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TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC (TTWO) Shares Bought by Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC (NASDAQ:TTWO) by 16.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 12,532 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,782 shares during the quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE were worth $1,182,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in TTWO. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE in the fourth quarter worth $108,310,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE by 89.6% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 908,148 shares of the company’s stock worth $93,485,000 after acquiring an additional 429,293 shares during the period. Eagle Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE by 76.8% during the fourth quarter. Eagle Asset Management Inc. now owns 782,171 shares of the company’s stock valued at $80,516,000 after buying an additional 339,718 shares during the period. FMR LLC lifted its position in TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE by 8.6% during the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,871,977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $398,581,000 after buying an additional 307,032 shares during the period. Finally, AGF Investments Inc. lifted its position in TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE by 76.1% during the fourth quarter. AGF Investments Inc. now owns 568,426 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,514,000 after buying an additional 245,713 shares during the period. 95.97% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
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In other news, CEO Strauss Zelnick sold 144,614 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $94.05, for a total transaction of $13,600,946.70. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 1.07% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Shares of NASDAQ:TTWO opened at $99.68 on Friday. TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC has a 1-year low of $84.41 and a 1-year high of $139.91. The firm has a market cap of $11.32 billion, a PE ratio of 56.96, a P/E/G ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 0.99.
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE (NASDAQ:TTWO) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 6th. The company reported $3.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.02 by $1.17. TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE had a return on equity of 28.92% and a net margin of 14.26%. The firm had revenue of $1.57 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.50 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.12 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 139.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC will post 3.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Several equities analysts have commented on TTWO shares. BidaskClub lowered TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 23rd. TheStreet raised TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE from a “c+” rating to a “b+” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 6th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE from $130.00 to $120.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 17th. Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE in a research report on Wednesday, January 30th. They set a “buy” rating and a $130.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Robert W. Baird lowered their price objective on TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE to $114.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and eighteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $131.12.
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TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE Profile
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc develops, publishes, and markets interactive entertainment solutions for consumers worldwide. The company offers its products under the Rockstar Games and 2K labels, as well as under Private Division and Social Point labels. It develops and publishes action/adventure products under the Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, Midnight Club, and Red Dead names through developing sequels; and offers downloadable episodes, content and virtual currency, and releasing titles for smartphones and tablets.
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SouthBeachDiet.com offers a comprehensive weight loss service which includes coaching, recipes, exercises, tracking tools and more. They now produce a range of additive-free snacks to help you during cravings, plus community support if you need it. The diet was initially designed by a cardiologist and Professor of medicine, but rather than a simple quick fix, it aims to change the way you think about...
Choose Liquid Calories Wisely. Sweetened drinks pile on the calories, but don't reduce hunger like solid foods do. Satisfy your thirst with water, sparkling water with citrus, skim or low-fat milk, or small portions of 100% fruit juice. Try a glass of nutritious and low-calorie vegetable juice to hold you over if you get hungry between meals. Be careful of alcohol calories, which add up quickly. If you tend to drink a glass or two of wine or a cocktail on most days, limiting alcohol to the weekends can be a huge calorie saver.
The internal and external obliques, which I like to call "nature's girdle," are located at the sides of the rectus abdominis. They are the muscles you use when you bend sideways at the spine or twist at the waist. They also contract to compress the abdomen, so you should work them just as hard as you work the rectus abdominis. Adding a twist to crunches works, as well as dumbbell side bends, but be careful not to use any jerky motions, especially if you've had back problems.
That’s because women tend to store more temporary fat in their bellies. “The fat stores are gained and lost,” says Lawrence Cheskin, MD, chair of the department of nutrition and food studies at George Mason University and director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center. “By and large, belly fat comes off easier in the sense that it comes off first. That’s where a good amount of the fat is lost from.”
"These diets are so restrictive that of course you're going to lose weight fast because you're not eating enough calories to sustain basic activities of your body, let alone any exercise. That's nothing that any person can sustain for the long term," Hogan said. "The weight's going to come back if you do lose any weight, and then it's going to be harder to lose weight in the future."
In a new study, Stanford University researchers put more than 600 overweight adults on either a healthy low-fat or low-carb diet. It turns out, participants had similar levels of weight loss success on each plan. Researchers looked for clues (such as insulin levels and gene patterns) to see if there are any factors that might make someone more successful on either diet, but after combing through the data, they were not able to make any connections. Since it may take years before scientists discover individual traits that could lead to more success on one plan compared to another, for now, we can learn a lot — and lose a lot! — by recognizing the dieting advice that all experts agree on.
More importantly, though, strength training does wonders for your body. It helps make bones denser, critical because our bones become weaker as we age, increasing the risk of osteoporosis — of the 10 million Americans suffering from the disease, 80 percent are women. (4) Strength training helps build lean muscle tissue, helping you lose more weight all over, including the dreaded belly fat. It also reduces your risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. (5)
Weight Watchers has been around for over five decades, and they have recently revamped their diet program to include a stronger emphasis on physical activity as well. The modern-day Weight Watchers is more of a lifestyle overhaul than a strict diet plan, and that’s what makes it so successful. People looking to change their lifestyles permanently benefit from the extensive resources and the support of a large online community.
That sour cherry is pretty sweet when it comes to your health. The results of a study conducted at the University of Michigan found that rats given high-fat foods along with tart cherries ditched nine percent more body fat than those in a control group over just 12 weeks. Cherries are also a good source of antioxidant pigment resveratrol, which has been linked to reductions in belly fat, dementia risk, and lower rates of macular degeneration among the elderly.
The efficacy of Nutrisystem boils down to portion control. A tiny tray of frozen tuna casserole doesn’t provide a lot of nutrients or satisfaction, but if that’s all you have for dinner, you’re keeping calorie count low. We entered in a couple Nutrisystem meals and found their point count to be mid-high, between 7 and 9. Ultimately, tiny amounts of not-wholesome foods doesn’t teach you to eat well.
Stress skyrockets your levels of cortisol, often called “the belly fat” hormone because it signals to the body to store fat around your waist. Add the daily stressors of living our modern lifestyle and you can see how cortisol can be constantly coursing through your veins. This perma-stress mode isn’t good for a lot of healthy reasons, your tummy being just one of them, so it’s important to take time every day to de-stress. Yoga, meditation, walking, journaling, doing a hands-on hobby, or playing a musical instrument are all great time-tested methods. (Hint: Know what isn’t? Watching television. The boob tube actually increases your levels of cortisol!)
Avoid fad diets. It's never a good idea to trade meals for shakes or to give up a food group in the hope that you'll lose weight — we all need a variety of foods to get the nutrients we need to stay healthy. Avoid diet pills (even the over-the-counter or herbal variety). They can be dangerous to your health; besides, there's no evidence that they help keep weight off over the long term.
●Halt bad eating habits. Before you cave to the crave, hit the pause button, recommends Pamela Peeke, author of the bestseller “The Hunger Fix: The Three Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating and Food Addiction.” Ask yourself: “Am I hungry? Angry? Anxious? Lonely? Tired?” Get in touch with your emotions and ask, “Am I’m emotional right now? Am I about to knee-jerk into overeating?”
Plain and simple: We just don't feel full by liquid calories in quite the same way as we do real food. Drinking a juice or caramel coffee drink, for instance, won't make you feel full the way eating a bowl of veggie- and protein-packed stir-fry will. So monitor your intake of juice, soda, sweetened coffee and tea, and alcoholic beverages. If you consume each of those beverages during the day, you'll have taken in at least 800 extra calories by nighttime — and you'll still be hungry. (Incidentally, alcohol may suppress the metabolism of fat, making it tougher for you to burn those calories.) Some other ways to skip sugar? Check 'em out here.
Aloe juice aka aloe water has been touted as the new coconut water. The bulk of aloe juice is made with aloe vera gel, water, or tea, and then sweeteners and natural flavors may be added. While aloe vera juice supposedly has health benefits, like weight loss and anti-aging properties, none of these claims have ever been scientifically proven. “Although aloe vera does contain high amounts of antioxidants, it has a slightly bitter, citrus-like flavor which is very difficult to drink on its own,” says Amidor. “It also has diuretic properties, which if taken in large amounts, can lead to loss of potassium from your body, which is potentially dangerous.”
Some diet plans, such as the MIND diet and the DASH diet, are meant to focus on certain areas of health — and weight loss may be a bonus. Others are created with weight loss as a primary goal. “It is important to remember that we are all very unique individuals,” says Kyle. “We all have different states of health and different lifestyles, which could affect what diet plan is best for us. That means that you should not be considering what is working for your friends or family members — and instead should pay attention to what works for you individually.”
Fleury, N., Geldenhuys, S., & Gorman, S. (2016, October 11). Sun exposure and its effects on human health: Mechanisms through which sun exposure could reduce the risk of developing obesity and cardiometabolic dysfunction. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(10), 999. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/10/999/htm
To lose belly fat and uncover amazing abs, Schuler recommends a series of core stabilization exercises based on a training program devised by co-author and personal trainer Alwyn Cosgrove. "Core exercises like the plank help train muscles to stabilize the spine and pelvis so you can avoid back pain and improve posture, Schuler says. "Planks also burn more calories than crunches because they work more muscles." (P.S. crawling is a great dynamic abs exercise too.)
If you’re deciding what type of weight loss program is best for you, think about times that you successfully completed a goal in the past and try to remember what motivated you before. Do you need social support or prefer online forums? Also, ask yourself if you want the flexibility of cooking your own meals over the convenience of a pre-packed meal plan. Factor in time, convenience and cost when determining whether a diet plan's meals will work for you.
DASH stands for "dietary approach to stop hypertension" and was created by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a way to help reverse national trends of obesity and heart disease. Scientists combed through decades of research to come up with an expert-backed list of diet tips, along with a prescription for exercise. And it worked: The DASH diet has topped nearly every diet list for nearly a decade. Doctors particularly recommend it for people looking to lower high blood pressure, reverse diabetes, and lower their risk of heart disease. (Here's the basic list of DASH diet-approved foods.)
In a 2012 study in the journal Obesity, subjects who increased their soluble fiber intake by 10 grams a day—the equivalent of two small apples, one cup of green peas, and one half-cup of pinto beans—reduced visceral fat by 3.7 percent after five years. Even more, participants who also engaged in moderate physical activity (exercising vigorously two to four times a week) experienced a 7.4 decrease in visceral fat over the same period of time.
Add a cup of low-fat milk, a part-skim mozzarella stick, or a half cup of low-sodium cottage cheese to breakfast, and you may have a belly-busting win. While lots of research links calcium with lower body weights, results from a 2014 study suggest that calcium-containing foods may reduce waist circumference in those genetically predisposed to carrying weight in their midsection.
Dairy products contain varying amounts of lactose (milk sugar), which slows down weight loss. What’s more, part of the protein in milk generates a significant insulin response, which can have the same effect. Consequently, cutting back on dairy products may accelerate weight loss. This applies especially to dairy products typically lacking in fat, such as regular milk and various yogurts, but be careful with full-fat dairy such as cream and cheese all the same. And don’t forget whey protein powder, which is pure milk protein.
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Heatherwick Studio: Designing The Extraordinary at V&A, London
Is there any other design or architectural practice as charming as Heatherwick Studio? Can we imagine anyone else going to such extremes of inventiveness to realise their projects? The word “innovation” has been used to the point that it has become hackneyed, but rarely would its use be so justified as describing, for example, a project that required the invention of a machine with a spike covered roller used on sheets of foil, in order to exert a precise amount of crinkling, allowing it to become an insulation material for the exterior of a building. Or in another case by solving the problem of how to retract a bridge, not by swinging it or lifting it, but by rolling it up like a millipede. This bridge is made up of eight triangular segments so that when it is fully contracted it makes a perfect octagon, combining functionality, a reference to nature, and pure geometry all at once, none of which are perhaps as important as the aspect of wonder and strangeness that this helpful animated object conveys.
The Rolling Bridge in Paddington Basin is one of the studio’s better known projects, along with the Seed Cathedral (the UK pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo), East Beach Café in Littlehampton, the B of the Bang sculpture, and most recently the new Routemaster bus. Apart from revisiting these “greatest hits”, the main requirements of this exhibition must be to bring other lesser known projects of the studio to light, and to reveal something of their thinking and process. These requirements are satisfied through an array of means: segments of objects such as actual parts of buildings, and the bus, are displayed along with models, sketches, prototypes, finished pieces of furniture and large scale photographs. These objects are stacked on densely clustered plinths, allowing many to be seen at the same time from any position in the room, which upon entering provides the view of a great abundance of forms, giving the exhibition the enjoyably visual aspect of a good sculpture show. The various exhibits are supported by video clips and by recordings of Thomas Heatherwick, the studio’s founder, talking about the processes of developing the projects.
Thomas Heatherwick’s character is evident throughout the projects, and listening to him explain how they come is a good addition to the show as his excitement about the work is infectious. Something that surely drives his colleagues, who may need the motivation when working on projects as demanding as Bleigiessen, a scultpural installation at the Wellcome Trust which required a team to work in shifts for weeks to hand attach the 142,000 glass spheres to the wires that suspend them, filling an eight storey high atrium. Or for those who worked for six months to construct Autumn Intrusion as a window display for Harvey Nichols. But both of these projects must have been rewarding to be involved in, as the results would be so satisfying (and acclaimed). Autumn Intrusion far exceeded the usual remit of a window displaying by weaving in and out of the building along its whole façade. Bliegiessen is a beautiful cascading form whose shape was found by plunging molten metal into water.
The behaviour of materials under different conditions provides the forms for several of the projects, this is sometimes to purely to produce a shape as in Bleigiessen, and on a larger scale with a Buddhist Temple in Kagoshima, Japan. Here the idea came from looking at the folds in a monks robes, but the studio experimented with different materials to produce a form for the building, eventually choosing rubber to ripple, hang and sag into shape.
To my mind the projects get more interesting when it is the properties of the materials that are at play in the buildings and object. The strength of glass under compression is the source of another bridge project, proposed for King’s Cross. Here over a thousand sheets of glass will be clamped together under tremendous pressure to create a bridge that has no support other than the friction between them. This instance of using glass is a telling one, as it is one of the few appearances of the material in this exhibition, despite being the most ubiquitous material in contemporary architecture. If Heatherwick Studio use a common place material, it is used in an extraordinary way. For example the bench made by forcing aluminium through a die (cut out shape), which creates a functional piece of furniture at one end that tapers towards a crumpled twisted sculpture-like shape at the other.
A ready-made product, a roll of zip, is the source for one of the most pleasing products the studio have produced, Zip Bag. A great demonstration of their lateral thinking, a bag is made of one long continuous zip that spirals around up it’s whole height, when unzipped it doubles the size of the bag, and, as if this wasn’t enough, makes it stripy. The Zip Bag has the lightness of touch that really gives these projects their charm, none of them are embellished by needless decoration – or any other form of complication – when decisions are made to affect the buildings and objects aesthetic qualities, the modifications the studio have made are always meaningful, revealing either a quality of a material (such as the woven steel of Boiler Suit, a facade wrapping around a boiler house which both cools it and helps it contribute to a legible environment), a geometric play (such as the winding triangles of Vents in Paternoster Square, their shapes created by folding an A4 sheet of paper) or (more rarely) making reference to some aspect of the site, such as Worthing Swimming Pool. This building is made from stacks of planks, ordered toward the rear, becoming chaotic towards the front of the building. A direct reference to the event of a “wood slick” washing up on Worthing Beach in 2008 after the Ice Prince was wrecked and lost her cargo.
I have not yet mentioned one of the most charming aspects of the exhibition, the inclusion of the studio’s Christmas cards. Here the ingenuity and craft of the studio is distilled into something small, cheaply produced, and ephemeral. Perhaps with the restrictions of the format the studio becomes its most resourceful, setting itself challenges such as making a card with the minimum elements (just the postage and offical stamp), and using all its wits, such as a card that makes an illustration of a christmas tree using just 1p and 2p stamps up to the necessary value to post it, and another which uses 24 tiny envelopes and cards as one, creating a Christmas card as an advent calendar. To achieve some of these the studio went to the lengths of making friends with the staff of the Kings Cross Post Office sorting room and hand stamping centre, so that stamps could be captured floating in a block of resin or made into a ring of stamps that were cut out after stamping, amongst other technical feats. This willingness to collaborate and to be involved with all stages of production, even after a project would normally have left their control is a crucial element of their design approach, without which most of the Heatherwick Studio projects would not have been conceivable, never mind possible.
Bringing together all of these projects in one place makes it clear that Heatherwick Studio have achieved something remarkable: they have created a coherent and recognisable body of work, covering a variety of scales and applications, that is able to be spectacular, sensitive, unique, and useful, without using any kind of repetition or following any kind of architectural style, other than perhaps a kind of modernism based on the maxims of form, function, and truth to materials, but by far exceeding the conventional application of these established norms.
Heatherwick Studio: Designing The Extraordinary, 31/05/2012 until 30/09/2012, the V&A, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL. www.vam.ac.uk
1. UK Pavilion Seed Cathedral, Shanghai Expo China (2010) © Iwan Baan
2. New Bus for London (2011) © Heatherwick Studio
3. Teeside Power Station, Stockton-on-Tees, Teeside (2011) Heatherwick Studio © Iwan Baan
4. Installation image from Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary © V&A Images
5. Rolling Bridge, Paddington Basin London (2004) © Steve Speller
Text: Paul Hardman
Annie Leibovitz, Retrospective, ArtScience Museum, Singapore
This retrospective, which opened at Brooklyn Museum, New York, in 2006 and has travelled across the USA and Europe, is currently in Singapore until 19 October. Singapore is the only Asian city apart from Seoul to host the show.
Interview with Tori Rodway
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News > People Moves
Axis hires South Africa Representative Officer
Africa Global Funds
AXIS Fiduciary, a fiduciary service provider in Mauritius, has appointed Johan Brink as its Country Representative Officer in South Africa.
“Our decision to appoint a representative officer in South Africa reflects the strong belief we have in Africa. With the surge of opportunities in Africa, there’s no doubt that South Africa remains a major economic powerhouse. Our regional expansion to South Africa shows our drive to capitalise on the growth areas, positioning Mauritius as the jurisdiction of choice for routing investment into Africa,” said Assad Abdullatiff, Managing Director of AXIS Fiduciary.
With more than 35 years of experience, Brink is an expert in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate and commercial law.
He is a specialist in company law, corporate governance and restructuring.
Before joining AXIS, Brink was a partner and consultant for Webber Wentzel.
He was also Director and Founder of Brink Cohen LeRoux Inc from 1993 to 2012.
Since 2002, Brink is Professor in Mercantile Law at the University of South Africa.
He was a member of the Financial Reporting Standards Council in South Africa and of the ad hoc committee on corporate law of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.
He was also a former chair and member of the board of directors of Interlaw, an international association of law firms in over 60 countries and 120 business centres worldwide.
He has also been recognised by Best Lawyers, Chambers Global, Legal 500 and IFLR as a leading lawyer for many years.
“Africa remains a fundamental market in the region with strong growth prospects. I am delighted to join the dynamic team of AXIS which has shown considerable momentum over the past ten years. I am excited to work together with this amazing group of people towards the shared vision of accentuating our financial and strategic growth on a regional and international level, whilst facilitating the progress of our networks and successfully pursuing our strategic roadmap in core African markets,” commented Brink.
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ABANA To Honor David Rubenstein for his Contributions to the MENA Region
Khaldoon Al Mubarak To Make Introductory Remarks
New York, 30 August 2018 – ABANA, the preeminent US organization for finance professionals and institutions with interest in the Middle East and North Africa, has announced that David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group will be the recipient of its 2018 Achievement Award. Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, will make introductory comments at the dinner on October 1st 2018 at The Plaza Hotel in New York.
Mahmoud Mamdani, Chairman of ABANA and Vice Chairman & Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, said: “This year’s ABANA Achievement Award Dinner marks the commencement of the 35th anniversary of the organization’s leadership role between the US and MENA. We are honored to celebrate Mr. Rubenstein’s visionary leadership of The Carlyle Group, and in particular, his pioneering work in establishing the firm’s unique role in the Middle East. He is one of the most highly regarded financial professionals throughout the region.” “As a leader in the investment community in Abu Dhabi and the broader region, and as an inspiring role model for the next generation of business leaders, we are also delighted to have Mr. Al Mubarak kick off this important event.” Mamdani added.
Known for his financial acumen and his philanthropy, Rubenstein co-founded The Carlyle Group and led the firm’s geographic expansion, including in the MENA region. Rubenstein is also chairman of the boards of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Through his leadership of Mubadala, Board positions across major organizations, and as a member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, Khaldoon Al Mubarak fulfills a key role in supporting the development of Abu Dhabi’s globally integrated and diversified economy.
Among past recipients of ABANA’s Achievement Award are Ahmad Al Sayegh, Laurence Fink, Carlos Ghosn, Hutham S. Olayan, Mohammed Ali Alabbar, Bader Al Sa’ad, Muhammed Al-Jasser, Mohammed El-Erian, Faisal Al-Ayyar, Lubna Olayan, Richard Debs, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Abdul Majeed Shoman.
The 2018 ABANA Award Dinner partners include BlackRock and The Carlyle Group. Attendees will include, among others, corporate and government leaders from the UAE and executives from Arab Bank, BNY Mellon, King & Spalding, Kuwait Project Co. (Holding), Mastercard, Morgan Stanley, National Bank of Kuwait, Neuberger Berman, PwC, The Olayan Group and Wafra Investment Advisory Group.
Please go to our events page to find out more about the 2018 ABANA Achievement Award Dinner.
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Brazil's new President Jair Bolsonaro rolls back Indigenous tribe protections
Posted January 02, 2019 16:47:21
Photo: Jair Bolsonaro and wife Michelle wave to the crowd from the Planalto Presidential palace. (AP: Silvia Izquierdo)
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Brazil's new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has stripped the government department charged with protecting the country's Indigenous people of much of its responsibilities, which distressed critics say could lead to the destruction of dozens of tribes.
Jair Bolsonaro pledged to refuse any new land rights claims and open existing land up to commercial mining and farming
Brazil is home to about 100 uncontacted tribes, the largest in any one country
Bolsonaro has compared Indigenous people to animals trapped in a zoo
Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported the decision was announced just hours after the new President was sworn in as the country's leader on Tuesday (local time), and confirmed a pre-election pledge to roll back Indigenous rights and protections for the Amazon.
Funai, the department established in 1967 to protect the rights of Brazil's Indigenous people, has been effectively broken up, with one of its biggest responsibilities — to identify and draw boundaries of Indigenous land across the country — handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture.
The rest of Funai will be transferred to the Ministry of Human Rights, which is led by evangelical pastor Damares Alves.
Critics of the change have described it as a "catastrophe" for Brazil's 900,000 Indigenous people, who could face total annihilation.
One of the country's top Indigenous leaders, Sônia Guajajara, posted on social media, "The break-up has begun".
The decision is part of one of Mr Bolsonaro's key election promises — that he would deny new land claims by Indigenous tribes and that he wants to open their land to commercial mining and farming.
He argued they had a right to charge royalties to improve their quality of life and to integrate with the rest of Brazil, comparing them to animals trapped in a zoo.
Brazil is home to about 100 uncontacted Indigenous tribes, the most in the world, and their protection from outsiders is crucial to their survival.
A divisive leader takes charge
Mr Bolsonaro, who won the October 2018 election, was sworn in in front of thousands of supporters, formally taking the reins of Latin America's largest and most populous nation.
During his inauguration speech, Mr Bolsonaro said his election had freed the country from "socialism and political correctness", vowing to tackle corruption, crime and economic mismanagement.
He has fuelled division across the country since the election campaign after he made numerous discriminatory and disrespectful comments about LGBTI people, black people and women.
He created world-wide headlines when he told a woman member of parliament: "I wouldn't rape you because you're not worthy of it."
He has also expressed his fondness for Brazil's brutal military dictatorship, that came to an end in 1985.
The New Year's Day inauguration was the culmination of a journey for the former army captain from a marginalised and even ridiculed congressman, to a leader who many Brazilians hope can combat endemic corruption as well as violence that routinely gives the nation the dubious distinction of being world leader in total homicides.
Video: Protesters gather on the streets after Jair Bolsonaro's election (ABC News)
The festivities began with a motorcade procession featuring Mr Bolsonaro and his wife, Michelle, standing up in an open-top Rolls-Royce, along the main road leading to Congress and other government buildings.
As his motorcade drove by, supporters chanted "Myth! Myth! Myth!"— a nickname that began years ago with internet memes of Mr Bolsonaro and became more common during last year's campaign.
His middle name is Messias, or Messiah in English, and many supporters believe he was chosen by God to lead Brazil, an assertion bolstered after he survived a stabbing during a campaign rally in September.
"It's an indescribable emotion to be here looking at our President taking power," Marcia Freitas said from among the crowd.
A fan of US President Donald Trump, the 63-year-old former congressman rose to power on an anti-corruption and pro-gun agenda that has energised conservatives and hard-right supporters after four consecutive presidential election wins by the left-leaning Workers' Party.
Mr Trump tweeted his congratulations to the new President.
Mr Bolsonaro is the latest of several far-right leaders around the globe who have come to power by riding waves of anger at the establishment and promising to ditch the status quo.
AP/Reuters
Topics: government-and-politics, conservation, environment, world-politics, brazil
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TECA choose to partner with children’s charity
by Heather Lishman
The world-class facility, which opens this summer, has already confirmed various entertainment and exhibitions including, Elton John, Alice Cooper, Jack Whitehall, Nerf War and Dedicated 2 Weddings Show, and is expected to draw visitors from out with the Aberdeen area and boost the local economy.
The two-year partnership with local children’s charity Charlie House includes TECA assisting in raising vital funds and awareness for the charity which supports babies, children and young people with complex disabilities and life-limiting conditions and their families in the North East of Scotland.
Susan Crighton, Director of fundraising at Charlie House, says, “We are thrilled to announce this key partnership for 2019/20 and very much look forward to working with the team. There are key synergies between both organisations in terms of they are bringing this amazing new facility to the North-east for the people of the North-east and that is exactly what we are planning with our specialist support centre, which will be the first of its kind in the North-east of Scotland.”
Charlie House launched a public fundraising campaign in November 2018 to raise £8million for a specialist support centre being built on the ground of Woodend Hospital.
Louise Stewart, Head of entertainment, sales and marketing, says, “The new venue is set to make concert attendance much more accessible for the families Charlie House support, with a specific changing place being installed which is essential to enable the families to spend extended time away from home. We are also thrilled to continue to be part of ‘Attitude is Everything’ which improves Deaf and disabled people’s access to live music by working in partnership with audiences, artists and the music industry to implement a Charter of Best Practice across the UK, while we work towards achieving our gold standard.”
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Jamey Johnson : The Guitar Song Certified Gold
December 16, 2010 by Jarrod Vrazel
ACountry salutes Jamey Johnson as his Grammy nominated 25-song double album, The Guitar Song, has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
“My dream already came true,” Johnson says. “This is all I wanted was just to get to ride around and sing country music. It’s cool when things like that happen along the way. Because those are the things I never thought I could achieve. Whether or not it’s gold or platinum or hell, diamond for that matter, it wouldn’t surprise me anymore. I’ll just keep doing what I do. I wake up every day and go play some more country music and have another drink.”
The project received Grammy nominations for Country Album of the Year and Best Male Country Vocal Performance for the song “Macon.” He received a third Grammy nomination in Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for “Bad Angels” with Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert.
“As an album, The Guitar Song is the collection of this journey,” Johnson says. “It’s one that goes all the way around. It starts off in a deep, dismal, dark place and ends up in a far better place. That’s what has happened to me over the past several years. Something that started in a dark corner has ended up getting to be all over the country. I’ve seen some of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen in my life the past several years and I wouldn’t trade that for anything.”
December has been a month of tremendous honors for Johnson. In addition to his Grammy nominations, his album has been prominently featured on numerous 2010 best-of lists and he was invited to pay musical tribute to one of his idols, Merle Haggard, at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C.
The Guitar Song was ranked No. 5 on Rolling Stone’s Best Albums of 2010 and “Macon” was ranked No. 23 on Rolling Stone’s Best Singles of 2010.
“What does Jamey Johnson keep under all of that hair? Songs,” says Rolling Stone. “Nashville’s gruffest and grittiest star turns out to be its most reliable traditionalist, a Music Row pro who can write a song for every emotional season. Johnson pulled out a whole slew of them – 25, clocking in north of 105 minutes – four his double-disc fourth album: acoustic confessions and rugged boogie blues, big weepers and grim reapers, cover tunes and novelty ditties, not to mention “California Riots” and “Playing the Part,” a pair of fiercely funny, unrepentantly redneck swipes at the frou-frou blue states.”
SPIN also named The Guitar Song as No. 5 on its list of The 40 Best Albums of 2010. “Johnson’s double-album opus isn’t one of the past decade’s best country records because he’s a boundary-pushing subversive,” SPIN says. “It’s because his haunting baritone artfully inhabits every cranny of Nashville’s sylvan McMansion of the Mind.”
GQ features Johnson as the “Dark Horse of the Year,” calling him a “Nashville Badass.” GQ says, “Everything about rising Nashville star Jamey Johnson signifies Mythic Outlaw Guy: the backwoods birthplace (Enterprise, Alabama), the military service (Marine Corps Reserve), the laconic Jack Daniel’s-for-brunch baritone and, most strikingly, the shoulder-length mane and trucker-Zeus beard. On The Guitar Song, easily the year’s best country album, Johnson backs up his image with two CDs of bar-band honky-tonk in the hard-boiled tradition of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings, but with a Great Recession update.”
Johnson joined Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Kid Rock, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert in a musical tribute to Merle Haggard during the Kennedy Center Honors on Dec. 5 in Washington D.C., and also attended receptions at the White House and the State Department. The show will air on CBS on Dec. 28 at 9 p.m. eastern/8 p.m. central.
“I came to Washington D.C. and fell in love with my country all over again. This is cool. Just look at all the amazing people in here,” says Johnson, who met President Clinton, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Forest Whitaker, Gayle King and Angela Lansbury.
He and Kennedy Center honoree Oprah Winfrey, a former Nashvillian, discussed Music City. Winfrey told him, “I used to walk over the Jefferson Street bridge every day. I love Nashville!” Johnson asked if Winfrey’s father, Vernon, still lives in Nashville. Winfrey quickly replied, “Yes, and he owns a barber shop,” while pausing to look over Johnson before adding, “and you know you can still get an eight-dollar haircut there too!” They both laughed and Johnson said, ‘Yeah, and I think I need one.”
When Johnson was introduced to Kennedy Center honoree Paul McCartney, the former Beatle said, ‘Hey, dude,” so Johnson started singing, “Hey dude,” to the tune of “Hey Jude.” McCartney joined in and the two had a good laugh.
In early 2011, Johnson will join Kid Rock on his national “Born Free” tour, which begins in front of a crowd of 60,000 on Jan. 15 at Detroit’s Ford Field.
While Johnson remains appreciative of his honors and accolades, they remain secondary to the fact that he’s able to live his dream of writing and performing country music.
“The underlying current is that when I sit down to play music, I play music from my heart,” says Johnson. “As long as I can keep a grasp on that in some way through my career, hopefully I’ll be all right.”
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George Strait Announces Strait To Vegas Concerts
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Dominican Summer League Blue Jays
2015 Toronto Blue Jays season
The Dominican Summer Blue Jays are a baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. The DSL is a rookie level competition, and therefore the team is a rookie affiliate. The team plays in the San Pedro de Macorís division.
The team plays at Boca Chica Baseball City Complex along with Dominican Summer League Diamondbacks, Dominican Summer League Orioles, Dominican Summer League White Sox and Dominican Summer League Reds. The facility opened in 2004 and has 10 full baseball diamonds and two smaller diamonds. The facility is located 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) northwest of Boca Chica on Los Rieles just off of Autopista Las Americas.
DSL Blue Jays were league champions during the 1991 season.
Coaches 2015
The following positions were announced in early 2015:
Carlos Villalobos, hitting coach
Julio Germosen, coach
Rafael Lazo, pitching
Pablo Cruz, Field Coordinator:
Darwin Tavarez, Trainer
Ysidro Reyes, Assistant Trainer
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The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario. The Blue Jays are a member of the East division of the American League (AL) in Major League Baseball (MLB), and play their home games at Rogers Centre.
The "Blue Jays" name originates from the bird of the same name, and blue is also the traditional colour of two of Toronto's other professional sports teams: the Maple Leafs (ice hockey) and the Argonauts (Canadian football). In addition, the team was originally owned by the Labatt Brewing Company, makers of the popular beer Labatt's Blue. Colloquially nicknamed the "Jays", the team's official colours are royal blue, navy blue, red, and white. An expansion franchise, the club was founded in Toronto in 1977. Originally based at Exhibition Stadium, the team began playing its home games at the SkyDome, upon its opening in 1989. Since 2000, the Blue Jays have been owned by Rogers Communications and in 2004, the SkyDome was purchased by that company, which it renamed Rogers Centre. They are the second MLB franchise to be based outside the United States, and currently the only team based outside the US after the first Canadian franchise, the Montreal Expos, relocated to Washington, D.C. after the 2004 season and became the Washington Nationals.
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The 2015 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 39th season for the franchise, and the 26th full season of play (27th overall) at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays clinched a playoff berth on September 25, their first since 1993, ending what was the longest playoff drought in North American professional sports at the time. On September 30, the team clinched the American League East Division and opened the playoffs by defeating the Texas Rangers in five games, in the American League Division Series. The Blue Jays were eliminated in a playoff series for the first time since 1991, losing to the Kansas City Royals in six games, in the American League Championship Series.
The Toronto Blue Jays acquired Marco Estrada,Devon Travis,Josh Donaldson, and Michael Saunders via trades. The Estrada trade was a one-for-one swap of Estrada and Adam Lind, who went to Milwaukee Brewers after the Blue jays exercised the option on his contract. In addition, both the Travis and Saunders trades were single-player deals. Travis came to Toronto for Anthony Gose, who went to the Detroit Tigers, and Saunders was exchanged for J. A. Happ, who was dealt to the Seattle Mariners. Toronto acquired Donaldson in a five–player trade, sending Brett Lawrie, Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and Franklin Barreto to Oakland Athletics. Barreto played for the Vancouver Canadians in Single A in 2014, while Graveman and Nolin were September additions to the Blue Jays' roster. Toronto spoke to Arizona Diamondbacks about Wade Miley and Mark Trumbo. However, the trade never took place. Toronto wanted Trumbo to trade for Saunders.
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The 2012 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 36th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 23rd full season of play (24th overall) at the Rogers Centre. Their opening game was played on April 5 against the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland. The Blue Jays finished 73–89, in fourth place in the American League East.
New identity
On November 18, 2011, the Blue Jays unveiled a new logo and uniforms for the 2012 season. The logo and all-white home uniform bear a strong resemblance to the original logo and home uniforms, used from 1977–1996. The grey road uniform resembles those used from 1989–1996, and the alternate royal blue jersey—to be used for home and road games—resembles those used from 1994–1996, as well as the batting practice jerseys used from 1982 to 1996.
American League Wild Card
Records vs opponents
Source: MLB Standings Grid
2012 Draft picks
The 2012 Major League Baseball Draft was held on June 4–6.
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NIGHTS WINTERS YEARS, Blue Jays
This Morning, Blue Jays
Saved By The Music, Blue Jays
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Lover's Island / You're Gonna Cry
On Lover's Island
Where the trees stand so tall
And the dust turn to gold
And love never grows old
Where the birds sing of love
Seems a gift from up above
I met her one day
(Met her one day)
As we stood alone on the mountain
Under the moon and stars above
Oh, darling, don't ever go
She was Venus, the goddess of love
And love never, never
Never, never grows old
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U of S Alumni News Releases
Eight Is Not Enough
Posted on March 18, 2010 by dck126
Canadian Paralympian and University of Saskatchewan alumna Colette Bourgonje (BSPE’84, BEd’85) won Canada’s first medal of the 2010 Paralympic games in Vancouver on March 14, a silver medal in the women’s 10 kilometer cross-country sit-ski race—bringing her lifetime Paralympic medal count to nine.
Bourgonje was on pace to win the gold medal, but she lost valuable time when she crashed in the second of three laps. Her final time of 31:49.8 was less than a minute behind the gold medalist from Belarus, and about a minute ahead of the Ukrainian bronze medalist.
After an automobile accident in 1980 left Bourgonje unable to walk, the former cross-country runner changed her focus to wheelchair racing, in which she has won four medals in four summer Paralympic games. She later tried sit-skiing and has participated in all five winter Paralympic games, earning five more medals.
More information on Bourgonje can be found at:
Q&A with Colette Bourgonje: Spring 2006 Green and White
Paralympic Perspectives: Colette Bourgonje
Medal Update:Bourgonje added her tenth medal–a bronze in the 5 km cross-country sit-ski–on March 18. There may be more on the way, as she has not yet decided if she will participate in the relay.
Photo by Jamie McDonald, Getty Images
Olympic Bronze Medal for Rush
Posted on March 2, 2010 by dck126
University of Saskatchewan alumnus and former Huskie football player Lyndon Rush (BA’04) raced his way to an Olympic bronze medal in the men’s four-man bobsleigh on Feb. 27 at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
After the first day of the competition (which included two runs), Rush and his Canada 1 sled crew members—Lascelles Brown, David Bissett, and Chris Le Bihan—sat in second place. On the fourth and final run, a German sled slipped past Rush by one one-hundredth of a second to take the silver medal.
A week earlier in Rush’s first Olympic appearance, he flipped his sled during his second run of the two-man competition. The sled skidded past the finish line upside-down, allowing them to complete the competition, but they were no longer in contention for a medal. Neither Rush nor Brown were injured in the crash. They ended up finishing 15th.
This year has been Rush’s break-out season on the World Cup circuit with two wins in four-man and one win in the two-man competition.
A more in-depth profile of Rush appeared in the Green and White and can be viewed at http://www.usask.ca/alumni/alumnisite/publications/green_white/issues/fall2009/feature04.php.
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South Korean academic and designer: Kyung-Jin Zoh
Professor of Landscape Architecture at Seoul National University and chief advisor of Parks and Green Space in Seoul Metropolitan Government.
Kyung-Jin Zoh who was born in Seoul, studied landscape architecture at Seoul National University and completed his Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a professor of Graduate School of Environment Studies and a former director of Environmental Planning Institute, Seoul National University. He wrote and edited many books on contemporary landscape in Korea while participating in many public landscape projects. Now, he served as both a chief advisor of park and green space in Seoul Metropolitan City and a master planner of Seoul Botanical Park which opened in May, 2019. Recently, his research themes such as place memory, observatory, soundscape have been related to peace tourism along DMZ areas. He is one of curators for DMZ exhibition at Culture Station Seoul 284 from March 22 to July 7, 2019.
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Geoff Duncan has been preparing himself to take over Georgia’s No. 2 position, holding practice sessions in the state Senate that he will lead as lieutenant governor and even watching “game film.” Bob Andres / bandres@ajc.com
‘Outsider’ no more, Geoff Duncan set to be Georgia’s lieutenant governor
Maya T. Prabhu, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Geoff Duncan stood in front of the Georgia Senate, looking out in the chamber.
“The chair recognizes the majority leader to speak on the bill,” he said, calling on state Sen. Mike Dugan to discuss the legislation being debated on the floor.
But instead of Dugan, a woman rose to urge passage of the measure.
She was one of about five staffers standing in for various senators last week to help Duncan prepare for his new role as Georgia’s lieutenant governor. It was Duncan’s fifth and final training session before he spends at least the next four years presiding over the chamber.
“I wanted to go to spring training,” the former minor-league baseball player said. “I really wanted to actually be in the chamber … to be comfortable.”
Not only did he get hands-on training, he said he went back and watched several years’ worth of Senate floor sessions — or “game film.”
Duncan, who will be sworn in Monday, pulled off an upset during last year’s Republican primary runoff to best the presumed front-runner, former state Sen. David Shafer. The Cumming resident said he’s also spent the time since he prevailed in the general election meeting with as many senators as he can to learn about their legislative goals for the session.
“I’m not just anxious to meet a senator, I’m anxious to build a relationship with a senator,” Duncan said.
A self-described outsider, Duncan served five years in the House before resigning in 2017 to focus on his campaign. But he will have to quickly shed that outlook, former Sen. George Hooks said.
“He’s no longer an outsider, he’s going to be an insider,” said Hooks, who served 22 years in the Senate under three lieutenant governors. “I think that’s the way he needs to play it. Be attentive to what they need because the Senate is a little different than the House.”
Duncan will preside over a chamber where all the Republican senators lined up behind other candidates in the primary election, most supporting Shafer. Republican senators quickly endorsed Duncan after the primary.
Former state Rep. Allen Peake, who didn’t run for re-election this year, was one of few in the General Assembly to support Duncan from the beginning.
“I know Geoff,” Peake said. “And I know he’s got a commitment to doing what’s fair and right and reasonable when it comes to governing. But politics is rough and tumble, and there’s going to be times I’m sure he’s going to prove his mettle.”
Duncan said he’s up for the challenge.
The owner of a small marketing business who consulted with health and construction companies, Duncan said he plans to bring that leadership experience to governing. Peake said he thinks Duncan’s experience in the House and running small businesses will serve him well in the Senate.
“Leadership is leadership whether it’s in the business world or political world or academia,” Peake said. “The same principles apply.”
As far as his policy priorities, he said he wants to focus on improving access to health care and providing a quality education to Georgia’s students.
On health care, Duncan said he wants to tackle requiring price transparency for those receiving medical care and improve access to telemedicine.
“And I want to make moves in this state that empower teachers to do what they want to do and love to do, and that’s teach,” he said.
Duncan said he doesn’t plan to shy away from some of the state’s more controversial issues such as passing “religious liberty” legislation or bills limiting access to abortion, both issues he campaigned on.
“I want a chamber with a great atmosphere for strong, rigorous, fact-based debate,” he said. “I want to allow senators to express their opinions and bring legislation forward.”
He was already beginning to make himself at home in his new job last week, with photos of his family — his wife, Brooke, and their sons Parker, 16, Baylor, 13, and Ryder, 8 — hanging on walls throughout the lieutenant governor’s office.
Duncan’s family played a central role throughout the campaign — appearing in campaign commercials — and thanking them is one thing he said he’s excited about as he goes through the ceremony of his first day presiding over the Senate on Tuesday.
“The part that actually brought a tear to my eye is that I’m given an opportunity to recognize my wife and three boys on the Senate floor,” he said. “That is a unique moment that I am really looking forward to.”
Then, he said, it’s down to business.
“My passion is to get up every day and make the state better in the afternoon than it was in the morning,” Duncan said.
Stay on top of what’s happening in Georgia government and politics at ajc.com/news/georgia-government/.
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Employment in the Gulf: Not Always What it Seems
Aida Alami, Jabeen Bhatti, Janelle Dumalaon / 13 Jan 2014
A water park in Dubai (Wikimedia Commons)
The fight for more visibility and higher rankings on the global higher-education stage has wealthy Gulf Cooperation Council countries scrambling for international academic talent, and offering salary packages with a reputation for being generous. That reputation, it turns out, is not always deserved.
But for many struggling Arab academics from countries where teaching is less lucrative, a common solution is to look toward the Gulf.
“English departments across Tunisia are being emptied of their teachers and professors because most of them have already headed to the Gulf countries where the salaries are four to five times those at home,” said Akram Khalifa, a former professor of English literature at Tunisia’s University of Manouba.
“Those who could have left, already have,” echoed one lecturer at the University of Jordan.
Foreign academics, say experts, make up the majority of academia in the Gulf. Even so, some worry about the consequences of working there.
“The Gulf is still off-the-beaten track,” said an education consultant based in the Gulf. Foreign academics, he said, “worry that if they come to the Middle East, they would get out of the traditional career trajectory—from teaching assistant to assistant professor and so on.” Academics from countries where professors can get tenure, such as the United States, are wary of career moves that might endanger their ability to win that status at home.
Still, there are clear financial advantages to working in the Gulf, especially tax-free salaries, which lure Arab and non-Arab academics alike to countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
“If you looked at the salaries at any reasonably high performing Western university—from Ivy League to sub-Ivy League – that should give a broad direction, at least for Qatar,” said the consultant, referring to salary levels. “And Qatar is possibly one of the best places to be a researcher.” Another research fund has recently been announced in Qatar, including support for undergraduate research.
Research funding for academics can also be quite strong in other Gulf countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, although researchers sometimes complain of bureaucratic obstacles to ordering equipment or getting permission to attend international meetings in their disciplines.
Faculty members bargaining for a job offer in the Gulf should realize they are often facing highly informed and experienced negotiators who have access to international benchmarks. As is increasingly common in other parts of the world, Gulf institutions are pooling human resource information. One such survey found that university presidents in the region were making around $460,000 before noncash benefits.
Besides salaries comparable to the West, professors in the Gulf can earn allowances supplementing base pay.
A job vacancy listing for the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology at the King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah shows the type of salary an academic can expect in Saudi Arabia. A full professor would earn around $2,430 monthly, an additional $134 in “experience allowances” for each year as a full professor, an unspecified “special allowance” of 150 percent of the base salary each year, a transport allowance of $160, a yearly housing allowance of $6,664 and a one-off furniture allowance of $3,333. That means an annual salary for an academic who has been a full professor for five years would be $80,940 plus $8,584 in housing and transportation.
Flights home are provided annually for foreign teaching staff ranging from assistant to full professor, and also include fares for spouses and two dependent children. In addition, the package includes 60 days of paid vacation, as well as two paid vacations of 10 days each for the two Eid holidays, important Muslim celebrations.
Finally, when the contract comes to an end, the professor will receive a severance package amounting to half the monthly salary for each year of service for the first five years, which increases to a full monthly salary per year of service after the sixth year. All those incentives are designed to make up for a lack of pension contributions and to avoid faculty turnover, which leads to high administrative and recruiting costs.
Even with highly competitive salaries and benefits, many already in the Gulf say the region doesn’t always live up to its reputation for generosity. And it starts with battles with recruitment agencies—one of the most common paths that foreign academics follow to come to work at Gulf universities.
One lecturer at the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, recalls agreeing to a specific salary only to have the terms changed shortly before she was due to start teaching.
“After signing a contract for $3,000 per month, I and a group of South African teachers were told that the company felt that $2,500 was a more suitable salary,” she said. “I threatened to return home to Canada if I wasn’t paid the full salary agreed upon.”
Her colleagues were not so lucky. “They were just told their new salary of $2,500 was non-negotiable,” she added. The South Africans stayed, feeling the job situation in their home country would be worse.
Zayed University (Bill Scott)
In the Emirates, salaries vary according to which of the three federal institutions professors teach at: United Arab Emirates University, Zayed University or the Higher Colleges of Technology. Those who have been in the country longer also tend to get more than recent recruits, as government education budgets have been slashed.
“The salaries are definitely competitive on a global scale,” one government source said. “I would say that the average professor at the United Arab Emirates University has a better lifestyle and overall income than the average professor in the USA or the UK, especially when taxes are factored in.”
Sources in the Emirates indicated a range of $41,000 for an instructor in Arabic to $176,000 for a full professor of business at one federal institution, although those numbers are a few years old. Another federal institution estimated the average faculty member cost them $109,000 including all vacation, housing, medical benefits, airplane tickets home, and schooling for children.
One academic who taught as an assistant professor at a public university in the Emirates, described the salary situation as “not nearly as good as people think.”
His starting salary was $57,000 per year plus benefits—housing, tuition and airfare for his family. Lower-level teaching positions were paid in the $40,000 range.
But lofty qualifications did not make for marked differences, he said.
“A colleague who left a tenure position and came in as associate professor only made 20 percent more than me,” he recalled. But “it’s tax-free and a comfortable lifestyle—so the jobs remain attractive.”
Professors in the Emirates with technical skills often supplement their income with consulting work, although it is officially frowned on. A professor of engineering might be paid several thousand dollars to fly to Yemen to review construction projects or a business professor might go to Saudi Arabia to give a workshop on project management.
Perceptions of what is a comfortable living vary greatly and are culturally relative. Emiratis are paid much more than expatriates. One salary table showed Emiratis getting about 20 percent more than expatriates. Anecdotally, some Emiratis said they could make two or three times that of expatriate counterparts. “If without children, the salary is fine,” said one Emirati.
“Emirati academics are very rare, there aren’t a lot of them,” said John Waterbury, a political science professor at New York University, Abu Dhabi, and former president of the American University of Beirut. “These positions are not as attractive to them—they get better paying jobs outside of academia.”
In the end, universities in the Gulf countries and the recruiting agencies that serve them vary enormously in their treatment of faculty members. Those considering a career path that includes the Gulf would do well, say those who have worked there, to step carefully.
See also the related articles “The Economic Struggle of Arab University Professors,” “A Survey of Arab Public University Professors’ Pay,” and “Graphic and FAQS:Arab Public-University Salaries.”
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The Latest: Shelby says Sessions hasn’t ruled out Senate run
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 Alabama Senate race (all times local):
4:30p.m.
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby said former attorney general Jeff Sessions has not ruled out running for his old Senate seat and would be a “formidable” candidate if he did.
Shelby told reporters Tuesday that his former colleague would make a “formidable” candidate, but “Senator Sessions first would have to decide does he want to come back to the Senate.”
Shelby said he has spoken with President Donald Trump about the race and spoke with Sessions last week. He said Sessions “hasn’t made a ‘Sherman statement,’” referring to the Civil War general’s refusal to run for president.
The senator said the “real question” is if Sessions wants to come back.
The president and the former attorney general had a public falling out over the Russia probe, and Shelby said it’s unclear if they could reach a “detente.”
— Lisa Mascaro, AP reporter in Washington
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill is joining a growing field of Republican primary candidates competing for a chance to unseat Democratic Sen. Doug Jones next year.
Merrill announced his candidacy Tuesday in a press conference at the Alabama Capitol.
He said Alabama needs a “proven conservative” in the Senate seat who will support President Donald Trump on immigration, judicial appointments and other issues.
With 100 supporters standing behind him, Merrill said Jones would be better suited to representing New York or California.
The 55-year-old Republican is a former member of the Alabama Legislature.
Also running in the GOP primary are former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne, former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville, legislator Arnold Mooney and businessman Stanley Adair.
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Devendra Mohan | October, 2017 October, 2017 | Journalist’s murder
Gauri Lankesh is the latest victim in a series of unresolved murders of writers and artists in India
Even though attacks on journalists are common in India, the killing of feisty, tiny GauriLankesh caused shock and outrage, reports Devendra Mohan
While India battles with terror and terrorists on many a front, it also has to contend with an increasing tribe of another variety: an intolerant group of men and women who want to silence ‘unbending’ thinkers, intellectuals, artists, writers and journalists that do not conform to their idea of the ‘right’ ideology. Ever since the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992, the powers that be seem helpless to rein them in.
The killing of GauriLankesh in September is a case in point. The 55-year-old, barely 5ft tall, who had spent almost 35 years as a writer, journalist and activist, fell to an unknown assassin’s bullets at her home in Bengaluru, India’s IT capital. Was it significant that her killer chose the concluding day of the 10-day Ganesh festival, celebrating the elephant god, to murder a woman named after the god’s mother? Many thought so.
In Hindu mythology Goddess Gauri herself is perceived as a feisty figure, angered by injustice and wrongdoing and yet an embodiment of deep thinking and intelligence. ‘So, was GauriLankesh’s murder akin to silencing of the Mother of Intellect?’ asked the film actor Pratap Raj, an old friend of the Lankesh family.
The killing, it would appear, was well planned for a quiet evening in the peaceful residential area of Rajrajeshwari, where Gauri lived alone. She was hit by three bullets – one straight into her heart. A day earlier she had told her mother and sister that she had noticed some suspicious people tailing her nearby, but did not care to report it. She was preoccupied with a number of things.
Gauri was planning a new initiative to grow Gauri Lankesh Patrike, a Kannada-language weekly tabloid she launched in 2005, whose sales she had nurtured to 80,000. It was an offshoot of Lankesh Patrike, set up by her illustrious father, P Lankesh, the poet, thinker and journalist who died in 2002. Like him, she had sought to publish her paper without advertising, but changing times and revenue dynamics had forced her to alter course. The day after her murder she had been due to meet prospective advertisers, including state government departments.
RALLYING CRY: Protesters condemn the murder of Gauri Lankesh
Lankesh’s sudden death prompted Gauri to return to the family enterprise after stints with Sunday magazine, edited by MJ Akbar – now a minister in Narendra Modi’s government – India Today and the Times of India in Bengaluru and New Delhi. Her approach was radically different from her father’s: though P Lankesh had socialist leanings, his writing style was always literary rather than political, while she was a hard-nosed journalist. Lankesh Patrike continues in the old style – it is now run by her younger sibling Indrajeet – but Gauri struck out on her own.
After her divorce from Chidanand Rajghatta, the Washington-based correspondent of the Times of India, Gauri had chosen to be an independent journalist-cum-activist. In Gauri Lankesh Patrike she covered contemporary social and political issues in an attacking, acerbic style. There was a strong element of activism, which according to some stemmed from her support for extreme leftists, including Maoists, and from continued mockery and severe criticism of Hindutva fanatics.
After the Babri Masjid demolition, Gauri gained prominence as a strong voice against communal polarisation, seeking justice for tribals and the downtrodden in rural and forest areas, and asking Naxalites to join mainstream politics. The August issue of her tabloid covered the outbreak of violence following the arrest and conviction of the flamboyant guru, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, in two rape cases in Panchkula in Haryana. Among her other targets were BS Yedyurappa, the former Karnataka chief minister and BJP leader, and Yogi Adityanath, the close ally of Modi and present chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Gauri’s unsparing, combative approach resulted in frequent spats, and even roughing up by opponents. But her death brought widespread condemnation and protest rallies across India, including by the pro-Hindutva party, Shiv Sena. Even if it did not agree with the thoughts and ideology of Gauri Lankesh, said the party’s publication, Saamna, the country’s goons and underworld dons never killed a woman. Its editorial asked: ‘Are there forces working invisibly behind iron walls to permanently silence those who do not agree with their ideology? Prime Minister Narendra Modi has himself expressed concern on the aggression of gaurakshaks [cow saviours]. There is a major debate and violence over who should eat what in this country.’
But the editor’s murder was not universally condemned. Just three days later, the Kerala Hindu Aikyavedi leader KP Sasikala, notorious for her inflammatory speeches with pro-Hindutva tones, warned secular-minded writers to ‘mend’ their ways, or await the fate of GauriLankesh. Many public statements and tweets by cow vigilantes also rejoiced in the killing.
Gauri was the latest in a series of high-profile murders of writers, thinkers, intellectuals and artists in India which remain unresolved, including those of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar at Pune, leftist thinker Govind Pansare at Kolhapur and another rationalist, MM Kalburgi, at Dharwad in Karnataka. Investigations are stalled, even though a member of the secretive Goa-based Hindu group, Sanatan Sanstha, was arrested in connection with Dabholkar’s death. One person suspected of involvement in the killing of Pansare is out on bail, while two other suspects believed to be involved in the murders of Dabholkar and Pansare are on the run.
According to the Karnataka home minister, G Parameshwara, there was evidence to suggest that Kalburgi’s killing too was linked to the murders of Dabholkar and Pansare. Two Mumbai High Court judges had asked the investigating agencies to use modern methodology to track down the culprits. These were not acts committed by one or two people, the judges said: ‘The reports indicate that this is a completely organised set-up.’
Last year, GauriLankesh said in an interview: ‘Let me assure you, they [Hindutvaactvists] are keen to somehow shut me up too.’ Her death has highlighted some very uncomfortable truths about Indian journalism and Indian society in general. The country fares poorly in global press freedom rankings by Reporters Without Borders – 136th among 180 countries, which is one notch above Pakistan and below strife-torn Palestine. Seventy Indian journalists were killed between 1992 and 2017, according to the Committee for Protection of Journalists, the vast majority from non-English media or the regional press.
‘In small town India,’ observed the editor of a major Hindi daily, ‘journalists are the worst targets of the rising number of local politicians [connected to] businessmen and government officials. Add to this the rising phenomenon of religious intolerance, and the old wine of pro-Hindutva in new bottles is far more intoxicating. It is not only hitting the journalists but also the common man in this country.’
The two most recent killings of Dharmendra Singh, a Dainik Bhaskar reporter in Bihar, and Raj Deo Ranjan, bureau chief of the Daily Hindustan in Patna, underline this. Another study by the Reporters Without Borders named India among the three most dangerous countries for journalists in 2015. Five were killed in 2016, ranking India eighth on a list topped by Iraq.
The irony is that most journalists hope and think that the power of the press will protect them. Did GauriLankesh also think so? We will never know.
Devendra Mohan is a Mumbai-based journalist of over 45 years’ experience covering politics, literature, arts, business and industry, and a founder member of the Mumbai Press Club. Widely travelled, he retired from Business India magazine, to which he still contributes, and writes poetry, short stories and plays in English and Hindi
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Head of PM’s 2014 campaign team inks Time Magazine’s Modi eulogy
Time introduces the author of the pro-Modi piece saying: “...In 2014, he led the Research Analysis & Messaging division of the Narendra Modi for Prime Minister campaign.”
When writer Aaatish Taseer wrote an article in Time Magazine calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi Divider-In-Chief, his Wikipedia page was vandalised to describe him as “PR manager of the Indian National Congress”.
Just after election results, a writer who indeed headed a division of the Modi for PM campaign in 2014 – or the Modi PR exercise – has penned an article for the same magazine titled: “Modi has united India like no Prime Minister in decades.”
Indian media reports flooded the internet on Wednesday that Time has changed its assessment of Modi after the results.
However, many of these reports did not even make a passing mention of the affiliation of the writer to the PM’s PR machinery in the past.
Read the author before reading the piece: this is a mantra good academics offer their research students. If one were to follow it, the latest article can be put in perspective in a sharper way.
Just below the title of the latest piece published by Time comes the description of the author Manoj Ladwa.
This is what it says: “Manoj is founder and chief executive of the India Inc. Group. In 2014, he led the Research Analysis & Messaging division of the Narendra Modi for Prime Minister campaign.”
The conflict of interest is amply clear. To be fair, it is clearly stated.
However, quite a few Indian media outlets did not mention it to their readers.
The article is, thus, not meant to be seen as an independent appraisal of Modi. It is by someone close to him and his team, and seeks to invert the impression Taseer’s piece created.
Contrary to Ladwa, Taseer is a writer who has written on the 2014 elections for The Open Magazine and recently penned a book, ‘Twice Born’, on Banaras.
Ladwa says that Modi’s stupendous electoral success shows that he could “transcend India’s greatest faultline: the class divide”.
“Narendra Modi was born into one of India’s most disadvantaged social groups. In reaching the very top, he personifies the aspirational working classes and can self-identify with his country’s poorest citizens in a way that the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty who have led India for most of 72 years since independence simply cannot,” the writer says.
The line is clearly taken from a key theme of the Modi campaign pitch against Rahul Gandhi: the latter is a “shahzaada” (prince) while Modi is a poor person. Naamdaar and Kaamdaar, as Modi would say in speech after speech.
It is an extension of the Khan Market gang argument of the PM, where an entrenched elite that established itself under the patronage of the Nehru-Gandhi family ruled India for decades.
The writer credits Modi with stabilising the economy, without even discussing either the leaked NSSO unemployment data showing highest unemployment in 45 years or the critiques of the government’s economic policies by many eminent economists. He simply recounts instances of praise from the World Bank and the IMF.
The piece praises demonetisation despite the “short-term pain”, saying “it has led to long-term gain”.
“Modi has been criticised for remaining silent during incidents of social unrest,” the writer concludes. “But his work has been given the thumbs up at the ballot box by the Indian voters for addressing the root causes of some of India’s divisions. For them, the Modi dream of a New India remains very much intact.”
In other words, while telling us that voters still have faith in the government for addressing the “root causes” – which are not clearly specified – of divisions, the writer treats the verdict as an apt justification for the PM’s silence on social unrest.
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High-skilled Indian workers, DALCA kids, rally on Capitol Hill to clear green card backlog
By Geeta Goindi June 15, 2018 1:01 pm
“More green cards and no country limits”, says Republican Senator Rand Paul.
Republican Congressman Pete Sessions of Texas (at the podium) is flanked by DALCA kids, children of legal immigrants from India, at an immigration rally organized by the Republican Hindu Coalition (RHC) on Capitol Hill. Standing at right are Manasvi and Vikram Aditya Kumar of RHC who spearheaded the event urging US lawmakers to protect the legal Dreamers from deportation when they age out at 21
WASHINGTON, DC, – Powerful Republican lawmakers avowed their support for high-skilled Indian workers and their kids caught up in the broken American immigration system, so flawed that it could take some of the best and brightest up to 92 years to obtain lawful permanent residency, popularly known as a green card.
Addressing a rally on the expansive west lawn of the US Capitol, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky told a sizeable crowd of Indian immigrants: “You have come lawfully. You have come legally and yet it takes forever and maybe it never happens at all that you get your permanent residency”. A simple way to fix that, he said, is “more green cards and no country limits”. The current immigration system imposes a seven percent per-country quota on the allotment of family-sponsored and employment-based visas.
An influential voice in Congress, Paul has been in the forefront of boosting high-skilled immigration including increasing the H-1B visa cap, allowing the best and brightest to come to America. “The Indian-American community has exceeded to such levels that it is difficult to recount”, he told the crowd at the rally, mentioning Nobel laureates, Deans at prestigious universities, CEOs in Silicon Valley of Indian origin.
Imploring the gathering to be more engaged, Paul said, “People need to talk about what the Indian-American community has brought to America, how you are already part of America, how you are making America great”.
On eliminating the per country cap for allotment of employment-based visas, he reasoned, “If you want to work and you’ve got a job and you want to be part of America, there are much larger amounts (of immigrant workers) that we can bring in. There is not really a limit if people will work”. In his own state, he disclosed, there is a shortage of skilled workers. “So, we want more people in our country, but we need to do it lawfully, legally and with a process”, he emphasized.
The rally was organized under the aegis of the Republican Hindu Coalition (RHC) founded by Chicago-based industrialist Shalabh Kumar, a staunch supporter of President Trump. On hand, were his son Vikram Aditya and daughter Manasvi spearheading the proceedings on a picture-perfect Wednesday afternoon in late Spring.
The event drew busloads of Indian professionals and kids from across the US including the states of California, North Carolina and New Jersey. At one point, rally-goers made a human chain on the expansive lawn of the US Capitol chanting slogans like “Clear green card backlog”, “High-skilled immigrants deserve better”, “DALCA deserves better”. It was quite a sight to behold as they raised their voices in unison hoping those in the corridors of power would hear and heed their clarion call for action.
In the spotlight were children of H-1B visa holders which the RHC calls DALCA (Deferred Action for Legal Childhood Arrivals) kids. They face possible deportation when they age out of their H-4 dependent status. These are the legal Dreamers sidelined by the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) kids who were brought to the US illegally as children.
Janvi Mehta, an aged out DALCA kid, is seen with her parents and sister at left, at an immigration rally on Capitol Hill urging US lawmakers to pass legislation protecting the legal Dreamers
While acknowledging that he sympathizes with DACA recipients, Senator Paul made it clear he doesn’t believe “they should somehow get in front or obscure the kids of legal immigrants” who must have protections in place.
Congressman Pete Sessions of Texas, Chairman of the House Committee on Rules, thanked the crowd at the rally for sending a message to their families in India that “America wants and needs India to succeed. We want your great and young Prime Minister Modi to be just not a world leader, but a brave leader who will forge a path with America towards a better future”, he said.
“President Donald Trump is proud of you as immigrants to this country”, the lawmaker said to loud cheers. “He not only understands the Hindus, he understands the thirst for freedom and education and academic credentials and most of all what you can do for us to keep our way of life free and great”.
Sessions affirmed, “If we work together we have an unlimited opportunity for the future to make America and India great”.
He told the crowd of Indian immigrants that their presence on Capitol Hill is very important as the House DACA deal is in the final stages with lawmakers set to vote on two immigration bills next week. “You are here properly, petitioning your government, your members of Congress to talk about DALCA, to talk about its inclusion in the immigration bill, to talk about the opportunity for so many people who have come here, who have received their education, who stand at the top of their class, who desire to make this country even better”, he noted.
Describing Indian immigrants as “skilled, smart workers” who have devoted themselves to various professions as leading-edge doctors, scientists, engineers”, Sessions applauded their ability to be self-reliant, to take care of themselves as well as others.
“They did not come here for anything that would be second place. They came here to win among winners”, the lawmaker said to cheers from the crowd.
Congressman Mike Coffman of Colorado decried what he called “the discriminatory problems” relating to high-skilled workers in America. “To have a per-country cap is wrong”, he said expressing relief that both the immigration bills which will be considered by the House next week include an elimination of the country cap.
“The sad stories that I’ve heard from families in my District where they bring their young children here to America, they become part of the fabric of our community, of America, and yet this process that we have is so discriminatory on them that their children age out when they hit 21 and have to return to India, we know that is wrong and that must change”, the lawmaker said.
“We must join together as one strong family and fight this discrimination”, he emphasized. “It will make America a better, fairer and stronger country”.
Congressman Roger Marshall of Kansas informed the gathering that most business leaders in his home state believe the biggest challenge right now for the American economy is the lack of skilled labor. “We have 50,000 open jobs in Kansas, 6 million open jobs across the US”, he said about his home state.
An Indian DALCA kid holds a sign at an immigration rally on Capitol Hill asking US lawmakers to include protections for legal Dreamers in any immigration reform legislation
Noting that the House will most likely be voting next week on some immigration reform issues, the lawmaker averred, “I am very proud to stand with the DALCA recipients and look forward to helping them out”.
Janvi Mehta, 25, “an aged out DALCA kid” by her own description, couldn’t hold back the tears as she shared her story at the rally.
Like other legal minors, she came to America knowing nothing about the country except it is “the land of dreams”. She was fourteen at the time and went on to graduate from high school, later earning a Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
“I achieved my dreams but in the process, I had multiple setbacks”, Janvi told the crowd citing a number of obstacles: not qualifying for summer internships while in school; denied admission in a number of pharmacy schools for not being a legal permanent resident; having to pay international student fees when she did secure admission which is about three times higher than that paid by green card holders.
Finding an employer who would sponsor her on an H-1B visa was her biggest struggle. She couldn’t celebrate her graduation. “I was so nervous I would have to leave the country”, she recalled. Fortunately, after several denials, she found an employer willing to file for an H-1B visa. “However, my struggle doesn’t end because my H-1B is only for the next three years. What happens after that? Where do I go?”, she asked.
Her parents and sister have cleared the green card process and are now lawful permanent residents. “The day they received their green cards, they did not celebrate. Why? Because I was left behind”, Janvi told the rally.
“If I have to leave this country, not only will I be leaving my home, my job, my friends, but now also my parents, my family”, she bemoaned.
“Please stand up for kids like me because we didn’t know what we were getting into when we came to this country”, she told the gathering on Capitol Hill. “It makes me wonder, what did I do wrong? Should I have just crossed the border when I was little? No. That’s not how my parents raised me. I will continue to follow the laws and I will fight for this cause”, she said.
Author: Geeta GoindiGeeta Goindi, a journalist based in the Washington, DC, is a Contributing Editor. She has been covering the Indian American community for more than a decade. Follow her on twitter @geetgoindi
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States worldwide failing to prevent killings and disappearances of human rights defenders
States around the world are failing in their duty to effectively protect people who defend human rights, leading to an escalation in preventable killings and enforced disappearances, Amnesty International said today.
The organization’s new report, Deadly but Preventable Attacks: Killings and Enforced Disappearances of Those who Defend Human Rights, highlights the growing risks faced by human rights defenders – people from all walks of life who work to promote and defend human rights.
The report includes testimonies from friends, relatives and colleagues of human rights defenders, including environmentalists, LGBTIQ and women’s rights activists, journalists and lawyers, who have been killed or disappeared. Many described how victims’ pleas for protection had been repeatedly ignored by the authorities and how the attackers had evaded justice, fuelling a deadly cycle of impunity.
Nicaragua: Authorities threaten protest against construction of canal
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Iran’s judicial and security bodies have waged a vicious crackdown against human rights defenders since Hassan Rouhani became president in 2013, demonizing and imprisoning activists who dare to stand up for people’s rights, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.
Caught in a web of repression: Iran’s human rights defenders under attack details how scores of human rights activists – often labelled “foreign agents” and “traitors” by state media – have been prosecuted and jailed on spurious “national security” charges, dealing a crushing blow to hopes of human rights reform raised during President Hassan Rouhani’s first election campaign. Some activists have been sentenced to more than 10 years behind bars for simple acts such as being in contact with the UN, EU or human rights organizations including Amnesty International.
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EU: Amnesty chief meets Mogherini ahead of Turkey showdown
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The remanding of six human rights defenders in pre-trial custody is an appalling affront to justice and a new low in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, said Amnesty International.
Amnesty International Turkey’s Director, Idil Eser who was among those remanded in custody, was detained alongside nine other human rights defenders on 5 July whilst attending a routine workshop. Four of them were released on bail in the early hours of this morning but are still under investigation. All ten are suspected of ‘committing crime in the name of a terrorist organization without being a member'. The six who were remanded in custody join Amnesty International Turkey’s Chair, Taner Kiliç, behind bars.
“Turkish prosecutors have had 12 days to establish the obvious: that these ten activists are innocent. The decision to proceed shows that truth and justice have become total strangers in Turkey,” said Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty.
Open letter on detention of human rights defenders in Turkey
We are dismayed and appalled by the arrest and detention of ten human rights defenders by the Turkish government, now facing investigation for membership of an “armed terrorist organisation” on account of their peaceful human rights work.
As an attack on six of the most prominent human rights NGOs in the country, the arrests are a hammer blow to Turkey's besieged civil society and an ominous indicator of the direction Turkey is heading in.
The “Istanbul 10” are Veli Acu, Özlem Dalkıran, İdil Eser, Nalan Erkem, Günal Kurşun, Şeymus Özbekli, Nejat Taştan, İlknur Üstün (Turkish nationals), Ali Gharavi (Swedish national) and Peter Steudtner (German national). The arrest of İdil Eser, director of Amnesty International Turkey, follows that of the organisation’s chair Taner Kılıç a month ago – the first time that a director and chair of Amnesty International have been detained in the same country at the same time. We call on the Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all of them.
Director of Amnesty International Turkey must be released from incommunicado detention
Responding to the news that Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty International Turkey, was detained on Wednesday along with seven other human rights defenders and two trainers during a digital security and information management workshop in Büyükada, Istanbul, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said:
“We are profoundly disturbed and outraged that some of Turkey’s leading human rights defenders, including the Director of Amnesty International Turkey should have been detained so blatantly without cause.
“Her incommunicado detention and that of the other human rights defenders attending a routine training event, is a grotesque abuse of power and highlights the precarious situation facing human rights activists in the country. Idil Eser and those detained with her, must be immediately and unconditionally released.
Sudan: End the miscarriage of justice against Dr Mudawi and his colleague
The Sudanese authorities must immediately release prominent human rights defender Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam and his colleague Hafiz Idris Eldoma, and halt its misguided assault on dissenting voices in the country, said Amnesty International as their trial begins in the capital Khartoum today.
Dr Mudawi and Hafiz are facing six trumped-up charges, including 'undermining the constitutional system and waging war against the state', both of which carry either the death penalty or life imprisonment.
“Dr Mudawi has continuously been harassed by the Sudanese government for his human rights work in Darfur and across Sudan for more than a decade. Unfortunately, this latest round sees the harassment take a more sinister turn as both he and his colleague Hafiz potentially face the death penalty,” said Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty International’s Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes.
“Human rights work is not a crime, so Dr Mudawi and Hafiz must be immediately and unconditionally released. Their arrest and continued incarceration is a miscarriage of justice, plain and simple.”
Berta’s voice has multiplied but so too has fear of more deadly attacks in Honduras
By Kathy Price, AI Canada's Latin America campaigner
It was a killing that could and should have been prevented.
On numerous occasions, the renowned Lenca Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres had reported receiving death threats as she led David-against-Goliath efforts to stop a big dam project in Honduras that threatened Indigenous lands and rights.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights recognized the risks and called on the Honduran government to provide protection measures.
Yet Berta was gunned down on March 3 in her home in La Esperanza, ironically Spanish for “hope”.
The pain of losing such a vital, beloved leader was quickly followed by fear. Berta’s tireless efforts had won her the prestigious 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize.
If someone as celebrated and well-connected as Berta could be murdered at will, then what about others less well-known?
The answer came days later. Community leader Nelson García was shot in the face and killed as he returned from helping victims of a land eviction.
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Ed Roberts, "Startup Prof," Ep. 22
Ed Roberts started the scholarly study of startups. Learn from this brilliant academic pioneer and seasoned investor in Sohu.com and HubSpot about the keys to success in founding a tech company. Along the way you will be entertained and charmed by his most engaging narrative style.
He grew up in working-class Chelsea, Massachusetts. At Chelsea High, he received preparation that would allow him to explore the academic delights offered by MIT’s curriculum.
Four MIT degrees later he was on the faculty at MIT’s Sloan School of Management studying the impact of NASA’s research on the economy. From there it was a short hop to founding the study of tech startups. He also co-founded two successful companies, including Meditech. His course on entrepreneurship incubated Beijing's Sohu.com and Boston's HubSpot. Ed Roberts was an early investor in both.
The oft-cited result that companies founded by MIT alums generate revenues equivalent to the 10th largest economy in the world is one of the products of his scholarship. He also delves into his work on the optimal composition of founding teams.
Click here to read full transcript of the episode.
Among the many topics covered in this bravura interview are:
Ed Roberts Bio
High School in Working-Class Town of Chelsea Thoroughly Prepared Ed Roberts for Success at MIT
Sound Preparation from Chelsea High Allowed Ed Roberts to Explore the MIT Curriculum
Ed Roberts Meets Jay Forrester, Co-inventor of the Core Memory and Founder of System Dynamics
Research into Entrepreneurship Springs from NASA Project to Measure Impact of Its Technology
Ed Roberts Starts His First Company, Pugh-Roberts Associates
MIT Faculty Form Consulting Firms, MIT Grads Form Product Companies
Ed Roberts Founds Meditech
Engineers Debate the Need for a Marketing Person on the Meditech Team – Hired the Only Marketing Person They Knew
Sal Daher’s Pitch for Listeners to Give Back by Reviewing the Podcast on iTunes and Telling Others About It
The Most Significant Results from Ed Roberts’ Research
It’s Important Not to Keep Your Idea Secret but to Talk to Many People About It
Eric von Hippel & User Innovation
Ideas Are Overvalued – Person Who Has It Gets Too Much Credit – Pivots Are the Norm – Nobody Remembers All the Pivots – Example: Founders of HubSpot
Ed Roberts Invests in Founders, Not Ideas
Charles Zhang & the Founding of Sohu.com – Ed Roberts Was Surprised Charles Zhang Wanted to Return to China – Amazing Story!
“I’ve always focused on ground zero companies. I do not regard a ground zero company as a frightening and risky thing. I regard it as the place to be because that’s where the fun is, that’s where you can have impact and, to me, if you’ve passed my test, that you’re passionate, you’re dedicated, you’re trying to do something that seems worthwhile, you’re smart, you’re open. I’m going to be able to relate to you. Then, I don’t see it as a risky thing”.
Data on PhDs as Founders?
Why Are MIT Students & Alums So Likely to Invest in Startups?
30% of MIT Alumni Go to Work for a Startup – Of Those 25% Go on to Found Their Own Company – Those Companies Outperform the Market
Second Companies Outperform First Companies; Third Outperform Second – Studies of Universities as Sources of Innovation – Chuck Easley Did Similar Study at Stanford
Transcript of Ed Roberts, "Startup Prof," Ep. 22
Guest: Professor Ed Roberts, Founder, Investor & Pioneering Scholar of Startups
SAL DAHER: Welcome to Angel Invest Boston, conversations with Boston's most interesting angel investors and founders. I am Sal Daher and my goal for this podcast is to learn more about building successful new companies. The best way I can think of doing this is by talking to people who have done it, people such as serial founder, angel investor and scholar of tech entrepreneurship, Professor Ed Roberts. Ed, I'm so honored you could be here on our 22nd episode, welcome.
ED ROBERTS: Thank you very much. I'm delighted to be here, and it seems to me that it's fun to try to address your audience.
SAL DAHER: Tremendous. Well, I'm sure they'll really appreciate your wisdom, which is backed up by science. This is tremendous. Also, thanks for hosting us at MIT Sloan School. This is our first episode that's recorded outside of studio. We are at a remote location, with our remote studio, and our sound engineer is a little nervous, but I think this is going to work.
ED ROBERTS: Well, if it works for you, you certainly would be welcome to come back and interview anybody else here. We'd be very happy to have you.
SAL DAHER: Oh, you're so kind. You're very generous. Professor Ed Roberts of MIT literally wrote the book on tech entrepreneurship. His Entrepreneurs in High Technology published in 1991 was the first such book actually based on academic research. While Professor Roberts pioneered the scholarly study of entrepreneurship, he was also involved in starting several successful companies, including Meditech, a leading producer of healthcare information systems and sohu.com, a leading Chinese Internet company. He continues to serve on the boards of these companies as well as others. He is a highly regarded angel investor and has been involved in founding two venture funds. Professor Roberts is also the founder and chair of the Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. At last count, he had published more than 160 articles and 11 books. It was Professor Roberts' research that revealed the huge economic impact of MIT. He calculated that the existing companies founded by MIT alums generate enough revenue to qualify as the world's 10th largest economy.
He holds four degrees from MIT, including degrees in Electrical Engineering and Management, as well as a PhD in Economics. He is a magnanimous and engaging person, beloved by his family, students, and his countless friends, and colleagues. Once again, thanks a lot for being here.
ED ROBERTS: You're very welcome. With that introduction, are we ready to stop?
SAL DAHER: That's right. This is the introduction your mom would like, right?
ED ROBERTS: Right.
SAL DAHER: God bless her. One of the things that we like to do with this, when we talk to the highly successful people that we talk to is to try to do a service for people starting out in their career. Ed, you grew up in a working-class city of Chelsea, near Boston, where you attended a public high school. When did it dawn on you that you could actually make it at MIT?
ED ROBERTS: I don't know about making it at MIT, but getting to MIT really was my aspiration. In the 6th Grade, we had an assignment to write a composition on what do you want to be when you grow up. In the 6th Grade, I wrote a composition that said, "I want to go to MIT and I want to become a civil engineer, and I wanted to build tall buildings and bridges." All that is in my 6th Grade, one-page paper. Now, I don't have another stopping point to measure until I actually got to be a senior in Chelsea High and applied to schools. I applied to MIT and to Rensselaer Polytech, those were the only schools I applied to. I got in to RPI. I never got a chance to visit RPI till I was a full professor at MIT. At that time, the Chairman of its board, who was head of R&D of General Electric was my host, so that was a different piece of my life. When I applied to MIT as a senior in high school, I said, "I wanted to become an electrical engineer."
Somehow, from 6th Grade to 12th Grade, I had evolved from civil to electrical. I think it was because there was growing understanding of things called computers, of which, of course, we had no sense. There were-
SAL DAHER: Well, from 6th to 11th Grade, it's a difference of five.
ED ROBERTS: Yeah.
SAL DAHER: From one to six is a difference of five, of course, one to six.
ED ROBERTS: Oh, I see. Well, that mental exercise is a good one.
SAL DAHER: Course one to course six.
ED ROBERTS: I'll try to skip. You’re conscious of that, course one to course six, that's good, so you know MIT. Anyway, I applied and I got admitted to MIT. I assumed that I would have a very difficult time because it just was scary. It turned out, fortunately, I really didn't. I attribute it not to my brilliance, but rather to the fact that at Chelsea High School, believe it or not, they had a tech course. The tech course was focused upon preparing you to go to MIT. Now, obviously, you'd go someplace else, but we got additional Science, we had less Language. The language we had requirement ... we take three years of German, because in those days, German was seen as the epitome of scientific knowledge, I wasted that piece of education, but did that.
SAL DAHER: Well, the American universities were created on the German model.
ED ROBERTS: Right, so it turns out that two of my high school teachers spent all of their part-time work tutoring at MIT. My high school senior Math course, we used the MIT Calculus textbook as a senior in Chelsea High. My junior year Chemistry course at Chelsea High, we used the freshman Chemistry course book that was taught at MIT. In my freshman year, much to my surprise, instead of being in panic, I actually blitzed through my freshman year. That turned out to really matter because it made me feel that I could take on other kinds of things besides being a narrow-minded nerd. In your freshman year at MIT, you have four required courses in each semester, and one elective. Because I never knew anything about Economics, I chose, as my elective course of the first semester to take Economics 101, which used Samuelson's 1st Edition book. I loved it. I thought it was fascinating. It had no relationship to anything else I knew. In my second semester, I took Economics 2, same book, just the last half of the text.
By the end of my freshman year, when I had done very well at MIT, I said, "I ought to take overloads in economics and business for no particular reason other than it seemed different from the electrical engineering stuff that I was being required to take." From my sophomore year on, I overloaded every semester. I was taking as many as eight courses a semester, which was craziness, and I would have my advisors challenge the craziness of it all. All my overload was in the management school, or in the economics department. By the time I finished being an undergraduate, and I was going right ... I was rolling into graduate school as well in electrical engineering, but by the time I finished that, I had also nearly completed all the degree requirements for a second degree in management. In those days, we didn't have a big pursuit of joint degrees, or multiple degrees, but I was pretty close to having a second degree. Anyway, that's where I started, and I don't know where you want to go from there.
SAL DAHER: No, actually, you covered the second question as well, which is ... Well, I wanted to know how you went from studying electrical engineering to getting your PhD in Economics, but I guess that came later, right?
ED ROBERTS: It came considerably ... Well, not very much later by years, but later in mental framing. What happened was, when I was a junior, taking one of my overload courses in the Sloan School, the instructor, and I don't remember whether it was a marketing course or what, the instructor said, "Hey, you guys," and I would say more than half of the class were engineering students, not management students, "You guys think you're so smart. We just hired the guy who invented the computer to come here as a professor." I leaned over and poked the kid next to me who was also from course six, electrical engineering, and I said, "Why in the world would John von Neumann want to be coming to MIT management school?" Because as far as I was concerned, von Neumann at Princeton was the one who invented the computer. Not being terribly bashful, even as a junior, I raised my hand and I asked. I said, "Who is this person who invented the computer, who's now coming here?" He said, "Jay Forrester." I poked the kid again, because we course six guys, we knew who Jay Forrester was. Jay Forrester had the patent on the magnetic memory core. Jay Forrester built the MIT Whirlwind computer. Jay Forrester was running Division Six, the systems division of Lincoln Lab.
I said, "Wow, that's interesting. Why would Forrester want to leave Lincoln Lab to come here?" Class is over, I had a break in my schedule the next hour. I said, "What the heck? Let me go find out what's going on here." I went up to the fourth floor, where the Dean's Office was, walked in, said, "My name is Ed Roberts, I'm a junior in Electrical Engineering, and I'm talking this course. I understand that Jay Forrester has just come here as a faculty member. Is there any way I could go see him?" The woman said, "Well, his office is four doors down the hall, so why don't you go try?" I said, "Okay." I walked down the hall, introduced myself to his assistant at that time, and she says, "Why do you want to see him?" I said, "Well, I'd like to understand more as to why he has come here and what he expects to do." She says, "Well, let me see if he's available." She got up, knocks on his door, walks in, closes the door behind her, comes back a minute later and says, "Professor Forrester will see you." I walked in, and Forrester said, "Well," in a deeper voice, "Well, nice to see you. What can I do for you?"
I said, "Well, I'm curious. Are you here to bring computers to management?" He said, "Well, no. I'm here more to bring systems to management." I nodded as if I understood what he meant, which I didn't have a clue." He said, "What kinds of courses are you taking over there in electrical?" I'm quickly thinking, what kind of course am I taking that a guy who says systems would respond to? I said, "Well, I'm taking switching circuits from Professor Caldwell. Jay says, "Sam Caldwell is a dear friend of mine. How are you doing in his course?" I said, "Well, I think I'm getting an A." He says, "Well, that's good. You give my best regards to Sam." Oh, great, okay. We talked for about two more minutes, and then, this interview was over. I say, "I'm in 6-A, the co-op course, and I'm at General Electric. Next year, when I'm a senior, I'm going to have to pick an assignment where I do a double assignment back to back, and I might appreciate your guidance at that point. Could I come back and see you a year from now?"
He said, "Certainly, I'd be glad to see you." Boom. A year later, I'm now looking at job potentials between ... It would be second semester, senior year, summer, that's the double assignment. GE had given me two offers possibly. One was, I join the new computer division in Tucson, Arizona, and I'm going to do circuit design. The other offer was a possibility that I could be in advanced computation in small aircraft engines in Lynn. Well, I had a girlfriend, who is my wife now. I had a lot of student activities. I really didn't want to leave the Boston area, so I wanted to build a case for them giving me this software programming job in Lynn, where I could just commute and maintain the rest of my life. I made an appointment to see Forrester and I asked him for advice on these two jobs. He said, "Either would be a fine experience." Then, he said, "But you know, we will certainly want to develop our own simulation language once we get underway, so I guess software coding experience would be helpful." I said, "Thank you very much." I immediately went back, talked to the head of the program and I said, "Jay Forrester says it's really important for me to get computer programming experience, so that I ought to get this Lynn job."
He said, "Ed, I'll talk to the GE guys, and we'll take care of you." That was it. I do that, I finish my fifth year, get my Master's degree. Near the second semester, I get a notice from Jay Forrester of offering me a job as his full-time research assistant beginning in June of 1958, when I was getting my second degree. It turned out that Jay only wanted electrical engineering students, so he hired three of us. Jack Pugh, Will Fey, and me, to become his RAs to launch system dynamics. Suddenly, I now was in the Sloan School, not as a student, well, I did that after, but I was an employee of Forrester. My employment date at MIT is June of 1958, when I took a job as a full-time research assistant for Jay Forrester. That's how I got into the Sloan School. Once I was here, I could still take two free courses every semester, as a full time RA. I finished my Master’s at Sloan in February of '60, because I really was mostly done. I just had a few more courses. From my point of view ... I got married in '59. My wife was teaching 6th Grade in Sharon, from my point of view, I was ready to leave.
I had two Master's degrees from MIT, one in electrical, with heavy emphasis on computers, and one from the Sloan School, with heavier emphasis on specific aspects of computing. I thought I should go out, get a job in industry, and I really wanted, I thought, to eventually become an engineering manager. That's what I thought. I was thinking about this while still working for Forrester, I kind of owed him till the end of the year. I figured, "I don't want to waste my time, so I might as well apply to the Economics Department," because Sloan did not have a PhD program yet. I applied to the Economics Department for admission as a PhD student.
SAL DAHER: You were working for Forrester and you're getting a PhD in economics at the same time?
ED ROBERTS: Well, absolutely, because I had the right to have two free courses, so why waste it?
SAL DAHER: Okay, mm-hmm (affirmative).
ED ROBERTS: I started taking Economics courses in the doctoral program. One day, I came home and said to my wife that this was the most astonishing day I've ever had in my life. The intellectual challenge and excitement of the seminar ... There were a dozen students, period, of the seminar, with a couple of faculty members who are full professors and leading lights in the field, Paul Samuels and Bob Solo, these guys were brilliant and leaders of economics. I would come from school being just absolutely excited. I said to my wife, "Nancy, I think that I want to become a professor, as opposed to go to industry." That was quite unusual. Everybody else who was a PhD student had come in, wanting to be a professor. I came in thinking I was going to take another semester of course work, and then, I was going to go out to industry. I was a convert while already being a doctoral student that said, "This is the career choice that I want." In a sense, my life was heavily made from that point on, and I've never had a change of mind, or a questioning of what I elected to do.
SAL DAHER: Now, the other vital piece of finding your calling, because these first three questions are finding your calling, was ... I've heard you tell the story of a fateful phone call from NASA MIT Research Center that got you studying entrepreneurship. I think that was later on, right, when you were already a professor?
ED ROBERTS: Well, I already was an assistant professor. There's a sequence. What happened was that I was doing my doctoral dissertation, which I finished in June of '62. I was very quick. I was working on that, and I was working on the dynamics of research and development, applying system dynamics to looking at large scale R&D projects between government and industry. Where did I get this? I got this from the fact that I had been a co-op student at General Electric, and I had been working in, I was working in small aircraft engines. I was working on projects to build engines for helicopters, and other things. I was observing what's happening in these large-scale projects, and they were interesting. There was nobody working in the field of managing R&D, so I decided, that's what I wanted to do my doctoral dissertation on. All right, so it turns out, therefore, I was the only person in the Sloan School, or the Economics Department, too, doing any work relating to research and development. Period. End of sentence.
ED ROBERTS: Now, along comes 1961, I'm still a student, '61, NASA is born. Okay, just before the summer, I get a call from the Dean to come down and see him, to tell me that they're putting together a task force of four people from the Sloan School to spend the summer working around NASA to understand, could there be important research questions that our faculty might be interested in researching. They would like to have me a member of the task force. This is summer '61, I am 25 years old. The three others are very senior people in the school. The associate dean, a guy who's a senior lecturer, who had 20 years at McKinsey, Don Marquis, who had been head of psychology at Yale and at Michigan, those are the three, and me, I'm the punk. I'm the only person in the whole school doing work on research and development. I'm part of the team. We spent the summer traveling from one field center to the other. The end of the summer, we write a proposal that we establish a research center at MIT, which eventually gets funded in February of '62.
SAL DAHER: Where does the entrepreneurship come in?
ED ROBERTS: Yeah, here's where it comes in.
ED ROBERTS: Here's where it comes in. The NASA Aerospace Research Center is now in its second year of existence. NASA is only three years old. Don Marquis gets a call from the director of the center, a guy named Frank Harrington, and he says, "I've got a political problem that maybe you guys can help me with." He tells Marquis, the problem is, NASA wants him to do some research, which they, of course, will pay for, that shows how government-sponsored research benefits society. He says over the phone, "There's nobody in my department that would have a clue as how to do that kind of research. I thought maybe you guys could help us out." Great, Marquis walks into my office says, "Ed, come on with me. We're going to get out and talk to this guy." We walk across the campus, we go to Dr. Harrington's office, and we hear the problem. We start to talk about it. Then, Marquis and I do a mental exercise, we go through every person in the Sloan School that we could remember, and try to imagine what kind of research that person could do, that might relate to their problem.
We strike out. We spent an hour and a half, and we can't imagine anybody in the school that would do a research project in their fields that would assist and we are apologizing-
SAL DAHER: That would help NASA justify its existence to Congress?
ED ROBERTS: To help the Aerospace Center justify its budget with NASA. We're putting our coats on, and we're standing there and ready to leave, and I turn to Dr. Harrington, and I say, "Can I ask you a dumb question?" He says, "Shoot, young man." I said, "Don't I understand that a lot of people leave your laboratories to set up new companies?" He said, "Oh, of course, they do." I said, "Okay, this may be silly, but don't they leave with ideas, with tools, with techniques that came from the work that they did while working in your lab?" He said, "Certainly." I said "I really don't know what I'm saying, but I think if I start to look at the people who've left your labs to set up new companies, that I can probably trace the work they're doing in their companies to what they had worked on in the laboratory. Therefore, I could show the flow of government-sponsored research in your labs out to the marketplace through the formation and growth of technically-based companies formed by your former employees. Dr. Harrington looks at me, we're standing, he looks at me and he says, "How much money do you need?" Marquis and I take our coats off, and we sit down again, and now, Marquis, this very senior guy, he's now the coach. We pick up, basically, literally, an envelope and a piece of paper, and Marquis says, "Put down a month of summer salary." Okay, for me. "Put down money for two research assistants." Great. "Put down $1,000 for computer time." We were renting mainframe computers.
SAL DAHER: Yes, timeshare.
ED ROBERTS: Put down $1,000 for travel. Let's figure out what MIT overhead was, which was cheap in those days. We got it all figured out, added up, and we're sitting and I turned to this guy, looked up, and say, "Dr. Harrington, it looks like for the next nine months, we will need $16,900 for this project." Okay, this is literally true.
SAL DAHER: Multiplied by 10?
ED ROBERTS: He says, "You've got the money. Send me a paragraph." Now we get up, we shake hands, we put our coats on, and we walk out the door." Marquis turns to me on the way out, this very senior guy, who among other things was on my doctoral committee.
SAL DAHER: You still don't have your thesis yet.
ED ROBERTS: Right. No, by this time ... No, this is '63, so he had been on my doctoral committee. We walk out the door, and Don turns to me and says, "Ed, that's a hell of an idea. That's really great. How are you going to do that study?" I said, "Don, I don't have a clue." He laughed. He said, "It's going to be a great piece of research anyway." I go back to my office, I sit down, I owed this guy a paragraph. Well, the first thing I had to do was come up with a title for my paragraph, so I came up with a title. The title was something like, the impact of government-sponsored research on economic growth and development via the formation of technology-based entrepreneurial firms. Period. Title like that, two more sentences and I was done. That was the birth of entrepreneurship research at MIT.
SAL DAHER: It's 1963? The summer?
ED ROBERTS: 1964.
SAL DAHER: '64?
ED ROBERTS: Fall of '64. Now, the thing that's interesting is that once I got into it, there was essentially no literature existing that related to this.
SAL DAHER: I could imagine.
ED ROBERTS: I still have the book in my office shelf. I found a book called The Enterprising Man by some faculty member at University of Michigan. He studied all the entrepreneurs in the State of Michigan. Average education was two years of high school. Failure rate was 80% to 90%. Typical companies was a restaurant, or a garage, or something like this. I'm reading this book and saying, "Oh my God, what have I gotten myself into?"
SAL DAHER: It had nothing to do with tech entrepreneurship.
ED ROBERTS: This is not what I want to study, and I'm looking, and I cannot find a literature. I'm going to have to invent, not just a literature, I'm going to have to invent a process of doing this study. I'm going to have to figure out, how do we extract information from people that I don't know. I'm going to have to figure out how do we analyze that data, all from scratch, because what was my training? My training was in large-scale computer modeling from Jay Forrester, and a PhD in the MIT Economics Department, which had no real relationship to anything that had anything to do with entrepreneurship.
SAL DAHER: But here you were, inventing a field.
ED ROBERTS: Here I was, there's no question about it. Here I was, inventing a field. Now, I have to say that the year before that I started my first company. The year before that-
SAL DAHER: That was Pugh-Roberts Associates?
ED ROBERTS: Pugh-Roberts Associates, Jack Pugh was one of the other two guys who were the first RAs for Forrester. I approached Jack and said, "I'm frustrated that system dynamics is not getting accepted by industry at the pace it ought to be, and I think we need to do something to accelerate [crosstalk 00:36:23]?
SAL DAHER: Can you just briefly tell us what the basis of system dynamics?
ED ROBERTS: Applying large-scale feedback systems models to everything under the sun, which was Forrester's underlying notion. I think it's basically a brilliant idea. It was great. It altered the way I approached thinking about everything under the sun, and its primary impact has been that, that it's altered the way people think about whatever it is that you experience.
SAL DAHER: What system … so it's feedback?
ED ROBERTS: We were doing all kinds of stuff. We were already teaching a summer course, everything else, but now-
SAL DAHER: But it wasn't getting out to industry?
ED ROBERTS: It was getting out to industry, but nothing was happening. I said to Jack, "Jack, if we start a consulting company together-
SAL DAHER: That's Jack Pugh?
ED ROBERTS: Jack Pugh.
ED ROBERTS: "If we start a consulting company together, we're going to be able to help industrial firms to copy our stuff and to begin applying it there, and that's what's needed. The field needs to have good real examples coming from real companies doing their own things, not just what we're saying, academically, is good stuff to do."
SAL DAHER: What was the result of setting up Pugh-Roberts Associates?
ED ROBERTS: Well, the first thing was, what was the result of my telling Jay Forrester that we were going to do that? Here I am, this is December of 1963, I walk into Jay's office as a second-year assistant professor, and I say, "Professor Forrester, I want to tell you that Jack Pugh and I have been talking together and we've concluded that we want to establish a system dynamics consulting company to help industry follow our work, and adopt it, and apply it to their own problems. We really believe this is an important thing for the field." Forrester looks at me from his desk and says, "Well, Ed, some people will feel you're not serious about an academic career." The conversation was over.
SAL DAHER: Could you just wrap what happened with Pugh-Roberts Associates?
ED ROBERTS: Pugh-Roberts? Pugh-Roberts became a very successful consulting firm. We started in 1963, in 1990, we sold it to PA Consulting. PA Consulting was a very large London-based firm of a couple of thousand people. I actually became a partner of PA for three years as part of the agreement-
SAL DAHER: Part of the transition, right.
ED ROBERTS: For transition and the like. We moved our whole base. We had, in '93 ... in '90, when we sold the company, we had basically 45 MIT graduates as our employees in Pugh-Roberts and we were doing both R&D consulting, technology consulting, and system dynamics consulting.
SAL DAHER: It's interesting that you founded a company, it was a consulting company?
SAL DAHER: Later on, we'd like to get into Meditech, which is actually an operating company.
ED ROBERTS: Sure.
SAL DAHER: Those are the two types of companies that MIT grads go on to found. One is the consulting firm, which is the much more common one, and then, a less common, the technology enterprise, like Meditech.
ED ROBERTS: I'd correct you a little bit. Less true that graduates form consulting firms than that faculty form consulting firms.
SAL DAHER: Faculty form consulting firms.
ED ROBERTS: The earlier outputs from MIT were primarily faculty consulting firms, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, EG&G, Arthur D. Little, all MIT faculty, taking their wares from MIT and bringing it to the marketplace, consulting on their stuff. In the case of EG&G, eventually getting into products, because of what they did. In the case of BB&N, belatedly and eventually becoming very significant in the Internet, in developing products, and companies, and spinoffs and the like, but that was a very typical pathway. As things evolved, graduate students and some faculty began getting into product companies from the beginning. Amar Bose, when he formed Bose Corporation, formed what first was a technology consulting firm briefly, but from the beginning, he wanted to be building product.
SAL DAHER: Oh, okay, yes, yes.
ED ROBERTS: He had the goal of building product from day one, because that's what he was doing in his lab. In his lab, he was building acoustic products. Then, it gradually evolved, and increasingly, the companies were being formed by the grad students and the student alumni, as opposed to by the faculty themselves, because there's just many more bodies.
ED ROBERTS: Even today, MIT probably has 1,100 faculty. Well, we're producing 10,000 alumni each year, so obviously, the multiplier effect, the grad students have the odds that they are the ones who are going to be doing that.
SAL DAHER: Right, so let's go forward to Meditech then. How did you come to found Meditech?
ED ROBERTS: It's interesting. I came to found Meditech, in a way, through system dynamics. I was teaching the advanced applications course in system [dynamics]... I was in charge of all the education. Forrester gave up on education, so he turned it all over to me. I was teaching my own advanced course called applications and implementation of industrial dynamics. We would work with student project teams, half a dozen companies in the Greater Boston area, they’d go in teams, they build models and the like. At a Christmas cocktail party, I bumped into one of my old MIT classmates who was working at Mass General. He was telling me about what he did, and I said, at this party, I said, "Sounds like it would be fun to bring a bunch of students into MGH to do a project, because it sounds intriguing, what you are doing." Monday morning, I got a call from him, he says, "Ed, were you serious about bringing students into Mass General?" I said, "I was drinking, so I don't know how serious I was, but it sounded like fun." He says, "MGH is far too big and complicated. You really don't want to try to do a project here."
He said, "But, I'm very good friends with the guy who's just become the president of Beth Israel Hospital. He was chief resident in internal medicine at MGH, and he's a great guy. If you want to do a project there, I can set up a meeting for you to meet him." I said, "Yeah, really? That's interesting. Okay, let's do it." We go over and meet Mitch Rabkin, who is the six-month president of Beth Israel Hospital at that time, he lasted many, many, many years. I tell him about what system dynamics is, what kind of a project we do. He says, "Well, what would you do here?" I said, "Mitch, I don't know what we would do here. My only experience with Beth Israel Hospital is that my wife has had three children here." I said, "But I don't understand how a hospital works." He looks at me and says, "Oh, well, a bunch of MIT grad students can't hurt us that much." We start a project. I get fascinated by our class system. Now, I'm leading the group, because I decided because it's different, I'll work with this team of students, not with the ones working on the industrial projects.
I decide this was fascinating stuff. I start getting very involved in medical system dynamics, medical other stuff, because I worked with Einstein Medical School on mental health. I started doing a bunch of things. Two years later, which is 1969, I conclude that what's strange to me is that there is no dedicated computer company in the medical field, none. I say, "What a fascinating business opportunity that would be, to start a-
SAL DAHER: That was when?
ED ROBERTS: 1969, “To start a medical computing company."
SAL DAHER: Mm-hmm (affirmative)
ED ROBERTS: I begin a personal research project. My personal research project is by word of mouth, by clues, by follow-up, to talk to everybody in the Greater Boston area, who is working on stuff relating to medical computing. I don't care whether it's patient-oriented, whether it's administrative, whether it's finance, whether it's research, I'm talking to people all over Boston. Somebody says, "You want to talk to Neil Pappalardo at MGH in the lab for computer and medicine, because he is grousing off that he's going to leave the lab and start his own company, and he's unhappy there." I say, "Okay." I call him up. Neil is an MIT grad. It turns out that Neil knew me, I didn't know him. He had heard me lecture on entrepreneurship on my studies. By '69, I already had done a lot of entrepreneurship work. Pappalardo knew that, I didn't know anything about them. I go over and Neil has his sidekicks there. Curt Marble, who's an MIT guy, is his technical guy. Neil is the programmer, Curt is the hardware guy. Jerry Grossman is an MIT grad who's an MD. Jerry is the link pin between the computer center and the doctors, and the four of us are talking about stuff.
Neil says he's going to leave and he's going to set up a medical programming company. I say, "What in the world is a medical programming company?" Well, he had developed the MUMPS language. MUMPS, Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System, MUMPS, which became one of the few authorized Department of Commerce legitimate languages. Neil, he says, "I'm going to go out and do MUMPS applications." I said, "Like what?" He said, "Whatever they want. I can program any kind of medical problem and I can do that with MUMPS." I say, "What a dumb idea." He says, "What do you mean it's a dumb idea? MUMPS is great." I said, "No, no, I'm not questioning whether MUMPS is great." I said, "It's a dumb idea." I said, "I've started and run a consulting company." I said, "That's all you're going to do. You're just going to basically use your head to run a company."
ED ROBERTS: He said, "What do you mean?" I said, "You're going to sell your head." He says, "Sell my head?" I said, "Yeah, sell your brains. You're an MIT guy."
SAL DAHER: You only have one, you can only make so much money.
ED ROBERTS: He says, "I can hire other guys." I said, "You sell their brains." I said, "I run a company just like that. I'm selling brains." I said, "The brains we're selling is, we're doing computer modeling and other stuff. You can sell it. You can do programming." I said, "What a lousy company that is."
SAL DAHER: Yeah, not scalable. Not scalable.
ED ROBERTS: "What kind of company would you start?" I said, "Well, from the projects you guys described, you got the beginning of a lab system for medical labs." He says, "No, it's only the chemistry lab." I said, "Wait a minute, you told me there's nine labs, and you told me that the differences from one lab to the other aren't big, so you got the beginning of a total laboratory system, right?" "Well, well, well, maybe, but we have to work on that." I said, "You said you got the census thing, of enrolling patients and getting their stuff?" "Yeah, yeah, but that's no big deal." I said, "You told me that this experiment of interviewing patients with the computer, to generate patient medical histories in a uniform format?" He says, "Well, yeah, but that's a crazy idea that those guys have." Anyway, he says, "What does all of that mean?" I say, "To me, it means you ought to start medical systems company." He said, "What's a systems company?" I said, "It's a company that's basically attacking the entire hospital and gradually evolving all of the products that are going to be taking into account, everything that's going on in the hospital, and integrating the data into a single overall system."
He said, "Sounds ridiculous." That was the beginning of six months of argument and negotiation. By the way, when I went home from the meeting, I put my ... I had a manila folder, I titled the manila folder Medical Systems Corp, and put my notes from the meeting in there and put it into my file drawer. We started medical information technology, MIT, four of the five co-founders were MIT alums, in December of 1969. Our first product was the automated medical patient history. Our first product that was nearly ready was the Chemical Laboratory System, which was ... it was the expansion to all of the other labs of the hospital, and we had underway, the beginnings of development of total medical information systems, on the clinical side, not the financial side. Much later, we added the financial side. Now, it's interesting, the only other companies that were in the field were working on the financial side. They were doing financial processing for billing in hospitals. We weren't interested in that. We work in the clinical side.
That was 1969, five of us co-founded the company. Four of us became directors of the company. Curt was never a director. We brought in one guy, Mort Ruderman. It's part of our fighting. We got to the point that we had it resolved, as to what we're going to do technically. I said, "Now, we need a marketing guy." They said, "What do you mean we need a marketing guy?" I said, "We need somebody who really understands the customer, and who understand how to go about selling the products that we're going to develop." Well, I said, "You guys don't know anything about that." I said, "You're here, big deal. You don't know how to identify or sell to them. We need somebody who can do that." We argue about that for a month. Then, finally, okay, in principle, it's accepted, and then, the question is, my question, "Who do you guys know who matches those specs?" They say, "Well, there's a guy from digital equipment who comes and visits us frequently to sell us stuff, boards and computers." I said, "Who's that?" "His name is Mort Ruderman." I said, "What kind of a guy is he?" And Neil says he’s an OK guy. Could you get along with him if he were one of our partners? Oh yeah, I think so. So I said do you want to talk to him? No, you talk to him. Anyway, that's where Meditech started.
You know Meditech is 48 years old now. I'm still on the Board. Neil is now Chairman, not CEO any longer. A guy named Howard Messing, who was one of our early MIT hires is now CEO and President. The company does about $500 million worth of revenues. We have 3,200 employees. It’s done its thing, it stayed absolutely loyal to what we initially set. Our only customers are hospitals and big care delivery organizations. We don't sell things to physician group practices. We deal with large organizations. At one point, it could still be true, because we focused on small to medium size hospitals, 200 to 300 bed hospitals, which is the typical community hospital, at one point, we had the largest number of hospital customers with any firm in the country. We had 30% of the total hospitals as our customers. We always avoided the big teaching hospital, because the big teaching hospital, from the beginning, was arrogant that they could take care of their own stuff and do their own thing.
Coming up next, I will ask Professor Ed Roberts, who has done tremendous research in understanding the scientific basis of entrepreneurship. What it is that he considers to be really the most interesting result from all of his work. First, I wish to thank listener SaintLuar for this review, "Great podcast for both serious investors and interested laymen. Sal's great passion for the subject is evident, as he keeps it fun while skillfully curating a complete portrait of each guest." Thanks, SaintLuar. The Angel Invest Boston has outstanding guests, such as Professor Roberts, is professionally produced, has no commercials, and comes to you free. The only thing we ask in return is that you help get the word out. A convenient way to do that is to share the podcast on iTunes, or on our website, where you find some very convenient share buttons.
Take a minute to review our podcast on iTunes. Sign up at angelinvestboston.com to be notified of new episodes and upcoming free in-person events. Now, Professor Ed Roberts, what do you consider to be the most important result from your scholarship of entrepreneurship? What's the result that you're most ... that you think is the most significant?
ED ROBERTS: Well, most significant, in this case, I will interpret as being what is that that I really tried most hard to communicate to my students. I run the entrepreneurship and innovation track in the MBA program, so it's the largest track in the school, and it consists of people who think that they're dedicated to starting companies. What I most want them to understand is that if they grew up believing with this American myth of Horatio Alger, which is that individuals are heroes, and individual heroes accomplish everything, they have a lot to learn relative to starting companies. Our data are very clear. The failure rate of those who start companies alone is the highest by far among all of the companies we study. It is not the individual alone that matters, it is the individual as part of a team, along with other individuals who bring, hopefully, complimentary skills, attitudes, and the like, while bringing, again, hopefully, comparable values together. Our data say, as you go from one founder to two, you significantly improve the likelihood that you will succeed rather than fail.
As you go from two to three, it improves again. As you go from three to four, it improves again. Now, at those levels, one to two, to three, to four, my statement is a statistically significant statement. The data are clear and well-defined. If you go to five, the trend is still the same, more likelihood of success but now, unfortunately, there's not enough five founder companies in our sample for me to say it's a statistically significant finding. I believe it, but I can't prove it to my level of satisfaction. Do I really believe more is always the merrier? No, I do not. I believe that if you get beyond something like four or five, you're going from team to chaos. It's going to be a very difficult thing to manage a very large group of individuals. Now, why a team? First is just the addition of the assets of those people. More skills, more money, more experience, more capabilities. Second, is the increased likelihood of complementarity. What I know is different from what you know, and adding you and I together is not just one and one, it is something that may have some meaningful significance.
Three, by bringing multiple people together, I'm bringing multiple sources of interpersonal strength and comfort together. It's a terribly difficult thing to start and build a company. You try to do it alone, where is your back up for you? Never mind for the company. Who are you going to weep on when you're in pain and suffering? It's great if you have a supportive spouse or partner, that's wonderful, but it would also be nice if you had a supportive partner, who was a partner in the business, where you could sit and talk together, coach each other, help each other, comfort each other and the like. The more is merrier at least up to a small number, of people who could, together, be a much stronger group of people providing reinforcement to each other. The data are clear. Now, two different additions. Number one, the team is more successful if the team is co-mingling people with the technical background and people with the management background. That combination of skills turns out to be statistically significant.
SAL DAHER: It makes a lot of sense, yeah.
ED ROBERTS: Now, one final thing. If of the management background someone has background in sales or marketing, it's still better. At each of those points, I can say, "Okay, more people up to a given level is better. More people who come from different sets of skills base, technical, and management, is better. More people that include some degree of experience in sales and marketing is better. Every one of those three dimensions of teaming is statistically meaningful and I think critical in the founding and building of a company.
SAL DAHER: If I can paraphrase, Dr. Roberts' prescription for a successful start-up team, at least three or four people from different disciplines with different backgrounds and knowledge. People with different personalities that are complimentary, somehow, and ... ?
ED ROBERTS: Well, personality differences then have to really be managed.
ED ROBERTS: You got to believe in the same kinds of things because if your values are in conflict with each other, you are going to encounter situations where the value conflict can't be resolved readily.
SAL DAHER: People can't get along because of it.
ED ROBERTS: Because they really believe in different things and they don't share the same goals.
SAL DAHER: If I can try restating it, so a team, one lonely, two better, three even better, four tremendous. Then, a mix of backgrounds. Technical founders, people with sales background, people with marketing background, and so forth, and shared values?
ED ROBERTS: Right. Now, I challenge your use of the word prescription, because if a doctor gives me a prescription, I believe it's going to cure my problem. I would say, "Okay, that's a prescription that is going to help, but not cure."
SAL DAHER: Cure, so this is a recipe for a very successful dish?
ED ROBERTS: It's a piece of a recipe, because then, you're going to do everything else right. Then, you need to have a good idea. By the way, we encourage our students to believe that ideas are dime a dozen. We try to get our students to be open with each other about the ideas that many of them believe need to be hidden in secrecy. By the way, coming from different countries, they especially have a secrecy notion about ideas as something that is terribly important to protect.
SAL DAHER: Has to be preserved. Has to be preserved, and you don't agree with that? You think-
ED ROBERTS: It's wrong.
SAL DAHER: You should talk about it.
ED ROBERTS: It's not agreeing with it, it's wrong.
SAL DAHER: It's wrong.
ED ROBERTS: It's incorrect.
SAL DAHER: You have data to show that?
ED ROBERTS: We got infinite, experiential data, the experience is that in the classroom, where I've got 120 students in my class, when we do cold calling, and they've got one minute to throw out an idea, the outcome is, that they get all kinds of feedback from their classmates. Somebody else bumps into the corridor and says, "I had a similar idea to you. We ought to sit down and chat about that." Or, somebody says, "The thing you said, I know a guy who's working on a company in that area." Or, somebody says, "I tried to do the same thing you're talking about, and really, it's a problem, because here's what I ran into." Suddenly, it turns out that that sharing community is much more powerful than the single secrecy community. They begin to realize, when we put them to exercises of generating ideas, which we do, we put them through brainstorming exercises, we put them through simple exercise. Eric von Hippel, my esteemed colleague shows very large fractions of start-ups come from user innovation, namely, you yourself owned the problem. Therefore, you started a company to solve a problem you owned.
Well, boy, that's a very interesting source, so one of the things I throw out as an idea generating thing is don't tell me an answer, tell me a problem. Discuss, look at what you've done recently in work, talk about what you regarded as a significant problem or issue that you encountered in your job. I don't care what kind of job you had. I don't care if you were in banking, or if you were an engineer, or whatever it was, tell me about a problem you had. Oh, sure, they can tell you about problems they had.
Once you've identified this problem you've had and it's real, and you understand it, now, my question is, what do you think you could do about that problem? Is an answer to the problem a basis for starting a company? It may not be. It may just be some other idea, tool, technique, answer, but maybe it's something you could build a company around. That's a very useful thing to do. That's one way to generate ideas. Brainstorming is a totally different way. We try to get them to come up with ideas. Once this happens in the classroom, most of them who had come from this world of secrecy, and protection, and don't tell anybody about this wonderful thing you have, they suddenly begin to realize and said, hey, maybe the idea that they had that was so precious is not such a big deal after all, and that they've been able to come up with ideas that are different that they didn't know they had before.
ED ROBERTS: They start to appreciate that somebody else's ideas are really interesting.
SAL DAHER: Well, this points to the value of the team, because the team is where you share your ideas. You can't have a team if you don't share your ideas.
ED ROBERTS: The team in starting a company is formed about similarity of interest. You start with something that is a common basis for coming together. Our Meditech team came together because we were in agreement, we wanted to create a company that was going to be based upon medical information systems, using computers to pull things together. That was enough commonality. We could then fight about how and what, and what coverage, and what approach, and the like. That's where the differences in ideas came from, once we had clarity, that we all agreed it was purposeful and interesting to try to move in a given direction. That's, I think, very common. By the way, on ideas, it is very interesting to note a piece of research, not done by me, but done by colleagues, that says, that in the allocation of founder's stock, the person who has the initial idea ends up getting more stock than her or his colleagues. Then, the next point is more interesting, that the likelihood that that idea gets used as the basis for the company is very small, that most companies pivot away from where they started with the first idea of it, and I can show you that in almost every company that I've been involved in as an investor, as a director, what have you. The number of pivots is countless and never documented thoroughly. Even to the point that the founders need to be prodded to remember. I've ran a session in which I brought in CEOs of companies, where I was a director from the beginning, and I knew them well, and worked with them well. I tried to get them in class to talk about the history of the ideas they pursued as a company. They can't remember. I said, "Well, wait a minute. Hold on, hold on, don't go jump to that point. I want you to start before that.” Example, great successful company, HubSpot. Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah were my students at MIT in the Sloan Fellows Program. Dharmesh Shah did his thesis with me, so I know the company. I was the first investor in the company, as an angel investor. I get Dharmesh to come to my class and Dharmesh starts with how they begin to do inbound marketing.
I said, "No, no, no, no, don't start with inbound marketing. That's not where you started your company." "Well, what do you mean, Ed?" I said, "Come on, in the summer, when you were working with Brian Halligan, what was the first company you were going to start?" "Well, I don't know. We waltz around a number of ideas." I said, "Right, and the first one you attacked seriously was?" "Well, we wanted to develop HR systems for start-up companies." I said, "Ah, I remember that discussion, and what happened to that discussion?" "Well, we worked on it for four to six weeks and we decided that was crazy, so we threw it away."
I said, "No, no." I said, "Okay, Dharmesh, what was the second idea you had?" "Well, you remember, Ed, I did my thesis on how Web 2.0 was going to change things, so I was thinking how we could acquire software from all over the place, and we decided for the second pass we were going to build software systems to cover all needs of start-ups, HR, finance, legal, everything under the sun." I said, "Right, I remember those discussions. How long did it take for you to go through that company?" "Well, we never really made it a company." I said, "I know, you invested how much time in that idea?" He says, "Well, about four weeks." I said, "Okay, and then what happened?" He said, "Then we're sitting around and we realized that we didn't really know what it is we knew and I told Brian about how, in my thesis, I figured out how you can use blogs to get other people to run into you in your blog and to start giving you information, which is what I used to do my thesis on software development companies." I said, "And?" He says, "Well, you know Brian, he's a phenomenal marketing guy. He invented the term inbound marketing."
I said, "And that became HubSpot." He says, "Yeah, yeah." I said, "Okay, fine, and how many months after the two of you decided you were starting a company, did you come to inbound marketing?" He said, "Oh, well, it was about three months." I said, "You went through two pivots in between the way." He says, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right, you're right. Okay."
SAL DAHER: That's an outstanding pivot story.
ED ROBERTS: It's an outstanding pivot story.
SAL DAHER: It really is.
ED ROBERTS: Right, by the way, when they came to the point, finally, of inbound, they called me up because of the fact that I had told Dharmesh when he finished his thesis, that whatever he ended up deciding to do, I'd love to invest in his company. That brings us to an issue of angel investors, which I will tell you about. My first criterion of investing is the person, not the idea, because the idea, as far as I'm concerned, is highly likely to change. Not how much money can be made from it. I don't have any idea what's going to be made from it. It's the person. I invest in people. Number one, I've been in MIT my whole life. If you're not very smart, I'm not in a conversation with you to begin with, but I can be in a conversation with a very large number of smart people, so that's not very much of a filter.
Okay, so you're smart, that's an aside. I now want you to be absolutely persistent in your character. I want you to be dedicated and passionate about what you want to do. You may change your mind. I want you to be passionate at each stage of changing your mind. I want you to be open and trustworthy, because if I'm investing as an angel, I'm expecting to have a 10-year relationship with you. I'm not expecting, this is going to be rolled out and I'm going to be liquid in two to three years. I'm expecting, this is going to be eight, 10, 15 years. My longest one is 40 years. As an angel investor, not as a co-founder, Meditech is longer, I was an angel investor in Jerry Goldstein's company and that I was a board member for 40 years in that company, through IPOs and everything else.
SAL DAHER: Which company is that?
ED ROBERTS: The company in the end became Advanced Magnetics, which became AMAG Pharmaceuticals.
But he went through multiple IPOs and what have you. Anyway, so I'm assuming this is going to be a long term relationship. If I'm going to have a long relationship with you, then, I want you to be willing to suffer my openness and transparency, and I want you to be matching me and being willing to be open in discussion and the like. I don't want to be in a situation where I need to prod you to talk to me. I want you to feel comfortable about fessing up the issues that we can sit and discuss. To me, joint problem-solving is the kind of approach I want to see among a team, among an investor who's going to become part of a team. I think that, anyway. If the entrepreneur doesn't see an investor as part of the team, that's a big mistake.
SAL DAHER: That is a mistake, yeah.
ED ROBERTS: This is what I'm looking for. I'm looking for smarts, passion, persistence, openness, values that I would share. Then, after we get pass that, I want to know, “Okay, so what is it you want to do?” That conversation could in fact come that way. An example would be Charles Zhang, with whom I started sohu.com, the first Internet company in China. He was working as a, I would say, a tourist guide for the MIT Industrial Liaison Program, bringing Chinese visitors all around. Then, he’d come to my office frequently with Chinese visitor groups. Stuck his head in my office one day, he says, "Professor Roberts, can I talk with you?" "Sure, come on in." Sits down, I said, "What can I do for you?" He says, "I want to go home to China and start an Internet company." Now, the shock was the first part of the sentence. I want to go home to China. No other graduate students and the like, who were Chinese, were telling me that. They were coming in, "Ed, do you know any way I can get a job at the World Bank? Do you know how I could possibly get a job at the United Nations? Do you know maybe, I should go to the Kennedy School for a second degree?" Anything that would string out another two to three years of not going back to China.
We spent 20 minutes talking about, he wants to go back to China. Not talking about the Internet, talking about, "I want to go back to China." Then, he said to me something that was extraordinarily powerful. He said, "China is going to become a great nation." This is 1996. China wasn't a great nation. "China is going to become a great nation, and I want to be part of making it great." Wow, I listened to that and said, "God, let me shake this guy and let's see, does he back off?" I kept pushing him and there was no way that I could push him away from what seemed to me, to a passionate commitment of loyalty. Finally, 25 minutes later, I said, "Okay, okay, so you want to go home to China and you want to start an Internet company?" He's got a PhD for Physics a year before, from MIT. I respect Physics. I say, "Wow, okay." I figure, "Wow, he's got an invention of the Internet that's going to be dramatic." I say, "What do you know about the Internet?" He says, "I used email during my research studies." I said, "Yes?” I'm waiting for more. He just repeats it.
“I used email in my research studies.” I said, “And other thing?” “No, that’s it.” I said, “Okay, you want to go home to China, I understand. You want to start an Internet company and your knowledge base is, you used email while an MIT research student?” “Yes.” I said, “Okay, so what kind of an Internet company do you want to start?” He says, “Well, I could start a lot of different kinds of Internet companies.” I say, “Yes, of course, you could start a lot of different kinds of Internet companies. What kind do you want to start?” He’s looking at me and says, “Well, in China, a lot of students are trying to get into university and they prepare for examinations for entrance. I could create an Internet company that gives them tutoring and help in getting into college.” I said, “Yes, companies like that certainly exist in this country. I’m quite sure you could do that. Is that what you want to do?” He says, “Well, no, I really don’t know but I could do that.” I said, “Okay, what else could you do?” He says, “Something similar, a lot of people want to learn English and I could put an Internet company up in which I’m helping them to learn English.” I said, “Yes, absolutely. You certainly could create a company that is helping them teach, learn English. Do you want to do that?” “Well, I don’t really know.” I said, “Okay, so what else?” He rattles off a bunch of things he could do, and I say “Look, Charles, if you want to continue this conversation, why don’t you come back and see me in two weeks? Why don’t you, in the meantime, carefully think through the kind of company that you want to start. When we get together again, let’s start there, talking about what it is you really want to do in starting an Internet company in China.” He says, “Okay. Thank you very much, Professor Roberts,” and he leaves. Two weeks later he comes back, he’s got a torn sheet of paper from a bag, in which he had handwritten about 20 things on it, and then he scrolls, and it’s the list. It starts with language teaching ...
SAL DAHER: Getting into college and so on.
ED ROBERTS: And a whole bunch of other stuff. I said, “Okay, but this won’t do. What is it you want to do?” He says, “I’ve been away from China for eight years. I don’t know what’s really the right thing to do in China today. I will have to be home in China before I really know. I just know I want to start an Internet company.” Well, that began six months of discussions. Over six months, I gradually got to the point of concluding that this was probably absolutely crazy, but what the hell. As I told my wife, I said, “I’ve lost more money on stupid ideas that stockbrokers tell me, about your idiocy, so what the hell, I’m going to invest in this guy.” In the meantime, I had talked to Nick Negroponte, who was running the Media Lab. Nick was Mr. Internet at MIT. Nick had met Charles and Nick said, well, if I was going in, then he would be willing to go in, too. We met a third guy, so we each decided we would put up 75,000 bucks and we would create $225,000 of angel funding and Charles and I incorporated. The name of the company was, Internet Technologies China. That was it. Incorporated in Delaware, why? Because it was incredible that anybody was starting a company in China, nonetheless, an Internet company, so I said, “Hey, Delaware is more expensive but maybe it’ll give us credibility. Somebody will think that this is a real and honest company because we are regulated by straight rules of openness and the like.” We gave Charles 25,000 bucks deposited in the Bank of China for him to go home and to start to work, with $200,000 sitting in the First National Bank of Boston, with requiring two signatures, him and mine, because we were the co-founders of the company. We started in that way. Now, they’ve got 10,000 employees in China. This year, they did a billion and a half in revenues. They really were the first of the regular Chinese Internet companies and the like, and for the first two years, all there was Charles and me, and people that he gradually hired. We would have telephone call board discussions. We would have email, we could do email, and that was it. Everything that would come up, either would be a telephone call that we talked about or it would be an email that would present the issue and we’d sort it out. At the end of two years, basically, he was running out of money while we were negotiating an A round.
I got the two other investors to join with me in doing a supplement so as to keep the company alive for three more months while we were trying to close our A round. We closed our A round, our A round included Intel, our A round included ... not Thompson, Dow Jones.
SAL DAHER: Dow Jones, wow.
ED ROBERTS: Our A round included one of the biggest Hong Kong investors who actually is Boston-based, Morningside Group. Our A round included Pat McGoverns, a Beijing thing ... all based upon, in a way, relationships. I knew Pat McGovern from when we were undergraduates. He was the editor of The Tech, I was chairman of the MIT Activities Council, so he was a member of my council. I knew him from when we were undergrads and here he had a Beijing fund, they invested in it. Internet… Nick Negroponte and I knew two different very senior guys in Intel, at the strategy level of Intel, running Intel Capital. We each made our telephone calls and we each said, “You got to see this guy, Charles Zhang, who’s coming in from Beijing to the West Coast,” and Intel came in. We did our A round and now, suddenly we got a real company that has a couple of million bucks into it, and we’re going ahead in this environment. It was craziness. Eventually, we got around to starting to build, and product and the like, and we went public in the death knell of the Internet.
ED ROBERTS: We were probably the last Internet company to go public before death took place. We came, finally, at $13 a share, having assumed at the beginning of our road show, that it would be around $18 to $20 a share. We went out at $13. Within a week and a half, we were at $6 a share, and by eight months later, we were at 50 cents a share.
The Internet market was dying as we were issuing it, our under ... Every underwriter in the United States wanted to be our underwriter. The midnight meeting at the printer, the night before was a what-the-hell meeting, where the senior partner of the firm said, “Damn it, we’re going.” We went. The high price for the stock was on the second day, we had gone up to $13.60.
SAL DAHER: Wow, what a time to buy. There must have been a lot of buying opportunities in the market then.
ED ROBERTS: At 50 cents.
ED ROBERTS: Sure. I’m sure there were some people who bought at 50 cents. I didn’t. Well, probably. My price was probably under 50 cents in terms of founder’s stock but ... so it took a long time, but again, it’s now 20 years. By the way, I have just resigned as a board member, this past month. After 20 years, I have just resigned as a board member. I am now in a two-year consulting and advisory role to the board and to Charles Zhang, who is still CEO. You go and you build a company in a totally different environment and the like. It’s not the same as doing something where you get together for coffee-
SAL DAHER: No, it’s not. It’s totally different.
ED ROBERTS: Next week, to sit and chat, but we did plenty of chatting, but the chatting was over the telephone and the like. All the board meeting ... After we went public, the board gradually changed to being entirely Chinese, slowly, except for me. All board meetings were conducted in English because I’m the senior member of the board. For all of these years, the Chinese respect age, the Chinese respect seniority and loyalty, they really do. They behave that way. Our board meetings were in English. Every now and then, somebody who isn’t good in English would suddenly spurt out something in Chinese and there would be a rapid two to three-minute discourse in Chinese back and forth. Then, the CFO, who came from Hong Kong, and she was very good in English, she would then say, Ed ... telephone calls all over the world, “Ed, let me explain to you what that was all about.”
She would explain to me in English what had happened, and then we say, “Okay.” Then, we go back to whatever is the next thing or another. That’s another company that turned out to be a very successful company.
SAL DAHER: This is really a fascinating story. The way the company came about, the way they operated-
ED ROBERTS: But understand, those stories started with 1963, with my own consulting company, 1964, with the beginning of my research. The first company that I became a board member of, that wasn’t my company, was a company called SofTech, formed by two guys out of the lab for a computer ... for electronic systems lab at MIT. Doug Ross was a hero in computer programming, came to see me because I had a company. My company was this consulting company that had no full time employees, but he didn’t know how to start a company and I must know, so he came to see me. Jack Pugh and I decided we would invest in his ... Pugh-Roberts invested $30,000 as angel investors in Doug Ross’s company two years or three years after we started. Suddenly, I’m a board member and an angel investor in somebody else’s firm. Things cumulate and, frankly, once I really had reputation, data, network, and more importantly, money, I really began to do a lot of angel investing. I came into CommonAngels from day one in the ‘80s. Five of us created Zero Stage Capital to be a seed fund investing in ground zero ... We were very clear.
I’ve always focused on ground zero companies. I do not regard a ground zero company as a frightening and risky thing. I regard it as the place to be because that’s where the fun is, that’s where you can have impact and, to me, if you’ve passedmy test, that you’re passionate, you’re dedicated, you’re trying to do something that seems worthwhile, you’re smart, you’re open. I’m going to be able to relate to you. Then, I don’t see it as a risky thing. Am I going to lose money? Sure I’m going to lose money but it’s very different because if you’re a finance person, you’re evaluating risk in terms of the reality. Well, the risk is so much higher. Well, maybe they are, and if you wait until three years, you’re going to be able to invest at a much higher price and yes, it will be a lower probability that it will fail, but when it fails, it’s going to lose more money. Okay, there’s some trade-off, can somebody demonstrate? Probably they can, a good finance person. Then, it is, indeed, really riskier, from a money point of view, to invest at ground zero. Okay, it’s not how I feel.
SAL DAHER: I think you may find support in statistics also. I’ve seen statistics that show early-stage companies, if you diversify sufficiently, they do quite well, but this is tremendous.
ED ROBERTS: Yeah, more questions.
SAL DAHER: If I could just ask you some quick questions. For example, PhDs don’t make good founders. PhDs make good founders. Which side are you on that argument?
ED ROBERTS: Let’s go back to me as a researcher. The data are clear, number one.
ED ROBERTS: A much smaller fraction of PhDs become entrepreneurs. The sweet spot, by degree, is Master’s degree, okay?
ED ROBERTS: The largest fraction, by degree, of those who become entrepreneurs are Master’s degree holders, that’s just becoming. Now, let’s talk about success. The same thing I just said about Master’s degrees being the most likely to start, Master’s degrees are the most likely to succeed. The probability that a PhD founder is going to form a successful company is very low. Now, the next question is, why? Okay, there’s a lot of reasons why. One, that I think is most important, is the mental outlook and the personality of someone who becomes a PhD. Mark this, I have a PhD, okay? So, self-criticism. If you have a PhD, you wanted to pursue a search for knowledge as a primary way of your life. If you have a Master’s degree in Engineering, primarily, you wanted to pursue the application of knowledge and problem-solving using knowledge as your primary way of life. Now, for no other reason than just that, there’s a much lower likelihood that somebody whose principal pursuit in life is the search for new knowledge, there’s a lower likelihood that person is going to build a successful company because that person’s motivations are not the motivations of an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur ought to be motivated to found and build something that is significant, that has great impact on something, on jobs, on revenues, on personal wealth, something, great impact. What does the PhD got?
SAL DAHER: Search for knowledge.
ED ROBERTS: Right, search for knowledge and maybe proving to the world that my knowledge is really wonderful. Charles Zhang is a PhD in Physics, nonetheless. He was a weird guy, as a founder. That was part of getting through this, what are you really looking for? What do you really want to do? When this guy says to me, “China is going to become great and I want to help make it great.” Wow. That’s a powerful statement. It has zero to do with, “I want to take my Physics research and turn it into something meaningful.” The Internet had zero to do with his PhD program except that he used email.
SAL DAHER: Yeah, that is amazing.
ED ROBERTS: I have, in the early days, when I used to show the raw data we had and what the statistics are, and to try to explain to people statistics and say, “Look, this is not a statement that, here’s what I advise. This is a statement that says, ‘Here’s what the data show.’” The most difficult problem I would have was with PhDs who would say to me, “Well, my company is pretty successful.” I say, “No, no, no. Look, I understand that, that your company being successful is an anecdote and I’m very thrilled for you that you are successful. I’m not talking about your success or failure, I’m talking about the data.”
SAL DAHER: One of the many findings of your study, of MIT entrepreneurship, is that one in six alumni responding to your survey had invested in new companies they did not found. In the general population of the United States, that number is in the order of one in a thousand. Would you care to speculate why MIT alums are 180 times more likely to invest in a new company than the average American?
ED ROBERTS: You’re the first person that has ever raised that question with me, so I have no research that I’ve ever tried to process that would be oriented to answering your question, so all I can do is speculate. My speculation is, that over the years we have been successful in creating such an environment at MIT that increasingly, MIT students and alumni feel part of a commitment to, a belonging to the field of entrepreneurship. Consequently, I think we’ve lowered the barriers to investing behavior on the part of those that are able to do so. Of course, now, able to do so has been reduced dramatically by all of what’s going on with respect to crowdsourcing of funding, but that’s not affected MIT people more than anybody else, I don’t think.
SAL DAHER: No, no.
ED ROBERTS: I think it’s probably that MIT now has a much stronger image to the rest of the world, and to itself, and to its students and faculty, as a place in which entrepreneurship is part of the way of life.
SAL DAHER: It’s not a strange thing? It’s a thing that your friend is doing, it’s a thing your roommate is doing, that you run into people ... It seems a normal activity.
ED ROBERTS: Let me give you a piece of data which does relate, maybe, and that comes out of our 2014 study that we published in 2015, that was the second new database. Better, bigger database.
SAL DAHER: I think the one in six number was from your 2014 study.
ED ROBERTS: Was it?
ED ROBERTS: Okay. The other data in that study was a question we had never asked before. We said, “How many of you have gone to work for a startup company?” And we gave a definition. “A startup company, for this question is, a company within its first two years of existence that has fewer than 10 employees.” We had 30% of MIT alumni say they had gone to work for a startup company. That blew our minds. We had no clue that that would be the case. Second blowing of our minds, 25% of the 30% later started their own companies.
SAL DAHER: Wow, so 30%-
ED ROBERTS: And they performed better than the ones who had never gone through working for a start-up.
SAL DAHER: That’s excellent result.
ED ROBERTS: It was excellent result, right.
SAL DAHER: So 30% went to work for start-ups?
ED ROBERTS: Of all alumni, right.
SAL DAHER: Then, 25% of them went on to found-
ED ROBERTS: Companies.
SAL DAHER: Start-ups?
SAL DAHER: Those companies outperform the rest of the market because they had the experience of working in a start-up.
ED ROBERTS: We believe, and that related ... We had done, even in the earlier data, we did learning studies, trying to figure out, can we measure there in the earlier data, we showed second companies outperform first companies, and the third companies outperform the second companies, so we had a trend line of how experience and being an entrepreneur pays off, pays off with better performance. That came out of the first research that we did that was published in 2009, on the big MIT sample. By the way, that study and that publication in 2009 is the first time anybody has ever carried out a study of all university alumni relating to issues of entrepreneurship and innovation. In a way, we created a new field again, and the new field was looking at a university as a place that was a knowledge producer where the knowledge was now being transferred via entrepreneurship to the marketplace and to the economy. We’ve had a lot of copying after that take place. My own PhD study ... student, Chuck Easley, who co-authored the 2009 thing, when he finished, he was hired by Stanford and the first-
SAL DAHER: I follow his writings and so forth, yeah.
ED ROBERTS: Yeah, Chuck is wonderful. His first assignment ... faculty usually don’t get assignments, his first assignment was, replicate the MIT study. We have a Stanford study called Innovation at Stanford. It copied in total detail our stuff.
SAL DAHER: I’m an MIT grad and a Stanford grad so I ...
ED ROBERTS: You were?
SAL DAHER: Yeah. I’d like to look at that study as well.
ED ROBERTS: So do I.
SAL DAHER: This is extremely valuable. You are tremendously inspiring. I think there’s a lot of data that’s going to be helpful to people in their careers, in investing, in founding of startups, in investing in startups. This is tremendous.
ED ROBERTS: Thank you.
SAL DAHER: Professor Ed Roberts, I’m tremendously grateful for your generosity in participating and making this a really great podcast. I’m also grateful to the listeners for joining us. I’d like to invite our listeners who enjoyed this podcast, to review it on iTunes. Once again, Professor Roberts, thanks a lot.
ED ROBERTS: You’re very welcome. I enjoyed being subject to your questioning and the like, and I’m thrilled to be talking to you and your smiling face in asking these questions.
SAL DAHER: This, for me, is tremendous, because I’ve been curious to ask you all these questions and I’ve gotten to do that. Thanks a lot.
I’m Sal Daher. I’m Sal Daher. This is Angel Invest Boston, conversations with Boston’s most interesting angels and founders.
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GKIDS, Fathom Partner for Ghibli Fest and ‘Mune’ US Premiere
‘Genius Party’ & ‘ Genius Party Beyond’ Shorts Anthologies Head Home
News Bytes: Million Moms Boycott ‘Toy Story 4’, Become a ‘Rick and Morty’ Character, ‘Kiki’ Soars to Theaters & More
GKIDS Catches Masaaki Yuasa’s ‘Ride Your Wave’
Following the success of the cinema events for Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, GKIDS and Fathom Events are teaming up to bring a series of anime classics to US theatergoers throughout 2017 with Studio Ghibli Fest. The six-film monthly series will feature more revered films from Studio Ghibli, as well as a selection of new releases from GKIDS and an ongoing short film mini-festival.
The cartoon celebration kicks off with Miyazaki’s iconic family fantasy My Neighbor Totoro (1988) on Sunday, June 25 and Monday, June 26. This will be followed from other Miyazaki gems: Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) on July 23 & 24, Castle in the Sky (1986) on August 27 & 28, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) on September 24 & 25, Howl’s Moving Castle on November 26 & 27 (2004), and a special run of Oscar winner Spirited Away (2001) in time for Halloween, on October 29 & 30.
GKIDS and Fathom are also partnering to present the US premiere release of of Mune: Guardian of the Moon — a delightful children’s fantasy flick from the producers of The Little Prince. The award-winning film from directors Alexandre Heboyan and Benoît Philippon centers on a little faun who is given the weighty responsibility of Guardian of the Moon. Two additional new release titles are being planned for the companies’ 2017 collaboration lineup. All GKIDS events will include the ongoing short animation festival, GKIDS MiniFest.
“We are thrilled to be expanding our successful partnership with Fathom to bring Studio Ghibli and other GKIDS films to movie theaters nationwide,” said GKIDS CEO Eric Beckman. “Together we are creating an exciting and unique cinema event experience for Studio Ghibli fans to come celebrate their favorite films, while introducing wide new audiences to some of the most amazing animated films of all time.”
Sign up for exclusive early ticket access through ghiblifest.com — a complete list of theater locations will be available to the general public on April 28. Information on the event series will also be available on fathomevents.com.
Related Topics:Alexandre Heboyan, Benoit Philippon, Castle in the Sky, Eric Beckman, Fathom, Fathom Events, Gkids, GKIDS MiniFest, Hayao Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, Mune: Guardian of the Moon, My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Studio Ghibli, Studio Ghibli Fest, The Little Prince
2017 Irish Animation Awards Winners Announced
Fox/Blue Sky Debut Trailer, Poster & Character Pix for ‘Ferdinand’
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Roger Kern
Robert Hays
Milo O'Shea
Linda Purl
Bruce Boxleitner
Adventure > Family-Oriented Adventure
Western > Modern Western
Thriller > Police Detective Film
Drama > Rural Drama
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Young Pioneers' Christmas (1976)
directed by Michael O'Herlihy
featuring Linda Purl, Roger Kern, Robert Hays, Kay Kimler, Robert Donner
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
featuring Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, John Davidson, Lesley Ann Warren, Janet Blair
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
featuring Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole, Louis Gossett, Jr., Robert Hooks, Leslie Nielsen
A Time for Miracles (1980)
featuring Milo O'Shea, Kate Mulgrew, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Rossano Brazzi, Robin Clarke
I Married Wyatt Earp (1981)
featuring Alison Arngrim, Bruce Boxleitner, Jeffrey DeMunn, Ross Martin, Marie Osmond
Young Pioneers (1976)
featuring Robert Hays, Roger Kern, Linda Purl
The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
featuring Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams, Gordon Jackson, Andrew Keir
Cry of the Innocent (1980)
featuring Cyril Cusack, Nigel Davenport, Walter Gotell, Alexander Knox, Jim Norton
Detour to Terror (1980)
featuring O.J. Simpson, Arte Johnson, Anne Francis, Randall Carver, Lorenzo Lamas
Kiss Me Kill Me (1976)
featuring Michael Anderson, Jr., Carroll Baker, Dabney Coleman, George Eastman, Claude Akins, Bruce Boxleitner, Pat O'Brien, Stella Stevens, Robert Vaughn
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (1977)
featuring John Anderson, Bibi Besch, Leif Garrett, Milo O'Shea, John Quade
Smith! (1969)
featuring Glenn Ford, Nancy Olson, Dean Jagger, Keenan Wynn, Warren Oates
Warren Oates
Walter Gotell
Tom Adams
Susan Hampshire
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No 'R-word': US groups call to drop NFL team name
Civil rights groups are calling on broadcasters not to use 'derogatory' Washington NFL team's name on Thanksgiving Day.
Snyder has said Washington 'will never change the name of the team' [Dan Mullan/Getty Images]
Civil rights groups in the US are calling on broadcasters not to use the name of a National Football League team playing in a nationally televised Thanksgiving Day game because they say it is "offensive" and "denigrating [to] Native people".
The Washington Redskins football team will take on the New York Giants on Thursday - Thanksgiving Day in the US - in a game that will be broadcast across the country.
Civil rights and indigenous groups have called for Washington to change its name for several years, but they say using the team's name on Thanksgiving - a national holiday that many Native Americans associate with genocide and mark as a "National Day of Mourning" - is especially harmful.
"Thanksgiving is often the only major American holiday that brings Native people and their history into the national conversation," nearly a dozen groups said in an open letter published this week.
"Using the holiday to promote the Washington team’s derogatory name will further marginalise Native Americans who have already experienced histories of oppression and violence."
The letter was signed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum, National Congress of American Indians and the Oneida Indian Nation, among other organisations.
"Media organisations can do their jobs by reporting on the team, but also refrain from using the slur and denigrating Native people," the letter continued.
Widespread criticism
Change the Mascot, a public campaign that seeks to educate the public on the adverse effects the team's name can have on Native American youth, has led calls for Washington and other sports teams to change their team names.
In recent years, a handful of school districts across the US have banned team names that can be considered racial slurs against Native Americans. Others are also discussing potential bans.
Critics say using derogatory team names can have a negative effect on the self-worth of Native American youth in particular.
In 2013, several members of the US Congress urged the NFL and the Washington franchise to change the team's name.
"In this day and age, it is imperative that you uphold your moral responsibility to disavow the usage of racial slurs. The usage of the word 'redskins' is especially harmful to Native American youth, tending to lower their sense of dignity and self-esteem," they wrote in a letter.
NFL defends name
However, Daniel Snyder, the owner of the Washington NFL team, has staunchly defended the name.
"We will never change the name of the team," Snyder told USA Today in 2013.
"As a lifelong Redskins fan, and I think that the Redskins fans understand the great tradition and what it's all about and what it means, so we feel pretty fortunate to be just working on next season."
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has also come out in support of the team's name, which he described as "a unifying force that stands for strength, courage, pride and respect".
"The Washington Redskins name has thus from its origin represented a positive meaning distinct from any disparagement that could be viewed in some other context," Goodell said in a letter sent to the US lawmakers, according to ESPN.
Earlier this month, Dave Zirin, the sports editor at The Nation, said that in giving the Thanksgiving Day game to Washington, NFL owners have shown "their true colours".
"It’s as if NFL owners, by having Washington host this game, are having their own private joke at the expense of the players, fans, and commentators who care about these issues," Zirin wrote on November 17.
"In this season of racial dissent and dialogue over racism, the Washington team name has been erased from the discussion," Zirin continued.
"Perhaps this Thanksgiving we can centre it exactly where it belongs, and understand that a league that celebrates racial slurs can never be an engine for racial justice."
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By Keith Nunes
The Kraft Heinz Co. and Oprah Winfrey have entered into a joint venture.
PITTSBURGH — The Kraft Heinz Co. and Oprah Winfrey have entered into a joint venture to produce and market ready-to-eat products. The j.v., called Mealtime Stories L.L.C., is intended to create a new line of products that are nutritious and more accessible to everyone, according to the company.
Kraft Heinz will develop, manufacture, market and sell the new line in the United States. As part of the joint venture, 10% of profits will be donated to charities aimed at eradicating hunger.
More specific information about the brand and products will be revealed later in 2017, Kraft Heinz said.
This is not the first time Ms. Winfrey has dabbled in the food and beverage industry. This past May she filed a request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark several culinary products branded under “Oprah’s Kitchen.” In October 2015, Ms. Winfrey acquired a 10% stake in Weight Watchers International, with options to purchase 5% more, and in 2014 she partnered with Starbucks Corp. to create Teavana Oprah Chai Tea, the proceeds of which benefitted the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Foundation.
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A year later, Glenelg High seeks to learn from hate crime incident and spread awareness about inclusivity
By Jess Nocera
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A year after the hate crimes incident at Glenelg High School, staff and students have been focusing on creating a sense of belonging at the school. Some students and staff gather with Principal David Burton, third from left, on the anniversary of the crimes to show solidarity. (Doug Kapustin / For Baltimore Sun Media Group)
As principal of Glenelg High School, David Burton believes it’s his calling to make sure everybody feels a sense of belonging at Howard County’s least diverse high school.
“A reason why I’m here is to build the community as a whole, so I don’t want to not do what I think I’m called to do,” he said in his office on a Tuesday morning. “You can take some hits from time to time.”
Last May, Burton’s calling was put to a the ultimate test.
On May 24, 2018, Glenelg seniors were readying for their awards ceremony on the final day of the school year. It figured to be a celebratory day.
Instead, school officials discovered more than 50 swastikas and homophobic and racist slurs scrawled on the school’s main entrance, the stadium press box, bleachers, sidewalks, picnic tables, parking lots and other locations.
One racist epithet found near the school’s tennis courts was targeted at Burton, who is black.
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It was “one of the few times in my life I didn’t know what to do for a minute, so I had to step away,” Burton said. “I had to control my emotions. I’m the principal, I have to do my job but initially I was vulnerable.”
He found himself stuck at the crossroads between principal, father and husband.
On that morning, Burton stepped into his office, took a deep breath and prayed. Then it was time for him to be the principal and act quickly to remove the graffiti before the awards ceremony.
The night of May 23
On May 23, 2018, the Washington Capitals did the unexpected: They advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in two decades after winning the tie-breaking game against the Tampa Bay Lighting on Tampa’s ice.
Nearly 1,000 miles away in Woodbine, a few soon-to-be high school graduates were celebrating the win together. When the game ended, they decided the night wasn’t over. They grabbed cans of spray paint and headed to Glenelg High to carry out what they thought at the time was a “senior prank.”
At approximately 11:30 p.m., wearing masks and hoods to cover their faces, they arrived at the school. However, the next morning school administration would identify the four because their phones had automatically connected to the school’s Wi-Fi network during the time they were defacing the school.
The four, now all 19 years old, were Joshua Shaffer, of Mount Airy; Seth Taylor, of Glenwood; Matthew Lipp, of Woodbine; and Tyler Curtiss, of Brookeville.
Prosecutors said Shaffer drew the racist epithet that targeted Burton.
Prior to the incident, Shaffer was removed from the Senior Class Night after Burton learned Shaffer tried to purchase an alcoholic drink, Burton said in court. Even so, Burton said he “gave him grace” by allowing Shaffer to still attend the senior picnic scheduled for a few days later.
“Even though I had showed him some remorse,” Burton said, “[seeing the graffiti] it was almost like a gut-punch.”
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Curtiss, Shaffer and Taylor attended the senior awards ceremony. They were asked to step out by the school’s administration, were read their Miranda Rights, agreed to speak to police and were arrested. Lipp, who did not attend the ceremony, was arrested at his home. They each faced charges related to hate crimes.
During the ceremony, Curtiss had received a scholarship and shook hands with Burton.
The four were indicted in July by the Howard County State’s Attorney's Office. They were sentenced between March and April, all receiving various consecutive weekend jail sentences of a potential three-year sentence to be served at the Howard County Detention Center.
Shaffer received 18 weekends in jail, Lipp received a 16-weekend sentence, Taylor received nine weekends and Curtiss, who spent his 19th birthday behind bars, received eight weekends.
The teens also were each sentenced to fulfill 250 hours of community service to be completed one year from their respective sentencing dates, three years of supervised probation, to submit to any drug and alcohol testing, and to abstain from alcohol, illegal substances and the abuse of prescription drugs.
Attempts to reach the four through their attorneys were not successful.
Rising from ‘the black cloud’
At the Glenwood Branch library during his final spring vacation of high school, 18-year-old Wande Owens recalled his disappointment when he found out which then-Glenelg seniors had participated in the crimes.
Owens, one of the best football players in the school’s history, had been teammates with Lipp, Curtiss and Taylor for three years. He was also friends with them.
A three-season athlete, Owens played football, basketball and participated in track and field with Shaffer.
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Owens said if he had to be teammates with them for one more year, while they would have worked together on the field, would have been more distant and “had better judgement on their character.”
“Now they have a stigma associated with them,” Owens said. “Every time you bring up those names, this [the incident] comes up. You Google it, this comes up. So it would have been difficult” to be teammates with them.
“It was one of those things that we [as a community] are trying to say, ‘We are not racist and we do not have this reputation,’ and then blemishes like this make it worse.”
Melissa Montgomery, an assistant state’s attorney, said multiple times in court that the reputation of Glenelg High has been damaged because of the May 23, 2018, incident.
“This is the black cloud that now hangs over Glenelg High School,” she said. “Overcast by this sadness and shock to see their fellow classmates did something so vile.”
Owens, who is black, said Lipp apologized to him at a mutual friend’s graduation party last year. Burton had said in the court that Curtiss, Shaffer and Taylor but not Lipp had extended apologies to him before doing so again in court.
Going into his senior year, Owens, who lives in Cooksville, had already committed to Yale University for next fall, where he will play football and plans to study either mathematics or computer science. But for Owens, there was still something to consider following the incident.
“How is the football program going to bounce back?” he wondered, considering three of four were on the team the previous year.
Owens said the team responded well as Glenelg reached the state championship game for the first time in the school’s history.
Even though the school lost, “the camaraderie we had was one of the best things I’ve ever been part of,”Owens said.
In the hours after the discovery of the graffiti, Burton had the overwhelming support of his student body. Students quickly jumped into gear, asking if they could make a banner to show love for Glenelg and they wrote “GHS ♥ Burton” with cups on one of the school’s fences.
Glenelg High School students created a message of support for their black principal, David Burton, on one of the fences after four teens were charged with hate crimes. (Baltimore Sun file)
Burton, who was proud of his students’ efforts, said many asked him the same questions.
“‘Why does this happen to us? Why does it make us look this way?’ I kept telling them you’re learning about life, and sometimes people can taint you and you have nothing to do with that, so how do you turn the tide?” Burton recalled.
Nearly five years ago, in September 2014, Glenelg students displayed a Confederate flag at a football game between Glenelg and River Hill. The flag had been temporarily displayed in the back of the stands during the Friday game at River Hill in Clarksville, The Baltimore Sun reported.
There were two reports of hate-related vandalism in 2017 at Glenelg High, according to previous reports. On March 24, 2017, swastikas and racist graffiti were reported to have been found in a school bathroom and, on Oct. 8, 2017, graffiti targeting religion and sexual orientation and racist slurs were found spray-painted on the school’s baseball and softball dugouts.
Sixteen-year-old Becca Bregman only knows of three other Glenelg students who share her religion.
Bregman, who is Jewish, recalled one of her friends who is also Jewish coming up to her in choir the morning of the incident, giving her a hug and asking how she was. They looked at photographs of the graffiti together, but, in the moment, Bregman didn’t really know how she felt.
In the days following the incident, the Glenwood resident said she felt “attacked because there aren't many Jewish students.” She said there would be students who either asked her how she was or would dodge her in the hallways.
Bergman, who participates in varsity cheerleading and the school’s choral program, said she would transfer from Glenelg if she could.
However, the sophomore doesn’t shy away from talking about the incident.
“I say I go to Glenelg and I’m open about it [the crimes] because I feel that people should know about it and that people need to know,” she said.
On the day of the incident, Everett Stimler, 16, was one of the first students to arrive at school, a little before 7 a.m., since his bus picked him up early because he lives far away in Mount Airy. As the bus pulled into the main entrance area, Stimler saw the graffiti of male genitalia first and assumed it was “just a destructive senior prank.”
With a closer look, he realized that was not the case.
That afternoon, Stimler, now a sophomore who runs cross-country, indoor and outdoor track, headed to the state track meet with his teammates. Once at the meet, one of his coaches told all of them to wear T-shirts over their jerseys because students from other schools were “kind of harassing us.”
Howard schools Superintendent Michael Martirano said hat the incident was something he had never seen in his 35-year career as an educator.
“We are not going to tolerate hate in the Howard County Public School System. We’re just not,” Martirano said. “And if you can’t conform with that, maybe you shouldn’t be part of our community.”
Sense of belonging
Glenelg High is farthest west of any school in Howard County. It is also the least diverse out of Howard’s 12 public high schools.
Within the nearly 1,200-student population, 76.2% of students are white, 11.3% are Asian American, while the rest of the students identify as black or African American, Hispanic, native American or others, according to data from the school’s most recent profile.
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“We have diversity in a different way,” Burton said. “We … are very diverse as far as social economics. I have kids here whose parents are billionaires all the way to kids that live on farms.”
The schools Burton has led previously were more diverse in terms of race. Burton, who this fall will be in his third year as Glenelg’s principal, was previously the principal of Long Reach High School in Columbia and Parkdale High School in Prince George’s County.
Before the hate crimes, Glenelg was implementing programs to ensure everyone had a sense of belonging at the school, Burton said. However, some of the programs were accelerated afterward.
Burton started a Principal Student Advisory Council this school year to get feedback from students on what it means to them to belong. The council was separated into two groups; one featured sports team captains, those involved in the Student Government Association, and musical arts leaders. The other group, “they can be a little edgy,” Burton said. “These students might not necessarily realize they are leaders for their fellow peers.”
He saw the importance of communicating with both groups, to make connections on all sides. Burton wanted all his students to know that their opinions are valued.
Stimler had been involved in several programs during his sophomore year, including the advisory program.
Participating on the council, he saw changes and believes it can go even further. Burton’s commitment to it has also shown Stimler that his principal is working to put the incident “past us and make changes for the better.”
Stimler also participated in the shadow program between Glenelg and Wilde Lake High School in March. Five Wilde Lake students, who come from a more diverse school, followed around Glenelg students and then it switched. While Stimler could not attend the Wilde Lake day, he enjoyed the experience.
He also took part in One Glenelg Day. There have been three One Glenelg Days so far and it now planned to be an annual event to kick off the beginning of each school year.
The day focused on freshmen learning about diversity, equity and inclusion. While it is only one day, the students will participate in follow-up programs throughout their high school careers.
Burton also worked on a sense of belonging with his staff and fellow principals and administrators whose schools feed into Glenelg.
He began a book study with 34 staff volunteers, where the group read “Waking Up White” by Debby Irving and had very “robust” conversations during the weekly sessions, Burton said.
A point of the book study was to make sure Burton’s staff understood what their non-white students could be feeling in the classroom “and if we make them feel unintentionally ostracized.”
Burton saw a need to connect with all the feeder schools and begin implementing common objectives around belonging. They also began making an effort to attend each other’s events and all principals are invited to the May 30 graduation this year.
Burton said he was meant to come to Glenelg and deal with these kind of situations. He enjoys fixing things but knows this is just the beginning.
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Oct 18 FEATURE: Shocktober - The Legend of Hell House
This poster is scarier than the film...
Over the course of October, I shall be watching one horror movie a day and reviewing it right here for your reading pleasure. I haven't seen any of the films I'll be watching before and you can find the full list here.
Based on Richard Matheson's novel, Hell House, and with a screenplay adapted by the author, the film gets the ball rolling swiftly, assembling physicist Lionel Barrett, his wife Ann and two mediums, Florence Tanner and Ben Fischer to head to the Belasco House. It's a place so haunted that it has claimed the lives of eight people already and the mystery has never been solved. It is the ultimate in haunted houses and with the a fair amount of hubris and dash of trepidation, the four hunker down to solve the mystery of Emeric Belasco's haunted Gothic pile.
And boy, do we know we're in a Gothic tale here. From the moment they all arrive at the house, the exterior is bathed in thick fog, shrouding the early 20th century architecture and subsequently our cast of characters. The moody ambience is further enhanced when you realise the windows have been bricked up to prevent people from seeing into the house or, as one character ominously puts it, to prevent people from looking out. It's the last time we see the exterior of the house until the very end of the film and the claustrophobic location is established quickly and successfully.
As you would expect with a film of this title, the house itself is the most well-realised character in the film. Dark and foreboding, the edges of each and every room are shadowy and uninviting. The use of lighting here is particularly effective; we're never allowed to see the complete picture. It gives the house an unknowable quality, fitting for the mystery aspect of the narrative given that we're not supposed to understand it entirely.
It also helps that we never really see what is affecting these people in such a manner. The furniture is prone to moving around, the cutlery willing to attack you at any given moment and the chandeliers really don't want to stay attached to the ceiling. Every single aspect of the house feels like a threat because there is nothing tangible to cling to. It's just menacing and supposedly more scary as a result. However, despite the excellent set-up and the carefully cultivated atmosphere, the film never goes far enough in converting this into anything truly scary.
Matheson toned down the more overtly controversial elements of his novel in transferring it to the screenplay, but it does more harm than good. In the right hands, there's a terrifying film in there, something which plays on the idea of the psychosexual energy in the house and really lets loose in bringing that forth. And it doesn't even need to be explicit. If you compare it to another psychosexual repression themed film, The Innocents does far more with far less explicit imagery than The Legend of Hell House. The similarly-themed TV series Penny Dreadful also manages to suggest a huge amount with very little, though it does stray into the explicit as the ongoing narrative becomes more extreme. It helps to have the performances to pull it off (and Deborah Kerr and Eva Green have theirs nailed), but it can be done.
As it stands with The Legend of Hell House, it feels like every time it gets interesting, there's something there wrenching it back to stop it from going too far. Scenes that should carry an innate horror in them, like finding a shape in a bed or watching a body as its invaded by a malevolent presence, fall flat. The atmospheric set and production design can only do so much. When the actual scares fail to follow, the film can't help but feel like a bit of a failure.
- Becky
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The Illicit Tobacco Trade in Zimbabwe and South Africa
By Simone Haysom
This groundbreaking study of the illicit tobacco trade in southern Africa explores how this trade supports organized crime, helps enable official corruption, and erodes state structures. A major feature of South Africa’s, and to a lesser extent Zimbabwe’s, political economy revolves around conflict—overt and covert, violent and non-violent—over who makes the most money from the illicit tobacco trade, who controls that trade, and how the state responds to it. This conflict now takes places in the midst of huge political transitions within the ruling parties of both countries.
The study maps the key dimensions of the illicit cigarette trade in Zimbabwe and South Africa, including the key actors, the pathways of trade and the accompanying ‘modalities’ of criminality, as well as other important dimensions of the illicit cigarette market in southern Africa. It identifies “good-faith actors,” primarily in South Africa, whose positions could be strengthened by policy and technical interventions, explores opportunities for such intervention, and assesses the practical solutions that can be applied to combat illicit trade and tax evasion in the tobacco industry.
The US-Danish Defense and Security Relationship
By Magnus Nordenman
The US-Danish relationship has proven itself remarkably flexible and effective throughout the post-Cold War era, and it is once again on the cusp of evolution with new challenges and opportunities. In the midst of the ongoing debate among NATO allies about burden-sharing, Denmark has consistently punched above its weight, contributing substantially to collective defense for a small country.
Indeed, at the start of 2019, the Danish government released a supplemental defense agreement committing Denmark to increase defense spending to 1.5 percent of GDP by 2023. The agreement demonstrates Denmark’s continued aspiration to contribute to the NATO Alliance and provides a needed influx of resources for defense and deterrence. These developments have the potential to profoundly affect a deep but often overlooked security relationship—that between the United States and Denmark.
Magnus Nordenman
Permanent Deterrence
By Ambassador Alexander R. Vershbow (Ret.) and General Philip M. Breedlove, USAF (Ret.)
North Central Europe has become the central point of confrontation between the West and a revisionist Russia. Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia is determined to roll back the post-Cold War settlement and undermine the rules-based order that has kept Europe secure since the end of World War II. Moscow’s invasion and continued occupation of Georgian and Ukrainian territories, its military build-up in Russia’s Western Military District and Kaliningrad, and its “hybrid” warfare against Western societies have heightened instability in the region have made collective defense and deterrence an urgent mission for the United States and NATO.
The United States and NATO have taken significant steps since 2014 to enhance their force posture and respond to provocative Russian behavior. Despite these efforts, the allies in North Central Europe face a formidable and evolving adversary, and it is unlikely that Russian efforts to threaten and intimidate these nations will end in the near term. Now, ahead of NATO’s seventieth anniversary there is more that can be done to enhance the Alliance’s deterrence posture in the region. Against this backdrop, the government of Poland submitted a proposal earlier this year offering $2 billion to support a permanent US base in the country. While negotiations are ongoing, the issue is fundamentally about what the United States and NATO need to do to defend all of Europe.
Transatlantic Security Initiative
Alexander "Sandy" Vershbow
The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security works to develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and the world. The Center honors General Brent Scowcroft’s legacy of service and embodies his ethos of nonpartisan commitment to the cause of security, support for US leadership in cooperation with allies and partners, and dedication to the mentorship of the next generation of leaders.
Navigating a Multipolar-Values World
Strengthening US Alliances: A Conversation with the Secretary of the Air Force
Spiraling US-China Trade Tensions: What are the Implications for Latin America and the World?
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Efya releases second single ‘Kingston Child’ ahead of upcoming EP
Singer/Songwriter Efya has released her first single of the year, ”Kingston Child”, in preparation for the release of her upcoming EP.
Produced by Lachaleur, “Kingston Child” written and performed by Efya is a sultry ballad about a pledge to a lover and serves as the second single to her upcoming as of yet untitled debut album following 2018’s single, “Maame Ft. Mr Eazi” & “Paper Gun” with DJ Lara Fraser.
Efya recently signed to UK based Jutland Records and was also nominated for Artist of the Decade and Best Female Vocal Performance in the 2019 VGMA Awards in Accra, Ghana.
She is presently working on new music to be released soon.
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The ‘biobased hospital’ slowly gains credibility
‘Biobased’ is well on its way to becoming a hot item in the hospital world. Now it’s the turn of the Rijnstate hospital in Arnhem. Spurred by a feasibility study carried out by Wageningen UR, this hospital has drawn up a long list of items that, in the future, could be made from fermentable biobased materials.
The waste can be directly shredded in the wards, after which it is deposited in a fermentation tank via the sewers. The innovation generates energy, reduces waste production and improves hygiene and logistics
This could be the case at the Arnhem hospital by 2017, if all goes according to plan, says Marc Koster of the Real Estate department of Rijnstate. “We believe that by installing 51 shredders at various locations in the hospital we can shred disposable items and ferment them into biogas at a central location.”
The hospital hopes to incorporate the shredders into the hospital’s existing plans for capacity expansion.
Koster says that, in addition to benefitting the environment, there is a good business case for this solution: “We would earn on the investment and see a positive net cash value from day one and have recovered the entire investment within 11 years.” The inspiration for the fermentation process comes from the Reinier de Graaf hospital in Delft, which embraced the concept of the Pharmafilter company in 2012. In Delft, the shredder developed by Pharmafilter - called a ‘Tonto’ - has been handling ward waste such as meal leftovers, bedpans, blood bags and eating utensils for several years now.
The shredded products are moved to a central unit where solid matter and water are separated. The organic components then go to the fermenter, while indigestible components and conventional plastic end up in a sludge fraction. The watery fraction is purified in a membrane bioreactor, before active carbon and ozone break down any medication residue.
Rijnstate wants to take it one step further. “Using Wageningen UR’s list of biobased materials we want to try and ferment a much larger part of our hospital waste,” says Koster. The list not only includes familiar disposable items such as coffee cups but also a wide range of sputum pots, syringes, linens, caps, shoe covers and surgical gowns.
At Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, scientist Martien van den Oever indicates that not just the bioplastic PHA is eligible for fermentation. “Pads, textile and the mountains of tissues used in hospitals can also probably be fermented in the future,” says Van den Oever. He calculates that 160,000 kilograms of material used at Rijnstate is at least partly fermentable or could be made from a fermentable equivalent. “This would result in biogas that is equivalent to 70,000 litres of diesel or 2.6 terajoules, which is over 700,000 kWh of energy.”
The expansion of the current PHA biobased range with other fermentable materials does, however, require tests to show whether the biobased material is fermentable. “The break-down of PLA, for instance, does not necessarily use the same micro-organisms as those active in the current Pharmafilter process,” Van den Oever explains. Wageningen UR hopes to perform further tests in partnership with Pharmafilter.
Van den Oever makes a clear distinction between four categories. The Wageningen UR research shows that nearly half of the products used are probably already largely fermentable, such as tissues and toilet paper. Additionally, a little under ten per cent – mostly plates, soup bowls and cutlery – is already available in a biobased version but is not being purchased as such. Approximately fifteen per cent, including sheets, bowls, trays and jars currently made from polypropylene, can be made from fermentable materials with minor technical effort should there be sufficient demand. For around 2.5 per cent of the hospital items in Rijnstate, including Velcro, band-aids and suction jars, a biobased version would be a fairly significant challenge, according to the study. The remaining 25 per cent is paper, which is already recyclable.
“This means there are plenty of easy pickings,” says Van den Oever based on the feasibility study. But there are uncertainties as well. “PVC tubes, latex gloves and metal instruments such as scissors, blades and tweezers must be looked at from a new perspective.”
In the coming months, Rijnstate will determine which products can be replaced by fermentable versions and what the financial consequences will be. The follow-up project to the study will look at the possibilities of cooperating with other hospitals to increase the volume and stimulate the market. Koster hopes that decisions will be made in the short term, and that construction will start in late 2016 or early 2017. There are six other hospitals also looking to make the transition towards biobased with biobased materials and the Pharmafilter fermenter. In addition to the hospitals in Delft and Arnhem, these include the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam and the hospital in Terneuzen.(KL)
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Jubilant Foodworks Q4 net profit up 8.6 pc at Rs 74 crore
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): Food services major Jubilant FoodWorks on Wednesday reported a net profit of Rs 73.9 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 31, marking a growth of 8.6 per cent over Rs 68 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year.
Operational revenue rose 11 per cent at Rs 865 crore as compared to Rs 780 crore year ago.
At the same time, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) was up 15 per cent at Rs 147.6 crore against Rs 127.7 crore while the margin was at 17.1 per cent versus 16.4 per cent year-on-year.
"We continue to remain optimistic about the long-term growth prospects of the foodservice category and are confident that Jubilant is best placed to drive this growth," Chairman Shyam Bhartia and Co-Chairman Hari Bhartia said in a statement.
For the full fiscal year 2018-19, operating revenues stood at Rs 3,530 crore, up by 18.5 per cent over last year, driven by robust same store growth of 16.4 per cent in Domino's Pizza.
Profitability increased with FY19 EBITDA at Rs 607.8 crore at 17.2 per cent of revenue, a growth of 36.2 per cent over FY18.
FY19 profit after tax stood at Rs 322.8 crore at 9.1 per cent of revenue, a growth of 56.4 per cent over FY18.
During the year, the company expanded footprint into Bangladesh and entered the Chinese food category with brand 'Hong's Kitchen.'Jubilant has a network of 1,227 Domino's Pizza restaurants across 273 cities and 31 Dunkin' Donuts restaurants across 10 cities. (ANI)
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The Norton Anthology of World Religions : Christianity
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The Norton Anthology of World Religions
General editor Jack Miles , Edited by Lawrence S. Cunningham
This magisterial Norton Anthology, edited by world-renowned scholars, offers a portable library of more than 1,000 primary texts from the world's major religions. To help readers encounter strikingly unfamiliar texts with pleasure; accessible introductions, headnotes, annotations, pronouncing glossaries, maps, illustrations and chronologies are provided. For readers of any religion or none, The Norton Anthology of World Religions opens new worlds that, as Miles writes, invite us "to see others with a measure of openness, empathy, and good will..."
Unprecedented in scope and approach, The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Christianity brings together over 150 texts from the Apostolic Era to the New Millennium. The volume features Jack Miles's illuminating General Introduction-"How the West Learned to Compare Religions"-as well as Lawrence S. Cunningham's "The Words and the Word Made Flesh," a lively primer on the history and core tenets of Christianity.
Dimensions 152 x 234 x 23mm | 620g
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Jack Miles
The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Hinduism
About Jack Miles
Lawrence S. Cunningham (Ph.D. Florida State University) is the John A. Brian Professor of Theology Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. He has edited and authored over twenty-five books, including Brother Francis: Writings By and About Saint Francis of Assisi; Culture and Values: A Survey of the Western Humanities; The Catholic Faith: An Introduction; Ecumenism: Present Realities and Future Prospects; Thomas Merton and the Monastic Vision; John Henry Newman: Spiritual Texts; A Brief History of the Saints; and, most recently, An Introduction to Catholicism. He has won three awards from the Catholic Press Association for religious writing and was the 2013 recipient of the CSC Spirit Award. Jack Miles (Ph.D. Harvard) is Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies with the University of California at Irvine and Senior Fellow for Religious Affairs with the Pacific Council on International Policy. He spent 1960-70 as a Jesuit seminarian, studying at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem before enrolling at Harvard University, where he completed a Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages in 1971. His book GOD: A Biography won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996, and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God led to his being named a MacArthur Fellow for 2003-07.
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Companies & industry 26 February 2019
Giovanna Baby invests big in mall sales and a premium line in aims to grow by more than 30% in 2019
Available at more than 5,000 points of sale, this Brazilian cosmetics brand wants to reclaim its former position in high-end markets.
Giovanna Baby was founded in 1972 as a children’s clothing store. A fragrance was developed in partnership with Firmenich to scent the brand’s São Paulo store. It caught the attention of shoppers, and was soon being sold as a cologne. This best-selling fragrance changed the company’s business and spawned an extensive line of personal care products that were sold in own-brand stores all over Brazil and even in New York.
In the early 2000s, Giovanna Baby was acquired by the Pro Nova group, which also owns Phytoervas. Since then, all company products have been sold exclusively at retail stores, totaling around 5,000 points of sale. A little over a year ago, the company overhauled its brand once again, by opening a new flagship store and several shopping mall kiosks, as well as launching a premium line with colognes, hair and body care products, and home ware. This shift marks the company’s desire to once again cater to the high-end market, and grow by at least 30% in 2019.
Marketing manager Glaucia Grasselli
In an interview with Brazil Beauty News, marketing manager Glaucia Grasselli talks about this new strategy and what the future holds for Giovanna Baby.
Brazil Beauty News – Giovanna Baby was launched as a children’s clothing line. How did it transition into being a cosmetics company?
Glaucia Grasselli - When Giovanna Baby was founded, over 40 years ago, the company specialized in selling children’s clothing and accessories. A new, delicate fragrance was developed exclusively to scent the brand’s store in the Jardins neighborhood of São Paulo. Consumers loved it so much that a cologne with the same scent was soon launched. And with this the brand’s first cosmetic product was born - the Colônia Classic - which was quickly followed by other products developed with the same fragrance.
Brazil Beauty News - The company used to have many own-brand stores and even expanded its operations internationally. Why were they all closed?
Glaucia Grasselli - When the Pro Nova group (back when it was still called Nasha) bought the company 18 years ago, their goal was to increase the variety of distribution channels and expand the product portfolio. As a result, maintaining franchises and brand stores was not a priority.
Brazil Beauty News - Giovanna Baby then repositioned itself in the market, and started selling its products at retailers. What did this change represent for the company?
Glaucia Grasselli - Giovanna Baby products began to be sold at traditional retail outlets, increasing its market penetration and being displayed on the shelves of drugstores, cosmetics stores, supermarkets and wholesalers. This shift allowed us to reach new markets and new customers who had never bought Giovanna Baby products before. We also expanded our portfolio to include personal care products, such as deodorants, lotions and a cleansing gel.
Brazil Beauty News - In late 2017, the company opened a new flagship store and kiosks at several shopping malls in São Paulo. What are your plans for having own-brand stores again?
Glaucia Grasselli - There were two reasons behind this. First, we want to once again reach consumers in high-end markets, which used to be loyal to our brand, but who do not usually buy from traditional retail distributors. Second, we are seeking to increase brand awareness, so that Giovanna Baby can reclaim its position as a mainstay in people’s everyday lives. Opening our new flagship store and mall kiosks complements the new sales strategy and serves as an important vehicle for our brand.
Brazil Beauty News - Giovanna Baby is also launching a new premium line. Will it also focus on reaching high-end markets?
Glaucia Grasselli - Yes. The launch of the GB Premium line marks a reunion with our consumers from the 1980s and 1990s, when the brand was positioned to cater to the premium market. This new line offers sophistication with its personal care and home ware products, such as candles and scent diffusers.
Brazil Beauty News - What are Giovanna Baby’s expectations for 2019?
Glaucia Grasselli - In 2019, our goal is to increase our customer base and the number of points of sale. Today, our products are available at around 5,000 points of sale, and we see potential for adding many more, in terms of traditional retail outlets. We also plan on opening new mall kiosks in São Paulo, and are looking into the possibility of expanding to the countryside of São Paulo as well as other states. In 2019, we plan on launching over 100 new products, which will bring our current portfolio to more than 160 different products. Sales growth is projected to reach more than 30%.
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» Energy Efficiency
Last Updated on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 | Energy Efficiency
Frank Kreith D. Yogi Goswami
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1. Energy conservation—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Renewable energy sources—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Kreith, Frank. II. Goswami, D. Yogi. III. Title. IV. Series.
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Corin Group: Making orthopaedics hip again
By Nicky Godding
One of the UK’s many world-first medical achievements is the total hip replacement. Now Cirencester-based orthopaedic company Corin is driving innovation to deliver better patient outcomes
Total hip replacement started to be widely used in the UK when orthopaedic surgeon John Charnley developed and introduced the Charnley hip at Wrightington Hospital near Manchester in 1960.
Fast forward more than five decades and every year around 160,000 total hip and knee replacement procedures are performed across England and Wales, alongside many more hundreds of thousands across the world.
Knighted for his efforts, Professor Sir John Charnley’s procedure has been so effective that a total hip replacement today doesn’t look that dissimilar to one carried out in the 1960s, and it’s not uncommon for a hip replacement to last around 20 years.
What has changed are the materials used in their manufacture (crosslinked polyethylene has replaced original materials which were prone to oxidation and cracking), the coatings used on the metal parts and more recently a heavy investment in pre and post-operative analysis to ensure surgeons have increasingly detailed information on individual patients. And the patients themselves are more personally involved in their own recovery.
Much of this innovation is taking place at Corin Group, which manufactures hip, knee and ankle replacements. Founded in Cirencester in 1985, Corin has become a global orthopaedic solutions provider, employing more than 350 people at its headquarters and manufacturing facility in the town, and approaching 800 people worldwide.
Corin’s Chief Operating Officer, Jonathan Lettin, joined the company in 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the orthopaedic sector and can speak from extensive personal experience, having had a hip replacement some years ago. His mother had two total hip replacements and his father, an orthopaedic surgeon, had one hip and a knee replaced. If anyone can see the benefits from all sides, it’s Jonathan.
Driving improvement in patient outcome
The fundamentals of a total hip replacement procedure haven’t changed that much. But Corin is investing heavily in improving patient outcomes through personalising each procedure for their benefit.
“We are developing an eco-system of technology to help the surgeon undertake extensive pre-operative planning and track the patient afterwards”
“Alongside our clinically-proven implant range, we are developing an eco-system of technology to help the surgeon undertake extensive pre-operative planning and track the patient afterwards,” he said.
The greater the understanding of an individual patient before they enter the operating theatre — their general state of health, how they move their hip, their size and flexibility — the more efficient surgery will be and the faster the recovery.
“Surgeons talk about the forgotten hip, because replacements are so good these days it can be easy to forget you’ve had the surgery, if it’s done well”
The world orthopaedic market is dominated by four big companies which between them have a massive 80 per cent share: Stryker, Zimmer Biomet, Johnson & Johnson and Smith & Nephew. Corin sits in the top quartile of the second tier, as a fast growing, innovative challenger.
Corin’s size is an advantage because the company is able to take a more agile and innovative approach.
In 2014, Corin bought Australian company Optimized Ortho. Developed in conjunction with biomedical engineers and orthopaedic surgeons, Optimized Ortho’s technology uses advanced computational modelling to simulate how a patient’s hip joint moves through a range of daily activities.
Everyone’s pelvis moves differently, said Jonathan. “The data gathered by our software informs the surgeon exactly how their patient’s hip will behave if they follow a particular plan. We now employ around 25 bio-engineers in Australia and the UK who are developing plans for surgeons all over the world.”
Earlier this year, Corin acquired US-based OMNI Orthopaedics, a pioneer in robotic assisted total knee replacement. OMNI has developed the world’s first robotic tool to measure ligament function, resulting in less patient pain and faster rehabilitation. The company’s robotic tensioning device is unique.
Jonathan explained “Surgeons talk about the forgotten hip because replacements are so good these days it can be easy to forget you’ve had the surgery, if it’s done well.
“But people tend to know that they have had a total knee replacement. The incidence of discomfort after total knee replacement surgery can be up to 20 per cent. It is believed that this is because the surgeon isn’t always able to balance the knee throughout the range of motion.
“Corin’s OMNIbotics allows the surgeon to pre-programme the robot so that the knee is kept in balance during the operation.
“It’s a much smaller piece of robotic engineering than other systems developed by some of our larger competitors, which can take up a lot of space within an operating theatre and require considerable time to programme, all of which adds to the cost of surgery.”
These innovations are backed up by Corin’s new app called my recovery which monitors a patient’s health before the operation, including how they are sleeping, which is a good indicator of pain. After the operation the surgeon can track their recovery more efficiently.
The app can also flag up other issues early. This is particularly important in the USA where surgeons only have a short window of opportunity to rectify an operation if problems occur, for health insurance to be valid.
Operating more efficiently
Improved monitoring of a patient before and after an operation means the surgeon has a great deal more information on the
patient before undergoing surgery, and less time is spent in the operating theatre. This is a rare win/win situation which delivers a better outcome for the patient while being more cost-effective for the hospital.
In the past, without the pre-operative information now available on an individual patient, the surgeon had to order many sizes of hip and knee replacements from the manufacturer, along with hundreds of instruments to fit them, because they could only select the correct sizes once the patient was on the operating table.
Corin’s Optimized Positioning System (OPS™) gives an accuracy of hip size and movement within 95 per cent, allowing hospitals to order a fraction of the quantity.
Ambition drives external investment appetite
Corin has ambitious plans for growth over the next five years, which is one of the reasons that private equity company Permira acquired a majority stake in the company last year.
“Permira is engaged with our strategy and likes our ambition,” said Jonathan. “We are making increased headway in the USA, have gained significant market share in Australia, and Japan is a particularly promising market for us. We are there already with plenty of room to grow. We don’t sell into China, but France, Germany and the UK are longstanding European markets and we are expanding into Switzerland.
“We have the technology, we have a really, really good implant range and we are in all the important geographies. We have doubled the business every two to three years over the last six and we manufacture all our products in the UK.”
The biggest threat to Corin, as to practically all other UK manufacturers, is Brexit. Over the last year the company has done everything it can to mitigate the issues if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal. “We increased our inventories, product and packaging by a significant margin, but who really knows what will happen as we continue down this road?” said Jonathan.
There are also new global medical device regulations, which could restrict innovation across the entire sector because there will be a requirement for longer-term trials of new products.
For Corin, this is less of an issue because it already has a good range of clinically proven products, and the company is moving towards software development to support the operation.
“We are driving innovation down a different track. From robotics to planning and software design,” said Jonathan.
“The holy grail in any development is to satisfy a clinical need. The proof of our strategy will come through our own clinical trials, and more importantly for wider validation, in the UK’s National Joint Registry, which independently monitors all hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder replacements in the UK, and monitors the effectiveness of different types of surgery.”
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What Is Rutledge On 'A Million Little Things'? Jon's Assistant Ashley Is Hiding More Than We Know
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Spoilers ahead for Season 1 Episode 2. A Million Little Things may as well be called A Million Little Secrets, and Jon's assistant Ashley is keeping about 999,999 of them. After the first two episodes, it's clear she's hiding something (many somethings) and may not actually be acting in her boss' best interest. Ashley's probably gone rogue, friends, and it's all in service of not letting anyone know what Rutledge is on A Million Little Things.
In the premiere episode, viewers saw Ashley hide Jon's note to his wife Delilah and also delete 12 files off his computer that contained the word "Rutledge." Then, in Episode 2, the details of her cover-up kept growing. To start, Ashley opened up the letter Jon wrote to Delilah. From what I could make out, it seems that Jon was trying to tell Delilah something that even faithful assistant Ashley didn't know.
"There's an envelope behind the painting ... Ashley had no idea I was going to do this ... ask her what she's doing, as I don't want you ... doesn't know what you know, she will be protected."
What does Delilah know that Ashley wouldn't? Why does Ashley (assuming she's the "she") need to be protected? The answers will likely make themselves known as the season goes along. But, for now, Ashley does know about this since she read the letter. Viewers watch her get the envelope from behind the painting and open it up to reveal an Orchard Circle life insurance packet that's made out to Jon's three guy friends and some strange woman named Barbara Morgan. It's yet to be determined who that might be, but it's odd nonetheless. The life insurance document was also in an envelope marked Rutledge, whose true meaning eludes us. But, since Jon dealt in real estate, it's presumably a place.
The files Ashley deleted seemed pretty legalese in nature, with file names like "fee schedule," "letter of intent," "initial application," etc. One thing that stands out is a file called "Delaware provisions." The show takes place in Boston, so perhaps this piece of Rutledge real estate is in Delaware? (Or maybe it's in Delaware County, Pennsylvania where, in real life, Rutledge is a borough name.)
It's unclear why Ashley is so intent on hiding Rutledge from Delilah and Jon's friends. As the show's suggested several other times, he had everything planned to a T. Why would he have neglected to delete those Rutledge files if that's what he truly wanted to do? And since he told Delilah about the Rutledge envelope in his letter to her, he clearly didn't want it to be a secret.
Ashley is taking things into her own hands, and she certainly doesn't seem like someone who can be trusted. After the first episode, some fans speculated that Ashley and Jon were having an affair, but it seems more likely that Ashley had one-sided feelings for Jon. Now she's taking his affairs into her own hands and deciding what she believes is best, even if it's not what Jon actually wanted. She's so secretive about her boss that she wouldn't even tell his friend Gary the phone password so he could get the hockey tickets off it. She took the phone and put the password in herself, when no one was watching, before handing it back.
Ashley could be hiding much more than just Rutledge, and her motives are thus far pretty suspect. If more secrets threaten to come out in future episodes, look to Ashley to see if she's trying to cover them up.
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Los Angeles County Sustainable Road Treatments Pave the Way to Top Honors in the 2019 Outstanding Local Streets and Roads Project Awards
Cities of San Juan Capistrano, Seaside and Roseville and San Mateo County Also Recognized
Sacramento — The League of California Cities® and County Engineers Association of California (CEAC) announced the winners of the 2019 Outstanding Local Streets and Roads (LSR) Project Awards at their annual Public Works Officers Institute being held in San Diego. Counties and cities throughout California were recognized for creative and cost effective projects that improve local streets, roads and bridges.
Sponsored by the California State Association of Counties® (CSAC), the League and CEAC, the Outstanding LSR Project Awards Program also highlights cities and counties that promote fiscal and environmental sustainability in the local transportation system.
“Local streets and roads are among the many services provided by counties and local governments that impact our daily lives,” said Jim Porter, San Mateo County director of Public Works and president of the County Engineers Association of California. “These awards are important to highlight the innovation in sustainability happening on a local level that can be replicated across the state and nation.”
This year’s top winner, Los Angeles County, takes honors for their Ballentine Place project, which used sustainable pavement treatments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“Nearly everyone around the state utilizes local streets and roads, but few realize the amount of effort that goes into maintaining them,” said David Leamon, Stanislaus County director of Public Works and chair of the Local Streets and Roads Awards Committee. “Over the past five years, highlighting the hard work and innovation of counties and cities through this awards program has helped convince Sacramento to further invest tax payer dollars in projects that keep California moving.”
Brief descriptions of the winning projects are included below. Full descriptions of all the winners and finalists are available on the Save California Streets website at www.SaveCaliforniaStreets.org.
Ballentine Place, et al.
Within the residential part of the unincorporated community of Covina Islands, the pavement condition of nearly 5.5 miles of residential roads (903,000 square feet) was rated poor and in need of reconstruction. Los Angeles County Public Works department deployed its three part sustainable approach to pavement treatment to replace the road surface. Their sustainable approach includes preserving roads in good condition, using recycled materials in pavement treatments, and reutilizing materials in-place when reconstructing roads.
The Ballentine Place project included removing the top three inches of the existing asphalt concrete for use in the Cold Central Plant Recycling process and reusing it in place. As a result of this sustainable approach, the Ballentine Place project required fewer construction workdays, mitigating traffic impacts; yielded environmental benefits including a 47 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; 61 percent reduction in energy consumption; 33,000 cubic yards of landfill reduction; and a cost savings of $3.3 million that was reinvested to improve other county roads. The project improved the overall quality of the county’s road network in a cost effective and environmentally friendly way. The county’s three-pronged approach is a straight forward formula for addressing the issues of limited funding and reducing GHG in a practical manner.
Safety or Intelligent Transportation System Projects
City of San Juan Capistrano
I-5/La Novia Roundabout
For nearly 20 years, the awkward, offset I-5 freeway off-ramp intersection in the City of San Juan Capistrano was the subject of many alternative improvement concepts. The existing stop-sign-controlled intersection was regularly congested, and the complicated geometric design created confusion among commuters, leading to higher than normal traffic incidents. The city’s $2.2 million I-5/La Novia Roundabout project improved the traffic pattern and flow through the re-alignment of the northbound I-5 exit and entrance ramps, Valle Road and La Novia Avenue with a sustainable and modern roundabout design. This is the first roundabout on the state highway system in Orange County and the first to have been formally analyzed and approved through Caltrans’ Intersection Control Evaluation process in District 12.
Complete Streets Project
City of Seaside
West Broadway Urban Village Improvements Project
The City of Seaside is experiencing a transformation as the West Broadway Urban Village project and Specific Plan begins to revitalize the downtown area. This $7 million street improvements project included pedestrian, bicycle, streetscape, roadway and intersection improvements including wider sidewalks, new bike lanes and bike boxes, bulb-outs for safer pedestrian crossing, a new signal light, and a “road diet” that reduced the width of the roadway from a four-lane roadway (two lanes in each direction) to two-lanes (one lane in each direction). Storm drain improvements, bioswales, infiltrators and new sewer main for a future sanitary sewer connection were also constructed. New planters, lighting, landscaping, benches, and other streetscape improvements enhance and encourage pedestrian activity within the revitalized downtown.
Efficient and Sustainable Bridge Maintenance, Construction and Reconstruction Projects
Crystal Springs Dam Bridge Replacement Project
The Lower Crystal Springs Dam across San Mateo Creek is owned and operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and forms the Crystal Springs Reservoirs, with a combined capacity of 22.5 billion gallons of water. San Mateo County owns and operates the bridge that carries traffic over the dam along Skyline Boulevard, also known as Highway 35. In 1988, the California Division of Safety of Dams reevaluated the Probable Maximum Flood for Crystal Springs Reservoir and deemed the dam’s existing spillway to be too small. In order to construct the spillway improvements, it was necessary to remove the bridge, widen the spillway, and then construct a new bridge on the dam structure. Construction of the new bridge began in February 2016 and was completed in October 2018. The new bridge also includes a 15-foot wide recreational trail that is separated from vehicular traffic to provide improved connectivity for the Crystal Springs Regional Trail users for years to come.
Efficient and Sustainable Road Maintenance, Construction and Reconstruction Projects
City of Roseville
2018 Roller Compacted Concrete Pilot Project
Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) is a revolutionary pavement that blends the speed and cost of asphalt with the longevity and benefits of concrete pavement. In 2018, the City of Roseville reconstructed more than two miles of existing asphalt pavement road plagued by potholes and roughness using the RCC method. In addition to reduced lifetime maintenance (first recommended maintenance is not until year 20 as compared to every 7 years with asphalt), the costs for the pavement on this project came in about 10 percent lower than expected for a comparable asphalt pavement. Additionally, this method allows for roadways to be open for traffic in as little as two days with cross traffic allowed in as little as one paving shift, versus the 10 days typically required for concrete.
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"Because this information is not shared, we actually have no idea how many crime guns were recovered in Pennsylvania last year, and that makes us all less safe," Shapiro said.
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and criminologists say tracing the source of every gun used in a crime can provide leads to gun traffickers or illegal sellers and purchasers. But law enforcement analysts say that not every police department in the U.S. traces all such firearms.
Pennsylvania law requires guns used in crimes to be traced, and information can be submitted various ways to the ATF.
About 433 out of about 1,100 law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania are using eTrace, an internet-based system that allows law enforcement agencies to submit traces to the federal agency, the attorney general's office said.
Of those, just 63 allow other police departments to see what they submit to the tracing system, the office said.
David Chipman, a retired ATF agent and now senior policy adviser for the Giffords Center, said Pennsylvania is following in the footsteps of New Jersey , when it became the first state to require police to trace every gun seized and to share that information with the state attorney general.
That should be a baseline requirement of police departments, Chipman said. But he acknowledged that some don't have the resources while others may simply not understand the value of sharing information.
"Being able to see the big picture of what everybody is seeing allows you to see the whole pie as opposed just to your compartmentalized slice," Chipman said.
Most guns used in crimes change hands multiple times, and a small number of firearms are used in a large number of crimes, Shapiro said.
Shapiro also said his office wants retailers to submit gun-sale records electronically to get rid of a police backlog of paper records that are waiting to be entered into a database.
That will allow law enforcement to more quickly trace guns used in crimes, Shapiro said.
One source of the guns is the theft of legal guns from homes and vehicles, and part of the initiative will be to emphasize safe gun storage, Shapiro's office said.
In the meantime, Shapiro said his office is helping assemble an investigative team to target illegal gun trafficking that includes federal agents, some county prosecutors, and the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh police departments.
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String Arrangement For Pop Music
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Alternative Titles: Ailurus fulgens, lesser panda, red bear-cat, red cat-bear
Red panda, (Ailurus fulgens), also called lesser panda, panda, red cat-bear, or red bear-cat, reddish brown, long-tailed, raccoonlike mammal, about the size of a large domestic cat, that is found in the mountain forests of the Himalayas and adjacent areas of eastern Asia and subsists mainly on bamboo and other vegetation, fruits, and insects. Once classified as a relative of the giant panda, it is now usually classified as the sole member of the family Ailuridae.
The red panda has soft thick fur—rich reddish brown above and black underneath. The face is white, with a stripe of red-brown from each eye to the corners of the mouth, and the bushy tail is faintly ringed. The head and body length of the red panda is 50–65 cm (20–26 inches) and the tail 30–50 cm (12–20 inches) long, and the weight ranges from 3 to 6.2 kg (6.5 to 14 pounds). The feet have hairy soles, and the claws are semi-retractile.
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The red panda lives high in the mountains among rocks and trees and climbs with agility (though its tail is not prehensile). It seems to do most of its feeding on the ground. It is nocturnal and may live alone, in pairs, or in family groups. The litters generally contain one or two young that are born in spring after a gestation period of about 130 days. The animal is gentle and easily tamed but usually resents being handled. It is a very popular zoo animal and is frequently involved in the animal trade.
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“I devoured The Tattooist of Auschwitz, a powerful book based on a true story, in two sittings. Lale, a Slovakian Jew at Auschwitz-Birkenau, becomes the Tatowierer—the man responsible for tattooing every prisoner who arrives at the concentration camp. Seen by some as a collaborator, Lale must make impossible choices to keep himself and his friends alive. Incredibly, Lale tattoos the woman who will become the love of his life. The power of their love in the face of unmitigated horror makes for one of the most compelling WWII books I have ever read.”
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“Holocaust survivor Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov met with author Heather Morris for three years before his death in order to recount his harrowing experiences in the Auschwitz concentration camp during WWII. His story was developed in this novel about an Auschwitz prisoner (Lale) who survives by learning to tattoo numbers onto the arms of incoming camp prisoners. After tattooing one woman, he is determined to have her as his future wife, and resolves to survive the war. Traumatic events in the camp threaten to destroy him and his girl. In the back, Morris includes photographs, a map of the camp, and a postwar follow up on Lale, his wife, his family, some of the prisoners, and his guards. Agonizing, yet triumphant.”
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CARICOM heads try to accelerate economic integration
CARICOM Heads of Government have agreed to accelerate the implementation of several long-discussed measures relating to regional economic integration through the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
Meeting in Barbados on 5 and 6 September, the Council of Ministers of Finance and Planning (COFAP) and the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CSME agreed to recommend to a special meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in Trinidad in December, the rapid implementation of measures likely to benefit ordinary citizens and business.
Specifically, the CSME sub-committee proposed concerted action to:
Establish a single CARICOM registration mechanism for companies, through the principle of mutual recognition so business could in future operate within a single regional jurisdiction. The measure aims to encourage cross-Caribbean investment, remove regulatory impediments and lower the costs for companies able to operate in a seamless pan-CARICOM environment;
Expand the number of categories of CARICOM workers allowed to work freely within the region from ten to 11. A proposed new category will enable agricultural workers to travel freely to work in other CARICOM nations so as to encourage food production and food security.
Establish a regional law reform centre able to develop model laws relating to the social and economic sectors. The proposal aims to overcome capacity constraints in individual jurisdictions and accelerate at a national level the legal drafting and passing of bills of significance to CARICOM businesses and individuals.
Barbados’s Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, said that the CSME committee, which she chairs, also focussed on member states delivering agreed CSME implementation plans in the short, medium and long term. Countries, she said, would in future be asked to provide regular updates on their progress. To this end she said that she as chair would work with all CARICOM heads “to ensure that progress is made in a seamless way”.
Mottley also said that Heads in making their recommendations were sensitive to the fact “that we have to be able to move the region closer to a level of food security in ways that we have not perhaps been as assiduous about doing in recent times”.
For its part the COFAP recommended:
The creation of regional framework for a deposit insurance system which will establish a level of a protection for depositors against losses due to the failure of financial institutions. The recommendation reflects the problems experienced by depositors and investors with BAICO, CLICO and other failed financial institutions within the region.
Expediting the CARICOM Financial Services Agreement and the CARICOM Credit Reporting Policy which are intended to regulate the operations of credit bureaux and the cross-border exchange of credit information. Ministers said that their objective was to ensure CARICOM nationals felt financially included wherever they were working in the region.
According to Antigua’s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, who chaired the COFAP meeting, finance ministers also ‘took follow up action’ to ensure that that instruments relating to a CARICOM Investment Policy; an investment code; an incentives regime; and an integrated capital market based around the adoption of model securities market legislation, would be ready in time for the February and July 2019 meetings of CARICOM Heads of Government.
The outcomes of the two meetings reflect a growing awareness among the region’s political leadership that unless CARICOM citizens and business can see positive practical outcomes from the CSME the integration process will wither and die.
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Travellers’ extra luggage a real life-saver
Avi D’Souza (right) recently brought a suitcase of medical supplies to a hospital run by the Missionaries of Charity Sisters in Peru. Photo courtesy of Avi D’Souza
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register
When the suitcase from Not Just Tourists arrived in northern Ghana, it was like Christmas for the local clinic doctor.
He excitedly dug through the bags of IV kits, syringes and wound care supplies in the suitcase to grab a set of physician’s gloves, mask and gown. He hurriedly put them on and went straight to the operating room where dozens of his patients were waiting.
What the Ghanan doctor didn’t know is just days before the suitcase arrived, the physician’s gloves, masks and gowns were sitting in a huge pile of boxes in Roncesvalles United Church in Toronto.
“Hospitals (in developing countries) just don’t have the right supplies and local people suffer because they can’t have access to simple things,” said Avi D’Souza, founder and program director of Not Just Tourists (NJT) Toronto. “Here, we have oceans of supplies that we take for granted.”
NJT is a totally volunteer-run charity organization that began in St. Catharines, Ont., in 1990. Dr. Ken Taylor and his wife Denise saw first-hand the serious lack of medical supplies in Cuba, so they began to take suitcases filled with supplies to remote areas during their travels. Soon, word spread to their friends and the organization grew from there.
About 27 years later, Not Just Tourists has nine chapters that have delivered more than 10,000 suitcases to 82 countries.
D’Souza founded the Toronto chapter in 2014, after witnessing a traveller deliver supplies to a local clinic as he was just starting his eco tour agency, West Bay Tours, in Honduras. When he moved back to Toronto, he decided to get in touch with the Taylors to offer help.
“To me, being a Catholic means serving,” said D’Souza, who is a parishioner at St. Patrick’s Parish in Markham. “I think faith through service is very important. It’s not enough to stay still. You have to go out and do things.”
The Toronto chapter (njttoronto. com) is a bit of an ecumenical effort, said D’Souza, with loyal volunteers from Christian faiths across the city.
“Not Just Tourists is about love. People loving one another. People caring about one another,” he said.
Too often, D’Souza said rural doctors in developing countries cannot treat their patients. Surgeons are unable to perform life-saving operations because they lack something as simple as surgical gloves.
NJT volunteers hope to fill that need with a simple solution. Throughout the week, D’Souza and a core group of 10 volunteers pick up extra medical supplies from local clinics, hospitals, medical suppliers and home care services.
Every Wednesday, volunteers come together at Roncesvalles United Church to sort through boxes of supplies and pack about $200-$300 worth into the donated used suitcases. These “packing parties” are also supervised by volunteer medical professionals.
Margaret Gadke, a retired registered nurse and NJT volunteer, said the most fulfilling part is when travellers come to meet the volunteers packing the suitcases. Often, packing volunteers don’t realize that they are saving lives by sorting through medical supplies in the basement of a church in Toronto.
When travellers can share their stories and talk about where they’re going, Gadke said it is a wonderful feeling.
“When people come and pick up suitcases and say we’re going to Cuba or we’re going here, we give them a round of applause. That’s the most fulfilling part,” said Gadke. “So it’s important to get the word out and let people know we need travellers.”
Travellers who are planning trips to developing countries can pick up one of these suitcases at various designated locations across the city. Travellers repack the suitcase in front of a volunteer and receive a letter for customs agents at the airport before they take the supplies with them on their vacation.
“I just delivered the suitcase to a local hospital in Chiang Mai (Thailand),” said Beenish Saleem, NJT volunteer. “Once I got to the hospital the entire staff gathered and they were really overwhelmed to receive these supplies…. At that very moment there was a patient getting treated for his wound in the emergency room so they ended up using supplies I brought, so this was a really moving experience.”
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Government action on Safe Schools welcome but ‘doesn’t go far enough’
Catholic leaders have welcomed the Federal Government’s response to a review of the Safe Schools Coalition Australia (SSCA), saying that while it was a vindication of critics who had been smeared as “homophobic” and “transphobic”, it still had not gone far enough.
Education Minister Simon Birmingham announced on 18 March that restrictions would be placed on the publicly-funded program in response to a review conducted by retired education professor Bill Louden after a backlash from backbenchers.
Controversial lessons in the program’s All of Us resource, including an activity asking students to imagine themselves being attracted to members of the same sex, will be removed and other content “realigned” for age appropriateness.
The minister said parental consultation and consent will now be required and that SSCA will be restricted to secondary schools and its apparent links to LGBTI advocacy groups removed.
The director for religious education and evangelisation for Sydney Catholic Schools, Anthony Cleary, said the Federal Government’s response was “a victory for common sense”, vindicating concerns around age-inappropriate content and that the program was, in some instances, an exercise in social engineering.
“For Catholic schools these concerns are not based on ‘phobias’ but are held because many of the program’s materials are at odds with the Church’s teachings on, and our understanding of, the human person,” Mr Cleary said.
“Our humanness extends well beyond our sexuality.”
He said Catholic schools abhorred all forms of bullying and respected the inherent dignity of every person, working to ensure people were always treated with respect.
The director of the Sydney archdiocesan Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Chris Gordon, also welcomed what he described as “the substantial pruning of the so-called Safe Schools program”, but said that its underlying ideology meant that government ought to have scrapped it outright.
He said the two-week review into the program was “a stitch up”, and that its terms of reference were too narrow to be useful.
“Predictably [the reviewer] found the program to be age-appropriate and in keeping with the aims of an anti-bullying program,” Mr Gordon said.
“His only recommendation was for schools to use their professional judgment before involving students from ‘a family with conservative social or religious views on same-sex attraction’.”
Mr Gordon pointed to ongoing issues endemic to the program, including attempts to ban the use of gender specific language such as “he” or “she” and “boys and girls”.
“Most parents would have issues with the ideology of the SSCA program that a person’s gender is a social construct,” Mr Gordon said.
“This is still the underlying idea being taught via the program, which is concerning. This kind of ideological madness has no place in schools.
“Minister Birmingham has stripped Safe Schools of its promotion of dangerous websites promoting sex products and other age inappropriate content. This is a relief to parents.
“And parents are now to be consulted about their children’s participation in the program which restores their right to guard their children from harmful content.
He said that schools will still be encouraged to consider allowing male students identifying as female to use the girls’ toilets and vice-versa; it was unclear if that aspect of the SSCA program had been dropped.
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Dr Priyank Shenoy
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Priyank Shenoy completed B.Pharm. in 2010 and M.Pharm. (Pharmacology) in 2012 from the University of Pune, India. He worked as Assistant Professor in the University of Pune (Alard College of Pharmacy), India from 2012-13. He further pursued PhD (Faculty of Medicine) from the University of Queensland, Australia starting 2014. During his tenure of PhD from 2014-2017, he also worked as Animal House Technician at the Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development (UQ Centre for Clinical Research), the University of Queensland, Australia. He has recently joined MIPS as a Research Fellow with Dr Nicholas Veldhuis and Dr Daniel Poole.
During his PhD in Professor Maree Smith’s Laboratory with Dr Irina Vetter and Dr Andy Kuo at the University of Queensland, he worked on establishing, optimizing and characterizing a rat model of breast cancer induced bone pain using an array of techniques including behavioral, pharmacological, radiological, histological, immunohistochemical and transcriptomic assessments.
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Half of California’s undocumented immigrants…
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Half of California’s undocumented immigrants could qualify for Medi-Cal
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PUBLISHED: November 10, 2015 at 2:15 am | UPDATED: April 20, 2018 at 11:47 am
Half of California’s undocumented immigrants — about 1.4 million — have incomes low enough to qualify for full Medi-Cal benefits should California legislative proposals to offer coverage to the undocumented ever be enacted.
That is among the key findings of a Public Policy Institute of California report released Monday night which examines current policy options to provide health coverage to the state’s undocumented immigrants.
Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in this state, is a government funded healthcare program for the poor and disabled. While it is unavailable to most undocumented immigrants, Gov. Jerry Brown in June signed a state budget that for the first time funds the plan for an estimated 170,000 children under age 19 living in California illegally. The cost of the plan, expected to begin next year, is $40 million, rising to $132 million annually over time.
But Medi-Cal for undocumented adults — who were included in the original legislation proposed by Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens — was dropped after the state estimated the cost at more than $1 billion. Lara has said he plans to push ahead with a plan to provide comprehensive Medi-Cal benefits to those whose incomes are low enough to qualify.
The PPIC report looks at such a proposal, as well as one that would authorize the state to seek a federal waiver allowing those with higher incomes to pay full price for health plans through Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange established under the Obamacare.
For the full report, go to http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1167
Contact Tracy Seipel at 408-920-5343. Follow her at Twitter.com/taseipel.
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TEENS UNAWARE OF LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF BINGE DRINKING
Drinking is not uncommon among teens, but it's not common for them to know the impact that binge drinking can have on their personal lives and health. Emily Thibodeaux, substance abuse counselor at Louisiana Tech University, encourages parents to not only talk to teens about binge drinking, but also understand why they may be engaging in that behavior.
On common misconceptions teens and parents need to know about binge drinking
For men, binge drinking is five or more drinks in a two-hour setting. For women, binge drinking is four or more drinks in a two-hour setting. I think teens think it’s the "cool" thing to do. They think it’s the “happening thing” – everyone’s doing it at school. They don’t truly understand what it means to drink as much as they’re drinking.
On the consequences of binge drinking for young people
Kids can get in trouble at school. With their family life, they can be grounded and lose a lot of short-term privileges if they continue down the path. Health-wise, there’s liver disease. We see a lot of that. In the long-run people may get cancer in the liver and end up dying from that.
On the common misconception “well I’m only young once and it’s no big deal for me to do this for a while”
They’re always saying “I’m young. My body’s healthy. Why not do it now?” The reality is, they’re not thinking about the long-term. Your body is the only body that you’re going to have. You need to take care of your body while you can.
On having this conversation about binge drinking with a teen or young adult in my household
Knowing the facts about binge drinking is probably the most important, but it is also important to understand what is making them do this. Why do they think they have to binge drink as often as they do? What’s the reason behind it? Talking, listening, and reminding them of short and long-term consequences they face.
On common reasons that teens binge drink and resources available for them
A lot of teens want to escape reality. I hear that a lot in addiction. A lot of youth say, “I don’t want to feel. I don’t want to deal with the stress of life. I don’t want to deal with the stress of break-ups.” It’s important to talk to them first, but there are multiple outlets. There’s the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSA) website. It has treatment locators and articles to help parents talk to their teens or another adult about why they’re binge drinking and how to get them help. Ultimately, they have to be ready for help before you can help them.
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1915: It Was a Very Good Year
by John Lawrence
1915 was a very good year because three giants of twentieth century music were born that year: Frank Sinatra, Billie Holliday and Billy Strayhorn. This year is the hundredth anniversary of their births. By far the best known is Frank Sinatra, born in Hoboken, NJ to a middle class Italian family. His mother, Dolly, was a real go getter who became a political force in Hoboken. She secured Frank his first real job as a singer with the Hoboken Four, and got her husband hired by the Fire Department. When they told her they didn't have any openings, she told them, "Make one." They did. Frank's stories of growing up poor were so much BS. The Sinatra family moved into a $13,400. house in Hoboken in the middle of the Depression, an astronomical sum in those days. She had befriended so many people in Hoboken that, when the Democratic machine needed votes, Dolly could deliver them. She also had a thriving business as a midwife and an abortionist. Unfortunately, she died in a plane crash, a plane that Frank had chartered to bring her from Palm Springs to Las Vegas for his opening at Caesar's Palace.
Frank got his first major job as a singer with trumpeter Harry James and his band. From there he went with Tommy Dorsey's band. He created a sensation with the "Bobby Soxers", teenage girls that moaned and swooned over him at the Paramount Theater in New York. Little known is the fact that his press agent, George Evans, paid a few girls to instigate the exuberance and before long many others joined in making Frank the first singing superstar in the 1940s. His following was similar to that of Elvis Presley in the fifties.
Later Frank gravitated to Hollywood and made some unmemorable movies. His career flagging in the early 50s, he begged for the part of Maggio in the film, From Here to Eternity, based on the eponymous novel by James Jones. His ex-wife Ava Gardner put in a good word for him with the producer and the rest is history. Frank won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and his career, which had been on the skids, rebounded.
Although he made over 50 movies altogether, he was best known as a singer who recorded for Columbia, Capitol and Reprise records. As a vocalist he had over 2000 recordings. Although he couldn't read music and was a ninth grade drop-out, he recorded almost every song ever written for the Great American Song Book and made a fortune with his investments in Las Vegas casinos. In a symbiotic relationship with Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana, the Sands became the House That Frank Built. Frank brought in the customers, was paid $400,000 a week, and everybody made money. He also had an investment in the Cal-Neva Lodge in Lake Tahoe.
There was only one song he had problems with though: Billy Strayhorn's Lush Life. Reports are that Frank stomped out of the recording studio in frustration over not being able to master this song. Billy Strayhorn wrote it as a 16 year old teenager living in the Pittsburg, PA ghetto. It is widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated and difficult songs in twentieth century American music. However, Lady Gaga didn't have any problems with it in her recent recording.
The lyrics have references to world travel and the French language from a 16 year old who had never been out of Pittsburg. "A weekend in Paris will ease the bite of it. All I care is to smile in spite of it." The song's opening words are:
"I used to visit all the very gay places
those come what may places
where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
to get the feel of life
from jazz and cocktails"
This song was from an era where "gay" had completely different connotations from what it has today. Nevertheless, Billy Strayhorn was a closeted gay man. He eventually became Duke Ellington's right hand man composing much of the music that Ellington was known for as Strayhorn stayed in the background. When Ellington invited him to come to New York City to meet him, he gave him the directions: Take the "A" train to Sugar Hill in Harlem. In honor of that meeting he wrote the tune that became Ellington's theme song, Take the "A"Train, or as Lawrence Welk later announced it, "Take a Train."
Some of the other Strayhorn compositions and my favorites are the following:
Chelsea Bridge, Day Dream, A Flower is a Lovesome Thing, Passion Flower, Raincheck, Satin Doll, Something to Live For and Upper Manhattan Medical Group.
Billie Holiday had a tragic life dogged by racism and addiction. As it says on biography.com: Billie Holiday was one of the most influential jazz singers of all time. She had a thriving career for many years before she lost her battle with addiction. Her autobiography was made into the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues starring Diana Ross. In 2000, Billie Holiday was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Billie was not only a singer but a songwriter too. Among her compositions are "God Bless the Child", "Fine and Mellow" and "Don't Explain." Although she didn't write it, she became identified with the song "Strange Fruit" about black lynchings in the south:
"Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees."
She starts out her autobiography with: "Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen, and I was three." After being raped as a child, she became a teenage prostitute in her mother's bordello. She escaped the poverty and misery of her life by listening to the jazz of Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong. Around 1930 she started singing in local New York City clubs.
At the age of 18, Holiday was discovered by producer John Hammond while she was performing in a Harlem jazz club. Hammond was instrumental in getting Holiday recording work with an up-and-coming clarinetist and bandleader - Benny Goodman.
Holiday toured with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1937 where she met lifelong soul mate, Lester Young, who named her "Lady Day." In return she called the tenor saxophonist "Prez." Artie Shaw signed Billie as his band's vocalist in 1938, becoming the first white bandleader to hire a full-time black female singer to tour the segregated south. Promoters objected to Holiday—for her race and for her unique vocal style—and she ended up leaving the orchestra out of frustration.
Touring the U.S. in the 1930s meant running head-on into racial discrimination. While with Basie in Detroit, a theater manager insisted the light-skinned Holiday blacken her face so the audience would not mistake her for white and get angry she was performing with black musicians. While touring with Shaw's mostly white band in the segregationist South, it was difficult just finding a restaurant where the band could eat together.
After she left Shaw's band, she went back to New York City where she performed at the liberal Cafe Society, the first racially integrated night club in the United States. She first sang "Strange Fruit" there. At owner Barney Josephson's insistence, she closed her set with this song, leaving the stage without taking any encores, so that the audience would be left to think about the meaning of the song.
Billie Holiday was one of Frank Sinatra's favorite singers bringing the three cats born in 1915 full circle. Billie Holidays's records and Billy Strayhorn's compositions will never go out of style. Nothing classic ever does. In addition Frank has left a lasting legacy as he has a whole channel on Sirius satellite radio devoted to his music. They also play Billie's records and Strayhorn's compositions there. Just the other day I heard Lady Gaga singing Lush Life on Sirius.
Some last thoughts on Frank Sinatra. Frank, despite his personal foibles and peccadilloes, was a force of nature unlike any other major entertainment figure of the 20th century. He was a movie star, but, unlike other movie stars who could only make money from making a movie, Frank could go out and perform on a weekly basis and make $400,000 a week in Las Vegas and around the world similar to Peggy Lee or Lena Horn. He also had invested in Vegas casinos and made lots of money that way even when he wasn't performing. He got a check for $1,000,000. from Jack Warner to merge his Reprise records with Warner studios.
Frank liked associating with those at the pinnacles of power whether it was President Jack Kennedy or Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana. As a very generous and gregarious guy, he fixed up both Jack and Sam with the same woman - Judith Campbell. He had a lifelong vendetta against gossip columnists, particularly female gossip columnists including Barbara Walters, because, like most celebrities, he felt his private life should remain private. Unfortunately, there was such a gigantic spread between Frank's public image and his private reality that the likes of Kitty Kelly who wrote "His Way, the Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra", could not resist scandalmongering. His valet, George Jacobs, corroborated most of Kelly's writing but did so in a much more affectionate manner in his book, "Mr S: My Life With Frank Sinatra".
Frank experienced his share of tragedy including the death of his mother in an airplane crash (into San Gorgonio Mountain that also claimed Dean Martin's son), the death of his best friend, Jilly Rizzo, in a fiery car crash in Palm Springs as well as the deaths of his Rat Pack buddies, Sammy Davis Jr and Dean Martin and his songwriting buddy Jimmy Van Heusen. Ever the survivor Frank outlived them all and is buried in Cathedral City in Desert Memorial Park along with his parents, Jilly, and many of his friends. His fourth wife, Barbara, still maintains a home in Palm Springs and is involved with the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center for abused children.
In any event his life is a life to ponder and his legacy in music will remain for all time. He had tremendous luck and good taste in his arrangers - Nelson Riddle, Don Costa, Axel Stordahl and others who had a huge hand in making his albums the classics they are. Frank associated with the best musicians and arrangers in the business. Of course he had the money to hire the London Symphony Orchestra and pay them triple scale for an all day session if he had wanted to. His pianist, Bill Miller, accompanied Frank for more than 50 years and played the excellent, timeless barroom piano intro to Frank's classic saloon song, "Make it One for My Baby and One More for the Road."
Touring the U.S. in the 1930s meant coming head-on against racial discrimination. While with Basie in Detroit, a theatre manager insisted the light-skinned Holiday blacken her face so the audience would not mistake her for white and get angry she was performing with black musicians. While touring with Shaw's mostly white band in the segregationist South, it was difficult just finding a restaurant where the band could eat together.
- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/news/legends-and-legacies/billie-holiday-the-tragic-life-of-lady-day/500/#sthash.RYey3TDj.dpufShe suffered so much racism with Artie Shaw's band when they toured the south that she left the band and went back to New York City where she performed at the liberal Cafe Society, the first racially integrated night club in the United States. She first sang "Strange Fruit" there; at owner Barney Josephson's insistence, she closed her set with this song, leaving the stage without taking any encores, so that the audience would be left to think about the meaning of the song.
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James Hubbell Home Tour, Father's Day 2011
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The Art Institute of Chicago is among the best in the US, the others being the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim (the last two in New York City). I was fortunate enough to be there when they were having a special exhibition: "Vollard: From Cezanne to Picasso" - which was the most fantastic special exhibition I've ever seen. Art had been gathered from all over the world and to say it was extensive would be an understatement. But the regular collection of non-religious European art, especially the Impressionists and post-Impresssionists, is one of the best, if not the best, in the world. Fortunately, they let you take non-flash pictures of the permanent collection, but no photography was allowed in the special exhibition.
When you enter the main gallery you are treated to a major dose of Impressionism right off the bat which sets the tone for tthe whole museum. The main piece here is Gustave Caillebotte's "Paris Street, Rainy Day." Caillebotte is one of my favorite Impresssionists because, in addition to his talent, his life story is inspiring. Caillebotte was born into an upper class family and earned a degree in law. Forsaking law for painting, Caillebotte's inheritance allowed him to befriend several of the major Impressionists including Monet, Renoir and Pissarro and to fund their exhibitions. He even paid Monet's rent! Caillebotte died prematurely at the age of 46. In his will, he donated a large collection of his own and other Impressionists' work (which he had purchased) to the French government. The government, however, looked down on Impresssionism at the time and demurred. Finally, the French government took some of the paintings. The remaining paintings were offered twice again and both times turned down. Finally, in 1928, the government decided it wanted the paintings, but Caillebotte's son's widow repudiated them and sold the paintings to an art collector. Lesson to the French government: He who hesitates is lost! Forty of Caillebotte's paintings are in the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.
Another of my favorite Impresssionists is Camillé Pissarro, the only Jewish Impresssionist. Like Caillebotte, Pissarrro was also a mentor to other Impressionists. He married the "bon" (the family maid), and, unfortunately, Pissarro's mother would have nothing to do with him after that, not even speaking to her eight grandchildren for the rest of her life! All of Pissarro's children learned to paint and draw. Camillé's great-grandson, Joachim Pissarro, is currently the Head Curator of Drawing and Painting at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. His great-granddaughter, Lelia, is a successful painter and resides in London. An excellent biographical novel about Pissarro by Irving Stone is "The Depths of Glory."
Some of my other favorites from the collection are Monet's Haystacks:
Also these by Kandinsky:
Toulouse Latrec (another interesting life story including rejection by his upper class family):
Seurat and "Nighthawks" by American Edwin Hopper:
Regarding the special exhibition, "Vollard: From Cezanne to Picasso," art was collected from all over the world for this one. Vollard was an art dealer who got rich off of the Impressionists. This was all right with Cezanne who came from a wealthy family and just wanted to be famous. By the way Cezanne painted the best apples! Ask anybody. It wasn't OK with Gaugin who really needed the money. Vollard usually sold paintings for 10 times what he paid for them. Sometimes he bought paintings directly, then resold them; sometimes he took them on consignment. He had several exhibitions for Van Gogh after Van Gogh's death with paintings on loan from Van Gogh's sister-in-law, but never sold any. I couldn't believe that I could stand within inches of Van Gogh's "A Starry Night." I'm assuming it was the original, but it was completely unprotected, and it's worth millions. There is another excellent biographical novel by Irving Stone about Van Gogh's life: "Lust for life." The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has the largest collection of Van Goghs: an entire museum devoted to his work. Founded by Van Gogh's nephew, Dr. Vincent Wilhelm Van Gogh, the Van Gogh Museum opened to the public in 1973. Its holdings, on loan from the Vincent Van Gogh Foundation, include some 200 paintings and more than 500 drawings and 700 letters by the famous Dutch master.
I spent some time in Auvers-sur-Oise where Van Gogh spent his final days. He is buried there next to his brother Theo who was an art dealer and chief supporter of his brother, Vincent. Theo's wife gave up her place next to her husband so the two brothers could be buried together. Theo's son, Vincent's nephew and namesake, lived until 1978 and so bore witness to his uncle's rise from someone whose work was rejected in his own time to someone who was world famous and whose paintings sold for millions.
All in all, the Impressionist period was one of the most fertile in art history both for the richness of the art and also for the colorful characters and life stories of the artists who began their careers being totally rejected by the art establishment. For the album containing more photos I took of paintings at the Art Institute click here.
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Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise
Marion, the titular head of my cultural exchange group, asked me if I wanted to go to the Impressionist exhibition in Auvers-sur-Oise. It was being held in a large chateau on the outskirts of this small village where van Gogh had spent his last days and is buried next to his brother, Theo, at the local cemetery. The tickets were reasonable so I hopped the train for the hour or so journey to Auvers. We stopped at Pontoise (also on the Oise River), another Impressionist landmark, as Camille Pissarro, one of my favorite impressionists, had lived here. An excellent book by Irving Stone called "The Depths of Glory" is about Pissarro's in some ways tragic life. He was the only Jewish impressionist and, after marrying the family "bon" (the maid), his mother wouldn't even speak to her grandchildren for the rest of her life. Also Pissarro had many of his paintings destroyed when the Germans used his house for a stable in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
I arrived at Auvers which is a very small village. Here van Gogh lived in a small room above the Ravoux Inn which he painted and can be seen here. He also painted some of the buildings of the town like the church (below), but mainly painted en plein air in the fields outside the village. I stopped into a French bakery for a tarte tatin since I couldn't resist French pastries, and made my way to the Exhibition Impressioniste. The ticket taker asked me if I had come "seule," which I didn't understand so I was frustrated again because they understood me, but I didn't understand them. Later I realized he was just making small talk by asking me if I had come "alone" which I had since, I guess, there were no other takers in Marion's cultural exchange group. It was a very impressive exhibition for having been staged way out in the middle of nowhere albeit a place with a rich history in terms of van Gogh's having lived there in very spartan quarters I might add.
After touring the town and seeing van Gogh's room, I walked to the cemetery to see where van Gogh lay next to his brother, Theo. Theo's wife gave up her place at his side so the two brothers could be buried next to each other. They had a lifetime friendship (although not without a few rough spots) and Theo, an art dealer, was Vincent's main financial support. Their correspondence contributed much to documenting Vincent's life.
After that I caught the next train back to Paris pondering the fact that van Gogh had only sold one painting in his lifetime and was another tragic figure who had given up everything for his art only to live in poverty and not be rewarded. Ironically, now his paintings sell for millions of dollars and are exhibited in museums all over the world including the van Gogh Museum - entirely devoted to his work - in Amsterdam. Another great collection is in the Kroller-Muller Museum also in the Netherlands which is located in a National Park. One rides a free white bicycle to get to it, and then leaves the bicycle at the park entrance when finished.
Irving Stone has also written an excellent book about van Gogh: "Lust for Life." It was also made into a movie. Vincent van Gogh didn't have any children who might have benefited from his legacy, but Theo's wife and son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, continued the family business after Vincent's death in 1890.
This is from Wikipedia:
Auvers-sur-Oise (May - July 1890)
In May 1890, Vincent left the clinic and went to the physician Dr. Paul Gachet, in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris, where he was closer to his brother Theo. Dr. Gachet had been recommended to him by Pissarro, as he had previously treated several artists and was an amateur artist himself. Here Van Gogh created his only etching, a portrait of the melancholic Doctor Gachet. As it turned out the doctor was as much in need of help as his patient: Van Gogh commented that Gachet was "sicker than I am, I think, or shall we say just as much". Wheat Field with Crows with its turbulent intensity is often, but mistakenly, thought to be Van Gogh's last work (Jan Hulsker lists seven paintings after it). Daubigny's Garden is a more likely candidate. There are also seemingly unfinished paintings, such as Thatched Cottages by a Hill. Van Gogh's depression deepened, and on July 27, 1890, at the age of 37, he walked into the fields and shot himself in the chest with a revolver. Without realising that he was fatally wounded, he returned to the Ravoux Inn, where he died in his bed two days later. Theo hastened to be at his side and reported his last words as "La tristesse durera toujours" (French for "the sadness will last forever"). He was buried at the cemetery of Auvers-sur-Oise.
Theo had contracted syphilis (though this was not admitted by the family for many years) and, not long after Vincent's death, was himself admitted to hospital. He was not able to come to terms with the grief of his brother's absence, and died six months later. In 1914 Theo's body was exhumed and re-buried beside Vincent's.
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Monet's Home at Giverny
Claude Monet was one of the few impressionists who actually made pretty good money at his art later in life. During a three week stay in Paris, I spent one day visiting Monet's home in Giverny which along with his gardens and lilly pond is kept in much the same state as he left it when he died in 1926. Monet's famous paintings of his gardens, pond and Japanese bridge which celebrate the beauty of nature don't tell the story that they were first created by the meticulous Monet who then later painted them. So he was a gardener, pond builder and bridge builder in addition to being a painter
From the Gare Saint-Lazare train station it's about a 45 minute trip to Vernon. From here it's about 4 km to Giverny to which you can either walk or take a bus. I took a bus for the trip out, but, once I had the lay of the land, I felt confident to walk back to the train station through the Foret de Vernon. One of my best memories is hiking through the Foret de Vernon, listening to Take 6 on my cassette player on a beautiful French afternnoon.
In 1877 Monet did a series of paintings of the Saint-Lazare train station, and I was fortunate enough to attend an exhibition at the Musee d'Orsay of the paintings of the Saint-Lazare by both Monet and Manet. In those days the trains were steam engine powered and the stations were dirty, sooty places, but fascinating nonetheless. From 1916 to 1926, Monet worked on 12 large canvases called "The Water Lillies." After the Armistice for World War I was signed, Monet donated them to France. These paintings can be viewed at the museum of the Orangerie in Paris which is near the Tuilleries Gardens which is just west of the Louvre.
On the beaches of Normandy, he met fellow artist Eugene Boudin, who became his mentor and taught him to use oil paints. Boudin taught Monet en plein air (outdoor) techniques for painting. Monet was a non-conformist eschewing the techniques of the conventional art establishment at the time. Instead he joined with artists such as Renoir, Bazille and Sisley to create a new approach to art which came to be known as impressionism.
It was at Giverny that he began his well-known series which later made him famous. He painted the series of twenty-five "Haystacks" between 1888 and 1891. In 1892, he exhibited a set of twenty-four Poplars at the Durand-Ruel gallery; from 1892 to 1898, he painted the series of Cathedrals, "Matinées sur la Seine " and then the Japanese Bridge , Wistarias and Water Lilies with their interplay of sky, clouds, grass and flowers.
After 1900 Monet became famous and continued to paint the "controlled nature" of his gardens and lilly pond at Giverny. Monet lived and painted in Argenteuil, Rouen and London among other places.
His first wife, Camille Doncieux, with whom he had two children died in 1879. He later married Alice Hoschede and moved into the Giverny house in 1883 where he lived and painted until his death. In his later years he suffered from cataracts which affected his painting. His sight somewhat recovered after cataract surgery. In 1911 Alice died and in 1914 his son, Jean, died.
At Giverny there is a nice gift shop as well as the house and gardens which you can tour. The town itself is very small. It's a beautiful way to spend a day and get back to the Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris by nightfall.
Edward Hopper: Nighthawks
Edward Hopper is my favorite American artist. This picture, Nighthawks, is his most famous painting. Typically, Hopper's paintings depict loneliness and alienation. The settings are very spare. There is no merchandise in the shop windows, for example. In some of his paintings there are no people on the streets. If there are people such as a man and a woman, they are usually not relating to each other. One of Hopper's paintings of a house was used as a model for the haunted house in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Psycho.
Hopper was born in the small Hudson River town of Nyack, New York State, on 22 July 1882. He studied art and commercial illustration in New York City. He made several trips to Paris and other parts of Europe which didn't seem to make much of an impression on him. The picture that seems to have impressed him most was Rembrandt's <i>The Night Watch</i> (in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). Hopper settled in Greenwich Village, which was to be his base for the rest of his life, and in 1923 he renewed his friendship with a neighbor, Jo Nivison, whom he had known when they were fellow students. She was now forty; Hopper was forty-two. In the following year they married.
I told my friends, Jim and Carol, to look like the figures in Nighthawks, that is lonely and isolated. They did a pretty good job. The lady behind the counter going about her business is perfect as a replacement for the counterman in the original painting. Even the salt and pepper shakers and sugar jars on the counter are true to the original work while the absence of customers except for them adds to the feeling of isolation.
Hopper became a pictorial poet who recorded the starkness and vastness of America. Sometimes he expressed aspects of this in traditional guise, as, for example, in his pictures of lighthouses and harsh New England landscapes; sometimes New York was his context, with eloquent cityscapes, often showing deserted streets at night. Some paintings, such as his celebrated image of a gas-station, "Gas" (1940), even have elements which anticipate Pop Art. Hopper once said: "To me the most important thing is the sense of going on. You know how beautiful things are when you're traveling."
He died in 1967, isolated if not forgotten, and Jo Hopper died ten months later. His true importance has only been fully realized in the years since his death
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'Nothing she could have done to deserve this': Police, Army make new plea for info in Severn homicide
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Anne Arundel police and the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Command are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to a 24-year-old woman's killer last August in Severn.
Karlyn Ramirez was fearless, her mother said.
She grew up hunting and riding horses in Texas. She also played volleyball, basketball and ran cross country at a small private school near Del Rio, Susan Ramirez said.
"She wasn't the best athlete, but she never stopped trying," she said.
As Karlyn got older, she became interested in riding dirt bikes and motorcycles and even competing in mixed martial arts tournaments.
"She was a risk-taker," Susan said. "She really didn't have any fear."
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Six months ago, 24-year-old Karlyn was found dead from multiple gunshots inside her Severn town home. Police said Tuesday they have yet to develop a definitive suspect in her death.
Anne Arundel police and the Army's Criminal Investigation Command are offering a $20,000 reward for information that will lead to her killer. At a press conference Tuesday at the police's Millersville headquarters, police Chief Timothy Altomare made an unusual plea to anyone who might have information.
"Twenty-thousand dollars is enough to help with a new start," Altomare said. "It's enough to move you away from whatever you might be scared of ... to a new beginning."
Reached by phone Tuesday afternoon, Susan still couldn't fathom why someone would want to harm her daughter.
"I can't even imagine," she said. "There's nothing she could have done to deserve this."
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Karlyn was a private first class stationed at Fort George G. Meade at the time of her death.
Her body was found on the morning of Aug. 25 in her home in the 8000 block of Millstone Court, located in the Lake Village Townhomes rental complex. Maintenance workers alerted police after finding a glass door was left open at the residence, Sgt. John Poole said.
Also inside the town home was Karlyn's 5-month-old daughter, Katteleya Vale Kearney. The child was unharmed.
Susan and her husband, Karlyn's stepfather who adopted her as a child, are raising Katteleya in Texas.
Katteleya's father, Maliek Kearney, a sergeant in the Army, has relocated from South Carolina to Texas to spend more time with the child, Susan said.
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The couple was married only about five weeks at the time of Karlyn's death and never lived together, her mother said.
Police said Tuesday that Kearney was working at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, when Karlyn was killed. However, as of Tuesday, no one had been ruled out as a possible suspect, Poole said.
Another young woman in the Army, also with a small child, had been living at the home with Karlyn, but was out of state at the time of her death, said Lt. Ryan Frashure, a county police spokesman.
Susan said the roommate had only planned on staying with Karlyn for "a little while."
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Karlyn was Susan's only biological child. Susan married Karlyn's stepfather when her daughter was still a child. He had a son and daughter of his own.
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Karlyn's parents were fairly strict growing up, Susan said. Instead of going to public schools in Del Rio, they sent Karlyn to a small private school about 30 minutes away, Susan said.
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"I begged and pleaded (for her to finish college)," her mother said. "But she said, 'No, this is what I'm going to do.'"
She joined the Army in 2013 at age 21, Susan said.
Karlyn served at Camp Humphreys in South Korea as well as Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas; and Fort Gordon, Georgia. She came to Fort Meade last year, an installation spokesman had said shortly after her death.
Despite initially struggling with being away from her family for the first time in her life, Karlyn grew to love her job and wanted to make a career in the military, her mother said.
Prior to her death, Karlyn and her mother would talk on the phone three or four times a day. Susan said she knew something was wrong when she hadn't heard from her daughter on the day her body was found.
Later that evening, Susan got a knock on the door from the Army, informing her that Karlyn had been killed, she said.
The news came as a shock. Susan visited her daughter just a few weeks earlier and everything had appeared to be fine, she said.
"There is a hole in our lives that's never going to be filled," Susan said. "Her baby, we all deserve to know what happened."
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I'm used to remakes of every possible old movie and all that, but I wasn't aware we were remaking TV movies now. ApparentlyDon't Be Afraid of the Dark, which just added Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison to its cast, is a remake of the 1973 telefilm of the same name, about a young girl, her father and his girlfriend who live in a house that's haunted by demons.
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Priest, President, The Magis Center
Robert J. Spitzer, SJ, is a Jesuit priest, philosopher, physicist, educator, author, speaker, and retired President of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
Spitzer is founder and currently active as President of Magis Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to public education concerning the complementary relationship among the varied disciplines of physics, philosophy, reason, and faith. He is also the Chief Education Officer of the Ethics and Performance Institute, which delivers web-based ethics education to corporations and individuals. He is also President of the Spitzer Center of Catholic Organizations, which helps cultivate cultures of evangelization in Catholic dioceses, parishes, schools, and other organizations.
Spitzer received the degree of Bachelors of Business Administration from Gonzaga University, followed by a Masters degree in Philosophy from St. Louis University, a Masters of Divinity degree from the Gregorian University in Rome, a Master of Theology degree in Scripture from the Weston School (now the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
Academic career
Spitzer began his teaching career at St. Louis University as a teaching assistant. He continued at Seattle University as an instructor of philosophy, and taught as an assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown University, where he received the Bunn Medal for Most Outstanding Faculty Member. He then returned to Seattle University, where he was tenured as an associate professor of philosophy. During that time he held the Frank Shrontz Chair of Professional Ethics and won the award for outstanding faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences in 1997.
On September 17, 1998, Spitzer was inaugurated as the 25th President of Gonzaga University, a position he held for 11 years.
Spitzer is affiliated with several Catholic academic associations: the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, the Jesuit Philosophical Association, the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars and Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education, which he founded.
Spitzer has founded or co-founded several institutes and organizations: the Magis Institute in Irvine, California, the Ethics and Performance Institute and Healing the Culture, both located in Seattle, the Spitzer Center of Catholic Organizations in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Philosophical Foundations of Physics and University Faculty for Life, both located in Washington, D.C.
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Domain evolution moving forward
The nonprofit in charge of the Net's technical anatomy pushes forward plans to revamp oversight of the domain name system and to spur competition in the ".com" registration market.
The international nonprofit corporation in charge of the Net's technical anatomy today pushed forward plans to revamp oversight of the domain name system and to spur competition in the ".com" registration market.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) adopted guidelines that hopeful ".com" registrars will have to meet before competing with Network Solutions (NSI), which now has an exclusive U.S. government contract to run the lucrative registry for Net names ending in ".com," ".net," and ".org."
After reviewing public comments and alternative proposals, ICANN also moved toward giving various Net constituencies a voice in its decision-making process.
"I'm very pleased that we showed that the consensus process can work," Esther Dyson, chairman of ICANN's interim board, said today in an interview.
Amid relentless scrutiny, the nonprofit has been recognized by the United States and more than 25 nations to head a process to privatize administration of the Net's addressing system and other key technical functions.
During a two-day public meeting in Singapore, ICANN's Board of Directors adopted a revised domain name registrar accreditation policy. The board also approved its conflict-of-interest and reconsideration policies to challenge board actions.
Competition guidelines
Based on its agreement with the Commerce Department, ICANN will select five competing registrars, based on the adopted criteria, to test NSI's shared-registration system for a two-month period starting at the end of April. When the test period is over, NSI is set to open its database to all ICANN-accredited registrars by summer.
ICANN said today that it will start collecting registrar applications by March 15. The revised guidelines are expected to be posted on ICANN's Web site by next week.
Based on public comment, ICANN said the policy was made more flexible for applicants in some instances.
"The responses we got said that we were being too regulatory and heavy-handed, and that was true," Dyson said.
Instead of making every applicant meet the same benchmark, Dyson said, "now we say you must either meet requirement 'X' or show us why you don't need to meet it."
For example, applicants can explain how they plan to operate with fewer employees than required by ICANN's guidelines.
Also, ICANN strengthened its data escrow provisions for registrars. In case a registrar goes out of business--which would threaten the stability of the domain names it has registered--ICANN or a third-party agent will keep an electronic copy of the registrars' databases to be used in the event the "accreditation agreement is terminated or expires without renewal."
Aside from approving registrar guidelines, ICANN also adopted a concept and structure for setting up its Domain Name Supporting Organizations (DNSO).
Per ICANN's bylaws, the supporting organizations will include, for example, representatives from registrars of top-level domains and groups that approve Internet protocols and who will make important recommendations regarding the management of the Internet.
ICANN will formulate a new proposal based on the following principles:
The DNSO "should be a consensus-based policy advisory body within ICANN" and include a General Assembly "open to any individual or entity willing to contribute to the work of the DNSO."
The structure should include a self-organized constituency made up of stakeholders and experts in domain name and Net protocol matters, such as: country code top-level domain (TLDs) name registries; commercial and business entities; ISPs and online providers; non-commercial domain name holders; all registrars; trademark and intellectual property interests; and individual domain name holders.
A Names Council will be set up as a steering committee for the DNSO to make recommendations regarding the management and assignment of TLDs. Three council members should be elected by each DNSO constituency group.
The Names Council recommendations "should be developed through a bottom-up process in which participants in the General Assembly take part" and then forwarded to the ICANN board, and include minority views.
The Names Council "should seek nominations from the General Assembly for individuals to serve on the ICANN Board."
ICANN's next public board meeting is May 25-27, 1999, in Berlin.
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U.S. Air Force takes Google Glass for a test flight
Sharon Gaudin May 2, 2014
The U.S. Air Force is trying out Google Glass with pilots, battlespace coordinators and even parachuting medics.
The Air Force announced this week that researchers with the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, are testing Google Glass for potential battlefield use.
"Since [para-rescue first responders] have the need to recover personnel, it's beneficial for them to monitor many people at once," said Andres Calvo, a software developer and civilian contractor with the 711th HPW, in a statement. "The app aims to better enable them to assess who needs urgent medical attention. So, if a (pararescueman) has the need to see somebody's vitals, immediately and urgently, Google Glass could fill that need."
The trials are conducted by the Battlefield Air Targeting, Man-Aided Knowledge, or BATMA(N) group, an advanced technology demonstration and research program commissioned by the Air Force Special Operations Command. The group is focused on developing, building and investigating advanced wearable technologies.
Dr. Gregory Burnett, the chief engineer of the BATMAN program, noted in a report that the Air Force is interested in using Google's wearable computers, which are still in beta testing, to enable soldiers and pilots to interact more easily and improve mission effectiveness.
"We look at visual, auditory and tactile interfaces that serve to leverage all the human perception channels to provide real-time battlefield data in the most intuitive fashion," Burnett said in the report. "So, if the Airman is visually over-stimulated, we can offload that into auditory information so that he can still process information in a very chaotic scenario."
The Air Force developed a medical app that is being used with Glass for the parachuting medics. With the app, medics could monitor multiple patients at the same time without taking his hands off patients or his weapon.
The military has sent some soldiers into the battlefield with ruggedized laptops, but the soldiers were limited by the machines' size, weight and battery life.
Google's computerized eyeglasses are being used in conjunction with smartphones and tablets also supplied to the soldiers, in case they need to see something on a bigger screen.
The Air Force isn't the only one figuring out how Google Glass could work in a professional setting. Doctors at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston have been running a pilot program in which they're using Glass to help treat patients in the emergency room.
Glass is being tested to helping doctors access information they need to treat patients quickly and without needing to look away from their patients. The devices give the doctors results from blood work and x-rays, along with nurses' notes and the patient's medical and medication history.
Air transport industry moves towards Google Glass and smart watches Consumer technologies in healthcare - what are the security challenges?
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The Social Media World According to the NLRB: Part 1 of the Social Media Series
In late 2011 and early 2012, the National Labor Relations Board began to significantly weigh in on the propriety of employer policies that addressed employees' use of social media to convey their thoughts on workplace issues. In Part 1 of this series we will recount the evolution of an increasingly aggressive approach by the NLRB over the last three years to restrict the scope or content of these social media policies. (You will also want to read David Phippen’s analysis of the latest guidance, which was issued last week by the NLRB General Counsel, after this bulletin had already gone to press.) In Part 2, we will focus on court decisions discussing social media in a variety of contexts.
The underpinning for the Board to review employer social media policies is found in Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, which states in relevant part:
Employees shall have the right . . . to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA makes it an unfair labor practice for an employer to "interfere with, restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of rights guaranteed in Section 7 of this Act."
It is important to point out that these parts of the NLRA apply to non-union as well as unionized facilities. Some of the early unfair labor practice charges that were filed challenging social media policies were filed by unions on behalf of their members, alleging that the employer either failed to bargain about the policy (a violation of § 8(a)(5)) or that the policy on its face violated Section 7 rights (a violation of § 8(a)(1)). When these earlier charges were filed it was difficult to get guidance from the Regional office of the NLRB where the charge was filed as to what would constitute a compliant social media policy. Then, in the spring of 2012, in a case challenging Wal-Mart's Social Media Policy, Wal-Mart modified its policy to be compliant with the NLRA as interpreted by the Board. That policy provided at least some guidance as to what would be acceptable to the Board. Nevertheless, Wal-Mart's policy did not necessarily fit the needs of other companies and was never intended to be a “one size fits all” policy.
After approval of the Wal-Mart policy, many cases have been decided by the NLRB regarding the legality of social media policies. The legality of any social media policy is determined on a case-by-case basis. What follows is a summary of recent social media policy decisions reached by the NLRB in 2014.
Durham School Services, L.P., involved a school bus operator's social networking policy, which threatened employees with discipline for a variety of infractions including publicly sharing information “related to the company or any of its employees or customers.” The NLRB concluded that the policy was unreasonably broad and vague under the NLRA and that employees could interpret the policy as restraining their right to communicate with each other regarding work issues and “for their mutual aid and protection.”
Lily Transportation Corporation involved an information posting rule contained in an employee handbook. The posting rule was designed to protect the company's public image. An Administrative Law Judge concluded that the rule did not distinguish information about customers and company business, on the one hand, from information that employees should have been free to share, on the other. The policy was not restricted to confidential or sensitive company information. The ALJ concluded that the restrictions of the policy were not drafted clearly enough for employees to understand what was prohibited and what was allowed, even though the company’s handbook included a longer, more detailed confidentiality policy.
In Hoot Winc, LLC, a company that provided restaurant management services was found to have violated the NLRA when it terminated a server for posting disparaging remarks about coworkers and managers on social media in violation of a handbook rule prohibiting insubordination. The ALJ concluded that because the rule did not define terms like “insubordination,” “lack of respect,” or “cooperation,” it was too subjective and left employees without guidance as to what was acceptable and what was not. Moreover, the ALJ concluded that if those terms were construed or interpreted in their broadest sense, there could be a chilling effect on employees engaged in the exercise of their Section 7 rights under the NLRA.
In Professional Electric Contractors of Connecticut, Inc., an ALJ invalidated a handbook rule prohibiting initiation or participation in the distribution of chain letters, or sending communications or posting information, on or off duty, or using personal computers in any manner that adversely affected company business interests or reputation. Again, the ALJ found that the rule was overly broad and not carefully drafted to remove unlawful restrictions.
A more complex case involved a Facebook discussion between two employees. In Triple Play Sports Bar and Grille, employees were critical of the employer's failure to withhold the proper amount of state income tax from their paychecks. Both employees were terminated by the company. The NLRB rejected the company argument that the employees used profane language criticizing one of the owners. The Board concluded that the remarks were not maliciously untrue and that what the employees were really doing was seeking mutual aid and protection in voicing concerns about terms and conditions of employment in the hope that they would be addressed by the company. The Board found the comments were not designed to disparage company product or services, or to undermine the company's reputation. The Board also considered the company's “Internet/Blogging” policy, which discouraged online communications involving confidential or proprietary information. It also discouraged inappropriate discussions about the company, management, or co-workers. The policy did contain some limiting language that it was not intended to override applicable state or federal law. However, the Board found that language to be ineffective in light of the broad language of the policy, which employees could reasonably understand as prohibiting discussions about their terms and conditions of employment.
From these cases we have learned steps that employers can take to draft social media policies that are acceptable to the NLRB, including the following:
Be specific. Ensure that your policy specifically delineates which posts are prohibited. The Board will probably accept limitations or prohibitions on communications that could violate the law, such as securities or financial disclosure laws; maliciously false statements about the company; or communications that violate laws against harassment, bullying, discrimination, or retaliation. Vague or overly broad statements are likely to be struck down.
Require employees to identify themselves as such when creating a link relevant to the company, and prohibit employees from representing themselves as company spokespersons.
Give examples. Describe which communications are allowed, and make clear that the policy is not intended to interfere with employee rights recognized under the law.
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BCD Council of Governments to analyze alternate routes for Summerville to Charleston transit line
by: Stetson Miller
Posted: Jun 11, 2019 / 12:32 AM EDT / Updated: Jun 11, 2019 / 12:32 AM EDT
12 alternative routes for a planned mass transit bus line between Summerville and Charleston are now being considered by the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (BCDCOG).
Under the originally introduced plans for the Lowcountry Rapid Transit project, the route would begin in Downtown Summerville and continue down Highway 78 toward the Charleston peninsula. Now, an alternate route that begins in the Nexton community is being considered. The alternate route would take commuters from Nexton, down I-26 to the 205B exit, then continue down Highway 78 east to North Charleston and Charleston.
“Summerville has a lot of population not only in the 78 corridor but also starting to expand over to Nexton so we just want to make sure that we do that evaluation and really understand where we can move the most people along this corridor,” said Sharron Hollis, Principal Planner with BCDCOG.
The project aims to reduce congestion on local roads and quickly transport people between Lowcountry communities.
Hollis said that the different routes are being considered as part of an alternatives analysis. The analysis has to be conducted in order to qualify for federal funding for the project. She also said that there were requests from the community to look at the Nexton route.
But the Nexton route is concerning to Best Friends of Lowcountry Transit Executive Director William Hamilton. He told News 2 on Monday that some communities such as Lincolnville and Ladson need the bus line because they are growing quickly and believes that Nexton is not the right place for the line.
“It’s a wonderful community in many ways but transit runs on density…” said Hamilton. “Nexton simply isn’t large enough or dense enough or walkable enough or culturally significant enough to anchor a transit system of this magnitude.”
The other alternate routes that are under consideration are on the Charleston peninsula with variations of the route traveling through different parts of Meeting Street, King Street and other areas.
Residents can learn more about the project and share their opinions on it at two upcoming public meetings on:
Thursday, June 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Northwoods Mall (near the JCPenney Court), 2150 Northwoods Boulevard North Charleston, SC 29406
Tuesday, June 25 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the International Longshoremen’s Association, 1142 Morrison Drive Charleston, SC 29403
More information about the project is available online at lowcountryrapidtransit.com.
More Dorchester County News Stories
by Jan-Michael Pugh / Jul 18, 2019
It's almost time for back to school shopping, and the Summerville Police Department needs your help.
Summerville Police Department's school supply drive is for Dorchester, Berkeley, and Charleston County students.
by Stetson Miller / Jul 17, 2019
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) - In November, Dorchester County voters may once again be asked if they would like the county to issue bonds to fund new parks and libraries.
Dorchester County Council members passed the first reading of two ordinances on Monday night that would order two bond referendums asking residents if they want the county to spend up to $30 million on parks and $30 million on libraries.
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Tributes paid to 27-year-old man who died in car crash
Shahidur Rahman was described as 'a very, very nice guy' who will be sadly missed
Belinda Ryan
Tributes have been paid to a 27-year-old man who died in a car crash in Church Lawton.
Shahidur Rahman died when the car he was driving was in collision with a tree on Liverpool Road West on Thursday.
Friend and colleague Pavan Kumar, who worked with Mr Rahman at Spend N Save in Alsager, described him as ‘a very, very, nice guy’ who was ‘very kind and very polite’.
Pavan said: “He worked here for more than nine years and many people knew him from childhood here and are very upset. A lot of the customers are upset.”
He added Mr Rahman also worked at Latif’s Indian Restaurant and Takeaway in Alsager and everyone there was upset and in shock too.
“I was shocked, I am still shocked,” said Pavan. “He’s such a very, very nice guy, very kind and very polite. I feel very, very sad at his loss.”
The collision, which involved one vehicle, happened at 12.09pm on Thursday November 12.
A blue BMW was travelling along Liverpool Road West towards the Red Bull traffic lights.
A Cheshire police spokesman said: “As it passed the junction of Lawton Hall Drive the car left the road and was in collision with a tree.”
Mr Rahman, from Tunstall, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 20-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent, who was a passenger in the car, sustained serious injuries and is being treated at the Royal Stoke Hospital.
Anyone with information about the collision should contact Cheshire police on 101 quoting incident number 16 of November 12 2015.
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Directed by Marcel Pagnol • 1936 • France
In the final chapter of The Marseille Trilogy, Marcel Pagnol returns his compassionate gaze to his weathered characters as they discover the possibility of reconciliation and the durability of love. Leaping forward twenty years, the trilo'gy continues with the death of Fanny's husband, Panisse, and the discovery of her secret by her son, Césariot. The young man resolves to track down his biological father, Marius, whose life has been fraught with calamity and poverty. The only film in the trilogy written expressly for the screen and directed by Pagnol, CÉSAR resolves the protagonists' star-crossed destinies with the garrulous wit and understated naturalism that have made this epic love story a landmark of humanist filmmaking.
In the final chapter of The Marseille Trilogy, Marcel Pagnol returns his compassionate gaze to his weathered characters as they discover the possibility of reconciliation and the durability of love. Leaping forward twenty years, the trilo'gy continues wi...
Orane Demazis on THE MARSEILLE TRILOGY
In the following footage, recorded for French television on March 30, 1967, actor Orane Demazis discusses her experiences playing Fanny in Marcel Pagnol’s MARSEILLE TRILOGY and pays tribute to her costar Raimu.
“Cinépanorama”: Pierre Fresnay
On September 25, 1956, actor Pierre Fresnay appeared on television for the first time (on the French program “Cinépanorama”) to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his MARSEILLE TRILOGY costar Raimu’s death and to discuss their collaboration.
Robert Vattier on THE MARSEILLE TRILOGY
The following short profile of Robert Battier, titled UN BRUN DE VATTIER, follows the actor around Provence and aired on French television on April 20, 1976. Vattier, who played M. Brun in the MARSEILLE TRILOGY films, discusses his long friendship with writer-director Marcel Pagnol and the impact...
Restoration of THE MARSEILLE TRILOGY
The following is an excerpt from a 2015 French television program about the restoration of THE MARSEILLE TRILOGY.
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Millennium was built at Chantiers de l'Atlantique in St. Nazaire, France. When launched in 2000, she was the world's first ship to use a turbo-electric COGAS power plant. Combined gas and steam (COGAS) is the name given to marine compound powerplants comprising gas and steam turbines,... Read more
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Millennium was built at Chantiers de l'Atlantique in St. Nazaire, France. When launched in 2000, she was the world's first ship to use a turbo-electric COGAS power plant. Combined gas and steam (COGAS) is the name given to marine compound powerplants comprising gas and steam turbines, the latter being driven by steam generated using the heat from the exhaust of the gas turbines. In this way, some of the otherwise lost energy can be reclaimed and the specific fuel consumption of the plant can be decreased.
Millennium has a restaurant that contains wooden panels originally used in the RMS Olympic (sister ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic), removed and preserved when that ship was sold for scrap in 1935.
Sources of food include a two level main dining room, called "Metropolitan", and a buffet that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner on deck 10.
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After the ship's voyage from Miami to Roatan, Honduras, to Cozumel, Mexico, and back to Miami (April 16–21, 2012), the ship went to dry-dock in the Bahamas for 3-weeks to be renovated.
Depending on the season, the ship visits the following destinations: Alaska from Vancouver and Seward during the summer season, Hawaii and South Pacific Ocean in fall and Southeast Asia from Singapore and Hong Kong during the winter season.
In early 2019, the ship underwent another dry dock.
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Paradise students set to graduate, just 7…
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Paradise students set to graduate, just 7 months after the Camp Fire
Roughly 220 will finish their diplomas, 80% headed to college
Cade Weins, a senior at Paradise High School, poses with his golf clubs at the burned out ruins of his home in Paradise, Calif., Wednesday, June 5, 2019. When the Camp Fire swept through the area Weins, a member of the school’s golf team, saved his golf clubs as he was evacuating. Weins and the rest of the Paradise High School Class of 2019 are graduating Thursday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Editor’s note: The Paradise Post and Chico Enterprise-Record will be attending Thursday’s graduation. Please check back for our story.
By ADAM BEAM
PARADISE (AP) — Sean Newsom’s senior year of high school started with typical teenage pranks, like sticking a cup to the roof of his car with magnets just to mess with people as he drove around his small town in the Northern California mountains.
It ended with him living in an apartment with his older brother and two roommates, working at a tanning salon and learning how to be an adult without his parents.
In between, a monstrous wildfire consumed his home and destroyed the town of Paradise, leaving most residents homeless and scattering its close-knit people throughout the region with little time to say goodbye. Newsom’s parents moved to the San Francisco Bay Area with his two younger siblings to start a new life.
Newsom stayed because of Paradise High School.
The school was one of the few buildings in the town to survive the blaze that tore through the town on Nov. 8, killing 85 people, although it could not be used for classes.
Of the school’s 980 students, about 900 lost their homes. Some assumed the school would cease to exist, with its diaspora of students settling into new communities. But when a makeshift school opened for the spring semester in a former Facebook building near the Chico airport, more than 700 students returned, including 220 seniors.
They had work to do, work that finishes Thursday when they finally return to their beloved school’s football field to graduate.
The first day in the temporary building, the school ran out of food. There was no loudspeaker, no drinking fountains, no bells. No gym or wood shop. The classrooms were cubicles divided by walls so thin that students in a government class struggled to concentrate while an EMS instructor next door loudly explained how to deliver a baby.
But for students from a multigenerational town with deep roots, the school was an anchor. The students needed to see each other.
“Going back to school has really helped my mental health since the fire,” said Newsom, who said his parents reluctantly agreed to let him stay behind to finish his senior year.
Ben Dees was on the football team. After a disappointing season last year, the team went 8-2 his senior year and was preparing for the playoffs when the fire erupted. The team had to forfeit its first-round playoff game.
Dees has had bigger problems to deal with since then.
He has moved four times since the fire, staying with family members and, for a time, the mother of a friend of his mother’s friend. He now lives in Corning, a 41-mile drive (66-kilometer) from Paradise. But Dees says he is rarely home. Most days he is with his friends, returning to Corning only to sleep. In July, he will move with his family to St. George, Utah, and attend Dixie State College in the fall.
“I know what I’m going to lose when I leave,” he said.
He and his classmates were adamant that they graduate on the football field at Paradise High School like most other classes have done dating back to the 1960s.
“I feel like everybody just wants to get back to the high school. It reminds us of what Paradise was,” Dees said.
The fire destroyed nearly 14,000 homes, burning nearly 240 square miles (620 square kilometers). It forced most of the town’s 26,000 people to leave, settling throughout the region. To help keep a sense of community, the school organized events for students to go bowling, visit a trampoline park or just get together and play cards.
For their final week in high school, the senior class took a trip to an amusement park and had a picnic at a local park. Wednesday night, Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ’69” blared from a portable speaker on the Paradise High School football field as students played games and enjoyed ice pops, the sun peeking through what was left of the towering pine trees surrounding the campus. Some set up tents, planning to spend their last night as a high school student at the campus they once knew.
The school’s administration has embraced its status as a media magnet. Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard, who is making a documentary about the fire and its aftermath, has sent film crews to the school. After a Los Angeles Times story, a San Diego man donated $1,000 to every student — more than $1 million.
The graduation ceremony itself is possible in part because President Donald Trump autographed a Paradise High School Football hat, which Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa auctioned for $23,000. He gave the money to the senior class, which used part of it to clear the field of debris and clean up the school.
Prom was free. Yearbooks were free. Caps and gowns are free. The senior trip was free. The Winter Formal was free. All because of donations, mostly facilitated by a teacher, Stacie Martin. The goodwill giving inspired Paradise students, who in March raised about $1,500 for victims of tornados in Alabama.
“We know how it felt losing a lot of things, and having everyone reach out and help us really helped, so we wanted to give back,” said 17-year-old Emilee Taylor, co-president of the school and a graduating senior who plans to attend Chico State University in the fall and study to become an elementary school teacher.
“I’d say we have more good days than we have bad days,” Taylor said of the students’ emotional health. “It helps everyone all going through the same thing, all talking to each other about what’s happening.”
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Of the 220 graduates, about 80% are expected to attend college, according to Principal Loren Lighthall, about the same as in past years. But It’s an amazing statistic, he said, given that most college applications were due Nov. 30, about three weeks after the fire when the school was closed and many were displaced. But Lighthall said it’s one of many examples of the school defying expectations, including posting the second-highest math scores in the county and graduating a record seven valedictorians — students who took at least eight college-level classes and made A-grades in all of them.
“The senior class is pretty exceptional,” said Lighthall, who also lost his home and has been living in a 1,100 square-foot apartment with his wife and five of their seven children.
Eight of the school’s 15 athletic teams won championships this year, including two that competed after the fire: boys’ basketball and boys’ golf. The golf team included senior Cade Weins, who saved his golf clubs from the fire as he was evacuating, along with a hamper full of dirty clothes.
“I figured I wore those the most,” he said.
Playing golf became an escape for Weins and an outlet for his team to deal with their changing lives — or at least to not think about it for a few hours. School was initially a sad place for him that felt more like an obligation than a relief. But seeing people every day, people who had walked through the same tragedy, gave him hope.
“Everybody, no matter what grade you are in, just kind of grew up and dealt with whatever responsibility came their way,” he said. “It wasn’t necessarily the best thing, but it definitely turned out to not be the worst.”
Collaborative ‘youth master plan’ envisioned for Woodland
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The Dallas Symphony Chorus marks 40 years of using music to connect with audiences — and each other
Filed under Classical Music at Feb 2018
Elizabeth Hamilton, Special Contributor
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Every Monday evening from August to May, more than 200 men and women gather at the Meyerson Symphony Center to sing. Some commute from only a few blocks away, others fly all the way from Arizona. Some are recent college graduates, others are in their late 70s. Some work as professional musicians during the day, and still others enjoy singing on the side. All are volunteers.
This is the Dallas Symphony Chorus, the official vocal ensemble of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, which is in the middle of a seasonlong celebration of its 40th anniversary.
The DSC kicked off its anniversary with a free concert in October and will continue celebrating with more concerts and free events until leaving for Sweden, Estonia and Finland on its sixth international tour in June.
Director Joshua Habermann leads the Dallas Symphony Chorus during a warm up at the Meyerson Symphony Center on Dec. 10, 2017.
(Jason Janik/Special Contributor)
Eduardo Mata, then music director of the DSO, founded the ensemble, explains current chorus director Joshua Habermann. Before that, the symphony often used choral ensembles from what's now the University of North Texas and occasionally choral groups from Southern Methodist University.
The newly formed Dallas Symphony Chorus first performed with the DSO on Sept. 23, 1977, singing Mozart's Mass in C minor at the Music Hall at Fair Park. (Legendary Dallas Morning News critic John Ardoin was not impressed with what he called the group's "soupy" sound. "This recently formed ensemble is strongest in its mid-range," he wrote, "though even here it tends to wooliness, and the running lines rampant in the Mozart were more a smear than not.")
A review by John Adroin from the Sept. 26. 1977 Dallas Morning News of the concert that featured the debut of the Dallas Symphony Chorus.
(Dallas Morning News)
Since then, the chorus has doubled in size, performed under the guidance of more than 75 internationally recognized conductors and sung in renowned music venues across the world. Some of the most memorable performances Habermann points to include a 2013 performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem for the American Choral Directors Association, and singing Bach's St. Matthew's Passion twice in the last few years.
Scott Cantrell, who writes about classical music for The Dallas Morning News, says the ensemble is definitely not the same one Ardoin heard back in 1977.
"The chorus has really been refreshed, tightened and given more focus and flexibility under Joshua Habermann," Cantrell says. "It's a big change even from what I was hearing back in the '90s."
Anyone can audition, and chorus members come from diverse musical backgrounds. Some have years of musical training and the ability to sight-read complex sheet music, others have little training but a strong voice and a good ear.
"What the DSC and groups like the DSC — it's not unique to us by any stretch — what we're all doing is bringing beauty into our communities, making art that's beautiful or challenging or exciting or moving," Habermann says.
And residents of Dallas value this, he says, pointing to the symphony's strong ticket sales as proof. In fact, Habermann says choral music is as relevant — if not more relevant — an art form today as in the past.
"I think it's because we are longing — and I personally can speak for myself — I long for a way to connect with my fellow humans," he says.
The Dallas Symphony Chorus warms up in their practice room before a performance at the Meyerson Symphony Center on Dec. 10, 2017.
In an age where high-quality, free entertainment is available to almost anyone at the click of a button, people continue to long for a shared experience of beauty outside their isolated interaction with a computer screen. Sports teams and faith communities provide this to an extent, Habermann says, but live music goes further by breaking down what he calls the false barriers between individuals. Through a shared love of music, men and women from diverse backgrounds and different generations find common ground.
"Art is meant to ennoble a community," he says. "It's meant to remind us of our common humanity, the things that we share across the boundaries that now divide us so strongly."
Habermann goes so far to say that choral music has a special power to unite a community because it comes close to embodying the sound of the human soul.
"There's no intervening mechanism, there's no piano, there's no violin we're speaking through," he says. "It is our voices, it is our bodies, and the soul is right there, however you understand that to be."
Members of the choir share Habermann's belief in the power of choral music.
The Dallas Symphony Chorus warms up on Dec. 10, 2017.
"Vocal music singularly, but more so in an ensemble setting, is able to express spiritual feelings, feelings of patriotism, feelings of romance, feelings of grief, all of the emotions that are part of the human psyche," says Susie Wilson, a 73-year-old soprano who's sung in the choir for 17 years.
Wilson is so dedicated to performing with the DSC that she flies from Scottsdale, Ariz., where she lives from January to May, every Monday for weekly rehearsals.
"To be part of a group of that caliber at my age is astounding," she says.
Corey Kershaw, a tenor in his sixth season with the choir, agrees that it's a privilege.
Like many in the DSC, Kershaw studied music as an adolescent and even minored in music in college, then took a hiatus to pursue a career, in his case, as a pulmonary and critical care doctor. Kershaw auditioned for the choir in his late 30s once he felt his career was stable enough to allow time for rehearsals.
"I look forward to practicing every week," he says. "Not only are you in a community with the chorus itself, but you're sharing this art...That's special."
The chorus will share a diverse and complex set of music throughout the rest of their 40th anniversary season, performing Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" in February, Duruflé's Requiem in April and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in May. Their free events include an open rehearsal of Duruflé's Requiem in April and a pre-performance of their international tour program in June.
Habermann encourages everyone to attend these events.
"If you choose this, it's there for you," he says.
Elizabeth Hamilton is a Dallas freelance writer. Classical music coverage at The Dallas Morning News is supported in part by a grant from the Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation. The News makes all editorial decisions.
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The Dallas Symphony Chorus will perform Mahler's Symphony No. 2 Feb. 23-25 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. Tickets are available at mydso.com. For a full calendar of chorus events, visit dschorus.com.
An ad from the Sept. 24, 1977 Dallas Morning News for the concert that would feature the debut of the Dallas Symphony Chorus.
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Canyonlands National Park Named International Dark Sky Park
The ‘Doll House’ in the Maze District of Canyonlands National Park. Photo copyright Dan Duriscoe.
CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Utah, and TUCSON, Ariz. (31 August 2015) – The International Dark-Sky Association has granted Gold-Tier International Dark Sky Park status to Canyonlands National Park, an honor reserved for the darkest of dark skies and the most stunning of starscapes.
“It is truly a pleasure to recognize efforts at Canyonlands to expand the reach of dark skies protections across the Colorado Plateau,” IDA Executive Director J. Scott Feierabend said. “The park’s achievement helps bring the awe-inspiring experience of an authentically dark, natural night to over half a million visitors a year.”
Canyonlands was designated a national park in 1964 and provides visitors opportunities to view spectacular scenery, explore rugged landscapes, and experience remote wildness and solitude. The stunning scenery and expansive landscapes of Canyonlands don’t end when the sun sets.
“The Milky Way stretching across the park’s incredibly dark night sky is a sight many visitors will never forget,” said Canyonlands Superintendent Kate Cannon. “With this gold-tier designation, the International Dark- Sky Association recognizes the importance of the natural darkness found here.”
Efforts to preserve natural darkness in Canyonlands began several years ago with a focused effort to revamp and replace park lighting with “night-sky friendly” bulbs and fixtures. Nearly 100 percent of the park’s lights are now “night-sky friendly”. Natural darkness is also recognized in park management documents which clearly state the value of night skies and the park’s commitment to protect them.
Visitors from all over the world attend night sky programs at the Island in the Sky and Needles districts of the park where rangers use story-telling and telescopes to introduce the wonders of the universe to park visitors. Many of these visitors have never seen the Milky Way or a star-filled sky due to where they live. In many national parks, astronomy events are the most popular ranger-led programs, and “astrotourism” enhances economic benefits to nearby communities.
Canyonlands National Park is one of four national parks included in the National Park Service’s Southeast Utah Group. These parks include Hovenweep National Monument, awarded an International Dark Sky Park in 2014, and Natural Bridges National Monument, which was designated the world’s first International Dark Sky Park in 2007. Arches National Park is also included in the Southeast Utah Group. The four parks work together with neighboring businesses, communities, and land managers to help conserve some of the darkest skies in the United States.
Canyonlands also is a member of the growing Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative. Established in 2012, America’s first Dark Sky Cooperative links communities, tribes, businesses, state agencies, federal agencies, and citizens in a collaborative effort to celebrate the view of the cosmos, minimize the impact of outdoor lighting, and ultimately restore natural darkness to the area. The Dark Sky Cooperative encourages community-based, landscape-scale approaches to conservation to solve today’s land management challenges.
“This award for Canyonlands represents the National Park Service’s dedication to lead the way in preserving natural darkness as a precious resource on the Colorado Plateau,” said Nate Ament, Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Coordinator.
Canyonlands joins other IDA Dark Sky Places already designated on the Colorado Plateau, including Flagstaff, Arizona; Capitol Reef National Park, Utah; Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Arizona; and Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico.
As a newly designated International Dark Sky Park, Canyonlands will remain committed to mitigating light pollution within park boundaries and showcasing the dark night skies to visitors. On Sept. 18th, the National Park Service, in partnership with the Friends of Arches and Canyonlands Parks, will host a public ceremony and astronomy event at Island in the Sky to commemorate the park’s International Dark Sky Park designation.
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Batman Group Editor Michael Marts is scared...
By Michael Marts Thursday, November 5th, 2009
In the spirit of my favorite time of the year…here are a few things that scare me. THE FLAMINGO. This guy has death and danger written all over him. He rides a motorcycle and rips people’s faces off for fun. Oh yeah, and to top it all off, he’s dressed head-to-toe in pink. What’s not to be afraid of? If Batman & Robin thought they had their hands full with Red Hood & Scarlet, well, they haven’t seen anything yet. Check out the Flamingo in all of his pink and face-ripping glory in BATMAN & ROBIN #6. TONY DANIEL. This guy scares me. True, he’s one of DC’s exclusive artists. He’s also one of my good friends. But he still scares me. Why? Because he’s a double-threat. Not only can he draw circles around anyone holding a pencil, but this guy can write, as well! In case you didn’t already know, Tony’s both writing and illustrating the current arc of BATMAN, which runs from #692-697. Will Tony reveal who’s under the Black Mask in this storyline? (Hint: I wouldn’t be teasing it, unless he was.) BLACK MASK. His true identity scares me. Stay tuned. WHITE GHOST. Sure, he has a name that sounds like a discounted Halloween costume, but this right-hand-man of Ra’s al Ghul is scary because he appears in not one, but two Batman titles this month--RED ROBIN #6 and AZRAEL #2 The PHILLIES don’t scare me. MARCUS TO. Have you seen this guy’s art? Incredi--I mean, scary. Marcus debuts as RED ROBIN’s new regular artist this month, and I can’t tell you how excited we are about this. We’ve seen several complete issues of art from Marcus already, and each one gets better and better! Welcome aboard, Marcus! Till next time, Stay Scary.
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Cholinergic urticaria = الشرى الكولينيرجي
Cholinergic urticaria develops after an increase in core
body temperature, such as during a warm bath, prolonged exercise, or episodes of fever.105 The highest prevalence is observed in individuals aged 23 to 28 years. The eruption appears as distinctive, pruritic, small, 1- to 2-mm wheals that are surrounded by areas of erythema . Occasionally, the lesions may become confluent, or angioedema may develop. Systemic features include dizziness, headache, syncope, flushing, wheezing, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. An increased prevalence of atopy has been reported. The intracutaneous injection of cholinergic agents, such as methacholine chloride, produces a wheal with satellite lesions in approximately one-third of patients. Alterations in pulmonary function have been documented during experimental exercise challenge108 or after the inhalation of acetylcholine, but most patients are asymptomatic.
A major sub-population of patients with cholinergic urticaria have a positive skin test result and in vitro histamine release in response to autologous sweat. It is not clear whether or not this is IgE mediated, and any antigen present in sweat is unidentified. This is the same sub-population with a positive methacholine skin test result with satellite lesions and a non-follicular distribution of the wheals. The remaining patients had negative results on autologous sweat skin tests and no in vitro histamine release. Results of the methacholine skin test are negative for satellite lesions and the hives tend to be follicular in distribution.
Familial cases have been reported only in men in four families. This observation suggests an autosomal dominant or sex-linked pattern of inheritance. One of these individuals had co-existing dermographism and aquagenic urticaria.
After exercise challenge, histamine and factors chemotactic for eosinophils and neutrophils are released into the circulation.88,108 Tryptase has been detected in lesional suction-blister aspirates. The urticarial response has been passively transferred on one occasion; however, most other attempts to do so have been unsuccessful.
Cold urticaria and cholinergic urticaria are not uncommonly seen together; and cold-induced cholinergic urticaria represents an unusual variant in which typical “cholinergic”-appearing lesions occur with exercise, but only if the person is chilled, for example, with exercise outside on a winter's day. The ice cube test and methacholine skin test both yield negative results.
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Freshman softball pitcher leading top-ranked Tooele gave up dance to find her passion
By Amy Donaldson @adonsports
Published: April 30, 2018 10:00 pm Updated: April 30, 2018 10:00 p.m.
Glenda Bender, Tooele Softball
Freshman pitcher Attlyn Johnston has helped Tooele to a No. 1 ranking and the top of the region standings.
We came into this season not even knowing who Attlyn Johnston was. We know who she is now, and she’s a big deal to this program —Tooele head coach Marissa Lowry
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TOOELE — If Scott Johnston found dance recitals more entertaining, the Tooele softball team may not be sitting at the top of the 4A rankings.
It would have at least been a little tougher for the No. 1 ranked Buffaloes who, thanks to Mr. Johnston, have one of the best pitchers in the state — his oldest daughter, freshman Attlyn Johnston.
“We came into this season not even knowing who Attlyn Johnston was,” said Tooele head coach Marissa Lowry. “We know who she is now, and she’s a big deal to this program. She’s grown and matured.”
She’s also helped the top-ranked Buffaloes to a 17-1-1 season and a No. 1 ranking. She’s pitched 63 of the 91 innings Tooele has played this spring, and she owns a 12-1 record. She’s earned 98 strikeouts and has an ERA of 1.33.
Her coach said her strength is her desire to constantly improve.
Her teammates said it’s her commitment to give her best to her team, even if that means leaving a game.
Her dad said her strength is her natural ability.
The 14-year-old is both laidback and a perfectionist. She makes her teammates laugh with her easy-going attitude while demanding more and more of herself on the field.
But while softball may be in her genes, she may never have found her way onto a softball diamond if her parents hadn’t grown weary of dance performances.
“I was forced out of dance,” Attlyn said, laughing, when asked why she began playing softball. “I danced for seven years, and both my parents played softball and baseball, so they put me in softball about four years ago.” Her first coach asked if she’d like to pitch, but she declined.
She blames “not knowing anything about the game” for that impulsive decision, which she rectified the next season. Her dad began coaching her that third year, and she quickly began developing into a skilled, consistent pitcher.
“I figured she’d be really good at it,” Scott Johnston said of his reaction to his daughter’s desire to pitch at age 11. “She turned into a natural.”
He said her secret weapon is practice.
“She’s dedicated on her own, and she wants it badly,” he said, admitting that he does “push her” now and then. “She knows nothing is going to get given to her.”
Her coach said her desire to improve has allowed her to flourish in her first high school season.
“She never settles for anything,” said Lowry. “She is always willing to get better. She’s the first one at practice, the last one to leave. She’s a perfectionist.”
That can be a double-edged sword.
While it’s allowed her to rapidly improve her skills, her teammates said there are times when she’s harder on herself than anyone else.
“Attlyn is our go-to,” said Payton Hammond, who plays shortstop and pitches for Tooele. “She’s the best. Her dedication (is her strength), for sure. She knows that if she’s not feeling it, well, like during this game (against Bear River). She went and took our JV catcher and worked on her spins to make sure she could finish the rest of the innings the best she could. When she’s off, she makes sure she gets it back.”
In those times when she struggles, Attlyn said it’s her dad who helps her find that balance between the hunger she feels to improve and any kind of defeatist mentality.
“I think it is a good thing,” she said of her expectations of herself. “I know when I’m not doing good, and I know what I need to do to be better. Sometimes it gets to me, and when it does, I take a breath and think about what I need to fix. Then I just go and try to figure it out. My dad had helped me a lot. ...he knows the way I throw. He knows the way I think.”
Pitching is so technical, and it is a delicate balance of physical abilities and movements and the mental toughness to solve the puzzle that each opponent, each batter brings to a contest.
“She gets better every day,” Scott Johnston said. “She’s just like any other pitcher, on and off, but there is a lot to it. There are hours and hours of moving something one inch this way or holding your body just a little bit that way. We try to do as much as we can in practice, so she doesn’t have to think as much in a game. But sometimes you do have to think about it because if you’re off, you’ve got to figure it out.”
Attlyn Johnston said that’s exactly what she loves. Well, that and the ability to contribute something significant to her teammates' efforts.
“It is an amazing feeling, honestly,” she said of playing softball. “You know you worked hard for something, and it shows off in the best possible ways. Your team can help pick you up, just like you can pick them up, and all of it helps you just feel happy.”
Amy Donaldson Amy covers high school sports, winter and Olympic sports and outdoor rec.
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Visual History with Stanley Neufeld
Interviewed by: Kevin Koster
UPM, assistant director and production executive Stanley Neufeld discusses his long career in entertainment, starting on B-movie sets of 1930s and 40s Hollywood, and working his way up to producing Academy Award-winning films.
Stanley Neufeld began his career in entertainment working odd jobs on the sets of Producers Releasing Corporation productions, founded by his father, producer Sigmund Neufeld, and uncle, director Sam Newfield. After serving in World War II in the Merchant Marines, Neufeld returned to Hollywood and worked as a second assistant director for PRC and Columbia Pictures on such films as Murder in My Business (1946), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Money Madness (1948), State Department: File 649 (1949), Motor Patrol (1950) and Lost Continent (1951). In the early 1950s he was hired by legendary Western star Gene Autry as the assistant director and production manager for his Flying A Pictures series The Range Rider, Death Valley Days, Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Annie Oakley and The Gene Autry Show.
In 1960 Neufeld was hired as the production executive for the series Naked City’s New York shooting unit. He remained on the east coast for nearly 20 years as a production executive on the series The Patty Duke Show and The Trials of O’Brien, along with the feature films Popi (1969), Loving (1970), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972), Death Wish (1974), Mandingo (1975), Lipstick (1976), and Orca (1977). In the late 1970s he moved back to Los Angeles as a production executive for Orion Pictures, overseeing the series Cagney & Lacey. During his time at Orion he oversaw the production of such films as Amadeus (1984), Platoon (1986), Dances with Wolves (1990), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Neufeld passed away in December 2014
IMDB Profile Meet the interviewer(s): Kevin Koster
Stanley Neufeld explains what a young person should know when starting out in the film industry.
Neufeld reflects on how the desire to work was an ongoing theme in his life.
How only he was allowed to read Woody Allen's shooting scripts in their entirety.
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The Dianova Network
Dianova and the Sustainable Development Goals
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More than 10,000 people received support from the Dianova Network member organizations in 2017 in their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals
In its 2017 report, Dianova committed to aligning its objectives with the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
Press release – 6,729 people benefited from the Dianova network’s physical and mental health, and prevention and addiction treatment programmes; 3,373, of education and training activities, and 729, of social and humanitarian initiatives. In total, 10,831 people from various regions of the world received assistance from Dianova member organizations in these three main areas during 2017.
Since 2014, Dianova has endeavoured to integrate new, associate and affiliate members to reinforce a network that is now operating in 20 countries in Africa, America, Asia and Europe[1]. “For Dianova International, it is important to further expand its cooperation network: having a stronger network implies having a greater capacity to develop advocacy activities in international organizations and being able to inspire changes in national policies”, explained Montse Rafel, Director General of the NGO.
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SARS-like Coronavirus Found in Chinese Horseshoe Bats
EcoHealth Alliance - Anthony M. Ramos - ramos@ecohealthalliance.org
Synopsis : EcoHealth Alliance announce the discovery of a new SARS like coronavirus (CoV) in Chinese horseshoe bats.
10 years after SARS outbreak Ecohealth Alliance finds plausible evidence for direct bat to human transmission.
Ten years after the SARS outbreak, EcoHealth Alliance scientists and an international group of collaborators have uncovered genome sequences of a new virus closely related to the SARS coronavirus that erupted in Asia in 2002 - 2003, which caused a global pandemic crisis. For the first time ever, the group was able to isolate the live SARS-like virus from bats allowing scientists to conduct detailed studies to create control measures to thwart outbreaks and provide opportunities for vaccine development. The research team involved scientists from China, Australia, Singapore, and the U.S. and the results were published today in the journal Nature. "Our discovery that bats may directly infect humans has enormous implications for public health control measures," stated co-senior author Peter Daszak, PhD, President of EcoHealth Alliance. Dr. Daszak is also principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Science Foundation (NSF) Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) grant, and leads EcoHealth Alliance's work on the USAID PREDICT project, both of which funded the current work. "Since 2003 there has been disagreement about the origin of the virus that directly evolved into human SARS-CoV, the causative agent of the first emerging pandemic threat of the 21st century. Even though our team reported that bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses in 2005, we have been searching for this missing link for 10 years, and finally we've found it," said Dr. Zhengli Shi, Director of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and co-senior author on the paper.
The research team isolated and cultured a live virus that binds to the human SARS receptor ACE2 and can therefore be transmitted directly from bats to people. During the original outbreak of SARS in the wet markets of Guangdong province in China over 10 years ago, it was thought that bat viruses first infected civets, and then the virus evolved to infect people by this intermediate wildlife host. The current breakthrough suggests that SARS may have originated from one of these viruses, precluding civets from playing a part in the transmission process. "This paper hasn't resolved the provenance of SARS CoV; nonetheless, it does provide compelling evidence that an intermediate host was not necessary," commented W. Ian Lipkin, MD, John Snow Professor and Director, Center for Infection and Immunity of Columbia University.
"EcoHealth Alliance continues to work on predicting and preventing the next pandemic crisis. Our research uncovered a wide diversity of potentially pandemic viruses present, right now, in bats in China that could spillover into people and cause another SARS-like outbreak. Even worse, we don't know how lethal these viruses would be if such an outbreak erupted," said Dr. Daszak. "The results point out the importance of continuing surveillance of viruses in bats, with the goals of identifying other viruses, including coronaviruses, that could cross species and potentially cause serious disease in humans or domesticated animals," conveyed Stanley Perlman, M.D., Ph.D. Professor in the Department of Microbiology University of Iowa.
"There are lessons here for the recent outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus that likely originated in Saudi Arabian bats. We need to protect bat habitats from severe human-induced changes to the environment as well as create public health measures to reduce the risk of transmission," continued Daszak. It is not uncommon for bats to be used as a food source for many people in China and other parts of Asia so the risk is substantial. EcoHealth Alliance is working to help find alternative measures to decrease the hunting of bats for food and sport as well as monitoring the global wildlife trade. Bats are vitally important to the health of ecosystems providing seed dispersal and pollination services while also controlling insect populations and agricultural pests.
EcoHealth Alliance's contribution to the USAID-funded PREDICT program targets pathogen discovery in high-risk wildlife species in emerging disease global hotspots. This is a completely new approach for pandemic diseases - most of which originate in wildlife - in this case EcoHealth Alliance scientists are identifying the wildlife host and cataloging both known and previously unknown viruses before spillover events could infect people.
The results published in Nature, are based on genetic analyses of samples taken over the course of a year from members of a horseshoe bat colony in Kunming, China. At least seven different strains of SARS-like CoVs were found to be circulating within the single group of bats. The findings highlight the importance of research programs targeting high-risk wildlife groups in emerging disease hotspots to predict, prepare for, and prevent pandemics.
PREDICT is part of USAID's Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) program, designed to target surveillance of wildlife populations and identify potential pandemic viruses before they emerge. "This work validates our assumption that we should be searching for viruses of pandemic potential before they spillover to humans. That USAID has designed and implemented such an innovative approach through their EPT program is very forward thinking. We may finally begin to get ahead of the curve and prevent pandemics," said University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, One Health Institute Director, Professor Jonna Mazet, Co-Director of PREDICT.
"The paradigm setting study provides the most compelling information to date that zoonotic coronaviruses, like SARS-CoV and perhaps the MERS-CoV, are preprogrammed to transmit directly between species. Clearly, SARS-CoV is not extinct, but rather, the virus is hiding out in animal reservoirs-poised to recolonize the human host at the first opportunity. The study further demonstrates the critical importance of continued surveillance and the development of public health preparedness platforms to control these important and deadly emerging human coronaviruses," said Ralph Baric, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Daszak's EEID grant (R01TW005869) - managed by the Fogarty International Center at NIH - is part of a joint NIH-NSF initiative that supports efforts to understand the underlying ecological and biological mechanisms that govern relationships between human-induced environmental changes and the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases. Additional U.S. government funding for the research came from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH (R01AI079231), a Fogarty award supported with International Influenza Funds from the Department of Health and Human Services (R56TW009502) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT initiative. The State Key Program for Basic Research and the National Natural Science Foundation of China also provided support.
Building on over 40 years of groundbreaking science, EcoHealth Alliance is a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting wildlife and safeguarding human health from the emergence of disease. The organization develops ways to combat the effects of damaged ecosystems on human and wildlife health. Using environmental and health data covering the past 60 years, EcoHealth Alliance scientists created the first-ever, global disease hotspots map that identified at-risk regions, to help predict and prevent the next pandemic crisis. That work is the foundation of EcoHealth Alliance's rigorous, science-based approach, focused at the intersection of the environment, health, and capacity building. Working in the U.S. and more than 20 countries worldwide, EcoHealth Alliance's strength is founded on innovations in research, training, global partnerships, and policy initiatives. For more information, www.ecohealthalliance.org
Journal: Disabled World. Language: English. Author: EcoHealth Alliance. Electronic Publication Date: 2013/10/31. Last Revised Date: 2016/03/15. Reference Title: "SARS-like Coronavirus Found in Chinese Horseshoe Bats", Source: SARS-like Coronavirus Found in Chinese Horseshoe Bats. Abstract: EcoHealth Alliance announce the discovery of a new SARS like coronavirus (CoV) in Chinese horseshoe bats. Retrieved 2019-07-19, from https://www.disabled-world.com/health/influenza/predict.php - Reference Category Number: DW#128-9926.
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Audiobooks: A Look Back
By Brooke Yang / May 3, 2019 May 3, 2019
More often than not, we take the things we have for granted. Things that we’ve had and used for so long, we could never really give them that much importance. This holds true for audiobooks or talking books. We’ve always had them, but have we taken time to look back and know where they came from?
It all started with a brilliant mind trying to make the world a better place. With Thomas Edison’s desire to speak to blind people without effort on his part, he created the phonograph in 1877. This led to Edison’s recital of the song Mary Had a Little Lamb.
These spoken word recordings were then translated into round cylinders that could record audio for about four minutes. As it was rather impractical, people started using flat platters and increased the recording time to about 12 minutes. People would need to resort to wheelbarrows if they were to listen to lengthy passages and so, close-grooved records increased the time to 20 minutes, making longer narratives possible.
During the 1930s, a project called ‘Books for the Adult Blind Project’ gave birth to the first talking book. This project included excerpts from O. Henry, Hellen Keller’s ‘Midstream’, Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’ and even the Bible.
Caedmon Records, Spoken Arts, and Listening Library were pioneers in the audiobook business. Their work increased government funding for schools and libraries beginning in the 1950s and 60s.
From Cassette Tapes to CDs
During the 1970s, the audio cassette tape changed the game for the audiobook industry. As they were easy to produce, they became the media of choice. They were also lightweight and handy, so people listened to them more often. Cheap and portable players, such as the Walkman, were widespread and there were even cassette decks in cars, especially with models that were imported from Japan.
The cassette tape era ended when the Compact Disc or CD was discovered during the 80s. Public libraries then started stacking up talking books alongside their hardback counterparts.
Downloading and Modern Day Listening
The CDs continued to be popular until the 90s, but the onset of the Internet changed so many things. Now, people download everything from the Web. Listeners are finally unburdened with physical media. There is an increasing demand for high-quality materials and with just a few clicks, people from anywhere are able to download audiobooks and even stream podcasts online.
This is the new age of audiobooks. Production services for audiobooks are readily available on the Internet and people from all over the world can enjoy it with just a few clicks.
Audiobooks are made available in any audio format. Primarily, these include records, cassette tapes, CDs, CDs, downloadable digital formats such as .mp3, Windows Media Audio, Advance Audio Coding, and solid state preloaded digital devices.
There are even audiobooks with no published text released. This is the case for the Vinyl First audiobook called Dark Carousel. This was released in 2018 by Joe Hill, son of the famous novelist Stephen King.
Audiobooks Consumption
There is a steady demand for audiobooks because they are used as teaching tools. Many students are auditory learners and they tend to have better comprehension when audiobooks are used. In addition, the blind uses audiobooks regularly. Not only that, audiobooks are valuable because of their flexible format. Unlike hardbound books other types of readable content, you are able to listen to an audiobook while doing other things.
We have come a long way from the old gramophone. Audiobooks have evolved from bulky cylinders to just a few clicks on the Internet. Who knows where this might go from here? The world is teeming with possibilities and it can only get better for listeners everywhere.
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Using the Cloud to Elevate Revenue Strategy in New Orleans
by Jason Q. Freed, Managing Editor | May 14, 2019
You’ve got to be unique and innovative to stand out in the French Quarter, whether that’s as a restaurateur, a street performer on Bourbon St. or as a hotel trying to provide a distinctive guest experience and earn repeat business.
Managing 18 hotels ranging from six to 292 rooms, some branded, some boutique and all in and around New Orleans’ famous French Quarter, the J Collection has it figured out.
We recently visited The Jung, a newly renovated upscale property a few blocks from Bourbon St., to catch up with Chris Curry, J Collection’s area director of revenue management. Curry oversees revenue for the collection of hotels that cater to everybody – from convention business during the week, including corporate negotiated accounts, to high transient demand every weekend.
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A: I'm in our area office and then we have revenue managers, some who oversee two properties and others who oversee one. They're all centrally located near their properties. We have branded hotels, so we have some people in other markets, but we have a lot of boots on the ground. We also have the upper level, where we maintain strategies.
Q: Walk me through a day in the life of Chris Curry.
A: Well, it starts when I get to work at 6:30 in the morning. We go through all the dailies to see what happened. I get sell boards, or the daily details, look at rates, and make adjustments. Basically, Tuesday through Friday I'm in revenue management meetings with all the hotels. We’re looking at STAR reports; it’s the day in the life of a revenue manager, except it's for 17 to 18 hotels. It's busy, but it's also fun to see the strategies we put in place work.
Q: What are some of the most important metrics you pay attention to?
A: Brand contribution is huge for us. Nobody likes paying commissions on the rooms they're selling to other people, so keeping it on the brand website is a big piece for us. Transient rate efficiency is a big piece, too. Of course, we look at RevPAR Index, but what's nice to see is when you have high ADRs yet occupancies are staying the same. Now we can say, “Hey, look at what we were leaving on the table in years before."
Q: How important is it for the J Collection to stay innovative in the tech space?
A: I think innovation is really important to the hotel industry with everything that's going on with Airbnb and short-term rentals. We have to be ahead of these guys to continue to prosper. We're always looking for cutting-edge technology and new ways to sell our hotel rooms, and to get the best rate possible for them.
We look at everything, from the one-of-a-kind enhancements that we can offer on our websites to pricing and making sure that we're ahead of the curve and we can keep the most valuable experience on our website. We’re also always trying to find ways to get an edge on the competition.
Q: How do you evaluate your tech stack and how can hotel technology improve?
A: With most of our hotels being independent, except for maybe three or four, it's really hard to get communication between a booking engine, a CRS and a PMS on a consistent basis. That communication between systems is critical—especially when you have so much data now going in between. The best way for us is to continue communication between partners and improve teamwork and synergy.
Q: Have you seen benefits from bringing your tech stack into the cloud?
A: Yes, and I’ve got to tell you, the cloud is the way to go. We know the security's there and that everything is within reach. I can be in Florida and with all my hotels I can dial in and see what's going on. The cloud makes a lot of sense. The issue comes in when you have a lot of information in the cloud and all your systems trying to communicate and share that information. We see the cloud slow down at that point and we see processors shut down—that’s our biggest concern.
Jason Q. Freed, Managing Editor
Jason joined Duetto as Managing Editor in June 2015 after reporting, writing and editing hotel industry news for a decade at both print and online publications. He’s passionate about content marketing and hotel technology, which leads to unique perspectives on hotel distribution and revenue management best practices.
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Eko Atlantic City Achieves Milestone Two Million Square Meters Of Reclaimed Land
Posted on March 16, 2011 in Press Releases
Lagos, March 16, 2011 – Eko Atlantic, the major new city rising from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Lagos, has today achieved more than two million square metres of land reclamation the company revealed in a landmark ceremony at the site today.It was attended by the Governor of Lagos, H.E Babatunde Fashola.
The Eko Atlantic development is a dynamic new city rising from the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to Victoria Island in Lagos, Nigeria.
The city, which will be divided into six districts, will offer multiple investment and development opportunities through its strategic plan to reclaim nine million square metres of land from the ocean.
The new land will provide space for the Business District, which will become a financial gateway for Africa.
‘The vision is to build a self-contained city that provides the quality of infrastructure and services required to make Lagos the financial capital of Africa,’ said David Frame, the managing director of South Energyx Nigeria Limited.
Land for Eko Atlantic is growing at an average rate of 10,000 square metres each day. The Phase One Business District comprises of 2.5 million square metres of new land that will be ready by April 2011.
It is protected by a sea wall known as the Great Wall of Lagos that currently measures in excess of 2 kilometres and is growing at an average rate of 100 metres a month day. Construction is currently on target and is expected to meet the scheduled completion date of 2015.
The land that is currently in place is going through a major transformation.
New roads have been created to allow access for construction vehicles and development of the road network is constantly taking place to provide access to the ever-growing site.
Commenting on the project, David Frame added: ”Eko Atlantic’s Business District will become a home to numerous financial institutions, legal and accounting firms, insurance companies, stockbrokers, oil and gas corporate headquarters, advertising and marketing companies, as well as major retailers. It aims to host a new stock exchange, shopping malls, conference centres and hotels. It will truly be a vibrant addition to the Mega City that is Lagos.’
About Eko Atlantic:
Eko Atlantic will be recognised as Africa’s 21st century city and will become a new commercial gateway for Africa with towering structures of architectural excellence.
This new self-sustained city will be built on 9 million square metres of reclaimed land. It will be one and a half times the size of Victoria Island and is expected to house about 250,000 people. It will also accommodate about 150,000 commuters daily.
Already 2.4 million square metres of land have been reclaimed, and more than 2 kilometres of a seven kilometre long sea wall has been built which will protect the city from erosion and possible flooding due to climate change and rising sea levels.
Eko Atlantic will combine residential, commercial, financial and tourist developments. It will be an eco-conscious and sustainable city providing its own independent power and water distribution system as well as an advanced telecommunications network and reliable security.
About South Energyx:
South Energyx Nigeria Limited is a subsidiary of The Chagoury Group. It was specifically created to undertake the development of Eko Atlantic.
The Chagoury Group was founded in the 1970s. Its headquarters are based in Lagos.
Press & Media enquiries: Valentina Halim
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Eko Atlantic Launches Major Advertising Campaign on CNN, Branding the Vital New City of Lagos: One of a Kind
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India’s astounding diversity of religions, languages, and cultures is unique and unparalleled. The society in this vast subcontinent is varied and complex in its rich heritage and is among the oldest in the world. India offers so many sights, smells, and colors for those wishing to immerse themselves in a masala of culture.
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Mongolia is truly one of the world's last undiscovered travel destinations and, even today, is one of the the safest countries to visit. It is a land where you can experience the untouched beauty of wide-open spaces, deep blue skies, forests, deserts, crystal clear rivers and lakes, and the traditional hospitality of the nomads. Permanent dwellings are few and far between, fences even fewer and the land is owned by the people, like one large National Park. With a total land area of 1,566,000 sq km (610,740 sq mi) and a population of only 3 million, this is an open an wild land that invites hardy souls to explore its windswept grasslands and Ger tents. Said simply, this a land of adventure, horses, nomads, and forever horizons of blue sky.
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Nepal is a country full of smiles and surprises. This is a small country that lies along the southern slopes of the Himalayan mountain ranges. It is a landlocked country located between India to the east, south, and west and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north. Its territory extends roughly 500 miles (800 kilometres) from east to west and 90 to 150 miles from north to south. The capital is Kathmandu.
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Whether you are looking for the white sand beaches of southern Thailand or the best jungle and cave explorations Southeast Asia has to offer, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia are hands-down some of the best tourist destinations of 2018 and 2019. With an unparalleled tourism service industry and infrastructure, there is something for everyone from families to singles in Southeast Asia.
Ultimate Adventure in Northern Thailand
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With nicknames such as “the Roof of the World,” “the Third Pole” and "Asia's Water Tower,” the Tibetan Plateau, which encompasses an area greater than Western Europe, is a place of great geological and cultural importance. It provides water for more than half of Asia and is home to the Himalayas, the highest mountains in the world.
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Quarterback Zadock Dinkelmann, the 14-year-old nephew of former Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer, has made a non-binding oral commitment to play at LSU.
Dinkelmann, an eighth-grader at Somerset (Texas) Junior High School, won't be able to sign his national letter of intent until Feb. 7, 2018. He has yet to play a down of varsity football.
Detmer said Dinkelmann committed to the Tigers on Friday after receiving a scholarship offer from LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron. Dinkelmann is the son of Detmer's sister, Dee. Dinkelman's father, Johan Dinkelmann, played at Cincinnati.
"LSU is a top program, and Zadock has liked LSU for a long time," Johan Dinkelmann said. "What kid at his age with dreams and aspirations wouldn't commit to a program like that? It's a tremendous opportunity. It was an opportunity that we, as his parents, wouldn't let him pass up if that's what he wanted."
Dinkelmann will play at Somerset for his grandfather, Sonny Detmer, a Texas high school coaching legend and Ty's father. Koy Detmer, Sonny's other son, is an assistant for the Bulldogs.
"We're really excited for him," said Ty Detmer, who coaches at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin.
LSU made national headlines in 2012 when it offered a scholarship to Dylan Moses the summer before his eighth-grade year at Baton Rouge (La.) University High. Moses, a member of the class of 2017, committed to the Tigers early in his freshman season, but Dinkelmann's commitment is believed to be the earliest known pledge for LSU.
It's the earliest known commitment in college football since 13-year-old David Sills committed to USC in 2010.
Dinkelmann, 6-foot-4 and 190 pounds, might not see the field much as a freshman at Somerset because Koy Detmer Jr. is the returning starter and one of the top quarterbacks in Texas. His main focus as a freshman will be leading the freshman team, his father said. However, Cameron told Dinkelmann and his family he saw enough on his junior high tape to know he's one of the best quarterbacks in the country already.
"Obviously, Zadock has been blessed with some physical talent," his father said. "He's big. He's tall. He's got a good arm. The fact that he has grown up in a football family where everybody he knows has either played college football, college basketball or has coached helps tremendously. It's not really an expectation because of his family, it's a given that he's going to go play college football somewhere for somebody at some time.
"He's going to continue to work hard, and his main focus now is leading the freshman football team. God willing, he stays healthy and continues to improve, and he'll get to live out his dream of playing for LSU, the school he loves."
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Meghan Markle's Makeup Artist Says She Used Emojis to Reveal She Was Getting Married
By Desiree Murphy 8:38 AM PDT, July 3, 2018
Although it's been over a month since Meghan Markle tied the knot to Prince Harry, aspiring brides and fans of the royal family can't stop talking about the Duchess of Sussex's royal wedding day makeup.
That includes her longtime makeup artist, Daniel Martin, who had the honors of creating Markle's breathtaking beauty look for her special day. Martin was a guest on Good Morning America on Tuesday, where he broke down his latest creation, which he describes as "lit from within."
"When [Harry] takes the veil off, and he sees her, that's, like, the moment I think a bride wants -- when she has that moment with her future husband," he explained. "It wasn't about a trendy makeup. It wasn't about a lot of eye, or a lot of lip. It was about her, and her being confident."
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To create Markle's natural wedding day look, Martin used foundation and concealer to spot treat her problem areas. "So instead of using it all over her face, I used it only where I needed to balance out any redness or uneven skin tone," he said. "And that was when you're able to see her freckles come through."
As for her chestnut eyeshadow, he said he only used "just a bit" and blended it with his finger, adding chocolate brown eyeliner and false lashes to the outer edges of her lids.
"We wanted it to just be her," he said. "She's a person who is very comfortable in her own skin. So she doesn't need to wear a lot."
Recalling the May 19 nuptials, Martin said the former Suits star seemed "very chill" the morning of her wedding.
"We had breakfast. Guy, her dog was with us. We were playing around with him," he shared. "It was a very chill morning ... her mom [Doria Ragland] was there, which was amazing."
And he'll never forget the funny story of how he found out Markle would be saying "I do" to Prince Harry.
"She [texted and] was, like, 'Hey -- what are you doing May 19th?'" he recalled. "And then she sent me two emojis of the bride and groom. I was, like, 'OK, yeah, whatever you need.'"
Back in May, ET caught up with celebrity makeup artist Spencer Barnes, who has created a number of looks for Markle in the past. He gave us a step-by-step guide of how to get the Los Angeles native's signature eyes, brows and glowing skin.
Watch below:
Meghan Markle Wedding Makeup Tutorial: How to Get Her Eyes, Brows and Glowing Skin
Meghan Markle Beams While Cheering on Prince Harry and Prince William at Charity Polo Match
Here's How Much Meghan Markle's Royal Wardrobe Has Cost
Meghan Markle's Stunning Royal Style
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Public Release: 2-May-2016
Control of fertility: A new player identified
INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale)
Individual small RNAs are responsible for controlling the expression of gonadoliberin or GnRH (Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone), a neurohormone that controls sexual maturation, the appearance of puberty, and fertility in adults. This has just been demonstrated by the "Development and Plasticity of the Neuroendocrine Brain" team led by Vincent Prévot, Inserm Research Director (Jean-Pierre Aubert Research Centre, Lille). The involvement of microRNAs, transcribed from DNA, occurs around birth, and marks a key step in postnatal development. Failure of these microRNAs to act leads to the disruption or even total cessation of GnRH production by the hypothalamic neurons that synthesise it, and hence to infertility. In the most serious cases, sterility may result. Details of this work in mice are published in the 2 May 2016 issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Reproductive function is determined by events that take place in the brain. Gametogenesis (the production of spermatozoa and oocytes) and the secretion of hormones by the ovaries and testes are heavily dependent on the hypophysis, a small gland located below the brain, to which it is connected by a capillary network. The latter is in turn controlled by a glandular "orchestra conductor" located at the base of the brain, the hypothalamus. During postnatal development, activation of a small number of highly specialised neurons (the GnRH neurons) in the hypothalamus leads to the synthesis of a hormone, gonadoliberin or GnRH (Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone), and this process leads to the appearance of puberty.
This step, known as "mini-puberty" constitutes the first activation of the reproductive axis by the brain. It occurs between the first and third months of life of the infant, and is important to the correct course of sexual maturation*. At puberty, GnRH stimulates the synthesis by the hypophysis of other hormones, which in turn enter the bloodstream to promote the growth of the gonads (ovaries and testes), and to subsequently ensure reproductive function.
The appearance of puberty remains one of the greatest scientific enigmas of the 21st century. In the last 30 years, the discovery of mutations in various parts of the genome in patients with disorders of puberty has made it possible to identify some genes involved in this process.
However, physicians and scientists believe that these genes are responsible for only a third of the disorders of puberty encountered in patients. The discovery of the involvement of microRNAs opens up considerable prospects for the medical management of these patients, from both a diagnostic and therapeutic point of view.
MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs transcribed from our DNA. In contrast to messenger RNAs (mRNA), they are not translated into proteins. Because of this, microRNAs are not part of the "coding genome," but constitute what some people call the epigenome. Regulation of gene expression, e.g. expression of the GnRH gene, by microRNAs is therefore considered "epigenetic" regulation.
Research conducted in mice by Vincent Prévot's team shows that birth induces a radical change in the expression of microRNAs in the hypothalamic GnRH neurons. This modification of the microRNA expression profile is essential to the inhibition of the expression of transcription factors (proteins that activate or inhibit gene expression) that have a repressive effect on GnRH expression. This inhibition of inhibitory factors allows increased production of GnRH, which is indispensable to infantile and juvenile sexual maturation, and the occurrence of puberty. Indeed, in the absence of microRNAs, the expression of transcription factors that inhibit GnRH expression increases, and leads to the extinction of GnRH synthesis in the brain, leading to the arrest of sexual maturation, absence of puberty, and complete sterility in adult individuals. Analysis of the GnRH gene in humans shows that analogous phenomena might occur in our own species. The mechanism elucidated by this team might therefore explain the absence of puberty and the occurrence of infertility in some patients for whom no mutation or polymorphism (variation in DNA sequence) has been identified in the coding genome.
In terms of diagnosis, the study carried out by Vincent Prévot's team in Lille shows the interest of analysing DNA segments from which microRNAs are transcribed, as well as the genome segments that encode their binding sites on the target genes. "The work published today shows the importance of studying the genome sequences that will be transcribed into mRNA molecules, to which microRNAs bind in order to regulate their translation into protein," add the researchers.
From a therapeutic standpoint, the interaction of microRNAs with the genes they regulate may be prevented or mimicked by the administration of small analogous molecules, for which the study done by Vincent Prévot's team provides proof of concept.
This research received financial support from the French Medical Research Foundation (FRM).
A microRNA switch regulates the rise in hypothalamic GnRH production before puberty"
Andrea Messina1,2,7, Fanny Langlet1,2,3,9, Konstantina Chachlaki1,2,9, Juan Roa4,5,9, S Rasika6, Nathalie Jouy1,2, Sarah Gallet1,2, Francisco Gaytan4,5, Jyoti Parkash1,2,8, Manuel Tena-Sempere4,5, Paolo Giacobini1,2, Vincent Prevot1,2
1 Inserm, Laboratory of Development and Plasticity of the Neuroendocrine Brain, Jean-Pierre Aubert Research Centre, U1172, F-59000 Lille, France
2 University of Lille, FHU 1000 days for Health, School of Medicine, Lille, F-59000, France
3 Columbia University Medical Center and Berrie Diabetes Center, New York, NY 10032,USA
4 Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Cordoba & Instituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Cordoba (IMIBIC/HURS), 14004 Cordoba,Spain
5 CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 14004 Cordoba, Spain
6 Inserm UMR1141 - PROTECT (Promoting Research Oriented Towards Early CNS Therapies), 75019, Paris, France
7 Present address: University of Lausanne, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
8 Present address: Centre for Animal Sciences, Central University Punjab, 151001 Bathinda, India
9 These authors contributed equally to this work
Nature Neuroscience, 2 May 2016; doi:10.1038/nm.3828
Investigator contact
Vincent Prévot
Inserm Research Director
"Development and Plasticity of the Neuroendocrine Brain" team
Jean-Pierre Aubert Research Centre, Inserm Unit 1172, Lille
Email: vincent.prevot@inserm.fr
Severine Ciancia
severine.ciancia@inserm.fr
@inserm_EN
http://www.presse-inserm.fr/en
Nature Neuroscience
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.4298
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Local time: 20:45 MEDIOLANUM FORUM
Campazzo's late heroics lift Madrid in Milan
Real Madrid rallied from a double-digit deficit to defeat AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan 85-91 on the road on Wednesday. Madrid improved to 2-0 in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season standings while Milan dropped to 1-1. Anthony Randolph paced the winners with 25 points and 11 rebounds. Facu Campazzo added 21 points and 7 assists, Jaycee Carroll and Edy Tavares each scored 12 and Rudy Fernandez had 10 for the champs. Mike James led Milan with 21 points, Vladimir Micov added 20 and Arturas Gudaitis 13 for the hosts.
Early three-pointers by Nemanja Nedovic and James helped Milan to an 8-2 lead. Randolph and Jeffery Taylor led a 1-7 run that tied it at 9-9. Milan found a go-to guy in Micov, who had 7 points in a 14-1 run that Jeff Brooks capped with an alley-oop dunk for a 23-10 margin. Micov struck from downtown to fix the score at 28-13 after 10 minutes. Randolph and Carroll took over early in the second quarter, causing the hosts to call timeout at 30-23. Curtis Jerrells fired in a triple, Dairis Bertans added two more and a tip-in by Kaleb Tarczewski boosted the hosts' lead to 46-34. Madrid used free throws to get within 50-41 at halftime. Tavares dominated at both ends after the game, getting help from an inspired Fernandez to force Milan to stop the game at 57-55. Back-to-back baskets by Tavares completed the comeback, 57-61. James and Brooks kept Milan within 64-67 after 30 minutes. A three-pointer by James turned the game into a thriller, 80-81, with over three minutes left. Campazzo answered from downtown with 1:19 remaining and free throws by Randolph sealed the outcome down the stretch.
Pivotal performer
Tavares helped Madrid change the game in the third quarter. He had 2 blocks, changed a good number of shots and scored 8 points. Milan scored 50 points in the first half and Madrid's defense, led by Tavares, limited the hosts to just 14 third-quarter points.
Game-changing moment
Campazzo stepped up big in crunch time, scoring 5 points - a critical triple and a pair of free throws - in a 0-7 run that sealed the outcome. Madrid led 80-81 with two minutes left and boosted its margin to 80-88 with 26 seconds remaining.
Stellar stat
Madrid hit just 7-of-21 (33.3%) two-point shots in the first half, but scored 11-of-14 (78.6%) after the break. Milan scored 12-of-19 (63.2%) two-point shots before halftime and 7-of-25 (28%) after that.
Did you notice?
Madrid pulled down 34 defensive rebounds in this game - a new season-high and Madrid's fourth-best mark in EuroLeague history - its record is 38 defensive boards against Spirou Charleroi on December 23, 2010.
Both teams return to Turkish Airlines EuroLeague action on Friday. Madrid hosts KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and Milan visits Olympiacos Piraeus.
Referees: PUKL,SASA; JOVCIC, MILIVOJE; GELLER, RENAUD
Real Madrid 13 28 26 24
00 DELLA VALLE, AMEDEO 1:53 0/1 1 1 -1
2 JAMES, MIKE 34:27 21 3/7 4/13 3/5 1 3 4 7 1 3 4 17
5 MICOV, VLADIMIR 31:18 20 5/9 2/4 4/5 1 1 3 1 4 6 18
7 GUDAITIS, ARTURAS 19:14 13 4/8 5/5 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 4 3 14
9 BERTANS, DAIRIS 16:40 6 0/1 2/4 3 1 3 4
15 TARCZEWSKI, KALEB 20:46 8 4/11 4 4 8 2 3 4
16 NEDOVIC, NEMANJA 30:07 6 0/2 2/9 1 5 6 5 3 1 3 1 8
19 KUZMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 10:48 2 0/1 2/4 1 1 1 2 2 1
23 BURNS, CHRISTIAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
32 BROOKS, JEFF 29:12 6 3/6 0/1 4 8 12 1 1 14
55 JERRELLS, CURTIS 5:35 3 1/3 2 2 1
Totals 200:00 85 19/44 11/36 14/19 16 24 40 19 9 4 3 3 26 16 84
1 CAUSEUR, FABIEN 10:00 1 1 2 1 -2
3 RANDOLPH, ANTHONY 30:10 25 5/8 3/4 6/9 1 10 11 2 1 1 2 6 33
5 FERNANDEZ, RUDY 22:46 10 1/2 2/5 2/3 1 6 7 3 1 2 16
7 CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO 33:11 21 2/4 4/6 5/6 4 4 7 1 1 1 6 32
9 REYES, FELIPE 13:18 4 1/4 2/2 2 3 5 1 1 2 2 3 2 3
20 CARROLL, JAYCEE 26:42 12 1/5 2/7 4/4 1 1 2 2 1 5 11
22 TAVARES, WALTER 21:49 12 6/7 3 4 7 1 1 3 4 1 18
23 LLULL, SERGIO 9:43 0/2 0/1 1 1 2 -4
24 DECK, GABRIEL 10:02 1 0/2 1/2 1 1 2 1 1
25 PREPELIC, KLEMEN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
32 KUZMIC, OGNJEN 4:41 0/1 1 1 2 2 1 1 -1
44 TAYLOR, JEFFERY 17:38 6 2/2 0/1 2/2 2 1 1 2 7
Totals 200:00 91 18/35 11/26 22/28 11 34 45 18 2 11 3 3 16 26 117
Head coach: LASO, PABLO
"Obviously, we started the game in the best way, with the right approach, because we decided the rhythm of the game, attacked Tavares in the right way, forcing him to move. Also on defense, first of all protecting the paint and after that, switching defense on the exit. This gave us a big break towards the end of the first quarter. I also think that, in the second quarter, we had to give rest to some players and suffered too much in some moments against Randolph but anyway, we led by nine points (at halftime). The third quarter decided the game because we missed some shots that we need to score for sure to win games against Real Madrid. They scored what we missed and played a tight game until the end. In the last three minutes, we missed one shot, they scored one or two shots maybe more difficult than 2-3 shots that we missed. This can happens sometimes and it is not a problem - it is the game."
LASO, PABLO
"I think we were able to come back to our game plan. We didn't have a right start in the first half. We made a lot of mistakes, got into foul trouble and were out of the game. But we were able to stay in the game and that was the important thing. We were only losing by 9-10 points at the end of the first half without no rhythm. But we were able to come back to our game plan in the second half, came back into the game and got a great victory. I think that Randolph was the player that stayed more solid during 40 minutes, offensively and defensively. He was giving great helps, rebounding. Everybody will probably speak about his shots and points, but I think he did a lot of good things for us."
CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO
"Everybody that came in contributed to this win. It wasn't an easy game, they have a lot of talent in all positions, especially at point guard with Nedovic and James. We knew it was not going to be easy and didn't have a good start. Our first half was weird - bad defenses, bad decisions on offense. We knew that we wouldn't win going in that direction. We had to turn the page over, so we played with intensity on defense, had a better shot selection and were hungry. We wanted to win the game and went for it. That was very important. We have to go day by day, this is what the competition demands from you. We have to turn this page over and think on the game against Baskonia on Friday, a team that asks you to give 100% physically and mentally. The key is to go step by step, day by day. We have a deep roster and have to make the most out of it. We are ready for 10 tough months and like I said, we have a deep team and our coaching staff knows how to make the most out of it. We have to rest after this big effort and be ready for Friday."
RANDOLPH, ANTHONY
"Like I said (at halftime), we had to come out and play harder. We matched their intensity in the second half and showed that we were a better team tonight. Hopefully, we can put together a consistent 40 minutes."
Arturas Gudaitis - AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan
Anthony Randolph - Real Madrid
Facundo Campazzo - Real Madrid
Dairis Bertans - AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan
Jaycee Carroll - Real Madrid
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2018-19Regular SeasonRound 28
March 22, 2019 CET: 20:45
Local time: 20:45 PALABANCODESIO
Panathinaikos gains big win in Milan
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens picked up a crucial victory in the race for the playoffs as it went to Italy and came home with an 83-95 victory over AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan in extending its winning streak to six games. Panathinaikos turned the game around at the Palabancodesio with a 0-13 run spanning the third and fourth quarters. Nick Calathes was exquisite with 27 points, 8 rebounds, 14 assists and 2 steals for a performance index rating of 39. Keith Langford added 17 points, Deshaun Thomas collected 15 points, James Gist 12 and Sean Kilpatrick had 11 points as Panathinaikos improved to 15-13, also grabbing the head-to-head advantage over Milan, which dropped to 14-14. Mindaugas Kuzminskas led Milan with 17 points, but had just 5 of them in the second half, while Mike James picked up 16 points but had foul trouble and committed 6 turnovers. James Nunnally scored 12 points and Vladimir Micov 11 in the loss.
Nunnally and Micov both scored 5 early points to send Milan ahead, but a trio of Calathes baskets kept it close, before Gist and Thomas netted from close range to send Panathinaikos ahead. James and Langford traded three-pointers, and it was 20-23 after ten minutes. Kuzminskas scored twice early in the second quarter, but a Langford triple and close-range strikes from Gist and Calathes kept the visitors ahead. Panathinaikos was up 28-30 with 6 minutes left in the first half when Thomas picked up a technical foul - his third foul of the game. Kuzminskas, James and Kilpatrick all scored from deep and, after a series of free throws, Curtis Jerrells beat the buzzer from deep to make it 47-44 at the break. Panathinaikos had a quick start to the second half with Kilpatrick scoring 5 points for a 47-51 lead. Nunnally and Micov both hit from long range as Milan went back up, only to see a Thomas three-pointer change the lead again. It went back and forth with another Micov three followed by an Ioannis Papapetrou triple, before two Kaleb Tarczewski dunks saw Milan go up 64-61. Panathinaikos kept Milan scoreless in the final 3 minutes of the third quarter, and Langford stepped up with 7 points in a 0-11 run to lead 64-72 after 30 minutes. Calathes pushed the lead to double digits to start the fourth, before Nemanja Nedovic stopped Milan’s scoring drought. Langford took advantage of James’ foul trouble with an inside basket and Thomas’ three-ball made it 69-81. The visitors survived nearly 2 minutes without a score and still led 75-85 before Thomas and Kilpatrick drained long balls and the advantage was 75-93 with 3 minutes left. And Milan could not get back into the game.
Game changing sequence
The game had been back and forth until the end of the third quarter when Panathinaikos shut down Milan for more than 4 minutes in running off an 0-13 surge spanning the third and quarter quarters, taking control off the game 64-74.
Coming off the bench
Keith Langford has really excelled in his role as a scorer off the bench, picking up 17 points in 20 minutes along with 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
Telling numbers
Panathinaikos turned the ball over only 10 times on the road and hit 10-of-23 three-pointers (43.5%) while holding Milan to just 9-of-33 (27.3%) from long range.
Next games
Milan will have a tough task to reach the playoffs as next week it will host Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, while Panathinaikos will welcome Real Madrid with hopes of making it a seven-game winning streak.
Referees: GARCIA, JUAN CARLOS; JOVCIC, MILIVOJE; KARTAL, ERSAN
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 23 21 28 23
00 DELLA VALLE, AMEDEO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 JAMES, MIKE 28:15 16 4/6 2/7 2/4 2 2 4 6 1 4 4 6
5 MICOV, VLADIMIR 26:43 11 1/6 3/7 1 4 5 3 2 2 2 12
15 TARCZEWSKI, KALEB 22:03 8 3/4 2/2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 13
16 NEDOVIC, NEMANJA 26:13 8 2/4 0/6 4/4 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 2
19 KUZMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 24:37 17 2/4 2/4 7/7 3 3 6 3 1 3 4 24
21 NUNNALLY, JAMES 31:20 12 3/5 1/7 3/3 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 7
23 BURNS, CHRISTIAN 2:45 2 1/1 1 1 1 2
32 BROOKS, JEFF 20:57 4 4/4 2 4 6 1 1 2 12
55 JERRELLS, CURTIS 7:29 5 1/4 1/2 1 1 1
92 OMIC, ALEN 9:38 4 1 5 1 1 2 3
50% 27.3% 91.7%
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens
0 THOMAS, DESHAUN 26:50 15 4/7 2/2 1/4 1 4 5 1 4 6 17
5 LANGFORD, KEITH 20:37 17 2/6 3/5 4/6 5 5 3 1 1 2 7 22
6 PAPAGIANNIS, GEORGIOS 15:03 2 1/2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
10 PAPAPETROU, IOANNIS 29:01 9 2/3 1/4 2/2 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 7
14 GIST, JAMES 21:18 12 5/7 2/2 3 2 5 1 1 2 1 2 3 15
15 VOUGIOUKAS, IAN 2:11 2 1/1 1 1 1 4
19 LEKAVICIUS, LUKAS 0:39
23 KILPATRICK, SEAN 23:02 11 1/3 3/7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
24 LOJESKI, MATT 5:20 1 1 2 1 1 2
33 CALATHES, NICK 39:21 27 12/17 1/5 2 6 8 14 2 2 3 2 39
43 ANTETOKOUNMPO, THANASIS 5:39 1 2 3 3
44 MITOGLOU, KONSTANTINOS 10:59 0/2 1 1 1 3 -5
Totals 200:00 95 28/48 10/23 9/14 14 26 40 21 7 10 3 1 21 20 116
Head coach: PITINO, RICK
"We moved the ball and found some energy to make some defensive rebounds to get into transition. Until half-time we stayed more or less like this. The third quarter, we started missing shots and they started covering the paint very well. And then we started to be nervous at the end of the third quarter, beginning of the fourth. We were completely disconnected and nervous, and Panathinaikos played good in that moment and killed the game."
PITINO, RICK
"Our strategy tonight was we knew we were going against an outstanding offensive team, and we wanted to take turns pressuring James, and get Calathes off the point guard so we can play him most of the game. So by doing that, Calathes could play 39 minutes - 27 points, 14 assists and 8 rebounds. In other games, he’s now running the offense and dogging the other team’s point guard and that just takes a lot out of him. So the whole team not only played great basketball but they played with a great mental IQ down the stretch."
"It’s one thing to make the playoffs, it’s a second thing to be playing great basketball going into the playoffs. We keep getting better every practice, every game, every week, every month. And that’s what basketball is all about."
CALATHES, NICK
"It’s a great win for us. To come in here and win is a very important game for our team. Hopefully we can keep it going. For our fans to come here, they made it happen for us, gave us energy on the court and we never gave up."
LANGFORD, KEITH
"It’s important since I came back from injury that I accept my role. I think it’s been really big for this team. Being a little bit older, being a veteran, they brought in Sean Kilpatrick and I decided when I came back that I was going to back him up and be the best I could be off the bench, and really give the team a boost."
Panathinaikos OPAP Athens celebrates
Keith Langford - Panathinaikos OPAP Athens
Jeff Brooks - AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan
Nick Calathes - Panathinaikos OPAP Athens
Curtis Jerrells - AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan
Ioannis Papapetrou - Panathinaikos OPAP Athens
James Gist - Panathinaikos OPAP Athens
Mindaugas Kuzminskas - AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan
March 21 18:00 CET LIVE FINAL
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Illinois vs. Penn St. preview
John Supinie
There's one word that really bothers Illinois defensive end Whitney Mercilus. Fluke. He knows it's out there. The skeptics point to a five-game home stand to open the season as the big reason why the Illini enjoyed their best start in 60 years. But when the Illini stepped up in weight class, hit the road and lost their last two games, the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately crowd predicted a five-game losing streak.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- There's one word that really bothers Illinois defensive end Whitney Mercilus.
He knows it's out there. The skeptics point to a five-game home stand to open the season as the big reason why the Illini enjoyed their best start in 60 years. But when the Illini stepped up in weight class, hit the road and lost their last two games, the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately crowd predicted a five-game losing streak.
"I don't want to be posted as a pretender,'' Mercilus said. "That's not my thing. I want to show that we can actually play. They're having doubts in their minds, especially after we've lost two straight games. This week, we have to go ahead and take one.''
There's the feeling the season is on the brink.
It doesn't get any easier when Illinois plays at No. 21 Penn State Saturday. Although the Illini won here by 20 points last season for their first victory in Happy Valley in seven tries, Penn State regained its footing under legendary coach Joe Paterno by winning six straight games following a loss to Alabama in week two.
Paterno, 84, had to delegate much of his duties this season because of his health, but the Nittany Lions won their first four Big Ten games for the fifth time since joining league play in 1993. Meanwhile, public opinion doesn't favor Illini coach Ron Zook. In his seventh year with the Illini, Zook finds it harder to please the Illini crowd, even though the Illinois is bowl eligible in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1992.
"If they're jumping off the bandwagon, they weren't really on the bandwagon,'' he said.
Precisely. The fan base already has its mind made up on Zook. If this season spirals out of control, first-year Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas would be forced to make tough choices. Depending on how the Illini finish, Thomas will decide to:
A) Extend Zook's contract.
B) Let Zook head into the final two years of a contract that pays him $1.75 million annually.
C) Make a coaching change.
The game against Penn State is the first of three against top 25 teams for the Illini.
After averaging 34.6 points in the first six games, Illinois failed to score in the first three quarters in losses to Ohio State and Purdue. Illinois will lean on senior running back Jason Ford, Zook said, and quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase may hand over a few snaps to freshman Reilly O'Toole. Receiver Darius Millines is expected to return after missing four games with a foot injury.
"Sometimes our best players have to make plays when we need it,'' Scheelhaase said. "It might not be the perfect defense we wanted or the exact look. Sometimes, we have to make plays. We did a better job in the second half (at Purdue). We've got to do a better job early in the game.''
The game pits two of the nation's best defenses. Penn State is No. 8 nationally in total defense. Illinois is No. 10.
"We're disappointed in ourselves,'' Illini linebacker Jonathan Brown said. "That 6-2 is a great record. We had a chance to be 8-0. In the locker room, the feeling is we have to go out and play. I think it comes down to who is the toughest defense.''
Penn State sophomore running back Silas Redd rushed for a career-high 164 yards against Northwestern Saturday, and he leads the Big Ten with 869 yards rushing. Redd surpassed 100 yards rushing in four consecutive games. With quarterback Matt McGloin taking all the snaps against Northwestern, Penn State's offense has momentum.
"They're playing with an attitude, especially the past few weeks,'' Illini defensive coordinator Vic Koenning said. "They're playing more aggressive, a lot more aggressive.
"Last year, it looked like they were just learning. This year, it looks like a well-oiled machine. We have to play the best we can to keep us in the game.''
Penn State still has plenty of work to do before thinking about the Big Ten title game. After hosting Illinois, the Nittany Lions finish the season with games against No. 13 Nebraska, Ohio State and No. 12 Wisconsin.
"Outside of Alabama, I'm sure Illinois will be the best team we've played so far,'' Paterno said.
Tell that to Zook's critics.
John Supinie can be reached at Johnsupinie@aol.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JohnSupinie.
Illinois (6-2, 2-2) vs. Penn State (7-1, 4-0)
When: 2:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Beaver Stadium (106,572), State College, Pa.
Series record: Penn State leads 14-4
Last meeting: Illinois 33-13 (2010)
Rankings: Penn State No. 21
TV: ABC
The line:
Coaches: Ron Zook, 34-47 in seventh year at Illinois, 57-61 in 10th year overall; Joe Paterno, 408-136-3 in 46th year at Penn State and overall.
NCAA rankings: Illinois offense -- rushing 23rd, 199.2; passing 72nd, 217.9; scoring 64, 28.6; total 45th, 417.1. Illinois defense -- rushing 19th, 101.9; passing 21st, 187.1; scoring 15th, 18.3; total 10th, 289.0. Penn State offense -- rushing 50th, 168.9; passing 84th, 206.2; scoring 89th, 23.2; total 76th, 375.1. Penn State defense -- rushing 19th, 101.9; passing 14th, 180.0; scoring 5th, 13.1; total 8th, 281.9.
Notable: Illinois is 3-11 against Penn State since the Nittany Lions began Big Ten play in 1993. The Illini play at Penn State in a schedule quirk because of the addition of Nebraska and the creation of Big Ten divisions. … Wide receiver A.J. Jenkins has 56 percent of Illinois' receiving yards and 47 percent of the team's catches. Jenkins leads the nation with 987 yards receiving. … Illini defensive end Whitney Mercilus leads the nation with 10 sacks. … Penn State leads the Big Ten and ranks 14th in the nation with seven sacks allowed. … Penn State wide receiver Derek Moye isn't expected to play. … Paterno will likely watch the game from the press box. He would set the FBS (Division I) record for career wins with a victory. He's tied with former Grambling coach Eddie Robinson.
Quotable: "We got a good lickin' is what I remember. I thought they kicked our ears in.'' -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno on last year's loss to Illinois.
Prediction: Penn State 17, Illinois 13
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The Hall Family
From left to right: Bonnie and Richard Hall, their daughter, Isabel Hall, their son, Ricky Hall and their daughter and son-in-law, Clara and Dana Ayer
Richard and Bonnie both graduated in 1986, Richard from SUNY Cobleskill with an Agricultural Science degree and Bonnie from Saint Michael’s College with a degree in Elementary Education. They were married and began farming on their own the following year. In 1992 their farming operation became part of the newly formed Fairmont Farm Inc.
Their oldest daughter Clara graduated from Cornell in 2010 and started working at Yankee Farm Credit, Clara was married to Dana Ayer in 2013 at the farm. Ricky graduated from Cornell in 2012 and began working at Holstein Association as a Classifier. Clara and Ricky both started full time at Fairmont in the summer of 2014. Richard and Bonnie’s youngest child, Isabel, is 15 years old and in 10th grade at U-32 High School.
In 2016 Richard and Bonnie welcomed two new family members. Clara and Dana had a little boy, Carson, and Ricky married Elizabeth Olson.
The Purchase Family
After high school Tucker attended SUNY Morrisville and received an associate’s degree in Agricultural Science in 1999. He then transferred to Cornell University to study dairy science, which led to a Bachelors degree in Animal Science in 2001. After graduation Tucker moved to California and managed a large dairy in Bakersfield. In May 2002 he returned home to Vermont and became the herd manager at Fairmont Farm, Inc. In 2005 he became a partner at Fairmont Farm. In 2012 Tucker married Melissa. Their first daughter, Ella, was born in December of 2013. Tucker, Melissa and Ella welcomed a new baby, Sophie, to the family in November of 2016.
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HomeNewsNew Collaboration with National Maritime Museum Cornwall
15 November 2017Back to news
Falmouth Stories
New Collaboration with National Maritime Museum Cornwall
We're delighted to announce a new collaboration with National Maritime Museum Cornwall (NMMC).
The NMMC celebrates and explores the overwhelming influence of the sea on history and culture, including the maritime heritage of Falmouth. It recently launched the Cornwall, The Sea and ME (#CornwallTheSeaandMe), a social media campaign encouraging people to share their stories, personal connections and memories of the sea.
The NMMC also publishes a journal called Fathom, which includes maritime research and sea-inspired stories.
Fathom and English & Writing are launching a writing competition inviting students to submit written responses to the sea. These responses can be real or imagined, journalistic or experimental, inspired by the NMMC's collection or exhibitions or by more thematic concerns such as the sea, coast or maritime industries in Cornwall.
The winners' work will be included in the Spring issue of Fathom, The Journal of the National Maritime Museum in Cornwall.
Fathom is due to be launched at the museum in Spring 2018.
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Wayne Coyne From The Flaming Lips On The Importance Of Pushing Creative Limits
Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips talked to Fargo Monthly before their June 25 show at Sanctuary Events Center about his passion to create.
by Jessica Kuehn Jun 20, 2018, 8:53 am 810 Views
Photo by George Salisbury
The Flaming Lips have seemingly done it all since forming in 1983.
They’re known for psychedelic rock music, unique song and album titles (like “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1”), and eccentric live shows that often include costumes, balloons, puppets, large amounts of confetti and Wayne’s signature man-sized plastic bubble in which he walks over the audience.
They have a Tony nomination, three Grammy Awards, 14 studio albums, five “fwends albums” that feature collaborations with My Morning Jacket, Miley Cyrus, Dr. Dog, Tegan and Sarah, Kesha and more.
But even with all of that, they’re not stopping anytime soon. In fact, they’re celebrating their 35th anniversary with a bang.
The Flaming Lips Greatest Hits Vol. 1 three-disc collection came out on June 1, and they recently launched a podcast called “Sorcerer’s Orphan,” which will offer a song-by-song history of their music and is hosted by band member Steven Drozd.
Fargo Monthly got the chance to chat with Wayne Coyne before the band’s June 25 show at the Sanctuary Events Center. We talked about how music has impacted his life, his creative personality feeds into his musical career and he experiments with music.
When did your love of music begin, and what inspired you to start The Flaming Lips?
Wayne Coyne: It would be hard for me to remember a time in my life where music wasn’t already there. Music has always been in our lives. I didn’t really think of myself as a singer in the beginning. I thought I would like to play guitar or something like that and write songs, but I sort of became a singer by accident later. But then now I find that I really, really love singing, and I think that goes back to even that stuff when I was really, really young, and my older brothers would be singing Beatles songs or Bob Dylan songs or something, and my mother loved Tom Jones. She absolutely loved him, and so I would love him.
It would be hard for me to remember a time in my life where music wasn’t already there.
How did you first sign with Warner Bros Records, and what was that experience like for you?
Coyne: I think we were very lucky that the person that started to make the more powerful people at Warner Bros aware of us was a guy that we got to know out of San Francisco. He worked at one of the radio stations there, and he became an intern for the woman who would end up being the person that was responsible for signing us, but he was the one that kept urging her, ‘You gotta go hear these guys. You gotta see them, they’re the greatest group ever.’ We weren’t really the greatest group ever, in his eyes we certainly were. Then she came out to see us in Oklahoma, and she fell in love with us. And really before we knew it, we were signed, but we never really thought of it as being signed by Warner Bros as much as being signed by her. We absolutely loved her, and she absolutely believed in us.
We knew then and still know today that we really love to make records.
We’d already been a group since 1983, and it wasn’t until 1990 that we got signed at a major label, but we had been on a couple labels previously. So by the time we were getting ready to be signed to Warner Bros, we had a good idea of what we thought we could get out of the label and what we thought would work for us. And we never asked for very much money, and we didn’t have any big demands. We just wanted to see if they could help us to record. And we thought ‘Oh my god, this sounds too good to be true,’ but it wasn’t.
It’s really great for you to have such a positive start.
Coyne: Well, we were lucky that we already had some experience, and we weren’t trying to be the biggest group in the world, you know. We knew then and still know today that we really love to make records. I think they knew that they didn’t want to really change us. They just wanted to help us evolve, and they really did. I think without someone like them coming in, I think we probably would’ve been frustrated and who knows what would’ve happened, but it was wonderful. It still is. We’re still with Warner Bros almost 30 years later.
I’m creating, so I’m always writing a song or painting a picture or making a video or something.
What’s your songwriting process like?
Coyne: I’m just a kind of driven, creative person, and that doesn’t mean that my creations are good or anything. I’m creating, so I’m always writing a song or painting a picture or making a video or something. And I only know that because I’m around people that don’t do any of that, so I know the difference. There’s something in me that says I have to have a song and I have to have a drawing or I have to have a painting. And a lot of people I know don’t want to write songs or don’t paint the picture. It doesn’t mean I know more or anything. I just know that that’s part of my makeup, that I like making things.
It’s something that you’re just called to do.
Coyne: Well, and I think I’ve been encouraged to do it. I’m lucky that everybody’s always encouraged me. No one ever discouraged me. When I started to play guitar and write songs, everybody was like ‘Let’s listen to Wayne’s songs,’ even though I knew they weren’t very good. I think I’ve been very lucky that there’s never been anybody I’ve run into that said ‘I hate you, I don’t want to hear your songs.’
I was wondering if you could talk a little bit about the Parking Lot Experiment and the Headphone Concert idea. I thought that those were such unique ideas for different ways to experience music.
Coyne: I think the main thing was that we had taken it to a new phase of what we thought The Flaming Lips could be. And in the previous incarnation of The Flaming Lips, we had this really insane, insane guitar player. He was an insane musician, but he was also kind of an insane person, so when he left the group, part of us was sort of devastated, but another part of us was actually relieved because he has mental problems that we know of now, but at the time we just thought he was fucking difficult and crazy, and we realize now it wasn’t that. So when he left, it sort of marked a new wave for Steven and I to think ‘Let’s just push through this type of music.’
I think that really changed us.
The Parking Lot Experiment was really just a silly idea that we had one night. We were in a big underground parking garage, and we always loved the way it sounded, especially when it was slightly empty and it had all these big reverbs and all that stuff. So we just sort of haphazardly said, “Let’s make a cassette.” We made this sort of cassette orchestra, and we got all of our friends that had cassette players in their cars, so everybody would pull their cars into this parking garage, and we’d get everybody a tape and then we would sort of organize where they would be in this parking garage. And after a couple of months of doing this with 50 different cars all over the place in a strategically placed arrangement, that led us to doing that in clubs. Instead of being in a parking garage, we would go into music clubs and instead of using cars, we would use boomboxes.
I think that really changed us, and we then made this record that’s called Zaireek. That’s on four CD’s that was meant to be played all at the same time, which is an insane idea now. It’s a very insane, unmanageable, weird thing, but Warner Bros encouraged us to do it. Still out there to this day, it’s one of the strangest records ever made, and they helped us do it.
The music sometimes would be very strange, but sometimes it’d just be very beautiful and emotional. People would listen to it and not know that it was supposed to be weird.
So all that I think would lead us to being the kind of group we are now. And again I think it’s that people encouraged us and helped us and then we got very lucky. The music sometimes would be very strange, but sometimes it’d just be very beautiful and emotional. People would listen to it and not know that it was supposed to be weird, and I think that’s a very lucky byproduct of working so hard and trying to make something that wasn’t just crazy; we wanted it to sort of touch us.
With so many studio albums and collaborative albums, what keeps you motivated and inspired to keep writing and performing music?
Coyne: I think there’s some kind of internal motivation. Making a record, it’s not like an achievement that you say like once you do it, you don’t do it again. It’s probably like climbing a mountain or being a marathon runner, you know. Once you’ve done it, you want to do it again and again, and you want to try it a different way. And so for us, I think the more records that we were able to make, I think the better we got at it and still continue to get better at it. And I think even once you’re good at it, you have new things that you want to say and new things you want to see.
But I would say there’s no reason. It’s just your personality. I think I have a personality that’s a certain way, and then it attracts people that want that personality. They don’t want to be me, you know. They are glad I’m me so they can be them, and I think that’s the sort of karma if you want to use that word, that kind of puts it out there in the world. I’m saying I’m going to be me, and I want you to be you, and let’s work together so everybody is not trying to be like ‘I want to be the rockstar.’ I don’t. I just want to be me. I just want to do my own thing.
Check out one of their live performances here:
Check out their top tracks on Spotify here:
Find out more about The Flaming Lips and their tour on their website. Their 21+ show will be Monday, June 25 at Sanctuary Events Center. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m. General admission tickets are $49.50 in advance or $52.50 the day of the show and can be purchased here.
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Jessica Kuehn is the web editor for Spotlight Media. She graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead with a degree in print journalism. When she isn't writing or correcting her and other people's grammar, Jessica is obsessively quoting The Office and reading way too many books.
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REVIEW: TheatreSquared’s “Vietgone” takes an Arkansas story to new places
By Kevin Kinder ·
Photo courtesy of TheatreSquared
At its beating, lively heart, “Vietgone” is a very conventional tale. A boy and a girl meet in a strange place and sparks fly immediately. The path they take toward finding themselves and finding love is fraught with twists and turns, but that’s not so different from similar character arcs in thousands of other productions about budding love.
But in its language, delivery and tone, this new work now on stage through April 8 courtesy of TheatreSquared is unconventional in almost every way. Just how unconventional? Like, references to video game “Mortal Kombat” combined with a dance sequence that doubles as a homage to “Ghost” and “Dirty Dancing” and “Singing in the Rain.” It’s a thoroughly modern show about events in the world’s recent past, and it does so with these pop culture references and the occasional rap song, not unlike the history lesson/rap battle theatrical phenomenon “Hamilton.”
What: TheatreSquared’s “Vietgone”
When: Wednesday – Sunday through April 8
Where: Nadine Baum Studios, Fayetteville
Cost: $25-$44; a limited number of $10 are available for those under 30 years old
Tickets: 479-443-5600 or theatre2.org
In “Vietgone,” all of this plays out as the characters speak with an inverted language scheme. When the main characters, who are all refugees displaced by the fall of Saigon, speak to each other in the Vietnamese language, we instead hear salty, curse-world-laden English. How salty? One of the aforementioned raps struck me as a sadder, plot-driving version of Natalie Portman’s classic “Saturday Night Live” skit. When an American soldier attempts to speak Vietnamese, his sentences lack syntax or are just English-language nonsense. It’s a much more inventive and clever method than my description might make it sound.
“Vietgone” follows the story of Quang (played by David Huynh) and Tong (Rebecca Hirota). Much of the action takes place in a real place not far from here – Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, where thousands South Asian refugees forced from their homeland found temporary housing. The story is based on the experiences of playwright Qui Nguyen’s parents as they first arrived in the United States after leaving Saigon as the city – and their world – collapsed around them. He has previously described the show as a sex comedy featuring his parents, which it turns out is a very weird and very funny thing. You can read more about Nguyen’s mindset for the play in an interview he did for the Flyer several weeks ago After a debut run in California, the play has gone on to acclaimed productions elsewhere around the country, including a Manhattan Theater Club telling that earned high marks from The New York Times.
The playwright has an interesting role in the production, and it’s another of the unconventional elements of the show structure. An actor with many roles (Cory Censoprano) occasionally is the playwright, extracting stories from his parents and introducing the work to the audience. From there, we watch the characters zip around the country at high speeds on a motorcycle, adjust to sleeping in bunk beds (which were in this case sourced from the real Fort Chaffee) and attempt to find happiness in a new world much different than their former one. There are also ninjas in a fight scene directly out of a comic book, which is fitting because Nguyen worked for Marvel.
The story plays out mostly in 1975, just after the evacuation from Saigon. It does move around some, and the wooden stage doubles as a video screen for scenes of flying helicopters, rural gas stations and the Pacific Ocean in California, where Vietnam is both tantalizingly close and impossibly far away.
“Vietgone” feels like it happened thousands of miles away in some time long ago, and that’s perhaps one of the most compelling reasons to head to the theater. Underneath its modern, hipster veneer is a play about a situation that happened in many of our lifetimes at a place less than 80 miles from where the play is being staged. There are a few specific references to our area, such as a well-placed T-shirt, and I’m not sure if those were played up for the local audience or if they are universally applied as “Vietgone” gains national traction.
Either way, we need to embrace when local stories are globalized and told well in the process, and that’s something we can all celebrate in “Vietgone.”
Tales from the Script: Vietgone Playwright Qui Nguyen
Building Vietgone
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Restaurant news: Spoon Korean Restaurant, Ohana Poke, Little Bread Expansion, and more
Get hungry, restaurant fans. It’s time for some restaurant news.
Here’s what we know about several places that are opening, closing, moving, or coming soon to Fayetteville.
When Qdoba closed its Dickson Street location a few years ago, they vowed to eventually return in a new location on Joyce Boulevard in the future.
They kept their promise. The burrito restaurant has returned to Fayetteville with a new location at 637 E. Joyce Boulevard.
The San Diego-based chain, which operates more than 600 locations nationally, specialized in build-your-own burritos, tacos, and other dishes.
Spoon Korean Restaurant
Speaking of Qdoba, it looks like a new restaurant is coming soon to their former space on Dickson Street.
Renovations have been ongoing in the space, and we’re told the new tenants will be a restaurant called Spoon Korean Restaurant.
Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to find much additional info on this one just yet. We’re kind of hoping there will be some Korean BBQ involved, though.
We’ll keep you posted.
Cat Head Biscuits
Cat Head Biscuits, the breakfast sandwich food truck created by the folks behind Arsaga’s, closed over the winter, and that closure is unfortunately for good.
We reached out to Ava Arsaga from the business, who filled us in on the situation.
Sadly we had to close down the biscuit truck at the end of last season and have no plans currently to reopen. It was a labor of love and it never quite got to a sustainable place financially.
It’s not all bad news, though. Fans of the restaurant can still get a biscuit when they’re craving one.
“We are still making Cathead biscuits and we offer them as one of our plates at the Depot (Cathead Biscuits & Gravy),” Arsaga said.
Bee’s Style: Egg Rolls & Fried Rice
Meanwhile, a new food truck is now open in the spot where Cathead Biscuits used to operate.
The new truck, called Bee’s Style Egg Rolls & Fried Rice, specializes in “authentic tasty Asian cuisine,” according to their Facebook page.
Their menu includes a host of Asian dishes, including fried rice, lo mein, orange chicken, chicken wings & rice, egg rolls, spring rolls, and others.
The truck is open Monday-Saturday from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. for lunch, and 5-7:30 p.m. for dinner.
A new Mexican restaurant is coming to the Fayetteville square.
The new place will be called Tula, and will open in East Square Plaza in the space formerly home to Burrito Loco (along with some of the space that used to be part of local boutique Savoir Faire. They recently reduced the size of their space by a bit).
Owner Rodney Barnes said he isn’t quite ready to discuss specifics of the restaurant just yet, but hopes to have a better idea of when they’ll be up and running in the next few weeks.
Cheers at the OPO
A restaurant is once again in business at the center of the Fayetteville Square.
Cheers at the OPO officially opened for business in the former Post office (1 E. Center) in the center of the square on Friday, April 5.
The restaurant focuses on steaks, seafood, along with sandwiches, burgers, salads, soups, and more.
Owner Curtis Arnold told us that, at least at first, the restaurant will only be open for dinner, though lunch service could be added very soon.
For now, the restaurant is open Monday-Thursday from 4-10 p.m., and Friday & Saturday from 4-11 p.m.
Little Bread Company
Little Bread Company is about to get a little bit bigger.
The barber shop next door to the bakery moved out recently, and Little Bread Co-Owner Chloe Gallemore told us the restaurant plans to expand into the space.
The main reason for the expansion, Gallemore said, is to add much needed seating for the bakery, and the additional space will be utilized primarily for that purpose.
No timetable for completion of the project has been determined just yet. We’ll keep you posted.
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
Fayetteville lost a shop recently.
Fort Worth, Texas-based chain Fuzzy’s Taco Shop closed their location at 32 W. Joyce Blvd. (in the building formerly home to Buffalo Wild Wings) recently.
According to Renee Cossman, a PR agent for Fuzzy’s, the Fayetteville restaurant is permanently closed.
The restaurant chain opened the Fayetteville location in 2017. They specialized in “Baja-style” tacos, and operate around 150 locations in 16 states.
Torchy’s Tacos
Torchy’s Tacos will soon open a location in Fayetteville.
The Austin-based chain recently received state health department approval for a new restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard next to Andy’s Frozen Custard.
An update to the Torchy’s website included Fayetteville as an upcoming location at 1561 W. MLK Jr. Blvd, and construction on the building has already begin.
Launched from a food truck in Austin in 2006, Torchy’s Tacos has grown to include over 60 locations across Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. Their menu features 15 unique lunch and dinner menu tacos, 11 breakfast menu tacos, and a variety of sides. Business Insider last month named Torchy’s the best chain in America.
The company is known for giving back to the communities where it does business. Each month a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each Taco of the Month are donated to charitable partners. The January Taco of the Month is “Trailer Park Hillbilly Style,” which includes hand-battered fried chicken, chorizo, chopped bacon, green chiles, green chile queso, freshly grated cheddar jack cheese and pico de gallo with poblano sauce on a flour tortilla. Charitable partners for January include Make-A-Wish, MD Anderson, and Phoenix House.
No timetable for opening the restaurant has been announced yet.
Mess Hall 45
The sandwich wizard behind one of the most popular restaurants in west Fayetteville is preparing to open a new concept on the east side of town.
Nathan Jendeski, founder of the popular Green Submarine sandwich restaurant on Wedington Drive, is working on a new restaurant called Mess Hall 45 at 1830 N Crossover Rd.
The new restaurant will have a casual feel similar to what Jendeski has created with Green Submarine, and will focus on “all things sandwich,” including submarine sandwiches, speciality burgers, chicken sandwiches, salads and wraps.
“I’m trying to walk a line,” he told us in an interview late last week. “It’s a community in that shopping center, so I’m not trying to compete with East Side Grill. I’m trying to go in there and serve a great lunch at a reasonable price, and offer another option on that side of town where pickings are a little slim.”
The name of the restaurant, he told us, is a nod to the military, service members, and first responders that Jendeski said he has always admired. His grandfather, father, mother, brother, and uncle all served, he told us, and he plans to offer a substantial discount to those individuals.
Otherwise, he said, the restaurant will operate on the same philosophy that has guided him with the Green Submarine over the years.
“Buy good stuff, sell it when it’s fresh, don’t mess it up,” Jendeski said.
If all goes well, the new restaurant will be open sometime in May or early June.
A new Thai restaurant is coming to the West Fayetteville area.
The new place will be called Thai Spice, and will be located at 1189 N Steamboat Drive, in the space formerly home to Boars Nest Barbecue.
According to the menu on their website, the restaurant will serve curry dishes, rice dishes, noodle dishes, and more.
They haven’t announced an opening date just yet. We’ll keep you posted.
Salai Thai
Another local Thai restaurant will be relocating soon.
According to signs that appeared recently, Salai Thai will relocate from their current location on School Avenue to a new space on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, in the shopping center located across from Fayetteville High School.
Ohana Poke
It’s been a while since we’ve had Hawaiian food in Fayetteville (RIP Hawaiian Brian’s), but that will be changing soon.
According to signs that appeared recently, a new restaurant called Ohana Poke Hawaiian Cuisine is planning to open in the shopping center across from Fayetteville High School.
The new place will be located at 1135 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
We’re looking for more information about this one, and we’ll keep you posted as we learn more.
Wing Stop
It looks like Wingstop is coming back to town.
According to an application filed with Arkansas Department of Health, the Texas-based chain is planning to open a restaurant at 1237 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., next to Pho Quyen.
It won’t be the first Wing Stop location in Fayetteville. The chain once operated at 2630 E. Citizens Dr., but that restaurant closed about 6-7 years ago.
Wing Stop was founded in 1994, and is and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ:WING) that operates more than 1,200 restaurants across the United States, and in nine other countries around the world.
As their name suggests, they specialize in chicken wings.
We reached out to the company for more information about an opening date, and we’ll provide an update if we hear back from them.
Chicken Salad Chick
A few months ago, we received a tip that some locals were working to bring a Chicken Salad Chick restaurant to Fayetteville.
We recently found confirmation of that report.
According to a banner recently placed outside the building, the Alabama-based chain will soon open at 368 E. Joyce Blvd., in a portion of the space formerly home to Dress Barn (next to T.J. Maxx).
Chicken Salad Chick was established in 2008 by founder Stacy Brown, who began selling her chicken salad recipes out of her home kitchen in Auburn, Alabama. Since then, the restaurant chain has grown to more than 80 restaurants across the southeast United States. The Fayetteville location will be just the second location in the Arkansas. The first company first opened in Jonesboro late last year.
As the name suggests, the menu focuses on a handful of varieties of chicken salad, from savory to fruity, nutty, or spicy recipes.
A timeline for opening the restaurant hasn’t yet been announced, but we’ll keep you posted.
Juice Palm / Quesadilla Shop
A new juice bar and smoothie restaurant is coming to Dickson Street.
We’re told that Juice Palm, the new restaurant by Con Quesos owner Omar Kasim, is planning to open a location in the former Blackboard Grocery location at 644 W. Dickson Street.
Renovations of the space are expected to begin soon, and Kasim said he hopes to be open sometime in May.
Kasim also added he is planning to open a late night quesadilla shop toward the back of the space that will be accessible from the UARK Bowl corridor. The quesadilla shop will be open 8 p.m.-3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday and will feature specialty quesadillas and signature crema dips.
Construction is underway on the new First Watch location on College Avenue.
The restaurant is a “daytime cafe” chain that specializes in breakfast and lunch, and plans to open a location at 3251 N. College Ave., in the building formerly home to Zaxby’s.
First Watch is a Florida-based company that operates over 200 locations around the country. According to their website, National and Battlefield Investments, led by James Tillman and Joseph Hulston, have committed to open at least five First Watch restaurants in Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas. The first of those locations – in Springfield, Missouri – opened last fall.
From the looks of the menu, the restaurant will serve traditional breakfast fare, along with some healthy-looking options like superfood bowls, granola bowls, some sandwiches, and salads. The restaurants are typically open daily from around 7 a.m. until 2 p.m.
We’re told the restaurant is hoping to be up and running sometime this summer.
Natural State Sandwiches
Natural State Sandwiches will soon return to their original location at the Yacht Club on College Avenue (617 N. College Ave) in Fayetteville.
The restaurant opened their initially a few years ago, before moving to Springdale to give it a go as a brick and mortar for the last couple years.
For those who aren’t familiar, Natural State Sandwiches is known for their rotating menu of sliders and over-the-top, Pittsburgh-style all-in-one sandwiches (meaning everything – the meat, the cheese, the fries, etc. is in between the buns). The photo above tells the story better than we ever could.
The restaurant will be set up at the mobile business park beginning in May, and plan to be there at least through the month of June.
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Matthew Flinders’ Remains Have Been Found After 170 Years!
The remains of British Explorer Matthew Flinders have been found during an archaeological dig at a London train station.
Flinders is famous for popularising the name ‘Australia’ and being the first explorer to circumnavigate the country.
He was buried 205 years ago in a cemetery that later became a public park behind Euston station.
His remains were identified when archaeologists working on London’s $100 billion HS2 rail project discovered the captain’s buried breastplate.
According to project chief Helen Wass:
"It was really a needle in a haystack kind of thing. I have been telling everybody the chances of finding him were remote. But we found him."
"I was rather hoping that there would be a ship or an anchor -- something that linked him to his nautical endeavours.
"But it's just so exciting to see that here and to know that this was his grave."
According to news.com.au, the exact location of Flinders’ remains has been a mystery for more than 170 years.
An archaeological dig at a London train station for a $100 billion rail project has turned up the remains of Matthew Flinders, the famous British explorer https://t.co/AsqGzLRasE
— The Sydney Morning Herald (@smh) January 24, 2019
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National Experts on Health Care Reform and Healthy Communities to Speak at Florida Blue Foundation Community Health Symposium
Nationally recognized experts on health care reform and building healthy communities will share their expertise at the Florida Blue Foundation’s Community Health Symposium on April 19-20 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Fla. The 2017 event, Creating a Culture of Health, features sessions, roundtable discussions, professional development and networking opportunities for more than 400 executives and others from health care, government, higher education and nonprofit organizations. Presenters and speakers include national, regional and Florida-based experts on a variety of issues affecting communities relating to health and health care policy.
Carol Naughton, president of Purpose Built Communities, will open the symposium with a keynote address titled, "Creating Healthy Neighborhoods to Break the Cycle of Poverty." Naughton is a leader in community revitalization and leads consulting teams that support revitalization efforts in 12 cities. Her work has been recognized by the White House Office of Neighborhood Revitalization, and by the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Education. Following Naughton's address, Dr. Julie Willems Van Dijk will moderate a panel of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Communities Competition winners. Willems Van Dijk is an associate scientist and director of the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps program, a collaboration between the RWJF and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Dr. Daniel E. Dawes, a leading health care strategist and attorney, will provide the keynote address on the second day, "Health Equity for All: Looking Back and Moving Forward with Health Reform in America." He will also moderate a panel that day titled, "Affordable Care Act: Where Do We Go From Here - The Politics of Health Care" that will include former congressmen Jason Altmire and Tom Feeney, as well as University of South Florida political scientist Dr. Susan MacManus. Altmire currently serves as Florida Blue’s senior vice president of public policy and community engagement. Dawes, a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, has written several publications on health reform and equity including the book, "150 Years of Obamacare.”
The symposium’s first day breakout sessions include a discussion of how to engage a community after an attack, led by Mark Brewer, president and CEO of the Central Florida Foundation. Other sessions include discussions on building a culture of health, creating a health care workforce to meet future needs, and corporate social responsibility in Florida.
Individuals and organizations interested in attending the Community Health Symposium and Sapphire Awards April 19-20 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center may register at www.FloridaBlueFoundation.com.
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Arkema’s new employer brand: Go beyond your...
Arkema’s new employer brand: Go beyond your discoveries!
12/06/2018 - Short news
Corporate - Careers
Time to challenge popular thinking and assumptions! The chemical sector does not hire men and chemists only. Time to discover testimonies from Julie, a marketing analyst, Régis, a sales manager, Tom, a financial analyst, Aude, a project manager, Pierre, a process engineer, and Lise, a research and development engineer. Time to discover the breadth of their career paths and jobs. With them, “Go beyond your discoveries”!
The new campaign:
Aude, Operational excellence project director
Julie, marketing analyst
Lise, research and development engineer
Pierre, process engineer
Régis, key account manager
Tom, finance analyst
The breadth of our professions
“The goal of this campaign is to show that beyond the professions and job functions in R&D, process and production, the Group also offers great career opportunities in marketing, sales and finance, to both men and women, all around the world”, explains Dominique Massoni, Vice President Human Resources Development and Internal Communication.
Making way for women!
“The image of our professions is all too often tainted by a stereotype of male professions. However, Arkema is genuinely committed to hiring women for every job function, including in its manufacturing plants. This is the approach that prompted us to sign a partnership with FIFA for the Women’s World Cup France 2019™, which represents a great driver to support and enhance the status of women both in sport and at work.
One of the visuals fittingly features, on a football pitch, one of our female researchers, Lise, who works on materials used in sports shoes. A nod to our HR policy: women have their legitimate place in the chemical industry, just as much as in football, two worlds that are still all too often perceived as the realm of men!” concludes Dominique Massoni.
Initially launched in France and in Europe, this campaign will be gradually rolled out in Asia and in the United States involving employees in these regions.
A global group and France’s leading chemicals manufacturer, Arkema pursues ambitious recruitment objectives in France and around the world.
Every year, the Group recruits between 1,600 and 1,700 people, including 450 in France. The Group offers a wide range of 200 different professions in four main areas: industrial, R&D, commercial, and support functions.
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Why Diversification Works: In Life And Markets
Brett Steenbarger Contributor
When we create multiple ways to win, it becomes more difficult to lose.
In suburban Connecticut, near where I live, two towns sit next to one another. One is Greenwich, CT, a community known for its upscale homes and shops, as well as its concentration of hedge funds. Just a couple miles south on U.S. Route 1 lies the town of Port Chester, NY, a not-so-upscale community that has become a haven for immigrant groups. Recently, when my wife Margie and I went out to eat, we chose Port Chester. Yes, we could have had fine dining in Greenwich, but it's Port Chester where--in a few blocks--you can find native cuisine from the Caribbean, Brazil, Columbia, India, Mexico, Italy, Peru, Spain, Guatemala, and far more. There is always something new to try: something different and surprising. Much of the fun is the process of discovery. So many nationalities, so many new and interesting dishes: how can you not go away having a good time?
When we first moved to the area, we were surprised to learn that foodies from New York City flocked to Port Chester, not the affluent communities of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Having lived in the region for nearly a decade, I no longer find that surprising. It's not just the authenticity of the food, but the staggering variety within and across restaurants that brings people to the area. The sheer diversity appeals to most any palate.
We are familiar with the idea of diversification in financial markets. It has been called the only "free lunch" available to investors. By spreading our assets across a variety of markets and strategies, we are able to harvest a broad set of returns. Thus, when some of our investments perform suboptimally, others can bring profit. Our total returns may or may not exceed the returns from a concentrated bet at any point in time, but we win over the long haul on a risk-adjusted basis. Diversification smooths the equity curve, keeping the downturns of our portfolios relatively shallow and contained.
In his book Abnormal Returns, Tadas Viskanta provides a useful example of the value of portfolio balance. From 1926 to 2009, he notes, a 50/50 portfolio of stocks and bonds provided roughly equal real returns during periods of economic expansion and periods of recession. In other words, it was not necessary to try and time economic ups and downs; holding assets that would benefit from good and bad times provided superior risk-adjusted returns. Unfortunately, Viskanta notes, most individual investors don't approach asset allocation with an eye toward diversification. They concentrate their bets on what's been hot, which all too often becomes cold. "A true asset allocation plan starts first with a scheme to deliberately invest in certain asset classes," Viskanta explains. "Simply turning a haphazard process into a deliberate one is an important step for investors" (p. 71).
Note that diversification is a dynamic, ongoing process, not just a one time selection. When one group of assets has performed well in a portfolio and others haven't, the portfolio's composition loses its balance. By rebalancing the assets--selling some of the winners, buying some of the losers--the diversified investor, in Viskanta's terms, becomes a "contrarian". When stocks have fallen and bonds risen during a recession, for example, the rebalancing can capture value during the subsequent rebound.
To be sure, diversification does not ensure continuous positive returns. As Barry Ritholtz notes, there are bear market periods that savage a wide range of investments. This means that it is important to look beyond the usual stock-and-bond mix. Ritholtz cites the very interesting work of Phil Huber, who has broken down assets into groups and assembled a "periodic table" to capture sources of return. From this array, the investor seeking diversification can ensure that returns will come from a variety of factors and strategies. What becomes clear from Huber's scheme is that investments are a kind of smorgasbord, not unlike Port Chester's restaurants. This is how dining is like investing: When we balance selections from an array of sound alternatives, we greatly increase the odds of a net positive experience.
As a psychologist, I am regularly impressed by the degree to which this insight is lacking in people's life perspectives. When we consider our various roles in life--our work life, personal life, relationship life, family life--it's clear that our total happiness and fulfillment can come from multiple sources. Rarely, however, do we put energy into balancing and rebalancing the sources of return in our lives. We double and triple down in our career concerns, only to lose returns from relationship and family life. We spend so much time trading markets in and out that we fail to invest in the rest of our lives. With our psychological eggs in few baskets, we become vulnerable when the areas of our focus--our careers, our market participation, our romantic relationships--stop yielding returns. The diversified life is one in which we seek a balanced personal portfolio, with some areas of life yielding satisfaction and fulfillment even when others fall short.
This perspective raises interesting questions: How balanced is your life portfolio? If one area of your life were to not work out, how vulnerable would you be? When is the last time you rebalanced your life's portfolio? When have you last expanded your life portfolio?
Consider a periodic table of life that includes relationship elements; career and achievement elements; spiritual elements; elements of physical well-being; elements of learning and creativity; communal elements; elements of fun and enjoyment; and much more. Imagine constructing a daily and weekly calendar that regularly draws upon a variety of those elements and a life plan that includes goals and plans across these multiple spheres. Such a rich balance provides a smorgasbord of opportunities, and that can yield a happy and meaningful life across a variety of circumstances.
Brett Steenbarger
I am Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. I work as a performance coach for hedge fund ...
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The most comprehensive fire safety training
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All FIA courses have been developed and are delivered by professionally qualified trainers. They regularly review the course content to ensure it provides both current and future learning needs. They all have unrivalled practical experience in their specialist areas.
FIA Trainers
Mark Stubbs
Mark joined the FIA in October 2017 as a Trainer for the new Fire Detection & Alarm Qualifications. Since leaving University he worked for the Automotive sector as Project Manager for Radio based components. Prior to joining us he spent the last decade working for Sterling Safety Systems, starting out as Technical Support Engineer and progressing onto Technical Team Leader, specialising in Radio FD&A products. He has also been heavily involved in ISO9001.
Will Lloyd
Will joined the Technical Team in December 2015 As a Technical Manager With a long history of working within the fire industry, starting out installing fire detection & alarm systems. He has previously worked for the Fire and Security Association and represented them on numerous British Standards committees. Will was the scheme manager for the BAFE SP203 & BAFE SP205 certification schemes operated by the ECA certification company. Prior to joining us he worked for 2 years at the Building Research Establishment (BRE) as Product Development Manager for the Electronic Security Team. As one of the trainers Will has been one of the key authors of the new training courses.
Keith Goodall
Keith is a chartered engineer who has worked in fire protection most of his working life.
He has a wide range of experience which spans engineering, marketing and commercial activities with some of the major fire protection companies.
A consistent theme has been his involvement with the BFPSA/FIA, the standards organisations and the environment legislation of the Montreal and Kyoto protocols. His specialism is fire extinguishing products and systems.
Jordan Lewis-Warren
With a previous background in the IT industry, Jordan has now been working with his father, Joe, for many years.
Jordan runs the majority of the FIA’s fire extinguisher maintenance courses. Thanks to a strong father and son work ethic, Jordan has mirrored Joe’s training style and knowledge, providing a seamless link between the two trainers.
Martin Claydon
Having started his career as a design engineer in the electronics industry, Martin then acted as technical liaison within the sound and music industry. Since 1990 he spent 25 years as technical director for a leading UK independent fire and security company and was responsible for the training, quality and accreditation schemes. During this time he trained the FIA units 1-6 internally. In 2017 Martin became an independent lead auditor and trainer for FD&A systems and for a 3rd party accredited organisation for BAFE SP203.
Phil Martin
Phil has worked in the fire safety industry for over 30 years. During his career he has worked for several high profile companies and has been involved in fire detection and alarm, extinguishers, emergency lighting, safety signs, extinguishing systems, risk assessment and safety training.
Phil has been a quality manager, internal auditor, project engineer, systems designer, surveyor, estimator, commissioning engineer, service engineer, service supervisor, fire risk assessor and trainer. In these roles he has been responsible for several third party accreditation schemes, commercial and technical training of sales and engineering staff and writing technical support material.
Chris Watts
Chris worked for 35 years in technical and marketing roles for major fire protection equipment suppliers.
He is chairman of a number of British, European and international committees responsible for standards including BS 5266 (code of practice for emergency lighting) and IEC 6059822 (emergency luminaire product standard).
Chris is now a safety consultant specialising in fire protection systems and risk assessments.
Graham Simons
Graham originally joined the Technical Team as a Technical Manager in February 2011, but retired from the office Technical Team in 2017, and now presents many of our training courses. With a specialism in FD&A, he previously acted as Secretary to the FD&A Council. He also represented FIA on various technical standardisation committees including, BSI, CEN and ISO. As a trainer, Graham supports FIA professional training on BS 5839-1. Prior to joining us he worked for 12 years at Honeywell Life Safety as Regulatory Manager.
Ian Watts
Ian has 25 years experience of working with a wide range of fire and lighting manufacturers. He was co-opted onto BS 5266 part 1 in 2015 as the independent industry expert on new technology through his work with innovative manufacturers. He has lectured for CIBSE and the Lighting Industry Association. He has been a trainer for the FIA since 2012.
Jonathan Gilbert
Jonathan Gilbert started his career as a school teacher prior to moving into the control systems business as a trouble shooter for building management systems. Over 20 years ago he joined one of the large corporate fire and security companies as their International Training Manger and became a fire specialist. Since then Jonathan has taken on several fire detection roles including industrial and high hazard detection.
Joe Lewis-Warren
Joe is recognised as one of the foremost experts in British safety standards BS 5306-3, 8 and 9 and has many years’ experience in the field of fire safety, portable fire extinguishers and fire protection of petrol forecourts.
He has written many courses on the subject of fire safety for a diverse range of organisations from multinational and blue chip companies to brigades, charitable organisations and trade associations.
Steve Simper
Steve joined the FIA in January 2019 and has worked within the fire & security industry for twenty-three years working both out on site as an installation and commissioning technician and also working in a design and estimating role. During this time, he has worked within a number of sectors, ranging from Security & CCTV, Fire Detection & Alarm systems and Fixed Gas Extinguishing. After spending some time working in Australia he returned to the UK in 2013
'Many thanks, once again a good course from the FIA , delivered excellently by Philip and Chris.'
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Fingerpaint Adds to Creative Team
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. – Fingerpaint, a full-service marketing agency with offices in Arizona, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, and New Jersey, has added Jacqueline Sendgikoski to its creative team. Sendgikoski will be based in the agency’s Cedar Knolls, N.J., office.
An industry veteran, Sendgikoski brings 10 years of art direction experience to Fingerpaint. Her work has been honored with Graphis, IMA, and Promax awards. She most recently worked as an art supervisor at Area 23, solving business problems through creative storytelling and visual expression. Using data-driven insights, Sendgikoski’s creative work creates an emotional connection that resonates with its audience. Her experience spans all platforms, with specializations in commercial and social video production.
Sendgikoski earned her bachelor’s degree from the School of Visual Arts. She has experience in cardiology, neurology, and animal health.
“Jacqueline brings strong consumer commercial experience to our team,” said Tracy Blackwell, Cedar Knolls creative lead. “This couldn’t come at a better time, as we are doing more and more consumer work that includes television and video. We’re also thrilled to pull more talent from the city.”
About Fingerpaint
Reset your expectations of a marketing agency. Independent by design, with integrated talent across Saratoga Springs, New York; Conshohocken, Pennsylvania; Phoenix, Arizona; Columbus, Ohio; and Cedar Knolls, New Jersey, Fingerpaint is committed to creating and executing meaningful brand experiences that are never paint by number.
Fingerpaint was named a 2017 finalist for Agency of the Year by Med Ad News, MM&M, and PM360 and won PR & Marketing Agency of the Year in 2017 from the Business Intelligence Group. Additionally, it won the 2018 Heart Award from Med Ad News for its commitment to philanthropy and social causes and has been on Inc. Magazine’s list of the 5,000 Fastest-Growing Companies for the past six years. Founder Ed Mitzen was honored as 2016’s Industry Person of the Year by Med Ad News and as a 2017 Top Boss by Digiday. Visit us at fingerpaint.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
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U.S. approves sale of drones to India - General Atomics | Reuters
Fwire Reuters Jun 24, 2017 01:38:59 IST
The United States government has approved the sale of a naval variant of the Predator drone made by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc to India, the U.S.-based company said on Friday.Reuters reported earlier on Friday that the U.S. government was expected to authorise the sale of drones ahead of a visit next week by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India has been looking to buy 22 of the unarmed surveillance aircraft, MQ-9B Guardian, worth more than $2 billion to keep watch over the Indian Ocean.
"We are pleased that the U.S. Government has cleared the way for the sale of the MQ-9B Guardian to the Indian Government," General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Chief Executive Linden Blue said in a statement. The Indian embassy and the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Securing agreement on the purchase of the drones is seen in New Delhi as a key test of defence ties that flourished under former President Barack Obama but have drifted under Trump, who has courted Asian rival China as he seeks Beijing's help to contain North Korea's nuclear programme.The deal would be the first such purchase by a country that is not a member of the NATO alliance.
Such a sale of sensitive military hardware must be authorized by the State Department before being sent to Congress for review. A congressional source said on Thursday that no notification of a planned sale has yet been sent to Congress, but this could come next week. The State Department declined comment on Thursday ahead of any notification. (Reporting by Mike Stone and David R. Brunnstrom in Washington, Arunima Banerjee and Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
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Published March 26
Australia, Holland, Russia start talks over downed MH17
Netherlands' Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stef Blok, left, listens as Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marise Payne talks during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marise Payne, right, listens as Netherlands' Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stef Blok, talks during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
SYDNEY – The Netherlands and Australia have confirmed three-way talks with Russia have begun over the ongoing criminal investigation into the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014.
The two countries announced last year they were holding Russia responsible for providing the missile fired by pro-Russian forces in war-torn Ukraine that hit the jet, causing the deaths of all 298 people aboard, including 196 Dutch and 38 Australians.
After diplomatic approaches were made earlier this year, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok and his Australian counterpart Marise Payne said Wednesday that the first trilateral talks about state responsibility for the incident took place earlier this month.
On his visit to Canberra, Blok told a news conference he could not reveal details about the meetings because of confidentiality issues.
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Sravaniya, Boston, USA
When I was living far from a sangha, FBA talks were like a good Dharma friend. Free Buddhist Audio needs our contributions regularly (however small) so that it can continue its indispensable work.
Viriyalila, Portsmouth, USA
FBA lets me hear the whole of our community's 'voice', and sit in a room with Sangharakshita as he elucidates the Dharma as it was originally passed on to us by the Buddha, ie. as an oral tradition.
FBA's work means, among other things, that we are much less likely to turn into a galaxy of disconnected centres, and more able to evolve and develop as a unified and harmonious Dharma community.
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A Life for the Dharma
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190: A Life for the Dharma
Sangharakshita (Birmingham Buddhist Centre, Feb? /1999) Well, thank you very much Vajragupta for that introduction. I'm afraid there aren't going to be any bombs this evening; there might one or two little squibs (laughter) but we shall have to wait and see.
A few years ago - I don't remember exactly how many it was I gave a lecture on 'great Buddhists of the twentieth century'. Some of you may remember that lecture, if for no other reason, because it was one of the longest I've ever given in this country it was something over two hours. Well in India I was quite accustomed to giving Dharma talks lasting two hours, but in this country people usually don't have that sort of stamina, they start, you know, fidgeting and looking out of the window.
But anyway on that occasion at least I gave this quite exceptionally long talk which some of you may remember, a few years ago. Some of you may remember what the talk was about. The title I gave it was 'great Buddhists of the twentieth century' and some of you may remember who those great Buddhists were. There were five of them altogether about whom I spoke. I spoke about Anagarika Dharmapala of Sri Lanka, who restored the Buddhist holy places around the turn of the century, and did a great deal toward the revival of Buddhism in the land of its birth. I spoke about Alexandra David-Neel, who was the first woman, a very intrepid woman, to make the journey to Lhasa. And I spoke about Dr B. R. Ambedkar, the great leader of the ex- untouchables, under whose leadership many hundreds of thousands of them took refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. And then I spoke about Lama Govinda, the German lama, a lama of German birth, who for many years concentrated on the subject of 'Tibetan mysticism' as he called it, and wrote a quite important book on the subject. And then finally I spoke about Dr Edward Conze, who had devoted more than twenty years of his life to the translation of the Prajnaparamita corpus of Mahayana sutras.
So all these were truly great Buddhists, great Buddhists of the twentieth century. But one of the things I mentioned in the course of this lecture was the fact that though they were all great Buddhists, they were very, very different in character, very different in background, very different in education, different even in nationality, different in culture. At the same time I also emphasised the fact that they possessed certain very definite and important qualities in common. They were all single-minded.
Dharmapala was single-minded about the restoration of Bodh Gaya and other Buddhist holy places. Alexandra David-Neel was single-minded eventually about getting to Lhasa, which she did, in disguise. Ambedkar was single-minded about emancipating his people - the ex-untouchables - from the socio-religious slavery of many centuries. Lama Govinda was single-minded about getting to Tibet, especially to Western Tibet and the old temples and monasteries of Tsaparang. And Dr Edward Conze was very single-minded in his devotion to the translation of those thirty-odd difficult and abstruse texts of Mahayana Buddhism, the Prajnaparamita sutras.
So they were all single-minded, they were also all fearless. They had courage; they were prepared to face and overcome opposition, even ostracism. And not surprisingly 1 all five of them were quite unconventional in so many different ways. And they were also self-motivated, they were autonomous, they were therefore true individuals. In short we say that all five were heroes, and of course in the case of Madame David- Neel a heroine in the very best sense of the term. And I concluded my lecture those few years ago by saying we needed to cherish our heroes and heroines. Not put people up on a pedestal in an artificial way and then knock them off for the sake of amusement, so to speak. We need to cherish our real, our true heroes and heroines.
We need to admire them, we need to cherish their memory, and we need to rejoice in their merits. So, we needed to appreciate our great Buddhists. But of course it's not only in the twentieth century that great Buddhists are to be found, not by any means.
They are to be found in all of the centuries that have elapsed since the Paranirvana of the Buddha. They are found in many Asian countries, and begin to be found in western countries, speaking different languages, and following different forms of Buddhism.
But there is a difficulty, a difficulty that arises at this point. My five great Buddhists of the twentieth century all lived of course quite recently, and we do know quite a lot about them. Some of them even have written autobiographies. And there are many records even apart from their autobiographies, many documents about them; in fact as I did mention on that occasion when I gave the lecture, I had had some kind of personal contact with every one of those five great Buddhists. But with regard to the great Buddhists of previous centuries the case is in fact very different. We often know very little about them, sometimes in fact the greater they were the less we know about them. Think for instance of Nagarjuna, think of Asanga, how much do we really know about them. Perhaps we've seen thankas; Tibetan painted scrolls, representing them. We see Nagarjuna sitting on his raft floating on the ocean, and we see a sort of mermaid-like figure, a naga princess, coming up from the depths of the ocean and offering him the Perfection of Wisdom sutras. We have that sort of representation.
And in the case of Asanga we have thankas representing Maitreya, the bodhisattva Maitreya looking down from the tushita devaloka, sending down a ray, a beam of multicoloured light, and along that beam of multicoloured light, come teachings, higher spiritual teachings which Asanga then records. So we have these sort of pictures which are very vivid and inspiring even, but we don't have much in the way of concrete information about these great teachers, these great Buddhists of earlier days. We do of course have their writings for which we must be very grateful, and in a sense we can know them, we can know Nagarjuna, we can know Asanga, we can know Vasubhandu, we can know Dharmakirti, Shantideva, through their writings. We can even feel that we know them very well, despite the de-constructionists. We can know what they thought, even how they felt, but there's very little solid biographical information.
Nagarjuna and Asanga of course were Indians; they lived and worked in India. And Indians we have to recognise historically were rather different to biography and history. So far as I recollect in the whole of classical Sanskrit literature there is only one historical work, and that is the Raja-dharangini (?), the ah, the chronicle of the kings of Cashmere. So far as I remember there is no other historical work at all in classical Sanskrit. They cultivated, the ancient Indians, almost every other, you know, form of literature, drama, commentary, sutras in the brahminical sense, drama, philosophical exposition, hymns, they cultivated all those different forms, but not history, not biography. So generally speaking we know about the great Buddhists of 2 India only when they or their disciples come in touch with the countries outside India, or even when they go those countries outside India, or come from those countries outside India. And especially when they go to or come from China and Tibet.
Traditionally the Chinese and the Tibetans are rather fond of biography and history.
The Chinese cultivated those two genres quite intensively, and the Tibetans also, later, under the influence of Buddhism did likewise.
So this evening, to unveil the mystery at last (laughter), this evening I want to speak about a great Indian Buddhist who went to Tibet, who went there in the eleventh century of the Common Era, and who came to play a very, a crucially important part in the development of Tibetan Buddhism, and who is therefore deserving of our highest respect. I refer to Dipankara Srignana (?), generally known as Atisha, which means something like the 'great lord'. Comparatively speaking we do know quite a lot about Atisha. We have of course the Tibetan translations of his own writings. His original writings of course were in Sanskrit, and their colophons sometimes contain biographical information, and we also have several biographies of Atisha written in the Tibetan language by disciples and disciples of disciples. And we also have records in Tibetan of some of his personal teachings to his disciples; not formal teachings, not teachings in the form of treatises, but teachings in the form of what came to be called precepts, teachings suited just to the character, the temperament, the state of spiritual development of that particular disciple. Now it's not that it is possible to extract a straight-forward biographical account from all this material which we have about Atisha, and of course naturally, I was going to say Tibetans being Tibetans, but perhaps I should say Buddhists being Buddhists, there are also plenty of legends. So what I shall try to do this evening is give an outline of the generally agreed facts of Atisha's career both in India and Tibet, and in so doing I shall dwell in particular on those episodes in or features of his career that have a significance for us today. And when I say for us today I mean for people who are trying to practise the Dharma in the industrialised, secularised, urbanised, competitive, consumerist, materialistic, violent society in which at the end of the twentieth century of the common era we find ourselves, fortunately or unfortunately, living.
Atisha was born in the year 982 of the Common Era; that is to say he was born about fifteen hundred years after the Buddha. It is quite important for us to realise this fact; he came at the ...
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Lions' Caldwell not ready to take over play calling yet
The Detroit Lions are off to their first 0-3 start since 2010 in part because of the offense.
Lions' Caldwell not ready to take over play calling yet The Detroit Lions are off to their first 0-3 start since 2010 in part because of the offense. Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/1Fx7zpX
Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press Published 1:50 p.m. ET Sept. 28, 2015 | Updated 6:31 p.m. ET Sept. 28, 2015
Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and head coach Jim Caldwell, right, look on during practice at Ford Field on Aug. 6, 2014.(Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier DFP)
The sputtering Detroit Lions offense is closing in on chronic underachiever status, but coach Jim Caldwell said he hasn't thought about taking over play-calling duties from embattled offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi just yet.
"Short answer, no," Caldwell said at his weekly news conference today.
The Lions are off to their first 0-3 start since 2010, in part because of an offense that has averaged just 14 points over its last two games.
They rank last in the NFL in rushing offense, haven't gotten many big plays from their supposedly explosive passing game, and, since racing out to a 21-3 second-quarter lead against the San Diego Chargers in Week 1, have been outscored, 80-35 in losses to the Chargers, Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos.
Lions report card: Defense played well, offense didn't
Still, Caldwell said he remains confident that the Lions will fix their offensive problems, though his logic was somewhat puzzling.
"I think, during the preseason, we were humming along pretty well," Caldwell said. "Obviously, the first half of the San Diego game, we were humming along pretty well. We've got to get back to that, which I think we can do."
Asked for the long answer to why he won't consider replacing Lombardi, Caldwell said, "I'm giving you a short answer only today."
Caldwell spent the early part of his NFL coaching career as a quarterbacks coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts before taking over as Colts head coach in 2009-11.
After he was fired by Indianapolis, Caldwell went to the Baltimore Ravens as a quarterbacks coach but was elevated to offensive coordinator late in the 2012 season. The Ravens won the Super Bowl that year, and Caldwell called plays for the second time in his career the following season when Baltimore finished 29th in total offense.
Lombardi never had been a play caller at the NFL level before Caldwell made him one of his signature hires in January 2014. Like Caldwell, Lombardi spent most of his early NFL career as a quarterbacks coach.
Caldwell said the Lions’ biggest issues on offense have nothing to do with play calling.
“What I think is that it still boils down to execution, to be honest with you,” he said. “And that’s where I think our issues lie.”
So how do the Lions fix their problems in time to salvage their season?
"We've got a lot of time left," Caldwell said. "Everybody thinks it’s an easy fix. It’s not an easy fix, it’s not that simple. It takes work, and I think we’re on the right track, I just think that obviously we’re just kind of missing just a little bit here and there, which is enough to slow us down."
TE Eric Ebron: 'Great' Lions winless because of own mistakes
Highlights from Caldwell’s news conference
On reviewing the game film: “But what it really boils down to is a couple play here or there like it always does in a ball game where we just didn’t execute the way we’re capable of executing. But the thing is, obviously, it’s three games for us at this point and still a lot of football to be played, so what we have to do is get our corrections done, that’s all the way across the board. I think our defense played with more energy, I think they played better, stopped the run better, those kinds of things. I think there were some plays made there and offensively once again we were a bit sporadic, but had some opportunities. The real key I think is effectiveness across the board, special teams, the whole bit.”
On how different running back Joique Bell looks: “He’s not quite where he used to be or where he was last year. I think he’ll get there.”
On why receiver Calvin Johnson hasn’t been getting chances on deep passes: “Every game is different. There may be some games you may ask why we aren’t throwing shorter to him more often. So I think you have to adjust your game plan according to what you know you’re going to see and according to how they’re playing you as well.”
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Capcom Plunder-ing 1942 on XBLA, PSN
Backbone remaking Japanese publisher's arcade classic for next-gen consoles; new pirate-themed casual RTS from Certain Affinity in download dry dock.
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Besides unveiling Lost Planet Colonies and the Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix beta, Capcom also announced this week that it is readying two downloadable titles for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.
1942: Joint Strike
The first will be familiar to gamers old enough to remember a time when young people congregated at darkened, loud establishments called "arcades." 1942: Joint Strike will become the latest remake of a classic quarter swallower, in this case, 1984's 1942. The game will feature 3D art and a play style reminiscent of the 2D vertical shooter that cast players as the pilot of an American fighter pilot strafing the Imperial Japanese navy during World War II. It will also have the 1942 series' trademark two-player mode, which can be played both locally and online.
When 1942 came out, even a sixth grader could appreciate the irony of a Japanese-developed game glorifying the ship-sinking and Zero-annihilating abilities of US Navy P-38 Lightnings. However, Joint Strike won't have that dilemma, as it is being developed by Backbone Entertainment (Death Jr., Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix), a member of the Foundation 9 studio collective.
Plunder from down under.
For those preferring less modern high-seas combat, Capcom has commissioned Austin, Texas-based developer Certain Affinity to create an all-new project that will further exploit the ongoing craze for all things buccaneer. Called Plunder, the game will have players assume the captaincy of a pirate ship with a mission to sink enemies, loot merchant vessels, and conquer seaside towns.
Though it's not Bungie Studios' fabled Pimps at Sea, Plunder was designed by Max "Yeroen" Hoberman, the former lead designer of Halo 2 and Halo 3's multiplayer mode. However, unlike Sid Meier's pirates, the new game will focus on "casual real-time strategy" which will support four players locally or eight players online. With their ill-gotten gains, players will be able to buy upgrades to their ships to help them navigate 25 challenges. The game will also have a level-creation tool to allow players to create their own maps.
Though still unpriced, Plunder is rated E for Everyone and set for a summer 2008 release on Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, and on the PC. The still-unrated 1942: Joint Strike will be available on XBLA for 800 Microsoft points ($9.99) and the PlayStation Network for $9.99.
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Brain Imaging Methods
Giuseppe Pignataro
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Varun Kesherwani
University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States
Antonio Vinciguerra
Methods ARTICLE
Front. Neurosci., 12 February 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00102
SAT: Free Software for the Semi-Automated Analysis of Rodent Brain Sections With 2,3,5-Triphenyltetrazolium Chloride Staining
Xiao-Fang Shi1, Heng Ai2, Wen Lu3* and Fuhong Cai4*
1Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology of Ministry of Health of China, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
2Department of Physiology, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China
3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China
4Department of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering College, Hainan University, Haikou, China
Ischemic stroke places an increasing burden on individuals, families, and societies around the world. However, effective therapies or drugs for ischemic stroke are lacking. Therefore, animal models mimicking ischemic stroke in humans are of great value for preclinical experiments. middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in mice or rats and subsequent 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining of brain sections are common methods in the study of experimental animal ischemic stroke. In this study, we present and assess the utility of the semi-automated analysis of the TTC staining (SAT) software program, a novel, small, user-friendly, and free software program, in the quantification of the infarct size in rodent brain sections, with TTC staining, by analyzing images captured by cell phones or scan systems. We performed MCAO and TTC staining in adult mice. We then utilized the SAT software and Image J to analyze the infarct size in the brain sections with TTC staining and compared the findings of the two analysis methods. We found that the data on infarct size from SAT and from Image J were comparable, suggesting that the SAT software could be an alternative option to Image J in the evaluation of ischemic stroke.
Stroke is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide (Feigin et al., 2014; Mozaffarian et al., 2016), and ischemic stroke is the most prevalent type of stroke (Moskowitz et al., 2010). Moreover, the prevalence of ischemic stroke has increased among adolescents and young adults (Mozaffarian et al., 2016). Thus far, the only effective therapy for ischemic stroke is recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (Chamorro et al., 2016; Khandelwal et al., 2016). However, this therapeutic approach is effective only within a critical time window (approximately 3–4 h after stroke occurs), and is limited (Moretti et al., 2015). Therefore, the development of novel drugs and approaches that extend the therapeutic window for ischemic stroke is crucial, and an extensive study is required.
Several rodent models of ischemic stroke have been developed and adopted for research (Woodruff et al., 2011). Middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in mice or rats is a popular model for mimicking focal ischemia in the brain (Liu and McCullough, 2011; Fluri et al., 2015). Following MCAO, the classic method utilizes 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) as a marker of ischemic damage to the brain tissue (Bederson et al., 1986; Türeyen et al., 2004). TTC reacts with intact mitochondrial oxidative enzyme systems and is subsequently reduced by the enzymes, which leads to the normal brain tissue being stained deep red in color (Straus et al., 1948; Bederson et al., 1986). In ischemic brain tissue, damaged mitochondria with impaired oxidative systems are incapable of reducing TTC (Bederson et al., 1986; Isayama et al., 1991); thus, the corresponding damaged brain tissue remains uncolored and easily distinguishable by the naked eye or algorithms. After experimental ischemic stroke modeling and TTC staining, accurate, and rapid quantification of the location and size of the infarct is critical for intervention selection. A widely accepted method for quantification of the infarct size in TTC staining utilizes the Image-Pro Plus or Image J, which requires software licenses or substantial manual operation.
In the current study, we present the semi-automated analysis of the TTC staining (SAT) software program, an open-source, small sized (approximately 18 KB), free to distribute and use software program (for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10), which provides semi-automated processing, analysis, and visualization of data of brain sections with TTC staining. We provide the developing principle and a detailed description of the user’s guide for the software. We also aim to assess the utility of the SAT program in the analysis of infarct sizes in rodent brain sections.
Eleven adult male C57/BL6 mice weighing 25–28 g were used in this study. The mice were group-housed at 23 ± 1°C with a 12-h light-dark cycle (lights on 08:00–20:00) and had free access to water and food. The surgical procedures and experimental protocols in this study were approved by Hangzhou Medical College and were in strict accordance to guidelines of the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. All efforts were made to minimize the suffering of the mice. The protocol was approved by Animal Advisory Committee of Hangzhou Medical College.
MCAO and TTC Staining
Middle cerebral artery occlusion, which mimics focal cerebral ischemia, was induced in the right hemisphere as described previously (Zhang et al., 2013). Briefly, the mice were anesthetized by intraperitoneal injection of choral hydrate (350 mg/kg). Cerebral blood flow was monitored by laser Doppler flowmetry (Moor Instruments, Devon, United Kingdom). For transient MCAO, a 6-0 nylon monofilament (Cinontech Co., Ltd., Beijing, China) suture was gently inserted 10 mm into the internal carotid artery to occlude the origin of the middle cerebral artery. The suture was withdrawn smoothly to allow blood flow restoration after 60 min of occlusion. The body temperature was maintained at 37°C using a heat lamp (FHC, Bowdoinham, United States) during surgery and within 2 h after the onset of reperfusion.
At 24 h after surgery, the mice were anesthetized and decapitated, and the brains were removed and placed on ice. Coronal brain sections (2 mm thick) were stained with TTC (0.25%; Sigma-Aldrich, United States) at 37°C for 30 min in the dark, and post-fixed with formalin (4%).
Infarct Analysis
For Image J analysis, the infarct size in each slice was traced and measured by manually outlining the margins of the non-ischemic areas using Image J 1.801 (NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States). The infarct size was expressed as a percentage of the whole coronal section area. For SAT analysis, we followed the guidelines of the software described below.
Principle and Guidelines of SAT
The specimens were placed on a black background plate, and a camera or scan system was used to photograph the specimens. The digital image was loaded into our program and a mouse was used to select the target region. Because the brightness of the infarct area was greater than that of the normal tissue area and the black background plate, the brightness binarization method could be applied to extract the infarct area. However, the specimens and experimental conditions were unpredictable, so an adaptive brightness threshold value was needed to perform accurate binarization. In order to improve the applicability of our program, we provided a scrollbar (ScrBar1) in the program interface for users to alter the brightness threshold value, and this step requires manual operation. As we were dragging or clicking ScrBar1 to change the threshold value, the binarization results could be displayed on the interface in real time. This process of infarct area extraction was under users’ supervision. When the displayed result met the requirements of the user, a button (Set-Infarct) was pressed to proceed to the next step. Typically, this first process requires only a few seconds. We then needed to distinguish the normal area from the black background. Since the normal area presented as a red color, its red-channel brightness is greater than that of the background. Similar to the first step, a scrollbar (ScrBar2) was used to create a red-channel threshold value to extract the normal area from the background. We also applied the hue value to avoid interference of impurities in the specimens. The hue value of the normal area should be in the region of [-60 × F, 60 × F]. Herein, F represented a factor in the region of [0,0.2]. We could modify factor F using a third scrollbar (ScrBar3) to create a “digital red filter” to eliminate the interference of unexpected impurities. Typically, adjustment of ScrBar1 and ScrBar2 was sufficient for quantification of the infarct area. Generally, the above process requires <20 s if the user is familiar with the software. In the present study, the infarct size in the brain sections was determined by averaging the data obtained by two independent researchers.
All statistical graphs represent the mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). Statistical analysis was conducted using a two-tailed paired Student’s t-test. Normal distribution was determined by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, and variance similarity was assessed by Fisher’s exact test. Correlation coefficient (R) and linear regression analysis were employed in order to compare our method and the conventional method for analysis of TTC staining. P ≤ 0.05 was considered to indicate significant differences.
Software Availability
The SAT software and corresponding supplemental movie 1 in this study can be accessed at: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/sbjnsv2shj.1
To facilitate the analysis of TTC staining of brain slices after MCAO and provide alternative choice for researchers, we sought out to develop a software, which is called SAT (semi-automated analysis for TTC staining). When utilizing the SAT, the MCAO model and TTC staining were conducted as usual, and the pictures of brain slices with TTC staining were captured under the specified condition (Figures 1, 2). To easily distinguish background and the brain slices by the algorithm, the background of the brain slices under capture should be non-white as well as non-red. Hence, we recommend that the user takes advantage of black plate as a background (Figures 1, 3). Since white background was used to present TTC staining figures in a large body of studies, it is worth to note this before calculation the infarct size by the SAT program. Following the protocols described in the Figure 3, the infarct size, which is expressed as a percentage of the whole brain slice, will be appeared in the software in real time (Figure 3). However, this software is not able to export the data as TXT format or Excel format after analysis at this time.
Figure 1. Overview of the semi-automated analysis of 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining software. Mice were subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) and subsequent TTC staining. The coronal brain sections were then imaged under non-white and non-red backgrounds. Black backgrounds were preferred when using the semi-automated analysis of TTC staining (SAT) software for analysis. The images then underwent semi-automated analysis using the SAT software.
Figure 2. Image of the interface of the semi-automated analysis of TTC staining software.
Figure 3. A standard workflow for analyzing images using the semi-automated analysis of TTC staining software. The TTC image file is first opened and loaded for analysis. In the first step, using a computer mouse to select the region of interest, the selected image is presented in the left panel. Following selection, “ScrBar1” is used for manual confirmation of the infarct area, and then “set-infarct” (inside the dashed line frame) is selected. Subsequently, “ScrBar2” is used for manual confirmation of the normal area. Occasionally, to avoid interference of impurities in the specimens, “ScrBar3” is used to eliminate the interference of unexpected impurities. Finally, the “Done” tab (inside the dashed line frame) is selected using the computer mouse. The data (Ratio) is presented in the upper right panel (indicated by red arrow here).
In the present study, we performed MCAO and TTC staining to assess the accuracy and efficacy of SAT analysis of rodent brain sections by comparing the SAT results to the Image J results. We found that the SAT results were similar to the Image J results, and exhibited no significant differences (Figures 4A,B, p = 0.7721, t = 0.2976, df = 10). To further evaluate the utility of SAT analysis, we evaluated the relationship between these two methods. We observed a high level of correlation of the two data sets from the two methods (Figure 4C, p ≤ 0.0001, R = 0.958), suggesting that SAT analysis is comparable to Image J analysis.
Figure 4. Comparison of semi-automated analysis of TTC staining software and Image J. (A) A representative TTC staining image for the subsequent analysis. (B) Comparison of the results of TTC-stained image analysis using semi-automated analysis of TTC staining (SAT) software and Image J. No significant differences were observed between the two analysis methods (n = 11 mice), n.s. indicates not significant. (C) Scatterplot of the SAT data and the Image J data. In the linear regression analysis of the results obtained by SAT and Image J analysis of brain sections with TTC staining (n = 11 mice), the regression coefficient, R, was 0.958.
In this study, we presented the protocol and guidelines for the use of our free software (SAT) for the analysis of brain sections with TTC staining. The development of the software was based on the brightness binarization method. Thus far, SAT has focused on the analysis of brain sections with TTC staining. In the near future, we hope it will be expanded to other applications, such as analyzing Nissl staining of brain sections after experimental stroke.
For the current version of SAT, we recognize that the data obtained by SAT were not able to export to TXT or Excel format. Moreover, analysis of TTC staining by SAT still requires manual supervision and operation. In addition, SAT can only function effectively when the image was captured on non-white and non-red backgrounds, but without the prerequisite of a specific photo capture system. SAT is capable of performing analysis with images captured by cell phones or scan systems. In addition, we used SAT to analyze several TTC-stained sections from previously published studies (see supplemental movie 1 for an example), thus suggesting the wide application of the software and indicating the quality of the previous published images as sufficient for analysis. In this study, we only applied SAT for analysis of TTC-stained mouse brain sections, but the software can also be applied to rat brain sections with TTC staining.
Recently, Macro in Image J has also been conducted in a semi-automated manner in the analysis of brain sections with TTC staining (Friedlander et al., 2017). SAT is not intended to replace Image J in the analysis of brain sections with TTC staining. However, we consider SAT to be a user-friendly and small sized software that provides an alternative analysis option for researchers in the field. Additionally, it benefits data reproducibility when the result is independently analyzed by two distinct methods.
In the future, we will aim to improve the SAT in four aspects. First, we will add the exporting function to the software, making the software capable of exporting data after analysis. Second, we are going to make the SAT able to concurrently analyze several brain sections, e.g., five sections, in a row or column. This parallel analysis may further reduce the time required and number of operational steps. Third, we are planning to develop this software as a smartphone application, making this algorithm easier to access and use. Fourth, we believe that deploying a deep learning algorithm, such as a convolutional neural network for the analysis, will improve our software in the future. By achieving the improvements mentioned above, we believe that the SAT will undoubtedly save user’s time, and result in the significant promotion of experimental studies on ischemic stroke.
X-FS, WL, and FC conceived the study. X-FS, HA, WL, and FC designed and analyzed the data. HA and WL performed the MCAO experiments and TTC staining. FC developed the software. X-FS, WL, and FC wrote the manuscript. All authors reviewed the results and approved the final version of the manuscript.
This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province (617022 to FC), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31600863 to WL and 81401096 to HA), the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (LY18H090010 to HA), The scientific research fund of the Hainan University (No. kyqd1653 to FC), and the Start-up fund of the Hainan Medical University to WL.
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Keywords: ischemic stroke, middle cerebral artery occlusion, 2, 3, 5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining, semi-automated, algorithm
Citation: Shi X-F, Ai H, Lu W and Cai F (2019) SAT: Free Software for the Semi-Automated Analysis of Rodent Brain Sections With 2,3,5-Triphenyltetrazolium Chloride Staining. Front. Neurosci. 13:102. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00102
Received: 06 October 2018; Accepted: 28 January 2019;
Giuseppe Pignataro, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Antonio Vinciguerra, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Varun Kesherwani, University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States
Copyright © 2019 Shi, Ai, Lu and Cai. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Wen Lu, swkxlw@163.com Fuhong Cai, caifuhong@zju.edu.cn
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War Is Murder
By Karen Kwiatkowski
Lew Rockwell 22 September 2010
Theme: Crimes against Humanity, US NATO War Agenda
Well it sure is murder for our boys in desert cammy. Five of our finest are now charged with running an unauthorized hit team, targeting random Afghan civilians for a little stress-relieving target practice. What’s the problem here? The CIA has been doing this for years with its own militarized groups. The DoD is doing this with its own special forces. Xe and other contractors do this with the holy blessing of both DoD and CIA. The President and the Congress have authorized this kind of thing, separately and together. Obama even asserted that he is comfortable and righteous in his role as decider-in-chief on which American citizens may live or die.
I just don’t get the outrage. There should be none, given the public adoration of Petraeus and anyone else “serving his or her country” in uniform. These military enlistees, from great states like Montana, Alaska, Idaho and Florida, are doing not only the job they have been trained to do, but they are conducting themselves in the same spirit as their commanders.
A spirit of brutality, righteous judgment, self-pity because we want so much to “do good” to the ungrateful, a spirit of hate, and a spirit of self-indulgence. That’s American foreign policy in a nutshell, and it’s not new.
United States foreign policy is brutal. Just ask (if you can find any) native Americans who trace ancestry back to the geography of the Appalachians or the Great Plains. The great mass murderers on both sides of the War between the States in the 1860s had practiced their craft on Native Americans for years, and Mexicans too, for good measure. During and after Reconstruction, these senior officers and their lieutenants continued their era of extermination of those we held in contempt, those who lived on land we wanted, and those who would not conform to our religious, economic and social world order.
Skip Hawaii, our reconstruction of the former Spanish Empire, and the bloody mysteries of American-prosecuted war that has continued unabated since the formation of the Washington printing press, that wonderful liberator of the state and its wickedly brilliant elites, the Federal Reserve. There’s way too much blood in this racket for polite people to see. We don’t want to know.
But today, we speak of murder. Coldblooded, just for fun, gangland-style, trophy-hunting, punch drunk, hilarious murder.
And predictably – the Army cannot explain how the lack of a strategic or even clearly tactical mission in Afghanistan and Iraq has created a stagnant spreading cesspool where soldiering ethics are slowly churned and degraded until our own people don’t know up from down. The Army brass promotes Afghan “democracy” and “voting” and bemoans the fact that this bit of bad news (along with untold murder of Afghans, Pakistanis, Iraqis, and Yemenis as ordered) somehow detracts from Washington’s Overall Successful Occupation.
The Army says only that these soldiers were a few bad apples. Rogue, but not like Sarah Palin rogue, not like the character Rogue in the X-Men movies, not like the popular Nissan Rogue, but you know, bad rogues. The ones who get caught and hung out to dry.
In the grand scheme of things, these rogue murders have a silver lining. Not for the unlucky sons of bitches who served as target practice, of course. And the reporting of these atrocities by the mainstream media is not likely to improve. Old media can’t see past its dinner at the state table. Alarm, shock, and muted outrage will be dutifully followed by the bad-appleness of it all and a comfortable burial under the twin pillars of “we can’t do anything about it” and “it was for national security.”
Indeed, can anyone swear – given six degrees of separation – that these recent Afghan victims (and those of the authorized murders conducted by CIA, DoD and contracted teams) were not in some way related to terrorism against the United States? I myself heartily disapprove of the criminally insane US foreign policy, and I hate our modern government, with its unlimited separated powers of bankster, shyster, and huckster. I would applaud loudly the bringing down of such a state. I count myself as a spiritual sister to those the US government has murdered, and I am angry at my powerlessness. I have the budding heart of a terrorist. Thank goodness, I’m part of a much larger group of Americans, young and old, who generally feel the same way. When we become a force to be reckoned with, the state will negotiate, or concede.
Until that time, the state recognizes as enemy, and as potential terrorist, any person, any idea, and any emotion that challenges its legitimacy. The state has no ability to be benevolent, because it deals with minimizing risk. In the end, a potential terrorist is as good a target as a trained and practiced one. Families, sharing beliefs, bonds and emotions, are little different than a trained terrorist cell, in the eyes of an empowered state bureaucracy. Thus, when the state throws down the “terrorist threat” strawman, and tells us that the soldier/murderers of the moment felt threatened and terrorized (even by so simple an act as an unarmed Afghan man walking alone along a street in his own neighborhood) most of the American public can only stare and mumble.
Afghans, and Iraqis too, are learning a lesson – perhaps a refresher of one learned in previous eras of conquest by massive, seemingly invincible, alien kingdoms. That lesson, if I may be so bold, includes the evolution of resistance and the fine-tuning of rage and hatred into better means of opposition, enhanced methods of sabotage, improved ability to maneuver, to kill, to weaken and to terrorize the occupier.
This news-blip regarding murder and the collection of Afghan body parts leaves most Americans who see it with mild concern about our offensive policy around the world, and perhaps a vague sense of anxiety about what we will face as these soldiers come home to live in our neighborhood, to serve as our police forces and city inspectors, to marry our daughters and father our grandchildren.
We will forget. This happened far away, and we have other problems, both local and national. The Afghans, on the other hand, will not. They are way ahead of us in terms of suffering at the hands of the Washington ruling elite. They are way ahead of us in terms of figuring out how to survive and deal with a brutal military and political occupation for the sake not of democracy or women’s rights or “the children” but for the sustainment of the US military industrial complex, and expansion and stability of the US-centered commodities/currency dynamic, and as leverage for coming national defaults.
We are murdering and warring for a Middle East that is safe for the complementary goals of Israel’s economic expansion into and US military domination of the region. The Daily Bell explains: “[Afghanistan is] a regional war that pits Pakistan against India as well as the Taliban against the current Afghan central government. The reality is clearly that the West wishes to extend and cement its control over the Middle East via military power. Even the upcoming war with Iran, if it comes to that, may be seen as an extension of this unstated but obvious policy.”
The silver lining is that while this policy is unstated, it is becoming increasingly obvious – to the parties involved and to the rest of the world. An indebted, morally exhausted, and globally disrespected 21st century United States needs friends more than ever, to get through our current national predicament in one piece. The silver lining – due to the fluttering of the murderous wings half a world away – is that our own American evolution towards small, independent, self-governing, and peaceful republics is hastened.
Karen Kwiatkowski, Ph.D. [send her mail], a retired USAF lieutenant colonel, blogs occasionally at Liberty and Power and The Beacon. To receive automatic announcements of new articles, click here or join her Facebook page.
The original source of this article is Lew Rockwell
Copyright © Karen Kwiatkowski, Lew Rockwell, 2010
Articles by: Karen Kwiatkowski
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Delta to Support Carbon War Room Efforts to Accelerate Renewable Jet Fuel Commercialization
Delta Air Lines is partnering with the Carbon War Room, a nonprofit founded by Sir Richard Branson, in an effort to accelerate low-carbon jet fuel production worldwide. This is part of the global carrier's commitment to environmental accountability, transparency and carbon emission reduction.
Delta and Carbon War Room agree that the development of a secure, sustainable, renewable fuels supply will strengthen the airline industry's access to high-quality jet fuel, reduce price volatility and the industry's overall carbon footprint and meet the needs of increasingly climate-conscious customers.
Additionally, access to a competitively-priced renewable jet fuel will be advantageous in meeting future regulatory requirements to reduce emissions from the burning of petroleum-based jet fuel.
"Delta recognizes that our commitment and responsibility extends well beyond our customers and includes being good global corporate citizens," said John Laughter, Delta's senior vice president – Corporate Safety, Security and Compliance. "Supporting the Carbon War Room is a great step forward as we strive to lead the industry in innovation and sustainability."
"I am very excited to welcome Delta Air Lines as the newest partner in this game-changing effort. By joining, Delta is further elevating its commitment to environmental sustainability and supporting real action to face the most important challenge of our time," said Jose Maria Figueres, President of the Carbon War Room.
Additionally, Delta is reducing its carbon footprint through initiatives such as improving the efficiency of our fleet, partnerships in air traffic management, airport and facility green practices and a robust recycling program in the air and on the ground. The airline also has successfully verified its complete greenhouse gas emissions inventory under The Climate Registry and has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North American Index three years in a row.
Since 2009, Delta has supported the greenhouse gas emissions goals of IATA and Airlines for America, including improving average annual fuel efficiency by 1.5 percent through 2020, stabilizing emissions with carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and reducing net emissions 50 percent by 2050, relative to 2005.
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'Countdown to Canelo vs GGG 2' Reveals Brutal Street Fighting Past of Canelo and GGG
'COUNTDOWN TO CANELO VS. GGG 2' REVEALS BRUTAL STREET FIGHTING PAST OF CANELO ALVAREZ AND GENNADY 'GGG' GOLOVKIN
CANELO VS. GGG 2 TAKES PLACE SATURDAY, SEPT. 15 AT T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS, PRESENTED LIVE BY HBO PAY-PER-VIEW
(ABOVE, L-R: Canelo Alvarez and Gennady "GGG" Golovkin face-off in the commercial for
"Countdown to Canelo vs. GGG 2")
Click HERE to Watch the 30-Minute Special "Countdown to Canelo vs. GGG 2"
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Click HERE to Watch the Commercial for "Countdown to Canelo vs. GGG 2"
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 10, 2018): Golden Boy Promotions, GGG Promotions and Leigh Simons Productions are proud to present "Countdown to Canelo vs. GGG 2," a 30-minute special that features never-before-heard details about the dangerous street fighting pasts of Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) and WBC, WBA, and IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) who will fight for the middleweight championship of the world on Saturday, Sept. 15 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
While making the 30-minute special, producer Leigh Simons discovered that both Canelo and Golovkin had their own respective street fighting pasts that lead them down the path to becoming professional fighters. Both Canelo and Golovkin are sure to channel the aggression from their past along with mounting tension between the two fighters since the last time they met in the ring for their highly anticipated rematch at T-Mobile Arena on Sept. 15, which will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at a special time of 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.
During the film shoot with Leigh Simons, Canelo revealed his street fighting past began as early as age five, with at least 100 street fights to his credit before he became a professional fighter at age 15.
"Because I was the red haired one, I was different in school. I had to show everyone that saying things to me or picking on me would not be easy. That they would have to go through the beating I was going to give them. I never bowed my head to anyone, even if they were bigger," said Canelo Alvarez.
"Since childhood he has shown character, and that's what has made him succeed, his character," said Jose 'Chepo' Reynoso, co-trainer of Canelo Alvarez.
"I told Canelo, 'Don't leave it in the judges hands this time. Go out there and win the fight and knock him out' and I believe that he is going to knock GGG out this time," said Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions.
Simons found a similar response and nature when interviewing Golovkin separately for the "Countdown" special.
"It was really survival of the fittest in that area where he [Golovkin] grew up," said Tom Loeffler, Promoter of Gennady "GGG" Golovkin. "One name for him could be the 'Smiling Assassin' because he's confident. He's experienced."
"He grew up on the streets; he grew up in probably the roughest part of Kazahkstan, in Karaganda. It's where all the rough people and gangsters were. He grew up beating people up because someone always wanted to take your shoes or jacket from you so he learned to defend himself," said Abel Sanchez, trainer to Gennady "GGG" Golovkin.
In behind the scenes footage captured during the "Countdown to Canelo vs. GGG 2" commercial shoot, Golovin described one instance of street fighting back in his hometown in Kazahkstan for producer Leigh Simons with, "I can't talk like this. It's not legal," refusing to go into detail alluding to the brutality of the fight.
The 30-minute special is now airing on various digital platforms, including the HBO Boxing YouTube and Golden Boy Boxing YouTube channels and includes interviews with celebrity boxing fans including actress Rosie Perez, Superbowl Champion and NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan and Omar Benson Miller, one of the stars of the HBO series "Ballers."
"Countdown to Canelo vs. GGG 2"
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Canelo vs. GGG 2 is a 12-round fight for the middleweight championship of the world presented by Golden Boy Promotions and GGG Promotions. Munguia vs. Cook is a 12-round battle for the WBO Junior Middleweight World Title presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Zanfer Promotions. Lemieux vs. O'Sullivan is a 12-round middleweight clash presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Eye of The Tiger Management in association with Murphy's Boxing. Gonzalez vs. Fuentes is a 10-round super flyweight fight presented by Golden Boy Promotions and GGG Promotions in association with Teiken Promotions and Zanfer Promotions. The event is sponsored by Tecate, "THE OFFICIAL BEER OF BOXING," Hennessy, "Never Stop, Never Settle," O'Reilly Auto Parts, Fred Loya Insurance, Interjet, Venom, and Fathom Events. The event will take place Saturday, Sept. 15 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at a special time of 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.
"24/7 Canelo/GGG 2" is streaming on HBO GO & HBO NOW. Canelo's fifth "24/7" appearance and Golovkin's third, "24/7 CANELO/GGG 2" is the latest installment of the acclaimed franchise that began in 2007.
Limited tickets for Canelo vs. GGG 2 are still available, and are priced at
$5,000, $2,500, $2,000, $1,500, $800, $700, and $500 not including applicable service charges and taxes. There will be a limit of eight (8) per person at the $5,000, $2,500, $2,000, $1,500, $800, $700 and $500 price levels. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call 888-9-AXS-TIX (888-929-7849). Tickets are also available for purchase at www.t-mobilearena.comor www.axs.com.
Tickets are on sale for the closed circuit telecast of Canelo vs. GGG 2 at MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage and Luxor are priced at $100, not including applicable fees. Seating is general admission at MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay and The Mirage while Luxor will have assigned seats. Tickets may be purchased at any MGM Resorts International Box Office, by phone with a major credit card at (800) 745-3000 or online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/canelovsggg2.
For more information, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com,
www.caneloggg.com and www.hbo.com/boxing. Follow on Twitter @GoldenBoyBoxing, @Canelo, @gggboxing, @OscarDeLaHoya, @hboboxing and @TomLoeffler1. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing, www.facebook.com/gggboxing, and www.facebook.com/HBOBoxing. Follow on Instagram @GoldenBoyBoxing, @Canelo, @gggboxing, @HBOboxing and @OscarDeLaHoya; and follow the conversation using #CaneloGGG2.
Photos and videos are available for download by clicking here or copying
and pasting the link http://bit.ly/CaneloGGG2 into a browser. Credit must be provided to Golden Boy Promotions for any photo and/or video usage.
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Stefan Friedman/Kristen Rockwell Caloca, Mercury: (424) 202-1671
Fred Sternburg, GGG Promotions, (303) 548-0707
Patrick Byrne, HBO: (212) 512-1361
Kevin Flaherty, HBO: (212) 512-5052
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Credentials: www.magnamedia.com
GERALD WASHINGTON'S TRAINER SPOKE ON ANTHONY JOSHUA VS WLADMIR KLITSCHKO
Golden Boy on ESPN: 2 Years of Boxing
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