili/Time Life/Getty Images
Hedge fund manager Steven A Cohen has bought a Picasso painting from casino mogul Steve Wynn for a record price – six years after Wynn accidentally put his elbow through it.
Cohen, 56, who runs SAC Capital Advisors, purchased Le Rêve, a 1932 oil painting of Picasso's 22-year-old mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter, for $155m (£103m). It is the highest price a US collector has ever paid for an artwork.
Cohen and Wynn, both billionaires, are well-known art collectors. Cohen's collection is reportedly worth $1bn and includes major works by De Kooning, Jasper Johns, Bacon, Koons, Van Gogh and Manet. He is also the owner of Damien Hirst's formaldehyde shark, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, which he bought in 2006 for $8m (£5.3m).
In 2006, Wynn, who has a disease affecting his peripheral vision, put his elbow through the canvas of Le Rêve while showing it to friends – among them Nora Ephron – reportedly a day after agreeing to sell it to Cohen for $139m (£92m). The accident created a six-inch tear.
The painting was mended, at a cost of $90,000 (£60,000) and now the damage is said to be invisible to the naked eye. "It's superbly restored," Beverly Schreiber Jacoby, valuation specialist and president of New York-based BSJ Fine Art, told Bloomberg. "If you didn't know that it has been damaged, you would not see it."
The sale is thought to have made Le Rêve the most expensive Picasso ever. Thanks to his continuing endorsement by the world's major galleries, prices of Picasso's work continue to rise. Two of his other paintings have sold for more than $100m. Another 1932 portrait of Walter, Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, was sold for $106.5m (£66m) at Christie's in May 2010. Garçon à la Pipe went for $104.2m (£61m) in 2004.
Renowned as one of Picasso's most erotically charged works, Le Rêve contains an image of an erect penis painted in the figure's face.
Cohen's acquisition of Le Rêve comes as his firm continues to face regulatory scrutiny as part of a federal insider-trading probe. Earlier this month, SAC Capital agreed to pay a record $616m (£407m) fine to settle two lawsuits, the largest-ever US insider-trading settlement.
A spokesman for Cohen declined to comment. A spokesperson for Wynn, the chief executive officer of Wynn Resorts Ltd, did not respond to a request for comment.
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Windies confident about beating India
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India Vs West Indies: Windies Confident About Beating India, We Can Beat India In Their Own Den. The West Indies cricket team coach Ottis Gibson has...
Bridgetown (Barbados): The West Indies cricket team coach Ottis Gibson has expressed confidence that his players can beat Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men at their own den when they tour India next month.
Gibson said his side has more experienced players than the last time when they had toured India and they should be able to give a much better performance this time around.
"We are not saying we cannot beat India, but we know it is going to be tough. The last time we went to India, we had a couple of inexperienced guys but we put up a good show. So hopefully this time with a bit more experience, we can go one better and win the series. There is no reason why we can't," said Gibson.
The Windies have not played a Test match for almost a year now and the team is training hard in a fitness and medical camp here to ensure players stay fit as they will be on the road for a long time.
West Indies will play two Tests and three ODIs during their tour of India, commencing with the first Test from November 6-10 in Kolkata. The second Test -- Sachin Tendulkar's farewell match -- will be played in Mumbai from November 14-18.
Following their India tour, West Indies will be in New Zealand for three Tests, five ODIs and two T20 Internationals.
"Things have been going well; the doctors haven't reported anything untoward to me as yet, so fingers crossed that everybody is fit to get on the plane," the coach said.
Gibson noted that the series against India will finally settle the question of where the West Indies stand as far as Test cricket is concerned.
"We have played great in Test cricket, having won the last six, but people have been poking fun at the opposition. This one in India gives us the opportunity to see where we are as a Test side," he said.
"India are playing some very good One-Day cricket at the moment; they have not played Tests in a long time either, so it gives us an opportunity to go out there and test ourselves," said Gibson.
The West Indies played their last Test series in November last year when they defeated Bangladesh and their other victories were against New Zealand in a home series in August last year.
Asked about the reports that he could be leaving the West Indies to take up the post of the head coach at Glamorgan in England, Gibson said he had not been in contact with anybody in that English county side.
"I suppose when you are doing a good job, every job that comes along is yours. But there is no truth in the rumour. I have not been in contact with anybody from Glamorgan. It is the club that I played for in England, but I have had absolutely no contact with them. I have just signed a new contract with the WICB and I am very happy with where we are," said Gibson.
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Hart County commissioner arrested in alleged racketeering scheme
By Grayson Williams on Thursday, November 7, 2019
A Hart County deputy's car is parked at the entrance of R&D Car Wash on Anderson Highway as the GBI and other authorities investigate an alleged racketeering scheme they believe involves Hart County commissioner R.C. Oglesby.
Updated at 6:16 p.m.
The Hart County Commission voted Thursday evening in an emergency meeting to terminate the county's contract with Ludi's Soul Food to provide meal services to the Hart County Jail after the arrest of the company's owner on racketeering charges.
The meeting was held after the arrest of county commissioner R.C. Oglesby earlier Thursday for his alleged involvement in what law enforcement says was a racketeering scheme involving federal SNAP assistance money. Oglesby and several of his family members, including his daughter-in-law Amy Oglesby, who owns Ludi's, were arrested after several search warrants were served in Thursday morning raids.
The county commission voted 4-0 to terminate the contract and to allow county administrator Terrell Partain and the jail manager to find a suitable replacement until another contract is in place with a different food service provider.
The commission also spent more than an hour in executive session with county attorney Walter Gordon and three Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents prior to the vote in open session.
The story of the arrests and raids is below.
Posted 11/07/2019 at 9:23 a.m.
Hart County Commissioner R.C. Oglesby and several family members were arrested Thursday morning for their alleged involvement in a racketeering scheme involving federal SNAP assistance benefits, police say.
State investigators are expecting more charges and arrests to come.
Oglesby, who has been a county commissioner since 1989, was arrested at Tenneco Thursday morning and charged with two counts of racketeering, on top of 10 counts of shoplifting that allegedly occurred in Hartwell. After searching Oglesby, Hartwell Police Chief Anthony Davis said they found a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) card in his wallet that was not registered to Oglesby.
“What it was is basically buying a card from someone that its assigned to for so much on the dollar,” Davis said about the alleged food stamp fraud.
Oglesby and company are accused of buying EBT cards for pennies on the dollar from people to whom they were issued and using them to buy food for the business through which they were contracted to provide food services to the Hart County Jail and for other outlets where they sold prepared food like Tenneco.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation also obtained undisclosed amounts of cocaine and marijuana as evidence resulting from multiple search warrants executed around 8 a.m. Thursday, according to a press release from the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office.
Also arrested in the months-long investigation was R.C.’s son, 41-year-old Stephen Oglesby, who was charged with three counts of racketeering. Amy Oglesby, 38, was also arrested and charged with 10 counts of racketeering.
Stephen Ogelsby also possessed a stolen gun at the time of his arrest, Davis said. R.C. Oglesby also had a permitted gun with him in his vehicle, Davis said.
Dasia Oglesby, 21, and 28-year-old Monique Oglesby were arrested as well and each charged with one count of racketeering.
All the suspects arrested were transported to the Hart County Jail.
Other charges and arrests are pending, according to the release.
Search warrants were executed at 414 Winding Way, Hartwell; 1380 North Forest Avenue; 2152 Anderson Highway and 2132 Anderson Highway.
Ludi’s Soul Food, owned by R.C.’s daughter-in-law Amy Oglesby, provides food for the jail in the county, but has since stopped operation after the arrests. Ludi's also serves food at Tenneco, where R.C. was arrested.
“Our inmates will get fed,” Davis said. “We just have to figure out where.”
Davis said the investigation was a joint effort between the Hartwell Police Department, the Hart County Sheriff’s Office, the GBI’s Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office.
Investigators are still gathering evidence in the case.
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Vega solid in McMahon victory
Steve Geoghegan
Published 8:00 pm EDT, Friday, September 23, 2011
BRIDGEPORT - Not to be overshadowed by the performance of Kyle Jordan in the McMahon football team's win over Harding was the play of Damien Vega.
Vega, a senior quarterback, finished 10-of-13 passing for 190 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions in the Senators' 35-0 victory Saturday at Hedges Field.
"Damien did a nice job," McMahon head coach AJ Albano said. "Obviously under the conditions, the field wasn't terrible but it wasn't great either, so I think he did a nice job. He made the throws that he had to make. He was under pressure a little bit too much and still made plays. He's a playmaker."
Vega was at his best in directing his team's two-minute offense at the end of the second quarter, throwing a 10-yard touchdown pass to Chris Jerome on third-and-seven with four seconds left in the half.
Jordan, who rushed for 181 yards on eight carries, was particularly impressed with his quarterback's play.
"Damien is a leader," he said. "He comes in the huddle and you just feel alright. You feel like we're going to go down this field and we're going to get this."
Vega will be looking to continue his solid play against Staples next week.
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U.S. to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia
PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States has authorised the deployment of military personnel and resources to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon says, to provide "an additional deterrent" in the face of "emergent, credible threats" in the region, The Guardian reports.
The move, agreed in conjunction with the kingdom, aims to boost regional security as tensions in the Gulf mount over Iran's standoff with the US over sanctions and the 2015 nuclear agreement, and Tehran's seizure of two British-linked vessels in the strait of Hormuz on Friday.
Saudi Arabia's defence ministry confirmed the deployment.
"Based on mutual cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the United States of America, and their desire to enhance everything that could preserve the security of the region and its stability ... King Salman gave his approval to host American forces," a ministry spokesman was quoted by Saudi state news agency SPA as saying.
In June, the Pentagon said it would deploy 1,000 troops to the Middle East but did not say where they were going.
Saudi Arabia has not hosted US forces since 2003 when they withdrew following the end of the war with Iraq.
The US presence in Saudi Arabia lasted 12 years, starting with Operation Desert Storm in 1991, when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
As many as 200 US aircraft were stationed at the Prince Sultan air base, around 80 km (50 miles) south of the capital at the peak of the Iraq war, and as many as 2,700 missions a day were handled by the headquarters in Saudi Arabia.
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UAE funds renewables schemes in developing countries
Dh385m in funding is announced for eight schemes in the developing world
Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, announces record funding for renewables projects, at the Irena assembly. Antonie Robertson / The National
Renewable energy projects in developing nations from Cuba to Nepal are set to go ahead thanks to hundreds of millions of dirhams in UAE funding.
At the 10th annual assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency in Abu Dhabi, $105 million (Dh385m) in funding was announced for eight schemes in the developing world.
Among the projects to be backed by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development include a 10MW solar power station in St Lucia, which will receive a loan of $15m.
All of our country is ecstatic about the prospects for a far more resilient energy system and sustainable development
Luke Browne, Ministry of Health, Wellness and Environment in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
In the Maldives, a waste-to-energy plant project in the city of Addu will receive a loan of $14m, while in Isla de la Juventud, Cuba, a solar project that it is predicted will benefit more than 32,000 people will be backed with a $20m loan.
“The environment is breathing a sigh of relief as a result of this project,” said Luke Browne, minister of health, wellness and environment in the Caribbean nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, after it was announced that a loan of $10m would be provided for a 7MW solar project in his country.
“The cost of electricity generation in the Grenadines will plummet. All of our country is ecstatic about the prospects for a far more resilient energy system and sustainable development.
“We are currently heavily dependent on diesel … In the islands of the Grenadines a centralised diesel power system is operated. This set-up depends on international supply chains and is vulnerable to disruption by extreme weather events which, as we know, are becoming more numerous and intense in this age of climate change.”
The latest tranche of funding, the seventh announced as part of the partnership between Irena and ADFD, is the largest ever.
Under the partnership, 32 projects worth around 200MW of new renewable energy capacity have been given the green light, with cumulative funding to date reaching $350m.
The low-cost ‘soft’ loans are necessary as developing nations often struggle to raise the initial capital needed for renewable energy projects. They cover up to 50 per cent of total project costs.
Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, hosts a roundtable with journalists at the Irena conference on Sunday. Antonie Robertson / The National
Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director General, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, speaks on the final day of the International Renewable Energy Agency conference in Abu Dhabi. Antonie Robertson / The National
Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency, speaks on the final day of the conference. Antonie Robertson / The National
Visitors attend the final day of the International Renewable Energy Agency conference in Abu Dhabi. Antonie Robertson / The National
Interviews are carried out on the final day of the Irena conference in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Antonie Robertson / The National
Visitors attend the Irena conference in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Antonie Robertson / The National
Also being supported is a solar and wind plant in Antigua and Barbuda, which will receive an ADFD investment of $15m. The project is expected to benefit 5,500 households and allows for large reductions in the import of fossil fuels.
In Nepal, a project will receive a loan of $10m to support 20 ‘biogas digesters’ which convert organic waste into useful energy and offset the use of fossil fuels by replacing it with renewable natural gas.
The other projects are being backed are in Chad and Burkina Faso.
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“ADFD-funded projects over the seven cycles of the facility have led to the widespread adoption of scalable, clean, and sustainable energy alternatives in 26 countries,” said Mohammed Al Suwaidi, director general of ADFD.
“Today’s announcement reaffirms the UAE’s and ADFD’s leading efforts to combat the effects of climate change by stimulating robust development across the global renewable energy sector. The fund’s commitment to this priority has enhanced long-term growth prospects and yielded socio-economic benefits for millions of lives in line with the national objectives of the beneficiary countries.”
The funding would help the eight countries and also “further global ambitions to build a sustainable future,” Francesco La Camera, Director-General of Irena, said.
“Overcoming investment needs for energy transformation infrastructure is one of the most notable barriers to the achievement of national goals," Mr La Camera said.
“Therefore, the provision of capital to support the adoption of renewable energy is key to low-carbon sustainable economic development and plays a central role in bringing about positive social outcomes.”
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To the Flixs
Reviews from 2014
Boyka: Undisputed
-Reviewed by Razor, 9/5/17
Ringside entertainment
Direct-to-video movies aren't exactly my cup of tea but every once in a while I'll come across a title that'll intrigue my interest. Boyka: Undisputed, which is actually the fourth film in the incredibly old Undisputed film series, caught my eye as I tend to be a sucker for kickboxing films. Granted, I only went in for the fight scenes but to my surprise the film also has some heart in the story. The plot picks up some time after the last film with Boyka (Scott Adkins) now a free man and working his way up to compete in the big leagues of MMA fighting. His ascension is immediately halted when Boyka accidently kills an opponent during a match, causing him to question his morality and whether his gift for fighting is nothing more than a violent burden. Boyka comes to realize that his opponent left behind a wife called Alma (Teodora Duhovnikova) who runs a community center in Russia. Boyka travels to meet her in person in hopes of clearing his guilty conscience and to seek forgiveness from her but his plans become sidetracked when he gets involved between her and Zourab (Alon Aboutboul), a mob boss to whom her husband owed money to and must work for him to pay the debt off. As far most direct-to-video movies tend to be, Boyka: Undisputed is a step above when it comes to quality and it easily could've passed itself off in being a major studio release. It also helps that the actors actually know how to fight, which is the meat and potatoes of this film. The fight choreography is visceral as it is brutal, and Scott Adkins is a total beast during his fights. The acting is surprisingly decent and for a direct-to-video franchise, that's saying a lot; although the film still houses some bad writing and one-liners but that's to be expected. If, like me, you only watched the film for the fight scenes, rest assured you won't be disappointed; nevertheless, the character development and themes of redemption fit right at home with the gritty and bloody story. Boyka: Undisputed is truly a zdorovo (Russian for awesome) martial-arts film and is definitely worth a watch.
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TŌN’s Elias Rodriguez on Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1
February 14, 2018 /in News /by Brian Heck
Elias Rodriguez, winner of The Orchestra Now’s 2017 Concerto Competition, performed Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1 with the orchestra on February 17 and 18, 2018. Below are his thoughts on this piece.
There is no doubt that the clarinet was Carl Maria von Weber’s favorite wind instrument. Weber’s contributions to clarinet literature are significant and of comparable importance to that of Mozart and Brahms. It was only during the second half of the 18th century that the clarinet was sufficiently developed to become generally accepted as an orchestral and solo instrument. And between the years 1811 and 1816, Weber wrote no fewer than seven compositions featuring the clarinet. These include the Quintet Op. 34, a concertino, two concerti, and the Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48, all of which (except the Duo) were written for the renowned clarinetist of the period, Heinrich Baermann (1784–1847). The First Concerto, composed in 1811, came about from a commission by Maximilian Joseph, King of Bavaria, after the success that the composer had with his Concertino Op. 26, written just before. The musicians of the orchestra begged Weber to write a concerto for their respective instrument, but to their dismay, he responded by writing a trio of pieces for solo clarinet.
I initially chose this concerto for the first movement theme introduced by the orchestra. From the onset, the music is full of drama. I fell in love with the decorative melodies contrasted by dramatic statements from the orchestra, and there is something captivating to me about the key of F minor, which though somber in sound, allows for a lot of expression—and it is no wonder. Non-clarinetists know Weber prominently for his opera overtures, most notably Der Freischütz, Oberon, and Euryanthe. And this concerto is essentially an opera in one act without words.
In my lessons of this piece, my teacher emphasized the importance of singing through my instrument, and I was encouraged to attend or listen to more opera, in order to better emulate the early German romantic style.
The second movement Adagio resembles largely and demonstrates the influence of the second movement Adagio from Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, written just 20 years before. The melody is melancholic, and the long phrases test the soloist’s air control.
Characteristic of ending most concerti from the Classical and early Romantic period, the third and finale movement is a rondo. In a rondo, a principal theme (typically jovial and light in character) alternates with one or more contrasting themes.
Weber writes a number of expressive markings throughout the concerto, among them con duolo (with pain), morendo (dying), con anima (with soul), lusingando (flattering), scherzando (joking), con fuoco (with fire).
I try to live my life as peaceful as possible, but when it comes to music, bring all of the drama! I’ve known since I was a very young clarinetist that if I ever had the honor to stand in front of an orchestra, I would play Weber, without a second thought.
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The Love Song of Sawyer Bell
Avon Gale
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Riptide Publishing
Book 1 of Tour Dates
Victoria "Vix" Vincent has only two weeks to find a replacement fiddle player for her band's summer tour. When classically trained violinist Sawyer Bell shows up for an audition, Vix is thrilled. Sawyer is talented, gorgeous, funny, and excited about playing indie rock instead of Beethoven. Their friendship soon blossoms into romance, even though Vix tries to remember that Sawyer's presence is only temporary.
Sawyer's parents think she's spending the summer months touring Europe with a chamber ensemble. But Sawyer is in dire need of a break from the competitiveness of Juilliard, and desperately wants to rediscover her love of music. Going on tour with her secret high school crush is just an added bonus. Especially when Vix kisses her one night after a show, and they discover that the stage isn't the only place they have chemistry.
But the tour won't last forever, and as the summer winds down, Sawyer has to make a tough decision about her future�and what it means to follow her heart.
Book Review by Ana (reviewer)
Oct 11, 2017 [ OFFICIAL REVIEW ]
71 people found the following review helpful
There's something about a musician book that just got my attention. THE LOVE SONG OF SAWYER BELL wasn't any different. I loved reading about the music world.
Sawyer is a Julliard's student that is changing her classic music background to join Victoria Vincent's band replacing their fiddle player for their summer tour. Vix is impressed by her audition and sparks start to appear between them. But the summer, as well as the tour, is coming to an end, and with it, the question of what will happen to the new relationship and to Sawyer's newfound passion for the music, now that she has to get back to Julliard.
It seemed like an amazing idea of a book, and I felt really intrigued by it, but I didn't liked it as much as I thought I would. It was a good book, but I felt like there was something missing. It might have something to do with the fact that F/F is not my favorite paring, but I really don't think so because I read some other F/F book and liked them a lot.
What I liked about it was the plot, it was easy to get into the story and try to understand what a musician's life is like. I have to admit that I need to do a lot of research about the music mentioned in the book, because other than Johnny Cash, I didn't know any of the artists that were mentioned. There wasn't much angst and there were some funny moments that I really enjoyed. The book is really well written. I also like some secondary characters that might not be too important for the plot development but they were nice nonetheless. I especially liked Jax and a little bit Jeff.
What I didn't liked about it was that I felt like there wasn't a good connection between Vix and Sawyer. I try to care about them as a couple, but it was hard. They lacked passion and I didn't entirely believe their feelings for each other. Maybe I set too high expectations from them, but they just didn't deliver. I did care a little bit more for Sawyer although she was sweeter in my mind than she actually was. They did share some nice moments that I enjoyed a lot, but most of the time I feel like there was nothing more than a summer hookup, especially for Vix.
Overall it was a good book, I think readers who like F/F books might like it a little more than I did. I loved the whole music world the story was set in, and I'm planning on reading the next installments of the series.
To return to her tribe, means sacrificing a future with the man she loves
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Political & Social Justice
Young and Involved
Kathy Giusti
TrialX.com
Kathy Giusti is the founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, a charitable organization that is devoted to helping patients suffering from multiple myeloma a currently-incurable blood cancer that threatens over fifty thousand people in the United States alone every year. She started the foundation with her twin sister after she was diagnosed with the disease and found that there was no research at that time to combat the disease. From its inception, the MMRF has raised over one hundred seventy million dollars and is currently the largest funder in the field of myeloma research.
Why Kathy Giusti is Extraordinary
It is difficult for someone who is going through a tough time to help someone else who is in need. Most often, he would think to himself, “How am I going to help that person if I’m suffering myself?” Amazingly, there are some people who think very differently from most of us. People like Kathy Giusti, who did not stay at the side lines and watch the world pass by as she sulked down from her disease, have made a great impact in the lives of many.
Kathy Giusti: Founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Kathy Giusti is the founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, a charitable organization that is devoted to helping patients suffering from multiple myeloma a currently-incurable blood cancer that threatens over fifty thousand people in the United States alone every year.
MMRF Collected over $200 Million for Myeloma Research
She started the foundation with her twin sister after she was diagnosed with the disease and found that there was no research at that time to combat the disease. From its inception, the MMRF has raised over two hundred million dollars and is currently the largest funder in the field of myeloma research.
And yes, while Kathy is occupied in serving others through her charitable foundation, she is combatting the disease herself. For over twelve years now, Kathy has been juggling with her life as a philanthropist, a business manager, but most of all, as a wife to her husband and as a mother to her two children.
What is amazing about this is that in spite of her disease, she seems to have never even had it by the way that she works. In fact, she spends most of her time visiting various hospitals and clinics, talking to patients and giving them encouragement that they can make it, and talking to various medical specialists about ways to improve the research to treat multiple myeloma.
Multiple Myeloma Patient but a Model of Optimism
Two things can be said regarding Kathy’s attitude that makes her very extraordinary: “persistent” and “positive”. Most of us, if placed in her situation, would easily be discouraged and let ourselves be taken over by despair and depression—but not Kathy. Contracting multiple myeloma only gave Kathy reason to care for those who are suffering from incurable diseases. She embraced her role and became a model patient.
It was inconvenient, but she saw the sickness as a challenge for her to do something great not just for herself, but for others as well. And in spite of the great fog of uncertainty that clouded her future, she bravely travelled through the rough and turbulent streams of life, firmly believing that at some point, she was going to see the silver lining and make it through.
And she did. Not just because of her attitude and outlook in life, but also because of her leadership and marketing skills. Kathy has a remarkable way of connecting to people and making friends that she is able to get your attention and listen to her. Because of this, she made so many connections that proved to be very helpful in her time of need. In fact, one of the major reasons why the MMRF has been so successful all these years is because of Kathy’s expertise in business and marketing.
Kathy’s life is a very inspiring story to many of us who may be going through some tough situations in life and we start thinking that life is over. It’s like God telling us to always move forward, believe and hope that things will always get better. Like Kathy, may we be able to say one day, that after we have passed through our trials that our test has become a testimony.
Top Reasons why Kathy Giusti is Extraordinary
Biography of Kathy Giusti
Date of Birth: Monday, 17 November 1958 | Born in: / Nationality: United States of America
Kathryn Giusti’s Bio Before Multiple Myeloma
Kathryn Giusti of “Kathy” was born along with her twin sister Karen in 1958 in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania to a physician father and a nurse mother. She had a fairly ordinary background, spending most of the time with Karen and playing with other children in the suburbs of Blue Bell. One thing that distinguished her, however, from the other kids was her bright nature and exceptional intellect, which was not really that surprising, having a father and mother who both studied medicine.
In the summers, Kathy and Karen would often spend their time working as waitresses at a famous restaurant in Long Beach Island, where they made many friends due to their lively and friendly personalities.
Like most twin siblings, Kathy and Karen were very close to each other. In fact, their close relationship was proven by them studying in the same school from their elementary, high school, and even their college years. They both enrolled at the University of Vermont, where Kathy studied biology and Karen majored in law.
Kathy’s love for biological science enabled her to excel at her studies, and by 1980 she graduated magna cum laude from the university and earned her bachelor’s degree. Karen went on to graduate and work as a lawyer.
After graduating, Kathy applied to a medical school so she could continue her studies (where she was readily accepted), but her father disagreed with this decision, believing that Kathy was ‘too impatient’ to cope with the bureaucracy that prevailed in the medicinal field. Although very disappointed in her father’s opposition, she heeded his advice and went on to work at Merck & Co., one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, as a member of the sales team.
Kathy was assigned to work at the West Point site of the company, much to her ‘chagrin’, because it was close to her home in Blue Bell. Kathy soon exhibited her excellence at work and in a matter of two years, was promoted to work at the marketing and communications area of the company.
She was often described by her superiors and workmates as someone with a ‘passionate’ attitude when it comes to work, and made great sales profits due to her amazing ability to promote and sell products. After a few months in the marketing section of Merck & Co., Kathy realized that if she was to become very successful in her position, she had to have a formal background in business education.
Due to this, Kathy entered Harvard Business School to study marketing. Having worked for over three years in the area of sales, Kathy had a fairly easy time in coping with her studies, surprising and delighting her professors for her excellence in studies. She stood at the top of her class and made many connections which she would later on benefit from. It was also during her time here that she met Paul Giusti, a fellow Harvard schoolmate and her future husband.
In 1985, Kathy earned her Master in Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School with high remarks alongside Paul. They then parted ways after Paul went to start a real estate business in the Midwestern section of the United States while Kathy stayed in Boston and applied at Gillette, where she joined the personal care division of the company.
The next five years saw a boost in Kathy’s career as she went from promotion to promotion in the company. It was until 1990 when Kathy decided to leave Gillette to start a new life with her soon-to-be husband.
Kathy met with Paul Giusti again in 1990 and rekindled their relationship. They got married and moved to Chicago, where Kathy temporarily worked for Brach’s, a well-known candy manufacturer based in Oakbrook Terrace.
After some time, in 1993, she joined the company G.D. Searle and participated in the development of new products such as Ambien (a drug used to treat insomnia). Like Gillette, Kathy experienced tremendous growth in G.D. Searle, and was soon promoted the Executive Director of the company’s worldwide arthritis drugs division.
Another remarkable moment for Kathy around this time was the birth of their first child, who they named Nicole. Everything was going smoothly for both Kathy and Paul, who was also experiencing success at every turn. It seemed that everything was going their way, until in 1995 when Kathy received the news that would change her life forever.
Kathy Giusti Diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma
In late-1995, Kathy frequently began to easily feel tired even when she had enough sleep, so she went for a physical check-up to see what was wrong. What she heard next totally shocked her and brought her great discouragement: after doing some blood tests on Kathy, the doctors found out that she had multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer that killed tens of thousands of Americans every year alone.
The diagnosis came as a total surprise to Kathy, since she was only thirty seven at that time, and most of the patients suffering from the disease were of a different age group. What made it more discouraging was the fact that there was no type of treatment or cure against the disease.
Kathy’s family was devastated upon hearing the news. Nicole was only two at that time, which greatly worried Kathy because if she died soon enough, she would never have the chance to see her daughter grow up. Her husband Paul was also greatly saddened by the news, but he was determined to stick with her until the end.
Wanting to bring Kathy close to her family, Paul sold his company and moved Kathy and Nicole to New Canaan in Connecticut. Fortunately, the people who bought Paul’s company requested for him to continue to operate as the chief operating officer, while working from New Canaan. This brought a door of opportunity to Paul, who determined that he will need all the funds he can get to help his wife.
Kathy’s burden and plight was eased by the comfort that she received from her family and friends. Day after day, Paul would encourage her to stay strong and believe that they would find a way to pull through that event. He even gave her hope by constantly telling her to expect another child, which enabled Kathy to cope with her situation. Her determination to bear another child did come to pass, and two years later, in 1997, her second child David was born.
Kathy’s Quest for Multiple Myeloma Treatment
Upon hearing of her twin sister’s situation, Karen immediately went to New Canaan to help her sister. They reached out to the medical community to find any assistance they can to combat Kathy’s disease, but were greatly disappointed after finding out that there were no medical research organizations that were focused on studying how to treat or cure multiple myeloma.
Despite this setback, Kathy never backed down from the challenge; she went to every library she could find to learn more about the disease (the Internet was still small at that time), attended every medical meeting that she could find (such as the International Myeloma Workshop) and approached any medical specialist who could help increase her knowledge about what multiple myeloma was all about. Through these experiences Kathy got connected to very important people who she knew would make a lot of difference.
Kathy Giusti Founding the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
With the help of their friends and family members, Kathy and Karen were able to raise four hundred thousand dollars through a fund-raiser organized by the former. In 1998, using the funds they were able to garner, Kathy and Karen founded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation as a means of improving research on the disease. Compared to most charitable organizations that promoted awareness and raised money for the researchers, the MMRF itself had its own research team, who started from where Kathy left off.
With her background in business management and marketing, Kathy was able to run the organization successfully, and the MMRF grew to become the largest funder of multiple-myeloma research, helping create drugs which would treat or even cure the disease. Most of the drugs are still in the phase two stage of development.
Establishing the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium
For the next six years, Kathy constantly worked with the organization to help not only herself, but a multitude of other people who were suffering from the disease as well. In 2004, Kathy established the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium to promote the collaboration between various cancer centers, and to start a central tissue bank for patients that could be used for further research and encourage a wider engagement between these cancer centers in clinical trials.
Everything started to move forward again, and in spite of her condition, Kathy kept on pushing forward, determined to never let the disease defeat her. However, in 1995, Kathy soon realized that her health was deteriorating. Her busyness from work had caused her body to wear down, and she really needed to take time off her work with the organization to recuperate. After going for tests, she was shocked to see that the damage was more than she thought, and had to completely let go of her work for that time to undergo treatment.
Kathy Giusti, a Role Model for Cancer Patients
Kathy underwent a stem cell transplant at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, with her twin sister Karen donating the cells that was needed. The operation was a success, but Karen was a sorry sight, weighing only ninety pounds and had to be assisted to walk. This brought intense joy to her family however, knowing that Kathy survived the ordeal and was coming home to them. And although it took a few months for Kathy to recover, she never got discouraged, taking her time in getting stronger day by day.
Upon her return to working with the organization, Kathy was more determined as ever. She helped grow the MMRF by approaching numerous clinics and hospitals to participate in the research and clinical trials. As of currently, the organization has raised over two hundred million dollars and has a network of sixteen clinics and hospitals that are working together to help numerous cancer patients in fighting cancer by providing them with treatment and medicine.
Kathy once thought that she would never live to more than a few years, but now, over ten years after her ordeal, she remains strong and devoted to helping people who are going through the same thing that she is, more faithful than ever that if she could make it, so could they.
Organizations and Programmes Supported
MMRF (Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation)
MMGI (Multiple Myeloma Genomics Initiative)
MMPI (Multiple Myeloma Personalized Medicine Initiative)
Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium
1998: Received the Woman of the Year Award from the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
2006: Received the Partners in Progress Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology
2009: Received the Harvard Business School Award
2009: Awarded the Centennial Medal for Distinguished Public Service by the American Association for Cancer Research
2011: Included in the World’s 100 Most Influential People by TIME Magazine
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Finland supplements the GDPR: the Parliament approves the new Data Protection Act
On 13 November 2018 the Finnish Parliament approved the Data Protection Act (tietosuojalaki). That act complements the GDPR and repeals the Personal Data Act of 1999. The date on which the Act enters into force will be confirmed later. Besides setting forth the national provisions required by the GDPR, the Data Protection Act also uses the opening clauses in the Regulation on several occasions.
With the Personal Data Act and several other legal acts, Finland has had already had an exceptionally high level of data protection. Accordingly, the Government proposal (HE 9/2018 vp) introducing the draft of the new law stated that the intent of the legislator was to utilize the national discretion as extensively as possible to maintain the current state of affairs.
The new Act introduces changes to the Criminal Code, the Act on the Enforcement of Fines and the Act on the Grey Economy Information Unit. The Act on Protection of Privacy in Working Life will continue to apply and set a strict standard for protection of employee personal data in Finland.
The most important points in the new Finnish law are:
Children's data, sensitive data, the personal identity code & criminal convictions
The age of consent with respect to offering information society services to children has been set to 13 years, whereas the default option in the GDPR is 16 years.
Additional specific legal grounds for processing health data are introduced for insurance companies to define liability. Processing of health data and genetic data is also allowed for anti-doping work and in the context of sport for disabled people.
Processing of personal identity code (PIC) is subject to additional requirements. PIC may be processed, for instance, purposes of lending, debt collection and insurance.
Several instances are identified in which actors other than public authorities are allowed to process personal data relating to criminal convictions. This includes situations where processing is carried for the establishment, exercise and defense of legal claims or by courts deciding on such claims. Processing of data on criminal convictions is also allowed for scientific, historical or statistical research and for insurance companies to define liability.
Public authorities, the Data Protection Ombudsman & administrative fines
The Data Protection Ombudsman remains as the national data protection authority and supervises the entire field of data protection in Finland. The Finnish Data Protection Board, which under the old Personal Data Act was the most important decision-making agency in personal data matters, is disbanded.
Public authorities and bodies are excluded from the GDPR administrative fines.
The administrative fine will be imposed by a three-member board consisting of the Data Protection Ombudsman and two Deputy Data Protection Ombudsmen.
The right of access and right to receive information about the processing have been limited in connection with the processing for various tasks of public authorities. For instance, these data subject rights may be restricted for the purposes of crime prevention and maintaining public order. These derogations are accompanied by various safeguards for the data subjects.
The lawful ground of public interest & processing for the purposes of expression
The lawful ground of processing for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest is specified by a provision stating that processing is allowed if it concerns information regarding the status, duties and performance of a person in a public corporation, business, third-sector organisation or comparable activity. This provision will maintain the situation under the old Personal Data Act promoting freedom of speech and the principle of openness.
The public interest lawful ground is also specified by introducing a provision allowing processing for scientific or historical research, statistics and archiving. Subject to additional safeguards, data subject rights may be limited in when processing is based on these grounds.
Processing of personal data solely for journalistic, academic, artistic or literary purposes is permitted without a separate lawful ground. Furthermore, exceptions to certain GDPR obligations are introduced. For instance, data subject rights (access, rectification and erasure, data portability, etc.) are limited when processing takes place solely for these purposes.
Bird & Bird GDPR Tracker – compare the national laws supplementing the Regulation
The Finnish Government Bill (HE 9/2018) concerning the Data Protection Act
Web page tracking the progress of the legislative proposal
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Lamar Jackson on breaking Michael Vick's rushing record: 'It'd be an honor'
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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson needs 63 rushing yards to pass former Atlanta Falcons scrambler Michael Vick, who ran for a record 1,039 yards in 2006. File Photo by Jon SooHoo/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson could break former Atlanta Falcons dual-threat star Michael Vick's single-season rushing record when Baltimore visits the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.
Jackson, who grew up a fan of Vick, told reporters Wednesday that breaking the single-season rushing mark for a quarterback would be "incredible."
"It'd be an honor," Jackson said. "Mike Vick's my favorite player. For me to do such a thing is incredible. He had that record for a long time. It would be pretty cool, but I'm focused on the win regardless."
Jackson, playing in his first full season as an NFL starting quarterback, needs 63 rushing yards to move ahead of Vick, who ran for 1,039 yards in 2006. Jackson has averaged 81.4 yards per game on the ground through 12 contests this season.
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"I'll be honest: I didn't think it would ever be broken," Vick said two weeks ago. "I didn't think a guy would come along and play between the tight hashes and do the things that I've done, but it's just a pleasure for me to watch and see another guy just emulating that style and doing it better."
Jackson moved up to second place on the NFL's single-season rushing list for a quarterback after running for 102 yards in last week's win over the San Francisco 49ers. It marked his fourth 100-yard rushing effort of the year, the most by a quarterback in a season.
Jackson, one of the top candidates for NFL MVP, ranks second in the league with 25 touchdown passes and fourth in passer rating (109.6).
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The Ravens, currently the No. 1 seed in the AFC, can clinch their second consecutive postseason berth with a victory against the Bills on Sunday.
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The Inner Jefferson
Andrew Burstein
BUY Paper · ISBN 9780813917207 · $23.50 · Jan 1997
Thomas Jefferson's personal life has always been a puzzle to biographers. Even his contemporaries found him difficult to know. In Jefferson's correspondence, however, Andrew Burstein has found a key to the inner man. This penetrating and thoughtful portait confronts widespread misunderstandings about Jefferson's romantic life and provides insight into the contradictions that still surround our third president.
Andrew Burstein served as a consultant and appears as prominent commentator in Ken Burns's television biography Thomas Jefferson. He has taught Jefferson's life and legacy at the University of Virginia and Mount Holyoke College. He is currently Assistant Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa.
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UTA’s Impact in Texas and the World
It’s no surprise that Texas, the fastest-growing economy and the 10th largest among nations in the world based on GDP, is home to one of the fastest-growing public universities in the United States—one focused on having a global impact: The University of Texas at Arlington.
Classified as a Carnegie R‑1 “very high research activity” institution, designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, and ranked by Military Times as No. 1 in Texas and No. 7 in the nation for veterans, UTA is setting new standards in higher education with a combination of excellence and access. We are creating transformative educational experiences for students who come to UTA from all walks of life. Our students are determined to make a difference for themselves and their families, and for the communities in which they live and work.
UTA students and alumni also represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve—making UTA one of the most ethnically diverse universities in the nation. Over the past five years, more than 63,000 students have graduated from UTA, making us the third-largest contributor of intellectual capital in Texas. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and our state benefit from a growing number of UTA alumni who are making their mark in the world and doing it as Mavericks. Our career-ready students have a broader vision of how they can contribute locally and beyond. Their skills and intellectual power add to the socioeconomic vitality of the communities we serve, including at a global level.
Below are just a few of the many ways in which UTA contributes to Texas, its workforce, and economy:
UTA and its alumni contribute $22.2 billion and 216,544 jobs annually to Texas;
Our College of Nursing and Health Innovation graduates the most baccalaureate-degreed nurses of any public institution in Texas, with 1 out of every 2 BSN graduates in the state coming from the University and contributing to enhancing wellness of the Metroplex, the state, and beyond;
UTA conferred the most bachelor’s and master’s degrees to African-American students of any Texas institution—and we are the first in the state for most minority master’s graduates.
Additionally, UTA’s world-class innovation ecosystem positions us to present bold solutions for the most critical challenges of the 21st century–working across disciplines to ensure our progress in education, research, and engagement.
UTA’s 2018 research has an estimated $37 million spinoff benefit on business activity in Texas.
More than 20 startups connected to UTA launched last year, supporting a strong entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem at the University.
UTA was granted 19 U.S. patents in 2017‑18, and our students, faculty, and staff are increasingly engaged in impactful research and innovation.
In this issue of UTA Magazine, we highlight people who are engaged and committed to fostering world-class, interdisciplinary research and creative activity across four strategic theme areas: health and the human condition, sustainable urban communities, global environmental impact, and data-driven discovery. Each person profiled is making a difference, enabling the advancement of the megacity that is developing around us, and setting standards for others to follow. I hope you feel as much pride as I do in knowing that Arlington, DFW, Texas, and the world are all the better because of them.
They, and you, represent the best of the UTA Maverick Spirit. Let’s continue to Mav Up!
—Vistasp M. Karbhari
PAIR POWERED
Elderly Interventions
Social work professors' research aids aging populations
Growing Our Excellence
Health Leadership
Renowned nursing leader joins UTA
Faculty Focus
Frank Lewis
Moncrief-O’Donnell Endowed Chair, Professor, College of Engineering, UTARI
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Photo Post: An Ape-Free Visit to Gibraltar
The Rock of Gibraltar
On my way back home from running around northern Morocco last spring, I decided to go out on a limb and check out Gibraltar on my layover between the sketchy port town of Algeciras and my train back to Jaén. Officially a “British Overseas Territory” (like Bermuda or the Falkland Islands), this slender peninsula that juts out from far southern Spain is as English as any place in England to the north.
It’s kind of hard to describe the culture shock I felt after crossing the border runway that separates Spain and, uh, the United Kingdom. I had recently re-emerged into Spanish-speaking Europe after a week spent in the Arabic-speaking world, so I felt a little whiplash now that I could speak English without blinking an eye. As I converted 30€ into £20, I uneasily spoke to the money exchanger in my native tongue despite having traipsed across from Spain just minutes before. It was really eerie…but also a refreshing change! Money in hand, I set out down Main Street in search of the crowd-free, untouristy side of things.
Gibraltarian-minted pounds
The name “Gibraltar” comes from the Arabic Jabal Tariq (“Tariq’s Mountain”), a reference to General Tariq ibn Ziyad who led Muslim armies into the Iberian Peninsula and conquered the feeble Visigothic kingdom in 711 CE. The area was taken by Castilla in 1462 at the same time that the rest of Muslim-ruled far-southern Spain was falling to the Christian “re-conquest.”
Gibraltar (pronounced “khee-vrahl-TAHR” [xi.βɾalˈtaɾ] in Spanish) belonged to the Castilian crown for 242 years until the British invaded in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession. Since then, the tiny peninsula has become thoroughly anglicized over its 310-year history as a British territory. Ethnic Gibraltarians—who look a lot like their Andalusian neighbors—speak English and Spanish, as well as Llanito, the name for the fascinating codeswitching that goes on between the two languages.
Mosque at the southern tip
After enjoying a scrumptious meal of fish and chips (which sounds a lot tastier in English than bacalao frito con patatas does in Spanish), I basically got lost in residential Gibraltar, ultimately finding my way through a tunnel out to the southernmost point of the island. Had I had more time to spare, I would have gone up to the Rock and hung out with the gregarious Barbary Apes—Europe’s only non-human primates—but I had to content myself with strolling by quaint English cottages and reading English signage for the first time in half a year, a stark change from the Spanish, French, and Arabic I had encountered so far that year.
The southern edge of Gibraltar was beautiful, mostly contained in a calm, green, tourist-free park that had a bright, white mosque and some ship-shape lighthouses for boundary stones. A small fleet of barges floated out in the Strait of Gibraltar, silently poised over the inky blue Mediterranean.
My time soon came to an end as I hopped on the city bus and left what little remained of my twenty pounds on the counter for a ticket. It wasn’t long before I was marching across the (still empty) runway, leaving the English-speaking world behind and re-entering the land of Spanish.
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Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI 96718
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18 Best Places to Visit in South Africa
Your Trip to South Africa: The Complete Guide
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Located on the southernmost tip of Africa, South Africa is one of the largest countries on the continent and the cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town have become popular tourist destinations for travelers from around the world. However, there are many other places in South Africa to visit than just the two biggest cities.
Travelers looking to escape the ordinary can enjoy the mountain air in Hogsback and the Drakensberg; settle back with world-class wines from the Cape Winelands; relax on the coastline of Knysna: or enjoy a safari in the oldest and best Wildlife Park in Southern Africa, Kruger National Park.
Fortunately, it's also relatively easy to travel around South Africa with several low-cost airlines operating throughout the country and excellent roads, which makes it convenient to rent a car to explore the country yourself.
Cape Town, Western Cape
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Table Mountain, Table Mountain (Nature Reserve), Cape Town, South Africa
Known for its cultural diversity and social tolerance, Cape Town is a trip highlight for many visitors to South Africa. The Mother City is blessed with a variety of great sights, experiences, dining destinations, and outdoor activities perfect for travelers of all ages and interests.
While in Cape Town, you can enjoy breathtaking scenery—from the white-sand beaches of the Cape Peninsula to the iconic cliffs of Table Mountain—or a whole selection of world-class restaurants and local wines. You can also spend leisurely mornings browsing beachside farmer's markets or shopping at the V&A Waterfront; and afternoons hiking, surfing, scuba diving, or making friends with the penguins at Boulders Beach.
Cape Town is also full of important cultural sites, including Robben Island (where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years), and the apartheid-era ghettoes of Bo-Kaap and District Six.
There are several safari parks within a few hours' drive of the city center.
The Cape Winelands, Western Cape
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Corner of Main Road and, Cabriere St, Franschhoek, 7690, South Africa
To the east of Cape Town lies the Cape Winelands, a spectacular region full of verdant mountains and fertile valleys. Visitors love the area for its astounding scenic beauty, for its culture (best represented by the stunning Cape Dutch architecture of its towns and outlying farms), and for its world-famous vineyards.
There are several distinct viticultural regions, the most popular of which include Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Wellington, and Paarl. Each one offers wine-tasting tours and an array of superb restaurants, most of which showcase the Western Cape's finest local produce.
Tourists can rent a car in Cape Town to explore the vineyards independently, book a stay at a local B&B, or hop aboard the Franschhoek wine tram to take in a variety of vineyards and sample many different wines while in the region.
Hermanus, Western Cape
71 Marine Dr, Hermanus, 7200, South Africa
Located 120 kilometers southeast of Cape Town, the seaside town of Hermanus has earned itself a reputation as the whale-watching capital of South Africa.
Every year, migrating southern right whales pass within a few hundred feet of the Hermanus shoreline, with many of them stopping to breed and calve in the town's own Walker Bay. You can book a tour with one of Hermanus' many whale-watching boats, or you can enjoy the whales' antics for free from any of the lookout points along the Cliff Path.
In the center of town, the restaurants that line scenic Gearing's Point are a great place to sample gourmet cuisine while keeping an eye out for passing cetaceans. The whale-watching season lasts from July to November, but there are also plenty of other attractions worth seeing in Hermanus year-round.
Knysna, Western Cape
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4 View Point, The Heads, Knysna, 6571, South Africa
South Africa's Garden Route is world-famous for its plethora of enchanting coastal towns, and Knysna is arguably the most beautiful of them all.
Nested between the Outeniqua Mountains and the Indian Ocean, Knysna offers a wide range of charismatic guesthouses and bed and breakfasts, in addition to art galleries, boutiques, and craft centers. It's especially well known for its seafood restaurants, which feature oysters freshly harvested from the town's picturesque lagoon.
While in Knysna, you can take a hike to the top of the twin cliffs known as the Knysna Heads; spend idyllic days on the golden beaches of Leisure Isle and nearby Brenton-on-Sea; or encounter the world's largest terrestrial animal at the Knysna Elephant Park.
Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
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Cango Valleie Road, Oudtshoorn, 6625, South Africa
The small town of Oudtshoorn makes a great pit stop along Route 62 through South Africa's wine country. Known for its ostrich farms and the nearby Cango Caves, Oudtshoorn offers a variety of attractions ranging from wildlife parks and ostrich museums to hot air ballooning over the countryside.
Among the top attractions in the region, the CP Nel Museum is dedicated to early 20th-century and Victorian-era life in the region as well as the rich history of the ostrich trade, which put the city on the map. While you're there, you can also take a guided tour of the Safari Ostrich Farm or the Cango Wildlife Ranch for an up-close look at the wildlife around Oudtshoorn.
Hogsback, Eastern Cape
Situated high in the misty Amathole Mountains, Hogsback is a quaint town said to have inspired J.R.R. Tolkien (who was born in South Africa) when he wrote "Lord of the Rings." The surrounding landscape is lush, green, and dotted with hiking trails that take you through the forest to a series of hidden waterfalls and streams.
The dense indigenous woodland also plays host to an array of endemic birdlife, including the highly endangered Cape parrot. The town itself is steeped in fairy folklore. Here, you'll find a bohemian collection of backpacker lodges, guesthouses, art galleries, and New Age boutiques. Perhaps most magical of all, however, is the view from the cliffs at The Edge Mountain Retreat.
The Transkei, Eastern Cape
Designated as a black homeland under apartheid, the Transkei region was once considered separate from South Africa. Now, it is a wild, unspoiled area of incredible natural beauty that extends from the Great Kei River to the Umtamvuna River in the Eastern Cape.
As the birthplace of anti-apartheid leaders including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo, the Transkei has a proud cultural heritage. The traditional Xhosa way of life is still observed in its remote rural villages, and its rolling landscapes are dotted by simple rondavel huts and herds of indigenous Nguni cattle.
With its abandoned beaches and pounding surf, the Transkei is also a haven for fishermen, hikers, surfers, and nature lovers.
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uShaka Marine World, 1 Bell St, Point, Durban, 4001, South Africa
The cosmopolitan center of KwaZulu-Natal province, Durban, is known for its golden beaches, its tropical climate, and its rich Indian culture.
Flavorful curry restaurants dominate the city's culinary scene; and after dark, an impressive array of bars and nightclubs await visitors. For the best view with your cocktail, head to Moyo at the end of uShaka Pier. During the day, visitors embrace the perennial vacation atmosphere of Durban's Golden Mile, home to some of the most famous surf spots in South Africa.
Shopping is another favorite pastime—whether you choose to explore the colorful stalls of Victoria Street Market or to spend your money in upscale malls like the Gateway Theatre of Shopping in Umhlanga.
Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
237 Jabu Ndlovu St, Pietermaritzburg, 3021, South Africa
The capital of KwaZulu-Natal province, Pietermaritzburg, is a great destination. Popularly referred to as Martizburg, this industrial hub known for its colonial buildings, rich gambling culture, and the lush nature found in parks and reserves nearby.
If you're a fan of sports, you can catch the Comrades Marathon between Pietermaritzburg and Durban in June or the yearly Amashovashova cycling race held between the two cities in October. For history and art enthusiasts, Martizburg is also home to a number of museums and galleries including the KwaZulu-Natal Museum, City Hal, the Imperial Hotel, and the Tatham Art Gallery.
Additionally, Albert Falls Nature Reserve, Midmar Public Nature Reserve, Queens Elizabeth Park, World's View, and Howick Falls are all within a few miles of Maritzburg, making it a great place to stay if you hope to explore the upland savanna around the city.
The Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal
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The uKhahlamba-Drakensberg mountain range stretches along the border of South Africa and Lesotho. It includes the country's highest peak and Blyde River Canyon, the third largest canyon in the world. It's an impressive playground full of soaring summits and plunging valleys and is the ideal destination for those with a love of hiking, climbing, horse-riding, whitewater-rafting and mountain fly-fishing.
A series of trails cater to all abilities, with options ranging from hour-long hikes to multi-day expeditions. However, you choose to explore, keep an eye out for rare regional wildlife, including 300 different bird species and altitude-adapted mammals like the klipspringer and the mountain reedbuck. The mountains are also home to many fine examples of ancient San rock art.
Soweto Township, Gauteng
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8115 Vilakazi St, Orlando West, Soweto, 1804, South Africa
Soweto may not be the most beautiful destination in South Africa, but it certainly ranks as one of the most culturally important sights the country has to offer.
A sprawling township located in Johannesburg, Soweto is home to over 1.3 million people. Much of the struggle against apartheid played out in the slums of Soweto, and the township was in a virtual state of war during the 1970s and 80s. Nowadays, Soweto is still subject to crippling poverty and a high crime rate; however, it also features some of the most vibrant music and theater South Africa has to offer.
Visitors can join a township tour to explore the area's incredible history and culture in safety. Sample local food, visit Nelson Mandela's house, or even opt to stay overnight at a township bed and breakfast.
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While Soweto may be one of the biggest draws of the city, the rest of Johannesburg has plenty to offer tourists of all persuasions. What started as a gold-mining settlement, Johannesburg is now the biggest city in South Africa and the capital of the Gauteng province.
While you're there, you can visit underground shebeens (speakeasy-style bars) in the surrounding townships, eat traditional shisa nyama (a form of barbecue) at local restaurants, or enjoy the nightlife in thriving the Braamfontein neighborhood.
The history of Johannesburg is another important aspect to explore on your trip, and there are plenty of museums, monuments, and historic sites to discover including the former home of Nelson Mandela, The Mandela House, which is now a moving museum.
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Monument St, Groenkloof 358-Jr, Pretoria, 0027, South Africa
Located in the northern part of the Gauteng province, the city of Pretoria is similar to Johannesburg but much more relaxed. Known for the Union Buildings that house the set of South Africa's government, Pretoria is also a great place to take in some history, culture, and wildlife.
Popular attractions in Pretoria include the Voortrekker Monument, dedicated to the Afrikaans settlers who arrived in South Africa in the 1830s; the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, a research hub and 210-acre zoo; and the Freedom Park Heritage Site and Museum, which is dedicated to the South African freedom fighters.
Kruger National Park, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga
South Africa's first national park is also its most famous attraction, offering one of the best safari experiences on the continent.
Located in the far northeast of the country, the Kruger offers an incredible variety of flora and fauna, including Africa's Big Five and the lesser-known Little Five. The birdlife is exceptional, too, with over 500 species recorded within the park.
There are countless different ways to explore: You can rent a car and drive along the park's well-maintained roads, or sign up for a private game drive and benefit from the knowledge of an experienced guide. Night drives and walking safaris are also well worthwhile. In terms of accommodation, your options range from rustic campsites to five-star lodges.
Bloemfontein, Free State of South Africa
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16 Harry Smith St, Dan Pienaar, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa
Bloemfontein is the capital city of the Free State of South Africa and one of the country's three national capitals; however, it's also known as the "city of the roses" due to the huge rose festival held in the city each spring.
Bloemfontein is also full of history, culture, art, and wildlife to explore and discover. Stop by the Oliewenhuis Art Museum and gardens or the Gallery on Leviseur for a look into the modern art scene of the country. To learn about the history of the region, you can visit the Anglo Boer War Museum or the National Museum of Bloemfontein.
For an outdoor adventure, you can head over to the Free State of South Africa National Botanical Garden or meet the wildlife up close at the Bloemfontein Zoo or an exclusive Cheetah Experience found right outside the city.
East London, Eastern Cape
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319 Oxford St, Belgravia, East London, 5201, South Africa
Located on the Indian Ocean on South Africa's eastern coast, East London is a quiet, relaxed beach town perfect for an escape any time of year.
Cove Rock and Nahoon beaches are the biggest attractions in East London, but a variety of wild game reserves nearby and the local East London Museum also provide a chance to get to know the history, culture, and natural habitat of the region. Mpongo Park Game Reserve, the Nahoon Estuary Nature Reserve, the East London Aquarium, and the East London Lion Park are all popular attractions.
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
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Kragga Kamma Rd, Port Elizabeth, 6015, South Africa
A little further southwest along the eastern coast of South Africa, Port Elizabeth is a bustling city on Algoa Bay known for its thriving port, numerous beaches, and the wild elephants, rhinos, and other big game living on wildlife reserves nearby.
Encounter cheetahs at the Kragga Kamma Game Park or explore maritime and natural history at Bayworld, a kid-friendly museum dedicated to aquatic life. Tourists can also take private boat tours of Algoa Bay, where rare birds and whales are often seen enjoying the warm climate.
Kimberley, Northern Cape
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S Circular Rd, Kimberley, 8300, South Africa
The capital of the Northern Cape province, Kimberley, is known for its 19th-century diamond mines, including the hand-dug Big Hole—the world's largest diamond mine.
Kimberley is also the home of Da Beers, one of the nation's most popular brands, as well as a variety of history museums, art galleries, and colonial houses built in the 1800s.
Along with visiting The Big Hole, tourists can learn about natural and cultural history at the McGregor Museum, see endangered species at Mokola National Park, and explore South African and European art at the William Humphreys Art Museum.
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All eyes on UK Biobank
Last updated Feb 24, 2019
UK Biobank has been featured in three prominent publications recently, with scientists acknowledging its critical place in future health research.
In the American Journal of Epidemiology, Dr Teri Manolio, at the National Human Genome Research Institute, USA, discusses how the UK Biobank concept might be possible in the US, though in all likelihood, at much greater cost. She says: “Large, prospective studies are indispensable for the identification of causes of disease…” She says there are useful lessons to learn from the UK Biobank experience. “A key lesson from UK Biobank and similar studies is that large studies are not simply small studies made large but, rather, require fundamentally different approaches in which “process” expertise is as important as scientific rigor.”
The Public Health Journal says that biobanks are becoming a key resource and ‘goldmines’ for research. “With an emphasis on efficient, high quality procedures, tested in a number of pilot studies, the UK Biobank has set the standard for modern population-based biobanking,” it says.
The UK’s prestigious health journal The Lancet carried a Commentary on UK Biobank which it hopes will encourage scientists to use the resource.
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MENASHE, THE SETTLERS Among 18 Films on Lineup for 25th Portland Jewish Film Festival | Trailers
The 25th annual Portland Jewish Film Festival, produced by the Northwest Film Center and co-presented with the Institute for Judaic Studies, will feature 18 films
2017 New York Jewish Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Opens with MOON IN THE 12TH HOUSE
The 26th annual New York Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF), presented by the Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and taking place January 11 to 24, 2017 at the Walter Reade Theater, will feature 29 wide-ranging and exciting films and shorts.
Chicago International Film Festival Unveils World Cinema and Documentary Lineup + Guests of Honor
The Chicago International Film Festival unveiled the full film selections in the World Cinema and Documentary (out of competition) categories, plus the additional guests of honor.
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, GLEASON, GIRL ASLEEP Win Top Awards at Seattle International Film Festival
The Seattle International Film Festival today announced the winners of the 2016 Golden Space Needle Awards – Audience and Competition Awards, with Captain Fantastic, Gleason, and Girl Asleep winning the top prizes.
Complete Lineup for 2016 Seattle International Film Festival
The 2016 Seattle International Film Festival announced the complete lineup of films, guests, and events for the 42nd annual 25-day Festival taking place May 19 to June 12, 2016.
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The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz
by Chris Barsanti
... With this monumental book, Barsanti offers a fresh resource on the genre. … A great book for science fiction cinephiles and novices alike … Essential. All readers.
... a quick and handy aid for digging into films ... Science Fiction isn’t just about main stream success at the box offices, its about cinematic achievement that challenge your mind and introduce fresh new concepts ... and wondrous storytelling. There is much in this book that will pave the way for “just” those types of mental stimulation. “The Sci-Fi Movie Guide” is a great place to start.
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Compelling trivia is shared throughout ... this guidebook reads like the best of IMDB as narrated by a trusted friend and will be a beneficial ready reference for libraries with expansive film collections.
The perfect companion to your cable box.
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Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future.
It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills. Then, with the ever-increasing rush of new, society-altering technologies, science fiction pushed its way to the present, and it busted out of the genre ghetto of science fiction and barged its way into the mainstream. What used to be mere fantasy (trips to the moon? Wristwatch radios? Supercomputers capable of learning?) are now everyday reality.
Whether nostalgic for the future or fast-forwarding to the present, The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz covers the broad and widening range of science-fiction movies. From the trashy to the epic, from the classics to today's blockbusters, this cinefile’s guidebook reviews nearly 1,000 of the biggest, baddest, and brightest from every age and genre of cinematic and TV science fiction. You’ll find more than just Star Wars, Star Trek, and Transformers, with reviews on many overlooked and under-appreciated gems and genres, such as ...
-Zombies! 28 Days Later…, The Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead
-Monsters! Pacific Rim, Godzilla, The Thing, Creature from the Black Lagoon
-Aliens! The Day the Earth Stood Still, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Contact, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Signs
-Mad scientists! Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Abominable Dr. Phibes
-Dystopias: THX 1138, 1984, The Hunger Games
-Superheroes: Thor, Iron Man, X-Men, The Amazing Spider-man, Superman
-Avant-garde masterpieces: Solaris, 2001, Brazil, The Man Who Fell to Earth
-Time travel: 12 Monkeys, The Time Machine, Time Bandits, Back to the Future
-Shoot-em-ups: Aliens, Universal Soldier, Starship Troopers
-Post-apocalyptic action: The Road Warrior, I Am Legend, Terminator Salvation
-Comedy: Dark Star, Mars Attacks!, Dr. Strangelove, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, Mystery Science Theater 3000 -What the...?: Battlefield Earth, Prayer of the Rollerboys, Repo: The Genetic Opera, Tank Girl, The 10th Victim
-Animation: WALL-E, Akira, Ghost in the Shell
-The most important TV series: Dr. Who, Blake’s 7, Battlestar Galactica, The X-Files, Firefly
-Small budgets, big ideas: Donnie Darko, Primer, Sound of My Voice, Computer Chess
-Neglected greats: Things to Come, Children of Men
-Epics: Metropolis, Blade Runner, Cloud Atlas
In addition to the nearly one thousand science fiction film reviews, this guide includes fascinating and fun Top-10 lists and sidebars that are designed to lead fans to similar titles they might not have known about. The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz will help ensure that you will never again have to worry about what to watch next. Useful both as a handy resource or a fun romp through the film world of science fiction.
About Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti is the author of Filmology: A Movie-a-Day Guide to the Movies You Need to Know (2010) and the Eyes Wide Open annual film guide series. A member of New York Film Critics Online and the Online Film Critics Society, he is a regular film reviewer for Film Journal International, PopMatters, and Film Racket. He has also written for numerous other publications, including The Barnes & Noble Review, The Chicago Tribune, Playboy, Publishers Weekly, The Millions, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Chicago Reader. Barsanti earned his Master’s in journalism from Northwestern University and works in publishing. He cried the first time he saw Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and thinks anybody who didn’t has a heart of stone.
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The Kings Head01600 710500work InnThis is a grade II listed building, originally a 17th-century coaching inn. All of the 24 bedrooms are en suite and include tea- and coffee-making facilities, a hairdryer and Freeview TV. Unlimited free Wi-Fi is available in all bedrooms and in the bar area.
Monmouth is a Welsh-border market town at the confluence of the Rivers Wye, Monnow and Trothy. With its bustling main street, it makes a great destination for a holiday! Perhaps best known as the birthplace of Henry V, Monmouth boasts a whole host of historical sites, people and buildings, from the Nelson Gardens to the town hall. It has a medieval 13th-century bridge over the River Monnow, unique in Britain, as it is the only preserved bridge of its design remaining.8 Agincourt SquareMonmouthNP25 3DYUnited Kingdom51.812137200000-2.715772600000http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/hotels/the-kings-head
The Kings Head
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This is a grade II listed building, originally a 17th-century coaching inn. All of the 24 bedrooms are en suite and include tea- and coffee-making facilities, a hairdryer and Freeview TV. Unlimited free Wi-Fi is available in all bedrooms and in the bar area.
Monmouth is a Welsh-border market town at the confluence of the Rivers Wye, Monnow and Trothy. With its bustling main street, it makes a great destination for a holiday! Perhaps best known as the birthplace of Henry V, Monmouth boasts a whole host of historical sites, people and buildings, from the Nelson Gardens to the town hall. It has a medieval 13th-century bridge over the River Monnow, unique in Britain, as it is the only preserved bridge of its design remaining.
www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/hotels/the-kings-head
Walking from the bus station: take a left onto Monnow Street, follow the road, until you reach the square, and the hotel will be on the right.
Approaching from the M4: take junction 24 onto the A40. Take the first turning after the tunnel, signposted Monmouth. Turn right at the petrol station, then right at the traffic lights. Take a left at the roundabout and follow the road round to the right and up the main street. After quarter of a mile, turn right; we are across the road from the town hall.
Approaching from the M5: take the M50, heading for Ross on Wye and leading on to the A40. Take the second exit off the roundabout, through the next set of lights. After quarter of a mile, turn left at the town hall – and we are across the road.
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Arizona Storytellers Project: Growing Up
The Madison Center for the Arts
5601 N 16th St Phoenix, AZ
Price: $12 for general admission, $8 for students
The USA TODAY Network announces the 2020 season of the Arizona Storytellers Project. And now, for the first time ever, attendees can purchase tickets for the entire season in advance with a new season pass. Each Storytellers Project show features stories people in the community coached by USA TODAY Network journalists. The season begins with “New Beginnings and Fresh Starts” at 6 p.m. Jan. 14, 2020 at The Van Buren.
In Phoenix, the 2020 season will comprise of 12 shows, each featuring five or six storytellers from the community sharing their true, first-person stories on a given theme. Themes range from “Hustle and Help” and “New Beginnings and Fresh Starts” to “Stylish Stories” and “Outdoor Adventures.” The themes may be similar in cities across the country, but the stories on stage reflect the sensibilities of their local communities.
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Samantha Becker, Principal Research Scientist, Univ. of Washington Information School, U.S. Impact Study
Samantha Becker is the Principal Research Scientist for the U.S. IMPACT Study, a research group at the University of Washington Information School focused on digital inclusion programs and policies. She was co-author of the 2009 research report Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries and the 2011 Building Digital Communities framework, and has been lead investigator for numerous evaluation projects. Ms. Becker has a background in public policy evaluation and was a public librarian in Central Vermont before taking a slight detour into the world of library research. Her current work focuses on public access technology and evaluation of public library services. She is particularly interested in how new adult users gain the skills necessary to use information and communication technology. She holds master’s degrees in Library and Information Science and Public Administration from the University of Washington.
Kathryn Blume, Co-Founder, Vermontivate
Kathryn is a speaker, writer, environmental activist, and award-winning solo performer who has toured her original work to over 50 cities in the US, Canada, and Europe. She founded Earth on the Air, a nationally-syndicated, award-winning environmental and social justice radio program, co-founded the Lysistrata Project, the first worldwide theatrical event for peace, and is co-founder and Executive Director of the community sustainability game Vermontivate! She received her BA from Yale with a self-designed degree in environmental studies and theater, serves as board chair for 350VT, and lives in Charlotte with her husband Mark and their highly interactive cats.
David S. Brown, President & CEO, Manufacturing Information Systems, Inc.
Dave is President and CEO of Manufacturing Information Systems, Inc., makers of business management systems for small- to medium-sized manufacturing companies (www.misysinc.com). Since leaving the central Massachusetts computer industry in the 1980's, Dave moved his family and business to Woodstock VT where he now employs 25 software developers, sales, support, and customer service professionals.
Paul Budnitz, Founder & CEO, Budnitz Bicycles
Paul Budnitz is a lifetime cyclist, an artist, author, filmmaker, product designer and entrepreneur. Besides founding Budnitz Bicycles, Paul is well known as the founder of Kidrobot, the world’s premiere creator of art toys. He has designed hundreds of products, created apparel lines and retails stores, and collaborated with many of the world’s top artists and designers. He is the author of several books for adults and children, is an award winning filmmaker, and is often recognized for his innovative use of technology in art and business.
Steve Butcher, Co-Founder, VickeryHill.com
Raised on a farm in central Michigan, educated in Boston and now living full-time in Vermont, Steve has been elbow-deep in technology since grade school. He co-founded network integration firm everyNetwork in 1996, which found him traversing the continent building Local and Wide-Area Networks in Boston, New York City, San Francisco, Atlanta, and even across the pond in London. In 2000, Steve took off on the almost-famous SmartBeetle concept journey to kick-start web development company VickeryHill, which he co-founded with his partner Ilse Sigmund. He currently lives in Warren, VT, walks 150 feet to work, and spends time with his wife Carrie, dog Sadie, as well as driving around Vermont's mountains. Steve spends most days conceptualizing how to put the visitor first and how best to capture then use data more productively. He is a board member of the Mad River Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Betsy Calhoun, M. ED, Teacher, Lake Region Union High School
Betsy is from Coventry, Vermont, and has a unique educational path, both as a student and a teacher. She graduated early from North Country UHS in 1979, obtained an A.S. in Microcomputer Applications from Community College of Vermont in 1994, completed a B.S. in Human Services at the Springfield College of Human Services (St. Johnsbury campus) in 2003, and earned her M.S. Ed '100% online' through the University of Scranton in 2006. She currently teaches business application courses at Lake Region UHS, the Community College of Vermont, and occasionally at the North Country Career Center. Betsy continues her involvement with the Tech Savvy Girls(tm) by holding annual Tech Savvy Girls(tm) Middle School Summer Camps and will again serve as the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) 2014-15 State Advisor.
Kristin Carlson, Director of Media, Green Mountain Power
Kristin Carlson is the Director of Media at Green Mountain Power (GMP) and a former journalist, who worked at WCAX-TV for over 14 years, during which time she won a number of awards for her reporting. As the Director of Media at GMP, she will works with customers and the media to communicate the work GMP is doing in Vermont. GMP is a leader in Vermont, regionally, and nationally on finding innovative ways to use renewable energy and new technology to power our lives as a way to address climate change. A native Vermonter, Kristin grew up in Worcester and graduated from U-32 High School. She studied journalism at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, graduating in 1999.
Susan Clark, Author
Susan Clark is a writer, facilitator and educator focusing on community sustainability and engagement. She is coauthor of Slow Democracy: Rediscovering Community, Bringing Decision Making Back Home (Chelsea Green, 2012) and of All Those In Favor, a book about Vermont town meetings (with Frank Bryan). Susan works regularly with municipal leaders and local activists to enhance civic participation. She serves as town meeting moderator in Middlesex, Vermont.
Andrea Cohen, Executive Director, VT Businesses for Social Responsibility
Andrea became the Executive Director of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR) in the fall of 2010. VBSR is a statewide business association whose members are committed to the “multiple bottom line” approach to business practice. Andrea originally joined VBSR in 2006 as the Public Policy Program Manager. Previous to VBSR, she worked for 16 years at the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources in a variety of management positions involving pollution prevention, resource conservation, and solid waste management. Andrea holds her M.A. in Environmental Science from Antioch University and her B.A. in Psychology and Economics from Vassar College. Andrea lives in Montpelier, VT with her husband and 12 year old son.
Sharon Combes-Farr, Project Director, VCRD's VT Digital Economy Project
Sharon is from Ludlow, Vermont, graduated from the George Washington University, and completed her graduate studies at the University of Michigan. Since 2000, she has been a marketing professional in the U.S. telecommunications industry. Sharon and her husband were highly impacted by Tropical Storm Irene, leading her to seek out her current role, Vermont Digital Economy Project Director. The Project is made possible by a disaster relief grant from the Economic Development Administration and is delivering services to dozens of Vermont’s flood-impacted communities.
Stuart Comstock-Gay, President & CEO, The Vermont Community Foundation
Stu is President & CEO of the Vermont Community Foundation, where he works with charitably-minded Vermonters to support organizations and issues across the state. His career has revolved around issues of civic engagement, encompassing voting rights, civil rights and liberties, and foundation work. He has written and spoken widely on a wide range of topics surrounding community betterment. Stuart holds an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. in Political Science from Bucknell University. He and his wife have three daughters, and live in New Haven, Vermont.
Dr. Daniel Connolly, Senior Associate Dean, University of Denver's Daniels College of Business
Dr. Daniel Connolly is an assistant professor of information technology and electronic commerce at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business with a dual appointment in the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management and in the Department of Information Technology and Electronic Commerce. Dr. Connolly’s teaching, research, and consulting focus is on the strategic application of information technology and electronic commerce. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Connolly spent nearly eight years working at Marriott International’s corporate headquarters in the area information systems. In addition, he has consulted with numerous organizations in the hospitality, healthcare and technology sectors. Before joining the faculty at the University of Denver, Dr. Connolly served on the faculties of Cornell University, Michigan State University, Virginia Tech, and Concord College. He resides with his wife Sarah and three children in Littleton, Colorado.
Steve Cook, Deputy Commissioner, VT Department of Tourism and Marketing
Steven Cook a resident of Montpelier was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Tourism & Marketing in September 2006. Since then Cook was also assigned as Publisher of the State of Vermont’s official magazine, Vermont Life for a three year term. Cook has served the State of Vermont for 10 years, previously under the Department of Buildings and General Services, as the Marketing and Information Technology manager. Cook has also worked in Vermont’s ski industry holding sales and promotional positions for both Smugglers’ Notch and Jay Peak ski resorts. Steven also bartends wedding events throughout the year for the Inn at Round Barn Farm.
Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development
Paul joined VCRD as Executive Director in 2000. Paul is a UVM alumni and holds a PhD in intellectual history from McGill University. In addition to his work at VCRD, Paul is a member of the Housing Vermont Board of Directors and President Emeritus of the national Partners for Rural America organization.
Jeff Couture, Executive Director, Vermont Technology Alliance
Jeff Couture is the executive director of the Vermont Technology Alliance. The vtTA is a non-profit business association with a mission to support, promote, celebrate and grow technology businesses and technology jobs in Vermont. The Alliance has nearly 200 members from across Vermont’s technology business sector, ranging from large companies to individual entrepreneurs. Jeff believes that tech businesses represent an economic growth opportunity for Vermont. Previously, Jeff held several management and professional communications positions with IBM. His recent responsibilities include communications and analyst relations for IBM’s Microelectronics Division, which has major locations in Vermont, New York and Canada.
Elizabeth Craib, Director, Woodstock Job Bank
Elizabeth grew up in Mendon, Vermont and is a graduate of the University of Vermont. For the past four years she has been the director of the Woodstock Area Job Bank - a community-centered referral service that connects job seekers with area employers. She has also been an active member of the Woodstock Area Nonprofit Network which formed shortly after Hurricane Irene. Elizabeth lives with her husband and son in Hartland, Vermont.
Lauren-Glenn Davitian, Executive Director, CCTV Center for Media & Democracy
Ms. Davitian is founder and executive director of CCTV's Center for Media and Democracy in Burlington, Vermont and oversees Channel 17/Town Meeting Television (a regional government access TV channel), CCTV Productions (a nonprofit media production and distribution unit) and Common Good Vermont (the state's nonprofit capacity building project). Lauren-Glenn is a founding member of Vermont Access Network (a trade group of 27 public access tv centers in Vermont). She has served the Alliance for Community Media in various capacities. Ms.Davitian was named one of Vermont's "25 most influential people" in the mid 1990's. Lauren-Glenn is an Emeritus NTEN Board member. She is a graduate of the University of Vermont (B.A. in Anthropology, Phi Beta Kappa, 1982).
John Dawson, Director of Instructional Innovation, Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union
John, or “JD”, is the Director of Instructional Innovation at the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union. Previously, he served ten years with the Champlain Valley Union High School as their Information Systems Manager. He graduated from the Applied Actuarial Mathematics Program at Bryant College (now Bryant University) in Smithfield, Rhode Island. A lifelong learner, he holds certificates of expertise in a variety of disciplines in the world of information technology. His passion is harnessing technology to personalize education for every student and their personal support network of teachers, parents, counselors and friends -- to make learning special for each student.
Mary Kay Dreher, Coordinator of Academic Services, Community College of Vermont
Mary Kay completed undergraduate work at the University of Vermont, and holds a Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) degree from Skidmore College. She has been back in her home state of Vermont for over ten years, raising her children, and teaching History and Anthropology at Community College of Vermont (CCV), Johnson State College and Vermont Technical College. More recently she began working full time for CCV as a Coordinator of Academic Services at the Montpelier Academic Center. It is in the context of her coordinator role that she developed a curriculum for digital literacy and has been facilitating workshops statewide, training trainers in the art of teaching basic digital literacy skills to Vermonters new to both the experience and necessity of working with computers.
Peter Drescher, Education Technology Coordinator, Vermont Department of Education
Peter serves as the Education Technology Coordinator for the Vermont Agency of Education. In that role, Peter works on assisting schools in their use and acquisition of technology to support learning. This involves policy discussions and guidance, advocating for increased access to broadband resources and the continual development of new opportunities to virtual and blended learning. Peter also serves as the Board Chair for the State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA), a national organization working to support sound education technology policy and practice in all states.
Matt Dunne, Head of Community Affairs, Google
Matt Dunne has focused his life's work on bringing together the worlds of entrepreneurship, service and politics. Elected to the Vermont House at the age of 22, he served 7 years before joining the Clinton administration as the Director of AmeriCorps VISTA overseeing 6000 full-time people working in the fight against poverty. In 2002 he returned home to Vermont and was elected to two terms in the Vermont Senate. Outside of the legislature, he worked in high-tech marketing and before joining Google was the Associate Director of the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College. Now the Head of Community Affairs at Google, Matt supports all aspects of the company's local corporate social responsibility activities in communities where Google has an office or data center as well as helping guide larger corporate partnerships with the nonprofit and public sector. Matt currently lives on the small farm where he grew up in Hartland, VT with his wife, Sarah Taylor, and his sons, Judson and Abraham, and daughter, Cora.
Mary Evslin, The Evslin Family Foundation
Mary Evslin is a co-founder and VP of Marketing for NG Advantage, a newly formed natural gas provider bringing CNG to companies not on a pipeline. She is currently on the boards of Champlain College, the Vermont and NH Upper Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross. Mary was the first Chair of the Board of the Vermont Telecommunications Authority, on the board of the Princeton, NJ Chapter of the American Red Cross and past president of the Montpelier, VT Chapter of the American Red Cross. Mary has been a Red Cross Disaster volunteer for 20 years. She was a founder and VP of Marketing and Customer Success at ITXC, a global wholesale telephone company sending calls over the Internet. Prior to that she worked at Attachmate Software in Seattle, and even earlier served at VP of Marketing at Solutions Inc, a Vermont company and a PC and Mac software developer and retailer. Earlier in her career she worked in the Vermont Office of then Congressman James Jeffords and of the nonprofit Vermont Dental Care.
Rob Fish, Nonprofit Advisor and Community Organizer, VCRD's VT Digital Economy Project
Rob is a connector, an advocate, and a translator of big ideas into accessible and digestible conversations. In his current position as Non Profit Advisor for the Vermont Digital Economy Project, Rob works one-on-one with small and medium size organizations of all types methodically evaluating their current use of technology and strategizing how various online tools can assist the organization in becoming more effective, efficient, sustainable, and resilient to natural or man-made disasters. Rob's work with nonprofits is informed by over fifteen years of community outreach and project management experience with community development and advocacy projects in Maine, Vermont, and Ghana.
Dan French, Superintendent, Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union
Dan French has been the Superintendent of the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union in Sunderland, Vermont since 2007. His is the past President of the Vermont Superintendents Association and was Vermont's Superintendent of the Year in 2009. He is a frequent presenter at state, regional, and national conferences on technology and its impact on education.
Joe Fusco, Vice President, Casella Waste Systems
Joe is an advisor to the chairman and chief executive officer of Casella Waste Systems, Inc. He is an adjunct instructor and member of the Board of Advisors of the University of Vermont's MBA program in Sustainable Entrepreneurship (SEMBA). For the past year, he has served as chair of the steering committee in the development of Vermont's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. Joe and his wife Renae live in Chittenden, Vt. and are the parents of five children.
Jamie Gage, General Manager, Vermont Information Consortium
Jamie is a Vermonter and UVM graduate who has lived in 17 Vermont towns and villages including Randolph where he settled with his family in 2005. He has worked in a variety of industries, including tourism & marketing, snowsports, freelance writing, and digital asset management, and since 2009 has been the General Manager of Vermont Information Consortium (VIC), which hosts and maintains www.Vermont.gov - winner of two Best of the Web awards in 2009 & 2010. Through Vermont.gov and the over 150 other eGovernment web services that VIC has developed with the State, Jamie has collaborated with hundreds of state and municipal employees to help create innovative web solutions which provide convenience to residents and visitors to Vermont.
Dimitri Garder, Executive VP, Global-Z International, Inc.
Dimitri is a co-founder and Executive VP of Global-Z International, Inc., an IT company providing global data quality improvement services and technology to global enterprises. Dimitri has developed and implemented complex global data quality assessment and improvement technologies and solutions for many Global-Z clients, ranging from small companies to Fortune 100s. Dimitri’s 25 years of experience with complex international data makes him one of the leading experts in his industry. His approach to data quality is pragmatic, statistically focused, and metrics driven, and believes in solving complex problems through simple, clear, analytical thinking. Dimitri holds a BA in Music Theory from the University of Vermont, and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Tess Gauthier, Project Manager, Snelling Center for Government
Tess is an AmeriCorps Alumni, Johnson State College graduate and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, who grew up in the Lake Champlain Islands. She joined The Snelling Center for Government from the private sector, where she worked on broadband infrastructure development and pioneered the largest digital literacy/broadband adoption program in the state of Vermont. She brings her background as a Community Strategist and Project Manager to coordinate the Vermont Digital Economy Project, at the Snelling Center for Government.
Steve Gold, Montpelier
Steve Gold retired from more than 30 years service in Vermont State Government in 2007. During his last eight years working for the State, he was Gov. Howard Dean's Commissioner of Labor (4 years), and Gov. Jim Douglas's Commissioner of Corrections (2 years), Deputy Secretary of Administration (1 year) and Deputy Secretary of Human Services (1 1/2 years). After his retirement, he consulted with the Legislative Joint Fiscal Office for 3 years. During the 2011-2012 academic year, he was Interim President of Lyndon State College. Steve is a Board member of Vermont Works for Women, the Kellogg Hubbard Library in Montpelier, the Public Assets Institute, and the E-911 Board. He has been active with the Vermont Council on Rural Development, serving on its Council on the Future of Vermont, and with the Snelling Center for Government's Vermont Leadership Institute. He is a Member of the Vermont Community Foundation. Steve lives with his wife, Irina Markova, in Montpelier.
Adam Grinold, Executive Director, Wilmington Works
Adam grew up a family business, and after college served as the general manager of the 25 room inn and 95 seat restaurant for 12 years until its sale. His career began in the first days of mainstream internet. His early adoption of "1997 internet marketing" allowed the inn to dominate both local and state-wide listings and was a very real boost to business. His passion for keeping current on internet marketing and all things digital has allowed him to ensure he and his wife's current restaurant is ahead of the digital curve! Currently serving as the executive director for the Wilmington's Downtown program, Wilmington Works, he has helped design and implement the organization's digital media strategy.
Lisa Groeneveld, COO, Logic Supply
Lisa Groeneveld started her career as a sales professional in the IT Industry after graduating from Northeastern University. Working with Fortune 500 companies as a WorldCom Global Sales and Account Manager in the US and Europe, Lisa strongly believes that openness, accountability and transparency are crucial to long term success. After living in The Netherlands, Lisa relocated to Boston where she successfully launched Logic Supply. As a Vermont native, Lisa wanted to return home confident that Logic Supply could thrive and grow in Vermont. At Logic Supply as Chief Operating Officer, Lisa oversees all aspects of purchasing, computer assembly, warehousing, fulfillment and ongoing customer service. Lisa has over 10 years’ experience with LEAN Manufacturing and continuous improvement. You can find out more about Logic Supply at www.logicsupply.com
Holly Groschner, General Counsel, Vermont Telecommunications Authority
A pioneer in deployment of wireless communications, Groschner works to build public consensus around the deployment of infrastructure for the future. In her career as a lawyer and manager in emerging communications networks, Groschner helped to build a $10 billion infrastructure enterprise and led clients through the transition of technology convergence. Her most recent accomplishments include working with the VTA to find solutions for Vermont's "signal-free" zones.
Lars Hasselblad Torres, Director, Vermont's Office of the Creative Economy
Lars serves as the Director of Vermont’s Office of the Creative Economy within the Agency of Commerce. The Office exists to connect Vermont’s innovators and entrepreneurs, measure and promote a healthy creative ecosystem, and mobilize resources across Vermont’s creative sectors. Prior to joining the Agency Lars served as Innovation Prize Advisor to the Office of Science and Technology at the U.S. Agency for International Development; before that he led the design and development of the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge (http://globalchallenge.mit.edu).
Nate Herzog, Principal, Storyhack Media
Nate Herzog is the creator of StoryHackVT, using multi-platform storytelling to create fun, engaging events and sometimes forecast the future. StoryHackVT's next 24 hour hackathon contest is September 27th and 28th in Burlington, Vermont. He lives with his wife and family in Burlington.
Mark Heyman, Human Resources Director, Logic Supply
Mark earned his BA in Political Science from the University of Vermont, including six months studying access to legal aid within the European Union in London, England through Boston University. Mark earned his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management. He has significant labor and employment law and human resources management experience as former Deputy Legal Counsel for the Vermont State Employees Association and as the Owner of Cope Human Resources, Inc., an HR Consulting firm. Mark is currently the HR Director of Logic Supply, Inc., a technology company in South Burlington providing custom small form factor computer solutions for industrial embedded applications.
Tanja Hinterstoisser, Director of Career Services, Champlain College
Tanja is currently the Director of Career Services at Champlain College. In her role, she is leading the career development and employer relations initiatives aimed at continuing the successes for post graduation employment for Champlain students. Tanja has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver where she specialized in industrial and organizational psychology, a graduate degree from Rollins College and an undergraduate degree from Southeastern University. Most recently, she has focused her attention to the study and evaluation of workforce behaviors. In the past, she worked with national and international teams on work performance improvements addressing talent development matters. As a dual national from Austria and Argentina, Tanja is fluent in both German and Spanish.
Suzy Hodgson, Co-Founder, YourFarmStand.com
Suzy Hodgson, manages a small family farm with her husband. She has worked in the sustainable economy field for over 20 years as a teacher, writer, and consultant in the UK and USA including working at Carbon Clear and the Center for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey. She launched yourfarmstand in 2010 and also works on local food access and sustainable agriculture projects at the UVM Extension's Center for Sustainable Agriculture and on local energy issues as chair, Charlotte's Energy Committee and Board member, Acorn Energy Co-op.
Kate Jellema, Chair, MS in Managing Mission-Driven Organizations, Marlboro College
Kate Jellema lives in Brattleboro, where she leads the Program in Nonprofit Management at the Marlboro College Graduate School and acts as the degree chair for Marlboro’s MS in Managing Mission-Driven Organizations. Since 2011, Kate has been a leader of Benchmarks for a Better Vermont, the statewide initiative focused on the social impact of nonprofit work. Kate received her MA from Johns Hopkins and her PhD from the University of Michigan, and has been awarded grants from the MacArthur Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, the National Science Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation to support her research. She holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Management, is a 2012 graduate of the Vermont Leadership Institute, and currently serves on the board of Hilltop Montessori School.
Julie Lenzer Kirk, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Economic Development Administration
Julie Lenzer Kirk was recently appointed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker to lead the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE), an office within the Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). In her capacity as Director of the OIE, she is charged with driving programs and policies that support innovative economic development such as innovation-based entrepreneurship and regional innovation clusters. Her passion is infusing innovation and entrepreneurial mindset coupled with action into individuals, communities, and regions to act as a catalyst for economic growth. See full bio here.
Lucy Leriche, Deputy Secretary, Vermont's Agency of Commerce & Community Development
Lucy is Deputy Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, appointed to that position by Governor Peter Shumlin in January 2013. She served 8 years in the Vermont House of Representatives, four of them in leadership positions including Assistant Majority Leader and Majority Leader. Lucy holds a MA degree in Interdisciplinary Humanities from Arizona State University, and has a background in community development and affordable housing development. Lucy grew up in Wolcott Vermont and currently resides in Hardwick.
Amanda Levinson, Principal, ThirdSpace
Amanda Levinson is Principal at ThirdSpace, where she works with nonprofit organizations and the communities they serve to design tech-enabled solutions to make world a better place. She is also Senior Strategist at Stagecoach Digital, where she leads digital content and campaign strategy for projects for some of the nation's largest nonprofit organizations. She is the founder and volunteer chapter leader of Burlington NetSquared, organizing events that bring together people from a variety of sectors who are passionate about using technology for social change in Vermont and beyond.
Caitlin Lovegrove, Communications & Outreach Coordinator, VCRD's VT Digital Economy Project
A graduate of Brown University, Caitlin has spent the last five years working in both the nonprofit and for-profit worlds. She worked for nonprofits in London and New York, and ran the online marketing department for a small company in Manhattan before returning to Vermont to work for Lake Champlain Chocolates, and later, for the Vermont Council on Rural Development’s Vermont Digital Economy Project, where she coordinated the installation of 26 WI-Fi zones and hotspots, in addition to editing and publishing the “Vermont Connected” e-newsletter. Caitlin is currently a prospective MBA student at the University of Vermont’s new Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA program.
Erika Lowe, Co-Founder, Today Box Co.
Erika Lowe is a tech-oriented teacherpreneur with 12 years of experience in education. She's an educator, writer and consultant who utilizes collaboration and creativity to design and support best practices in education and community engagement. Erika is Co-Founder of Today Box Co., a website designed for curious kids. She's an educator with the Burlington School District and former Community Based Learning Fellow for the Partnership for Change, an organization dedicated to school transformation and community building. Erika has led numerous workshops on design thinking and human centered design, as well as equity and education technology nation-wide.
Linda McSweeney, Teacher Librarian, Stowe Middle / High School
Linda is the librarian at Stowe Middle High School. A graduate of Dickinson College and Rutgers University, her passion is sharing digital age learning with students and educators. In addition to teaching graduate courses on virtual library design and digital learning tools for teachers, she is the current President of the Vermont School Library Association.
Sarah Waterman Manning, Creator, VTResponse.com
Sarah grew up in East Montpelier. She graduated summa cum laude from the University at Albany with a degree in public policy, which she immediately put to use as a spontaneous volunteer after Hurricane Katrina. She continued her research in disaster preparedness and public health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill as a Weiss Fellow. When Tropical Storm Irene slammed into Vermont in August of 2011, causing the worst flooding and damage since the 1921 floods, Waterman Manning built and launched VTResponse.com, a social media based approach towards immediate flood response and recovery.
Pat Moulton Powden, Secretary, Vermont's Agency of Commerce & Community Development
Pat was appointed to the Deputy Secretary post by Governor Shumlin in November 2010. Prior to her appointment, Pat served for a short time as the Vice President of Public Affairs at the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. She has also served as the Executive Director of the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) . Just prior to joining the Vermont Chamber, Pat served as Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Labor for four years. Prior to her position as Commissioner, Governor Douglas appointed Ms. Powden to serve as the full-time Chair of the Vermont Natural Resources Board and its predecessor, the Vermont Environmental Board. Before her environmental regulation and policy work, Pat spent 22 years in the practice of economic development on the local, regional, and state levels. In 1990, she was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Economic Development by Governor Snelling and subsequently appointed Commissioner of Economic Development by Governor Dean. Pat also ran her own economic development consulting company for several years.
Steven Pappas, Editor, Times-Argus
Steven Pappas of Plainfield is the editor of the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. Steve is an award-winning journalist (writing, editing and design), who has worked at newspapers around Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. In recent years he has managed the newspaper's bold transitions to various online and mobile platforms. He hosts a public access news show, City Room, in collaboration with CVTV in Barre.
Emily Piper, Co-Founder, Launch VT
Emily Piper is the Executive Director for Burlington Young Professionals and LaunchVT for the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce in Burlington, VT. Her primary focus is to help young professionals and entrepreneurs in the State of Vermont, find career opportunities. Both organizations are State-wide programs to assist in economic development for Vermont.
Martha Reid, State Librarian, Vermont Department of Libraries
Martha (Marty) Reid was appointed State Librarian at the Vermont Department of Libraries (VTLIB) in 2008 after working for more than 30 years in public libraries in Virginia, Connecticut, Colorado and Vermont. Her work for the State of Vermont includes a focus on library technology and broadband, digital and information literacy for Vermont citizens and technology training for Vermont public librarians. VTLIB has been an active partner in both the e-Vermont Community Broadband Project and the Vermont Digital Economy Project. Reid has an MA in Library Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and lives in South Burlington, Vermont.
Jeff Renard, Director, Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative
Jeff is a long-time educator, technologist and lifelong learner. As a teacher, he has instructed courses at the secondary through graduate level in a variety of technical and instructional methodology courses. Jeff holds several educational and technical certifications and degrees in Educational Technology, Electronics, and Educational Philosophy as well as advanced Graduate certificates in Educational Administration, Web Design and Online Teaching. Jeff’s current position is as Founder and Director of the Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative (VTVLC) which serves thousands of students throughout Vermont to provide greater availability of courses, greater accessibility to courses due to scheduling conflicts, and more flexibility for learning at times that help students to be more successful.
Cathy Resmer, Associate Publisher, Online Editor, Seven Days
Cathy Resmer is an associate publisher at Burlington-based newsweekly Seven Days, where her responsibilities include running the monthly parenting magazine Kids VT and organizing the Vermont Tech Jam, the state's largest tech job fair and expo. The 2014 Jam is coming up on Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25, at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington. The Tech Jam has recently expanded its website to include a blog and a year-round calendar of tech events. Find it at techjamvt.com.
Patrick Ripley, eCommerce Director, VT Small Business Development Center
Patrick spent many years writing, editing and managing various traditional media outlets before following industry trends and turning his focus to modern media in the mid-2000’s. Since then, he has written, edited and managed thousands of pieces of online content and oversaw the development, creation, design and management of multiple websites and social media campaigns, among other things. Most recently, Patrick oversaw digital strategies for two Hearst Television stations that showed pageview growth in the millions during his time there. Patrick now advises business owners on digital strategies on behalf of the Vermont Small Business Development Center.
Ben Rose, Recovery & Mitigation Section Chief, VT DPS, Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Ben Rose joined the Irene Recovery Office in February 2012, and has served as Recovery and Mitigation Section Chief for the Vermont Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security since May 2013. His previous experience includes twelve years as Executive Director of The Green Mountain Club, four years as a state legislator and clerk of the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee, and six years as Executive Director of the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District. He received a B.A. from Yale University and a M.S. from the University of Vermont in Natural Resource Planning. A former Chair of the Vermont Trails and Greenways Council, Rose co-founded the Catamount Trail Association in 1984 and served as its first executive director.
Linda Rossi, State Director, VT Small Business Development Center
Linda is the State Director of the Vermont Small Business Development Center and leads a dynamic statewide team of advisors who support and strengthen business owners as they start and grow through one-on-one, no-cost, confidential advising services. She has lived in Vermont for 18 years and been with VtSBDC since 2005. Prior to joining VtSBDC, her professional experience has included being a national project manager, teaching business courses at a local college, and owning and managing small businesses. Linda was recognized with a special disaster recovery award for her leadership, and mobilization of the advisors, as they assisted hundreds of small businesses that sustained physical damage and economic losses after Tropical Storm Irene.
Carl Russell, Earthwise Farm & Forest
Carl B. Russell is a horse-logger, forestry consultant, and timberland owner from Bethel, Vermont. He has operated Russell Forestry Services since 1986, specializing in ecological forestry and low-impact timber harvest with draft animals. Carl and his wife Lisa McCrory own and operate Earthwise Farm & Forest, a 150 acre diversified enterprise, where they raise organic vegetables and grass fed livestock, and use draft animals for logging and field work. Since 2013, with assistance from Vermont Digital Economy Project, he has expanded his use of digital tools, and online resources. Through the use of hand-held devices and digital connectivity, he is providing detailed information and guidance in his consulting services to landowner clients, streamlining data collection and management in his personal operations, and enhancing the management and development of a regional network of professional animal powered forestry practitioners.
Shane Scranton, Co-founder at IrisVR, Inc.
Shane Scranton graduated Middlebury College in 2013 and is the co-founder of IrisVR, a Burlington-based company creating cutting-edge software that allows architects and designers to view their existing digital floorplans in Virtual Reality (VR). Shane recognized the value of using VR technology beyond its gaming and entertainment applications and formed a company that has been gaining recognition around the world as a first-mover in the space. With a wave of accessible consumer Virtual Reality right around the corner, Shane and IrisVR are positioned to be leaders in this exciting new industry. Find out more at http://www.irisvr.com.
Janette Shaffer, Remote Town Meeting Participation Coordinator, Town of Middlesex
Janette Shaffer is the Middlesex Remote Town Meeting Participation Coordinator – a role that draws upon her career-long interest in using technology to provide services and create cohesion among geographically dispersed students and staff in higher education institutions. Janette is the Director of Marketing and Communications at the Community College of Vermont and holds a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois. She lives in Middlesex with her husband and dog
Steve Sharp, Director of Enterprise Service, VT Center for Geographic Information
Steve is a certified Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) with nearly 20 years of experience in the GIS industry. Mr. Sharp is currently Director of Enterprise GIS Services at the Vermont Center for Geographic Information (VCGI). Mr. Sharp provides supervisory, technical, and consultative work in the development and oversight of State's Enterprise GIS, and manages a wide range of projects and initiatives for the State.
Peter Shumlin, Governor, State of Vermont
Gov. Peter Shumlin is a small business owner, public servant and father of two from Putney, Vermont. A committed entrepreneur, Gov. Shumlin was the longtime co-director, along with his brother, of Putney Student Travel and National Geographic Student Expeditions, a company that sends students on educational programs and service projects across the globe. He is also a partner in several real estate companies that provide housing and commercial space in southeast Vermont. As governor, he is determined to get tough things done. Since his inauguration, he has been working hard to create jobs for those who need them and raise incomes for those who have jobs, control skyrocketing healthcare costs, expand broadband and cell service to every corner of the state, reduce recidivism, invest in quality education opportunities, and rebuild our roads and bridges. Taken together, these and other key goals represent an ambitious agenda to create a brighter economic future for Vermonters. Gov. Shumlin is the 81st governor of Vermont.
Mark Snelling, President, Snelling Center for Government
Mark is the volunteer president of the Snelling Center. He is also president of Greenleaf Metals, a distributor of copper and brass wire products. He has owned and operated a number of businesses in the ski, bike and hardware industries. Mark served as chair of the Vermont Governor’s Council of Environmental Advisors, and chaired the Governor’s Commission on Downtowns and Growth Centers. He has previously served on the boards of Key Bank Vermont, the Vermont Land Trust, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, and as Chair of Housing Vermont and the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps. Mark resides in Starksboro, VT with his wife Linda.
Alexandra Tursi, Social Media Strategist, Fletcher Allen Health Care
Alexandra is from Essex Junction, Vermont. She graduated from Cornell University and is currently a PhD student at the University of Vermont. Since 2005, she has been a social media strategist in the health, sustainability, and public sector realms. She recently spoke at the Stanford Medicine X conference and the Mayo Clinic Social Media Summit and also has a regular technology segment on WCAX-TV. She is dedicated to using social media, mobile, and digital tools to help people live healthier lives. Follow her online at Facebook.com/AlexandraTursiOfficial or twitter.com/tursita.
Miro Weinberger, Mayor of the City of Burlington Vermont
Mayor Miro Weinberger was elected on March 6, 2012 and, during his two and a half years as Mayor, has focused on getting the City’s finances in order, getting stuck and stalled projects moving again, making Burlington more affordable, and rebuilding trust in City Hall. Under Mayor Weinberger’s leadership, the City has made considerable progress. Highlights of his first term include securing 72% passage of the $9 million Fiscal Stability Bond, making significant improvements to the Burlington Bike Path, prioritizing renovations and upgrades of parks around the City, creating the Public Investment Action Plan which led to successful passage of ballot initiatives for waterfront investments and measures to increase downtown housing opportunities. The Mayor also announced a settlement agreement in the Burlington Telecom litigation in February 2014, putting the City on a path to resolving the financial troubles related to the municipally owned telecommunications company which have plagued the City since 2009. Now in the final year of his three-year term, the Mayor continues his focus on housing, economic growth, quality-of-life improvements, and anti-poverty efforts. Mayor Weinberger, the son of a schoolteacher and an architect, was born and raised in Hartland, Vermont.
Rebecca Wood Holcombe, Secretary, Vermont Department of Education
Rebecca Holcombe joined the Agency of Education in January 2014. Prior to joining the Agency, Rebecca taught at the middle school, high school and university levels. She taught social studies and science before becoming the principal at the Fairlee School, where she helped lead the district through the formation of the Rivendell Interstate School District. Rebecca holds a BA in History from Brown University, a MBA from the Simmons School of Management and a M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is currently working on her Doctorate. Rebecca also completed coursework for her principal certification at Lyndon State College and received her preparation as a teacher at the Upper Valley Educators Institute. After a decade away from Vermont, Rebecca was thrilled to move back and place her two children in Vermont schools a few years ago. She appreciates the high levels of public involvement and debate about how to improve education for our children that characterize Vermont schools.
Michael Wood-Lewis, Co-Founder & CEO, FrontPorchForum.com
Michael and his wife Valerie founded Front Porch Forum in their Burlington neighborhood in 2006. FPF hosts a statewide network of online neighborhood forums in Vermont, and nearly 85,000 households subscribe. Previously, Michael led an innovative trade association of New England utilities, and before that developed environmental technologies in Washington, DC for municipalities. Michael serves many roles locally with youth sports, civic committees, charities, and church. He earned an MS in engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as an MBA.
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Most fish consumers support a ban on fishing endangered species, poll finds
Support was strongest in Latin America
Image: REUTERS/David Loh
Joe Myers Writer, Formative Content
77% of adults who buy seafood regularly support a ban on the fishing of endangered species
73% support an end to government subsidies that lead to overfishing or illegal fishing
Sir David Attenborough has called for an end to harmful fishing subsidies
A new global survery has found significant public support for a ban on the fishing of endangered species.
The survey, commissioned by the World Economic Forum and conducted by Ipsos, found that more than three-quarters (77%) of adults who regularly buy seafood support a ban.
A similar number also support an end to government subsidies that lead to overfishing or illegal fishing (73%).
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Most countries' populations support a ban on fishing endangered species.
Most people would support a ban on harmful subsidies.
There was also wide support for banning shops and restaurants from selling endangered species of fish - 77%.
What's the World Economic Forum doing about the ocean?
Our oceans cover 70% of the world’s surface and account for 80% of the planet’s biodiversity. We can't have a healthy future without healthy oceans - but they're more vulnerable than ever because of climate change and pollution.
Tackling the grave threats to our oceans means working with leaders across sectors, from business to government to academia.
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the World Resources Institute, convenes the Friends of Ocean Action, a coalition of leaders working together to protect the seas. From a programme with the Indonesian government to cut plastic waste entering the sea to a global plan to track illegal fishing, the Friends are pushing for new solutions.
Climate change is an inextricable part of the threat to our oceans, with rising temperatures and acidification disrupting fragile ecosystems. The Forum runs a number of initiatives to support the shift to a low-carbon economy, including hosting the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, who have cut emissions in their companies by 9%.
A net gain
A third of the world's fish is harvested at biologically unsustainable levels.
Combine this with the millions of people who rely on seafood for their livelihoods and food security and the extent of the problem becomes clear.
Funding over-fishing.
It's not only the public who support tackling the problem.
Last month, Sir David Attenborough called for an end to harmful fishing subsidies in a video created by the Friends of Ocean Action, the World Economic Forum and the WWF.
But, the good news is that 2017 research from the World Bank found that 'fishing less, but better', could generate an additional $83 billion every year for the industry.
Joe Myers, Writer, Formative Content
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Trump’s granddaughter gets praise and sympathy for singing for Chinese president
Simon Denyer
Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan, North Korea and South Korea.
November 9, 2017 at 8:59 AM EST
BEIJING — For many Chinese people, it was a slightly excruciating reminder of their own childhoods, that moment when their parents aggressively boast of their accomplishments in front of other people, or, even worse, force them to perform for relatives and members of the older generation.
But for 6-year-old Arabella Kushner, the difference was that her performance would be scrutinized by none other than the Chinese president, his wife and a good proportion of the Chinese nation.
Shortly after arriving in China, President Trump proudly showed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a video of his granddaughter singing and reciting poems in Mandarin.
The video later became a hit on the Chinese Internet, as did another video of Arabella doing the same thing back in 2016. She also performed for Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, when they visited Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in April.
China may be unsure about Trump, but a video of his granddaughter speaking Mandarin is a hit
This time, Arabella, in a Chinese-style dress and in front of an American flag, dedicated her performance to “Grandpa Xi” and “Grandma Peng.” The Chinese leader in turn graded her with an “A plus.”
Her Chinese is very good: She is reported to have been learning it from her Chinese nanny since she was an infant.
She sang a children’s song about sweeping rice fields, a jade-green river and a lake studded with lotus flowers, stocked with fat, golden carp and with flocks of ducks hiding in the reeds. She also recited the Three Characters Classic, an ancient text used to teach children the key values of Confucianism, as well as two other poems and another song.
On the Chinese Internet, Arabella won praise — one netizen called her an “adorable girl” whose Chinese is great, according to one widely shared post.
“This little girl is so smart, hope in the future that she can make a bigger contribution between friendly exchanges China and the United States,” wrote another netizen.
China’s Foreign Ministry even brought it up at its regular news conference on Thursday.
“Arabella as a small messenger of Sino-American friendship is deeply loved by the Chinese people,” said spokeswoman Hua Chunying. “I believe it will also help to narrow the feelings and distance between the peoples of China and the United States.”
But there were also plenty of comments expressing sympathy for the small child, from people who may have suffered their own mild childhood embarrassments.
“No one’s daughter can escape the destiny of performing in public,” one user posted on weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, in a typical and widely shared comment.
“It’s not easy for her, because of her grandfather’s job,” said another.
Here is the full video, with subtitles. Just one weibo post of this video, by state news agency Xinhua, had alone generated 11.69 million views by Thursday evening, 8,849 forwards, 5,09o comments and 31,302 likes.
Finally, one satirical Twitter account reminded readers that Xi's daughter had herself presumably learned a thing or two about American culture, having attended Harvard, and wondered if there might be some reciprocity in the relationship.
On Trump's next state-plus visit, Xi Jinping's daughter will welcome him by singing one of the English songs she learned at Harvard. https://t.co/ncZI7r5baF
— The Relevant Organs (@relevantorgans) November 9, 2017
Liu Yang contributed to this report.
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Balázs Jarábik
Eurasia Advisor, Pact; Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Balázs Jarábik is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on Eastern and Central Europe with particular focus on Ukraine.
Jarábik worked with Pact, Inc. in Kyiv, Ukraine to build its presence as one of the largest international nongovernmental organizations in Eastern Europe, and later served as project director for Pact in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Prior to joining Carnegie, Jarábik was an associate fellow at FRIDE in Madrid and senior fellow at the Central European Policy Institute in Bratislava. He was a civic activist in Slovakia in the 1990s, and he later co-founded the Bratislava-based Pontis Foundation’s international development projects in the Balkans and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
He also worked as a consultant for political parties and civil society organizations in the Balkans and CIS countries, as well as an adviser with wide range of international, governmental, and parliamentary institutions.
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Mind Game
By Chris Suellentrop
Dan Winters
There's a row of books on a shelf in Marc ten Bosch's living room that contains a crash course in higher dimensions. Titles like Flatland. Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time and the Beauty That Causes Havoc. The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art. A young-adult novel called The Boy Who Reversed Himself. They're all devoted to helping our brains break out of the three dimensions in which we exist, to aid our understanding of a universe that extends beyond our perception.
This is not just a hypothetical pursuit. Most of us think of time as the fourth dimension, but modern physics theorizes that there is a fourth spatial dimension as well—not width, height, or length but something else that we can't experience through our physical senses. From this fourth dimension, we would be able to see every angle of the three-dimensional world at once, much as we three-dimensional beings can take in the entirety of a two-dimensional plane. Mathematician Bernhard Riemann came up with the concept in the 19th century, and physicists, artists, and philosophers have struggled with it ever since. Writers from Wilde to Proust, Dostoevsky to Conrad invoked the fourth dimension in their work. H. G. Wells' Invisible Man disappeared by discovering a way to travel along it. Cubism was in part an attempt by Picasso and others to visualize what fourth-dimensional creatures might see.
Miegakure creator Marc ten Bosch walks (and talks) viewers through the process of navigating 4-D space.
Still, most of us are no closer to fundamentally comprehending the fourth dimension than we were when Riemann first conceived it. People have written papers, drawn diagrams, taken psychedelics, but what we really want to do is witness it. Mathematician Rudy Rucker wrote that he had spent 15 years trying to imagine 4-D space and been granted for his labors “perhaps 15 minutes' worth of direct vision” of it.
But for the past five years, ten Bosch has been trying to take us directly into it, in the form of a videogame called Miegakure. The game, essentially a series of puzzles, augments the usual arsenal of in-game movement by allowing the player's avatar, with the press of a button, to travel along the fourth spatial dimension. Building something so ambitious has consumed ten Bosch's life. Chris Hecker, a friend and fellow game designer, marvels that ten Bosch “can't even see the game he's making.” Ten Bosch, who is 30, describes his daily schedule as “wake up, work on the game, go get lunch somewhere, work on the game, go to sleep.” Even after toiling for half a decade, he is still only about 75 percent done.
1 xkcd creator Randall Munroe even devoted a comic strip to Miegakure.
But among the tight-knit community of indie game developers, Miegakure is a hotly anticipated title. The select few who have played it have showered it with praise. 1 Ten Bosch has twice been invited to preview it at the prestigious Experimental Gameplay Workshop at the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. He won the “amazing game” award at IndieCade, the biggest annual showcase of independent games.
Miegakure has the potential to be “one of the great puzzle games of all time,” writes Jonathan Blow, a friend of ten Bosch and the designer of Braid, a game in which players manipulate time to solve puzzles. “Games that are truly mind-expanding are very rare and very difficult to make, but this is one of them.”
If Miegakure can live up to ten Bosch's ambitions, it will be more than just another brainy diversion—it will be the realization of a century-long intellectual quest. Miegakure does not visualize 4-D space or analogize it to something more familiar. Rather, the game attempts to evoke the experience of an actual, explorable world that includes one additional spatial dimension.
“There certainly isn't a fourth dimension in the way there is in the game,” ten Bosch says. We can't rotate objects so that they appear out of nowhere in the real world or disappear in front of our eyes. But he wants the game to give people the intuition that a fourth spatial dimension might exist. The easiest way to wrap our minds around such a slippery concept, he thinks, is to reach out and touch it.
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At the advent of videogaming, we existed digitally as two-dimensional beings. Poor 2-D Mario couldn't step sideways to dodge a barrel hurled by Donkey Kong; viewed from above, Pac Man could not leap to avoid a pincer engagement by Inky, Blinky, Pinky, or Clyde. And because gamers feel a magical and mysterious connection between our physical selves and the virtual characters we control (we use the word “I” to describe them both), in a very real sense we couldn't do those things either.
There were hints, even in those early days of gaming, that a third dimension might exist, a z axis along which our avatars might wander, if only we knew where to look. Soon, Moore's law enabled us to find it: In the 1990s, 3-D games like Doom and Super Mario 64 opened up new vistas for electronic exploration, turning players into digital Magellans navigating truly round worlds. Later, titles like Portal, Fez, and Blow's Braid allowed players to interact with and manipulate space and time. In Portal, players used a gun to open tunnels in space; in Fez, the player's 2-D avatar could swivel his world like a 3-D cube to change the surface he walks on. Braid was in part a response to Alan Lightman's novel Einstein's Dreams, which asks: What if we experienced time and space as being intricately connected in new and strange ways?
2 Ten Bosch traveled to Kyoto in October to study its ancient temples for inspiration.
Miegakure picks up these themes and extends them along a strange and previously unknowable axis. You control a small, seemingly Japanese man who lives in a cubic landscape dotted with trees and rocks and Torii gates, the kind you see at Shinto shrines to mark, in ten Bosch's words, “the separation between the sacred and the normal.” Although Miegakure is built upon the math of four-dimensional space, the game is also infused with the ethos of Japanese gardens. 2 The game's title is a reference to that tradition, an aesthetic principle that means “hide and reveal.”
“You can never see the whole garden at once,” ten Bosch says. “So you're always imagining the parts you can't see. It makes the garden feel larger than it really is and maybe more intriguing than it really is.”
That's also been a hallmark of game design—think of the secret worlds and warp portals hiding within Super Mario Bros.' pipes and bricks. Miegakure is even more concerned with the mysteries of the unseen. At a fundamental level, the true shape of reality is invisible to us, thanks to our utter inability to visualize another spatial dimension. We perceive Miegakure as 3-D slices of 4-D worlds, the way a 2-D creature would understand a book as just a series of pages.
But our inability to see all the dimensions of a 4-D world doesn't mean that we can't navigate it, that we can't reach out and feel it with our digital fingertips. What makes Miegakure extraordinary is that it allows our species, for the first time in its history, to enter a four-dimensional space and manipulate it, like blind scientists patting a hyper-elephant. “I think that's one of the magical things about interactivity,” Hecker says. “You can understand it in a way that's not purely conscious.”
The interactions in Miegakure are basic: You can move the character, you can make him jump, you can press a button to enter one of the Torii gates (most of which lead to a puzzle). And you can press another button to travel along the unseeable fourth dimension. When you press it, the world appears to morph and fold in on itself, revealing colored slices to walk on. These slices look like parallel worlds; they're even visually distinct so that players can distinguish them as separate realms. One looks like desert, another like grass, another like ice. Walking onto each slice and then pressing the button seems to transport you into each new universe.
But here's the thing: They're not new universes. They're 3-D cross-sections—“hyperslices,” maybe?—of a 4-D shape. The “morph” button, which appears to make the world around you swirl and the objects within it disappear, does not in fact move your character even a millimeter. You're not teleporting. You're just changing perspective—except you're not looking left or right, not up or down or forward or back. You're looking into the unseeable fourth dimension and only then traveling along it.
Over time, the game nudges you toward an understanding of this by including 3-D objects that move in more than one “universe” when your character pushes them. You find maps that help to illustrate how the spaces intersect. And soon you're performing the miracles that mathematicians say a 4-D being could perform in three-dimensional space: walking through walls, making blocks seem to float in the air, disappearing and reappearing, and interlocking two seemingly impenetrable rings. The math is solid—every shape in the game is defined by four coordinates instead of three—but just as when an illusionist performs that same ring trick, it feels like magic.
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For all the attention Miegakure has received, its designer is far from a videogame star. Ten Bosch moved to the United States from Nice, France, more than a decade ago to go to DigiPen Institute of Technology, a for-profit college in Redmond, Washington, known for training students to work at the megacorporations that produce the industry's biggest, most expensive hits, like Call of Duty and Madden NFL. After school, ten Bosch landed a four-month internship at Electronic Arts in Southern California.
The company offered him a job, he says, but he turned it down, swept up in the excitement surrounding a burgeoning indie games scene: Blow's Braid was just hitting Xbox 360s. Ten Bosch also wanted to create a game that mattered, so in late 2008 he set out to build a prototype from a thought experiment: Normally you use three numbers to create digital spaces, but what if there were four?
I finally have the chance to play the result of that question one afternoon in September. Ten Bosch shines a projector onto a wall in his spartan apartment and hands me a controller. The game begins with an epitaph from Oliver Wendell Holmes: “Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”
3 The concept of 11 dimensions is a postulate of unified string theory, dubbed “M-theory” in the mid-1990s.
Even among string theorists, there's a debate around the margins of the theory of higher spatial dimensions: Why can't we see them? Maybe they're too small to measure, or maybe space is warped in such a way that they remain hidden from us. Maybe we live on a three-dimensional membrane that is floating in 11-dimensional space, 3 making us something like water droplets that can't escape from the shower curtain we're attached to. Maybe our universe of four-dimensional spacetime split from a smaller six-dimensional universe at the moment of the Big Bang and our only hope to escape the heat-death of this universe is to find a way to get inside the other one.
Miegakure makes no efforts to explore these existential questions. Instead, it guides players to an intuitive, if incomplete, grasp of the geometry involved. It's a little like shooting a free throw in a game of four-dimensional basketball: You don't know how to calculate the curve the ball must follow or even how to imagine the line it draws through space as it falls through the net, but you can somehow make the shot.
These are, for now, ineffable concepts. But after several hours inside Miegakure, 4-D space has become somehow a bit more … effable. Faced with a level in which I had to appear atop a floating box on another cross-section of the hyperworld—on the other side of the screen—I found that I knew where to stand in 4-D space to pull it off. I couldn't tell you why I should stand in a particular spot, nor could I visualize the space that I was skillfully navigating. Ten Bosch insists that I shouldn't worry about it.
“I think you have the instinct,” he says, looking pleased. “I think you get it.”
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Woodside Park Synagogue
WOODSIDE PARK CARES
A Narrow Escape
by Helen Roberts
In the 1930s,my parents were a prosperous young couple living in Gelsenkirchen near Dusseldorf, in Germany. They were from the same town in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Rozniatov, near Lviv, then known as Lvov, a region which had become Poland after the First World War and is now in Ukraine.
Having emigrated to Germany after marriage, they were doing well.They had two young boys – twins - lots of friends and a thriving business. They had a shoe - shop employing at least 7 staff, and for a time had another shop, but due to the menacing atmosphere affecting Jews in Germany, decided to give up the second one.Their main shop continued to make a profit, despite the mounting tension. When Hitler’s antisemitic laws prevented customers entering Jewish shops, my parents’ customers came in through a secret back entrance – they simply circumvented the authorities because they liked the shop and its goods, and of course the owners!
Jewish business owners were, however, finding life very difficult by the late 30s. Kristallnacht on November 9th 1938 was catastrophic for my family. In a matter of an hour or so, their home, their shop and their lives were smashed to smithereens. Jewish shopkeepers were being rounded up and taken off to prison or camps, and the women were beaten and abused – my mother sustained a severe blow to her head and had her nose broken. The two boys were pulled onto a cart taking them off to some camp, but their quick wits enabled them to jump off the vehicle and hide in a cemetery till morning. My father was imprisoned, but my mother came with the iron cross he was awarded in the First World War ( he had only been 17 then) and a sum of money, and got him released.He immediately left the country and began searching for a safe haven for his family. He tried Sicily, but could not stay there, and went to Malta for three months, but had no luck there, not being allowed to work. Eventually he managed to find a sponsor to get to the UK, intending to bring the family to London. All this took about six months.
The months of waiting were horrific for my mother – she and the boys hid out in the back room of a friend’s home, often hungry because it was so difficult to buy food – especially if shopkeepers suspected you were Jewish. Eventually my father managed to get my mother and brothers into Britain, on the understanding that they were only temporary residents, awaiting their quota to get to the USA. They lived in one room, though the boys were first in a camp run by Moses Montefiore for refugee children in Ramsgate, where they learned some English. Then they were sent to a school, which was evacuated to Oxford when war broke out in September 1939.My father was forbidden to work – refugees were here on sufferance and on the understanding they were waiting for permission to go elsewhere, eg. the USA.
But before the threatened war broke out, my mother had some hair-raising adventures which nearly cost her her life. As soon as they were settled in London, she had a great yearning to return to her family in Poland, as she knew war was imminent and she did not know when she would see her parents again. Against all advice, she travelled back overland to Rozniatov. An acquaintance travelled with her, going to Poland for personal reasons of his own. While staying with her parents, on 3rd September 1939, the Germans invaded Poland, the war broke out, the borders were about to close – and she was nearly trapped. She found this out by going into the street that night to find out why many people were on the move, trying to escape. In a panic, she joined these crowds, getting a lift on a cart going to the border. She had just managed to grab a coat. In her haste that night, she left with little money and had no time to say goodbye to her sleeping parents. This troubled her a good deal years later in old age, and gave her many nightmares.
But she had no time for sentiment that crazy night. Using daring and cunning, determined to get back to husband and children, she managed to get on a train out of Poland just as the borders closed.On the old Polish/German border she bribed the station master to keep her in a lock-up overnight safe from the SS, then to let her get on a train crossing Germany. Bribing again a station official on the German/Dutch border, she persuaded him to let her phone a refugee helper in Holland. She managed to smuggle herself over the German-Dutch border, and was then put on a fishing boat with other illegal emigrants from Nazi territory, and landed on the English coast –she did not know where - at dead of night. She and the other refugees on the boat were warned to be completely silent, as they were landing secretly and must avoid the authorities. Jewish relief workers put them on a bus to London, delivering the passengers to Woburn House, a centre for Jewish refugees, and from there she phoned my father to send a taxi for her ,as she had no more money on her. He was still in their room in Hendon, lodging with a Yiddish - speaking landlady, who became a great help to them as then neither of my parents knew any English.Cold, shaken and exhausted as she was - she finally got back to their recent and temporary home in the early hours.She was lucky. The man who had travelled to Poland at the same time as my mother never returned.
Her escape meant that I could be born, four years later.
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Nashville Ironman motivating an entire city to live a healthier life
Chris Miller, Anchor
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - You might have noticed driving near the State Capitol on Monday and Thursday evenings, hundreds of people running, sweating and exercising after a long day at the office.
They’re part of a growing group of motivated Nashvillians, from all ages, ethnicities and fitness levels. They gather those nights at 6pm for a free workout, led by a man with a passion to help people improve their lives through fitness.
“I just want to see people healthy, on the road or on the path to getting healthy and to be a better them,” says James Crumlin, dressed in a sharp suit and bowtie, sitting in a conference room overlooking the State Capitol in downtown Nashville, where he’s a lawyer at the Law Offices of Bone McAllester Norton.
James has become somewhat of a Nashville celebrity for his ability to motivate people to endure excruciating workouts, involving long runs, uphill sprints and hundreds of yards of lunges.
“It’s kind of humbling, to have this platform to give back,” he says, absentmindedly dismissing the idea that he’s a local legend.
James lost his mother in 2002, and began running in her honor. It started with half marathons, and has escalated to the epitome of physical fitness, as James is now a six-time Ironman Triathlete.
Seven years ago, he and a friend took their training to the steps of the State Capitol.
“We just invited our friends and they invited their friends and their friends invited friends,” he says.
Today, it’s not uncommon for more than 100 people to show up for a single workout. They gather all year long, in the stifling summer humidity or the bitter winter chill.
The workouts have become so popular, James himself no longer participates. Instead, he takes a more administrative role, planning, welcoming and encouraging all comers.
He’s constantly roaming the Capitol grounds during a session, and seems to know exactly what type of motivation works best for each individual athlete… shouting “let’s go!” to some, while calmly encouraging others by name, with a soft “you can do it!”
With a full-time job as a Nashville business attorney, and a full-time commitment, training for his next Ironman, the question comes to mind… why do this?
The question prompts James to think of a story about a woman who faithfully attends his workouts.
“One weekend she had a heart attack,” he says. “She nearly lost her life. The Doctor said ‘hey, your heart is strong, that workout saved your life’. Without that, she would’ve checked out of here.”
It’s an example of why he shows up. Twice a week. It’s why he’s constantly putting-out an open invitation through email and social media, to anyone, anywhere.
“You could walk the workout. We invite all skill sets to come,” he says. “It’s all about what type of commitment do you have to yourself on making yourself better. If you want to get fit and you’re looking for a free workout, come join us!”
You might have noticed driving near the State Capitol on Monday and Thursday evenings, hundreds of people running, sweating and exercising after a long day at the office.
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Chris Miller joined News4 in 2012 as the anchor for News4 Today.
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Willie O'Ree, Martin Brodeur, Martin St. Louis, Gary Bettman highlight Hockey Hall class
Posted: 10:37 PM, Jun 26, 2018
B Bennett
<p>NEW YORK, NY - 1961: Willie O'Ree #25 of the Boston Bruins skates with the puck as Camille Henry #21 of the New York Rangers looks defend during their NHL game circa 1961 at the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios/Getty Images)</p>
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, pioneering black player Willie O’Ree, Martin Brodeur, the league’s all-time winningest goaltender, and two-time scoring leader Martin St. Louis top the latest class for the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Also voted in by the Hall of Fame selection committee were Canadian women's hockey star Jayna Hefford and Russian player Alexander Yakushev.
Bettman has been commissioner since 1993, during which time the NHL has expanded its footprint across North America and increased to 31 teams. During Bettman’s tenure, the league has gone from a $437 million business to one with almost $5 billion in revenue.
O’Ree was the first black player in the NHL, but he will be the third inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining Edmonton Oilers goalie Grant Fuhr and Canadian women’s national team captain Angela James. O’Ree, a native of Fredericton, New Brunswick in eastern Canada, made his NHL debut in 1958 as a call-up for the Boston Bruins. The winger put up four goals and 10 assists in 45 NHL games during the 1957-58 and 1960-61 seasons despite being 95 percent blind in his right eye.
Now 82, O’Ree works for the NHL as diversity ambassador in the league’s “Hockey is for Everyone” initiative.” Sixty years after he broke the league’s color barrier, there are now about two dozen black players currently on NHL rosters.
Brodeur, 46, was a three-time Stanley Cup champion with the New Jersey Devils who was elected in his first year of eligibility as the goalie with the most wins, shutouts and games played in NHL history.
The Montreal native was the last real standup goaltender as the position moved almost exclusively to the butterfly technique, and his puck-handling prowess led the NHL to institute the trapezoid behind the net as a way to increase scoring.
In net, Brodeur has a league-best 369 wins and 125 shutouts in 1,266 regular-season games with the Devils and St. Louis Blues, and he won the Vezina Trophy four times. He won 113 playoff games and had a 2.02 postseason goals-against average. Brodeur also scored two regular-season goals and another in the playoffs – more than any other goalie.
St. Louis, 43, also was elected in his first year of eligibility. Undersized and undrafted, he won scoring titles in 2003-04 and the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season. He won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 2004 as the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup. He also won the Lady Byng Trophy three times for sportsmanship.
Hefford played for Canada in five Olympics, winning four golds and a silver medal. She scored the winning goal in the 2002 Olympics.
Yakushev played for Moscow Spartak for 17 seasons and scored 50 goals in 42 games in 1968-69. He played in 144 games internationally for the Soviet Union, winning nine World Championships.
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BBB investigates company after WYFF News 4 investigation
BBB: 9 people in 6 states file complaints against local estate sale company.
Gabrielle Komorowski
The Better Business Bureau of the Upstate is warning people to be on the lookout for a company called Memento Antique and Estate Liquidators, also known as Red Wagon Estate Sales. According to the BBB, people are alleging they hired Jeffrey Moore to host estate sales to help liquidate items from the homes of loved ones who have passed away. The BBB said, after the sale is over, people are having problems reaching Moore and receiving all of the money they're owed.WYFF News 4 Investigates was the first to expose the problems caused by Jeffrey Moore in May of 2014, when a Greenville man asked WYFF News 4 Investigates to look into the company he'd found online to sell his mother's estate items. Click HERE to read the story. Bryan Williams said Moore disappeared after the sale, without paying him. WYFF News 4 Investigates tracked Jeffrey Moore down and we were there when Williams got his check."We are honestly an ethical business. We've had a mismanagement on our part," Moore said in May of 2014. One year later, the BBB said Moore is still having problems with his business, which is now operating under two names: Memento Antique and Estate Liquidators, and Red Wagon Estate Sales. "A lot of people are not getting the itemized list and the money they're owed in the end. Customers are trying to reach out to him by email, phone, text message, whatever they can do, and they're not getting a response back," said Jennifer Samra, of the BBB of the Upstate.Samra said nine people in six states have filed complaints against Moore between September 2013 and February 2015. Sharon Miracle, from Taylors, said she got the money from her estate sale, but she filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau against Moore because she said it took months to get the house key back. "He wasn't answering the phone and I figured, let me text message him. He wasn't answering that either, and I was getting worried that something fishy was going on," Miracle said. The Better Business Bureau of the Upstate told WYFF News 4 Investigates that they have tried to talk to Moore about the complaints but have not received a response. WYFF News 4 Investigates was able to track Moore down for a second time. Moore said he is still having money problems but will resolve the existing complaints. "We've already been in contact with them, and we're letting them know that everything will be resolved," Moore said.He said he is no longer hosting estate sales. "We regret where we are right now, and I do apologize to families and friends and everybody that this has affected," Moore said. The Better Business Bureau does not file criminal charges. They said their goal is to alert the public. WYFF News 4 Investigates was also contacted by a family in the central North Carolina area. They said Jeffrey Moore owes them money from an estate sale, and they have hired an attorney and are considering filing charges against him. If you're thinking about hiring a company for an estate sale, the BBB recommends you check out the company on the BBB's website, ask for proof of insurance and get written estimates from at least three different companies.
The Better Business Bureau of the Upstate is warning people to be on the lookout for a company called Memento Antique and Estate Liquidators, also known as Red Wagon Estate Sales.
According to the BBB, people are alleging they hired Jeffrey Moore to host estate sales to help liquidate items from the homes of loved ones who have passed away. The BBB said, after the sale is over, people are having problems reaching Moore and receiving all of the money they're owed.
WYFF News 4 Investigates was the first to expose the problems caused by Jeffrey Moore in May of 2014, when a Greenville man asked WYFF News 4 Investigates to look into the company he'd found online to sell his mother's estate items. Click HERE to read the story.
Bryan Williams said Moore disappeared after the sale, without paying him. WYFF News 4 Investigates tracked Jeffrey Moore down and we were there when Williams got his check.
"We are honestly an ethical business. We've had a mismanagement on our part," Moore said in May of 2014.
One year later, the BBB said Moore is still having problems with his business, which is now operating under two names: Memento Antique and Estate Liquidators, and Red Wagon Estate Sales.
"A lot of people are not getting the itemized list and the money they're owed in the end. Customers are trying to reach out to him by email, phone, text message, whatever they can do, and they're not getting a response back," said Jennifer Samra, of the BBB of the Upstate.
Samra said nine people in six states have filed complaints against Moore between September 2013 and February 2015.
Sharon Miracle, from Taylors, said she got the money from her estate sale, but she filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau against Moore because she said it took months to get the house key back.
"He wasn't answering the phone and I figured, let me text message him. He wasn't answering that either, and I was getting worried that something fishy was going on," Miracle said.
The Better Business Bureau of the Upstate told WYFF News 4 Investigates that they have tried to talk to Moore about the complaints but have not received a response. WYFF News 4 Investigates was able to track Moore down for a second time.
Moore said he is still having money problems but will resolve the existing complaints.
"We've already been in contact with them, and we're letting them know that everything will be resolved," Moore said.
He said he is no longer hosting estate sales.
"We regret where we are right now, and I do apologize to families and friends and everybody that this has affected," Moore said.
The Better Business Bureau does not file criminal charges. They said their goal is to alert the public. WYFF News 4 Investigates was also contacted by a family in the central North Carolina area. They said Jeffrey Moore owes them money from an estate sale, and they have hired an attorney and are considering filing charges against him.
If you're thinking about hiring a company for an estate sale, the BBB recommends you check out the company on the BBB's website, ask for proof of insurance and get written estimates from at least three different companies.
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The Art of Violinist Christian Tetzlaff
August 4, 2019, 10:00 pm
Christian Tetzlaff (Photo: Giorgia Bertazzi)
German violinist Christian Tetzlaff performs Bach, Sibelius, and more on this week’s program.
Henry Fogel is dean and distinguished professor of the arts at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts. Previously, he ran the League of American Orchestras. Between 1985 and 2003, he served as president and CEO of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Earlier in his career he ran the National Symphony in Washington, D.C. Radio has always been a passion for Henry Fogel; from 1963 to 1978 he was vice president and program director of radio station WONO in Syracuse, New York. In addition to running the CCPA at Roosevelt, Dean Fogel continues to consult with orchestra managers around the country.
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The Four Noble Truths – Introduction
Dancing With Life (pp. 1-24)
After the Buddha was awakened, he gave a discourse called the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta —Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion. “Setting the Wheel in Motion” means that once insight has been transmitted, the influence of the dhamma has been inaugurated in the world. The Buddha addressed five disciples after which one of whom, the monk Kondanna attained the first stage of awakening through this transmission.
When the Buddha’s teachings were written down over 500 years after his death, this sutta was included in what is called the The Samyutta Nikaya, the third division of the Sutta Pitaka which is the second division of the Tipitaka or the Pali Canon (the complete discourses of the Buddha. More information can be found at accesstoinsight.org.
In our exploration of the Four Noble Truths, we will be mainly using two commentaries, Dancing with Life by Phillip Moffitt which is based on his teacher’s commentary, The Four Noble Truths , by Venerable Ajahn Sumedho.
The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
This sutta is widely acknowledged to be the first discourse of the Buddha. It was given to a group of five monks. The translated sutta is only 972 words in length and was enough to awaken one of the listeners.
The Buddha mentioned the Four Noble Truths in many of his other teachings. The Sattipatthana Sutta or the Four Foundations of Mindfulness is a significant example of this.
The Twelve Insights
The Buddha’s basic method of teaching was threefold. He wanted his listeners to (1) hear his discourse, (2) reflect on it to understand and then (3) experience it to know the truth.
Similarly, for each of the Four Noble Truths, there are three insights: The statement, the prescription (what to do with it), the result of having experienced it to truly know.
Dancing with Life is organized according to the twelve insights. Each Noble Truth has five chapters devoted to (1) the statement, (2) the reflection (3) experiencing (4) knowing that you know, and (5) summary.
Reread this talk and reflect on it. Read the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta to understand the context in which our exploration will proceed. Download The Four Noble Truths by Ajahn Sumedho for future reading assignments.
Meditate as usual in your daily practice being mindful of what arises and falls away.
Next: The First Noble Truth: Insight 1 There is Suffering
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Joseph Feiman
Joseph Feiman is the chief strategy officer at WhiteHat Security. Feiman is responsible for WhiteHat’s overarching business strategy and vision, to further its success in empowering secure development and operations. Previously, Feiman worked for 18 years at Gartner, where he was a Gartner research vice president and fellow. During his tenure at Gartner, Feiman served as a trusted resource for security executives and professionals across the globe, co-founding the application security market category. Prior to joining WhiteHat Security, Feiman was chief innovation officer at Veracode for three years, helping to bring the company to its culmination.
What’s your favorite book?
Russian and English literature of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. They have identified and defined all that drives us today.
What do you like about cybersecurity?
Huge opportunities
What describes you?
Persistence. Love for finding non-trivial solutions.
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A Short Biog of The Moody Blues
Ray Thomas (harmonica, vocals), John Lodge, and Michael Pinder keyboards, vocals) were members of El Riot & the Rebels in Birmingham in the early 60s. The group disbanded when John Lodge went to technical college and Mike Pinder left to join the army. Mike Pinder and Ray Thomas later formed the Krew Cats and recruited Denny Laine, Graeme Edge and Clint Warwick. They appeared as the Moody Blues in 1964 for the first time in Birmingham.
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Ray Thomas (harmonica, vocals), John Lodge, and Michael Pinder keyboards, vocals) were members of El Riot & the Rebels in Birmingham in the early 60s. The group disbanded when John Lodge went to technical college and Mike Pinder left to join the army. Mike Pinder and Ray Thomas later formed the Krew Cats and recruited Denny Laine, Graeme Edge and Clint Warwick. They appeared as the Moody Blues in 1964 for the first time in Birmingham. Decca Records signed the band and their first single which met with modest acclaim was called “Steal your heart away.”
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Lecture 4 - False Memory (9:40 min)
心理学导论
This course will highlight the most interesting experiments within the field of psychology, discussing the implications of those studies for our understanding of the human mind and human behavior. We will explore the brain and some of the cognitive abilities it supports like memory, learning, attention, perception and consciousness. We will examine human development - both in terms of growing up and growing old - and will discuss the manner in which the behavior of others affect our own thoughts and behavior. Finally we will discuss various forms of mental illness and the treatments that are used to help those who suffer from them. The fact of the matter is that humans routinely do amazing things without appreciating how interesting they are. However, we are also routinely influenced by people and events without always being aware of those influences. By the end of this course you will have gained a much better understanding and appreciation of who you are and how you work. And I can guarantee you that you'll learn things that you'll be telling your friends and family about, things that will fundamentally change the way you think of yourself and others. How can you resist that?!
Psychological Issues, Psychology, Social Psychology, Mental Illness
Professor Steve Joordens is beyond awesome!! He made the Introduction to Psychology MOOC both interesting and fun. I would highly recommend this course to everyone. I give it a five-star rating!
The teacher was amazing! I was so entertained with the material we were taught throughout the few months!\n\nDefinitely recommend this course so anyone with curiosity to why we do what we do!
This topic is Memory, and it's a big topic, and one I know a fair amount about. It was hard to figure out what to present and what to leave out. I tried to include some of the most interesting stuff. I hope you agree. After this section you'll be able to define and summarize topics such as False Memory and Amnesia.
Lecture 1 - Memory is Not Singular: Part 1 (15:55 min)15:56
Lecture 3 - Reconstructive Memory (13:18 min)13:18
Lecture 4 - False Memory (9:40 min)9:40
Lecture 5 - Deja Vu (19:23 min)19:23
Lecture 6 - Familiarity (12:33 min)12:33
Lecture 7 - Amnesias (15:45 min)15:45
Lecture 8 - What is Not Forgotten (14:39 min)14:39
Steve Joordens
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Okay, so now we're going to continue where we left off by giving you this really good sense of reconstructive memory. And some of the errors that it can cause. let's do it. Okay, so, Week 5, Lecture 4, remembering what wasn't. I'll explain that in just a moment. This is going to be a little quick one. It's mostly going, the purpose of this is to have you actually feel memory and some of the areas that can cause. and so, we're going to start right away with a memory test. So, I gave you that list of words to remember at the end of last lecture. Here's a new list of words. I want you to answer two questions for each of these words. and so if you have a sheet of paper or something like that, I would ask that you actually, write down your answers for these questions. For each word I would like you to answer first, was this word one of the ones I asked you to remember, yes or no? Then on a 10 point scale how sure are you? Are you sure that this was on the list or not? Even with a no I'm sure it was not, I'm sure it was. So take a moment and do that for these words. Don't mind me, I'm just hanging. Okay if you're not done pause the video, but I'm going to carry on. So, pause as long as you need to do that and then continue on. All right, so, how good is your memory? The words in green were on the list. So hopefully for each of those, you said yes, it was on the list and well how sure were you? So what you should do is take those ten sure numbers. Sorry those ten, those four. The four numbers for those three, write them down. And, and if you want take an average of them. Add them up and divide by four. See what you're average confidence was. Now the black words were not on the list. and they were really different from the words on the list, I'll explain what that means in a moment. but they were not on the list. So hopefully for most of those you said, No. And you can look at your confidence for those if you'd like. But the really interesting ones are the ones in red. These items were not on the list. So, one question is, for how many of these did you say yes? And my expectation is that at least for one of these three you said yes. If that's true, then look at that one that you said yes to. And look at how confident you were. Is it possible that you were just as confident as, for that one as you were for the ones in green, okay? What's going on here? So I'm hoping at least for some of you, you did say yes, and you were actually pretty confident. And you were wrong, those words were not on the list. How can you be remembering something that never occurred. Fascinating, here was the list, okay? And the green I'm showing you the words that were just included on the previous test. Let's, let's go back for a second, and look at this word, thief. Thief was not on the list, but steal, rob, crime, robber, cop, and gun were all on the list. These are all words related to thievery. they are all what's called strong semantic associates of the word thief. They have a very similar meaning. So, even though thief was not actually presented, the claim is it was kind of there. Represented all these items that were related to thievery, and that, in your brain, when you're trying to reconstruct that memory. That, that concept of thief could be very active, enough to make you believe it was actually prese, presented in the list. Over here, the critical word they were all related to was anger, fear, emotion, wrath, temper, rage, calm is kind of the opposite. But again these all kind of imply an anger kind of emotion for lack of a better word. And so a lot of people if you present a bunch of words related to anger, but not anger, they will think anger was on the list. It would fit right? It's kind of light, yeah. And these ones are all related to the word fruit. So again, the claim is by cleverly setting up these words, you can actually make people remember things that were never presented. And not only do they remember those things, but their confidence in the memory is very high. So, sometimes we remember things that never occurred with high confidence. Now, in the real world, you've run into this. You, you've had an argument with a friend, or a spouse, about something silly usually. maybe you'll say something like, what did you think of the green paint that that guy had on his wall when we were visiting last week. And the other person might say, green, it wasn't green, it was red. And you thought it was green, no it was red. So now you have two people arguing about a memory of some of that. Both extremely sure that they're correct, and obviously they cannot both be correct. So at least one, if not both of those people, is highly confident about something that didn't occur. That's memory, okay? The reconstruction can produce a memory that, that is false. And we can be very confident in it, that's what makes memory simultaneously both so, both so fascinating, but also, a little scary. Again, when it's used in things like legal context to put somebody in jail. So it's fascinating. a nice little demo. Okay., so a quick little lecture. Okay, I just wanted you to feel that false memory, and I wanted to hopefully produce a false memory in you. But here's some really great videos. I, I went a little shorter on the lecture, because I really want you to check out some of these. Loftus again talking about false memories. Here's a, a video that, that goes into a little bit more detail about how these false memories can be created. And this last one, check this out, because it's really poignant. there's, there was a time when a lot of people who had psychological issues of some sort, we go to therapy. And the therapist would explore this issues with them. And it was almost like a false memory paradigm. They, the therapist might think maybe this person was abused as a child. So they wouldn't actually say that, because in therapy if you directly challenge somebody's traumatic memory they often get defensive about it. So instead you talk around it, you know, kind of like we never said the word thief. But we said everything related to it and sometimes people in these therapeutic situations have what's called a recovered memory. They suddenly remember some, some very traumatic experiences like being sexually abused as a child. which is already scary, but then sometimes they will charge people, say uncle or something that did this. And then subsequently find that the memory that they recovered was in fact false. So, you know, it's one thing to falsely remember a word. It's something else to falsely remember sexual abuse. But there seems to be a lot of evidence that even this level of memory can be false at times. And so this an example one, one example, my lie, a true story of false memory, of somebody recounting. An author recounting a situation where she falsely accused a family member. of horrific things based on what she later found to be a false memory. So a really poignant thing to check out and, and to give you a sense of how big this can be. here's the actual lists that, that I use to create those words. So if you want to try this with your friends. Plant some false memories just to show them it can. And take what you've learned into the real world. That's cool, this is a website where you can actually try some more experiments of this sort. You can go through and do, and, and, do them. You may need, Java installed or something like that to make it work. but check it out if you want to experiment more with your own memory or somebody else's, there's a good place to do it, good tool to do it with. Alright, cool. So, now you have the idea of how that reconstructive memory process works. and so now in the last half of this week, we're going to talk about a number of other issues related to memory. all stuff that's really cool, you'll find fascinating, and I look forward to telling you about it. Have a good night. Bye-bye.
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